LOGIN“I said I look forward to a day we can all run as wolves,” I repeated, smiling, my eyes darting to all three of them. It was comical to watch them lose their shit while I just stood, enjoying it.“W-wait?” Pete basically guffawed, his eyes widened to a point I was sure they would pop out. “You say w-wolves?” He asked, looking between Rowan and me, trying to determine if he had accidentally entered an alternate universe, and I nodded slowly.“Yes, I mean it is tiring to run in our human form all the time.” I shrugged, my lips widening in a smile, and Rowan shook with laughter beside me, completely enjoying it.“Someone pinch me, but I think I am in another universe where Addison just admitted she is one of us.” Harry piped from where he stood, but Morgan gave him the elbow.“She didn’t say it expressly.” Morgan chided him, rolling his eyes. “Now you have exposed us with your loud mouth.”“Hey!” Harry protested, and they both burst into laughter.“Focus, guys,” Pete barked, calling thei
The journey back home—though the meaning of ‘home’ had somehow shifted for me—was smooth. I had completely leaned on Rowan, trying to get as much sleep as I could before we got home.Home.The words still felt so foreign, that somewhere so far, where they were likely only a small percentage of people like me, was a place my heart had claimed as home.However, there was no fear this time; the Florida sun shone down on me with a vengeance. I welcomed it in, my heart merry that I was back to where I belonged and just fit right.The car had brought us to his building, and Rowan had helped with my things, bringing them up the stairs, and now I stood in front of the brown door unsure.My rent had been for a year upfront; it was the only condition Adam was willing to give me, fearing that I would bail. I still had months to stay in the apartment, yet I had reluctance to even do so.To go back to that moldy house would be torture itself, and anything was better than that place; even my place
The walk back home was quiet, a comfortable one, although I was lost in my head, going through what the alpha had already said.Thankfully, darkness covered the area, except for the street light that lit the path, but he couldn’t see my face or the worry that lined it.“Are you alright?” Rowan asked, squeezing my hand, and I nodded. “You are a bit quiet.”“I’m fine. I just… have a lot on my mind. After everything.” I replied in a small voice, and he nodded.“I am still me, Raya. Still the Rowan that you know.” He reassured me, and I swallowed, accepting the truth. It was still hard to believe that Rowan was an alpha, albeit an estranged one that was cut out of his family.Yet, I couldn’t ignore the fear that gripped my heart as the implication of the statement came to mind. I had had my share of Alphas; even the word sent shivers down my spine, and it was not the pleasurable one.I had vowed never to be in contact with them, the pain still fresh in my mind, yet here he was, and I was
I paced around the tiny room of the pack clinic every now and then before my gaze drifted to Rowan, who lay on the bed, stiff as a board. Only the steady rhythm of his heart convinced me that he hadn’t left me for the afterworld, but that didn’t calm my mind either, and not even the fact that the alpha was also here. The first minute he had collapsed, I screamed my lungs out, confused, and I hated the way the fear had paralyzed me. It was like Micah all over, and I had completely shut down. But the people immediately surrounding him, with the directions of the alpha, had helped me get him to the clinic. So here we are. I glanced at him again, at how he looked so small in the hospital bed, despite his legs reaching the end of the bed. As if aware of my presence, Rowan blinked, and I was rushing to his side, eager to spend the first waking moment. “Rowan.” I sighed relief flooding me as I dragged the chair and sat beside him. “Thank goddess.” “Raya.” He spoke, his voice
No sooner had I given him the go-ahead than he joined our lips together, kissing me so hard my head spun, and I reciprocated, kissing him just as he was.Our hands were tangled in each other, his caressing and fondling, while mine was on his shoulders, holding him so tight against the onslaught of pleasure coursing rapidly through me.Rowan was pulling me up, helping me get rid of my shirt and pants, and before long, I stood naked before him. I shifted from foot to foot, not used to being exposed like this.Most times I had sex, it was hurried, just straight to fucking, but there was never a time that they got to admire my body, yet Rowan was doing it.His eyes raked seductively through me, taking in every curve, every deep and red stained my cheeks; my first instinct was to hide.I have never been conscious about my body. I mean, I may not be the most curvy or busy, but I was confident in what I got, but seeing him looking at me with such hunger in his eyes had a way of stirring emot
“Rowan?” My breath hitched, my ears rang, and I was very sure I was hallucinating it or my ears were not working because he couldn’t have said that.Rowan didn’t just say he loved me after he discovered I lied about basically everything, even my fucking name.“Rowan?” I whispered again, blinking slowly, anything to convince myself I wasn’t living in an alternate world where the man that I wasn’t even supposed to like is telling me he loves me, but he nodded his head, his lips revealing a wide smile.“Yes, I do love you, Addison, Raya. Whatever you are called.” He said with so much confidence that every doubt in my mind fled.“But you can’t.” I argued, trying to give reasons why this wasn’t possible yet, but he squeezed my hands, reassuring me over and over. “I am…” ruined, cursed, alone, shattered… “me.”Rowan laughed, as if he could read the words I had uttered in my mind, and he shook his head again, firmly. “And I love every version of you. What is there not to love?” He asked, but







