Proudly I get out of the vehicle and help Drina get out.Our faces are at the same height, smitten we look each other in the eyes, our thoughts are one. This is us when we are fully mated and marked, the Alpha King and Queen arriving at a special event in our pack. And in a few years with a pup on each hand.I take a deep breath to return to the present and resist the urge to kiss her long and deeply. Naughty as Drina is she comes with her face intimately closer to mine, our lips almost touching. At the entrance, dozens of people are watching us, I'm sure this act of my mate has not escaped anyone's attention. Of course not, I can hear them holding their breath en masse as I drape Drina's hand into my elbow with a grin.Elegant as the Queen she is, she walks beside me to the entrance of the hall, her head held high. Her aura screams possessiveness and power, the hallmarks of a Luna Queen. A mix of satisfaction and sadness fills me now, if only we could present ourselves as mates to th

We are sitting at the table in the conference room in the packhouse.Drina sits next to me on the Luna chair, much to the surprise of everyone in the room except Jace. He's grinning like a little boy who just stole from the candy jar. He knows Drina is my fated even though I didn't answer his question a few weeks ago.To my right are the high rankings in hierarchical order.Alpha Remus is right before me, followed by Jace and Cleo, my Head Warrior. Given the issue to be discussed, I also invited an Elder from my pack to join. Elder Antonius looks around with interest, this is the second time he notices Drina in the Luna seat. I'm sure I won't be able to avoid his questions after this meeting.I deliberately kept Clark out of this meeting.My suspicion is with my Gamma and his girlfriend. Clark is now concerned with Remus' family.I look around, everyone stares at me expectantly.“Jace, the issue of why we are here concerns your relationship with Erina. You noticed a lot of last-minute

Beta Jace's POVWith Erina by my hand, I walk in the direction of the sports center.I have to say it's quite a relief to be able to come clean to Enrick and now the Council too. Avoiding Erina was eating at me, my mate is still young but demands my attention as the sole claimant. She wraps her life around me, she tells me everything straight away like an open book. She's a brilliant girl, somehow she makes sure we don't get bogged down in a father-daughter relationship. For a five-year-old, that's surely remarkable.But I don't really know much about her.For me, her life begins the day she ends up here in the pack. But I know there is more. When hinted at her life before that, she kept her jaws tight. She never speaks up. All I know is she's part of triplets, but I doubt I'll ever see her other two sisters. And yes, she also mentioned that her mother had just given birth to twins. That statement made me doubt now if Drina is really her mother, as I suspect.No, I've n

I don't know how long I lay there on the floor of the entertainment room.But the pain in my chest just won't go away, it has eased a bit but is still there. With difficulty I roll onto my side before sitting up. With one hand I press against my chest, where the stabbing pain persists. When I manage to get up, I stumble to the elevator and let it take me to my apartment. With any luck, Erina will be waiting for me there and we can work this out.When I throw open the doors, I know right away that she has left.Her wonderful scent is missing, it is as if my apartment has lost all shine. I throw myself against one of the walls and let out a long scream in frustration. One moment of weakness robbed me of everything I treasured. What was I actually thinking? Although we are not fully mated, Erina could sense from my mood that I was with another she-wolf. My lust has probably reached her through the mate bond. From the beginning, I realized that she has strangely heightened senses despite

“Welcome Mr. von Rudge” the host of the restaurant welcomes us.He leads us to a table romantically surrounded by fake diamond drops. He is probably thinking of organizing a dinner for a couple in love. I politely hold Alcina's back as I escort her to the table and pull back the chair for her.Sitting in my chair, a waitress brings us a wine list.For me the choice is inflexible, so I wait for Alcina to determine her drink. When we're done with that and return the cards, I look at the woman in front of me. “Alcina, do you like your holiday in Midnight Moon? You know you can stay as long as you want. Our hospitality is indefinite”, I tell her.“Does that apply to all Midnight Moon guests or especially to me?” she flirts. “By the way, how often do you have humans visiting? I thought werewolf packs were closed to our kind, you are like a cult that is kept a scrupulous secret." I chuckle. “That is true. We do not identify ourselves with humans. Those who dare to do so face severe penalti