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Ruby's POVI woke alone in my bed the next morning and the space beside me was cold. For a moment, I thought last night had been a dream. That Kane had not actually opened up to me and let me see beneath the armor he wore. That I had not held him while he grieved for a family ten years dead.Then I saw his shirt draped over the chair by the window. He had left it behind and that small detail made my heart skip. It was a sign, however tiny, that maybe last night had meant something to him too.I was pulling on a dress when Gloria burst through my door without knocking. Her face was pale and her usual composure had cracked around the edges."We have a problem," she said.My stomach dropped. "What kind of problem?""The kind with long legs and a history with your husband." Gloria moved to my closet and started pulling out dresses with sharp, agitated movements. "Kane has a visitor. Isabella Blackthorn. She is an alpha from the neighboring Blackthorn pack."The name meant nothing to me bu

Kane's POVI came to her room with every intention of putting Ruby back in her place. The thought of her discussing my private business with Gloria, dissecting my past like some medical specimen, made my blood boil. No one had the right to talk about my family. No one had the right to analyze my pain like it was something they could understand or fix.But when I stepped through that door and saw her standing there at the mirror, something stopped me. There was no fear in her eyes when she turned. It was not the trembling submission I had grown accustomed to seeing in people's faces. It was understanding and that was somehow worse than pity would have been.She looked at me like she could see straight through the armor I wore. Like she knew exactly what I was and why I had become this way. It infuriated me and disarmed me at the same time."How much did Gloria tell you?" I asked, my voice coming out rougher than I intended.Ruby did not look away. "Enough.""Enough to what? Feel sorry

Ruby's POV Gloria arrived at my room early the next morning with tea and a determined look on her face. She did not knock and she did not wait for permission. She just walked in like she owned the place and set the tea tray down on the small table by the window."Get up," she said. "We have work to do."I sat up slowly, my body still aching from last night. The humiliation was still fresh and the memory of Kane's cold dismissal burned in my chest like acid. But Gloria was not interested in my pain. She pulled open the curtains and sunlight flooded the room."If you want to survive here, you need to stop acting like a victim," she said, pouring the tea. "Kane does not respect weakness. He never will.""I am not weak," I said quietly."Then stop acting like it." She handed me a cup. "Drink. We have a lot to cover and not much time."The tea was bitter but warm. I wrapped my hands around the cup and let the heat seep into my fingers. Gloria sat across from me and studied my face like she

True to his words, it was only by Ruby’s werewolf genes that she was able to walk. Kane had kept going all night and left her screaming. He had left after he was done without another word, and Ruby had sobbed to herself. Why was he so hard, so hard to see through, what made him so reluctant to show emotions? Was it past traumas or did he just decide to be that way? Was he born that way She had never felt so exposed, raw, and vulnerable in her life. Kane had broken her last night, but she refused to be broken. Even through the ordeal, she stared at him right in the eye, maintaining eye contact. It had broken her to see those eyes that she thought held life look so dead. Ruby managed to slide off the bed and stare at the mirror. Her hair was a mess where Kane had grabbed it. Her face was red, and her eyes were puffy from crying. It looked like someone had run her over with a car. The door creaked open, and the maid from yesterday came in with her vacuum cleaner. She gave one look a

Kane pretty much avoided her after the sex session. Ruby didn’t know if she could call it avoid or just keeping her mute, he would see her and not even give the barest hint of a smile. Just give her his smoldering look and turn away.Ruby also knew why he was like that, she had seen through his tough exterior and he didn’t want that. He didn’t trust her with it, he didn’t trust what she would do with that knowledge.He didn’t know she didn’t see him the way others saw him. All Ruby hoped for was a good marriage, one that would work and shock members of the crescent lune pack. Ruby stared at herself in the mirror and held her stomach imagining how it would feel to have Kane children. They would be as powerful as he is. She wanted them to be dark haired like he was and have his smoky green eyes.The door opened and a maid walked in, holding a vacuum cleaner. She nodded her greetings to Ruby.“Do you know where Kane is. I can’t seem to find him” Ruby asked.“At the gardens, inspecting so

Weirdly, being carried in his arms felt good. Ruby could feel his chest beating, he smelled nice and the scent was intoxicating. Her eyes dropped and she wrapped her arms around his torso. Just when she was enjoying being carried about she was tossed unceremoniously on a bed. Her eyes widened in alarm and she scrambled backwards.“Please no, I am not ready yet.” She pleaded and his green eyes narrowed.“Am I supposed to even care?” he growled and she moved back further.“Please. I don’t want to do it this way” she begged and he raised a brow.“Like I said, I don't care what you want” In one smooth move, he took off his shirt. “I have to mark you, claim you. No one touches my property and you Ruby are my property. I hear you are a virgin” he stated and Ruby started sobbing. The way he looked at her was more scary than anything in her life, he looked at her with no compassion, no emotion, just raw lust.He grabbed her leg and pulled her forward. Ruby squealed and struggled but he wasn’