LOGINALPHA ZANEThe moment those words landed again, something tightened in my chest. that word professor she likes throwing around was one of the things that pisses me off.I had told myself it didn't matter, I had convinced myself that the title was just a technicality, a temporary arrangement that had nothing to do with what was actually happening between us. I had believed that, mostly.But hearing her say it again now, with that finality sitting underneath it, was a different thing entirely.She was still looking at her phone screen, not at me, fingers moving again."I can't bring myself to believe everything right now." The voice translator filled the room evenly. "You are an Alpha. Head of Alphas, for that matter."I said nothing."You definitely have ladies. Plenty of them, ready for that call." She paused, fingers hovering. Then she added the last part. "So..."She left it there unfinished like the rest of it was obvious enough that she didn't need to complete it and I sat with th
KAIRAIt was finally 2pm and I was on my way to lunch inside a car he had sent.Jessica had won the outfit argument, obviously. I was in a soft cream top tucked into wide-leg brown trousers, simple jewelry, my natural hair sitting the way it decided to cooperate today. She had looked me over twice before declaring me acceptable, which from Jessica was basically a standing ovation.The car he sent was quiet and comfortable, I spent most of the ride looking out the window and telling myself I was not nervous, which was not working at all.We pulled up to a building I did not recognize. It was not the Pack house, somewhere different. Smaller, more private looking. The driver stopped and I stepped out."Down the hall, ma'am," he said, and I nodded and walked in.The inside was calm, I followed the direction I had been given, my heels quiet on the floor, and when I finally turned the corner and looked up, he was already walking toward me.I forgot, briefly, how to exist. He was in a casual
KAIRA“You heard me right,” My phone buzzed again. I stared at the message."Who is it?" Jessica was already leaning over.I turned the screen away from her on instinct, then immediately felt stupid about it. I turned it back and she grabbed the phone before I could change my mind.Her face went through about five different expressions in two seconds. "Alpha Zane is texting you."I nodded."From a private number."I nodded again."About lunch."I pointed at her like, yes, exactly, you understand the problem.She handed the phone back slowly, eyes wide. "Reply him now."I looked at the message again. I had literally just left that building and now he was texting me about lunch like it’s something usual?”“I just left.” I typed back. His reply came before I had fully put the phone down.“Yes. That's why I said lunch and not now.”I read it twice, Jessica was watching my face like it was a live event.I opened my text to speech and typed. "He said yes, that's why he said lunch and not n
KAIRAThe first thing I noticed when I opened my eyes was the silence. The kind where you reach out and already know before your hand moves that the space beside you is empty. I stared at the ceiling for a moment, blinking slowly, letting my brain catch up with the rest of me.Then everything from last night walked back in, uninvited and very detailed. I sat up fast, the room looked exactly the same as morning light coming through the curtains.Everything exactly where it was supposed to be. I looked down at myself and felt heat crawl up my neck immediately. I was in just my underwear and my nightwear was folded neatly at the edge of the bed, which meant someone had done that and that someone was him. I quickly grabbed it and pulled it over my head. “So it was not a dream” I pressed my hands flat against my face and sat there for a second. My phone was on the bed beside me, I didn't even remember picking it up. I checked the time. 8:14am. I stared at that number for longer than neces
ALPHA ZANEI carried her to the bed and set her down slowly, making sure her head found the pillow before I pulled back to look at her.Something had shifted in the last few minutes. Not just in the room, not just in the way she was looking at me. Something inside me had shifted too, I felt too relaxed especially for someone who wouldn’t stop thinking about everything.I hovered over her, one hand braced beside her head, and I let myself actually look at her. The low light in the room was doing things I was not going to think too hard about, and she was watching me with those eyes that had been quietly taking me apart since the first day she walked into my class and refused to look impressed.I reached out slowly and placed my hand flat against her chest, just over her heart, feeling the rhythm of it under my palm. It was fast. Fast and uneven, which meant she was not nearly as calm as she was trying to look. Good, because I wanted her just as ruined as I felt.A tiny, needy sound sli
KAIRAThe shirt came off his shoulders and I almost stopped breathing. I had seen men without shirts before. This was not new information for my eyes to process. But my eyes were being completely useless right now because they refused to move and they refused to behave and they were taking in every single detail of him like they were trying to memorize something they would never see again.The tattoos covered the left side of his chest and wrapped around his ribs and climbed partway up his shoulder, it was so detailed in a way that made my fingers itch. I could not even make out the full design from where I was standing and I already wanted to trace every line of it with my hand.I pulled my eyes up quickly but from the slight tilt of his head, it was not quickly enough. He was still talking, something about Draven, something about my concern and his concern and the building, but the words were arriving slightly delayed because half my brain was still stuck on the image in front of me
KAIRAThe moment his lips met mine, I felt every wave of regret wash over me but since I had already done it, I might as well do it right.I moved my lips against his, doubting at first. He didn't respond immediately and panic started to set in. What had I done? This was my professor, the head alph
ALPHA ZANEI was standing by the window in my office, staring out at the grounds of the estate without really seeing them. My mind was elsewhere, replaying last night over and over again. The way she had looked at me in that dark room. The way her body had felt when I pulled her close. The way she
KAIRA“Go meet him?? Oh my God," I typed quickly, showing the screen to Jessica.Jessica looked at me with an apologetic expression. "I can't go with you though," she said before I could even finish typing my next message.I frowned immediately, my heart sinking. The thought of facing Professor Zan
KAIRAAs she asked that question, my eyes widened and I didn't know how I could answer or where to start from.Jessica was staring at me now, waiting for an explanation, her fork suspended in mid-air. Her mother had stepped further into the room, curiosity written all across her face.I set down my







