INICIAR SESIÓNAsher’s POV“You stupid child!” Father yelled as he threw a binder at my face.I dodged at the last second and it hit the coat rack behind me and clattered to the floor.“How could you be so useless to handle our affairs?!” he continued to yell as he had been for the past forty minutes.Mother stayed behind him, crying and mourning for ‘precious Adrian.’Because if only Adrian were here, the family business would not be in the state they were in.“What is all of this? Are you trying to drive us to our ruin?” Father tapped the papers. “How have we lost all our business partners in less than three months? Even some of our employees are planning to leave.”That was because you reduced their wages without prior warning so that you and Mother would still be able to afford your quarterly vacations.Mason actually voiced my thoughts out.My parents went dead quiet before turning to Mason with pure fury in their eyes.“What did you say to me?” Father said slowly.Rather than back down, Mason
Kaden’s POV“Cain, where are the review documents from the orphanage?” I asked.Cain did not respond for a moment. I raised my head to see him with a look of discomfort on his face.“Those documents are not actually due for a week, Alpha,” he said. There was a brief pause. “Luna always brought her documents earlier…are you running on her timeline?”I froze. That was…true.I had been finishing up my work earlier and earlier in the past two weeks because of how efficient she was with everything.Speaking of which…“Where is she? She has not come into the pack house today.”Cain’s eyes fell. I could never understand why they cared for her so much. They did not know each other existed four months ago.“She is resting at home,” he said in a small voice. “But Hilda and Harry are with her. Her work is bound to arrive on time.”“Her office was made for a reason,” I replied. “My house is not for pack work.”There was a crack in the wood of Cain’s table. I ignored it, not wanting to make a prob
Elara’s POVWhen I got to the pack house, everyone was already gathered.Kaden was seated on an elevated platform with an empty chair beside him, presumably for me.He signaled something to Leo. Leo walked down to meet me. “Alpha says you should change. He will wait,” Leo whispered.I looked past Leo to Kaden and nudged Leo with my snout to the side. As all the pack members watched, I climbed to the platform in wolf form and sat on the ground in front of my chair.A hush went through the crowd. Even with their heads bowed, I could read the confusion on their faces.Why was their Luna choosing to remain in wolf form?Kaden did not comment on it and raised his hand. “Bring in the traitor!”A man was dragged in by two guards on either side of him and thrown on the ground in front of Kaden.His clothes were torn up, his body bleeding at odd places but I knew those eyes and hair anywhere.This man was directly related to Tracy.“Luna Elara,” he sneered. “Hopping from Alpha to Alpha, huh?”
Elara’s POVMy eyes scanned Leo again, my heart twisting in worry.He noticed and smiled. “Don’t worry. It is not my blood.”“That does not make me feel any better.”Kaden walked ahead of us in silence.All the while, I wondered what was going on and how important it was to leave behind visiting guests in the guest hall.“Is this something I need to be present for?” I said. The hard look on Kaden’s face was alarming me.I did not want to be around him when he unleashed his anger.“It does concern you,” Leo said.“As Luna or as Elara?”Leo glanced at Kaden’s back but did not reply. So it was about Asher.I kept silent until we got to the cells. Cain was inside as well, fortunately, not covered in blood.“Where is he?” Kaden asked.Cain pointed to the door of the room he was standing in front of. When his eyes moved to me, his brows furrowed as he scanned my outfit.I was going to be doing a lot of explaining later.“Are you going to let him speak to her?” Cain asked.“There is no need
Elara’s POVSunlight slipping through the blinds woke me up.A groan slipped from my lips, pain shooting through my nerves. “Who the hell left the window open?”There was shuffling and the sunlight disappeared. “Good morning, Elara.”Only one person in the world could make my name sound like a thirst trap.My eyes flew open and I sat up, patting my body to check if my clothes were still on. “Why are you in my bed?”He lay back, staring at me nonchalantly. “You are in my bed.”I looked around. He was right. This was not my bedroom.“How…did I end up here?” I asked.“You walked in at 3 am, smelling like booze.” He looked like he wanted to continue but decided against it.I raised an eyebrow. “Why did you not wake me up? Or you know, throw me out?”“It would not look very good if my Luna were wandering the corridors because she did not have a place to sleep.”“And what happened to my old room?”“You five burned it down,” he stated. “Along with all the clothes, shoes and accessories, the
Elara’s POV“We are leaving tomorrow,” Luna Pinewood slurred, nursing her eighth bottle of vodka against her chest.Her left hand slapped my arm over and over. “Ellie, you have to get your man! Get him!”I smiled. “Missy, you are drunk. How about we talk about this in the morning?”Her eyes narrowed. “You have been drinking too. Why aren’t you drunk?”Alcohol had less of an effect on me now than it used to half a year ago. Must be as a result of my training.“She is mated to that beast,” Luna Sakura said, slamming her hands on the table. “She is becoming like him. Remember when she was scolding me…”Luna Sakura’s eyes filled with tears. She wiped them with the back of her hand, careful not to spill her beer. “It reminded me so much of my mama.”My eyes moved to the men who were at the other side of the hall, arguing about a human game. The Alpha…Kaden was lounging back in his seat, sipping on a bottle, listening to his friends argue.I had never seen him so relaxed. He looked so effor
Elara’s POV“Do you know that everyone is betting on how soon you and Alpha are going to have kids?”Harry’s facial expression made me snort. “A chance to make thousands of dollars without trying? Definitely.”“How soon did you bet?”“Two years,” he said, taking another big gulp of his beer. “Soon
Elara’s POVIf it was possible for the night to get any quieter, it just did.I blinked, replaying Alpha Kaden’s words in my head.He claimed me. He just claimed me in front of hundreds of people.Asher bounced back quickly. “Are you trying to deceive me? All of a sudden, she is your mate and–”“Ar
Elara’s POV“Used to be?” Asher said. “I do not remember ever terminating our marriage contract.”As much as I wanted to fall flat on my face, I kept Asher’s gaze. “There is no precedent for an Alpha to have one woman as a Luna and another as his mate.”“Our contract leaves enough room for the situ
Elara’s POV“Listen to me,” I said to the people behind me, my focus not breaking from our assassins. “You all are going to run into that pack house.”“But the men are in front of us. Should we not run away?”“There is no way out of this but forward. The moment we turn our backs to them, we are dea







