Selene's POVI walked away angrily from Valerie, my fists clenched at my sides. My day was already a disaster, and now Valerie just had to show up and make it worse. She always had to show up at the wrong time and spew her nonsense. Always talking like she had a say in anything concerning Killian and me.Now that Killian and I had finally decided to take things to the next level, was I going to have to deal with this every day? Was some other woman going to pop up and insult me every single time I was with him? I hated how angry I was with Killian too. Somehow, he gave Valerie the leverage she needed to make me feel this way. Ugh.My face was definitely grumpy, and I didn’t care. I walked fast, muttering to myself in my head, until suddenly…“Aaaahhh!”A loud shriek tore through the air and before I could even register it, someone grabbed me and lifted me off the ground into a hug.“Selene! I missed you so much!” Carmen.I looked down, surprised, and saw her grinning up at me before
Valerie's POVI hurled my pocket mirror at the wall, watching it crash and scatter into glittering shards across the marble floor. The sound didn’t satisfy me—it just made the rage twist tighter in my chest. I groaned, dragging my fingers into my hair, clawing at my scalp like that would somehow calm the storm inside me.“Lady Valerie,” Ella’s soft voice trembled behind me. “You’re tearing the room apart. That’s like… the tenth thing you’ve broken today. Please calm down.”I spun toward her. “Shut up, Ella! Do you even know the weight of the situation? How can you stand there and tell me to calm down?!”Her eyes widened, and she took a step back, flinching like I’d slapped her with my words.I laughed bitterly, then snapped, “Don’t you understand what’s happening? Okay, let me spell it out for you. Killian and Selene are close. Like, way too close. First, he said he was going to make her his personal maid, like that wasn’t already bad enough. Now they probably got intimate.”Ella swa
Ronan's POVI made my way out of the inner court, heading straight to the pack’s lab to meet with Jeff and Dr. Javier. Honestly, my heart was pounding fast. I didn’t know what I was going to discover, but I had a feeling it was going to be big.Someone had actually poisoned our future Luna.It was unfortunate…disgusting, even. From the moment the poison was first detected, my mind had immediately gone to Lovena. At the time, Valerie wasn’t even around, so she hadn’t crossed my mind. But Lovena? She suddenly started acting nice, smiling sweetly and being overly helpful. It was too sudden. And then that maid died, just like that. Her death had been insane, like something out of a horror film. If Valerie had been there, I would’ve suspected her. She’s a witch. Witches can use spells. But Lovena? Lovena was a werewolf. She didn’t have magic. That’s what threw me off. The only known witch anywhere near the pack house had been Valerie—so how the hell did a maid just drop dead out of now
Killian's POVI ran my hand through my hair in frustration. I didn’t expect things to spiral this quickly. Everything was happening too damn fast.That woman from Selene’s dream…was her mother.And now this man, Lucas, shows up from the cursed land and the pack's artist draws the exact same woman, describing her as Lucian’s wife?Lucian’s wife?How?Lucian was a monster. Everyone knew that. Why would Selene’s mother claim to be married to him?It made no sense and it left a bitter taste in my mouth.Lucian wasn’t Selene’s father, he couldn’t be. Selene didn’t come from someone like that.So what the hell was going on?I needed answers, real ones—not riddles and half-baked nightmares. Because the longer this dragged on, the more questions piled up in my head.I turned to Ronan, pacing a bit before locking eyes with him.“Ronan, this is really strange. What are your thoughts on this?”He sighed heavily, folding his arms.“I agree, my lord… this is confusing. Honestly, I feel like… eithe
Selene's POVI didn’t know why Killian had decided to take me with him, but I wasn’t going to complain. We had just taken a step forward in whatever this was between us, and if I was serious about making it work, I had to start getting used to things like this. As we stood in the hall, I heard something about a drawing—Killian mentioning it to someone. I wasn’t sure what it was about, but the air around us grew thick with a kind of tension I couldn’t place.Then Killian handed the drawing to Ronan.Out of curiosity, I leaned slightly, wanting to take a peek too. I didn’t expect much. Maybe it was a sketch of someone important to the pack, or a criminal or something.But the moment my eyes landed on it, everything stopped.My breath hitched and my entire body went frozen.That was my mother.The gentle waves of her black hair, the shape of her lips, the way her eyes crinkled a little even in a still image. That was Evelyn, my mom.I didn’t know when I moved, but suddenly I had crossed
Killian's POVA sense of relief washed over me the moment her lips met mine.I won’t lie, I didn’t think she’d do it. I was giving her the choice, but deep down, a part of me was ready to taste disappointment.But the second she leaned in, the second her lips touched mine, it was like my entire world stilled… and then exploded.She chose me.My chest felt like it could finally expand again. All the tension I didn’t realize I was holding in my shoulders melted away under the heat of her kiss.And damn... it wasn’t just a kiss.It was fire and softness and something that made me lose the last thread of control.This was supposed to be a simple, quick kiss for confirmation.But the moment I tasted those soft, plump lips—I was gone.I deepened the kiss without thinking, pulling her closer. She tasted intoxicating.This wasn’t just any girl, this was my mate.And now that we’d crossed this line, there was no going back. Not for me.And never treat her like I used to again. This was our new