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008 | Heart to heart
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Hyacinth’s POVI tugged on the moonstone stud in my ear and chewed on my bottom lip. I’d heard bits and pieces of Rhiannon and Stephen’s conversation, and my heart ached for them both.If I were being honest, though? It hurt more for my twin sister’s boyfriend than it did for her. Rhi had a short fuse and a smart mouth. Stephen was kind, and thoughtful, and sweet. And I had loved him for as long as I’d known him.Sighing, I dropped my hands to my sides and started drifting listlessly around my room. It was the same size and shape as Rhi’s, but where her room was cosy and cottage-y, mine was bright and pink and downright girly. A fire crackled in the hearth, under a mantelpiece draped in burned-down candles and empty vases that had once housed flowers. Flopping down on my bed, atop the huge bound of fluffy blankets in a myriad of shades of pink and purple, I pulled out my old diary and stared at the first page.Under the date, which was marked ten years ago, my handwriting stared bac
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Stephen’s POVI still wasn’t sure why I’d gone to Hyacinth’s bedroom. Something had called me in there, some urge knotting my heart and tugging me towards her. I’d written it off as loneliness, a need to discuss our shared pain, but there was a lurking feeling in the back of my head that told me otherwise.Guilt gnawed away at me for the way I’d reacted when I’d first seen her, wearing those tiny pyjamas and that see-through robe over them. My throat had bobbed, and a hundred indecent thoughts had burned through my brain as I’d gaped at her. I’d never looked at Cin like that before. She was Rhi’s sister, which meant she was like a sister to me, too. But tonight… holy moly guacamole, she looked beautiful. Even the way her hair had brushed the tips of her shoulders had me in a chokehold. She smelled of strawberries and vanilla ice cream and she looked even sweeter. Her blonde eyebrows arched over wide, pale blue eyes, which had held my gaze with an intensity I rarely saw in her. With h
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Rhiannon’s POVWhat. The. Fuck?Was I dreaming? Or having some kind of delusion? Because I could have sworn that Alpha Caleb had convinced me to let my guard down, to let him in, and now he was walking – wait, no, the bastard was actually running – away from me.My back stiffened. I’d betrayed Stephen tonight. And for what? For a few mind-blowing, stolen moments? For a few hot-as-fuck kisses that had my lips still tingling? I gritted my teeth, glaring at his rapidly retreating back.“Prick,” I hissed. It eased my rage a little, but not enough. Curling my hands into fists, I marched after him. He couldn’t play with me like that. He knew I had a mate; he knew what he’d been asking me for, and that it ran way deeper than a quickie in the garden. For a minute, I’d…I’d believed in him. In us. As his hands had gripped my waist, digging in hard enough to leave bruises, I’d forgotten all about Stephen, all about Michael, all about my mysterious-ass mum, and even all about the damned Eternal
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Rhiannon’s POVAfter I’d finally managed to escape, I’d spent the night in my wolf form. I hadn’t been able to go home and face anyone, least of all Stephen; I knew he wouldn’t have left, not while I was still outside somewhere. That was the problem: he was a good man, and an even better mate. He wouldn’t have followed me, knowing that I needed some time alone to process things, but he wouldn’t have gone home until he was sure I was safe, either.“For fuck’s sake,” I muttered, clenching one hand into a fist. Then, slowly, I unfurled my fingers. None of this was his fault.And I’d…I gulped. “Not now,” I whispered to myself, hovering on the doorstep of our family’s little cabin. The night’s events had left me disgruntled as fuck, quite frankly, and all I wanted now was a burning hot shower and a power nap. I had to be in the pack house for a lunch shift in the kitchen, so I had to sort myself out before then. If I saw the Alpha or Luna there, I needed to have schooled my reactions into
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Rhiannon’s POVSomeone cleared their throat just as I knocked. “Excuse me?”I twisted around, searching the hallway for the voice, scanning over stooped bookshelves and polished wood and cream paint, my eyebrows pulling together. “Yeah?”Alpha Caleb’s Gamma, Nova, stepped out of a meeting room. She was a few years older than us and one of Caleb’s most well-respected warriors. Everyone knew her, not just because of her status within the pack, but because she was one of only three transgender members of Night Wind. She’d chosen a new name for herself and announced it to us – an announcement that had been followed by a party that had lasted all night. Her coming out had encouraged the others, and Alpha Caleb had given her the Chalice of Bravery that year at the annual Pack Awards.She had a chiselled jaw and a sharp nose, with wide, pretty brown eyes that were fringed with long, thick eyelashes. Her smile always looked genuine, even now, when she was clearly confused by the presence of
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Rhiannon’s POVCaleb’s hand closed around my neck. He squeezed tightly, a sneer tugging at his mouth – only for his face to soften a moment later. He released his grip, wincing sympathetically, and shook out his fingers. He didn’t apologise, though; his eyes turned cold as he appraised me. “What are you doing in here?” he asked flatly.I clenched my trembling hands into fists and tried to ignore the pulsing pain in my neck. I could be meek and remorseful – or I could front this out. “None of your business,” I said, arching an eyebrow at him.“You’re snooping around in my kitchen, Omega. That makes it my business.” He raised an eyebrow right back. I scoffed. “I’m not snooping. And don’t act like you don’t know my name.”He shrugged. “Maybe I don’t. I don’t make a habit of getting friendly with liars and thieves.”“Liars and thieves?” I scoffed again, shaking my head.He ticked off his fingers. “You just lied about not snooping, and the only logical conclusion I can draw is that you’re
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Caleb’s POVOh, goddess. What had I done now? Being around Rhiannon was like letting all the blood rush to my dick and using it to make my decisions. I’d meant what I’d told myself the last time I’d let myself get swept up in her – that it had been a mistake. But I couldn’t help myself around her. Even now I could barely stand us being apart. I cracked my knuckles, needing something physical to ground me. Otherwise I’d be skipping right back down the fucking corridor to find her and her particular brand of temptation.I shouldn’t have let myself kiss her cheek. Hell, I shouldn’t have done anything I just had. I’d have to come up with some lie to tell Amelia about her now-missing care package, too. Still, I couldn’t bring myself to regret giving it to Rhiannon.‘Cal?’ Amelia mindlinked me. ‘Are you coming?’Shit, shit, shit. I forced my throbbing boner down with some sobering thoughts about the meeting I was on my way to and hurried down the hallway, taking the stairs four at a time
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Amelia’s POVI strode swiftly from the meeting room, my hands flexing at my sides. How dare he? I gave everything I could to this pack; sue me for wanting to keep a tiny little thing, like the odd shampoo bar, for myself. I could have ditched Night Wind and gone home the second we knew we weren’t coming out of winter. I hadn’t. I’d sacrificed so much for Caleb and this was how he chose to repay me?He didn’t know the full extent of what I’d given up to be here with him. Even so, he did know enough that he should’ve been in my corner today. What sort of Alpha sided against his Luna and with a thief?‘You’re hiding something from him,’ said Maeve, my wolf. ‘He might be hiding something from you, too.’I rounded the corner and jogged up the stairs, the hot flare of my temper already starting to cool. I shook my head. ‘Caleb? Hiding something? I doubt it. He’s about as secretive as a glass wall,’ I replied.Maeve grinned. ‘True. But stranger things have happened, petal.’I swept into our
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