~Lucy~The past few weeks have been nothing short of perfect, it's been filled with love, peace and joy. We go out on dates, take silly pictures, visit our favorite places and have sex whenever, wherever and however we want.I’ve never known happiness like this before. Rhett makes me feel seen, cherished, wanted. And yet… it still feels incomplete. Something is missing.What we have is beautiful, but it isn’t defined. I’ve carried this fear, that maybe Rhett doesn’t feel the same way, that maybe this is just passion to him, nothing more. But then, the way he holds me, the way his eyes soften when he looks at me, tells me otherwise. It tells me it’s only a matter of time before he says the words I’ve been aching to hear.But I can’t wait anymore. I need him to know. I need this to be more.That’s why I can’t wait for the next few hours to pass. I’ve never been this excited about someone’s wedding before.Because tonight, I’m going to use it as the moment. The moment where Rhett finally
“This has to be the best game ever!” Freya screams, clapping wildly. Rhett’s team had just scored again, but with my thoughts tangled up in him, I barely noticed.Snapping back to the moment, I join Freya’s cheers, clapping along. The energy in the arena is electric. Before we can even settle into the thrill of one goal, Rhett’s team scores another and then another.The crowd erupts in a thunderous applause. Victory is theirs.Reporters and fans swarm the players, shouting questions, cameras flashing, but Rhett and his teammates rush off toward the locker room before they can be cornered.~Rhett~Hockey has never been my dream. Sure, I’m passionate about the sport and I enjoy playing it, and with my werewolf abilities, it’s always been easy to stand out, to earn the reputation I have today. But my real dream, the only dream that matters is to guide my pack, to become the Alpha I was born to be. That’s why I’m here.But then seeing Lucy cheer for me, pride blazing in her eyes, she's so
~Rhett~I miss Lucy like hell. The calls, the pictures, the teasing messages are just not enough. I crave her body pressed against mine, her sweet scent filling my lungs, the way she melts when I tease her… and the way I claim her until she forgets her own name.Tonight, I had it all planned out. I was going to surprise her. With my abilities, slipping between worlds and straight into her room would’ve been easy. After finishing up the youth clinic, I would be in her arms where I belong.But of course not, that plan crashed the moment they dragged me into another interview. I tried to excuse myself, I tried to leave, but no, apparently, I’m the face they can’t do without. So here I am, stuck, boiling in frustration while every damn second feels like an eternity.I was counting down the minutes to freedom when my phone buzzed. A notification from Lucy. A sharp breath escaped from my lungs when the video played. Thank fuck she muted it. She knew what she was doing. She always does.Her
~Lucy~As you can imagine, my night was absolutely wonderful, and so is my morning. I wake up refreshed, ready to embrace whatever the days ahead might bring. I’m in love with Rhett Lawson. I shouldn’t be. This was supposed to be fake, just a few months of pretending. Yet only weeks in, I’ve fallen for him.He warned me it would happen. He said I’d fall for him, and I laughed it off, denied it. When Freya hinted at it, I shut her down, refusing to even entertain the thought. But now, I can’t lie to myself. The way Rhett treats me, the way his eyes linger on me, the way he protects me, it leaves no room for doubt.A part of me, a huge part, believes I’m not making a mistake. I feel it in my bones that this will turn out right that our paths were meant to cross, that we were meant to find each other. What started as fake dating feels real in every way. Everything about Rhett is genuine, and even if he doesn’t love me yet, I believe with every bit of me that he will.The doorbell rings,
~Rhett~ “Rhett, you almost lost control earlier. What the fuck is wrong with you?” Khair’s growl rumbles through my head sharply, his voice is accusing but I don't care.“That was risky Rhett,” he repeats, but I don’t answer him. For the first time, I don’t even know what to say to my wolf.Because he’s right. I did almost lose control. I don’t know what came over me, but seeing Lucy scared, seeing those damn paparazzi getting too close to her, it lit something inside me I couldn’t leash.You might think it’s no big deal, using my Alpha aura to put them in their place. But it is a very big deal. Every time I let that power slip in the human world, I risk exposing my secret. There are werewolves hiding in plain sight, living disguised among humans. If one of them had been there tonight… they would have recognized me instantly.And not every Alpha can command humans. Only those born from certain clans. Only those special. That kind of power isn’t normal, it bends humans, makes them sub
Rhett doesn’t really like to talk much about himself. Truth is, we’ve never had a real conversation about each other until today. When I asked him, something flickered across his face, a shadow I couldn’t name, it was gone as quickly as it appeared.He didn’t say much, but now I know. Rhett, like me, is an orphan. Only… unlike me, who at least had an aunt to raise me, he had no one. He grew up in an orphanage. I can’t imagine how lonely that must have been, never knowing your parents, never having anyone to call family.He told me he never had friends either, only mingling with people in the line of his work. It makes sense now, his walls, his grumpiness, the way he’s kept women at arm’s length. He must be carrying so much weight, so much unspoken heartache.I want to ask him more. So many questions rest on the tip of my tongue. But I remember the flicker in his expression, the way his voice tightened. It’s clear he doesn’t want to linger on himself. Respecting that, I swallow my curi