ANMELDENKade’s POV:Finding out that she was a virgin shocked me in a way I hadn’t prepared for. It didn’t fit, none of it did. My brothers and I had convinced ourselves of a very simple story: she was nothing more than a scheming girl who had clawed her way from servitude into our father’s bed, trading whatever she had to become Luna. We believed she hadn’t cared who she hurt in the process, not the family she tore apart, not the damage she left behind.It was easier to believe that version of her.After all, our mother had been cast aside like she was nothing. My sister too. Just… discarded. Like their place in his life had meant nothing at all. That kind of thing doesn’t leave you quietly. It festers. It turns into something sharp and restless under your skin. And for us, it became one thing, revenge.So we came back for that.But the moment we arrived and saw her, really saw her, everything shifted in a way none of us were ready for. She wasn’t just the woman who had taken our father. Sh
Alora’s POV:“Are you seriously asking me that?” he asked, his voice low but edged with disbelief. I didn’t respond. I couldn’t. The words sat somewhere between my chest and my throat, heavy and unmoving.“We had a deal, Alora,” he continued, his gaze narrowing as he studied my silence like it was an answer in itself.“Luna Alora,” I cut in, sharper than I intended.The shift in his expression was immediate. His jaw tightened, and his lips pressed into a thin line as if he had just tasted something bitter. He leaned back slightly, not quite retreating but pulling away enough to show that he didn’t like being corrected. His fingers curled against the edge of the table, tapping once, twice, before going still.“We had a deal, Luna Alora,” he corrected, his tone firmer now. “But I haven’t heard from you. If anything, you’ve been avoiding me, and that pissed me off.”“I wasn’t avoiding you,” I said, finally meeting his eyes.“Then why did you see me in the cafeteria and walk away?” he sho
Alora’s POV:The lecture passed in a blur, the professor’s voice nothing more than a dull hum in the background. I tried, at least, I told myself I tried, to focus on the notes projected at the front of the room, but my mind refused to cooperate. It kept circling back, over and over, to what had happened between me and Kade earlier.I wished I could forget it. I wished I could just erase the whole thing.But I couldn’t.The memory clung stubbornly, replaying in fragments that made my stomach twist. The way I had let my guard down. The way I had leaned in, just for a second too long. The way I had begged him. And then, his reaction. The way he had pulled back, like whatever was happening between us had suddenly become a mistake.No, not suddenly. Like it had always been one.Heat crept up my neck at the thought, embarrassment settling deep in my chest. I felt awful, small, even. Rejected in the most humiliating way possible, right in the middle of something that should have meant somet
Alora’s POV:My heart hammered against my ribs like a frantic bird trapped in a cage, the rhythm erratic and suffocating. I looked at him, really looked at him, taking in the sharp angles of his jaw and the intense, unreadable darkness in his eyes. The air inside the car felt thick, charged with a tension that was almost tangible, pressing against my skin and making it difficult to draw a full breath. I was torn, suspended in a dizzying limbo between saying yes and saying no. It was a war waged within the quiet confines of my mind.If I said yes, I wasn’t sure I was going to survive the day intact. But if I said no, I would have everything gone and done with. I could retreat back into the safety of my mundane existence, pressing a reset button on this dangerous encounter. I would quench the fire burning inside of me at the moment, a desperate, hungry flame that threatened to consume my rational thoughts, and it would be over. I was so tired of feeling like this, tired of the constan
Kade's POV:I wanted to do more to her, but I was holding myself back. Every instinct screamed at me to take, to mark, to claim, yet the human part of me hesitated, terrified of the raw power vibrating beneath my skin. But the moment she uttered those words, those soft, breathless syllables that hung in the air between us, everything changed. “You have to try more than that,” The way she said it like she was taunting me made the fragile thread of my restraint to snap. My wolf, a beast I had kept caged for so long, threatened to break free, to surge forward and claim her as ours.My gaze dropped from her eyes to the delicate column of her neck. It was bare. Too bare. The smooth, pale skin seemed to scream for my mark, for the physical evidence of my ownership. It should have my bite, my scent, my claim etched into its surface. Just the thought of that, of my teeth sinking into that soft flesh, of my saliva mingling with her blood, made me give in to my wolf completely. There was so
Alora’s POV:My hands rested against his chest as I tried to push him away, but the effort faltered before it even began. There was no strength behind it, no real intention. Instead of creating distance, my fingers curled into his shirt, bunching the fabric as I pulled him closer.I wanted this.That truth settled heavily in my chest, undeniable now. I couldn’t keep pretending I didn’t feel it, that pull, that sharp, insistent bond tightening every time he came near. Fighting it had only made it worse, stretching me thin, leaving me restless and raw.Maybe if I gave in… just once… it would quiet.Maybe the tension would finally break.One time wouldn’t hurt.No one would know.My eyes fluttered shut as his lips brushed mine, soft at first, almost hesitant, but it didn’t stay that way for long. The moment stretched, then snapped, and suddenly the kiss deepened, turning urgent, hungry. My breath hitched as his mouth moved against mine with a kind of quiet intensity that made my chest ti
Luna Sabrina's POV:I paced up and down my room, my heels clicking sharply against the polished marble floor as waves of anger coursed through me. Her face, the face I despised above all others, kept replaying in my mind like a haunting melody I couldn’t escape. Her eyes, her confident demeanor, h
Thorne’s POV:Staring at her, touching her, feeling those sparks that always sent my wolf into a frenzy—it was unbearable. I couldn’t help but seethe internally, a storm brewing just beneath the surface. How could something so fragile, so beautiful, ignite such chaos within me? I was barely holdin
Alora’s POV:Just then, Kade brought his hand to my face, his warm touch sending a jolt of electricity cascading through my skin. The sensation caught me off guard, making me flinch, yet his touch had an odd effect. It was soothing, calming the storm of emotions that had been raging within me. For
Alora’s POV:After slipping into the bathroom, I let the warm water cascade over my skin, washing away the remnants of sleep and fatigue. The scent of lavender soap filled the small, steamy space as I lathered it across my body, the bubbles glistening like tiny pearls.I







