LOGINDAMIAN’s POV.The moment I kissed her, I knew I had crossed that line. The line that I promised myself I was not going to cross. I saw Kourtney as a friend. Someone I should take care of, someone I was helping with her trauma.Without thinking twice about it, I gently pushed her off. A slight scowl formed on Kourtney’s face as she took a step away from me, she looked confused— surprised.“what's going on?” she asked, “why are you pushing me off like you don't want this, Damian?”“This is wrong” I told her, “we shouldn’t be doing this”“What?” Kourtney was appalled and it was evident on her face, “we shouldn’t be doing what?” She folded her hands across her chest and waited for me to talk.“Kissing you is not part of why I brought you into this house, Kourtney. I only brought you here because you are my friend and I vowed to take care of you. Nothing more and nothing less, okay?”Without another word, I turned to leave but her next words halted me.“Am I not desirable enough?” She in
KOURTNEY’s POV.As soon as I walked out of the hall, I rushed into my room and pulled out the mirror and in no time, the witch’s face came into view.“Why have you summoned me again, dear?” She asked.“I have a million things I want to talk to you about but first of all, Bane. He is going to tell Damian the whole truth”“So what do you want?”“End him” I didn’t think twice about anything. I knew Bane was going to rat out everything. He told me he was going to do that.“I am going to tell the alpha everything” he had said, “he sounded really furious when he asked me”“You don’t have to” I told him, “I am going to help you”But I was sure he was going to. Marcus tortured him all night, I didn’t even think he would be alive till this morning. But the look he gave me when I entered the hall signified someone who had resigned to fate. I didn’t care about his life, I was more concerned about saving my neck. Selena was already up to something, I didn’t want to deal with two things at once.
DAMIAN’s POV.Bane was kneeling in front of me, his hands tied behind his back and his face full of blood. This was little compared to what I wanted to do to him. He lied to me, he told me the child was not mine and now.. I wanted to hurt him so bad but I didn’t know what to do to him or how to go about it. He lied to me and stole my baby from me. How would I be able to heal from this? I thought Selena cheated on me and I fucking killed my own child.The thought was heavy for me, I couldn't even begin to imagine it. My heart was heavy, my head was filled with a lot of rubbish that I couldn't even handle.The door pushed open and Kourtney sauntered in—I haven’t said anything to her since the meeting because I was upset with her. I actually didn’t understand why she would try to help him.“Damian?” She called as soon as she came to a halt before me, “can we talk?”“Not now” I told her, “I am a bit busy”“Please, Damian”“I said I am busy” I gritted, tilting my head towards her, “can you
AIDEN’s POV. I groaned softly as Selena snaked her hand around me and deepened the kiss. I pressed closer to her, our bodies almost touching. The softness of her lips, the warmth of her body against mine. I was about to lose all senses of balance left inside of me. I have imagined kissing her a lot of times but it still doesn’t do justice when I actually kiss her. She makes me feel a whole lot of things at the same time. I pried open her mouth and slid my tongue into her mouth, she didn’t push me away, she opened up for me giving me permission to take her. “Fuck” I groaned as I slightly pulled away from her but my hands were still wrapped around her protectively like k was scared she would disappear if I let go of her. My gaze dropped to her lips and I moaned softly—that looked slightly swollen and I loved it. “Why did you stop?” She asked gently, her eyes searching mine for an answer. “You don’t want me to stop?” I asked, a small smirk lingering on my lips, “hmmm?” “I didn’t s
SELENA’s POV.I kept pacing the room, back and forth, unable to quiet the storm in my head.No matter how many times I replayed it, I still couldn’t fully grasp what I’d learned about Kourtney. She had known. She had known why people were being killed—and she had chosen to pretend otherwise. I’d always believed her capable of cruelty, but this… this was something darker. Calculated. Deliberate. Wicked in its purest form.A soft knock pulled me from my thoughts. The door opened before I could answer.Aiden stood there.He wore a smile—polite, composed—but I knew him well enough now to see the tension beneath it. The Alpha King never truly relaxed unless he allowed himself to.“Hey,” I said, quickly schooling my expression. “You’re back.”“Hm.” He nodded. “I returned a while ago. I wanted to shower first before coming to see you.”He stepped closer, stopping in front of me. “How did it go?” I asked quietly. “The meeting?”“Let’s not talk about that.” His hand slid around my waist, firm
DAMIAN’s POV. I sat in a daze for the remaining part of the meeting. The doctor’s words were still ringing in my head. He said her pregnancy was two weeks before everything started. That could only mean the baby belonged to me but why did he lie? He told me Selena got pregnant recently and she didn’t say anything to counter that. She let me believe that the baby belonged to either Dominic or Aiden. I couldn’t even think straight as I sat there, watching her walk out of the hall. That was how I sat until the meeting was finally over. I didn’t hear a single word that followed.It wasn’t until Marcus spoke that I finally snapped back.“We are done, Alpha.”I looked up.Most of the elders had already risen. Aiden, however, remained seated, speaking quietly with Pete, utterly composed. As if nothing had happened. As if my world hadn’t just collapsed.Without thinking, I stood and walked toward him.Aiden lifted his gaze the moment I reached him. He didn’t stand. He didn’t speak. He si







