LOGINKieran POV:
Chapter Two
Kieran POV:
I look at Cast. He looks at me and shrugs. “Better go after her good Beta.” I narrowed my eyes on him. This is not a game I’m willing to play. I’m not a chess piece on a board. “What the fuck will you be doing then?” He looks at me unimpressed. “I’ll be moving your things and hers into my bedroom. I know you’ll be able to charm her. But, I have heard she’s fast for a she wolf so you’ll need to move that tight ass of yours.”
"Oh, and be careful we have had sightings of wolf hunters on the property. She can not be harmed by you, Kieran."
“When I get back I’m going to kill you.”
He laughs and points to the contract. “That contract you just signed is ironclad. If you go against it or we don’t jointly marry her for whatever reason. The alpha of Red Moon has the right to come to these lands and kill you. Furthermore the only thing you’ll be doing when you get back is giving me a massage. You owe me.”
He points a finger at me to further his point. I look at him and think about my plan and how sweet revenge will taste when I kill her. Her blood dripped out of my mouth as I dropped her head off into the lap of her father. I then think about what it might feel like to mark her. Thoughts of her naked body enter my mind. No, stop. You can't do this to yourself Kieran.
“If you don’t go after her I will. I’ll mark her first and fuck her first and there won’t be anything you can do about it. We both know how you hate losing Kieran. I’ll make you watch you know? The whole time. I’ll make you watch.” Cast says this to me while rubbing his dick, and my mouth waters. I can’t help it when I turn and start walking after her. I can catch her in no time. The perimeter has an electric fence. Once she reaches it she’ll be electrocuted. I flip him the bird and shout over my shoulder.
“It’ll be me who ties you up with Alpha Cast just so you can lose control. I can’t wait to watch you go nuts.” I wink at him and again flip him off as I turn my walk into a run out the door. I don’t know how he is so calm. Maybe because after all these years Cast is finally getting what he wants.
I run out the door and into the field that is right outside the pack house. Shit she is fast. I shift into my wolf form to help bridge some of the distance. I can sense her before I can see her. Shifting back into my human form I want to yell for her to come back. But, instead I go with-
“Hey, I know you’re out here. You might as well come out and play. We won’t bite you much. Well I might bite you a lot but Cast will take it easy on you.” I chuckle that last part as I slow my pace to an almost walk. She's close. I can smell her now. I hear paws pounding on the ground and I turn my head to see the most stunning naked woman I’ve ever seen.
“Who the fuck do you think you are?” Emma growls into my throat. She begins hitting me and biting me. I move my head from side to side avoiding most of the damage she is trying to inflict.
“Whoa sweet heart if you keep biting me remember I bite back and I do enjoy violent foreplay.” I wink at her and she looks like she might vomit. I pick her up underneath her legs and carry her bridal style. Looking at her she doesn’t look horrible. Tall, red headed with the most interesting emerald eyes I’ve ever seen. She keeps wiggling and I have want to rip her throat out and half want to fuck her. I hear a branch snap suddenly, we are further into the pack lands then I had intended. I got so excited about hunting her I lost track of how deep we went into the woods.
We hear another snap of a twig like someone is backing away, Emma's eyes snap to my attention and I place my finger over my lips to signal to quiet her down. She nods. We are too far from the pack house. I gently put her down and that is when I hear the whooshing of arrows flying through the air past us. Pushing Emma down I'm ready to go into full attack mode after Liv's funeral fuck any tresspassers. We had problems with wolf hunters coming onto our lands in the past and they were not going to start again. I motion to Emma to stay here behind a rock while I go after the hunters. I see them step into view looking around.
Emma of course refuses and whispers that she's "helping".
I motion for her to stay put and force her down once again, but out of the corner of my eye I think I see a rock and then I feel pain seering into the left side of my head and ringing in my ears and she fucking hits me with it once, twice, I feel the blood dripping down the side of face as I slump to the ground and watch her try and make a bee line for the high way that runs parallel to our lands naked. I'm really going to enjoy killing this bitch after I make her fall in love with me. Those are my last thoughts before I black out.
The hunters step out into the wooded clearing-
"I know they were just here. We will fetch a big pay day for a female shifter, keep her unharmed boys, spread out and start looking like they can't be far."
