LOGINElena's POVI didn't know exactly what had happened in the garden, I hadn't been there when the gun was fired, I hadn't seen the person raise the weapon, I hadn't seen Alpha Kael throw himself in front of Liora.But I didn't need to know every detail to understand one thing.Liora was involved.Somehow, she was always involved and at this point, it had become almost predictable.Every time something happened in this estate, her name eventually appeared somewhere in the middle of it.Anything ranging from arguments, secrets, fights, Alpha Kael's strange behavior, Amarok's repeated attempts to infiltrate the estate and now this.A fucking gunshot.For the first time in what felt like an eternity, Alpha Kael had been wounded in his own estate and Liora was standing beside him.Again.I watched the medics prepare to move the ambulance, and anger burned inside me. Liora's stubbornness was getting me riled up but I didn't intend to have a total meltdown. "This is unbelievable" I muttered.
Liora's POVAlpha Kael's eyes were closed, his face had lost some of its usual intimidating sharpness, and the blood staining his clothes looked horribly dark beneath the silver moonlight.I couldn't stop staring at him, I couldn't understand what had just happened, I couldn't understand why he had done it, or why I was so afraid.He had jumped in front of the bullet for me.Why did he do that?The question kept repeating itself in my mind and I pressed my trembling hands together."Alpha Kael please wake up."He didn't move and my chest tightened.I swallowed hard."Why did you do that?"I knew he couldn't answer me but I needed to ask anyway because I couldn't understand it.Alpha Kael could have moved, he could have allowed me to take the bullet, he could have let me die. Instead, he had stepped in front of it without hesitation.There hadn't even been time for him to think. It had been instinctive.But why?I looked at his face again and something inside me twisted painfully.I wa
Alpha Kael's POVI didn't know why I did it.Even now, as I lay on the grass filled ground beneath the moonlight, I couldn't explain the decision that had happened before I had even made it.One second, I was standing there, the next, I was in front of Liora and the bullet had hit me instead.A sharp, burning pain tore through my side and I staggered. For the first time in years, I felt something dangerously close to shock.Not because I had been shot but because I had allowed myself to be shot.For her.Why? I didn't know. I had moved on pure instinct.The moment I saw the bullet heading toward her, my body had reacted before my mind could catch up.She was defenseless, that was all. That had to be the reason.Anyone under my protection would have received the same response.That was what I told myself.I wasn't protecting Liora because I cared about her, I wasn't protecting her because the thought of watching her die had been unbearable. I had simply protected someone who couldn't p
Fay's POVI had never seen Tristan this angry. He stood directly in front of the cell, his shoulders tense and his hands clenched at his sides as he stared at Vesha.Vesha, however, didn't look intimidated.If anything, she seemed almost irritated that he had interrupted whatever conversation she had been having with Rio."What exactly are you doing here?" Tristan demanded.Vesha crossed her arms."I already told you. I came to see Rio" she said."At this hour? In secret?" He questioned. "I wasn't aware I needed your permission" she replied. Tristan scoffed."You sneaked out of your room in the middle of the night and came all the way down here.""I walked" she corrected him.His eyes narrowed then Rio finally spoke from inside the cell."Tristan, leave her alone" he said.Tristan looked between them."You expect me to believe this is nothing?"Rio shrugged."We were talking" he said."About what?""Nothing important" he replied. Tristan's expression hardened."You're being held pr
Amarok's POVI knew I was losing her..The realization struck me with a force I hadn't expected.Liora was still standing between us, but something had changed. Her eyes weren't fixed on me anymore, they were on Kael and that infuriated me.I had expected Kael to threaten her, I had expected him to command her, I had expected him to remind her that she was his prisoner.I had not expected him to look at her with that strange vulnerability and say those fucking words."I need you here."Those four words had done more damage than any threat could have and I could see the hesitation in Liora's expression, the way her shoulders had relaxed slightly, the way her eyes had softened.She was thinking about it. She was actually thinking about staying.Damn him.I clenched my fists."Liora. You can't let those words fool you" I said and she looked at me.Her eyebrows drew together."I'm not. I'm trying to understand what he meant" she said."He meant exactly what I've been telling you" I continu
Fay's POVAs I followed Vesha deeper into the estate, I was becoming increasingly certain that whatever she was doing had absolutely nothing to do with a harmless walk.I kept several steps between us, ducking behind pillars whenever she slowed down and pressing myself against walls whenever she glanced over her shoulder.The corridor seemed to stretch forever but Vesha moved quickly. Too quickly for someone who was supposedly taking an innocent evening walk.She didn't wander, she didn't hesitate. She knew exactly where she was going.I pulled my shawl tighter around my shoulders."Where are you going, Vesha?"I whispered the question even though she was far enough ahead not to hear me.She turned another corner and I hurried after her then stopped abruptly.Two guards stood at the end of the corridor and my stomach tightened. Beyond them stood a massive iron door. It looked nothing like the doors leading to ordinary rooms.This one was reinforced with thick metal bands, and a heavy
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
Liora’s POV“She is dangerous.”Alpha Kael’s voice followed me like a shadow as the guards dragged me from the room.My feet barely touched the floor as they hauled me through the doorway, their grips iron-tight around my arms. The heavy doors slammed shut behind us with a thunderous boom that ech
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
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







