*CAHIR*There was every possibility that Aristo was right and that my mate did not see what I was doing. I should tell her but there was no reason to burden her with things outside of her control. As her Alpha, it was my duty to deal with every threat to her life instead of worrying her unnecessarily.“Did you find out the things I asked?” I entered Aristo’s office to see him canoodling with the new girl from Silver Moon pack – Felicia was it?“Do you never knock?” Aristo exclaimed as the girl jumped from his lap to straighten her skirt. Her skin flushed but she held up her chin and gave me a snide look.“Alpha,” she barred her neck.“I am not your Alpha,” I asked Aristo to keep close eyes on this girl so I didn’t expect him to still frolic with her but I should have known my Beta was too much of a man whore to stay away from a woman who gave him an obvious green light.“Yes, Alpha.” The girl insisted and barred her neck again before leaving the office.“If you’d just waited ten minut
*KADE*“Where the fuck are you going now?” I asked my sister who stood outside the pack house with her things picked and her friends gathered around her, wailing and crying.“I made a promise, didn’t I?” She smiled at me, her face set in hard lines despite her smile. I could see the resolve in her eyes and it made my heart twinge.“Felicity, what is this?” I forced my voice to be soft despite my wolf’s anger towards every and anyone around him. This was my baby sister we were talking about. I’d been mean to her, shouted and forced her to leave my office but it didn’t mean my love for her disappeared. I was supposed to protect her, not send her away!“I promised I would help you. This is where I start.” The people gathered outside to bid her farewell and looked at me, their eyes burning into my back.“Let’s go to my office and talk,” I grabbed her hand but she resisted for a second before caving.“Okay, but I can’t talk for long. I don’t want to miss my flight.” She followed me back in
I felt suffocated, there was no other way to explain it. Cahir had made me into someone who did not come out of the house – ever. The only time I stepped out of the Alpha Castle was to visit him in the pack house and that happened only once. There was no reason for that. In fact, he called me in for a minute and then sent me away. It felt as if he wanted me to know that my life was in his hand and he could order me around as he liked. That day, Sebastian came with me and he didn't hide the fact that he was displeased to be guarding me rather than his Alpha."Good morning," Laura said to me as she took the seat opposite me. She had made it a habit to visit me as many times in a day as she could – which was always once or twice as she was busy. She had relevance in this pack while my mate made it clear my only purpose was to do as he said and warm his bed at night!"I feel trapped, " I answered Laura's greeting with a declaration.All my life, I had never been one to sit still and do no
"This is crazy," Aristo said but he was grinning as he spoke. "Cahir is going to run mad, I am certain of it." He laughed. It was clear from the way he kept laughing and grinning that he was excited about this."Do you get a kick out of annoying him?" His giddiness was infectious.The idea of leaving the pack for a bit had come out of nowhere three days ago and I hadn't expected Aristo to be so supportive. I hadn't seen Cahir since then because I went back to sleeping in my room and Asena was giving me the silent treatment now."Cahir? He's the most aggravating person ever. I'm not going to miss this opportunity to watch him freak out," Aristo grinned."I'm not trying to make him freak out," I muttered. "I know he'd never agree that's why I'm doing this secretly."I didn't have to ask Cahir because I knew he would say no. He was the reason I felt trapped. The person who didn't even want me to venture somewhere as close as the pack houses would ever approve my vacation."Yeah, but he i
A chill spread goosebumps all over my skin. My eyes doubled in size when a woman came in pushing a tray. The first sign of danger was the smile on her lips and how she entered my room without waiting for my response.“I didn’t order anything,” I said but she continued to smile, shutting the door behind her.“It’s a gift for our special guest. The manager heard Cahir Armani’s Luna is staying at our humble hotel so he sent a special meal for our esteemed guest.”An enemy.Aristo's words rang in my head long after I left Alpha Blood and with the sudden appearance of this woman in my locked room, my frayed nerves became even more frayed.“Thank you but I’m not interested in eating. I’ll call for room service when I’m hungry.”I was hungry before she came in. I’d planned to go downstairs to explore the hotel grounds after my bath but now, I felt my hands tremble as I gripped my dagger.“Oh, really? Well, is there anything else you need, Luna Sihana?” She opened the curtains closest to her
*CAHIR*“She still hasn’t made a move?” I asked about the Silver Moon girl who decided to take up residence in my pack for unknown reasons. If she had ulterior motives, she still hadn’t let them show, choosing instead to try befriending my mate.“She seems like a pretty chill person, if you ask me,” Aristo butted in.“You’re fucking her so I’m not asking you,” I cut him off, turning to my gamma. “She isn’t doing anything suspicious?” My eyes narrowed when she shrugged.“She’s laying low which is what everyone expects from a foreigner like her. So far, all she has done is try to befriend the Luna and reconnect with the new servant, Avalon.”“I see.” What game was Kade playing? Or was he not playing at all?If he wanted to send a spy, his sister was too obvious so what was she doing here and why did she try to befriend my mate? If I remembered correctly, she was at the top of my hit list – one of the main people who made Sihana’s life hell. She and Avalon were teaming up now, weren’t th
He caught up with me. Of course, he caught up with me. He was the hunter and I was the prey. There was no outrunning a hunter as skilled as Cahir Armani. “Stay.” The command that fell from his lips – the words that fell from his lips, they were not his. The voice wasn’t his!My eyes darted all over the place in search of an exit but I ended up looking directly at an unmoving body – the corpse of a man who he slaughtered in less than a minute! I wrestled as he grabbed me, my heart beating an erratic staccato. Even Asena wanted to run as fast and as far away from him as possible.“Stay!” I heard a gnashing of teeth as my body went still at the Alpha’s command. “God dammit, you’re causing a lot of trouble!” He shouted, still clutching me to him, my back to his front. How voice had returned to normal but I didn’t think I could ever be normal again. Not after I discovered this.Everyone said Cahir Armani was a ruthless killing machine, they called him a blood-hungry monster but no one actu
His head jerked back at my words then a frown creased his brows for a second before he swallowed, his Adam’s apple bobbing. “I don’t make it a habit of protecting those I hate.”“How would I know that when I don’t know you?” He let out a short, mirthless bark of laughter that made my mouth dry. The laughter died as quickly as it had started. He faced me with narrowed eyes and crossed arms.A loud phone blaring startled us. Cahir reached into his pocket for his phone, turning away from me to answer it. My body relaxed, I rubbed a hand on my face then let myself fall back into bed, spread eagle.“Yes, I’m there. What do you want?” Cahir barked into the phone. When I strained my ears, I heard Aristo on the other end of the call. Despite everything, he ratted me out and I was grateful for being found out earlier than I had planned.My teeth worried my bottom lip and my hands shivered beside me. I closed my eyes andforced my lungs to expand as I took in a deep breath but reality was settin