Travis’s POVI stepped out of the car, the cool night air hitting my face like a slap. My hands were tight fists by my sides. I turned slowly and looked at Marcus, who had been quiet the whole drive back.“Keep everything calm,” I said in a low voice. “Tell no one about it.”Marcus nodded. “Yes, Alpha.”I didn’t say anything else. I just turned and walked towards the pack house. My heart was heavy.The video in my pocket felt like it was burning a hole through me. The truth was out now. Paige was involved in my son’s death. Her and her foolish, arrogant father Elder Hilltop. I should’ve known something was off from the start but I had trusted her because she was married to Micheal.With this video, it was over for them. I would crush them amd they would pay for what they did to my boy.I walked into the pack house and went straight to the Alpha’s quarters. The guards bowed and opened the door for me,The hallway was quiet. My boots echoed as I walked down the hall to my room. I turned
Athena’s POVI collapsed to the floor, breathing hard, my arms heavy and sore.Sweat dripped from my forehead and soaked into the floor beneath me. My fists throbbed inside the gloves, and my muscles screamed from all the punches I had thrown.Matthew had an emergency and didn’t come to train me. I didn’t ask what it was so I trained alone. I didn’t need anyone to hold the bag. I just needed to punch and kick until all my thoughts faded.I missed Travis, I missed him so much and it has just been a few hours since he left the house.I knew he was the Alpha and had things to do. Meetings, plans, land issues, pack safety, patrols… and Luna duties kept me busy too but it did nothing to silence the ache in my chest when he was gone.And it didn’t help that we couldn’t keep our hands off each other at night. It wasn’t just about lust anymore. It was deep, raw and real. We couldn’t keep our hands off each othe and were having so much sex every night, like two people who couldn’t breathe unle
Hudson’s POVI was freaking annoyed at how everything had played out. It had been over a week since the stupid incident, but people still wouldn’t shut up about it. Every single day at the practice ground, and at the gym, even outside the training halls, I could hear whispers.“Did you see how scared he was?” “I can’t believe he deleted that picture so fast.”“He must have been shaking; I wonder what the Alpha told him that made him fold!”They never said it to my face, of course. No one had the guts to but they said it loud enough for me to hear, just as I walked by. I pretended not to care, kept my head high, and kept walking but deep inside, I was boiling. I regretted posting it because I made a fool of myself.The worst part? Athena hadn’t spoken a single word to me since that day. She didn’t even glance in my direction and whenever we met she avoided me like I was a disease. I tried to talk to her a few times at the training ground but everytime I came near, she turned the other
TRAVIS’S POVI was glad the rumors about Hudson and Athena had naturally died down.Hudson had deleted the picture he posted, and I didn’t even bring it up to him. There was no need. For some reason, he had been moody lately, but I didn’t press him. I had too many documents and duties on my plate. Hudson sulking wasn’t something I had time to babysit.Since I found that phone with pictures of Paige and Hudson I had not been able to stop thinking about the day Michael died.There had to be more to the story and I wanted the truth. I needed the truth.The hard part had been finding someone to recover old files from the phone. Every security footage from that night was either erased or corrupted. Cameras went black for hours that night, and it still didn’t make sense but I wasn’t giving up.I sat in my study, going through yet another report, when Marcus walked in. “Alpha,” he said, his tone serious.I looked up. “What is it?”“I found someone,” he said. “A tech guy, he does dark web and
Athena’s POVTravis’s hands were everywhere; on my waist, my back, in my hair. His touch burned through my skin like fire that knew exactly where to spread. His mouth was on mine and my head was spinning from pleasure.I gripped his shoulders tightly and pulled him even closer, needing him, needing more. My back hit the wall gently, and he pressed into me, his chest firm and warm. I could feel the beat of his heart thudding against mine.“Travis…” I whispered his name like a breath, my voice weak, but full of want.He groaned softly, kissing along my jaw and down my neck. “You have no idea what you do to me,” he said, his voice low and rough.“I think I do,” I whispered, arching slightly as his hands moved under the soft fabric of my shirt.He paused, looking into my eyes. His were dark and intense, stormy with emotion.“You sure?” he asked gently, brushing a lock of hair away from my face.I nodded. “I’ve never been more sure of anything.”He lifted me easily, and I wrapped my legs a
Travis’s POVI stared at the picture. “What the fuck.” I swore.I was staring at Athena in the picture, she was under Hudson, his arms around her, his face too damn close to hers. His mouth hovered over her cheek like he was about to kiss her, and her expression was unreadable.My blood boiled and I gripped the phone tight.“What the fuck is this,” I muttered again, louder this time. My voice was sharp, full of rage I was trying so damn hard to hold in.The caption made it worse; “Perfection” with love emojis.I didn’t even want to know what happened. Whatever it was, I knew it would just piss me off more.I swiped out of the post and opened my call log. My thumb hovered over Athena’s name. I wanted to call her and ask her to explain why she let him get that close and it looked like they were two seconds from kissing and why the fuck she didn’t push him off faster but I stopped myself.My hand dropped and I cursed again, low and bitter.If I called her now, what would I say? “Hey, I