تسجيل الدخولLiora’s pov:Ms Martha’s movement is like a prey encountering any possible predator but the minute her eyes land on us, “Oh dear. Apologies alpha.” She says immediately straightening. Swiftly move my hands away from his grip, instantly feeling empty. The room’s silence lifts in seconds, awkwardness filling the air. Why do I feel like a high school student caught by my teacher trying to make out with my boyfriend in a library? A blush immediately forms on my cheeks as o slowly brush a strand of hair from my face. “I just found the lights on in this room, hence wanted to take a look. Did not mean any interruption,” she says awkwardly. Mara please don’t embarrass me further. “There’s nothing you interrupted here.” I say softly. “I couldn’t sleep hence I just thought of finding a book.” I say waving the book shyly. Mara looks every bit unbothered. Was there a course on being this stoic and utterly unreadable, or is he just naturally gifted? For this entire place is so good at hiding th
Those silver eyes held me captive for what felt like eternity; neither of us looked away. He looked over me, standing tall with his arms stretched on either side of the couch, while I sat down with hands on my lap, holding the book and looking up at him, god this would be such a picture-perfect pose, except we are not that kind of couple. Hell, we are not even a couple. But that thought of intimacy pulls emotions in me. No matter what, he was still my mate, engraved in my soul. But fate has its own ways. “Why are you here?” He asks in his deep voice, that sends a shiver down my spine and electricity between my legs. Fuck. I swallow, pulling up my husky voice, “I couldn’t sleep.” I reply honestly.“Hmmm.” He says softly. And all the while still holding my stare. Okay. This continues even for another second. I shall let myself be misled into either meeting his fury or disgust, and in both senses, it means disregard. I already have a PhD and wouldn’t want to improve my accolades. So I
Sleep refuses to come to me tonight.It lingers at the edges, teasing, but never settling. Every time I close my eyes, his voice pulls me back.“Don’t give yourself too much credit.”The words echo again.And again.And again.I turn to my side, gripping the pillow as if I can bury the memory into it. It doesn’t work. If anything, the words grow sharper, clearer, like they are etched somewhere inside me.A dull ache spreads through my chest.Not sudden.Not loud.Just constant.Pressing.I shut my eyes tightly.Why does it hurt this much?I expect nothing from him. I *know* what he is. What I am. There is no illusion left to break. And yet… those words still find a way in.I turn onto my back.Then the other side.The sheets twist around me, mirroring the restlessness in my mind.“This is ridiculous…” I whisper.With a frustrated huff, I throw the covers aside and sit up.Enough.If sleep won’t come, I won’t chase it.My feet touch the cool wooden floor, grounding me instantly. I stan
The door closed behind her.For a moment the room stayed silent.I stood exactly where I was, staring at the empty space where Liora had been a second ago. Her scent still lingered faintly in the air. UrhhhThen—My fist slammed into the wall.The crack echoed through the room.Plaster broke under the impact and pain shot across my knuckles.“What’s wrong with you, man?” Jayden said quickly.He stepped forward and grabbed my wrist, turning my hand to inspect it.Blood slowly formed where the skin had split.I didn’t answer. Does this gurl even know what she does to me? I’m a bloody beast and yet her faint lavender triggers me in ways I’ve never felt before. Jayden sighed.“This isn’t good for you.”Still silence.He leaned back against the desk and folded his arms.“It might be better if you just send her home.”That made my head turn slightly.“If you want,” he continued, “I can stay there for a few days. Keep an eye on things.”A pause.“Or we send her somewhere else for a while.”
For a moment after he asked the question, the room felt unnaturally still.“How are you?”I blinked.The question caught me completely off guard.I wasn’t expecting it. Not from him.Jayden looked at Kael too, his brows knitting slightly in surprise. But Kael didn’t look at him.His eyes remained on me.Steady.Unreadable.Waiting.The silence stretched longer than it should have. Long enough for my heartbeat to grow louder in my ears.I lowered my gaze, suddenly very aware of the space between us.“I…” My voice felt smaller than usual. “I am okay.”The words came out softly.Almost automatically.Two minutes of silence followed.Two full minutes where neither Jayden nor I spoke, and Kael simply stood there watching me.Then he cleared his throat quietly.The small sound broke the tension slightly.And for a brief moment… something warm stirred inside my chest.It was strange.The way he had asked.The way he was still looking at me.As if my answer actually mattered.But the warmth l
The corridor leading to the Alpha’s office inside the pack house was quiet when I reached it.Too quiet.The warm lantern lights along the walls cast long shadows across the polished floor, and for a moment I simply stood outside the door, trying to steady the strange unease sitting in my chest.Mara had said the Alpha wanted to see me the moment I returned.So I came.I lifted my hand to knock.Before my knuckles could touch the door—A loud voice burst from inside.“How could you do this?!”Lumia.Her voice was sharp and furious, echoing through the room.I froze instantly.“Just shut up,” Jayden snapped back. “You know exactly why this is happening.”My hand stayed suspended in the air.“But Arora? I thought we—”“There was, is, and will never be anything.”Kael’s voice cut through the room.Calm.Cold.Final.Silence followed.The kind that settles thick in the air.Then suddenly—A loud, sarcastic giggle.“Sure,” Lumia said mockingly.“But I’ll tell you one thing, Kael.”Her voic







