LOGIN~Nyla~
"What do you want?" He almost snapped at me even before looking at me.
Seriously? Does he expect me to think that big black wolf was some stray? His wolf probably isn't an arrogant ass like him.
Where the hell was he going? He put on a jacket and was now strapping a watch on. How could someone look so sinfully sexy?
He oozed such dominance in that perfectly tailored suit and a concrete jaw under a dark grainy stubble. No one should be allowed to look so hot! An earthy scent swirled around him as I moved closer.
The mate bond was playing tricks on my mind again. My presence and scent should affect him, and being the human he thinks I am, I should be clueless. But here he was, standing with his back facing me, so indifferent while looking into the mirror and working up flawlessly coiffed hair.
"I want my baby."
"I told you she will live."
"Why can't I have her? She's mine after all."
"Didn't you
TWO YEARS LATER ~Nyla~ Déjà vu! It was a beautiful April morning. Maya and I were living the same moment again. We were back in the palace at the Golden Dells. I was pregnant again, and today was the Coronation Ceremony. Dressed in a beautiful purple satin gown, I paced to the bedroom Wyatt and I once occupied. The room was locked and preserved in his memory. Our pictures together hung up on the walls and they tugged at my heart with the same intensity, even after all this time. They say our loved ones never truly leave us. They walk beside us every day, unseen but always near, still missed as much. There are things that death cannot touch. I hoped it was true. I wanted Wyatt to watch my sunny smiles, to know that Ari found the best dad I could ever give her. I wished the new addition to the family to be a boy with Kian's green eyes. Ari was already a daddy's girl. The Moon Goddess gave me a lot more than I deserv
~Kian~I sped to the venue, hoping Nyla was okay. Most of my wounds from fighting the Skinwalkers were already healing, but the deep gash down my ribcage still needed a pack doctor to fix.A heavy feeling of foreboding hung in the air as I arrived. Driving my car into the dry, deep sand, I slammed on the brakes when I couldn't believe my eyes from afar. All my pack members seemed to be walking into the ocean like mindless zombies.What the hell was going on?I rushed toward them in a frenzy and used my alpha command to halt them. It didn't work.A hauntingly sweet melody seeped through the air, filling my senses and compelling me to find the source of the song. Nyla...!Was it really her?Her face remained unchanged, as was her upper body, now exposed. A wave of anger washed over me as I watched her reveal herself to everyone.The special look I thought she had only for me wasn't meant for me after all. Her eyes gleamed golden as she lured many people into the water. Her beautiful, wa
~Nyla~Rachel wasn't thrilled. She wanted to take lots of silly pictures with me and her styled-up friends while we rode in her fancy car. Instead, we were in a black SUV with dull seats and grumpy guard wolves.The atmosphere was electric. Live music, plenty of food, kids running around or swimming in the ocean, and adults relaxing with drinks by the beach. It felt like we arrived at a lively carnival celebration.I tried to suppress my poison-filled thoughts about ending their smiles and laughter immediately. The full moon's power combined with the stone's latent energy was making me restless. "Oh yes! Looks like their boring meeting ended early today!" Rachel said and jumped out of the car when she saw her dad coming out with a few others.Alpha Caine's eyes locked onto me as if I was his next task on his to-do list for the day. He was over six feet tall, just like Kian, but with hazel eyes and copper hair. He walked toward me with purpose and told Rachel he needed to talk to me."
~Nyla~I took a long bath after Kian left. This past week had been the hardest to get through, and I needed to reflect on everything.I wasn't aware that it was possible to feel so torn between love and revenge. While I sometimes believe that Kian was one of the best things to happen to me, guilt was consuming me. Moving on so quickly felt unnatural enough, and doing so with the one responsible for my troubles seemed wrong.I thought no one was silently judging me except for my subconscious, which was constantly bringing Wyatt's memories to the surface, reminding me what a horrible person I was. Then I realized I had another silent judge when Kian mentioned Maya was watching us.It had to be Maya. She was probably waiting for Kian to move his pack to Golden Dells so she could seek her revenge. She didn't know he had no plans to relocate or if I was even alive. Neither did she know he lived in the Western Cascades, which was quite far from home.If she truly felt something for Vance lik
~Kian~Didn't she want me to mark her and make her the Luna? I thought that's what she asked me when we fought on the night of Rachel's First Kill.I expected anything but a weak 'Oh' from her. She was wide awake when she heard me, and now she was pretending to have fallen asleep already. I could think of many ways to wake her up and keep her screaming for the rest of the night. But she looked tired. I held onto her tightly, scared that she might disappear.This was a big step: introducing her to my dad as someone important rather than what he called 'a hole to fill.' He was definitely going to throw a fit and would want me to pick an alpha female from either the White Claw Pack or the Moon Valley Pack. Both of these pack Alphas had daughters over eighteen. The day Alpha Garrett went missing, my dad already decided Adalyn was of no use.I didn't realize until recently that Nyla wanted more from whatever our relationship was. I would have turned her down if she was a human. With the exp
~Nyla~I thought I had a sexy dream. I was tossing and turning in my bed, unable to catch a wink. The pendant was sitting on the nightstand. I hadn't dared to wear it yet. Kian's blood would sustain me for a few days before the withdrawal symptoms kicked in again. Walking to the window, I slightly cracked it open to let the night breeze in. Even at almost midnight, there was still some activity down below. Kian was supposed to be back around dinner, but I didn't see him return.As I was drifting off to sleep, thinking about him, I heard someone jump into my room by opening the window wider. The scent of his earthy smell hit my nostrils as he lay next to me. Wrapping his strong, muscular arms around me, he crushed my body into his broad frame, claiming my lips and nuzzling his head into the crook of my neck. All I could manage was a moan, asking him to keep kissing me and not stop hugging me."You are back to smelling like rain and raspberries," he said and took in my scent some more. "







