LOGINChapter 11: A Heat Only You Can SootheEzraBangThe door closing behind Kade echoed throughout the chamber. For a moment, I simply held Theo, feeling the tremors that wracked his slender frame, the heat radiating from his skin even through his clothes.He was burning up."You are safe," I murmured against his hair. "I promise you are safe."Theo didn't respond, but his grip on my shirt tightened. I could perceive that sweet scent of his heat growing stronger with each passing moment.Carefully, I carried him toward the massive bed and placed him gently against the pillows, intending to step away and fetch water. But the moment I tried to move, Theo's hand shot out incredibly fast, and grabbed my wrist."Please..." His voice was barely a whisper. "Don't leave me."My wolf responded immediately, a possessive growl rumbling through my chest. Every instinct I had was firing up immediately.I sat on the edge of the bed, brushing damp auburn hair away from his forehead. His skin was flush
chapter 10: Kade's hurt Kade pov I had survived my father's beatings, buried enemies with my bare hands, and ruled the Northern Wastes through blood and terror. But nothing prepared me for hearing my own mate scream that I had tried to kill him. "HE WAS GOING TO KILL ME!" For a moment, I couldn't move. I stood near the doors of my private chambers, staring at the trembling Omega in the prince arms. My first reaction wasn't guilt. It was anger. What the hell did the little thief expect? He broke into my fortress. Stole from my stores. He knew the punishment. But something in Theo's expression unsettled me. The Omega wasn't merely angry. He was genuinely terrified. And I recognized that expression. I had seen it before, in my own reflection when I was a child. I immediately suppressed the memory that was crawling up its head. My wolf reacted violently to Theo's distress. It didn't recognize my political justifications. It only recognized that our mate was frightened… and that I
Chapter 9: The Weight of CommandEzraThe courtyard descended into madness."Execute him! Execute the thief!""This is a mockery of our laws!""My son died for less! Why does this one get mercy?"The voices crashed over us like waves, each one more vicious than the last. The crowd pressed closer, their fury a living thing that threatened to consume us all. Guards struggled to hold the line, but even they looked uncertain, their eyes darting between Kade and the unconscious Omega in my arms.I held Theo tighter, his body trembling even in unconsciousness. His scent was overwhelming, the sweet heat-scent making every unmated Alpha in the vicinity go rigid with barely restrained hunger. I could feel my own instincts screaming at me to take him somewhere private, somewhere safe, to answer the biological call that his heat was triggering.But a more rational part of me knows that we were not yet cleared out of danger. First of all, I needed to protect him from the mob that wanted his bloo
Chapter 8: The Scent of TroubleEzraThe courtyard remained frozen in that horrible, breathless silence. Every wolf stared at me on the wooden platform, then at Theo kneeling on the execution platform, then at Kade standing behind him with a blade still raised."He is my mate!" I shouted again, desperation clawing at my throat. "The silver mark... it just ignited. Kade, please, don't do this!"Kade's expression was unreadable behind those scars. He didn't lower the blade. Didn't move. Just stared at me like I had spoken a language he didn't understand."What is the meaning of this?" one of the seated elders yelled angrily, a voice carrying across the silent courtyard. "The southern prince has committed a grievous offence, my lord.""I am not lying!""Prove it." Kade said,I yanked my shirt aside, showing the silver mark between my shoulder blades that was now glowing with the same ethereal light as the black one on my chest. "Look at it! The bond is real!""Marks can be faked with the
Chapter 7: Three Marks, Three FatesEzraI woke up in a cell that smelled like mildew and wolf piss. I groaned, holding my head that was throbbing with migraine.“Stupid bastard” I cursed out aloud, trying to sit up, slowly taking in the bandage wrapped around my shoulders from where the corrupted wolf bit me.The bond mark on my chest pulsed steadily now… no longer burning, but warm. I could feel the psychos presence through our bond. Kade. The scarred wolf. My mate."Hey!" I called. "Anyone out there?"Silence.I stood, ignoring the way my head swam, and moved to the door. Through the bars, I could see a narrow corridor lit by torches. Empty."I know you can hear me!" I raised my voice. "Phsyco! We need to talk!"The scarred wolf appeared on the other side of the bars, an expression carved from ice. Up close, in better light, I could see more details. The scars weren't random… they were deliberate. Like someone had taken their time carving up his face.My wolf surged with protectiv
Chapter 6: Your every normal dayKade povI stared at the unconscious southern wolf sprawled across my dungeon floor, my eyes lingered for just a moment longer before I caught myself.I touched the hilt of my sword that had gone towards his head, in my rage I had knocked the bastard cold out.But that was not the least of my worries right now.my chest was burning like someone had branded me with hot iron.A mate mark.I felt like crying and at the same time laughing at fate.After everything I had survived, everything I had built, the universe decided to saddle me with a mate. And not just any mate… a pampered southern prince who wandered into the Wastes like he was on a pleasure stroll.Because of course he was a prince. I had recognized those purple eyes the moment I saw them. My masters would be rolling in their graves if I had not recognised the cause of our plight. Everyone knew about Milo's eyes, the legendary male Omega who had defeated Queen Millen. This wolf had the same un







