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One hundred and thirty seven
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2026-03-31 22:11:36
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TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS Two hundred and eighteen
Lisa POVMy mother and I stood behind the beige floor-to-ceiling curtains upstairs. Through the narrow gap in the fabric, Kieran faced his visitors below. Nobody raised their voice, yet the air between them pulled tight enough to snap.Cassidy had left without another word to me, offering no alternative. She'd come all this way only to walk away.Had I driven her off? Was it my refusal?"Darling. Anyone in their right mind would have done what you did. You've already been through so much, and I wouldn't want you involved in any of this."We waited until Alpha Kieran came back upstairs.He lowered himself into a chair and dragged a hand through his silver-specked beard. My mother sat beside him on the edge of the seat and placed a hand on his shoulder."Did she come all this way just to tell us no?"Alpha Kieran shook his head."She didn't tell us no. That was Cassidy being helpful."I scoffed."If that was helpful, I'd hate to see the alternatives."A faint smile touched his face, the
TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS Two hundred and seventeen
Cassidy POV“I didn’t ask for this, Cass.”Headlights drifted past the ice cream parlor window, smearing white and red across the glass. I kept my eyes on the street while Kieran’s words settled between us.His eyes darted over my face, searching. His hand hovered near mine, then dropped back to the table. He kept speaking, his voice rough and uneven in a way I had never heard before.“I didn't want any of this to happen right now?”I finally looked down at the pregnancy test sitting beside my napkin. I thought my life had changed because I was carrying his child.Now it felt like the entire future had cracked open underneath me.“You were never going to tell me,” I said.Kieran shook his head. “That’s not true.”“You only told me because I’m pregnant.”His eyes broke from mine and slid toward the window before returning.“I…I needed time.”My heart pounded.Time.Time to decide whether he still wanted me? Time to figure out how to leave me? Time to stand beside Vanessa long enough fo
TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS Two hundred and sixteen
Cassidy POVKieran's silence had begun to eat away at me. At first, I told myself he was busy. His installation preparations swallowed most of his schedule, and people constantly needed something from him. Plus, there were meetings and training sessions to become Alpha, those dreadful strategy meetings with older Alphas who still spoke to him like he was a boy playing dress-up in his father's position.Still, after two days without properly hearing from him, the silence started pressing against my nerves.Kieran always showed up at the restaurant because he “missed my face,” and he would narrate his day like I had personally asked for every detail.Now everything felt strained.When he finally came around, he acted exactly the way he always had, which somehow made the distance feel worse.He still kissed me and held my hand while walking me through crowded streets, and wrapped an arm around my waist whenever other men looked too long in my direction. The gestures were all there, but s
TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS Two hundred and fifteen
I woke up the next morning with nausea, and I first blamed the heavy dinner from the night before. But by midday on Sunday, my stomach twisted whenever I smelled food. Even my mother, who usually didn’t notice things, told me I looked pale.“I’m fine,” I said, but I wasn’t.I couldn’t even go welcome Vanessa properly when she arrived. She had to come meet me at the small restaurant near the market while I sat there trying not to throw up into my juice glass.“You look terrible,” she said, reaching across the table to wipe sweat from my forehead with her thumb.“I said I’m fine.”“You sure you’re not pregnant?”My heart skipped so hard it hurt.“I can’t be pregnant. Kieran and I use protection.”Vanessa gave me a look over the rim of her glass. “Cassidy, based on everything you’ve told me, you two climb all over each other whenever you get the chance. There had to be at least one time you got careless.”Heat rushed into my face as memory slammed into me.The backseat of Kieran’s car tw
TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS Two hundred and fourteen
Cassidy's POVThirty years agoHot oil, chilli, and heat pressed against my skin as I stirred the pots of broth. Even knowing Kieran was coming to pick me up did nothing for my mood.My mom hunched over the counter, grating vegetables at machine speed, then snapped her fingers at me.“Why are you slacking, Cassidy? There are more people to feed at the counter.”“I’m trying, Mom,” I mumbled, rubbing my hands on my apron as I picked up a tray. She didn’t hear me over the hiss of meat frying in the giant pan beside her.Men called for more soup before finishing what they already had, and I moved between their tables balancing bowls against my wrists. Some of them, like the idiot who had just walked in, talked to me too much, asking when I planned to marry and pointing out that my hips were getting wider.“You’ll make some man very happy one day,” he said with a laugh thickened by alcohol.I smiled tightly, collected his empty plate and I moved past two men loudly discussing the upcoming i
TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS Two hundred and thirteen
Cassidy POVThe silence in the driveway hung heavy. George's gaze bounced between Kieran and me. I looked past his car toward the edge of the property, where the scent of freshly cut grass drifted across the lawn from somewhere beyond the hedges. A lawnmower engine sputtered and died in the distance, leaving only the sound of wind rustling through the pine needles.“Cass, please stay,” George said, breaking the silence. He reached out to rub the sleeve of my leather jacket before dropping his hand back to his side. “You can see the girl is in danger. And Cameron's already deteriorating.”I let out a laugh that tightened my throat, my fingers gripping the leather strap of my duffel bag. “Interesting. So now I'm useful again.”George looked caught between a grimace and a deadpan smile. Kieran remained silent, his large frame cast in the long shadows of the late afternoon sun. One of the guards stood near the stone wall with a cigarette between his fingers, smoke curling past his face wh
TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS Eleven
Cameron POVFourteen hours earlierEvangeline’s breathing rasped against my chest. Each wheeze scraped through the quiet hospital room and chipped away at the hope I kept trying to rebuild.I had spent months telling myself she was getting better.She wasn’t.Her illness came in waves. She would rec
TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS Ten
Lisa POV“This is so fucked up, Lisa.” Sasha dragged a breath through the phone. “You’re supposed to sleep with this guy while his mate’s portrait watches? Who even does that? Cover it with something. Turn it around. Anything.”My pulse kicked harder.“Do you know anything about their relationship?”
TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS Eight
The house felt empty when we returned to pack our things. My mother paced the length of the living room, her hands twisting the fabric of her sweater."If Kade’s proposal is real, maybe you should think about it, Lisa. It would be a safe path. You would stay here, in the pack."I shook my head and c
TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS Seven
Lisa POVI stared at the text message until the letters seemed to blur against the dark background.Lisa Hartwell. You have been selected.My father was still talking, his mouth moving in an endless cycle of justifications, but the sound had faded to a distant echo. The reality of the message hit m
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