Alpha Kieran’s POVRight from the moment we got back to my chamber on my demand, then to the bathroom to have a bath, my eyes didn't leave Raven's body for a moment.She returned to the room ahead of me, wrapped tightly in a towel, her skin still glistening from the bathwater. I followed moments later, dragging a hand through my wet hair—but my eyes didn’t stay off her for long.She thought the mirror hid me well, that I was distracted with the towel, but the reflection betrayed us both. I watched her silhouette move beneath the blanket, and her hands fumbling with her clothes under the covers which seemed modest, shy or maybe scared. But that wasn’t what tugged at my chest.It was the way she avoided looking at me.Still, I couldn’t stop the heat in my gaze—the want I’d kept buried was now clawing its way to the surface. Every cell in my body was aware of her. Her scent, the dampness of her skin, even the sound of her breath as it caught when she noticed me watching her. My wolf grow
Selene's POVAs soon as we got to his chamber on his request—because left for me, I would have gone to my chamber if he had allowed her to have her way.If not for anything, for the way I had felt frightened tonight at the end of the event with what just happened at the feast. All the while he never felt bad about anything, I know this who he is for real and to think I was expecting otherwise was indeed crazy.“You know that was a long evening, so I think we need to take our bath and then rest for the night. But of course, some foreplay wouldn't be a bad idea, because we will definitely have the night to ourselves.” He called me out of the slight reverie.I fully understood what he meant but there was nothing I could do if not to oblige.“It's fine, my Alpha.” Although I didn't know your exact reason, but I can remember he old me we would be making out on the full moon night. Though I said it like it was nothing but deep down I was kinda scared as I was still a virgin and thoughts of
Alpha Kieran's POVNot when the feast hadn't gone midway, I noticed how Raven was so carefree.I made her sit next to me as my Luna, and I observed her more than anything else in that moment. Her laughter screamed ‘too freely’, too brightly for a night like this. And the way she made one of the maids sit beside her—a girl I didn’t recognize by her name but by her face—cut off something inside me.And also I don't like the idea of my Luna close to a maid. They whispered and giggled more like sisters, almost acting all unaware of the atmosphere. Whatever joke they shared was wrapped in secrecy, only known to them and maybe the Moon Goddess herself. I had never seen Raven like this before. Never. Not like I didn’t like it. She looked all stunning. But this wasn't how she had behaved in the past few days. She had been guarded, quiet, holding herself like a secret wrapped in layers of cold. Now she was glowing and relaxed? Almost too comfortable? That shift in demeanor set something off i
Selene’s POVLetha nudged my elbow and whispered not loud enough for the next person to even hear her. “You look so excited tonight, my luna”“You can say that again Letha, thanks.” I replied, sipping my wine. I made sure that she sat next to me at the other side while Alpha Kieran sat at the other side.She grinned. “I mean it. You actually seem so relaxed and I love that.”I haven't experienced such heartfelt movements in Silvercrest Pack ever since I got here. I had thought the feast was not going to go down well with me but here I was having a lot of fun already even when they seem not to have gone half way to the event of the night.It was nightfall and the courtyard looked like something out of a dream—warm lanterns floated overhead, shining like fireflies, and long wooden tables stretched from one end of the grounds today the other, weighed down with roasted meat, fresh bread, berries glistening with syrup, and sweet wine poured into cups. The kind of moment that made you forge
Selene’s POV“I learnt that you were looking out for me. I hope there is no problem, my Luna.”Letha asked the moment she got into my chamber and I had asked her to bolt the door right behind her.My fingers clenched at the edges of my clothes. What was she even thinking? Why wouldn't there be a problem in the first place? How could she stroll in, her tone casual, like I hadn’t been losing sleep or like my chest wasn’t about to cave in from how hard my heart kept pounding.“You should have known better,” I muttered, my voice sharp with the frustration I had been bottling up, “that I have been here alone, scared out of my life. And at least, you are the only one I can trust enough to relate to what is bothering me.”Letha’s face softened as she walked toward me. “I fully understand, my Luna, but you know that there is a way I will get close to you and everything would seem too suspicious. Besides, yesterday and the day before were my off days. We do it here—two days off, two days on.”
Alpha Kieran’s POV“My Alpha, I hope you are aware that our Luna got to know about the secret dead bodies?”Lucian’s words cut through the four corners of my chamber the moment he made himself comfortable in one of the seats. I wasn't taken unawares of the question though. I had been expecting this conversation from him.“Yes, Beta Lucian. In fact, that was why I called you,” I said, with my tone heavy and jaw clenched. “I want to hear your thoughts. What do you think should be done?”Lucian leaned forward slightly and his brows furrowed, more like a twitch of disapproval flashing across his face. “I only think that she deserves a good punishment. That place was off-limits to her, and she had no business being there. You warned her, Alpha and you were clear about it when you did.”I pinched the bridge of my nose, feeling the start of a headache inching behind my temples. “Sure, I did. But that was before everything went sideways. Before it seems like many things about her changed. You