Novels by Lola Mateo

Aria’s POVI didn’t sleep.Not after that.Not after him.Not after both of them.My body was still tense, my mind replaying every second of that dream—no, not a dream… something else. Something real enough to leave marks where there shouldn’t be any.Adrian’s voice.Kael’s presence.That moment when everything felt like it was about to shift into something I couldn’t control.I sat at the edge of the bed, fingers gripping the sheets, my thoughts racing.Why did Adrian feel familiar?Why did Kael react like that?And worst of all—Why did I feel caught between them?A sudden knock didn’t come.The door opened.Hard.My head snapped up.Kael.He didn’t hesitate.Didn’t announce himself.Didn’t give me time to react.He stepped inside like a storm—controlled on the outside, but barely contained underneath.And I felt it immediately.Through the bond.Anger.Sharp.Possessive.Jealous.My breath caught.“Kael—”“Who is he?”The question cut through the room instantly.Cold.Demanding.No

Aria’s POVI couldn’t stop thinking about him.No matter how hard I tried.No matter how many times I told myself it didn’t matter… that he was a stranger… that Kael had made it clear he was dangerous—That feeling wouldn’t go away.Familiar.That was the problem.He didn’t feel like someone I had just met.He felt like someone I had forgotten.And that terrified me.I sat at the edge of my bed, staring down at my hands, replaying every second of that encounter in my mind.The way he looked at me.The way he said my name.The way something inside me had responded without permission.“Adrian…” I whispered.Even the name felt wrong.Incomplete.Like it wasn’t his.The bond pulsed faintly in my chest.Different this time.Not reacting to him.Reacting to something else.Someone else.Kael.I exhaled slowly, pressing my fingers against my temples.“This is too much…”The power.The mark.The bond.And now—Him.I lay back on the bed, staring at the ceiling again.The same ceiling.The sam

Aria’s POVThe air felt different that morning.Lighter.But wrong.Like something had shifted during the night… and hadn’t settled back into place.I stepped outside the pack house slowly, my senses sharper than usual. The forest stretched around me, quiet but not peaceful.Watching.Waiting.The bond pulsed faintly in my chest.Not urgent.Not painful.Just… there.Always there.A reminder.Of him.I exhaled slowly, trying to ignore it as I walked further into the clearing, needing space—real space—for the first time since all of this started.But the moment I stopped—I felt it.Not the bond.Something else.A presence.Subtle.Careful.Familiar.My body went still.“Who’s there?” I called out.Silence.Then—A step.Soft.Measured.And from between the trees—He appeared.He didn’t look like a threat.That was the first thing I noticed.Tall, yes. Strong. But not in the same overwhelming way Kael was. There was something quieter about him… something controlled.Something hidden.D

Unknown POVI felt it the moment it happened.Not the surge of her power.Not the awakening of the mark.No.Something else.Something far more dangerous.The bond.It shifted.Deepened.Changed.And with it—So did everything else.From the edge of the forest, hidden between shadows that bent too easily around my presence, I watched the Alpha’s house in silence.Closer than before.Close enough to feel it clearly now.Her.The energy around her had grown stronger since the last time. More stable… but more dangerous.And him.The Alpha.That was unexpected.A slow breath filled my lungs.Then left just as slowly.“So it’s true…” I murmured.The bond hadn’t broken.It had evolved.Of course it had.A faint smile tugged at my lips beneath the shadow of my hood.“That complicates things.”But not in a way I couldn’t handle.No.If anything—It made this more interesting.I stepped forward slightly, the ground beneath my feet barely reacting to my weight.Old habits.Old control.Old powe

I shouldn’t have stepped back.Because the moment I did—The bond snapped tight.Hard.Painfully.A sharp pull yanked through my chest, stealing the air from my lungs as I stumbled slightly, my hand instinctively flying forward—Straight into him.Kael caught me again.Of course he did.But this time…It felt different.Closer.Too close.The space between us disappeared completely, my body pressed against his as the bond pulsed violently, reacting to the sudden contact.Stronger than before.More demanding.“What—” I gasped.“You felt that,” he said, his voice lower now.Not calm.Not controlled.Not anymore.“I—yes…”Another pulse.Hot.Intense.It didn’t hurt.It burned.My breath hitched as the sensation spread through me, sharp and consuming, pulling me toward him in a way that made no sense—And too much sense at the same time.“This isn’t just the bond,” I whispered.Kael didn’t answer.But I saw it.The shift.The control slipping.Just slightly.Just enough.His grip on me ti

The silence after the storm should have felt like relief.It didn’t.It felt heavier.Thicker.Like something had shifted between us… and refused to settle back into place.I was still standing too close to him.Too aware.Too… affected.Kael hadn’t let go.Not completely.His hand was still on my arm, firm, steady—like he expected the power to surge again at any second.Or maybe…Like he didn’t trust himself to let go.My breath slowed, but not enough.Not with him this close.Not with the bond still pulsing between us—softer now, but deeper… like it had sunk under my skin.“You’re stable,” he said quietly.It wasn’t a question.I nodded slightly. “I think so.”But neither of us moved.And that—That was the problem.The air shifted.Subtle.But enough.The bond reacted first.A slow pulse.Then another.Warmer this time.Different.I felt it before I understood it.A strange heat spreading through my chest… then lower, curling into something unfamiliar. My breath hitched before I co