CRYSTINA’S POV My eyes went wide at the sudden and tragic news. My heart went out to Grace and I wondered how she must have been coping with the news. I wanted to ask what happened to him but knowing Luka well, I sealed my lips. It was better to not as him and trigger one of his childish jealous traits again. “Won’t you ask me what happened to him?” I moved away from his hold and resumed what I was doing. I wasn’t ready to start another round of arguments over someone that I barely had two conversations with. “Do I have the right to ask that?” He shrugged. “Weren’t you anxious to see him the other day? I thought you wanted to ask him some questions,” “Since he’s dead now, I guess my questions would have to remain unanswered till I die,” Suddenly, he grabbed my hand and pulled me closer. “I was messing with you, he’s not dead. He’s just too weak to talk,” “Why? What happened?” This time, I couldn’t keep my curiosity at bay even though they always say curiosity killed the cat. H

CRYSTINA’S POV It’s been two weeks since I moved into the packhouse and those two weeks have been the most silent of my life. I couldn’t say peacefully because my wolf was restless and I wanted to block her back but decided against it. It wasn’t supposed to be normal, blocking my wolf twice in a few months might make me lose connection with her totally. These past two weeks, I’d been staying at the apartment with Luka. He had insisted on sleeping on the couch instead of the bed. I didn’t bother to invite him to bed for the first few days but when I couldn’t take it anymore, I asked him why he was punishing himself. He said it wasn’t a punishment. He told me he knew I hated him and he would only touch me or come to me if I asked him to. I groaned as I remember his words again. Quickly, I stood up from the bed, took my bath, and was ready to leave. When I came out of the room, he wasn’t in the kitchen as usual. I could imagine him holding a cup of coffee and smiling as I walked out o

CRYSTINA’S POVThe full moon was the talk of the town. Almost everyone in the pack talked about it at every opportunity they could get. It rarely happened these days, the last time they witnessed a full moon was two years ago. From stories that I heard as a child, the full moon does happen once in a month or once in two months but these days, climate change has also affected it and the wolf’s full moon became a once in two years occurrence. Even the students were released from school to return home early as it was possible for some of the wolves to go rabid or mateless wolves to attack each other and nobody wants their kids to witness that. “How bad is it?” I asked Paige. She and Samer have also been talking about it. We were on our way out of the school premises because we had to ensure all students had left before we did. “Really bad. Some wolves go rabid, and newly marked mates also jump each other. It’s going to be a long crazy night. I guess I’ll have to lock myself in my room

CRYSTINA’S POV Luka hadn’t said a word to me since the day after the full moon. It has been awkward and unusual to be in the same space as him and not argue or talk with him. He would come home late at night after I’m asleep and leave very early in the morning before I woke up. I know he was angry about what happened but it was all a misunderstanding. Yes, he was right that I was disappointed about marking him. I’d never planned on laying claim on Luka in the heat of the moment like that. All my life, I’ve thought about marking my mate after I heard female wolves could mark their mates as well. I’d always thought of laying my claim on someone that I love but with Luka, that thought never occurred to me. It was never in my plan to mark Luka because I don’t love him. That marking was the only thing that I had left after everything was taken away from me. It was the disappointment that made me cry and not the fact that it was Luka that got my mark. Today, I plan on waiting for him t

CRYSTINA’S POV Luka had an evil smirk plastered on his face as I walked into the house. I don’t know why or what was going on but I watched that smirk slip off his face as I moved closer to him. His jaw clenched and I could see the veins running through his neck. He was angry about something but I was too pissed to care about that. “Why didn’t you tell me about Paige’s family?” I asked calmly. I knew attacking him instantly like that wasn’t smart but I couldn’t think twice about approaching the matter in another way. “She’s your best friend, isn’t she? You care more about her so why should I be the one to tell you about what happened to her.” He spat. He turned away from me. I watched his back as he walked into the bedroom. “She didn’t tell me anything and you made me a fool out there the same way you did at Nico’s wedding. Why didn’t you tell me he was the one getting married?”“As I said earlier, they’re your best friends, I’m nobody to you,” “That doesn’t explain why you did t