Mila’s POVAfter he left me to rest in the morning, I didn’t do much.I went to the room he indicated and as soon as my eyes landed on the huge, super soft looking bed, a long yawn escaped me.I climbed into the bed and as soon as my head hit the pillow, I was fast asleep. It was like a magic spell my body needed to give in to the five years of built up lack of sleep and tiredness from sleeping on the hard, cold ground all this time.It felt like minutes when a loud knock woke me up again.I sat up and looked at the window in disorientation. It was probably the afternoon, making me realize I slept so deeply, I lost track of time even though I told myself I was only going to have a short nap because I need to start exploring the pack house on my own and figure out where 300 was being locked up.I got up and walked towards the door, not knowing whether it was Ryan or someone else. The thought of a stranger made me a bit nervous but

Mila’s POV“I do owe you Ryan. You paid a fortune of your money to get me out. I owe you my life, my freedom but….”“You don’t owe me anything Mila! You’re my mate” he said in a hard, emotional tone “If you’re doing this just for me…”“It’s not just for you. It’s for me, it’s for Tina too. It’s for all of us, believe me. I’ve thought about it after you left at noon. I will hate myself so much if after what you did, I turn my back and just leave without giving this a chance. You did something so….heart touching and admirable for me, something I know not everyone can do in the same situation. And it is because of that I want to try for real. Not just because I owe you, but because you proved you’re worth trying to heal for. I’m not really good at expressing myself Ryan, it’s been a long time since I was asked to explain my feelings

Alec’s POV “I will tell you in exchange for something” she bargained. “You’re in no position to make deals, slave” Maddox hissed at me “Stop calling her slave, dick!” I spared him a comment before shifting my focus back to her “I’ll stop when she calls me alpha Alec. Tit for tat” She pursed her lips “It’s just a simple, very harmless question” “Fine, Let’s hear it” I relented out of sheer curiosity to hear this so called harmless question of hers. “What’s today’s date?” I raised my eyebrows “Seriously?” “Do I look like I have any reason to joke with you?” she said coldly. I sighed not having a clue what the date has to do with any of this. She could have asked for something a lot more valuable than that, like I don’t know… clothes maybe? It’s bloody freezing down here! I raised my hand to check my smart watch and answered curtly “12th of December” She released a sigh and I felt a pang of sadness through the bond. “Have somewhere important to be today?” I asked mildly. “I

Alec’s POV“Ouch, that must have hurt” Ryan said in surprise after I told him everything right to the moment she called me an inadequate failure, poor excuse for an alpha right to my face.“I’d be lying if I said no. You know how much I’m still messed up about that massacre, I’m probably never going to let that go for a very long time if not never. But that’s not the reason I hate her. Everything she said about that subject, she was right about. I hate her because she is claiming to know me as this very bad, cruel person that’s done her some great deal of pain that makes me deserve to die, and she won’t even justify her assumptions nor actions! She keeps disobeying me, insulting me, refusing to acknowledge any good thing I try to tell her or do for her, she keeps provoking me on purpose to make me lose control and prove herself right about me, and most of all, she won’t tell me who the hell she is! If yo

Mila’s POVI walked inside the vast training room with Ryan and instantly got hit with a wave of nostalgia from the time I used to spend hours in this place training for my future role to be a beta for my pack after my father retires.I was his only child and therefore, it was my legacy to carry on the torch after him. Being a woman doesn’t matter. Even though most betas are males, female betas work twice as hard to prove themselves worthy of that responsibility, and that’s what I was trying hard to achieve before we got attacked.To some point, being captured and overtaken proved I was not so worthy after all, and all those hours spent training didn’t matter as I still lost in the end.But here I am again, training with my beta mate, and if alpha Alec ever accepts his mate and I end up also accepting Ryan as mine, it will be my responsibility to protect her; the Luna, with my life. How can I protect her when I couldn’t even protect myself five years ago?“This time will be different.