KIRA:“But I don’t want to.” I counter in no time as I push myself up from the bed.‘Why not?’“I don’t want to have anything to do with Alpha Reid. I don’t want to see him. Don’t want to even have any discussion with him. He spells trouble for me and you know that!”‘Well...’ Alexia starts to say but sort of fades off before she could even do so. But she comes on with something else, ‘He actually helped with you an insight about the possible danger lurking in your territory and his. That observation could be helpful.’“Which I find absurd!” I snap. “And don’t you think it’s strange that you are trying to pitch me with him. If I was dumber than this, I probably would not think too much about it but I guess that is what you are trying to do. And for what?”‘I am not pitching you with anyone, Kira. You’re overreacting.’“Oh, I’m overreacting? I’m overreacting? Why won’t I when my wolf is trying to guide my steps for me like I’m sort of crybaby that has no clue where her life is headed?”

REID:“You really have a mate in the Green Dales?” Venice is the one as expected to ask me after my announcement. This was moments after she and Ryu have recovered from the shock of what I told them because it was evident in their expressions that they did not want to believe a word I said initially.“I do, but let us not go into that. I want to spare myself the details of having to explain what she is like to both of you. I am sure you two will come across her soon,” I tell her, which was a statement directed to both of them instead of just her.I wait for the next question to pour in but it seems they are both still trying to process the whole thing about what I told them. I have no idea why it is such a big deal to them and when I cannot take their silence anymore, I decided to do the questioning instead.“Why are you two reacting to this like it is some sort of big deal to have a mate from the Green Dales? Is it because she is from a rival pack? Not like I am the first to have a m

KIRA:I can do this, I tell myself as I wait in the school’s hallway while looking around for someone in particular.It has been a long ten minutes since I got here waiting. A long ten minutes of trying to overcome my nervousness about what I plan to do. Every passing minute though has been tough for me because it becomes harder and harder to even feel better about myself.I feel like I have set myself up for something that I cannot handle. But I have to constantly remind myself that what I want to do is just talk. Probably apologize too for my ill attitude. And all this is because of Kelvin who I am desperately waiting for to show up.My height is sort of a disadvantage for me as I look through the crowd of students passing by me. Yes, that is how it has always been which is why it was easy for Sophie and her gang to pick on me. But not now. I don’t need such a disadvantage now. It should be nigh perfect in seeking out Kelvin from the crowd.All of a sudden my nostrils pick up a fami

KIRA:I cannot seem to get the picture out of my head. I mean, it has been like an hour since I witnessed something I would call the tragedy of the century for me, but it feels fresh in my mind.The corpse. Yes, the unmoving body was a corpse. That was the first time I would witness a dead body but the state in which I saw that body was traumatizing. And I’m certain that for the rest of the week, I will not be able to get over it.“Get your head straight before you bump into something,” the voice of Kelvin rings in my ear as I feel a force putting me on track. Let us just say I was saved from almost getting my head set straight by a tree, all thanks to Kelvin’s hand.“Sorry,” I say as I move away from the path of the tree, glancing in his direction for a split second with an apologetic look.“Why are you apologizing?” he asks, looking a bit confused.“I made you take the force of the blow,” I look at his hand when I say that. It doesn’t look bruised or anything but I sense he would fe

KIRA:Twenty minutes ago, I had been adamant about not leaving the house. But now I am en route to school.The day had started off with my parents making it compulsory for me to go back to school today as the school management had cleared the environment safe to return but I had argued with them that I was in no way going anywhere.They had asked for the reason and the only thing I could come up with that was close to reasonable was that I was scared that something like what happened yesterday would happen again. They had instantly flagged it off and insisted I leave, citing I was being childish.It was not until I had been threatened with being grounded for a whole month did I get my acts together and eventually leave the quarters for school.Now I regret doing so. Because ever since I got to the path that was surrounded by more woods than usual, I have been having this eerie feeling that something was going to go wrong. I would say it was my intuition playing games on me but the way