Se connecterKerris POVJustin is fast. I couldn't keep up. By the time I make it out of the basement and outside the house, Alpha King and Beta have disappeared. Following my instincts, I continue towards the mountain when the latter reappears and barks that I get back inside. "You can't be out here, Kerris!" I don't get the chance to ignore him like I want to. He dashes off again as Henry appears. "Kerris, you should come wait inside!" His voice is not as friendly as it used to be. The wounds around his neck and chin are still healing, and he looks pīssēd. I wonder if it's me he's mad at or his friend. "Did you hear me? You need to wait inside, not go out there. If you go looking for him, and something happens to you, he'll kill me and Justin. So if I have to drag you back, I will. It's dangerous out there. Just like in the cage, but worse because the wolves out here won't hold back from hurting you!" The sound of howling and barks rise in the distance. Like a confirmation to his words. I
Kerris POVOn the way to the cage, I tried to hold on to the anger of not getting my wolf. But it kept slipping away with every step. The single word Zach has just uttered makes me lose the battle altogether. It no longer matters that I'm still wolfless on a full moon. I can't care that I still have to live in anxiety for another two weeks. The only thing that exist in this moment is me and Zach, and the reality of the word he just spoke. I can't sense these things yet because of my lack of a wolf, but the fullness in heart feels like a confirmation. Yet I can't quite believe it. "What did you say?" My voice is barely audible, thanks to marathon in my heart and the butterflies tickling my stomach. 'Mate,' he whisper his reply though his mouth doesn't move this time. The unsteady rise and fall of his chest, and his rigid posture tells me that Zach is still in control. Or he's trying to be. When I look in his eyes, both wolves stare back at me with an intensity that pulls me towar
Zach POV "Is it true that I'm not getting my wolf tonight!?" She snaps. "Uh huh," I reply with a nod that seems to annoy her some more. "Why!?" "Henry already told you. Yours is a different breed. She'll come when the sun is totally obscured. You know, when moon rules the sky?" I point at her neck. "Just like the mark on your neck" "It's time to head to the basement, majesty," Justin cuts in impatiently. “When were you going to tell me!?" Kerris asks. "You made me I would shift tonight!” She really is upset. My gut flutters uncomfortably. How do I handle this? “I didn't make you think it. I told you, you're not like us." "Majesty?" Henry calls, staring out the window to the sky. "I'm not going into the cage with you! I'm supposed to be out in the woods waiting to SHIFT. You lied to me! All of you." "Miss Hart, we didn't lie," Henry says gently. "And time is running out. Please. Our friend can show up any moment. We don't know what he'll do. Just… look at him." Me
Zach POV“I've checked on it, Majesty,” Caleb voice fills the other end of my cellphone. “The guy's working for your girlfriend."Girlfriend? For a few seconds, I was confused about who and what he's talking about. Then I recall the car following Kerris and I this morning. I'd sent him the license plates and asked him to look into it.“Madison?” I asked.“Yup. Gamma Nelson hired the guy. He's your girlfriend's right hand man, so we believe he's acting on her orders. Milo is paying him a visit as we speak.”Madison Marlowe is out of the city as far as I know. She's away and has people spying on me?“He's still locked up, right?”"Yes, majesty.""Keep it that way. Teach him a lesson, Caleb! Let him know it's a crime to spy on his Alpha King no matter who's paying him. As for Madison… did he tell you what she wants?"“He said Nelson asks him to watch and report who you're with at all times," Caleb replies.“I have warned her never to repeat this shıt.” She's making me lose sympathy for
Kerris POV"I'm talking to you, Kerris Hart!" Ty barks. It is Frank who responds, "Alpha Ty, may I suggest you call your uncle." Racing up the porch, I go into the house and shut the door without sparing him a glance. Tyrel knows I'm no longer untouched, and now he knows I slept with his uncle. He probably believes I've been in bed with countless guys, which means I'm beyond defiled, by his standard. Shouldn't he be grossed out by the thought of getting mated to someone like me? Why the hell did he follow me here? My phone starts ringing in my purse. I pull it out to turn it off, thinking it's him, but it's the Alpha King. A part of me is scared of taking the call. Despite what Frank said in the car, I can't help worrying that Zach might be calling to make me talk to his nephew? I won't. I don't want to be in the same room as the ex or anyone whom I fear might have poisoned me. I brace myself to tell him this before sliding the answer button."Hello." "Tyrel can not enter the ho
Kerris POV"I told you about the search," he says carefully. "They're are prime suspects--" "My father is not a suspect!" "Like I told you, they found illegal meds in your house. There's a law against that." "Emily," I gasp. "It's her."It has to be her and no one else. I don't even believe Doris is guilty. "Your stepsister is detained, too. I'll get to the bottom of this, Kerris. I don't want you to worry." "How can I not worry? Your Gammas arrested my dad and are probably treating him like a criminal because of me. Where did they take him, to the royal prison?" "No. They're all been detained in Moon Crest. To keep things quiet. And they're not treating him like a criminal." Moon Crest is a modest pack not far from here. They're relatively new with a small population, occupying a small patch of land not too far from the castle."If you found poison in our house, Emily is the one who put it there. I don't believe anyone else in that house will ever hurt me." "Neither do I," he







