NATALIEI sigh, my shoulders sagging. “ Take them out. ” I whisper. “ Zio. ”“ Natalie! ” Anne hisses as a warning.“ I am sure Alpha Ryker…” My eyes trail off to Ryker’s cruel face as I utter. “ has thought of giving them a place to stay. Take both my friends there. ”“ You don’t understand. ” Anne huffs, folding her arms over her chest.“ I understand. ” I glance her way. “ But, it’s between me and my mate now. ”I am saving you from his wrath, idiot! I don’t think she can see the deranged look in Ryker’s eyes right now. It’s almost as if he is on the verge of losing control and snapping Anne’s neck. I don’t want that. And if things escalate…I am not sure anymore if Ryker will listen to me and spare her life.“ Come on, ladies. Let’s leave them alone. ” Zio gets up, chiming as if a bomb hasn’t been dropped in the living room a few moments ago.With my blazing eyes, I try to convey the silent message to Giana who is staring at me, her mouth agape.“ Go. Rest. ” I whisper assuringly

RYKER“ I told you. It was a horrible idea. ” Zio sighs.“ I don’t recall you saying that. ” I shrug my shoulders, glaring at him from the corner of my eyes.“ Okay. But we risked Luna’s life and didn’t get anything. ” Zio lifts his hands in surrender and complains again.I know we got nothing. I want to bark at him but I am not in the mood.My mood is ruined because of what my little miss pesky said. She will reject me? Fucking reject me? And then what?My nose flares when I recall the determined look on her face. I made her doubt herself when I said she didn’t mean it. But the truth is that, I could see the promise in her burning eyes. She meant every word of hers and that’s what made me want to snap her neck but…I like her cute little pussy too much to kill her.On the other side, Something had tried to escape out of her body again. Her wolf is surfacing and I don’t know why she can’t just shift yet.“ What about the witches? ” I question, staring at the North Forest Pack’s border

NATALIE“ Oh my Goddess! Is your wolf finally coming out? ” Giana grabs my shoulders and jumps in excitement.I don’t think so. But my heart is beginning to beat fast again.My gaze meets Anne’s face. She is standing on the same spot, watching us with confused eyes.I can’t help but notice something strange about her expressions. I can’t pinpoint why she looks so sour and lost. Maybe, she is happy for me or just wondering about what Giana has said. She is always the most rational out of us all anyway. She must be wondering if what Giana is saying true or not.“ Luna. Please come back with us. Alpha will kill us if he comes here. ” Jake pleads from the doorway, reluctant to step inside the Beta’s house.“ Tell me. What else are you experiencing? Is your hearing getting enhanced? And your eyesight? Did you experience any strange pains too? ” Giana throws questions after questions, wanting to know everything.It’s scary how she is defining every single symptom.Is my wolf really coming

NATALIERyker’s lips clash with mine again. The little restraint he had over himself to stop and apologise first seems to have snapped. He forces his tongue in my mouth, exploring every inch of it before his tongue finally strokes mine. Fire explodes behind my closed eyes. I moan in his mouth before pushing my body into his again.All the things he says and does to me…Fucking Goddess! I would never be able to reject him even in a million years.His hands find their way to the zipper on my back. He unzips my dress and slides it down my shoulders. The cold air brushes against my skin, making me shiver against his body.Detaching our lips, he moves down to my exposed neck. His lips harshly suck, bite and lick my skin. I groan with every stroke of his tongue, every kiss of his mouth and every brush of his teeth over my sensitive skin.My mouth falls open, his name slipping past my lips. “ Ryke… ”Ryker groans against my neck and pushes my back into the couch, hovering above me. My hands

NATALIEMy head is beginning to hurt again. It’s like something is rattling against my brain, shaking everything up.My thoughts are all over the place. One moment I am thinking about one thing and then this headache strikes and it’s like another entity tries to take over me, leaving me with split opinions, different thoughts.“ Don’t take stress. Take rest. Go to sleep. Don’t think about it. ” He has the same things to say in the same fucking breath.The burning sensation returns in my eyes, making me feel like fire is about to spill out of them.“Ryker. Don’t tell me to rest. Don’t tell me to not think about this. ” I sigh, my shoulders slumping.“ I can’t sit here and wait…for—for I don’t even know what! ” My voice rises when a wave of pain hits me hard in the head.“ Trust me. Just stay put. I will figure it out. ” He assures me.A pair of hands land on my forearms. The pain subsides and a struggled breath leaves my lips. I close my eyes, relishing in the feel of the tremors of cu