Despite her smile and warning to Ace, nothing could stop the hurt of the words that Ace had just caused her. It had felt as if she had lost her mate all over again. Until now, she had been told herself repeatedly that nothing could hurt her but now she knew that a few words from him could crumble the walls she had built to defend herself.Once outside, she let go of Erin whom she had kept confined in the recesses of her mind after losing Ace. Th white wolf blinked at the surroundings as she raced towards the small river bank which held most of her memories with Ace.A few minutes later, she felt the presence of her beta who had followed her. She knew he was not too sure of his reception but when she did not growl at him, he assumed that she allowed his presence. Once at the bank, Nate stood at a distance as Erin slumed on the sand. Her head on her paw, the wolf did not understand why her mate was not coming to her and why he seemed to hate her. Even as the many things tried to claim

To Doyen, that simple touch had been enough to almost unravel him, making him almost forget that this mate of his did not shy away from touching other men and even flirting with them. But as he felt a hot tear against his back, it seemed to remind him that he did not like her. Stepping towards the bath, he bit out, "Are you going to keep touching me without my permission? Do not tell me that when you thought me dead, you had no other partners." Narrowing her eyes with anger at the cheap shot, she reminded herself that this was not her Ace. At least not totally. All his negative traits had been multiplied by thousands maybe. But really, this Doyen was going to learn to keep his mouth shut if he did not know how to speak nicely. She would teach him! Seeing that her wonderful mate had stepped into the bath and was not slowly sinking into it with difficulty, she let out a wicked smile. She turned back and waited for him to let down his guard. And he did exactly that. Well, poor him, he

Ace closed his eyes to avoid another confrontation with his mate but he need not have worried. For as soon as he fell asleep, Crystal walked out of the room, with determined steps. She had already mind-linked with Nate and the news that she had received did not make her happy. Instead of coming over to her and asking for solace or guidance like intended, specially for rogues whom she could help, there were rumours being spread that she could not even take care of her own mate. While she knew that rumours were not strong enough to shake the position that she had created for herself in this short period of time, but she would not let any of her future children question the honesty of it. Most of the Alphas who had been present for the coronation had watched Ace almost come back from the dead. And they had been staying back to judge her.As if they had the right or judge. In the past month, despite what she had been going through, she had not stepped back from her duties. Yes she had don

Finally, after a week of fighting his own animal, Ace succeeded in coercing his animal into a test that would not hurt his wife. In that week, he had been forced to endure the torture of having his wife tease and try to seduce him on one hand and stop Doyen from saying hurtful things to Crystal on the other. This resulted in a case of a pained head and pained ba**s for him. Sigh! Ace thought he would have to become a juggler in the near future if this continued. He missed spending time with Crystal. Whether it was from before when they could just be playful or when she turned into an adult and he could spend himself inside her. Doyen growled inside his head asserting," I want to claim Erin." "Ha! With the way you have been behaving, Doyen, Erin might just swish her tail at you and walk away." Unexpectedly, despite his repeated antagonism against Erin, his wolf had still been drooling after Crystal's Erin like a little puppy. At times, he was tempted to hint Crystal that instead of t

Doyen seemed to have turned into a Golden retriever instead of the fierce wolf he was, once he accepted the fact that he was going to be a father, except for the tail-wagging of course. Thankfully he did not do that! After realizing his mistake in judgement and acceptance that he was going to be a father, he prodded her into his room by almost pushing and pulling her. He sat with his head in her lap, occasionally rubbing his muzzle against her belly so excited it seemed that he could not change into his human form. Of course, Doyen had not apologized but his actions had spoken louder than words. It did not matter to her because, in the end, she knew that she finally had Doyen's trust. Ace and Kai were at the moment looking for the Omega who had tried to create the misunderstanding but she had been found dead in the office where they had left her. Rubbing her hand in an absent-minded fashion over the huge wolf's head, Crystal's mind linked with Nate and ordered him to contact Juan an