Finally, reinforcements arrived. I motioned to Talon to cut the water off. Stepping forward, I addressed the soaked, shocked group. “Now that we have everyone’s attention, perhaps we can sit down and have a rational, calm discussion.”Katia tossed towels to everyone while the betas dried what they c
After the fiasco of Gaia screaming at the king and everyone else having their say, I finally managed, with the help of my mate, to get everyone out of the girls’ room and back down to the Lycan alphas and Luna’s office. Talon had asked Bob to call Eric and Rose to stay with Agnes; my mate was worrie
The hall feels too narrow, too confining. My shoulders brush the walls as I stalk forward, claws halfway out. Every breath scrapes through my throat like gravel.Her scent is faint, fading.I hate that I notice it. Hate that every step forward makes my chest ache because I can feel the bond stretchi
I can’t fix this. I know I can’t. But I swear I’ll try anyway.If she rejects me when the time comes, I’ll still protect her. I’ll stay in the shadows, unseen, keeping her safe until her last breath. And then I’ll walk into the noon sun and let it take me.“Why can we never make it through a meeting
The office smells like tension and stale coffee. It always does. The air is thick enough to chew on — power, dominance, wolf musk, the faint tang of divine energy that prickles against my skin like static electricity.I clear my throat as I step inside, and the sound is a gunshot in the quiet.Alpha
The barrier whispered as it opened, like the sigh of a sleeping beast disturbed. I knew its magic, silent, seamless, deadly. Step through uninvited, and you wouldn’t even have time to scream before you became part of the soil. I had spent days circling this place, studying its edges, feeling its pul