LOGINRhea POV“Did you just…” I started, horrified as heat rushed straight to my face.“What?” he asked with a grin, looking completely unashamed. “It’s not that different from kissing.” His smile widened slightly. “Besides, it tastes even better from your lips.”My face burned so badly that I had to look away.“You sound like a complete pervert,” I muttered before shoving the rest of the honey cake into my mouth just so I’d have an excuse not to say anything else.But that only made him laugh harder.Suddenly, a strong gust of wind swept through the market, and because I was only wearing a sundress, the cold air immediately sent a shiver down my spine.Kale noticed instantly.“Ah… I should’ve warned you. It gets really cold out here once the sun goes down,” he said, looking annoyed with himself.The problem was that he was only wearing a blue t-shirt, so there was nothing he could take off and give me.Knowing Kale, that would’ve been the first thing he did if he had even a jacket or flan
Rhea POV“I thought you wouldn’t make it,” Kale said as he pulled the car door open for me, motioning for me to get in.“Thank you,” I replied with a small smile as I slid into the passenger seat. “Honestly, I didn’t think I would either. But there was a last minute change,” I added after he settled behind the wheel.He looked practically glowing today. The brightest smile I’d seen on his face in weeks stretched across his lips, and seeing it made something warm flutter in my chest even while guilt twisted low in my stomach.Truthfully, I hadn’t planned on meeting him today at all. But after everything that had happened with Dorian, I just needed to get away.Away from the estate. Away from him. And most importantly, away from the suffocating silence inside my own head.I had changed out of my uniform before leaving and slipped into a simple cream-colored sundress that stopped just above my knees, paired with flat sandals. The dress was light and flowy, something Kenzie had forced me
Dorian POV“You are not killing anyone,” Damian said sternly, even though it was already too late for that. A man had already lost his life last night. “Especially not my brother. Go on your little rampage if you want, but don’t you dare lay a finger on him.”He shot me a hard look, making me exhale heavily as I forced my gaze away from him.Silence filled the room after that, thick and suffocating, broken only by the sound of my rough breathing.“He said he was getting along with Elizabeth,” Damian muttered, mostly to himself, frustration heavy in his voice. “I thought… ah, fuck…”“What good does he even have to offer?” I asked quietly, my voice suddenly low enough that it caught him off guard. “He’s weak. A pathetic little boy, and yet… she still chose him.”Damian frowned. “She actually told you that?”Even now, I still couldn’t fucking believe it.“To my face,” I said with a bitter laugh, my fist clenching tightly before relaxing again at my side. “She said he has her heart. What
Dorian POV The cold shower did absolutely nothing to calm my anger. If anything, I felt worse after stepping out of the bathroom. A towel hung low around my waist as I walked back into the room, my fists clenched so tightly that my partially extended claws dug into my palms. The sharp sting grounded me in a way nothing else could right now. Rhea was still sitting on the edge of the mattress completely naked, her head lowered enough for her hair to hide most of her face, making it impossible to read her expression. But the way her fingers dug into the mattress told me more than enough. She was still angry. “For fuck’s sake,” I muttered under my breath before moving toward the closet and aggressively rummaging through it. I pulled out a pair of dark pants and a black shirt, yanking them on with more force than necessary. By the time I was fully dressed, she still hadn’t moved from that same spot. And for some reason, that irritated me even more. I didn’t like this
Dorian POVIt felt like a bucket of cold water had been dumped over my head. All the anger I’d felt vanished within seconds, replaced by something I couldn’t even name.She wanted me to reject her.Me. Dorian Greyson.I should reject her?I almost scoffed at the audacity of it. She had to be joking. There was no way she actually meant that shit.But I couldn’t smell fear on her anymore. No trace of the trembling girl who used to flinch every time I raised my voice. And the look on her face told me everything I needed to know.She was serious.“The child isn’t mine,” I said quickly, not even understanding why those were the first words rushing out of my mouth.“What?” she breathed, her hardened expression finally cracking with confusion.“I said the child isn’t mine,” I repeated, feeling something tighten painfully in my chest, making it hard to breathe properly.“That’s… that’s not possible,” she stammered. “She announced it in front of everyone. The whole pack believes…”“The whole p
Rhea POV Isa was wrong. Dorian didn’t love me. He had almost killed me. That was how little I meant to him. He had been seconds away from ending my life over a kiss. Kale would never put his hands on me like that. He would never hurt me this way. “You said you didn’t want kids,” I continued after the silence dragged on, him just staring at me. “You put me on birth control pills so I couldn’t have your child while you fucked me whenever you wanted. I took those pills religiously. I never skipped a single day. Not once.” My voice sounded steadier now. Colder. “I thought you hated the idea of having children,” I admitted quietly before swallowing the painful lump in my throat. “But maybe… maybe you just hated the idea of having one with me.” Which was fine, I guessed. I never wanted a child with him either. And now that I finally understood that much, maybe I could stop hoping he’d eventually change. Stop letting my mind wander into stupid fantasies that were never going to
Rhea POVIsn’t it strange?How a few months ago I was just a girl who had never had her first kiss and who trembled at the sight of higher-ranked wolves, except for Kale.Now here I was, undressing without hesitation while the Alpha of one of the most powerful packs in the territory watched me with
Dorian POVI heard the exact moment her heart started pounding loudly and her grip on my shirt instinctively tightened while I stared at her, patient on the outside, restless on the inside.It was just one word. My name. She could say that bastard boring ass name. It shouldn’t be that hard to say m
Dorian POV“Are you okay, Alpha?” Her soft voice snapped me out of it.She was staring at my chest now, eyes wide, because apparently I’d been clutching my shirt like I was having a damn heart attack.“I’m… I’m fine,” I managed, my throat rough as I spoke.I finished buttoning the rest of my shirt,
Rhea POVI had done everything on purpose.Well, almost everything.The cake, the bracelet, even the you’re so old comment. I wanted to see how much he would let slide compared to before, to test if what had happened in the car was a fluke or if I truly had the cruel, cold Alpha wrapped around my f







