My lips still tingle from the kiss Jordan gave me earlier. I don’t understand why he is suddenly acting so nice to me. Until two days ago, he had treated me like I was a slave. ‘Rain, do this; Rain, do that. Rain, you don’t get to eat for two days for breathing.’ Then all of a sudden, he changed. Last night he not only stole my first kiss—which I so wanted to be with my mate—but he also brought me food.He probably only wants sex. But why me? There are plenty of females in the pack to choose from.Once I finish cleaning the windows, I drag my feet to the stairs. If I make Jordan wait any longer, he would probably punish me.The scent of lemons reaches me, and I rush all the way down to the first floor. Females are busy setting the last details to the backyard, where the party is to take place, and I try to make myself as small as possible, not wanting to be spotted.“Rain,” someone suddenly calls my name. “Can I have a word with you?”I could recognize that voice anywhere. My hands tr
Not wanting to risk making Jordan angry, I finally decide to go to the waterfall. Close to where the forest starts, I meet with three males. From their scents, I know they are Kevin, Dan, and Victor. Kevin has a little basket with food and some cans of soda, and a blanket with him.“Rain, so glad that I found you,” Kevin says while handing me the blanket and the basket. “Jordan is getting really impatient. I will let him know that you will be there in a few minutes.” He glances behind him to where Dan and Victor are, before saying to me in a low tone, “Be careful with Jordan. Your birthday is soon, and then you will find out who your mate is. Please wait until then until you decide anything.” His scent changes, letting me know he is nervous. “Please wait,” he asks me again before leaving.Victor goes after him while Dan approaches me. “Are you well? You look… upset. And why do you smell like bleach?”“I had a small accident back at the Packhouse,” I lie.“Do you need any medical atten
Rain looks at the natural pool formed at the base of the waterfall. While it is not deep enough to actually swim in it, we can still have fun. When I was younger, during the hot summer days, I would come with Kevin, Dan, and other males to the waterfall and spend many hours collecting rocks or in the pool. Then Elly started coming here to dance, and it sort of became her place. Rain’s cheeks turn red. Fuck. It is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. “I don’t want to get naked,” she says, her voice trembling. She is so stiff, I am afraid she will snap in two. I have been with virgins before, but Rain is too scared, too jittery. I can’t shake off the feeling that someone did something to her. If that is the case, then why isn’t she saying anything? “If you want to get your clothes all wet, then be my guest. I am still going to take mine off,” I tell her while I help her sit on the blanket next to me. Rain stands fast, her palms turning into fists. “I don’t want you to get
Wanting to be sure I am not misinterpreting the situation, I ask Rain, “Have any of the males done something to you you didn’t want or forced you to do… stuff?”Her gaze returns to me. “No,” she replies, not looking into my eyes. She never does.I feel relieved. “Good.” Maybe she is nervous around me because I have been her… bully. I hope I haven’t fucked up everything with her. “Then we are together. End of discussion. How about we eat and then enjoy the pool?”She begrudgingly agrees, and we sit on the blanket. Some sandwiches and chocolate bars are in the basket. I pick up one of the sandwiches and give Rain a chocolate bar.I mind-link Kevin.‘Dude, tuna sandwich!? You know I fucking hate tuna!’ I complain.‘That’s for Rain. She likes tuna,’ Kevin tells me.Rain rips the wrapper around the chocolate bar, her eyes going wide as she takes a small bite from it. Is she moaning? ‘I didn’t know she liked tuna.’Kevin is silent for a moment. ‘About earlier, if you only want to screw arou
“Wait a moment!” I shout back as I rush to fix Rain’s shirt, not wanting any male to see what is mine.I help Rain get out of the water, put my jeans on and wrap the blanket around her.“Ok, you can come now!” I let Kevin know.Kevin appears from behind the trees with a backpack on his back. He looks at Rain and then at me, and I can see him getting angry. A moment later, he puts on a poker face. I really don’t understand why he is upset. Maybe he is worried Rain is the future Luna of the pack.‘He has nothing to worry about. Rain will be an excellent Luna.’I don’t know why Titan is so certain about Rain being an amazing future Luna, but I trust him. If the Moon Goddess paired me with Rain, it is only because she is my other half.Kevin hands me the backpack, and I unzip it.“Andrea says she has a dress and shoes Rain can wear to the party. Elly is over at Andrea’s house, and they said they would love to have Rain join them and get ready together,” Kevin lets me know while I take out
For a long time, I thought patrolling was boring. Now it has become my norm, as night after night, I make sure my territory is safe from any threats. Not being able to sleep because of the nightmares that plague me day and night, I try to keep myself active, not wanting to go crazy with the memories from the past.I pass a place in my territory that only I and a few others know and stop. Tonight is not like any other. Tonight is one of those times when I become a monster. For the next few hours, I will be Caleb Black, the most feared rogue in Romania.Twigs snap behind me. “You are late,” I say to Yavor, a bounty hunter vampire—one of the few vampires I tolerate.“Finding your next victim was not as easy as the other Omegas you asked me to find for you,” Yavor complains as he drags after him a female.Her hands are bound with silver shackles, a chain attached to them. A gag is in her mouth, preventing her from talking or screaming for help. Like someone will come to her rescue.I snor
Glass shards pierce my skin, and pain erupts all over my back as I fall over a table, which breaks under my weight, and it takes only moments for everything to come crashing on the ground. Me included. The table was placed on the part of the backyard that was paved, and I hit my head on it pretty hard.I lay there trying to understand what just happened.After Andrea and Elly helped me get ready for the party, I went to look for Jordan, since I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to do. It is the first time I have attended a party as a guest. I just caught his scent when… someone pushed me?Pack members gather around me. Despite the loud music, I can hear laughter and cruel words directed at me. I knew coming to the party was a bad idea, but Jordan would not budge. I wish I would have stayed in my room, away from everyone and everything.Someone kneels next to me.Oranges.Jordan.“Rain, the doc is on her way,” Jordan tells me as he pets my hair.Someone laughs. “You can’t be really worri
With the help of Jordan, I leave the party. I can feel Alpha Ben’s gaze on my back, his sour lemon scent burning my lungs. But Jordan’s presence helps me remain calm, his orange scent making me feel safe.It does not take long to make it to the clinic. Doctor Viviana is busy helping two females that don’t belong to the pack. One of them is not a werewolf but of another species. Safia sends me the image of a bear, letting me know the female is a berserker, a werebear. A big gash is on her right thigh, while the werewolf female smells like silver.Their scents tell me they are rogues. And they are injured.“What are they doing here?” Jordan snarls as he helps me sit on an examination bed in the ER side of the clinic.The berserker looks in Jordan’s direction. “We mistook this pack for that of Caleb Black’s. We didn’t want to step into your territory, but Cosasi vampires were after us. We will leave,” she says, getting down from the examination bed. “We don’t want more trouble than we al