Chapter ThirteenEmma POVThe heavy fur blanket pooled around my waist as I shifted onto my knees, my skin tingling under the dual weight of their gazes. The morning sun was just starting to crest the high arched windows, casting long, amber-hued slants of light across the vast mahogany bed.As I reached out, my fingertips brushed Cast’s tense, bare shoulder while my other hand rested over Kieran’s heart. There were no lofty labels for what was happening here. This wasn't some soft, pristine fairytale—this was raw, undeniable, bone-deep heat, sparked by two weeks of buried friction and the sudden, overwhelming current of the bond pulling us into the same orbit.Kieran’s breath hitched as his eyes slowly dragged up the length of my body. The dark, frantic haunts of his past were completely gone, replaced by a dark, heavy hunger that made his hazel eyes burn like hot gold."Goddess, Emma," Kieran rasped, his voice dropping an octa
Chapter TwelveThe fireplace in the Alpha suite had burned down to a mound of glowing crimson embers by the time the muted, gray light of dawn filtered through the tall, arched velvet-draped windows. The air inside the sprawling room was warm and thick, smelling of sweet pine smoke, aged cedarwood, and the heavy, intoxicating musk of three distinct mate bonds intertwining in the quiet room.I woke up slowly, my consciousness floating out of the deepest, most restful sleep I had known in months.I didn't move a muscle. Honestly, I couldn't if I wanted to.Kieran was still anchored firmly between Cast and me, his heavy head resting in the soft hollow of my shoulder, his breathing deep, rhythmic, and entirely free of the desperate, wheezing panic that had choked him down in the freezing courtyard hours ago. One of his large, calloused hands was hooked securely around my hip beneath the heavy fur blanket, while his broad back was pressed flush against Cast’s solid, warm chest. Cast’s long
Chapter Eleven Emma POV Cast stepped fully out of the shadows, the low torchlight catching the sharp line of his jaw and the cold, calculating glitter in his dark eyes. He didn't look angry; he looked satisfied, like a grandmaster who had just watched his opponent walk straight into a trap. "A murder pact," Cast murmured, taking a deliberate step toward us. "A stolen relic. And a vengeance contract signed in blood right under my nose. You two really know how to make a late-night perimeter check entertaining." Kieran didn't lower his blade. His posture remained rigid, his breathing ragged as the raw, suffocating weight of his confession hung in the freezing night air. "Stay out of this, Cast." "I would love to, Beta," Cast replied, stopping just inches away from us. The Alpha aura radiating off him was heavy, smooth, and utterly suffocating. "Except you're standing on my border, brandishing steel at the female who holds the key to our
Chapter Ten Emma POV The courtyard was draped in a suffocating layer of damp night mist that turned the towering stone walls of the fortress into jagged black silhouettes. Cold air stung my lungs as I hurried down the outer steps, tracking Kieran’s fast-moving shape across the courtyard toward the northern gate. He moved like a phantom—blade drawn, posture low and lethal, tracing the scent of scorched pine through the shadows. But as we reached the edge of the woods where the courtyard gave way to the dense, ancient forest, the wind died down. The heavy humidity of the approaching rain smothered the air, wiping away the faint trail entirely. Kieran stopped dead in his tracks at the tree line. His chest heaved with ragged breaths, his dark eyes wide as he scanned the empty shadows between the ironwood trees. He took a frantic step forward, sweeping his blade t
Emma POVThe rest of the meal passed in a tense, suffocating silence that no one dared to break. By the time Cast dismissed the table, my ribs felt tight from holding back every sarcastic comment I possessed. But as we stepped back out into the quiet stone corridor, I didn't head for my quarters. I blocked Kieran’s path before he could turn the corner.He stopped short, his heavy boots coming down with a dull thud against the polished flagstones. For a second, the amber edge of his wolf flickered in his eyes—sharp, predatory, and entirely unamused."Out of the way, Pet," he growled, his voice a low, gravelly raspy vibration in the cool air."Make me," I said, holding my ground. The emerald silk of my dress rustled as I shifted my weight, closing the remaining distance between us until the heat off his skin washed over me. "What was that back there?"Kieran crossed his arms, the fabric of his dark suit jacket straining across his broad shoulders. "It was dinner. You ate, the Elders gla
Emma POV: I adjusted the emerald silk of the gown Cast’s attendants had dropped off, the rich fabric draping heavily against my skin. The color was meant to make me look like royalty, but standing outside the double doors of the grand dining hall, I felt more like a sacrifice decked out for the altar. Kieran leaned against the stone wall opposite me, looking criminally handsome in a dark, tailored suit that failed to hide the broad, dangerous line of his shoulders. His dark eyes tracked every shift of my dress with an open, icy hostility. Cast stood a few paces back, hands casually tucked into his trousers, watching the two of us like an observer testing two volatile chemicals in a flask. "If you're trying to bore me to death before we go in, it's working," Kieran drawled, his voice a low, gravelly rasp. "Are we going to stand in the corridor all night, or are you waiting for permission to breathe?" "I was just giving you a moment to practice your pleasant expression," I fired
Emma POV: The forest has gone completely silent as far as I'm concerned because the only things I can hear are the crunching of leaves as Cast goes down on his knees in front of me while Kieran looks me dead ass in the eyes. A small part of me doesn't believe this is going to happen. But, I lo
Chapter Four: POV: Emma Kieran looked at my hungry and I felt the fire burning up my body. The air all around us seemed electric and I hadn't even touched him yet. My mind told me to run away but my wolf took over, she was practically foaming at the mouth to get to him, Mate, Mate please go to Ma
Chapter Three Emma POV: I’m running and my lungs are burning up. I swear I used to be in good shape. The asphalt is cold and wet under my bare feet and my ass and tits are giggling in the air as I run full force towards the road. I could hear cars driving on it when I was hiding in the woods with
Kieran PovRain hammered against my skin, cold and relentless, but nothing could drown the fire burning downriver. The pyre drifted away through the storm, taking my heart, my destiny, and my mate with it. I couldn’t look anymore. Wolves who lose their mates usually lose their minds soon after. Th







