Chapter TwelveDaykan had been anxiously counting down the hours until he could see Naomi again.He had been steeling himself physically, mentally and emotionally for his grand performance.If he could survive the rest of her month and pull it off without breaking character, he definitely deserved a nomination for an Oscar.Hell, he deserved an Oscar!A werewolf trying to deny mateship was no small feat.It wasn’t a choice who you got the mateship fever for and it hurt to not honor it. The only thing worse than the pain was if your mate died.In that kind of situation, the Moon Spirit could decide to give you another mate, it was up to her divine discretion; but you never fully recovered from the loss of the first one.It wasn’t like a werewolf couldn’t be with someone who wasn’t a mate.In rare situations when a mate couldn’t be found, the werewolf would find someone else to love. But he had heard that in such rare situations, the werewolf chose to remain mateless for life. It wasn’

Chapter FourteenDaykan had been looking at her ankles to check if there was any swelling and at her sudden invitation, his head shot up in surprise and narrowly missed her jaw.She moved her head away in the nick of time. Guess he had been wrong about her reflexes and he was glad.If his head had collided with her jaw, he might have broken it or hurt her in another kind of way. He needed to be more careful around her. He couldn’t afford to let down his guard.But their little close call had placed their faces mere inches apart.They were so close that she could see flecks of gold and brown in his hazel eyes.He wanted to gently curl the strands of hair that had escaped from her ponytail around his fingers.Her hair was so beautiful and he realized that he had never seen her wear it down. The tips would probably settle around her waist if she made like Rapunzel and let down her hair. He could only imagine how amazing it would be; like a dreamy cape floating around her. Would she min

Chapter SixteenFood.The Wraeken was hungry and growled in anger. All it could think about was satisfying its hunger.It spat out the chunk of deer thigh that it had been trying to chew and gagged in disgust.Revolting!There was only one thing that could tame the burning pit in its stomach; human flesh.Everything else tasted like rotten garbage and it had, had enough.It was beginning to slowly lose its sanity and it didn’t mind. It no longer existed as “he” and could feel its conscience slipping away. It was a wonderful feeling and it welcomed it.Why had it waited so long to have the delicious first taste?Its power grew with each human meal it consumed.But the time frame within which it needed to feed was getting shorter and shorter.At first, it had been satisfied with indulging in its cravings once in three months. But that window had quickly narrowed down to once in a month.Now, it was once every two weeks and it knew that it could only get worse.Soon, it would run mad fro

Chapter EighteenAs Daykan walked into the packs’ meeting hall, a feeling of uneasiness settled in his chest and he could not seem to be able to shake it off.He attributed the feeling to the fact that it was time for another packs’ meeting.He was a little cautious when he had to attend stuff like this. He always wondered that what if the packs came to a decision that it was too dangerous to allow him live and it was time to get rid of him?A general pack meeting would be the perfect place to ambush him. They would come at him from all sides, ensuring that he would have no chance to escape and take joy in finishing him off.Due to his membership, the Crimson Pack might not support his execution but what could they do against the united front of the other packs? The most they might be able to do, is refuse to participate. But he would really appreciate if one of his pack members would give him a heads up in case things ever got to that stage.Although he knew that his wild thoughts