Kacie Jamie and Jake come out of the room and when they close the door they don’t see me. Jamie turns to Jake, “I don’t understand why he’s sending us out,” Jamie growls in frustration. “I don’t know what he’s thinking but I don’t think leaving them alone in there is a good idea. I’ve said my piece but Alpha has sent us out. It doesn’t matter if he’s my friend, and your brother, above all else he is our Alpha and what he commands is law,” Jake says. The turn and head down the hall and I come out of my hiding spot. Jamie steps closer to Jake, “Our Alpha, our pack has a number of enemies. The rogues could be working with anyone,” she whispers low. Jake nods, “Yes, but the last thing we need is to make an enemy out of a witch,” he says witch with absolute disgust. Jamie flinches at the word. “A witch… What of the destined word she used? Do you believe an

Kacie“I won’t share him,” Athena growls. She doesn’t care about Clara or what she’s going through. It doesn’t matter that she’s hurting what matters is that Clara is still here.Clara stands there staring at Viktor expecting something and it makes our blood boil. “Let me handle this,” I tell Athena.“I don’t know what you’re going through and I would need more than a few minutes to try and… understand where you’re coming from.” I don’t look at him, if I do, I’ll crumble. I still feel him though. His hand hovering over my lower back.“We don’t know who you are. Until we confirm who you are…” I trail off. What does she do in the meantime? What if we somehow confirm that she’s his mate too? What then?All of

Kacie When I left them I’d hoped that Viktor would come running after me but he didn’t. The sky was black and the stars went on and on and I wanted to get lost in it. I had too many thoughts in my head and all of these emotions were overwhelming. I don’t know how long I was outside but when the sun started to peek out over the horizon I knew I’d been out for too long. “Fuck.” “We haven’t done anything wrong, we needed some space,” Athena said in our defense. “And, if I’m not wrong, I didn’t see him follow us out. I didn’t see him trying to look for us. He could have found us if he wanted to,” she continued. “Hell Kace, he could have linked us but he didn’t.” I whimper at the hurt in her voice. “You’re right, Athena,” I murmur. She is right. I needed to leave last night or I would have gone to the room and waited for him on the ground.

ViktorWe walk in silence as we head outside. I take the lead and she follows me to my car. I ignore the looks pack members are throwing my way. I’m sure word has gotten around of the new visitor that isn’t a wolf.The look on Kacie's face when we were in the room is eating at me. I can’t stop thinking about the way her bottom lip quivered when Clara walked into our room. I’ve got the rogue attacks to deal with, the rumor of the witch going around, and Clara stepping into our lives like she’s got some hold over me.If this was the old days I would have had to prove my love for Kacie and loyalty to her and our pack by slaughtering this new female. I still need to prove my love for Kacie but without killing Clara.I don’t like this feeling that Kacie thinks I’m cheating on her or might think we would. I wouldn’t do anything to hurt her.

KacieHe wasn’t home yet. My heart fluttered with a fear that took root in my chest and controlled my actions. This seemed like a really really bad idea, but my curiosity was stronger than worry. I needed to know. I needed to see.I pushed Clara’s door open and peered in. Her living room was empty and dark, but there was a light that was streaming in from somewhere else, somewhere I’d have to walk to.A woman cried out, “Yes! Harder! Oh Goddess, yes!”Dread settled in me as I followed the voice. I had heard it before. I knew that voice. The light was spilling out of an open door. I stopped in front of it, hesitating. I could still turn around and pretend I didn’t hear anything. If I stop now, I wouldn’t see anything either.Another moan drifted out of the room, and I peeked inside. Heat rushed up my face, then seemed to dra