LOGINI don't know if I can truly say I felt relieved when I finally stopped hearing Wayne's footsteps in the woods. It was true that having Louis there to help me prevent a potential diplomatic crisis was a blessing, but…“Does being alone with me scare you?” Noah teased, and I could hear his wolf’s footsteps approaching me. “Or are you afraid of what you’ll end up doing while you’re with me?”“I won’t let you use the… Effects… Of mating to distract me, Noah.” I had to swallow hard, especially because having his warmth so close to me was dangerously pleasurable “You’re eager to talk to me now, but all of this could have been avoided if you had been honest with me from the start! That’s what I can’t forgive!”&ld
“I’m trying to take care of her!” Nightmoor practically shouted, frustrated “I failed at that when we met a week ago, but I’m trying to fix it now. Can’t you see? He’s no good for you…!”“And who are you to decide something like that?” Louis scoffed, and again, Holly simply agreed “Only Holly can say what’s good for her or not.” My mate let out a loud grunt of satisfaction at those words.“So, what do you want me to do?” he asked her directly, irritated. “Do you want me to leave you alone in the forest, in the hands of a Silverheart? Do you want me to go back to the pack and tell Mom and Dad that they just lost you again?” When she simply nodded calmly, he exploded, “You can’t be serious! How do you know he won’t take advantage of the bond between you to take you hostage and win the war?” Wayne yelled, and I needed all my strength not to sink my teeth into him right there.“Do you treat your mates so frivolously in Nightmoor?” Louis scoffed, rolling his eyes, just like Holly “Because
I was about to lose my mind.How could I not? My wife, my mate, the other half I had so desperately searched for during the last six days, was standing in front of me.How many times, after running through the packs' territories like a madman, had I collapsed from exhaustion only to wake up from a nightmare in which she was injured? Kidnapped? Once I even dreamt that she was already dead and that all that pain in my chest wasn't just worry and the pain of separation. She might have already left this world and I would only find her corpse. Without having been able to tell her how much I loved her. Without having been able to shout to the whole world that she was mine.I saw sympathy and anger appear in Holly's gaze at the same time, before she stopped staring at me. Hell, I could understand her hurt and frustration. I would have been squeezing my own neck at that very moment if we didn't have more pressing matters to attend to first. And the most important of all was to put my mark on
“Is that why you thought I was going to reject you?” Noah continued, incredulous “You didn’t even think to wait and talk to me? To listen to what I really had to say, instead of spying from the corners and assuming what I was thinking…?!”“But…” I swallowed hard, the shame somewhat calming the flame of my anger “I… I heard you talking about a second marriage…”“For you! Damn it, Holly! I wanted to organize a second wedding for you because I messed everything up at the first ceremony!” he explained, his thoughts still incredulous that it was his casual conversation with Atticus that had sent me away “I wanted your memories of our wedding to be more than just me being rude to you. You deserved a real ceremony, with all the luxuries that being the Alpha’s son&
To say I was furious at that moment almost seemed like a joke. It had been a long time since I'd felt this angry, but not even the time when the pack still believed Cassin had killed the chimera could compare to this.Perhaps because I wasn't simply angry or revolted. No, it was more than that. That's why my wolf was so disturbed that she even "attacked" Noah. He had lied to us. He had hidden something as sacred as a mating bond, even knowing that I would never know, having only my human half. All that time I spent suffering for him, depressed knowing that I loved him but was destined to lose him to someone else…How could he?!“Holly…” his voice echoed in my mind again, more guilty than ever, and through that bond between us, I could feel how much seeing me hurt affected him, beyond just g
I spent my whole life waiting for the day I could finally feel my inner wolf. To be like everybody else around me. To have proof that I hadn't simply been abandoned by the Goddess.And now that I had finally succeeded, my mind seemed to be in tatters.If I were in my human form, I certainly would have fallen to my knees or simply fainted. The sensation of eyes in Noah's eyes was… Too potent. It was making my body burn and my heart ache, as if I had a fever. But he would be able to heal me. The she-wolf sensed it, and part of us was trembling with anticipation of what was to come.The feeling of still being just me, but at the same time being divided in two, was still very alien to me. Scary and confusing. Because she was me. Her hunger was mine and her thoughts echoed mine. Even now, it was my paws whose claws were digging into the ground. It was my tail that wouldn't stop twitching nervously. But, at the same time, it was her growling in my mind again and again, like a dormant instin
I always thought reading would be the ultimate hobby I could have, but I was discovering that cooking was something I was passionate about, too.Especially when everyone in the house seemed to enjoy my cooking, and that
My hopes had been a bit up and down lately. Well, mostly down, if I were honest. I had so much hope in the potion ingredients I read about in that book. And finding out that Prince… I mean, that Noah had already undergone several treatments with experienced
Despite spending all my free time in the library lately, I haven't run into Prince Noah again. And I didn't even know if I could call that good or bad luck.Memories of what had happened the night before flooded my mind
I was still lost in those strange sensations when Noah's kiss, as suddenly as it had begun, ended.My breathing was uneven, and my whole face was hot. And when I looked at Noah, I noticed he wasn't much different from m







