Kayla's POV   I didn't realise how hungry I was until I started eating. The soup was an explosion of flavour. Casper did what he could with the tools he had but we mostly ate roasted rabbit and deer with whatever veg he could forage or steal, all cooked over a roaring fire and served on a hand-carved wooden plate to be eaten with our fingers. And before Casper, I lived off whatever cold scraps Alpha Patrick and his family left me. "What's in this?" I asked pouring the final spoon into my mouth trying to guess what the unfamiliar flavors could be.  "Beef and vegetables," Maddox shrugged, scraping his crispy bread roll off the side of his bowl and mopping up the final dregs of soup. "But what veg?" I tried again.  "Carrots, onions, celery, potato, garlic and um, whatever I found in the fridge really." "It's amazing." "It's soup," he frowned. "I've been distracted lately so when it was my tu

Kayla's POV Maddox wrapped me a thick, fluffy white towel and lifted me into his arms. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders resting my head on his smooth, tanned chest as he carried me into his bedroom. A pile of lotions and potions littered his bedroom floor. I raised my brows, questioning."Oh, shower things," he grinned, "from Lena, but I guess it's too late for some of them. I think some of them are for after the shower."He dropped me onto his bed and gathered the pile of tools and bottles, dropping them to rumpled bedsheets at my side. My heart sank.All my possessions until now were hand-me-downs and the only hand-me-downs I got were necessities. Of course, I knew what cosmetics were. I wasn't stupid. I cleaned Luna Lucy's bathroom every day and wiped down all her bottles of lotions and potions but I'd never dared use them. I once plucked up the courage to open one and take a deep sniff. Whatever it was it smelled o

"Let's start with basics," Lena squealed rushing to a floor to ceiling window lined with shoes, boots and sandels. "Oh my Goddess," Serena squeaked holding her hands to her chest. "Casper only ever brought me sneakers and big army style boots. What are those?" She pointed to a pair of shiny black shoes with red soles and a spike protruding from the heel.  "Those, darling, are Laboutin." "They're beautiful." "Luna Lucy used to have some," I said frowning at the shoes. They never looked comfortable when Luna wore them and they didn't look comfortable now. "Those are basics, right? Like they're things I need?" Serena pleaded. Lena shook her head pouting. "Sorry but basic are those," she pointed at a pair of flat black boots similar to the ones Maddox wore. "Dr Martins." "I like those," I said. Lena and Serena pouted at me and dragged me into the shop. I was thrown to a stool and ordered to remove my shoes so Len

Kayla's POV   Serena fastened the padded training gear around me and strapped my hands into my gloves. Blake grabbed extra crash mats, placing them around the edge of the training square painted in the middle of the hall.  My heart pounded so hard I felt dizzy. Serena sparred with me once, back at Paradise. I lasted around three seconds before she knocked me out cold. Izzy had wanted to kill her. Casper gave her hell and for the rest of my time there I was assigned fitness tasks to build my strength. While Casper and Serena sparred I swam or ran through the tide. I had muscles in places I didn't think muscles could grow. I could run for miles. If running away from an attacker was a way to win a war I'd do fine but fighting?  Nope. Never in a million years would I be able to fight. "Kill her," Izzy growled pacing in my head. "Go for the throat." "I'm not a wolf, Izzy." I sighed trying to catch my breath, "I don't

Maddox's POV Casper smirked as I entered the office for the morning's pre-training meeting."Don't," I warned. Blake sat in the corner, head down. What I could see of his face was red raw. Glitter, as it turns out is harder to remove than anticipated and eyeshadow can actually stain your skin if it's pigmented enough. Lena offered to use more makeup to help us cover it. Blake almost imploded. I had more important things to worry about than dusky purple eyelids. Lena sat by his side, her laughter scarcely suppressed. Blake growled."Well, ladies, let's get things started."We started with discussing training Serena and Kayla, debating who was most important to the cause and who deserved the most time. Both, as white wolves, direct descendent of the Moon Goddess herself, were stronger than any regular wolf. Serena as a descendent of the Royal family was destined to become the strongest living wolf in existence but