로그인~Chapter Seventy Eight~ Elara’s POV Why was he looking at me like that? “You love the view?” he asked, pulling his box onto the bed. I exhaled. Thank goodness. He was just staring casually. “Yes, I do,” I replied, smiling. “Good,” he added as he took out some clothes and headed to the bathroom. I could easily compliment his cleanliness. He never joked about taking showers. Once he was out of sight, I opened my arms and closed my eyes for just a moment, taking in the cool air coming in through the open window. After bathing, Kai said he’d return soon before he left without saying where he was going. I spent the rest of the day exploring the house with Zara while we laughed and danced until we got exhausted. “Thanks to Kai!” she yelled while dancing. I could see the joy on her face, and somehow it rubbed off on me. I was happy to see her relieved. Before long, Zara and I decided to go to the beach. I couldn’t quite find anything Nala had packed that seemed suitable for
~Chapter Seventy Seven~Elara’s POV “Then take off your clothes.” For a moment, I thought I had heard him wrong. The room suddenly became quiet. My heart pounded against my chest as I stared at him, searching for any sign that he was joking. But he looked serious. “What?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper. “Should I take off my clothes to prove I’m ready?” What did he take me for? Some slut who would do anything? “You asked for a chance to prove yourself, Elara.” He folded his arms. “Whatever is needed to complete the bond requires this.” I couldn’t believe he thought so little of me. “This is… I can’t just—” “Okay then.” He shrugged and walked out of the office with his shoulders raised like he’d just won a fight. Maybe he had. I couldn’t prove how ready I was. Maybe it was the way he had asked… or maybe he was right. I wasn’t ready. Yet watching him depend on one medicine after another because of a bond he had created just to save me from the poison was heartbre
~Chapter Seventy Six~Elara’s POVHe turned to Nala. “You can leave.” She bowed before leaving, and the door shut behind her. My heart beat faster. Something felt off about the way he had walked in. “I see you’ve turned this place into a counseling room.” He said. Wait. He was talking about the couple who had just left. Had I done something wrong? I thought I could help people who needed advice without consulting him first. He walked closer and nodded. “They’re praising you for your good work. What do you have to say about that?” I looked away. I still couldn’t believe he was okay with hiding something that important from me. “I’m sorry if I was wrong for trying to help them,” I said calmly . He stopped in front of me and lifted my chin until I looked at him. “No. You did well. At least I didn’t have to stress over another couple I would probably send into exile because of their behavior.” I tightened my jaw and pulled away from his hand. “That’s what you came to say to
~Chapter Seventy Five~Elara’s POV “What?” I asked. She slowly backed away. “Forgive me.” She shook her head. “I shouldn’t have come.” My stomach dropped as I stood there, confused. What did she see? Was it the same thing I saw? Nala rushed toward her. “Ma’am, what’s the issue?” The old woman shook her head as she moved closer to the door. “Some truths are meant to be buried.” “I don’t understand, Ma’am.” Nala tried to calm her down, but the woman hurried out of the office. Nala turned to me while I exhaled deeply, my mind still reeling from what I had seen. What did she mean by doen turths are meant to be buried. “Do you know her?” Nala asked. I shrugged calmly. “No.” “Then why would she act like that?” She walked closer to me. “Do you want us to bring her back for answers?” I shook my head. “That won’t be necessary. We can visit her when she’s calmer.” I still needed to know what she had seen. Maybe it could help me understand why I kept seeing things like this and w
~Chapter Seventy Four~Elara’s POV With Kai’s seriousness, there was no way he was taking us somewhere that relaxing. I’d even heard places like that were ridiculously expensive. It was probably just another work trip. Bringing us along was his way of keeping the promise he’d made to take Zara out. I left Zara with the man she had been talking to earlier. I still had the Wolfless child to attend to. More urgently because Kai would come looking for me at any moment to tell me about the trip. Not that I was interested anyway. I was still upset that he had hidden something that important from me for reasons I didn’t understand. Nala was my only hope with the Wolfless case. “I need your help, Nala,” I admitted. “Always here, Luna.” She smiled as she curtsied. “What is it about?” I rolled my eyes.“I need anything you can find on Wolfless children. Their history. Families who have one. Anything.” “Oh…” She paused. “We could search the pack library or find someone who actually r
~ Chapter Seventy Three~Kai’s POV Hiding this from Elara was never my intention. How was I supposed to tell her that completing the bond meant sleeping with her? The very thing that could finally stabilize the bond could also harm her, worse kill her. The way she looked at me, demanding answers, made me hate the position I was in—having to choose between us. If I told her, stubborn Elara would probably agree to it, just as she had agreed to the marking. Not because she wanted it. Because she would think it was the only way to balance things. That wasn’t the kind of consent I wanted. I wanted her just as much, but I wanted her to choose me because she was ready, not because she had no choice. Yet I couldn’t shake the feeling that the mating would claim her this time. The only reason she had survived the marking was because we never went beyond it. This time, there would be no potion or the pack doctor standing between her and what the bond demanded. Mating wasn’t just sex
~Chapter Four~Elara’s PovI ran deep into the woods hoping for a familiar trace of home.My lungs burned, my chest pounded fast like it would burst. My eyes were fuzzy as I continued to lose blood. I didn't know how long I had been walking but I had to keep moving.I kept running yet no familiar
Chapter Three Kai’s Pov “Mate! She is our Mate!” My wolf stirred trying to resurface. As an alpha I had learnt how to suppress my wolf from dominating. But this time he growled loudly at the back of my head making it unbearable to suppress. I clenched my fist underneath the council table as I
~Chapter Two~Elara’s POVBlindfolded, all I could hear were footsteps.Who were these people.Heat flowed through my stomach. My hands wouldn’t stop shaking no matter how hard I tried.“And keep her in the room next to mine.”Those were his last words to his guards after my plea of being innocent.
~Chapter One~Elara’s POV“Just do it, Elara,” Sarai whispered from behind me. “Give it to the man at the head of the table. "I promise you, he will clear your debt to the house. You’ll finally be free from your aunt's torment.”I sighed. This was my only chance to cover three months of rent my au







