Mag-log inJordan's POV
The gap between us was almost closed, just a tiny space that even an insect wouldn't fit and just then, a sharp sound shot through the air and destroyed the moment, or maybe, saved me I guess. The door flung open and Sienna, the housekeeper was just a few seconds from flipping the curtain open when his growl shook the building. “Don't come in. I didn't call for you!” He scolded and my heart sank. Thank the heavens! “Forgive me.” She begged frantically and quickly turned away. He turned to me now with a face devoid of any emotions and turned away. Slowly, he let go of my hand now,it wasn't sudden, it was a controlled release, as if he knew what he was doing. My skin remained glued to the wall in shame as I couldn't even take a step forward. He calmly picked up his briefcase and didn't look at me anymore. His footsteps echoed softly, following that same rhythmic pattern that made my heart flutter. His scent slowly disappeared and my eyes wouldn't let go of him. A deep breath escaped my lips and his hand tightened on the case, as if he felt it. “I'll be back later,” her tiny shaky voice pleaded and I snapped out of my lingering insanity. “Give me a minute,” I begged. Immediately, I took of my muddy shirt and wiped the cum off the floor and called her in before running to my room. Without hesitation, I slipped into the shower, my head still dizzy and confused about what had just happened. The water seeped into my skin and my mind was clogged with thoughts I couldn't fathom. So if she hadn't walked in? Nah, snap out of it. Fuck no! Alpha Lorenzo would never! I'm just the jerky one and he even saved me. The water freely flowed on my skin, washing away the thick mud, but an annoying sound kept on disturbing the peace and quiet. “Who's that fellow?!” The words came out angrily as my feet stumped hard and I got out. Who's disturbing my phone? Water was still dripping off my body when my hand reached for the phone, the droplets wetting the screen softly. It was none other but Killian. “Hey…” “I'm at the living room…” “Come on…” “Come meet me…” “Say something…” A sigh escaped my lips and the soft thud of the phone against the bed followed. Thereafter, I dried my skin and put on a short, ready to sleep now after an awkward day when a soft knock echoed on the door. “Come in,” my voice rang out, my face stealing a glance at who it was. The door creaked softly as it opened and the lock rattled softly as it closed and footsteps followed. His familiar scent filled the room, making it difficult to breathe. “What?!” He didn't say a word, his footsteps just lingered until he was standing over me, his gaze locked on me with that annoying smile he normally used when he wanted to apologize me, or better still, fool me. “Come on, Jordan.” His brows were raised as he stared at me and huffed softly. “Come on?” A deep sigh escaped his lips and the bed sank softly and his skin pressed against mine. “Just go away, I don't want to talk to you.” How presence alone was disgusting to me now. “Jordan, I'm sorry.” He finally apologized, his voice low and somewhat remorseful. My mind was already heavy with lots of thoughts and I wanted to vent, I needed to scream and I couldn't help it. The urge was a searing feeling burning and forced me up to grab him by the throat and looked him straight in the eye with the sizzling rage burning in my eyes. “You attacked me!” I slammed immediately. “You pushed me! You knew I couldn't shift! You fucking knew! You're a monster!” I cursed, my grip tightening on him. My voice only grew louder and his stare was consistent and didn't break. Slowly, he brushed his fingers on my cheek, and moved down to my neck. But I shoved him away. “Don't touch me! You attacked me back there! What do you have to say about that?!” But he bit his lower lip and stared at me in a way I couldn't help. His scent filled the air and diffused into my soul, slowly stiring up the feelings in me. “I hate you,” I smiled softly, staring at him sheepishly. He leaned in further now, our lips crashed into each other and it was beautiful. The heat from his body was a feeling I had missed, one I had yearned for, he just thrived at pissing me off. He paused for a second and stared at me, with those seductive golden eyes. “You still mad at me?” He chuckled. “Yes,” I feigned, trying to force a stern look but he held me closer and kissed me again. And again, and another. “How about now?” He laughed. I hesitated for a second, my heart was fluttered with weird feelings and my face was glowing with sheepish smiles. “Yes,” I retorted and looked away, folding my arms like a two year old would do. “Liar.” He pulled me closer now and hugged me. “You know I didn't like what you did back there…” He didn't let me finish, he just grabbed my face and kissed me again, shutting me up. A soft smile crossed my lips as I felt butterflies peacefully moving in my belly, a feeling I hadn't experienced in quite a while. My hand reached for his face and I held him, sniffing him gently and moaning softly as I pressed his hamd against my dick. My lips crashed into his again, this time, passionately, hot and dangerous, not wanting to pull back and he let out a soft sigh. Slowly, he pulled away and held me firmly as I didn't want to let go. “Jordan, my dad's home. We can't be doing this now, not here,” he scolded. “Shit, come on, let's go somewhere else…” But his voice shot back at me. “No. I already told you before. We can't be caught together. You know what that means for me!” That was the same thing he has said. Anytime we wanted to get intimate, he'll pull away, I thought he would change, but days turned to weeks and then months now, he hasn't touched me. He's starved me all these while and I don't blame him. I blame the moon goddess for mating me to him. A strange weakness enveloped me and I dropped back to the bed in defeat. He smiled warmly at me. “Don't worry, soon. But for now, get some rest. Tomorrow the pack would be celebrating the win and also, my alpha ceremony,” he kissed my forehead warmly. “I love you, Jordan,” he whispered as he was about to close the door. I just nodded, broken and wounded.Jordan's POV"We accept," I said, then added, “But only on our terms.”Killian’s head snapped toward me, sharp. “What terms?”“The meeting happens here. In our territory, our home. She plays by our rules.” I kept my voice steady, meeting his stare without blinking. “She comes to us.”Killian didn’t answer right away. He just watched me, as if weighing what I’d just put on the table. "She's ninety-three years old, Jordan," he finally said, voice steady but with an edge. "She’s been running this for longer than any of us have been alive. She doesn’t ask for meetings unless she’s already decided what she’s going to get out of them."I nodded. “I know.”“She isn’t coming here to surrender,” Killian pressed, tension in his jaw.“I know that, too.”He leaned forward, elbows on the table. “She wants to assess you in person. She’s not satisfied with Sera’s reports. She has to see an Anchor up close.”“I know.” I could feel the weight of his words, but also the certainty in my bones. “And that
