Kendra had seriously had enough. The heated, stolen gazes, the professional, innocent but desire-packed touches… It was all a bit too much for the Beta. Especially when she seemed to be the one suffering the most between the two of them. For some reason, Killian seemed to have had complete control over himself in all the times they had interacted, but she? Everything he did had her feeling some type of way… She felt flustered when he looked in her direction, She felt cackling sparks of electricity when their fingers brushed each other’s unintentionally, And gods, don’t even get her started on their sparring sessions. Kendra was really being tortured. It was thankfully the end of a long, arduous, week, but oh, the female Beta had a plan. It had been brewing in her soul all week, so much so that she had carefully given it all kinds of contemplations and assessment. She had already decided; and no one was going to be able to change her mind. Not even Killian. She needed to g

“Done packing your stuff?” Rhea asked her ward as she entered her chambers with a steaming cup of coffee and an assortment of meats. She had left Kendra to go find both of them something to eat after the younger wolf had lashed out at her so, and now that she was back, it wasn’t that hard to see the guilty look on the girl’s face. She was just like her mother in that regard, the resemblance was so scarily uncanny.Kendra pounced on the food, stuffing her face full while nodding absentmindedly at her nanny’s many questions. She didn’t know she was that hungry, being lost in feeling nostalgic as she packed for her adventure.She had decided to pack light… very light. If she was joining troupes, there was no need packing anything extravagant, all she needed were about five tunics, and two pairs of breeches, and some pantaloons, oh and a binder for her tits. She had forgotten to pack those.She made a mental note to do so after she was done.For now, what she needed to do was apologise to

“Why?” Kendra found herself asking in a whisper after a few minutes of silence. “Why did you renounce the pack? The red moon is still a whole month away… there’s still more time.” She knew she had said she wasn’t going to talk to him, but she just needed to know this first, and then she’d go back to giving him the silent treatment, Now that was a promise. “Well, it is.” The Alpha shrugged. “But what’s the point anyway? I’m just delaying the inevitable. I figured I should just get this over and done with.” Kendra had nothing to say to that, and so they sat in that uncomfortable silence for a little longer. “Was-was it because of me? Did you renounce the pack because of me?” Killian didn’t reply. The only answer Kendra got for all her probing was an almost indiscernible jaw clench. The female-beta knew she had no right… absolutely no right at all to feel this way, but she still couldn’t help the irrational, unjustifiable anger that filled her veins and warmed her blood. “That’s a

The Alpha and his Beta rode for hours nonstop, passing through towns and villages, through forests and cities. Kendra was exhausted, but she had lost so many hours because of the storm and she wanted to gain those hours back, meaning she just had to endure. And there was also the fact that she thought she could lose Killian somewhere along the way. But who was she kidding? He was always right behind her… if he wasn’t beside her, that is. Kendra had been ignoring him since the journey started, but from what she had observed, he seemed not to mind so much. The observation infuriated her so, but she tried not to think about it very much, thinking that if she managed to ignore him long enough, he’d leave her alone. And now she was hungry. They had just arrived in QYEPOE and it was already night time. Too late to do anything but check into an inn and get some very much needed rest. But unfortunately for them, all the inns they tried were filled to overflowing, courtesy of the annu

When Kendra woke up the following morning, Killian was nowhere to be seen.She didn’t really think much about it, choosing instead to head into the inner chambers and clean herself up in readiness for the day, but as she finally finished getting ready, only to realise he still wasn’t back, she felt her heart start to beat erratically against her chest.Had he decided to leave without saying goodbye?Was it because of what had happened yesterday?The female beta had to admit that she was quite hurt, but she quickly felt her heart hardening to steel.It was probably for the best anyway.Kendra made it to the door and turned the knob only to realise the door was locked with no key in sight.She tried to look for something… anything that would make sense of the situation, and that was when she found the parchment.Killian.That bastard!He had locked her indoors to go scout Alaric’s camp just like he had promised.At that point, Kendra just couldn’t contain her anger. A quick glance aroun