Aleena's POV.“This is the call recording of former Luna Penelope and Silas, a contracted vampire whom she had asked to kill Evangeline. And this is the real voice of both of them.”, he explained, providing a file. “Here is the forensic report of the call. As per the conversation and the evidence that I have collected until now, it looks like Luna Penelope was behind everything. And also, behind the plan to trap Aleena for her murder otherwise, what is the use of writing everything against her in a diary just a day before her death? I would like to call my mother, Luna Chloe, now.”“Sure, go ahead.”“So, Mom! The day when Aleena was stabbed, we were in the hospital. Where were you?”“Emma and I were with Luna Penelope because we were worried about her state of mind. But later, when she woke up, she was acting normal. She went to the study room in which Alpha Francis was killed and spent all her time over there and had asked us not to disturb her. We did just like she had asked us to

Aleena's POV.“Why did you apologize to me? And by thinking what all things, you apologized to me?” he asked, walking toward me.“That’s because I wanted you to know that ‘I’m sorry for what I did to you was wrong’ and ‘I feel bad that I tried to deceive you.”“A proper apologies have three parts. You have mentioned the first two. What is the third part?” he asked, coming closer toward me. Even though I was a hard time concentrating on his question because of his nakedness, I replied to him.“‘What can I do to make it right? OR How do I make this better?’”, I replied.“Don’t you think you miss this part? Because as far as I remember, you ran away from there instead of making things right. Whatever I have known about you, I can say that you’re a strong woman, Lina, who stands and deal instead of running away. And where were you going by leaving your dad’s pack members and your family in this situation?”Tears started brimming in my eyes hearing him, and before I didn’t realize it, the

Aleena's POV.“What kind of behaving is this?” I asked, sensing his anger. Whether he was mad because I didn’t come out of the river just after he asked me to do so?“My behavior is the result of your sluttish act.”, he growled. “What were you doing before you sensed me?” he questioned back, fuming in anger. My heart started pounding loudly against the ribcage when I realized what he was talking about.“The time I checked, pleasuring on their own is not a crime nor any sluttish act.”, I said confidently, not really understanding the reason what was making him this angry? But it looked like my answer pissed him a little more than he was earlier. He grabbed my jaw tightly, pulling my face closer to him.“Don’t try to play dumb, Lina.”, he warned. “If I found you are pleasuring yourself again by thinking about my brother, then I will make sure that you won’t be able to walk for a few days.”, he threatened with a growl.I looked at him for a while, wondering whether I should tell him or

Aleena’s POV.“So, what have you decided?” he asked while having dinner.“About?”“About your decision about what you want to do next? Either you will have to choose to become an Alpha of the silver moon pack or Beta female of the stone moon pack.”Beta FemaleI didn’t want this title.I knew my nature and choice. Anything less than Alpha was not my thing. I wasn’t someone who could take orders from someone. It was more like I would like to open my own business and be my own boss rather than working under any MNC as someone else as my boss.“I won’t mind what your answer is as long as you’re telling the truth.”, he added when I didn’t reply to him for a while.“I want to be an Alpha. I don’t think Beta is my thing.”, I said, on which he raised his brow. “I mean to say that I can’t take orders from someone else. I want to be my own boss.”“Okay! That’s what you want, but do you think you can handle that position? Because along with powers and positions, there come a lot of responsibil

Aleena’s POV.It was definitely too hard for him to do that because his knuckles had been turned white because of it. At the same time, I kept licking my ice cream slowly and gradually, enjoying it thoroughly. All of a sudden, he applied the brake and threw my ice cream out of the car.“What the hell, Stephen!” I yelled, and he used that time to unbuckle the seatbelt. “What are you…”That was it.Now I was in his lap.“Ste…”, My voice died in my throat when he slammed his lips over mine. More like kissing, he enjoyed sucking all the taste of my ice cream from my mouth. A dozen of butterflies fluttered in my stomach, and as usual, I would blame the mate bond for it.I thought of pushing him away, but I couldn’t. Not once had he kissed me like this senselessly. I could still taste the flavor of meatballs from his mouth, my favorite. I whimpered a little when one of his hands clutched my hair, tightening his grip and tilting my head for a better angle to deepen the kiss, while his other