{Asheron}I thought it would be easy, but I was wrong. Seeing Georgie for the first time after our breakup is brutal. Everything inside me begs to go to her and fix everything once and for all. I can clearly see she’s mad at me, which has never happened before. Not like this. She refuses to even look at me and that one time our eyes accidentally met, her lip curled up as if she was disgusted.I’ve never felt this way before, like… like I’m in trouble with her. And this doesn’t seem to be just because I left the palace, she was sad that day. Now it’s something else. She’s furious. And it only becomes more evident when she passes by me and literally throws the folder in front of me, even though she has delicately placed it in front of everyone. Even Cain.So, what the fuck did I do? Why is she more mad at me than at him? I mean, I guess it doesn’t really matter and it doesn’t change anything, but it feels horrible.“What is this?” Cain’s mother asks as I start reading too. My eye
“Ash, come here,” Cain mumbles, walking up to me while I’m close to having a breakdown, looking at Georgie walking out of the boardroom next to her dad. I ignore Cain, trying to compose myself, “I said come here.”He grabs my arm and moves me forcefully until we’re standing in a corner of the boardroom.“What, Cain?” I snap, snatching my arm out of his hold.“I think I know why she’s so angry,” he says, fast and nervously. I frown and focus on him, my eyes narrowing, “She didn’t even look at me. Not once. She’s… furious, I can tell.”What a genius. “She was definitely more angry at me, though,” I mutter, trying not to compare us, but I can’t pretend I didn’t notice the way she threw that folder at me but not him, “What did you do?” “Well, uhm… you know, I was drunk on Saturday, when we had our fight. That’s bad because I’m on medication, so…” he looks worried and lowers his gaze to his phone as if searching for something, “I sent her this.”It’s a photo of me at the party, with thos
“Are you going to stay home with us for a while?” My mom asks as I drive straight to the palace. She’s sitting next to me while I drive, hugging my arm like she’s been doing since I came back. “Yes, I need to pick up some things. I can stay to eat lunch,” I say because even though my mom is being incredibly annoying and clingy and my dad is still not one hundred percent recovered emotionally, they’re still my parents and I love them. I think almost dying made me appreciate them ever more than before. I arrive at the palace and I stay with my parents in the main living room, drinking tea while we wait for lunch to be ready. And while I’m fighting the biggest urge to call Georgie and explain I did not kiss that girl willingly.Also, I’m starting to ask myself: why did I fuss over Cain’s nose instead of getting mad at him for doing that shit in the first place? I should’ve… I don’t know. Maybe start another fight. Why didn’t I?My wolf was quiet in my mind during the whole ordeal, ju
{ Cain }“I’m ready to stay,” Justin says, sitting in the chair next to me as we have breakfast together. I can’t help but think that we haven’t had breakfast together in five years, “I had my freedom and I got bored of it, now I want to be here. You’re free to go back to your own life.”I spent a month at the Colucci palace, focused solely on Georgie. I didn’t even have time to learn how to be a good Alpha, I just had some bits and pieces of advice that Asheron gave me.“Brother… I’ve come to the horrible realization that I don’t want to be free,” I murmur, playing with the coffee cup in my hands. I’m not completely sure of what I’m saying and I’m very nervous, but the idea of going back to the Cain I was before is honestly unthinkable, “Both positions are yours and I know that. Prince and Alpha, they both belong to you by birthright, but… maybe we can share some of the responsibilities? I don’t know.”I just know I don’t want to leave. Not again.After the council meeting where Geor
My life has been crazy these past couple of weeks. After my plan was approved by the council, I got my ass to work and that has helped tremendously with my broken heart.Burying myself in work means I don’t have enough time to think about Asheron kissing other girls or Cain most definitely doing the same thing in Amsterdam. All I can think about is work, work, work. I want to make this project perfect so my people can find their mates… or just fall in love with someone. Whoever. We always need more marriages and more babies at the end of the day.But today is finally the day of the ceremony.If it goes perfect, that means the council will approve the Interpack Mating Ceremony as something we do every year. I have a good feeling about it, so I get out of bed with enthusiasm and when I go down to have breakfast with my dad, I hug him from behind. He’s the ONLY man worthy of my love and devotion, the only man who could never disappoint me. “Good morning, baby, are you excited?” he a
I’m incredibly nervous, and it only gets worse when the guests start arriving. It finally becomes real and I know anything could happen. Both good or bad.By the time the clock hits eight pm, three hundred and eighty-three people from the five packs in the country are gathered in my front yard. These are the singles interested in finding their fated mate. It’s not as many as I expected, but it’s more than enough for this first ceremony. I wait for all the council members to arrive… which means the two people I least want to see are right here, standing behind me as I approach the microphone to start this.I wish I hadn’t noticed, but Asheron looks incredibly handsome today. He’s wearing one of the suits that I gifted him. It’s a dark blue one, because I love how his light eyes pop with that color. Wearing that specific suit ls a low blow, to be honest. He could have worn anything else today I also noticed that Cain’s head is no longer in a buzz-cut (thank god) his shiny light brow
The couple finally stops kissing and they both hug me. The girl is crying and her face feels wet when she presses it against my neck, but I don’t mind. I’m very happy.I ask them where they’re from. The guy is from the Manelik pack and the girl is from the Kallistar pack. See? This beautiful union wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for me! Now the council won’t have any choice but to accept this as something we do constantly. They have to.I chat with the lucky couple for a few more seconds, but then I return to my own table. And as I’m walking there, I look at every single man like a hawk, waiting for my own third mate, since the two I used to have are sons of bitches. Literally, in Asheron’s case.And speaking of him, I make eye contact with him by accident and the way my heart pounds almost makes me trip, but I manage to save myself and look forward again, as if I don’t care about his existence. But I totally notice that he’s sitting around two men, and honestly, I like that.{
I try my fucking hardest to engage in conversation with Justin’s friends, but my stupid brain is not wired correctly. I can’t put my attention to things I don’t care about, like their conversation about which girl around here they want to fuck the most. My treacherous eyes move back to Georgie just five minutes later… and I see she’s not here anymore. That sets off all my alarms and forces me to stop pretending I don’t care. My heart starts beating hard against my chest and my wolf perks up, feeling like something isn’t right. She could be in danger. “Cain, where the fuck are you going?” my brother asks, but I ignore him and I walk, pushing bodies out of my way while I search for Georgie near the last place I saw her, but she’s not here. I look around for a while, starting to lose my patience… and then I finally see her.Walking next to the guy with the happy hands, one of which is still placed in her lower back. Her bare lower back. They’re walking away from the party, towards