TYRIONI couldn't even begin to describe how pissed I was when I found out that Red lied to me. I knew that she had secrets, but this?! Her stubbornness could have put us both in a dangerous situation. I saw the way she looked at the Stonewood guy. I saw her eyes turning scarlet and felt her aura creeping toward the Blood Shadow Pack's Beta. It was obvious that she had met this guy before, and her hatred for him was enough to make her kill him on the spot.At first, I was furious that she didn't trust me enough to tell me about it, but when she mentioned something about being a criminal, I lost it. I released her from jail. I helped with her trial and cleared her name in front of all the Alphas. What if it was all a mistake? What if she was right to hide her past because it would grant her a death sentence? She said that she hadn't been aware of the crimes for a long time. But why did she feel guilty if she wasn't the one who killed? It would only make any sense if those crimes were c

TYRION I could always tell whether someone was lying or not. I could easily detect fake tears, and I hated when someone tried to deceive me. Yet I was looking into Red's crying eyes and saw nothing but sincerity. Why did everything about her seem so fucking honest?! I saw guilt in her eyes, but I couldn't see wickedness. Because of that, I was going insane, wondering what put such weight on her conscience. I struggled to ignore her, telling myself that I was doing the right thing by treating her coldly, but in reality, it was torture; I was the one torturing myself. Her cry made me feel like I was the worst jerk in the world. As I listened to her soft weeping somewhere in the middle of the damn road, I wanted to wrap my arms around her and pull her against my chest. And yet, I kept my fucking act even after we arrived at the Montefeltros' castle as if it would hurt my ego too much if I admitted that I wanted her no matter what she had done in her past. I know that Aunt Reese saw me g

ARIAHalf an hour later, we were already in the car, driving away from the Montefeltros' castle. Felix explained that there had been attacks happening simultaneously in five different districts of Grand Lunaville. No one noticed any breach in the pack's borders, and yet those unidentified wolves infiltrated the Moon Blade Pack's territory and reached Grand Lunaville undisturbed. The attackers behaved oddly; their eyes were constantly wide-opened, and they didn't stop attacking even once they were gravely wounded. They weren't skilled or strong, but their bloodthirstiness was unstoppable.Tyrion stayed on the phone, talking to Felix and Zane until we were close enough to our territory for him to communicate through the mind link. There were many innocent people wounded or killed, and the number of attackers kept increasing..."Where are those fuckers coming from?!" Tyrion growled, raking his fingers through his hair.I could feel his frustration. The attack began when he was away from

ARIA It had been five days, and Felix remained unconscious. After resuscitation, Felix's pulse and breathing returned, but he fell into a coma. The doctors said that his parameters were stable, and his body had already healed from the blow he received, but nothing changed the fact that he was still lying motionless on the hospital bed. Nova stayed by his bed all the time, and I often visited, even if to bring Nova something to eat and drink since otherwise, she would have surely forgotten to care for herself. I hadn't seen Tyrion since the massacre. Grand Lunaville was still one hell of a bloody mess, and it took more than forty-eight hours to collect all the bodies lying in different parts of town. We might have killed every last one of the assassins, but many of Moon Blade Pack's members died as well. The pack was in mourning, and the feeling of loss was ever-present wherever I went. I was in the worst possible mood to announce anything positive, but I had to let Aziz finally know

ARIAI volunteered to help at the hospital because I knew the doctors and nurses had been overworked these past few days. I didn't have any medical knowledge, but I wanted to help in any way I could, especially when sometimes all they needed was to talk to someone. I helped a few nurses once they told me what to do, but I felt like most of them were intimidated by my presence. I ended up walking from one room to another, talking to people, hearing them out, and offering a smile."You should be our Luna," one of the patients said, and others in the room nodded in agreement. "You stood by our Alpha as his equal. You are the best candidate we could think of."I blushed and smiled nervously at their statements. "That's your Alpha's decision, not mine.""But you love our Alpha, don't you?" A little boy suddenly appeared and tugged the hem of my skirt.I laughed awkwardly, but he only kept staring into my eyes, demanding an honest answer. "I do. I love him," I blurted out, making the boy gr