Chapter 5

Caden's pov

I thought she would beg to stay.

Yes. Lilliana still had to take the Luna Chambers to begin solidifying her position but I thought  Serena would put up a fight, then I'd offer her the basement, a bit of dusting here and there and it would be fine.

Instead she decided to be petty.

Staying in the cabin right at Thornblood borders made her prey to rogue attacks.

And her only companion would be a man, that guard of hers that refuses to leave her side.

I tried to recruit him in the war and he'd refused, she backed him up. I kept a rat planted on them reporting everything. He said their relationship couldn't be any further from sexual.

But that doesn't mean it couldn't change.

She was lonely, jealous and angry. She might let him bed her to punish me. I fantasized ripping out his throat if he dared look at her bare body.

"Honey you look... distracted..." Liliana's voice pulled me back to the present, deep into the night.

"I'm not." I denied.

"Are you thinking about her?" She asked while stroking my chest, a tantalizing wave crashing over my skin and my partner downstairs was on high alert.

"Serena is not important.I've already told you this,"I told her, playful but firm.

Her eyes twinkled with tears, "I didn't say it was Luna Serena,"

I felt like I had been caught by my balls.

I swallowed a breath within myself, Lillian was great; after all the wearing body of a thirty something year old couldn't beat a soft supple body of a woman in her early twenties.

But unfortunately she still acted like a twenty something year old, getting easily swayed. What if I was talking about Serena? Why was she picking fights?

"Remember the pack doctor says you should try eating more, remember you're carrying an Alpha pup." Since what she said was too much of a hassle I would just ignore it.

.

She sniffed, realizing that conversation was out the window and snuggled closer, "Okay I'll try."

I smiled"that's it my moonlight, get"I pulled her closer and planted a kiss on her head.

My fingers explored her hair, trailing down her neck. I wanted to do more but knew if I went any lower I wouldn't be able to stop until I was basking in satisfaction.

I pulled away frustrated, carefully peeling myself off and heading to the bathroom to take a long cold shower.

Didn't work.

Tried rubbing one out.

Huge failures too.

I looked at the door from under the shower, my manhood pulsing with need throats churning in my head. She was just a rogue on the verge of capture when I picked her up. She owes me literally everything including her life

And most especially her body.

I could march back into the bedroom and have her, a high risk pregnancy?

We could have another one, we-

My wolf awakened protectively, trying to keep me from hurting our pup. I sighed. Why was my wolf so bothered with a pup it had not yet bonded to?

I had marked Liliana as my own, but I didn't feel that protective pull. It was mostly just my alpha inclinations to protect the weak but not that special Bond I was supposed to feel with my first born.

Why was it taking so long?

Lilliana stirred in bed, oblivious of the worries that bounced off the walls of my mind.

If it was Serena she wouldn't have gone to sleep until she knew I was all right, if Serena was here she would-

A smile tugged on my lips.

Why did it take me this long to come up with this idea? She had been in the Thornblood cabin for over two weeks now. I'm sure she's using up all of her control. She'll be all over me the second I swing open the cabin doors.

The smile on my face broadened, imagining her crumbling to my feet always gave me undeniable satisfaction and tonight would be just like any other night.

I showered again for good measure, slipping into new clothes that didn't carry Liliana scent, then crept out using the back door, shifted into my wolf form which heightened my speed. In less than 15 minutes I was at the border, slipping back into my human form, panting but excited.

My wolf growled out with displeasure over betraying our mate, it had never once acknowledged Serena but latched on to Lillian at first sight.

"This doesn't mean anything..." I told myself and my wolf, I just needed a warm hold to lodge in my member and blow off some steam. I'll turn off the lights and pretend she's Liliana if I can't get it up.

After settling myself I walked through the cabin door with the confidence of a man-an Alpha-who knew he was getting some.

"Serena!" I called, emptiness yawned through the cabin, strange since there should be at least two people living here. Serena and that pesky guard that hangs on her arm.

My legs carried me through every inch and crevice, there was no evidence of her, dust was beginning to gather on some surfaces.

"Serena, this isn't funny." I said out loud, "We're not kids, I'm not playing hide and seek with you,"

No response.

Could it be...did she run away?

I laughed before the thought could fully form in my mind.

This was the same woman who had waited for me, not letting another man touch her even once.

She wrote me letters everyday, I just passed them onto servants that responded on my behalf, poor things even if I had all the time in the world I wasn't going through all that.

I arrived at the bedroom, just like every other part of the cabin it was arranged in such a way that felt empty and void completely unoccupied I moved to the place that's carried most of her scent it eased my tense muscles before I even reached it, then I saw it on top of the bed her last letter to me and this time I had no other choice than to read it.

"By the time you read this letter I'll be gone Caden I hope she was worth it. I hope she's worth everything you have.”