"It would have been. In our animal form, we are less cognitive and more primitive. Less civilized. We are mostly instincts before reason. The rational part of us is our mortal side inside the animal, trying to control it." Sadness welled in his own eyes, "Nalaila has not been in touch with her human side for more than eighteen years now, Ismena. She could have easily hurt you. Just the thought of it...""But she didn't." She moved close to him and settled a comforting hand on his arm, "She could have but she did not. That is what matters, Wolfe. I know I scared you and I am really sorry about that. I promise to be more careful from now on."He nodded then, her promise reassuring him. "Above all odds, you still prevailed. You made it happen. She didn't only go for a run, but she had fun too. She enjoyed herself. Nalaila has always been a playful child, even at eight, but those monsters forcefully took away everything from her, including her childhood."Swallowing tightly, his blue eyes

In the next week that followed, things changed considerably well for some people, while for others, it was just as it always is.For Eline, she was the happiest at work. Not only because of her promoted status which gained her more respect than usual amongst the other sentinel but also because she get to work at the Tower, which is one of the most prestigious places a sentinel can ever work in. Also, she gets to see her human best friend more often.Most of her break time, she spent with Ismena—that is if Ismena herself is not busy. She works with the Alpha King in his study and it's a very big step in their relationship. It's still hard to believe that he has finally let her in like that.For an Alpha, their work to the clan to their businesses both in Naturiah or outside of it, is something they hold very dear. It takes a certain kind of trust for them to let a person in on it, talk more of letting the person work on it with them.It makes Eline happy that the Alpha King has not onl

Ismena was at her happiest, and she could barely hide it. This week with Wolfaraine has turned out to be the best time of her life. He was freer with her more trusting. More open.Oh, he still has a deep frown on his face sometimes, but then again, she no longer sees it as his default setting because those dark lines dissolve whenever she comes into sight. He does not smile much, but he doesn't frown as much either. Big progress.Also, they were closer than they'd ever been. And she's not talking about the nights when they make love and they converse for most of the night if she's still awake after that, before he has to retreat to his bed chambers. No, it's not only in the bedroom, they are closer everywhere.As for Nalaila, it's still baby steps with her. She has only been able to spend more time with the Wolf three times after that night because the wolf sleeps a lot. Wolfaraine said it is not normal, but it is not bad either. She sleeps like that because she is always in wolf-form

She kissed him with all the feelings inside her. Her lips moved on his hungrily, her body pressing closer to his. For a few moments, he gave no reaction, which made her kiss him more desperately.Then with a groan of surrender, he was kissing her back as desperately as she kissed him. His hand went to her waist while the other one held the back of her head closer to him. His mouth devoured hers, like a starving male who was offered food.She opened her mouth and he delved into him, deepening the kiss. His tongue played with her, dueled his with hers. She let out a low, throaty moan that went into his head like liquor.Time stopped existing and every other thing went away with it. It was just them, kissing each other so long and so deep, into a mindless state of passion."By the gods," He broke the kiss at last. Sandra was going to protest, thinking he was about to pull back again. Since she found out about the mating situation between them, he has gone out of his way to make sure he n

"Will you tell your mate that her father is alive?" Degar asked.They'd just finished withdrawing more of Wolfaraine's blood, and added it to the bag where Alfred drinks from. The Ring glowed from the older man's finger. He glanced at Degar, "Not yet. If he is not going to survive, I do not want her or her family to go through the process of losing him twice." "You are right." His eyes returned to the older man, "Alphose have not told me how you both managed to save him. How did you get him out of the hospital without being detected? And you did tell me that Ismena's family buried him, right?""He did die, Degar. I took his body after he was pronounced dead and Alphose helped me...after arguing that it is a lost cause, of course. We paid the morgue man a lot to not only keep quiet but to help us leave the hospital through a safer route that worked for us. The man also promised that he was gonna go through those bodies that were never claimed, find a body that could easily be mistake