VIVIANAThe days had been okay. After that mate-thing with Alaric and all the convincing stuff with Miracle, my days were easy. Yet. The job was not easy though. Every day, we encountered a new criminal case. A new murder. A new incident.I had drowned myself into work. They say that if you want to leave something, focus on something else. I wanted to forget those moments with Alaric. Those kisses. His scent. My rejection. That guilt. Everything. I wanted to let go of everything. Work was my something else now. I took almost fifty cases in the last month.“You look hell, Viv.” Emma echoed in my ears. We share an apartment. A room too. It’s good to be with someone when you are going through a phase I was in. I spared Emma a glance. I wasn’t happy with her compliment.“I am fine.” I voiced. Emma sighed and made a horrible expression. I doubted her thoughts. The way she looked at me was not good. She sat beside me. I kept

VIVIANA This was too much. First, Alaric appeared out of nowhere. Moon, to be precise. Second, Miracle became a stubborn wolf. Again. She didn’t even flinch. I tried hard. I tried so hard to drag her away, but she locked me inside her mind. I couldn’t even reach her. Third, she snuggled with Moon and burnt his fur. Fourth, Moon showered her with love. And fifth and the drastic one, Miracle suddenly let go of the control and I shifted. Shit.I stood naked in front of Alaric. His heated gazes turned me on. But I wanted to run away. I couldn’t afford to lose. I rejected him. He was a Moon-wolf. I was a Sun-Wolf. We were never meant to be together. Like one sky can’t have both Sun and Moon together, in one place. We belonged to different directions, different worlds.Alaric shifted after me. Moon must have let him in when Miracle let me. I questioned Alaric. But his answers were the same. 'Moon is a stubborn wolf’, he said. I know

VIVIANAI sat over my chair and relaxed my back. Last night’s activities were more than a strenuous exercise. I felt my backbone broken. I never thought that I would agree with Alaric. That I would accept him. That I would let go of my rejection. I was a shameless girl.First, I dared to reject my mate. Then I kissed him. Then, he kissed me and I let him. I rejected him again. And yesterday, after being with him face-to-face, I let go of everything. I ended up in his house, in his bed, in his shirt. I showered in his bathroom. I had food with him just an hour ago. He dropped me at the precinct. He did everything like a good husband.I still wasn’t sure about this. I was absorbed in my thoughts when Emma smacked me from behind.“Ouch!” I yelped. That blow was a sudden one. “Emma?” I sighed. She glared at me and then welcomed me with her signature wiggle. Her eyes held questions.“Where have you been? I waite

ALARICIt’s been ten days since Viviana moved in with me. She was eager to stay in the guest room. But how could I let her? She was mine. My mate. She should stay with me, in my bedroom. So, we ended up together. The days were good. We were busy with our work. The nights were rough and steamy. Intimacy in the earlier days of a relationship is such bliss.Today, Emma was coming back with her mate Watson. Viviana was excited to an extent that she had prepared to leave early. Also, she was shifting back to her apartment. I must admit, I was going to miss her way more. She woke me up with a little peck. It was the routine now. Sometimes, morning sex helped too.“Alaric, get up. We will be late. I need to move back before Emma arrives. I need to clean the apartment and prepare for her welcome.” Viviana urged me. She kept shaking my body. I groaned in sleep. I wanted to hold her tightly and bury myself in her, but I knew she would be mad. I stood up

ALARIC“Which pack?” I questioned the girl cleaning her wounds over her knees. She had been severely wounded, not to mention the blood oozing out from some of the cuts. She looked weak. No, she was weak. A weak girl; more human than a wolf.She didn’t respond. Silent treatment. Fine. I looked at her with narrowed eyes to make her spill out those answers I wanted from her, only to be rewarded by her scared eyes. Her eyelashes fluttered. She thought I was going to kill her. I composed myself and calmed my eyes, shrugged away the narrowed look.She seemed to be relaxed. James had been watching all this from afar. His dishelved state had been taken care of. Unlike Noah, he didn’t smell of sex- a good thing for him, and for this little wolf. (The girl).“I don’t repeat myself, little girl.” I said.‘Be gentle with her. She is scared.’ My mind warned me, but I let it slip away. She hesitated a bit.