Jordan's POV"Shes been sitting outside your room for twenty minutes " Reef said as I walked into the packhouse.I looked at him. "Joanna?""Yes " Reef confirmed. "She came to me first. She said she has something her mother doesn't know she has." He looked at me carefully. "She looked like someone who had been keeping a secret for a time and finally decided to share it."I looked at Killian beside me.Killian looked back at me steadily. "We're in this together " he said quietly."Together " I confirmed.We walked toward my room. Lorenzo was behind us. I turned the corridor and Joanna was sitting on the floor outside my door. She looked up when she heard us coming. Her face looked tired."Jordan " she said quietly."Joanna " I answered. "Come inside."She stood up. I opened the door. We all went in. I sat on the bed. Killian sat beside me. Lorenzo stood by the window. Joanna stood in the middle of the room. Looked at all three of us."My mother doesn't know I have this " she said caref
Lorenzo's POV"I know who it is," I said, my voice low.Killian kept his eyes on me. "Then just say it."Across the clearing, Jordan spoke up, barely above a whisper. "Lorenzo."I met his gaze."Go on," he said.I held his eyes for what felt like forever, all eight years of managing weighing on me. I thought about how just three days ago, I finally put the pieces together, and chose to stay silent—a choice that’s already cost more than I bargained for."It's Sera," I told them, barely louder than before.The whole clearing seemed to freeze.Jordan didn't move. Killian didn't move. Cain straightened off the tree he’d been leaning against, slow and careful. Vael didn't react at all. She already knew—probably had for years. Sixty years of patience makes a person hard to surprise.Jordan just repeated it. "Sera." His voice wasn’t angry—just quiet, deep. It was that tone he got when something reached the marrow."Yeah," I said."Start from the beginning," Jordan said.I nodded, steadying m
Jordan's POV“The forest,” Killian said, careful like he wasn’t sure I’d break. “She’s been in the forest this whole time.”“Yeah,” I said.“While we were having breakfast?”“Yeah.”“While we sat in the kitchen talking about her being gone?”“Yeah.”He stared at me for a good while, lips pressing together. “I honestly can’t tell if I should be impressed or concerned.”“Both,” I told him. “It’s definitely both.”We left the archive, wound through the packhouse, and stepped outside. The forest stretched out beyond the eastern edge, dark and still. My wolf wanted to go, dragging me forward with that quiet, steady certainty he got when I asked about her.Cain fell in next to me. “She does this,” he said, almost a whisper. “Disappears without disappearing. You think she’s gone, so you stop looking. But she hasn’t moved an inch.”“Comes in handy,” I said.“Incredibly inconvenient,” Cain shot back. “If you’re the one looking.”I glanced over. “How long did you know her before everything fell
Jordan's POV"Show us," I urged quietly.Cain looked at all three of us for a moment and then turned and walked toward the archive and we followed him and the packhouse was moving around us with ordinary morning sounds that felt strange against whatever was about to happen in that room.Cain pushed open the archive door and went straight to the second room and I followed and stopped in the doorway and looked at the shelf he was standing in front of.A single folder.Sitting slightly apart from the others the way the ledger had been sitting slightly apart all those weeks ago when this whole thing started."I found it this morning while you were at the council," Cain disclosed carefully. "It was behind the painting before you moved it. Tucked flat against the wall. I almost missed it entirely."I crossed the room and took the folder and opened it.Single page inside.My father's handwriting.I read it once and kept my face completely right and read it again and my wolf went absolutely s
Killian's POV "We start by finding out who is above Callum," Jordan urged quietly. "Tonight. Before they find us first." I looked at him across the table and thought about everything the last twelve hours had cost us and thought about Callum out there with three weeks of information and thought about a sixty year operation that hadn't ended just because one session closed. "How?" I questioned carefully. "The documentation in my parents' room," Jordan answered. "They tracked Callum's network for two years. Every connection. Every territory. Every name." He held my gaze. "Somewhere in those folders is a thread that leads above Callum. My mother was too precise to stop at the instrument without following the chain all the way back." "We've been through most of that documentation," Lorenzo offered carefully. "For the council." "We went through what was relevant for the council," Jordan countered carefully. "We weren't looking for this specific thread when we pulled those folder
Killian's POV"I don't care what time it is. Handle it."I dropped the phone and rubbed my face.I'd been Alpha for only two days and I was already having a headache..Border dispute with the eastern wolves. Two of my own pack members were caught throwing hands in the training yard before breakfast
Killian's POVShe climbed onto my lap slowly like she'd done it a hundred times before.Put her hands on my shoulders while spreading her thighs and settling her weight down slowly and deliberately…She kept looking at me the whole time like she was daring me to look away first.I didn't look away.
Jordan's POV"Fuck.."That was all I managed to say.One thrust and every word I had just left my body completely. My back arched off the mattress and my hands grabbed his arms and my mouth fell open and nothing came out except this broken sound that didn't even sound like me.He moved deep inside
Jordan's POVI didn't even remember falling asleep but the clock said 3:14am and I was already reaching for my shorts on the floor.I had to go."Where are you going?"Lorenzo was propped on one elbow watching me in the dark like sleep was something that happened to other people."It's 3am," I said







