LOGINLuka’s POVThe forest was alive with people and music. Tables and chairs were everywhere, with beautiful flower arrangements. I drank in their scent and allowed it to fill me up. The perfect amount of light was breaking through the canopy above.Mia, Jordan, and Devin were in gorgeous crimson silk g
I understood the need to hold on to one another. So many things had pulled us apart, and I was sure we both needed time to heal our hearts, to start over, and to make a new beginning. I knew Caleb needed to feel safe in my love just as much as I needed to.After a few minutes, he pulled me up into a
Luka’s POVThis was the best dream ever. I could smell Caleb as if he were lying in the bed next to me. I breathed his scent deeply, needing more of him. My body tingled, and a wave of heart crashed into me.Strong hands were on my thighs. Oh yes, this dream is incredible. His hard body settled behi
Caleb’s POV“Come in, Alpha King. I have been waiting for your arrival,” said the witch.I nodded, dropping my hand, having not yet knocked. It was a bit unsettling.Entering the witches’ home after being here once with Luka felt different than before. I was cautiously optimistic. She managed to hel
“Why do you think that is?” I probed as if working with a young man.Declan flared his nostrils at me. “They have more time.”“Excellent. Did you go and buy something from the market?”“No.”“Give it a try. It will show the omegas you’re not upset about the change. That you like them having more tim
Caleb’s POVDays turned into weeks and then into months, and I walked the path toward Luka’s gateway again and again. She was just beyond my reach. I used every resource I had to find a way through the gateway. Nothing panned out. I was growing frustrated with my inability to get to her.My desperat
Luka“Where am I?”Nothing about this place was familiar. I looked down and saw gauze all over my arms and wires connecting me to machines that beeped regularly.I assumed it was a medical facility, but it was only based on what I’d heard about them, not experience. It smelled like strong disinfecta
But being with him, it was the closest thing to trust I had felt so far. Even if I was constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop.I looked at the muscles in his arms as he dabbed me with water and applied the medication, as he took off my dressings and replaced it with new gauze. It occurred to
Please, gods, make it stop, I told myself. I didn’t know how much longer I could handle the pain.“What are you doing?” The voice was Caleb’s, and I was terrified to open my eyes.But I realized he wasn’t talking to me. He was talking to the nurse. Her demeanor changed immediately.“I’m applying med
Luka“Take off your clothes.”Okay, now it all made sense. Sex. That was the reason why he took me, and he wanted a return on his investment right away. How else would he know if he got what he bargained for?He looked at me expectantly as I sat there. I had just defied him already by asking for mer







