Dahlia's POVThe pack house was already in a flurry of activities before the sun fully even rose. Servants were hurrying about, cleaning and preparing, even though nothing in particular had been scheduled for the day… at least, not to their knowledge. But there was a certain energy in the air, the kind of energy that suggested something was coming. Something… was about to happen.And at the center of it all stood Liam.I was watching him from my window, leaning against the frame as he passed below. His steps looked light, lighter than I had ever seen them before. He was whistling under his breath…whistling of all things. He looked more like a carefree boy without worries on a sunny morning, not the Alpha heir of Pine Shadows.It was baffling.No…infuriating.Everyone noticed the change in him. It was like someone had poured sunlight into his veins, and he was determined to spread the light. He greeted the omegas with warmth, nodded respectfully at the warriors, and even stopped to chu
Cael’s POVI didn't know what to say to Mira about her sudden and dangerous request. She was looking at me now, all meek and humble, like a little lamb expecting favour from its shepherd. I had seen the way her voice trembled when she told me about Nathaniel… Her friend from Pine Shadows, the fellow who had been kind enough to follow her after her banishment. The one who had made sure she got to Eryna’s place safely. The one she had promised to meet tomorrow… on her birthday“You promised to meet him?” I asked yet again, careful to keep my tone cool, even though every warning bell in my head was going off wildly.Mira nodded meekly, almost sheepishly. “Only for a little while… Just to let him see I’m okay. He deserves that, Cael.”I gave her another long and studying look. She was being honest… She wasn’t trying to sneak around or hide anything from me. In fact, she was doing the exact opposite… laying it all out, and then hoping I would be the one to make it okay.But that made it wo
Mira’s POV“So, what is it you wanted to tell me?” Cael asked finally. We were done with lunch and were now strolling through the back garden. There was a curious look on his face, and a little panic filled me instantly again.Kira was busy pushing me to speak inside my mind. “Tell him, Mira,” she urged me gently. “He deserves to know…You trust him, don't you?”Of course I trusted Cael. But this…this felt different. It wasn’t something I could joke my way around or casually mention like a funny memory.It was Nate. It was the promise. And it was tomorrow.“Mira?”Cael's voice pulled me back to reality again, and I could see that he was becoming concerned about my silence. I stopped walking and then looked towards a group of birds pecking seeds on the ground.“There’s something I… I need to tell you,” I began again, barely raising my voice above a whisper. My voice was even trembling more than I wanted it to. “I’ve been thinking about it a lot, and I know it might sound stupid or selfi
Mira’s POVLunch was made up of roasted venison and wild herb stew, and the delicious aroma filled the dining hall as I sat across from Cael. He had insisted that we had lunch together, even going as far as coming up to my quarters himself with a mischievous grin and an arm hooked around a basket of fresh berries like he was the one doing the cooking.“You’re acting like you made all this yourself,” I teased, eyeing him playfully as he began piling food onto my plate.Cael laughed like a happy child. “Hey, I did the hard part…I convinced Merla to give us extra garlic bread. I'm telling you, that woman guards carbs as if they’re gold.”I chuckled, lifting my glass of chilled apple wine. “Then here’s to your bravery.”“To carbs and being cunning,” he replied, clinking his glass with mine.I liked the fact that Cael had fully accepted me, and he was always showing it in his actions. I listened attentively as he told me about how he had slipped on wet stones while chasing after one of the
Dahlia's POVI waited for Liam to at least say something in my defense for once in his life, but I guess I expected too much.His voice simply went low again like a child asking for candy. “I never wanted Dahlia, I don't even know how it happened…The bond chose her, not me.”The anger in me flared up again, but I calmed myself and kept listening. I would deal with him for that nonsense in my own time.“You said yes to the bond,” Nathaniel continued, not even taking it easy with Liam.“I had to!” Liam barked. “The pack needed a Luna, and my father needed to know I was capable of leading our people.”I almost laughed at his sudden outburst…so the weasel had some balls after all.“Always too scared to go against daddy's wishes aren't you?”Nathaniel mocked Liam, and I couldn't help but agree. He was always too scared of going against his father's wishes.There was a long silence, and only the sound of the flowing river could be heard as it travelled on its never ending journey.Liam fina
Nate's POVI paced around my quarters with a heart full of bitterness and frustration.I had done everything to avoid Liam, but he just wouldn't leave me alone. He even had the audacity to be scolding me, especially with that self righteous look in his eyes…as if he had the right. As if he wasn’t the reason Mira had been forced to suffer in the first place.Spineless bastard.I kicked the chair near my bed and watched it topple over, but yet the sound did very little to ease my anger. I should've told him to his face that he didn’t deserve to speak her name, let alone keep bothering me about her like he had suddenly grown a conscience…It was laughable.Where was all this energy when she was accused of stealing from him. Where was this passion when she was exiled, disgraced in front of the whole pack while he stood by and said nothingNo. He didn't deserve her. Not even a memory of her.He had Dahlia now…his precious Luna, chosen by the moon itself, or probably by her family's money…y