ANDREA. Riley waking up was the continuation of the nightmare I was trying to keep running away from. His eyes were telling me that this time he would not back down and would claim me as his Luna by the full moon. I didn’t have time to respond or object to his words because nothing I could say would change his mind.  I bolted out of the door and ran away. I heard him call after me before a loud grunt vibrated from his throat. His wounds might be paining him, but I didn’t give a fuck. I was so done with his manipulation and the thought that having a near-death experience might have altered his mindset vanished into the thin air. The Riley I knew was gone, replaced by a heartless, manipulative Alpha.  The last two days went by in a blur. I stopped receiving calls from Caspian. I knew nothing about the outside world. I feel more constrained now. Jenny goes wherever I go. And although we talked and we trained a lot, I cou

I grabbed my silk robe and wrapped it around my almost naked body, tying it up tightly. I loosened my hair from its ponytail and walked towards the door.  My heart was beating loudly as I opened and slipped out of it, dragging my feet to Riley’s room. I didn’t even have to knock, the door just opened and Riley was behind it. His chest was naked and he had only his sweatpants on. His hair was still dripping wet, telling me he had just got off the shower. His eyes raked my whole body up and down, but his eyes were showing no emotions at all.  I kept my mouth shut and entered his room, stopping at the foot of his bed. I tried to hold my head high as I turned around to face him, doing my best not to show any weakness, but I was sure that he could hear my heartbeat thudding loudly. I smiled weakly at him. "Can we do it with the lights off?" He didn’t say anything, but he went to open the side lamps and dimmed them before turning o

ALPHA RILEY. I went directly to my office after my morning run. I let my wolf out, as I used to do but haven’t had time since Andrea came back. Last night, I was able to sleep soundly. For the longest time, I never had a good sleep. After my encounter with Andrea, I felt like a burden was lifted from my chest. I was finally able to confirm that I didn’t feel strongly anymore about her. I still loved her, and I think I will always do so, but gone was the passion that I had for her. I couldn’t even find it in my heart to feast over her almost naked body. It felt wrong. It felt like my eyes were only meant for someone. That if I looked at another female, I would betray her. I knew the person female who my eyes wanted to feast on, but I didn’t even know who she was. So I contented myself by remembering how she smelled and how my mouth was salivating for her. And I found pleasure last night just thinking of her, conjuring my own ima

KATARINA. "Are you sure you want to do this?" I looked at Nadia as I handed her the key to my motorcycle. I hadn’t used this in a while, but I had someone keep it in good condition. Nadia just nodded her head as she took the key from my hand. "I have to. If I wait for the next full moon, it might be too late. I have to take advantage of the ball tonight. At least if I go tonight, my uncle will just think I'm whoring around and won’t look after me. I have time to get away as far as I can. Because I’m sure he’ll lock me up soon as we near the next full moon." I smiled weakly at her and wrapped my arms around her, pulling her for a tight hug. "When will I see you again?" She bit her lower lip as tears pooled in her eyes. "I don’t know. Maybe when the old fart is dead. Or when he’s married, he wanted nothing to do with me anymore." "I’ll miss you." I closed my eyes to stop my tears from falling. Nadia and I grew up together. Her father abandoned her when she was just a newborn, and s

"Yes, Luna."  As soon as his form disappeared from the door of the office, I sprang to my feet and crossed the border, shifting into my wolf almost immediately as I left Riley’s territory. I left it all to Meadow’s strength now. The neutral forest between Riley and Caspian’s pack was just fifteen to twenty minutes away by car, but wolves could run faster, and I knew Meadow was running too fast right now. I was hoping that before Riley’s men could catch me, I was already at Caspian’s border. Meadow threaded the path that Riley showed me when we were younger. It would make me reach the other side faster. And I hoped the warriors following me would not think of going down this path. Riley told me he discovered this and I was the only one he had told this secret to. I knew many years had passed and he might have told them about this way, but I was still hoping they would not remember to use this path to find me. I’ve been running for