LOGINErik POV “You need to bury her.” Estrid’s words are too painful to hear. “No.” I growl out, my lips vibrating against the rim of the whiskey bottle. “Erik…” “I can’t.” I was living in my own worst hell, and it was completely of my own making. “I know, but you have to…Erik.”Even now as Estrid places a supportive hand upon my back, I can’t stop hearing the last strangled breaths of Amara as she died in my arms. The sound keeps ringing in my ears, every time I close my eyes her face appears. The fear in her eyes as she realised it was too late. Again and again the memory replays, like a carousel …always on repeat. Two days ago my entire life force died in my arms. It is only denial on my side that is preventing the pain of the severed mate bond from hitting me. I can’t eat, I can’t sleep, the pain is just too much. The only thing I can stomach is alcohol, and lots of it. “You need to order an autopsy, it may indicate…”“No, I don’t need a doctor telling me what killed her.
Amara POVShe was another Catherine.I let catherine win before, I won’t again.I have been downgraded to one of the round tables, my name card removed from the prime position next to Erik on the top table to amidst the crowd of guests. I’m far enough from him for everyone here to know that I am not to be his luna, but close enough to watch her with pure hatred.Estrid sits on his other side, her eyes unable to meet mine for the entire meal. The meal that I couldn’t even stomach.I can hear the whispers in the marquee that Erik had changed his mind last minute, or at least it must have been because not even Alpha Augustus is present to watch his daughter become the luna of the Snow City pack. Why else would such a powerful figure miss his daughter’s shining moment.The guests watching on send glances my way, some relatively kind…but the majority judgemental scowls. In their eyes I must have done something wrong to lose my position…cheated on him, lied to him…I was the one in the wro
Amara POVGreta has selected two dress choices for me…white or silver. Knowing that the décor in the marquee already resembled a wedding I opt for the silver dress. Let’s not run before we can walk.The nerves continue to play havoc, my stomach in knots as Greta styles my hair and applies my makeup. This is just all so surreal, it doesn’t feel like this is happening to me. That I could be this happy, at last. We’ve come such a long way since our first encounter, both making mistakes along the way, but today is a fresh start. We already marked one another, but today we will officially become an Alpha and Luna together. Both responsible for the safety of this pack.A sense of foreboding washes over me as someone knocks on the door, we were meant to be undisturbed. I look to Greta, who frowns out, moving towards the door with a shrug in her shoulders.“I wonder who that is.” She mutters out, a gasp escaping her as she opens the door. The unnerving sensation doesn’t leave me even as E
Erik POV“Erik?” Estrid calls out my voice from the entrance of the marquee. I glance in her direction, her colour still too grey for my liking, she should be on complete bed rest, if not back in hospital.“I have to speak with my sister; you will be fine…and I’ll see you later.” I place a long deep kiss upon her lips. This would be the last time I see her before her luna ceremony.“I won’t see you now until later?”“That is tradition…”“It really is like a wedding.” She mutters out under her breath.“Well, if you…” I pull her closer to me, enjoying the way her cheeks start to blush at the thought.“No, one big event at a time.”“As you wish. Greta will remain by your side for the rest of the day.” I gesture over to my cousin to come join Amara.“What will you do?”“I need to have the morning report with Finn after I check in with Estrid.Don’t worry, everything is going to be great.”I head back out of the marquee where Estrid is already heading towards the beta house.“Should you b
Amara POVI awake the morning of the Luna ceremony, my stomach already in knots. Today has been two days in the making, the entire pack coming together to help prepare for the luna ceremony.I’ve never felt so free in a place before, now that Nina and her father have left. I hadn’t truly noticed just how imposing their presence here had been. Even the alpha house staff seem happier.I am no longer checking over my shoulder, no longer watching what I say…I was starting to believe I could be happy here. I was starting to feel settled.Erik is becoming increasingly more attentive by the day. It’s as if there has been a shift in our relationship and I find myself falling more in love with him by the day. That anger has gone; the fury I felt at him taking my blood has gone.Don’t get me wrong I’m not happy about it but I can now see it from his point of view. I asked myself, if our roles were reversed…if I would have done any differently.It’s odd, the mate bond. I do not have a wolf, ye
Erik POV“Erik, stop…” Amara giggles out, her cheeks flushing as I scoop her up over my shoulder and carry her down the stairs to the kitchen. She hisses out in a soft protest; eyes of the house staff watch on, even the kitchen staff as I finally place her down, planting a kiss on her neck, on my mate mark.If the giggling and her red cheeks wasn’t an indication of what we have been up to, then her wearing my t-shirt was. The material completely engulfed her, the t-shirt acting more like a dress on her.“Stop what?” I press her against the kitchen side, before lifting her up and wrapping her thighs around my waist. She’s locked in place now, completely mine to devour.A clearing of a throat interrupts my tongue as it licks across Amara’s jaw line. Any giggling on Amara’s part abruptly stops when Nina enters the kitchen, her arrival resulting in the house staff silently exiting.“Wow we are in good spirits this morning.” She taunts out, my mood immediately souring at her unwelcome d







