25. A Lifestyle I Like

ALEJANDRO

I don’t know what the fuck overtook me but when Carmen insulted Kiara, I lost it. My instincts were telling me to rip her to shreds but I had tried to keep control, a battle I was losing until she had placed her hand on mine. I closed my eyes, my assumption that there was more between us only seemed to be getting further confirmed. That maybe - just fucking maybe, Kiara could be my mate. The thought sent a knot of emotions through me. I rubbed my jaw frowning deeply.

Fuck… If it were… It meant the Moon Goddess hadn't forgotten about me… But wasn’t she at least a decade late? I had made up my mind that I was never going to have someone, and that was what I wanted. Kiara fucking messed with me. I had more enemies than I’d ever be able to fucking count. I didn’t need a weakness and that is what a mate would be to me, a weakness I didn’t need nor want.

The blood moon was less than three weeks away and if that was the case, then I needed to skip the even