LOGINREIGNI was beyond relieved that my fear wasn’t what I had expected. The conversation went better than I expected. I had gotten the pack doctor to check on Emerald again, just to be sure she was fine. I was still worried from all that happened in the past few days, the scare of what Caleb did to her, the trauma I realised it had dug up for her.She still stiffened in my hands in her sleep, and I was trying my best to make sure I was providing all that was needed for her to heal. I didn’t just want to be an Alpha whose only purpose was to say the word, ‘Mate. You are mine.’ Without catering for my mate and being everything she needed and more.I made breakfast, got her to eat more than anything she’d eaten ever since I found her, and then she fell asleep. The pack doctor mentioned the medicine he gave her would cause Emerald to sleep quite often, and I was pleased with it. She needed to rest more than anything.I waited until her breathing evened out against my chest, before I let myse
REIGN“What?!” My shoulders stiffened at her statement, and Tarik rose to the surface. “I don’t understand. Why would you… I thought you already decided to stay? Why, so suddenly you…” I was so confused by the sudden declaration I didn’t even know what I wanted to say.Didn’t we already get past the topic of her leaving? Why was she bringing it back up again? “Was it something I did yesterday, or did I do something last night?”She shook her head frantically, her eyes searching mine with kindness. “No, no, you’ve done nothing wrong. Nothing at all,” Emerald said softly.“Then why?”“I want to go back to that pack. That was what I meant. To the woods, back the way I came. I’ve been thinking about it. Perhaps if I trace my way back to that flesh-eating pack, I might find Zuhair there.”My body went rigid against hers in an instant as I heard the words coming out of her mouth. Why the hell would she want to risk her life like that over a probability?“No!” The word tumbled out of me in
JADEI wasn’t exactly at peace yet, but it felt as though someone took a huge chunk off the weight on my heart. I didn’t realise how freeing it felt to have someone to share my sorrows with finally.These past months, I not only carried the burden of being banished but also that of losing my son, losing the only family I knew and not knowing if my life was worth living. Of course, I know how badly that weighed on my heart. I was the one suffering the consequences of sins I did not commit, and I didn’t think I’d eventually be able to talk about it or even have someone willing to hear me out.But having Reign here, holding me like I meant the universe to him, while he listened as I poured my heart out. I had been so scared to share this much because I was so convinced he would be done with me the minute he realised why I was banished.He believed me. Not once did he question any word that came out of my mouth. I didn’t realise how much I needed that—how much I needed someone to tell me
~REIGN~A seething rage pulsed through my veins in waves as I listened to Emerald tell me about what had happened to her in her pack and got her banished.At some point, we had moved from standing in the middle of the bedroom and were now sitting on the bed while I held her against my body. I had been curious about who Hunter was ever since she mentioned him. I knew he had to be why my mate was so guarded and untrusting. Obviously, he did something to her, and whatever that was had broken her beyond measure.I wanted to know what he did to her, yet despite my curiosity, I didn’t want to bring up the topic knowing how emotional the day had been for her. But Jade had started talking, and I didn’t stop her as she opened up about her past, the last few minutes, and the ordeal she went through. I realised she was choosing to trust me with her pain and perhaps her heart. So I listened attentively, which was hard because it was a struggle within me having to fight against my control with Tari
~REIGN~“Jade.” A growl rumbled through my chest as I relished the way her name rolled off my tongue. Jade? Her name was Jade. That had been her name all this while and I didn’t even know it, yet I called her Emerald because her eyes reminded me of precious gemstones. I didn’t realise how close I was to her real name—only a smidge close.All this while, she heard me call her Emerald. She probably thought about how close I was to her real name but she held off that information until now. I looked down at her, my heart filling with emotions I couldn’t explain as I realised why she finally chose to tell me her name. She was handing me her trust. She held off that piece of herself all this time. Despite how little it might seem to others. It was a piece of her, an important part of her, that gave her an identity and she held that back because she couldn’t trust me. I was but a stranger to her, claiming to care about her. She didn’t trust me until now. And even if she wasn’t saying those e
~JADE~Is this?Was that a love declaration?Was he?!Did he just declare...But why would he?My mind warred as I tried computing everything I just heard.He wants to be my balm. To be the Alpha who eases my pain and protects me fiercely. He wanted me to stay, but most of all, he wanted me to choose him—to choose to stay, to choose him to be my comfort and home.Wasn’t that what Hunter also wanted? He never said those exact words but he claimed he wanted to be my home and safety, and look where that got me? He became the person who ended up breaking me the most.’We never had a choice with Hunter,’ Lev mumbled and that got me frowning.‘How do you mean?’‘With Hunter, we didn’t expect him to be our mate. Even after that, we were never given a choice. Did you really have the choice to sit and ponder if Hunter was who you wanted? Think about it, Jade. We had just escaped Manila, and it was nice to be back home. You just wanted to finally live and breathe like every normal person. You d







