로그인Enzo POVHer head rested against my chest, warm and heavy, her breathing still uneven from the tears she’d tried so hard to hide. In that moment she looked so genuinely honest vulnerable, open, like the walls she kept rebuilding were finally crumbling. I think she was scared.I wanted to believe her.I wanted to wrap my arms tighter around her, kiss the top of her head, and tell her that whatever storm she was facing, we would face it together.But I couldn’t.Because less than an hour ago I had watched her sneak out.I had rushed to the border patrol meeting, but my mind refused to settle. The mind wasn't at peace I was restless and uneasy, like something was definitely wrong.Halfway through Max’s report on thinning patrols near the eastern ridge, I stood up mid-sentence, muttered something about needing air, and left the war room without explanation.Something was wrong with my mate.I returned to our quarters quietly, expecting to find her still asleep or perhaps reading by the w
Nina POVThe forest felt difficult to walk through on the way back.Every step sent dread right through me, I was cold from the inside out, the kind of chill that came from handing over your soul piece by piece and still owing more.The paper I’d given Dexter burned in my memory secondary armory entrance, patrol times, and the weak points I’d observed during my short time here. Information that could get wolves killed. Wolves who had smiled at me during the crowning feast. Wolves who now called Luna, they trusted me and trusted Enzo.I climbed back onto the lower roof of the Alpha quarters the same way I had left, muscles aching from the tension.The balcony doors were still cracked open. I slipped inside my heart beating so fast, I quickly changed back into the soft lounge clothes I left on the bed. The note I had scribbled earlier was still there no one touched it,I crumpled it and tossed it into the fireplace, watching the edges blacken and curl until it burned to ashes.The break
Nina POVThe bathroom mirror was fogged from the cold water I’d splashed on my face, but it still showed me the truth I didn’t want to see: swollen lips, flushed cheeks, wild eyes, and the faint red marks on my neck where Enzo’s beard had scraped against my skin. I looked like a woman who had just been thoroughly kissed by her mate.I looked like a traitor.Sky was still purring in the back of my mind, smug and satisfied. That was hot. His hands, the way he pinned us, the growl when you gasped… I could feel how much he wanted us. Why are you hiding in here? Go back out there and finish what we started.“Because I can’t,” I whispered to my reflection. My voice cracked. “Because in less than an hour I have to sneak out to meet Dexter outside the pack and hand over the armory codes. Because my father is missing two fingers already and if I don’t show up, he’ll lose more. Because I just let myself fall into Enzo’s arms like I deserve to be there, when I know I didn't.”Sky huffed, curling
Lily POV The first time that night a tiny flicker of fear gripped me, and my heart was beating so fast. He glanced over at me, “I’m sorry, Lily. I should have mentioned it earlier. I need to stop by my apartment for just a minute. There's a book I promised to lend you for your paper. The one on ancient myths? It’s on my shelf, and I completely forgot to give it to you and the chances of my coming into the school tomorrow are slim. I have an emergency. Traffic really is a nightmare, and I figured we could swing by on the way. I won’t keep you long. Promise.” His voice was so calm, so reassuring, that the flicker of worry vanished instantly, that was a valid reason to go to his house. Plus, he wasn’t some stranger, he was Professor Dexter Kane the man who stayed after class to answer my endless questions, who remembered I liked extra foam on my coffee, who looked at me like my thoughts were the most interesting thing he’d heard all day. There was nothing predatory in his tone.
Lily POVThe evening air had turned cooler than I expected“Traffic’s brutal tonight. It would take hours for your Uber to get here, and I can’t leave you out here waiting.”I couldn't stay here that jerk could come back before my Uber gets here, and what if he didn't come back alone?Professor Kane…. Dexter, as he’d insisted I call him outside of class stood a few feet away, hands in the pockets of his dark coat, the wire rimmed glasses catching the glow of a nearby lamp. He looked effortlessly put together as always like he didn't just threaten a man “I figured we could ride together,” he continued smoothly, I could drop you off at your dorm. Is that fine?”I hesitated for half a second. Getting into a professor’s car at night felt a little bit bold.The kind of thing good girls like me didn’t usually do. But Dexter had never once made me feel anything but safe. He was kind. Patient beyond reason with my endless questions about ancient myths, weird creatures, and hidden worlds. He
Lily POVMy heart was doing that stupid fluttery thing again, it happens to do that whenever I think of Prof. Kane, or see him, or even think of him in the slightest.Dexter… Professor Kane was everywhere I went, in the parking lot, in classes, even in the library, and I even saw him in my dreams. Today we bumped into each other in the library he was so nice and intelligent, he was like a walking encyclopedia, I followed him to the shelves I wanted to see the kind of books he read, what if he was secretly a dark romance lover? I just had to find out.This was the first and last time I wasn't some psychopath tailing a crush, I just wanted to read a book that happened to come from the same shelf. He was reading a book about werewolves, Circle of the WerewolvesI picked it, I had to read what he was reading, I settled into the chair behind him, and opened the book I found a note, it was a list of things he had to do, he used a sticky note.Get coffee Laundry Meet Stan and Mike at the
EnzoThe pack house felt too quiet and too empty, it felt like the walls themselves were holding their breath. Everyone was avoiding me like I was a ticking time bomb. I sat in the war room, elbows braced on the heavy table, staring at the map of our territory until the lines became blurred. Red p
NinaMy mate was a fuck boy, and he wasn't hiding it. Was this a thing he does normally, entangling himself with the wolves in the pack, he was not different from Alpha Dexter.The hospital room felt smaller the longer Alpha Enzo stayed in it. The antiseptic smell mixed with his scent until I could
Enzo Everything about her was a quiet assault on my control.The way her dark lashes fanned against pale cheeks still bruised from battle. The faint rise and fall of her chest beneath the thin hospital gown, the stubborn set of her jaw even in sleep, like she was already fighting me in her dreams.
NinaPresent time day The battlefield still lived behind my eyelids every second I closed them, the smell of blood of dirt couldn't go away, the sound of claws tearing flesh and howls turning to gurgles. I had been right in the middle of it,kneeling in the mud beside fallen packmates, trying to st







