~Kiki~ Beads of sweat matted Cel's fur while my heart was thudding against my rib cage as we locked our eyes with Victoria's mighty looking wolf. Her eyes were burning amber, radiating pure hatred and blinded with rage. She was harnessing this misdirected hatred to fuel her moves. Part of me was awed by how beautiful her wolf looked, while the other half of me was terrified of her strength and the will to defeat me. But it was just me who was scared out of my wits. Because, unlike me, Cel was pissed. She couldn't believe we had to defend ourselves to stay alive just because of some terrible circumstantial evidence against us. How cruel could fate get? I was tired of fighting it, but Cel was determined to show Victoria and all the spectators, as well as the bloody fate, that she wouldn't accept defeat so easily. Shifting first during a fight was a sign of weakness, and Cel was feeling anything but weak. That was the only reason keeping her from taking over. She was clawing at me to

~Alpha Kayden~ Zeta Archer and his mate appeared to harbor extra hatred towards Kiki, probably because she grew up in their house and they felt responsible. Besides, the Zeta had also lost his best friend when Zeta Drew died on the Wolf Moon night. Both the zetas were my dad's prized warriors, and he used to value their opinion highly. Heck! There was no way that I was going to punish Kiki for all these mysterious deaths and disappearances until and unless she was found guilty. But what would I do with her if all these people were right about her? If she was really guilty, it would only be a matter of time before I found proof against her. A new scent overwhelmed my senses once I turned around the corner and approached grandma's room. As I raised my arm to knock on the door, a svelte brunette opened it from the other side, shooting me a quick, shy smile. Raising an eyebrow in confusion, I looked over her shoulder to find my grandma ready with some lame agenda of hers. "There, Kade

~Kiki~ The sky seemed to explode with booms of thunder, releasing its fury while dawn was breaking over the horizon. Gusty winds pushed raging dark storm clouds closer to the moon, making me feel sapped out of energy. The smell of wet soil saturated my senses as fat raindrops hit the parched sand beneath my feet. Something inside me was urging me to go back to bed, but there was this heavy squeezing feeling in my heart, making it difficult to breathe. My feet took me to the rippling waves as my knees buckled. Tears won't stop rolling down my cheeks while my vision blurred. I tried to force myself to gulp in as much cool air as I could, but ended up breaking into sobs instead. Ivory, the omega who did laundry for the training warriors, was racing to the locker room with freshly laundered clothes. When about a block away from where she was headed to, she thought she heard stifled cries that were drowned by the pelting rain and crashing waves. Setting the laundry basket down in a dry

~Kiki~I struggled to keep my nerves under control as we all walked to the room Alpha Kayden and his Gamma had just come out of. I was the last one to step in, and the Alpha locked the door immediately behind us.The room seemed to be a guest room with just a king-sized bed, dresser, and a nightstand with a lamp. Willow arched a sharp brow as her eyes darted between the two men and the bed she was standing so close to. At least there was someone else who was as puzzled as me.Alpha Kayden would not meet my eyes. He gazed at his Gamma for a moment, clenching his jaw. What happened next made my stomach plummet, forcing me to clutch the nearest piece of furniture in shock.Somebody tell me this is a nightmare! Alpha Kayden thrust Willow roughly against the headboard and tugged on her hair, crashing his lips against hers. She wasted no time in reciprocating.Ignoring the sharp pain in my chest, I gazed between the two and let out a growl, my eyes narrowing. What the hell was happening? I

~Kiki~ "Kiki, wake up. You are going to be late!" Poppy shook me out of the usual nightmare that had been haunting me for years. "Why are you soaked in so much sweat when this room is freezing?" She peeled off the sheets sticking to my skin and went ahead to pull the curtains apart, opening the windows and letting some fresh morning air in. Bright sunlight poured into the room while I tried to retain all the new details that got added to my dream. It had always started with an angry, roaring ocean and thundering skies. But this time it started with a thunderous bone-rattling growl instead, and then someone had dropped me into the water, more like tossed me in from somewhere high. Little details like this kept getting added to the dream sometimes. "Kiki!" Ugh, didn't realize I was falling asleep again. It's been almost two weeks since I had seen my mate. He had been avoiding me pretty well, and Cel had been keeping me up a lot at night, worrying about if our mate was preparing to