LOGINEira’s POVAfter talking with Roman, I couldn’t sleep for long and woke up early in the morning. I was excited to start my day with Raven. I pushed aside the sheets and got out of bed."It’s still early for you to wake up," I heard Roman say."I have to get ready before Raven is awake," I told him and headed to the bathroom anyway.I returned after a long time wrapped in a towel, one around my body and another over my wet hair. A nice bath, I must say, which I never cared about before. I wanted to be fresh and clean. I opened the wardrobe and wondered what to wear.I still had scars on my body. Most of them had faded after my wolf appeared, but some old brutal ones still remained.I looked through all the dresses Roman had bought for me. I didn’t think about it before, but now that I needed them, I was glad he did. Before, I didn’t care what I wore—or wore nothing at all.That day when Rafe called me an unsightly witch and commented on how ugly I looked, I didn’t care. But now I didn
Kael’s POVI put Raven on my bed, exactly in the middle, and placed the pillows as a barrier on the other side in case he moved around and fell off the bed.Toff the lights, I lay on one side of the bed and covered both of us with the same bed-sized blanket. Somehow I couldn’t stop staring at his small, innocent, beautiful, peaceful face. For how mature he acted, in the end he was still a child—a sweet one.After so many years, I felt my lips curve into a gentle smile that came from my heart without me even realizing it was there. His presence felt just as soothing and fulfilling as finding water in a vast desert when you thought you were going to die of thirst.As he was in the middle of the bed, he wasn’t far from me. My hand hovered near his face, which looked so small in front of my large palm. But I couldn’t hold back the urge to touch him, to caress that soft, chubby cheek of his.I leaned a little closer and pecked his head. His hair smelled just like Eira’s.The more I looked
Roman’s POVWe still had some concerns to not leave Raven with her yet, so Kael had to do it. He had no intentions of forcing her into sleeping in his room.We were going to follow the rule that she could be with Raven when at least one of us was around her.Eira could only watch him walk away. Her fists clenched, she refused to listen to him."You can go to his room, if you want," I told her. "The bed is big enough to accompany you three."As much as I wanted her to be with me, as night was the only time I got to spend by her side alone, though we slept apart from each other, I wished her to be with her child as well. We could see her slowly warming up to the kid, and there was a hope of improvement in her psychological situation.At that, all Kael and her were now bonded mates and she should be sleeping with him, but...In response, she walked towards the mattress by the glass wall, her usual place. She lay on it and covered herself with the sheets from head to toe. She was acting
Rafe’s POVI closed my eyes and tried my best to calm down. After a while, I returned outside and handed her over a water glass filled with warm water, as it was cold.Sitting in the lounge chair, watching the kid in silence, she accepted the water without any protest or showing any hostility towards me after that kiss.Well, she kissed me back as well after I let her go just after the brief touch of her lips. So what happened later, she was the one to escalate it. Not like I was putting blame on her, because I was the one to start it out of my own greed to be close to her, to touch her. But I appreciated she was well aware of her own actions."The beautiful night calls for the drinks," Lucian said, to which others agreed.At the mention, Jason soon brought the liquor bottles from inside the home, but two were different—two tiny almond milk bottles that were meant for the kids.Jason passed each bottle to everyone. The liquor bottles to us, while he offered a milk bottle to Raven. "Yo
Rafe’s POVHer lips were fire against mine, defiant yet trembling with something she refused to name. I deepened the kiss, tilting my head and sliding my mouth harder over hers until her muffled protest turned into a soft gasp. That single sound broke through me like a spark in dry wood.She clutched at my shirt, fisting the fabric as though she wanted to push me away, yet her grip pulled me closer instead. My hands tightened at her waist, feeling the fragile rise and fall of her breath as I pressed her firmly against the glass. The cold surface at her back only made the warmth of her body burn hotter beneath my touch.When her lips parted, I took the opening without hesitation, sliding my tongue past her resistance to taste her fully. She met me with surprising fierceness, her tongue tangling with mine in a reckless battle neither of us seemed willing to end. It was wild, messy, nothing like restraint—an explosion of years of hate, fury, and something we didn’t wish to name.Her fing
Rafe’s POVAfter a quiet dinner, we all drifted outside into the garden. It was still early, and no one seemed ready for sleep. The lounging chairs had already been arranged in a broad circle around the fireplace, where Roman and Jason busied themselves with the wood and kindling.Kael stayed with Raven, allowing the boy to watch and learn about what the other two were doing, guiding him with the patient air of a father teaching his son.Lucian had let Fluffy loose, finally giving the pup some attention after neglecting him for days. Though Fluffy had always been Lucian’s, Eira had claimed him as her own now, and everyone knew it."Want to try it?" Jason asked, holding a few small logs out to Raven.Without hesitation, Raven stepped forward and arranged the wood neatly."Good," Jason praised, nodding approvingly. "Now, we have to light the fire..." He crouched down, explaining step by step as they lit up the fire.I arched a brow. Since when had Jason changed like this? On the journey
Roman’s POVI left the side house to get food for Eira. It was clear Liam wanted to speak with her alone, which was why he sent me off. I didn’t protest. If she was willing to talk to anyone, that was already progress. And I trusted Liam enough to know he wouldn’t say or do anything that went again
Kael’s POVThis woman had always been a fucking nuisance, and the only reason I ever tolerated her shit was because she used to my mother’s friend. But after my parents passed away, she turned into a goddamn pain in the ass.I was being patient these years out of the respect for my mother, but now?
Roman’s POVAfter what Kael did today, we were in a merry mood for the first time in a long while. The weight of accepting that bitch Sophia as our mate, in case Kael gave in to her request, had finally been lifted.From the looks of it, after treating her, Kael might just keep his distance from he
Roman’s POVThe way she stood against the wall, bracing against what she thought was coming her way, I felt bad that she still didn’t trust me—but she was not at fault after experiencing no mercy from men.She must think everyone looked at her as nothing more than just a fucktool, and I had no will







