INICIAR SESIÓNHUNTER She stiffened under my gaze, every muscle in her body locking as if stillness were the only shield she had left. “I… I don’t know—” she started, fragile, uncertain. Something sharp cut through me. “You don’t know?” I echoed, my voice husky, edged with something dangerous. My fingers moved without permission, reaching for the buttons of her nightwear, unfastening the first one slowly. Deliberately. My eyes never left her face. “You don’t know who Ryan is?” Her breath caught. Both her hands flew up, clutching at my wrists as if she could stop me, as if she could anchor herself. I didn’t pull away. I continued unbuttoning her nightwear one button at a time, watching her closely, cataloguing every flicker in her eyes, every tremor in her body. Her arousal thickened the air, unmistakable, curling around my senses like a provocation. A growl tore out of my chest before I could stop it. “I—I…” Her voice faltered, barely audible. That was it. I exhaled roughly and stepped back
ATHENA Morning came too quickly, pale light barely brushing the stone corridor when the knock landed against my door. It was firm. Nothing like Claire’s gentle taps. I groaned softly, limbs heavy, every muscle reluctant as I pushed myself upright. Sleep clung to my eyes as I dragged my feet across the cold floor. My fingers curled around the handle almost automatically. I opened the door without thinking, my mouth half forming Claire’s name. The word died on my tongue. Eran stood there instead. My spine snapped straight as though a wire had been pulled tight. Instinct overtook thought before I could even process it. I smoothed my hands down the thin fabric of my nightwear, suddenly hyper aware of how little it covered, how exposed I was under his gaze. His eyes flicked over me quickly, and I felt that familiar, dangerous weight pressing into my chest. Then, he turned his head away, jaw tightening as though he was irritated by the sight but it was the opposite. I could feel his
HUNTER I appeared silently behind the intruder,the weight of my presence settling before my voice ever reached the night. “And what are you doing here?” I asked, my words cutting through the darkness, deep and carrying that cold authority I’d honed over years. He stiffened instantly, like I’d struck him. Shoulders jerking, a startled shift of his weight. When he turned, panic flared across his face. His eyes met mine and dropped immediately, unable to look me in the eyes. “I—I’m sorry, my king,” he stammered. His voice wavered. “I was only… only looking at the stars.” The lie hit me immediately. My jaw tightened as I glanced past him toward the window above, toward the darkness hiding her. “Looking at the stars,” I repeated, my tone flat, tasting the lie as one would a bitter sip of poison. I exhaled slowly, a quiet sound that carried far more threat than my words ever could. “By throwing stones at a window?” His lips parted, a tremor running through his hands. No words came, n
HUNTER Hunter leaned back in his leather chair, rubbing his temples. The pressure behind his eyes was relentless, a dull ache that throbbed with every blink. The last file on his screen had been a blur, he’d skimmed it, absorbed the details without really seeing them. He closed the laptop with a muffled click, the sound too soft to satisfy the tension coiling in his chest. He sat there for a long moment, letting the silence settle around him, broken only by the hum of the office electronics and the faint creak of the building shifting. His gaze drifted to the heavy, unyielding door across the room, and for a moment, he imagined closing it for good. Sealing himself off from everything and everyone, except the thoughts he couldn’t escape. That girl. Her face, the tilt of her chin, the way she held herself, she was lodged in his mind like a thorn he couldn’t pull out. Irritating, unsettling and very unnerving. He hated that she had made even the smallest dent in his carefully controlle
ATHENA Claire and I halted mid step, the sudden presence before us freezing the air around me. My chest tightened, my breath catching somewhere in the back of my throat. Every instinct in my body screamed at me to run, but my legs refused to obey. We both turned slowly, and my wide eyes locked onto the man standing in front of us. He looked like the king, yet every detail was different. Darker eyes. An aura of danger that seemed to bend the light around him. My stomach twisted. A shiver ran down my spine. Claire cleared her throat, her voice carefully balanced between formality and caution. “This is Athena, sir archer.” His gaze fell fully on me, and he stepped closer, each movement deliberate, as if he owned the space around me. My pulse quickened. I felt his eyes on me, burning, almost intimate. “Look at me, female,” he said, his voice husky and low, sending vibrations through my chest. Panic rose sharp inside me. I lifted my gaze with trembling eyes, feeling exposed in a way t
LUCAS We had been expecting Athena’s return. Two days had dragged by with no sign of her, no timid footsteps echoing through the hall, no bowed head appearing at the entrance. Her absence sat heavy in the pack house, an irritation that clung to the walls. “Maybe that bitch finally grew wings and ran away,” Lily said, her lips curling as she leaned against the arm of Luna Becca’s chair. Becca’s brows drew together slowly. Her fingers tightened around the armrest, knuckles paling. “How could she run away?” she asked, her voice strained. “An omega doesn’t just disappear like that. No one takes them unless it’s for work. And even then, permission is always sought.” I stood near the window, my back rigid, my gaze unfocused as it fixed on the treeline beyond the glass. The silence that followed Becca’s words stretched thin, taut with unspoken rage. My jaw clenched, a muscle ticking as something dark churned behind my eyes. “If I get my hands on her,” I said at last, my voice low and ve







