LOGINI 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
AriaI lay still in the quiet, wrapped in warmth that should have felt foreign but didn’t. Kai’s breathing had evened out, soft and steady, like the storm inside him had finally gone quiet, for now.His arms were around me, loosely but protectively. I could feel the slow rise and fall of his chest a
He didn’t disagree.We sat on the couch again, a blanket draped over the side in case the cold crept in again. The fire crackled quietly from the corner, casting long shadows on the walls.I tried not to watch him. But I did.And it terrified me how easy this felt.He caught me looking once. I turne
I barged in.The room was quiet, darker than usual with the window blinds half-drawn. The sharp scent of cologne and sweat filled the air, along with something else, faint but familiar. Like pine and storms.Kai was sitting on the edge of the bench, his elbows resting on his knees, looking down at h
Kai Blackthorn.The crunch of cleats hit against the turf as the snap of the ball filled the air, bodies colliding against each other and I couldn't imagine myself anywhere else. Football was my world. The field was the only place my instincts took over without hesitation. Except today. It all fe







