MasukKIERAN~~“Now.” Ina added that word before I could utter the excuse that sat at the tip of my tongue. Damn! I should have found a way to get out before we were left alone in this building with two children who I desperately prayed would show up and help me escape what was sure to come. “You can’t avoid her forever, anyway. " Alan scoffed, still very mad that I wouldn’t change my mind even after three days of trying to convince me that I was making a grave mistake. If I were being honest, I knew what I was about to do was a mistake I would regret forever, but better that than staying only to see Ina grow to hate me.“Kieran,” Ina called out, her soft voice snapping me out of my thoughts. But it was no relief. Not when I had to face a reality that I knew was so much more dreadful than my thoughts. “Are you listening to me?” She asked me, stepping closer to me. However, I took double the steps she took backward, causing her eyes to widen even before I could come up with an excu
SERAPHINA~~It has been three days since the Crimson Moon Pack and the werewolf Realm at large said goodbye to Rexton, burying him like the honorary Alpha he was. And within these three days, a lot has been happening within Crimson Moon Pack. The lack of an Alpha in command quickly caused more than a few instances of chaos that Ethan and Kieran had to take care of. I was certain the werewolf council was already trying to install another Alpha, but what I didn’t know was that they would decide within three days. “That’s impossible.” Ethan’s surprise was audible in his voice after he received the news that was delivered to the Mansion by Freya, Councilman Brandon’s daughter. The day started just like any other day. We all had breakfast together just like any other day, and after that, I tried to get Kieran alone so we could talk about the undeniable tension I had been feeling between us, but somehow, he was able to come up with an excuse. Anything to not get into a deep convers
SERAPHINA~~Kieran and I didn’t get to talk even after the ritual was done. Even after I approached him, dying to eradicate the tension I had noticed when I looked at him in the mansion earlier. I still didn’t know that his tense aura wasn’t really about the funeral and the fact that he blamed himself for what happened to Rexton. But it was mostly because he had made a big decision that would break us both when I found out. I didn’t get to tell him that I was sorry for being distant and detached these past few days, because before I could, Ethan and Remi interrupted us. “Sera, can you look after him while I’m gone?” Ethan snatched my attention first, his voice forcing me to take my eyes off Kieran.I was about to blurt, "Who?" but when my eyes fell to the smaller hand in Remi’s, the question died in my throat. It was Arlo.The little boy looked like his entire world had been turned upside down within the blink of an eye. Sadly, that was true. The mother he knew wasn’t truly h
KIERAN~~Four days under the same roof and I hadn’t seen her once. We were so close to each other, yet I had never felt so far away from her, not even when I was thousands of miles away from her in a pursuit to save the little one. Four days and I hadn’t seen my grief-stricken chosen mate, and I couldn’t bring myself to go up the stairs to see her or even cross the hallway and knock on her bedroom door. I just gave her space, acting as if my heart hadn’t been breaking over and over again. I resisted because I believed she needed that space from me after I killed the man she obviously loved… after I let him die and–“Finally, Sera!” Remi’s voice broke through the thick wall of my guilty thoughts. Her voice hit me even before I could let myself perceive my mate’s scent, and even after that, I still couldn’t bring myself to look at her. How could I? She probably hated me already, and because of my failure, she was about to attend the funeral of her daughter’s father. Damn! I cou
SERAPHINA~~Just as fast as I was thrown into that memory, I was snatched out of it. My chest rose and fell like I had been in a race, even though I had been sitting in the same spot. My vision blurred with tears; I couldn’t decide if I should let them out or hold on to them just to be strong for my daughter, whose eyes were on me. The decision was taken out of my hands, though.After all, there was only a little I could do to hold back hot tears. They came rushing down like water from a broken faucet, and I let them, sobbing so hard I couldn’t keep my eyes open. “Don’t cry, Mama. Please.” My daughter didn’t know what to do in that situation, but Goddess did she stay with me, whispering words to me, and hugged me with her small arms. “You shouldn’t be sad anymore. I showed you because I didn’t want you to be sad.” Celeste whimpered when she realized that I couldn’t stop the tears. “I shouldn’t have shown you—" “No, baby. This isn’t your fault.” I tried to speak without my vo
SERAPHINA~~One second, I was sitting in a bedroom within the childhood home I never thought I would find peace in, carrying my daughter on my lap. But the next second, I was pulled out of that reality and gently shoved into a realm I didn’t know how to navigate. I had no choice but to struggle for control. But soon I heard Celeste’s voice in my head, “Relax, Mama. Let go.” W-what? I tried to make use of the same link I felt her through, but for some reason, I couldn’t connect to her. I could sense her presence, perceive her smell, and hear her heart beating, yet I couldn’t connect to her. Not in this realm that seemed completely out of my control. But somehow, Celeste was in charge, and the second I listened to her, I didn’t have to navigate. Instead, I was carried on floating clouds, or should I say something close to that? Anyway, I soon found myself in the middle of a forest. And I wasn’t alone. I was surrounded by warriors, both Lycans and werewolves, on one side. On







