The Line Between Us

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• The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake   The Price of Peace

  KolLiam’s eyes were opened wide, staring at nothing. I reached out with my trembling hands, and gently closed them. The warmth was already fading from his skin.I don’t know how long I knelt there, but I couldn’t move. I couldn’t comprehend that I had just lost him. For good.Then I looked up. Around me, my pack was dying, bleeding, screaming. What was the point of all this? Liam was gone. And for what?I curled my hands into fists. They were slick with his blood. I felt the fire in me rising again, rage, grief, vengeance. But then it cracked, giving way to tiredness.I didn’t want to do this anymore. I didn’t want to watch another soldier die, another child cry for their mother, another fire scorch the soil I’d sworn to protect.This war, it had to end. So I tore a piece from the hem of my bloodied white shirt, lifted it high into the air, and stood.It was a truce. A surrender. Not of pride, but of bloodshed.I walked slowly to the centre of the field. Raising my arms, I raised the

• The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake   For Us

  KolThe boom rattled the glass of our windows as I tugged on my shirt. Then came the screams. Then another explosion, louder and closer this time. The air was filled with black smoke. My pulse quickened. I didn't need a confirmation. I already knew:We were under attack.I quickly put my jacket on and ran out the door as two guards passed by me, shouting at one another while drawing their weapons.“Fire on the east wing!”“Enemy enforcers at the south gates!”The estate had turned into a complete battle field.I forced through to the chaos of it all, searching every corner and every face, trying to locate one person in particular. Aria.In that moment, Liam emerged through the smoke. His eyes were blazing. “The new moon pack enforcers are here. I counted dozens of them breaching through the rear fences.”“Where’s Aria?” I barked.“I was just coming to find you, to look for her,” he said.“We find her first. Then we fight.”Without a moment of hesitation, Liam nodded, and we went on.

• The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake   Running For Two

  AriaI opened the door slowly, unsure of what I’d find on the other side. My mind was heavy and my heart was even heavier. Kol was on the edge of the bed with his shirt half-buttoned and his shoulders hunched and weary.Then he looked up at me softly. “Where were you?”I hesitated. “Just… outside. I needed some air.”He didn’t press. Instead, he stood and walked to meet me. Then he pulled me in for a warm hug. I felt safer. And even more safe when he kissed my forehead.“It’s going to be okay,” he whispered. “We’ll figure it out. All of it.”I wanted to believe that. But all I could think about was the life quietly growing inside me. A secret I hadn’t yet found the courage to say out loud.We stared into each other’s eyes for a moment, then he leaned in and kissed me gently. I kissed him back, but my mind was spiralling towards what this meant, what it could become, and how little room there was for peace in our world.When we broke apart, he led me to the bed, and began taking off hi

• The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake   A Shocking News

  AriaThe moment the door clicked shut behind Kol, my eyes opened instantly. I hadn’t slept since I vomited. Not really. The nausea had kept me awake all night, and it gave me serious anxiety. What if I was pregnant? The thought only was like a death sentence to me. Kol had enough to worry about, losing his title, Sorah’s betrayal, the pack fracturing under her rule. The last thing he needed was another burden. Another weakness for his enemies to exploit. I dragged myself out of bed despite not wanting to. Then off to the dining hall I went. I was expecting to be treated as Luna I used to be, but since I wasn’t that anymore, I had to serve myself.A few warriors and maids nodded at me, as I served myself and then I caught their eyes lingering on me a beat too long. Wondering, probably, if I was still worth acknowledging now that Kol wasn’t Alpha. I picked at my breakfast, forcing down a few bites of toast before the nausea started again. I barely made it to the servants’ washroom

• The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake   The Alpha Who Was

  KolI woke up with a stubborn headache and Aria still curled up beside me, with her hand half-tangled in the sheet between us, sleeping. She didn’t move when I stood up. With all the drama going on, she still seemed peaceful as she slept. I didn’t want to disturb that, not yet. Not with everything ahead of us today.I sat at the edge of the bed, allowing the silence to sink in. I didn’t have a title anymore, I couldn’t give out commands like I could anymore. I was just a man trying to find his place in the house he once ruled.I left Aria sleeping and dressed in silence.The estate was a different place now. As I walked through the corridors, I could feel the eyes on me, pack members, pausing mid-conversation, kitchen staff stiffening as I passed, even a few young warriors lowered their gazes awkwardly.They were wondering. “What does a dethroned alpha look like?”Apparently, he looks like a man who still walks like he owned the place, even when he knew he didn’t.I made my way to the

• The Alpha’s Pretty Mistake   Stripped of Power

  AriaI watched Kol’s face the moment Liam announced the results. There were no changes. No shift. Not even a blink.But I felt it, something inside him definitely twisted. Not physically, not for the world to see. But just enough for me to feel it in my chest. My heart stuttered with his silence.Elder Sorah smiled. I bet she was satisfied. She turned to the room, letting the silence stretch long enough before finally beginning her speech.“Today, we choose wisdom over recklessness. Structure over sentiment. We usher in a new era, a new order, one that will no longer be ruled by instinct and vengeance, but by logic and order. You have my word, as your new Alpha, that I will rebuild the integrity of this pack. I will make our past elders, Malkir, Helena and Tomas, proud.”Some people clapped. Not many. But enough to sting. Others just stared. Silently and uncertainly. And still, Kol didn’t flinch.He just turned and left the hall with shoulders straight and an even pace. I quickly foll