“I love you.”Alistair Kruger lightly placed a kiss on Sofia Casey’s forehead. He looked at his mate one more time and sighed. “Alistair,” Sofia looked up to him on hearing him sigh. “Are you okay?”“I am,” his grip around her waist tightened. “With you. As long as I’m with you I’ll be okay.”She knew better. “You’re scared, aren’t you?”Alistair looked away knowing his eyes were going to tell the truth if he stared at her any longer. She knew what was going on his mind no matter how hard he tried to hide it.“What did your father say about this? About us?”“He-” Alistair paused for a while contemplating on telling her the truth or not.Alistair was the first son of Alpha Kruger, the leader and head of the Kruger pack. The Kruger pack were not only the strongest but the boldest and toughest. Alongside all the characteristics that made them the top, they were the sworn enemies with the Casey pack. Naturall

“Happy Birthday, Ryan.” It was Ryan’s 18th birthday and the whole house was filled with different emotions. Excitement from Ryan, anxiety from Alistair and fear from Sofia. It was a Saturday and as planned Ryan’s girlfriend- Yvonne, was going to be coming over. “Did the cake arrive already?” “It did already, mum,” Ryan answered, taking a seat next to her. “You’ve asked like a dozen times already. Are you that excited about my birthday or is it just the cake?” “You can say I’m excited to have some sugar in my system,” she said then laughed nervously. It wasn’t true. With the table and family set to see Yvonne, she had only gotten more anxious. Talking and asking irrelevant questions were the only ways she could calm her nerves a little bit. “Okay great,” Ryan got up from his seat to go over to meet his dad who was in the kitchen. “Oh! Yvonne just texted me. She’ll be here in about ten minutes.” “Ten m