Chapter 3

No. No. No.

She can’t be. She’s human. Why is this happening?

When our hands touched, I saw the faint golden thread that only Alphas can see. The bond. The mate bond.

I shot upright, moving faster than any human could. In a blink, I was in front of her, my hand gripping her waist before I could stop myself.

“From the look of him… he’s a werewolf,” I heard her whisper, terrified. Then she pushed me back trembling.

But I wasn’t letting go. I pressed her gently against the wall, close enough to breathe and sniff all over her in her human scent.

“What’s your name?” I demanded.

“My name…is… C….Corvina Vardan,” she stammered. “You almost hit me with your car!” I heard her saying.

Her voice trembled, but her eyes were fierce. She looked terrified and brave all at once.

I stared at her, my instincts warring with my reason. She smelled human, but her touch… her touch had awakened something ancient inside me.

She whispered under her breath, almost too low for me to hear. “From the look of him… he’s a werewolf.” Of course, he's an Alpha.

I smirked.

Without saying a word I leaned closer and began sniffing lightly near her neck, needing to be sure for the second time. My chest tightened. “A human,” I whispered. “How is this even possible?”

“Sir, I really think you should sit down,” she said nervously.

“Remove your shirt and turn around,” I said suddenly.

“What? Excuse me?”

I didn’t wait. I turned her myself in a rush, my breath catching when I saw it, the small, silver-marked birth symbol glowing faintly beneath her skin. The Polaris mark.

My eyes widened. The one I had been searching for all this time.

“She’s the one,” I whispered. “My mate.”

I still find it hard to believe.

In fury, she turned and gave me the hardest slap of my life, so that for a moment, I forgot how to breathe. The sound echoed through the hospital room, sharp and cold, like the crack of thunder. My head snapped to the side, my jaw burning where her palm had landed.

All that just because I turned her around to see the mark on her back. The mark of Polaris. The star-shaped birthmark that appeared only on one destined mate.

Her eyes were blazing with fury. “I should have left you there!” she hissed, her voice trembling between anger and hurt. “You think you can just do whatever you want because you are an Alpha? I don't give a fuck!”

She pushed me with all the strength she had. I barely moved, but the gesture alone stung more than the slap.

“I just saved your damn life,” she said through gritted teeth, as I clutched my ribs where the pain from earlier began to creep back in.

“And this is the kind of shit you pull?” she snapped, her voice cracking as she glared at me. “You must be a dumbass!”

She turned away, storming toward the door, her hair whipping behind her like a dark flame.

But I wasn’t paying attention to her words anymore. As I felt the pain was back more severe this time. It clawed through my veins like molten fire. My temperature was rising, my chest pounding, and my wolf inside me…he was howling.

Not now… not in front of her…

“Wait…” I gasped, clutching my chest. “Wait…”

She stopped immediately and turned around, her anger vanishing as fear replaced it. “What is wrong with you?” she asked, rushing back to me. Her voice softened, trembling slightly. “Hey…hey, let’s get you back to the bed, okay?”

Before I could argue, she slipped her small hand into mine, her skin warm and soft. She pulled my arm over her shoulder, trying to support me as we made our way back toward the bed.

And then it happened.

The pain began to fade. The burning in my chest eased as it instantly went away, the pounding in my heart softened, and the agony that had been consuming me just… stopped.

Every time her skin touched mine, it was as if her warmth calmed the raging storm inside me. My wolf stopped growling. My breathing slowed.

What the hell was happening to me?

Before I could think twice, my instincts took control. I reached out, pulling her closer to me. She gasped, her eyes widening as our bodies collided. Our breaths mingled, hot and uneven, her heartbeat fluttering like a trapped bird against my chest.

And before I knew what was happening to me, I was already kissing her on her lips.