تسجيل الدخولValerieI was still shaking when I reached my gate.I could feel eyes on me as I walked, probably because I looked like a complete mess. Puffy eyes, coffee-stained shoes, and the expression of someone who had just been proposed to by a psychopath wearing her best friend’s face.I dropped into an empty seat near the window, clutching my boarding pass so tightly it crumpled in my fist. My heart was still racing, and my wolf wouldn’t stop pacing inside me, whining and howling inside my chest. Every step I took away from that corner felt heavier than the last, like invisible chains were trying to pull me back to him.‘You slapped our mate.’I clenched my jaw so hard it hurt.Shut up.I had barely managed to shut my wolf up when Mia’s voice crawled back into my head.“Marry me.”“I’ll give you Shadowmoon Pack.”“You’ll be queen.”His words kept replaying in my head like a broken record. Each time they sounded more insane.I pressed my palms against my eyes, trying to block everything out.
Mi Amor MiaI remained leaning against the pillar, slowly running my tongue over the corner of my lip where her slap had landed. The sting was still fresh and sharp.Valerie had stormed off without looking back, her shoulders rigid with anger. The sharp click of her heels faded into the terminal noise, but her scent lingered.Footsteps approached silently from behind me. Rafe appeared at my side within seconds, having clearly watched her storm out of the alcove.“What happened?” he asked, voice low and alert.I didn’t answer immediately. I simply smiled, a slow, satisfied curve of my lips as I stared in the direction she had disappeared.Rafe’s sharp eyes narrowed. He stepped closer, studying my face.The red imprint of her hand was clearly visible on my cheek.“Did she slap you?” he asked, his tone shifting dangerously.I let out a soft chuckle. “I guess I pushed her too hard.”Rafe’s expression darkened instantly. His entire body tensed, the lethal warrior in him rising to the surfa
Valerie(Airport Terminal – Gate B-17)The coffee burned through my shoes, but I barely felt it.All I could feel was him.The same devastating face. The same tall, powerful frame. The same scent that had wrapped around me two nights ago like a drug I didn’t know I needed. Except now he was standing in the middle of a crowded airport terminal looking at me like I belonged to him.My wolf surged forward so violently that I almost staggered.Mate. Mate. Mate.I shoved her down with everything I had.“You,” I breathed again, my voice shaking with fury and something far more dangerous. “How did you find me?”He took another slow step forward, hands still casually in his pockets like this was a friendly chat and not the worst moment of my already destroyed life.“Valerie Thornwood,” he said, tasting my full name like it was something precious. “You’re not as hard to track as you think. Especially when you’re bleeding emotions all over the mate bond.”I flinched at the words.“Don’t,” I sna
Mi Amor MiaThe matte-black SUV cut through Asheville traffic like a blade. I sat in the back, tablet in hand, scrolling through every updated feed Rafe had pulled in the last hour. Valerie Thornwood’s face appeared in several low-quality shots from the wedding, standing rigid in the background while my brother humiliated himself and dismissed her.My jaw clenched so hard it ached.“Flight status?” I asked without looking up.“Delayed again,” Rafe answered from the driver’s seat, voice calm as ever. “She’s still at the airport. Gate B-17. 6:45 PM departure to Charlotte, connecting to Shadowmoon territory. She looks… unsettled.”Unsettled was the perfect polite word for the storm I could already feel through the faint thread of the mate bond. Even at this distance, her distress pulsed against my ribs, full of guilt, shame, exhaustion, and doubt.Good.I wanted her rattled and raw anyways, because the moment she saw me again she would have nowhere left to hide.The SUV pulled into the a
Mi Amor Mia (At the hotel) The door slammed so hard the entire suite rattled. I stood there in the middle of the bedroom, my shirt still half-open, her spit cooling on my cheek, and for the first time in twenty-six years my wolf was completely silent. Not angry or confused. Just… stunned. I wiped my face with the back of my hand, tasting salt and the faint trace of her scent still clinging to my skin. What an irony? The woman who had kissed me all night like I was the only oxygen left in the world, fucked me like she'd been starved for years, then looked at me like I'd personally ripped her heart out when she realized I wasn't him. I dragged both hands through my hair, exhaling sharply. The mate bond was still humming under my ribs like a live wire. Every instinct screamed to go after her, drag her back here and finish what the Goddess had clearly started. But… who the hell is this Sebastian? Not only had she moaned the name in my bed last night, she’d shoved her ph
Valerie My dignity lasted approximately as long as it took to reach the hotel lobby. “Excuse me, Miss!” The receptionist called out, hurrying around her desk. I stopped reluctantly. “Yes?” Her professional smile dint waver as she gestured politely toward me. “I'm sorry, but you can’t leave the hotel wearing our robe.” I blinked, and looked down. Only then did I realize I was still wearing the plush Grand Lumière bathrobe. “I…” I swallowed, tightening my grip on my dress and shoes clutched in my arms like I was fleeing a crime scene. “I need to change,” I managed, my voice hollow. “Of course,”she said kindly. “If you'd like, we can show you to a guest room where you can change.” I nodded stiffly “Fine.” A staff member led me down a short hallway and opened the door to a small room. “You can change here, maam” “Thank you.” The door closed behind me. The moment I was alone, I leaned both hands on the dresser and stared at my reflection in the mirror. My hair was a mess







