KIERANFrom the moment the doctor took our samples, I started counting every minute. It was the second longest forty-eight hours of my life, the first being when Elara left me. The second the clock hits forty-eight hours, I am on the way to the hospital to confirm the result. I don’t even wait for the doctor to bring them to me.When I get to the hospital, he is attending to one of the soldiers that got injured during practice. I have to wait for five whole minutes before the doctor finally comes out to see me. All I wanted to do while he was in there was drag him out and make him give me the test result, but I don’t want to be too selfish.The moment he comes out of the ward, I intercept him. “Where is the test result?” I ask him.“In my office,” he tells me. “I was going to bring them to you, Alpha. You didn’t have to come all the way.”He doesn’t understand how impatient I am. Of course, I had to come collect it myself.“Let’s go then,” I gesture for him to lead the way to his offi
KIERANEver since she left, I was broken and angry, thinking she had betrayed and humiliated me. Little did I know that I was to be blamed for her disappearance. Damn, I have hurt that woman too much, and I hate myself for that.She was never supposed to see that footage. How the hell did she get a hold of it?Damn, I love her more than life itself. I cannot afford to lose her forever, or I will completely lose myself. I have to find a way to get her to forgive me. I have to prove myself to her so she’d know how much she means to me.“You caused this. You chased her away from us. Find a way to fix this,” my wolf rumbles in my head.“I didn’t know!” I growl in response, rage vibrating through my entire being. “I didn’t fucking know that she would ever see that footage, else I would’ve deleted everything from the system.”“You shouldn’t have made us go on that run!” he growls.Fuck. I fucked up big time. Rage and frustration consume me, making me lose all my senses. Before I can stop m
ELARA “You have to believe me, please. I beg you,” his voice cracks, his muscles tightening beneath me. “After you left, I couldn’t do anything. I almost ruined the pack. I was broken beyond measure.” “Oh, I can see that. It’s so obvious. You were so broken that you made Vivianne your Luna and fucked her,” I say, my voice holding so much sarcasm. The thought of that makes the knot in my chest tighten even more with jealousy. “No,” he shakes his head. “I have never had anything with her. I couldn’t. You are the only one I’ll ever be attracted to. You are the only one I’ll ever love. I want you back, Elara.” Vivianne has been his Luna for a while now and he hasn’t slept with her? “Stop lying to me. Please!” I shake my head vigorously. “I am not lying. I couldn’t bring myself to do anything with her...” His voice lowers as he continues, “at least not willingly.” My eyes narrow. “What do you mean?” He sighs heavily, finally stepping away from me and giving me space to breathe prope
ELARA“I don’t have all day. As you well know, I have patients to attend to,” I crossed my arms over my chest when he didn’t start talking immediately.He blew out a sharp breath and pinched the bridge of his nose. “Elara, is that how much you distrusted me?” he asked.I chuckled bitterly, shaking my head. “Are you still denying?”“I never cheated on you!” he breathes.“Oh, I am not a healer. Since we are lying,” I scoff.“Truly, Elara. Listen to me.” He inches closer to me and tries to place his hands on my shoulders, but I yank them off.“Do not touch me!” I scream.He exhales sharply, pressing his lips together. “I don’t know how I’ll say this that’ll make you believe me. But I never cheated on you. What happened between me and Vivianne in those woods was nothing but a misunderstanding...”“Oh, now you want to pull the ‘it was a mistake’ card. I am not falling for that!” I interject.“I...” He exhales and rakes his fingers through his hair. “I swear I never cheated. Please believe
ELARAHe keeps denying that he ever cheated on me with Vivianne, and that is what is infuriating me the most. I know what I saw, and it cannot be a misunderstanding. As the image replays in my mind, something painful tugs at my chest, twisting it. I hate that it still hurts me. I should’ve completely gotten over it.The door suddenly opens, and Isla and Vivianne appear before us.“Isla,” I call, squinting as I continue staring at her, “I thought you were uncon—”I trail off, rage vibrating through me when I realize what has just happened. They knew Kieran couldn’t get through the borders to see me, so they tricked me into coming here instead.“Were you also in on this?” I question Isla with a frown.“In on what? What are you doing here?” she asks with a frown as she ventures into the room. “You didn’t tell me you were coming.”Of course she doesn’t know.I flick my gaze at Harold. “Why did you do that?”“Uhm, I...” He scratches the back of his neck. “The both of you needed to get the
KIERANHarold had called Elara to tell her that Isla was unconscious just to lure her here. I just hope, really hope, that plan will work, because I am going out of my fucking mind thinking about what she meant when she said I betrayed her.I am in my office, clearing out the paperwork on my desk. That is all I ever do these days—work and train soldiers. Rinse, lather, and repeat. I don’t even return to my room to sleep anymore because Vivianne has occupied it ever since we got married. I can’t continue lying to her and myself anymore. We need to end things. I need to release her so she can find someone else.A knock sounds on my door.“Come in,” I say quickly, and Harold enters.“Alpha,” he calls as he walks in.“Yes?”“She’s here,” he tells me, and my heart drops to my stomach at once. I wait for a few seconds to gather myself before responding.“Where is she?” I ask.“Outside the pack house, with Marcel and some other warriors. Our soldiers are holding them, waiting for your appro