MasukAlpha Kael’s POVI didn't want to fight Daniel, not like this.Not while a bullet wound was still stitched into my body, not when every movement sent a dull ache through my side, and certainly not when I had only just left the hospital against the doctor's orders.But I would rather die than admit that to Daniel, or to anyone, especially Liora.I stood across from my half-brother in the middle of the road, my jaw clenched as reporters gathered around us with their cameras pointed in our direction.Daniel looked completely unaffected. He had always been reckless.He had always been the kind of man who could walk into a burning building simply because someone dared him to and apparently, he hadn't changed."You still have time to back out," Daniel said.His eyes flicked toward my injured side and I immediately straightened."I'm not backing out” I replied."Kael, you're injured” he said."I can fight” I insisted.His voice was irritatingly calm, that made it worse. Behind him, Liora sto
Liora’s POVFor several seconds, nobody moved or even dared to speak. It was like there was a crushing weight that threatened to fall on anyone who dared to do anything other than watch and listen.Honestly, it was as though the entire coffee shop had stopped breathing.Daniel had just challenged Alpha Kael for me. I didn’t know if it was the most romantic thing ever or the most stupid.I stared at him, certain I had misunderstood what he had said."You... challenged him?" I asked.Daniel didn't even look at me, his eyes remained fixed on Alpha Kael."Yes” he answered.My heart began pounding."Daniel, you can't be serious” I said."I am” he replied."Why?" I asked then he finally looked at me.His expression was calm, but there was something incredibly determined behind his eyes."I'm not going to stand here and watch him drag you back to that estate” he answered, his voice considerably harder than it usually was.Alpha Kael scoffed."You think an Alpha challenge will change anything
Alpha Kael’s POVThe casual confidence Daniel had carried everywhere had disappeared the moment he learned the truth about Liora's parents.I glanced toward the windows. The reporters were still gathered outside, their cameras pointed toward the entrance, waiting for another scandal to unfold.Perfect, exactly what I needed.I turned my attention back to Daniel."There is something else we need to discuss” I said.Daniel's eyes narrowed."What?"I took a step closer and Daniel's expression shifted slightly."How long have you had people watching my estate, watching my guards, watching my movements?” I asked.He didn't answer immediately then after some time, he sighed."It has been for a couple months” he answered.Liora looked at him."You did?"Daniel looked at her."I wanted to know what was going on” he said.I laughed bitterly."Of course you did. You're always the same."Daniel's jaw tightened."And you're always convinced you're the only person allowed to make decisions” he sho
Liora's POVThe moment Alpha Kael had punched Daniel, everything in the coffee shop had changed.I hated the way everyone was looking at me as if I were somehow responsible for the chaos unfolding around me.The employees who had been smiling and welcoming us only minutes ago were now standing stiffly behind the counter, their faces pale.But nobody dared to intervene, nobody dared to even speak.They were afraid of Alpha Kael and honestly, I couldn't blame them. He stood in the middle of the coffee shop like a storm that had suddenly taken human form.Daniel had one hand against his jaw, his expression filled with disbelief and anger. I was still standing between them, my heart pounding."Are you all right?" I asked Daniel.He looked at me."I'm fine” he said.I looked toward Alpha Kael whose eyes were fixed on Daniel. There was something terrifying about his expression."Why did you hit him?" I demanded.His jaw tightened."He shouldn't have brought you here” he said.I stared at hi
Amarok’s POVI barely paid attention to the man screaming.His voice had become nothing more than background noise to me, blending with the heavy sounds of fists striking flesh and the desperate pleas coming from his family.I sat comfortably in the large leather chair, one leg crossed over the other, watching my men handle the situation.The wealthy CEO was on his knees in the middle of the room. His expensive suit was ruined, blood stained the corner of his mouth, and one of his eyes was already beginning to swell shut.His wife stood several feet away with their two children clinging to her. She was crying, the children were crying too but I didn't care.The man owed me a considerable amount of money.Several months ago, he had come to me begging for help because a smaller neighboring pack had refused to recognize his authority over a piece of land he wanted.He had promised me an enormous payment if I helped him conquer the pack and I had done exactly that.His enemies had been el
Alpha Kael’s POVThe moment I stepped out of the car, I saw Liora sitting inside that damned coffee shop with Daniel and something inside me snapped.I had spent the entire drive telling myself that I was going there because she was supposed to be under my protection, that Daniel had taken her out without my permission, that there were reporters surrounding them, that Amarok was still out there, waiting for an opportunity to get to her.Those were all perfectly reasonable explanations. But the truth was that I was furious because she was with him, my half-brother.The man who had always had a talent for taking things that didn't belong to him.My jaw tightened as I stared through the glass windows of the coffee shop.Daniel was sitting beside Liora, far too close. She looked uncomfortable, but she was still there with him and he was looking at her with that same irritating ease he had always possessed.Like he owned the room, like nothing in the world could touch him.My hands curled
Liora's POVMy skin tingled as the maids’ hands glided over me, spreading oil down my shoulders, across the slope of my collarbone, over the curve of my breasts, down my ribs and over my waist. Their touch was careful, almost timid, as if I were a fragile artifact rather than a living woman.The s
The Alpha Losing ControlKael’s POV“Your blood… shouldn’t exist.”The words left my mouth before I could stop them.For a moment, silence settled between us.Liora stared at me as if I had spoken a language she did not understand. Her breathing was uneven, her chest rising and falling beneath the
Alpha Kael's POVThe fire’s warmth did nothing to chase the chill that had settled into my chest. She knelt there, slick with oil, the faint scent of jasmine clinging to her skin. The linen she wore was thin, clinging to her body, leaving nothing to the imagination. Every curve, every swell, ever
I still remember the smell of smoke, thick and chocking, curling into my lungs, and the sound of my mother’s screams echoing through the house as she was slaughtered along with my father for trusting the wrong people.Though it has been a long time since that night, it is burned into me as if it ha







