LOGINI didn't question it, I was too overwhelmed by the scent of him that coated the entire room.
It was twice as big as my room in the Palace and yet the bed was placed close to the door.The sheets smelled like him and my wolf purred in my head.The feeling was shocking but I was in too much pain to react to it.If there's anything good this weird feeling I was developing for Xavier was doing for me, it's the way my wolf is finally showing itself.It's inI didn't question it, I was too overwhelmed by the scent of him that coated the entire room.It was twice as big as my room in the Palace and yet the bed was placed close to the door.The sheets smelled like him and my wolf purred in my head.The feeling was shocking but I was in too much pain to react to it.If there's anything good this weird feeling I was developing for Xavier was doing for me, it's the way my wolf is finally showing itself.It's in small, distanced incidents but it's way more than I've had all my life.Makes me wonder what would happen if I push this further."You shouldn't have let her beat you up like that," he muttered as he came out of the bathroom with a first aid box in his hand."I don't think telling her not to would have been effective," I murmured, my throat hurt too."What I'm saying is, you know she's stronger than you, why provoke her?""You know why I did it. And y
CARA'S POV The next morning, I was up later than I'd planned.That orgasm had weakened me in a strange way, almost like my limbs turned to jelly.But time for that was over and I need to get out there and hopefully all the things I've been learning will work.I wore loose pants, and a leather top that clung to my skin.When I stepped out of my room, I had this tingling sensation but I ignored it instantly.I'm not letting Alpha Xavier distract me today.I've gone and attached myself to this Pack for the next unforeseeable future and I refuse to stay in such a hostile environment and be seen as food.When I got down to the training ground, sparring was already in session.Celene was with another guy, making me scared.I'd practiced everything with her in mind, how am I supposed to start learning the strengths and weaknesses of a new person?I have only one shot at this, if I lose today, nobody will t
XAVIER'S POV The kitchen was a fortress for me for a few minutes, keeping me away from the stupid pull that's demanding I follow her.Soon, it became a painful prison. I'd not cooked in anything in over a decade, never knew I'd enjoy it this much.My mind replayed the moment she tasted the meal, the way her eyes closed and her tongue licked her lips.There and then, I knew I had discovered another Cara related obsession.The hair band I was fisting in my pocket right now was proof I was losing control.Completely.I'd followed her down here without taking the herbs. What if our skin had come in contact with how much I kept driving myself into her space?This was getting dangerous.I should tell her, I should stop taking this damn herb and just let everything out in the open.But I'm an Alpha, I don't have that luxury. Everything still hung in the air because there's no assurance that
"When did Princesses start snooping around?" Xavier asked in a thick drawl, walking towards me. Shirtless. Goddess, he knows what he does to me and is practically having fun punishing me. I swallowed hard before looking down at my cereal. It tasted like ash now. My tongue wanted to taste something else. "I was hungry," I finally replied, my voice hoarse. "You wouldn't have been if you had come down to the Pack dinner like everyone else. Didn't you agree to try to get familiar with the Pack?" I sighed, "it's pointless doing that if they keep seeing me as a weakling with no bite." "So what? You were training alone? How does that work?" "Don't worry, when it works, you won't look at me like that again." He chuckled and I looked before I could stop myself. When did he get so close? And why does he smell so... No, it's a
"Cara? Are you good?" Lucian's voice echoed from the phone."Yes. Sera said you're overworking yourself again."He exhaled loudly."There's so much at stake and I seem to be the only one aware of that. Lots of these Alphas just come to the meeting as though they're taking a break from Pack work. But don't worry, everything is under control.""Remember what you told me before I left? About Xavier?""Oh Cara, please tell me you didn't go antagonising him about it. I don't want you getting hurt. I trust he's a good man underneath all that rage but you don't want to provoke him.""Too late," I chuckled and I caught Xavier smiling."Cara...""And we came up with a solution.""You did?""So you have to promise to keep an open mind.""I don't like the sound of this. What did you do Cara?""I told him to trust that you won't betray him. And if you do, he can.. do whatever he wants with me.""Cara!""Calm down Lucian, you sound like you do plan to betray him.""Of course I don't but these thin
I knocked and he looked up."Come in, Cara."His Beta was walking out as I came in and I ignored the way she looked at me.She'll be fine."You wanted to see me?""Sit."I didn't miss the clipped tone he was using and I realized he must have spoken to himself as well.And now he's drawing boundaries.That's good, at least one of us has a leash on their body. I should take lessons from him."So," he exhaled, pulling out a paper from a file, "your brother says you're to be here for protection. And while I understand that, I need to know what your own plans are. You don't strike me as somebody who likes to eat and sleep all day."It felt like he was a completely different person than I was used to.All prim and proper, even his clothes were pristine and different.That should make me sit up, curb this hunger.It does the opposite.I imagine what he'll do to me in that serious, business like tone of his.It was like one of the morally grey characters from my novels suddenly creeped out.I







