LOGINElara’s POV“Ellie?” Leo said.I blinked, crashing down to reality. “What?”Leo pointed to my fork. “It’s already weird that you said you wanted a salad. Now, you are not even eating the salad?”I smiled tightly. “Sorry, I was lost in thought.”“I could tell…can I help with whatever is bothering you?”Leo was a sweetheart. If it were Cain or worse, Kaden, they would have pried it out of my mouth regardless of my answer.“Actually, no. I’m trying to figure out the meaning of something someone said to me.”“Why not just ask them?” Leo said like it was obvious.“It’s Kaden.”“Oh.” He immediately returned to his meal. “Well, I love you, Ellie but you are on your own.”The edge of my lips twitched. “Thanks a lot,” I said sarcastically.Leo looked above my head and then down at me. I sighed. “Kaden is coming here, right?”My brother nodded, picked up his lunch and practically vanished. Kaden sat at the table.“What are you doing here? I thought you were going out for a diplomatic visit,” I
Elara’s POVCain looked up for the fifth time in thirty minutes.I set my pen down on the table, tilting my head. “What is it?”He shook his head. “Nothing.”Cain was silent for two whole minutes. Suddenly, he slammed his hands on the table and got to his feet. “Can you two just fuck already?”My eyes widened, a blush working its way up my neck. “Where the hell was that from?”“I’m single, not stupid.” Cain sighed, packing up his laptop and a few documents. “I’m going to be gone for forty-five minutes. That’s enough time for…seriously, no?”I glanced at Kaden. He leaned back in his chair, staring at Cain with a blank expression. They seemed to be having a silent conversation with their eyes.“One hour?” Cain asked.Kaden remained silent. Cain threw his hands up in the air.“I give up. Neither of us should call me for the rest of the day. I’m heading out for a drink.”Cain slammed the door so hard that it rattled on its hinges.I frowned. “What the hell is up with…oh, fuck.”Kaden’s ha
Elara’s POVThe moment we entered the guest hall, Sakura jumped to her feet and yelled, “Thoroughly fucked!”My eyes widened as a blush spread up my neck.I leaned down and sniffed my body. “How did you–”“Girl, you are smothered in his scent. Like completely smothered in it.”Leo said that could only happen when Kaden willed it.I turned to my left but Kaden was already halfway across the hall, going to meet the other Alphas.“Kaden!” I snapped.He flinched, walking faster.A hand clamped down on my shoulder. “I gave you one night to enjoy your party,” Missy said. “All for me to look around and you were not at the said party.”I took a step back, my hands in the air. “I can explain.”“Please, do,” Gracie said behind me. “I need some entertainment in my life. Keith found a new online game and he is hooked. I keep hearing battle cards in my sleep.”The four women closed in on me from all sides.I smiled tightly, partly scared for my life. “What do you guys want to know?”“Did you fuck
Elara’s POVI moaned in pleasure as I stirred awake.My back arched off the bed as the fingers inside me dug in deeper and deeper. “Kaden…”There was a rumble in his chest, his mouth preoccupied with my breast.One of my nipples was getting lashed with his tongue, the other twisted and plucked with his fingers.“Don’t stop,” I moaned.He maintained his torturous pace. Not too slow that I remained on the edge but not too fast that I did not cross it.An idea crossed my mind. I stilled my heart, throwing my head back. “Oh, Cassian, do that again.”All of his motions stopped. I opened my eyes and met his irritated ones.“What is it?” I asked, my voice calmer than I felt.“I told you last night that you do not call another person’s name while I am fucking you,” he hissed, his fingers gripping my chin.Just a little more…I rolled my eyes. “You two are practically the same person. It does not matter either…woah, what are you doing?”Kaden lifted me up and flipped me onto my stomach. Withou
Elara’s POV“What did you need me for, Luna?”I grabbed Hilda’s hands. “I need a dress. Something black and comfortable.”She must have sensed the urgency in my voice but she did not ask questions and led me to her room.I paced the room, my fingers digging into my palm.What if this did not work out? What if Cassian took over instead?I loved being with Cassian but I needed Kaden right now, not Cassian.“Luna, will this be good?”I looked up and my eyes widened. “Hilda, this is perfect…how did you know what I wanted to use it for?”“Harry also likes…unwrapping his prize. I stockpiled more dresses after the first time.”My cheeks flushed. “So he is going to like it?”Hilda smiled. “They’re men. Tease them a little and they are putty in your hands.”“Thank you,” I whispered, bolting out of her room.It was nearly one a.m., and the party was winding down softly. But I knew Kaden had already been returned to the house to get away from the noise.I slipped into the house through the side
Elara’s POV“Ellie!”I returned Missy’s squeal with equal enthusiasm. “Missy!!”“You look gorgeous,” she gushed. “Is that a real diamond?”My hand instinctively touched the piece of my neck. When Hilda had brought it to my room, I stared at it for a full half hour, contemplating whether I should return to Kaden’s family vault.“It belonged to Kaden’s mother,” I whispered, my fingers fondling it gently.She may have been a promiscuous woman who shirked her responsibility as a mother and a Luna but she had good taste in fashion.Missy gave me a knowing grin. “You know that he called personally? To invite us to a ‘celebration’ party? Ron and I kept wondering when Kaden started dishing out personal invitations.”“It’s my birthday,” I whispered, my cheeks tinted in a blush. “Twenty-six.”Missy gasped. A full southern mother gasp.“This is for your birthday?” Toby said, coming up from my left. “I swear, we thought he would cancel our treaty if we said we could not make it.”I looked between
Elara’s POV“Ellie, is there a problem?” Ronan asked.My throat tightened to the point I could not breathe.It had barely been twenty-four hours. How did they find me already?Would they try to take me back? My brothers would not willingly give me away, right?Leo lowered us to the ground to set me
Elara’s POVMy words settled heavily in the room.Seconds passed in silence, the hum of the air conditioner almost echoing off the mostly bare walls.Hilda pressed her palms flat on her knees. “Yes, Luna. We are mates.”Harry let out an irritated sigh. That was the first time I had seen his face no
Elara’s POV“I told you that I should have done it.”“I swear, I followed the instructions to the letter. I have no idea why she fainted.”“Should I pour water on her face?”There was a slap and then a thud.My eyes slowly blinked open. My brothers were kneeling over my body, still arguing amongst
Elara’s POVMy brothers bared their necks in unison.“Alpha Kaden,” they greeted in unison.“Kaden,” I whispered in awe. What a beautiful name.The wind carried my voice to his ears. His eyes fell to me, one of his delicate brows raising.Suddenly, a wave of energy slammed into me. Enough energy to







