登入Selene's Pov "What do you mean?" he asked carefully. "Exactly what you think I mean," I said, and I kept my voice low even though we were alone. "I think he's fucking her, Evander. I think they're mates or involved or something, and that's why he won't touch me, won't mark me, won't even look at me the way a husband should look at his wife." Evander's eyes flashed with anger and he sat up straighter in bed. "Don't repeat that nonsense," he growled. "Kaireen wouldn't—she's engaged to me. She agreed to the alliance between our packs. She wouldn't betray that by sleeping with her own brother, she's a sweet soul.." "You don't have to believe me," I scoffed. "But I'm going to bring you proof soon. I have someone watching them, reporting back to me about everything they do. And when I have concrete evidence, when I can prove what's happening, you're going to help me expose them. Just keep watch on her, Evander. Watch whatever she does, wh
Kaireen's Pov I had barely managed to hold my position here in this pack after being disowned, had fought tooth and nail to prove myself as a competent doctor, had poured my heart and soul into building this clinic from nothing, and she wanted to take it all away from me just because I was an inconvenience to her political plans. I could overlook a lot of things, could forgive the years of neglect and the way they had treated my wolf like it was worthless, could even understand why Caspian had disowned me when I refused to marry the alpha he had chosen, but this? This I was not going to overlook. I walked across the pack grounds toward the main house, my feet carrying me faster and faster until I was almost running, and by the time I reached Ronan's office I did not even think about knocking, just slammed the door open and barged inside. Ronan was sitting behind his massive oak d
Selene's Pov I was fuming, absolutely burning with rage, pacing back and forth in the guest room that had become mine after my husband, my brand new husband, had told me to get out of his bedroom on our wedding night when I had tried to give him what any mate should want, and every step I took across the plush carpet felt like I was trying to walk off the humiliation that was eating me alive from the inside out. There was something going on between Ronan and Kaireen, I knew it, could feel it in my gut the same way I could feel when a storm was coming, and I was done pretending I did not see it, done making excuses for why my husband looked at his adopted sister like she was the only person in the world who mattered. I stopped pacing and turned to face the maid standing nervously near the door, a young beta female named Iris who I had specifically requested be assigned to me when I moved into the pack house, because I needed someone lo
Kaireen's Pov"What?" I managed to say, my voice coming out small and shocked."You heard me," she said, and there was no sympathy in her expression. "You're being relieved of your duties effective immediately. This is Dr. Wayne," she gestured toward the door and a man stepped into view, tall and middle-aged with greying hair and a professional demeanor, wearing a white coat identical to mine. "He'll be taking over all pack clinic activities from this point forward.""You can't do this," I said, and my voice was shaking. "I'm the one who built this clinic, who trained the staff, who saved Rhia's life two days ago when she was poisoned with werewolf venom. You can't just fire me and replace me like I'm nothing.""I can and I am," Celeste said coldly. "You're not officially pack anymore, Kaireen. You were disowned by Alpha Caspian, which means you have no standing here, no authority, no claim to this position. We only allowed you to continue working here out of courtes
Kaireen's PovWhat I had done with Ronan was supposed to make me feel shameless, was supposed to fill me with guilt and regret and self-loathing because he was a married man now and I had let him touch me, let him be inside me, let him claim me in every way except the mark, but instead all I felt was this overwhelming sense of rightness, like for the first time in weeks the world had clicked back into place and I could breathe again.He was married to Selene now, bound by vows and contracts and political alliances, and I had let him back into my life, into my body, like none of that mattered, like we could just ignore reality and pretend the bond between us was the only thing that existed.But the truth was I could not help myself, had never been able to help myself when it came to Ronan, and lying to myself about not wanting this, about being able to walk away and marry Evander and live a life without my mate, was killing me slowly from the inside out.I wanted him, needed him, loved
Ronan's Pov"Ronan," she gasped when I kissed down her sternum. "We can't, someone might hear.""Then you'll have to be quiet," I said, and I could hear the roughness in my own voice, my wolf pushing at me to claim her properly, to mark her, to make it impossible for anyone else to ever touch her.My hands found the zipper at the back of her dress and pulled it down slowly, and the green silk pooled around her waist, and she was perfect, absolutely perfect, her skin flushed and her eyes dark with need and her scent filling my lungs.I kissed her again, deep and possessive, one hand tangling in her hair and the other sliding down her body, and when I touched her through the thin lace of her underwear she made a sound that nearly undid me, her hips lifting toward my hand."Please," she whimpered, and hearing her beg, hearing the need in her voice, made something primal take over.I pushed the fabric aside and touched her properly, finding her wet and ready, and she gasped and grabbed on







