LOGINALEXA POV LI stood in my room as Sebastian’s private jet flew out. Its wings spread into the white blue sky, and I kind of envied its freedom. “Mother I did better today.”Karl’s voice shook me free of my anxiety a bit, and I turned toward him, with the best smile I could give.“You always do better darling.”He rushed into my arms, his scent the actual hibiscus smell on Sebastian. The same smell that clung to the sheets the night he said my name like a prayer and then like a mistake. The same smell that haunted the hallways when he walked past me.“Beta Nuel will return soon, and you should make sure you keep making mummy proud.”I said, pulling tighter on the poor boy, my baby, the one I love so dearly. Any pack decision can’t keep us apart. And Sebastian, no matter how far ahead he is, I can only thank him for at least taking Karl’s side.“You can be replaced.”My wolf snarled beneath, and I pressed a gentle kiss on Karl to calm the tornado erupting in my head and pretend my wo
CLAIR POV It’s Saturday and overly lonesome, a typical ChiCanada if you ask me. “Mummy, do you miss your friends?” Lily’s voice broke out from the kitchen. I have decorated the house last summer to get things regulated and in place and even though it’s this small house, it felt bigger now that I created a kitchen space. “Not really baby, I have you after all.” I said, hating how forced and tight my voice sounded. It will be summer soon, and I think I needed the sun, as much as it could give. Clair’s eyes settled on me, curious, probably got a lot in her mind. I shifted on the sofa and beckoned for her. She shrugged off her frown and got into my arms. “You are my only friend Lily, I want you to know that.” I wish she would always remember that, even when I got lucky to have more people supporting me, I wish she would always know how important she’s in my life forever. “Why did you cry so much and said ‘I miss you’ in the night?” My heart skipped a beat. She heard me, when I
SEBASTIAN POV Her eyes were full of tears, and it moved me deeper than I wanted it to. Deeper than grief. Deeper than the walls I have tried to build around my chest for four years.But what could a broken Alpha like me promise anyone else?I had already failed Clair. I had already let Fate as they call it take her before I could even figure out how to say her name without it bleeding. And what right did I have to touch Alexa? To promise her anything when every word I spoke only turned to ash in my mouth?“I will do what is necessary to keep Karl safe,” I said gently. The words sounded foreign and weak. I hated how my voice softened for her. Hated how my strength felt like it was fading, not that any rogue could challenge me and live, my claws had ended wolves stronger in the past. But I couldn’t find the strength to give love. Not when all I did was receive it and let it burn me.Perhaps I’m a broken Alpha.“My Alpha, Karl is considered human with his weakness. Won’t your acknow
ALEXA POV I’m still on my knees on the cold stone and I can feel every inch of it digging into my skin. My dress is damp from the hall. And my mascara is a mess. Yet I don’t care. I’ve cared less about looking like a Luna.“Acknowledge our son,” I say again, softer this time. Like if I say it quiet enough, it won’t sound like begging.But he doesn’t answer. He just stands there, shirtless, the moonlight cutting across his chest and shoulders like he was carved for war. Sebastian. The Alpha. My Alpha. The man I have loved since I was fifteen and stupid enough to think love was a promise.The scars on his ribs pull when he breathes. I used to trace them. Back when his mother, the old Luna, would let me sit beside him during council meetings and tell me “Patience, Alexa. A man like that takes time.”Time. God knows I’ve given him time. Or isn’t four years anything at all. Four years of watching him look through me like I am glass while he says Clair’s name in his sleep.“Karl deserves a
“I’m sorry, Mum, but I have to go.”I whispered into my cellphone. It had been so long before Lily was born since I last heard Mum’s voice. And it seems to be our final words yet again and it felt so rusty on my tongue.“Be good, my baby. And I promise to be alive for you, until you feel it’s right again.” She cried, and the sound cracked something open in my chest. My heart thundered against my work uniform, loud enough I thought the supervisor might hear it through the wall.“Where are you, bitch?”I had no doubt whose voice that was. Mrs. Hilda. Our supervisor. With a husky loud voice that bounced off the tiles and sank into your bones. I quickly shoved the phone into my pocket and grabbed the mop. My hands were shaking but I kept my eyes down. Running slow circles across the floor. Pretending I was invisible. Since that was the only way to survive here.Then she peeked around the last partition, the one that had been shielding me from her for maybe three whole minutes.“You shou
SEBASTIAN POV The room was too quiet. My body wouldn’t sit still. And skin felt so tight with my bones humming. The moon tonight wasn’t just bright. It was greedy. Bigger than I had seen it in years, swollen and pale, pressing against the glass like it wanted in. Like it was watching me. The thunder rolled low over the city skyline too. And rain hit the glass in sheets. Then almost impossible, a rainbow split the clouds, thin and bleeding light even in the dark. Omens. My grandmother used to say thunder meant change. Rain meant cleansing. While rainbows meant promises. And the moon meant fate. But that fate seems to be screaming at me.Alexa’s words still rang in my ears from the announcement downstairs earlier. “I am carrying the next Alpha in line. The one to beat the legacy of even his own father.” She had said it with that smile. The one she used when she thought she was holding all the cards. Her hand on her stomach. And her eyes daring me to deny it.A son, my heir.That’s
Clair’s POV I was hurt, but I knew I had to run. The pain was so severe, spreading dangerously through my body, and I forced myself forward, my escape fueled by pure panic and the raw instinct to escape him.I remembered that dark eye that had been on me earlier. He was obv
Sebastian POV"Make sure she gets home safely,” I said as Nuel stepped out of the Bentley and into a waiting Mercedes Benz. The engine roared, and he sped off, tires screeching against the road.Pain, I had seen it etched across Clair’s face earlier. Pain that crawled bene
Clair’s POV I can’t deny the fact that I miss LA so much, and no matter how badly I want to hate my stepmom and Abigail, I just can’t. And Hana? She’s carved all over my heart. “Are you sure you can do this job?” The soft tone matched the soft smile spreading across the woman’s lips. I glance
Sebastian POV "Go get her.” I muttered to Nuel, who stared in pure astonishment as my fist reddened and my wolf threatened to unleash, ready to take what is rightfully his, her. “Okay, Alpha.” He said and disappeared. I stared blankly into Sylvester’s eyes. He groaned in pain, falling back







