Mag-log inCaden POV"What did I just hear?" Gareth asks, a frown creasing his brows.I look past mom to the male now standing behind her."Look who crawled out of hiding.""I wasn't hiding, Caden." His expression doesn't change. "Who's marrying whom? Miss Harding is with whom?"I move before I even realize I'm doing it. One moment I'm a few feet from my mother; the next, I'm trying to get around her to reach Gareth. My fist is already curling as she throws herself between us, both hands braced against my chest."Caden, stop!"I barely feel her pushing me back. My attention is fixed on Gareth's face. On the maddening calm with which he's watching me. As though I am the unreasonable one for objecting to finding him on my mother's bed.I could rearrange that pretty face of his."You two..." I hate how my voice shakes. I point from Gareth to my mother, hoping that one of them will have the decency to deny what is so painfully obvious. "You're sleeping with him, Mother? After everything?""Lower you
Caden POVAs I bang hard on the door to my mother's suite, the one across the corridor opens. A man peers out, his expression already set in annoyance. He looks ready to tell me to keep the noise down.But when he sees who is standing outside his neighbor's room, his face changes immediately."Oh. Alpha Caden."He gives me a respectful bow and retreats inside, closing the door.I barely register him.My entire attention is fixed on the door in front of me, behind which my mother is apparently doing something I cannot begin to reconcile with the woman who raised me.My phone starts ringing.For one irrational second, I think it's Gareth calling me from inside the room. Maybe to explain himself before I tear the door off its hinges. But when I pull the phone from my pocket, Ryder's name fills the screen.Of course.Work.The unfinished mission is waiting, and I have twenty minutes before I'm expected to leave with the Alpha King."Hey, Beta."I'd planned to speak with my mother, to expl
Caden POVI have to return to River Howl. I need to see Mr. and Mrs. Blue, just as I intended to do on the night of the Choosing Moon. Back then, I planned to formally introduce myself to them. To formally give them the news that Marissa is my fated mate. But everything went wrong before I could get the chance. Now, after everything that has happened between Rissa and I... the desire to do what I intended to do on Choosing Night has returned.It's the one thing that has been on my mind ever since I kissed her. No matter how hard I try to focus on anything else, my thoughts keep circling back to Rissa's lips, the way she'd responded to my kiss, her soft body pressed against mine... And how quickly I'd lost control of myself the moment I finally allowed myself to touch her.That kiss was our first, and I'd kissed her with a desperation I hadn't known I was capable of. She'd opened up to me so invitingly, meeting my hunger with a response that had left me thinking of nothing else but
Gareth (Third-person POV)He could feel her heart speed up. When she steps back he moved with her.“Caleb says you’re looking for a job," he says. "Instead of my brother, you should work for me.”The words almost shatter the sexüal tension between them. Her expression shifts into surprise, then something sharper.And before he can track the movement her palms are against his chest, shoving. "Out of my way, Gareth."He doesn’t remember deciding to catch her wrists. One moment her hands are pushing; the next they are trapped in his. The tension returns instantly. Her pulse hammers against his thumbs. Her breath catches, soft and startled.His hold isn't tight, and the fact that she doesn't struggle to get out of it sends a rush of encouragement through him. The small surrender is so intimate. He wants more.'Linda…'Her name never leaves his mouth. Just his mind. She hears it clearly as the mind link flares open like a door that has never closed. It has been so long since he touched her
Linda doesn't turn around still. Is she pretending not to feel someone behind her?Then again her senses cycle with the moon, and as a half-blood, they aren't always equally sharp throughout the lunar cycle. Right now they might be too dull for her to sense that a male is many feet behind.He continues to follow her soundlessly until they reach the second floor and she stops in front of her door.“Linda.”She spins around so quickly that surprise flashes across her face. For one brief second, Gareth is distracted by wide hazel eyes staring at him with shock.Then he realizes how suspicious this must look. He speaks before she can accuse him of following her.“I ran into Gamma Rockwell and heard something fascinating." He continues toward her. "I was heading back to work when I saw you come in here. I'm curious about your chat with the guy. That's why I'm here.”The way she studies him tells him immediately that his explanation isn't convincing. Too many words.And she knows him well e
Gareth (Third-person POV)“Book a place at the resort near Hastings Lodge.”“Yes, Alpha.”“Let Gwen move there. At least she'll be close to Linda. Let her remain there until my son is ready for us to go and meet her parents.”There is a short silence.“What if Alpha Caden disapproves?”Gareth almost smiles. “Oh he will disapprove.” There is no doubt about that. “But don't worry, he's too busy to do anything about it. His mission with the King isn't concluded yet, and I'm sure Miss Blue is taking up enough space in his head already. Much more than the female he's supposed to show to the world.”Gareth ends the call feeling considerably more satisfied than he did moments ago.This solves the immediate problem.The next time Caden goes to see Miss Blue, Gwen won't be there to interrupt them. And if Gareth knows his son at all, that won't be the last visit.In fact, it will probably be the beginning of many more. Everything is finally falling into place.Well everything except one thing
Kerris POV"Where's the temp?" Zach catches sight of me as soon as he asks the question.“Here she is,” Mary replies.This is it. Time for the meeting I've been dreading and waiting for this past two days. I enter the reception and greet, "Good afternoon, your majesty.""Sure is," he responds, the
Tyrel (Third-person) Ty can tell he's not making any sense to the other Alphas. When Axel opens his mouth to speak, he knows the guy is about to pıśs him off some more,"You know, there's rumors that 'playboy Zee' is a little too attentive to his temp assistant. That's your girl, right? Kelsie or
Zach POVAres is no longer ill from the 'evil potion' in the wine. I can feel his strength and passion. As much as I feel the other guy's. All is well in every inch of my body and psyche.Yet I can't help thinking that the drugs have an influence in the feelings run through me. Madison had insisted
Zach POVYes. True. I should listen to her. She's pretty. She'll be Luna Qu--Ares' groans cut off that line of thought. He's struggling to emerge but can't. "Something's wrong...""Nothing is wrong," Madison insists, her eyes turning bright with purpose. I want to disagree with her but can't. H







