Kayla’s POVI kept a blank expression on my face as I hardened my heart to gain the courage to do what may be the toughest thing I have to do in my life. I was an Alpha who was used to taking harsh decisions all the time and I was known as being emotionless because of my actions. But within this short span of time that I spent with my mate, I had felt emotions like I had never known in my life. I had thought that I was incapable of emotions but I had felt happiness, contentment and even a glimpse of hope in the time I had spent with Zane and we hadn’t even spoken to each other yet. just a few minutes, I had felt like I was a normal girl with her man about to get her happily ever after. But now, it was time to face my reality. I was not a girl who was meant to be tied up with a mate because I had other purposes in my life. It was time to remind myself about that. I looked at Zane, who was looking at me with a mix of

 Zane’s POVI rolled over from the bed and sauntered over to the bathroom.“Thanks for tonight, babe,” I threw over my shoulder lazily as I spared a glance at the woman that was sprawled on the bed with a dreamy look on her face. She didn’t give me a reply, and I chuckled, knowing that she has still not come back to Earth from the heaven that I took her to.Well, she had time to gather herself until I was back from my shower. She knew my rules. Love me and leave me…I took a leisurely shower in the bathroom, giving ample time for the girl to dress and leave.I wrapped a towel around my waist as I strolled out of the bathroom while whistling merrily. I stopped in my tracks and my cheerful mood vanished when my gaze fell on the bed.I was expecting it to be empty, but instead, the girl I had left was still in the bed. What more, she had thrown off the bedsheet that she was clut

 Kayla’s POV(Two weeks later…)The first few days after the Alpha meet, I was in a constant state of edginess where I expected Zane to make a move of any kind. But when two weeks passed and nothing happened, I began to relax. I hoped that maybe Zane thought I wasn’t worth the hassle and decided to leave me for good. After all, he could have any girl he wanted and there was no need to waste his time with an arrogant Alpha woman who didn’t know to appreciate him. The thought that he was out there having dalliances with random women made my blood boil. I growled out in frustration before trying to calm myself. I had rejected him and whatever he does, I shouldn’t care. The thought didn’t calm me like I expected, though. In fact, reminding myself that I had rejected my mate only digged up the pain that I had been trying to bury inside my stone heart. I had thought that I could just for

 Kayla’s POVI took a deep breath to control my rage after calling Zane. The nerve of that guy to cause such a huge trouble to me and tease me like we were just playing a game! I would lose a large business deal as well as the alliance of the fae if I couldn’t finish their order on time. It was definitely not a matter of child play. At least not to me. Zane had gone too far by creating this mess. I had been looking forward to butt heads with him. But risking the wellbeing of my pack was not something I could tolerate. He was definitely going to pay for this. I would make sure of that. He thought I was going to beg him to help me out of this? That I will realise how powerful he was and regret rejecting him? He had another thing coming for him if he thought I was that easy to crush. I would beat him in his own game. I just will!As rage trickled through my veins, I literally saw red. A surge of ene

 Kayla’s POVI received mixed reactions from the Alphas once I informed them about stopping the deals with them. While most of them sympathised with me and blamed Zane for putting me in such a desperate position, there were a few who were ticked off at me for going back on my word. It was not as if they were wrong either. I knew that my decision was affecting people who hadn’t done me any wrong, and I hoped I didn’t really have to carry on with my announcement. I was counting on them to pressure Zane into accepting defeat and I had every intention of resuming the deals with them once I heard back from the troublesome Alpha. To be honest, I admired those who had the guts to call me out while I felt disgusted at the ones who were trying to win my favour. They just wanted me to supply the weapons to their packs. They didn’t even care if I stopped my deals with the others as long as they got theirs…When a