LOGINCHAPTER 110~RICHARD~“It’s almost sunrise, but I’m sure you’d still love to get some sleep.” Elena said, moving up the stairs.“I think I’ll stay here. Maybe watch the sunrise.” I replied.The penthouse had a basic structure.It had four bedrooms and two floors. Three of the rooms were on the second floor and downstairs was a living area, an open-air kitchen which doubled as the dining room and a bedroom, which her parents had converted to a library.There were not a lot of walls, since half of it was glass to allow for a good view of the beach and the trees that went with the wind in a way that was soothing.The few walls that existed around the kitchen area and the wall that held the entrance door were painted in plain white and the black curtains with faint gold embroidery designs made for all the compliments the paint needed.“Very well then,” Elenna replied and then left.I wasn’t sure what was going on, but what I knew was that I didn’t like it one single bit.Watching the wave
CHAPTER 109~RICHARD~The calmness I felt watching her sleep sweetly in my arms was unexplainable.In the four years of sharing a bed with Elena, my heart had not found the rhythm it now had.The state of peace and ability to care for somebody else beyond my imagination. All of it was overwhelming.A hundred things were happening at the same time and the pack was very well under attack, but lying there and watching her, none of it mattered.Well, until…“Richard!”“Richard!!” she banged the door the second time, I feared she would wake Kim, who cried herself to sleep.I slipped out of bed, placing her head gently on a pillow and rushed to the door before Elena got the chance to bang on it again. When I pulled the door open, her fist was already formed.“Elena,”She was breathing rather heavily and grabbed my hand, pulling me out of the room.“We need to hurry,” she said, dragging me through the hallway.“WHAT? Where are we going? Elena, what’s happening?”It didn’t matter what I asked
CHAPTER 108~KIM~My pillow was drenched in my tears.‘I might be wrong, Kim, but I’m pretty sure this is not a reflection on you or the relationship you both are building.’‘Don’t defend him.’ I fought.I was already feeling alone, the last thing I needed at that moment was to be in disagreement with my wolf.‘There’s no other way to look at it this. Simply none.’She retreated into silence.“Kim,”At 10pm, it was the sound of his voice at my door that hurriedly forced me to dry my tears.“Kim, may I come in?”“No!” I yelled, trying to clean my face.Richard ignored my response and pushed the door open anyway.“I said don’t come in.” I sobbed and tried to put on a tough front. Even though I realized it was too late.“Well, I guess I didn’t hear you.” He walked to my bed.“What do you want?” I inquired.Richard was already in his silk pajamas, top and bottom. He joined me in bed, pulling the duvet over his body in readiness to go to bed.“Kim…you have to understand the pack is in a cr
CHAPTER 107~KIM~Logan did not respond to me. He soon quickly got lost in the chaos himself.I was thrown into immediate panic.I rushed back into Jerry’s room, so I did not somehow become a patient myself.“Kim…” Jerry’s voice sounded distant to me.“Kim, what’s going on?” he probed again. This time, trying to move, but was restricted by the bandages holding him in place.“I’m not sure…” I responded, still very far in thought. My heart is pounding heavily against my chest. “I think Richard attacked the rogues.”Jerry’s eyes widened.His reaction was not at all pleasant and since he had encountered them, I was forced to imagine that the worst had happened to Richard.The image of Logan walking into the infirmary, ordering everybody around and unable to answer as to Richard’s whereabouts terrified me.“Kim…” Jerry called in a weak tone.I slowly fell into the seat that was beside his bed.Tears welled in the edge and base of my eyes.“How are you feeling, Jer!” Richard walked into the
CHAPTER 106~KIM~“You can’t possibly blame yourself for that. I’m sure Jerry doesn’t.”Richard and I took a walk around the infirmary as I tried to rid him of the guilt that was weighing heavily on him.“He told me. He told me this was going to happen. I assured him I would communicate it to the council, but I barely paid any attention.” Richard lamented.“In the last weeks, I hadn’t gone through all his letters. He knew he didn’t have the manpower to ward them off, but he still went ahead to try.” He sat on a bench that was on the left side of the infirmary.This was after we had walked around it at least four times.“Richard, I know how this looks, but a lot was happening on your end too. It’s not like you ignored this. It just somehow fell through the cracks.”Nothing I said was calming him down, but I was still trying. Guilt was not a good look on Richard and I couldn’t help but feel responsible.The day Jerry brought in the complaint was the same day Richard learnt the full trut
CHAPTER 105~KIM~Richard hurried out of the room with Logan, leaving Elena and I staring awkwardly at each other, with Catherine confused and caught in-between the troubling glares Elena and I shot at each other.Minutes rolled into an hour and then another and neither Logan nor Richard had returned to tell us what was happening.Neither Elena and I had left the room.I was sitting on the other side of Catherine’s bed, while Elena was on the other side.Since I had no idea what Elena had done to wake Catherine up, I was not about to give her room to spin stories, especially since Catherine did not know for sure that I was behind Richard’s miracle four years ago.I could not know for sure why Elena did not want to leave Catherine’s side, but if I were to guess, I would guess that she did not want me to tell Catherine the truth about everything that had been going on.Catherine stared at both Elena and I, definitely aware that something was going on, but since neither of us would see a
CHAPTER 5: ELENA’S NECKLACE~ Kim ~The world tilted pleasantly as Richard's face drew closer to mine. Scotch had a way of making everything feel inevitable, like gravity itself was pulling us together. His hands were warm against my face, his thumbs brushing the curve of my cheekbones with a gentl
CHAPTER 3: The Wolf's Den ~ Kim ~ My feet moved before my brain could talk me out of it. I walked toward the cabin, drawn by curiosity and something else I couldn't name. Why had Richard chosen this exact spot? Was it coincidence? The cabin was beautiful up close. It looked like a sanctuary. A
CHAPTER 6: The Necklace Lie~ Kim ~The world stopped.I stared at Elena, waiting for her to laugh. Waiting for her to correct herself. Waiting for something that would make this make sense.But she just stood there, perfectly composed, her blue eyes wide and innocent as a doe's."Excuse me?" My voi
CHAPTER 4: The Consummation Clause~ Kim ~Dinner that night was torture.The entire family had gathered — my parents, Elena, Richard, and Richard's mother, Catherine Fell. She was an elegant woman in her sixties with silver hair styled in a classic updo and sharp green eyes that seemed to see ever







