LOGINFinally some development for Aria. Her wolf is finally surfacing, would it be here before the full moon?
I let out a bitter laugh. “That’s all he ever was to you, wasn’t it?”Silence.“And now you expect me to be the same?” I asked.His eyes sharpened. “You are the same. You have a duty to this pack and the pack comes first. Your position as the next Alpha comes first.”The certainty in his voice made
Kai.By the time I reached the mansion, my hands were still shaking.I killed the engine of my motocycle, the sound echoing too loudly in the quiet driveway. For a moment, I didn’t move. I just sat there, gripping the handlebars, trying to steady my breathing.Aria’s face flashed in my mind.Those g
“I need to know,” he muttered. “I need to know why—”“Kai, please—”“I need to talk to my father.”That stopped me as the fear clouded my head again and I reached towards him but he was already moving toward the kitchen counter and looking for his keys.Panic surged through me.I rushed forward and
Aria.I couldn’t stop staring at Kai..Even after Riko finished reading, even after the brawl between both of them, those words felt like they were still echoing in my head. Noah’s voice lingered in them, soft, tired, and apologetic and it made my chest ache in a way I didn’t know how to process.I
Riko laughed, but there was no humor in it.“Want to know why?”He stepped closer, his voice turning sharp.“Because I look like him.”My stomach twisted.“The same man who beats her,” he said. “The same man who—”He cut himself off for a second, jaw tightening before forcing the words out anyway.“
And suddenly all the voices I had buried at the back of my mind got louder.The whispers from the team. The disappointment of the pack. The look of failure, weakness and defeat.I heard them everywhere.Failure. Weak. Not good enough.Father said it. He claimed I was nothing but a mere disappointmen
The iron lift groaned as I stepped inside, pulling the lever down hard. The old gears screeched, the sound grating through my skull. My heart was hammering so fast it almost hurt. I kept tapping my foot, impatient, anxious, desperate.Aria must have been terrified. She’d never been in a place like t
Aria.I woke up with my cheek pressed into something that smelled like clean soap, cedar, and Kai.It was warm.A thick duvet. A big mattress. The soft glow of the city lights seeping through the curtains and faint glow of the moon across the room.I blinked slowly, my eyes heavy. My body felt reste
Serena’s lips trembled, “...with Aria, you are different. I never get to see that part of you. You even went out of your way to defend her, almost severing the alliance between our packs. Does she mean that much to you?”Her voice cracked at the end, and I felt it, guilt crawling under my skin, pres
I felt my throat tighten. “But you’re okay?”She nodded. “They brought medicine. Real medicine. And the beds, the food… even clothes. The heating.”My father added, quieter, “They even let us wash properly.”I stared at them, my mind racing.My mother continued softly, “It happened recently. Only da







