CATHERINE.My eyes widened as I watched him unbuckle his belt and zip down his pants.He pulled them down before taking off his shirt, giving me a full view of his ripped, naked body. I was sure my pussy was leaking, but this time I knew it was leaking just for him.He was already naked when he walked to the bathroom’s small window and opened it. “Fuck, Catherine! You smell so fucking sweet, and if I’m not thinking straight, I will ravish you until you can’t stand anymore!” His voice was so beastly — the same one he would have whenever he feasted on my body.My hands held onto the walls. I wanted to go to him, but I knew I shouldn’t. My legs trembled while I watched him sit in his chair, so I slowly closed it.“Stop!” He growled, and it made me nervous and aroused at the same time. “Spread it wider. Show me the pussy that belonged to me, Catherine.”I moaned at the sexy way he said it, and like a lovesick female, I opened my legs — wider than they should be without taking my eyes off

TYLER.“Fuck me, Tyler.” Catherine’s voice was breaking, and there was nothing in the world I wanted at the moment but to do that, to make the asshole pay for hurting her. But I knew I shouldn’t.“Look at me, baby… You can do this.” I kept holding her face and trying to calm her down, but I knew with her heat and the pain shooting in her chest, I was asking for an impossible thing.More tears poured down her cheeks as she shook her head, and my broken heart kept breaking.“You don’t understand. My heart and my body feel like they are being ripped apart. If he has a lover, the best he could do is do what we are doing until we reject each other.” She said in between her sobs. “But he’s an asshole!”I was sure he was not with his lover. Austin told me he went to the border with just males, and no females were with them. His territory was more than ten hours away from here, and unless he took his female with him and left her somewhere, I was sure he picked up some random girl along the

CATHERINE. “I will forgive you for what you did last night if you come home with me,” Maddox said in complete arrogance as if I were the one who committed a crime. “I’m not asking for your forgiveness, and I’m not going to. We both know who’s at fault here. Now, let go of my face.” I said, giving him a stern look. “Or what? You will call your brother to save you?” He snorted. He didn’t let go, and I slapped his hand on my cheek before I pried his fingers away from my skin harshly. I heard Jace growl from somewhere, but I mindlinked him to let me handle this. “Just give me the rejection, and we can both move on. You can be with the female you fucked last night.” I hissed at him. “It’s a shame there were two of them, and I only needed one Luna.” My heart clenched in pain. Despite my whole mind hating him, my heart and soul were still attached to him. Purity growled in my head as anger coursed through her whole body. I felt my eyes dilate, and Maddox was not as stupid as I though

YOUNG ALPHA ALONSO. I waved at the man who drove me to the Black Shadow Pack training ground before walking to where Amara and Catherine were. It was good that one of my classmates in my last class lived around this area, so I didn’t have to drive to get here. I planned to do what I needed and shift into my wolf to return to the dormitory later. Amara called me earlier. She asked me if I could come to the training grounds and duel with Catherine using daggers. And as much as I didn’t want to go there, I was left with no choice as Amara wanted to make sure Catherine was well equipped to handle the asshole Alpha — Amara’s words, not mine — she was mated with, as Catherine would be leaving tomorrow with him. I could only imagine what Beta Tyler was feeling at the moment, and it reminded me of why Jace was so hesitant to pursue Amara before, because at the end of the day, no matter what the circumstances were, it seemed the fated mates would always have the upper hand versus a chosen

CATHERINE. The closer we got to the border, the more I wanted to back out, but Purity was right. We owe it to ourselves to meet Maddox and sever ties if needed. Although she was looking forward to meeting our mate and spending time with him, Purity was affected by Tyler’s sadness, and she told me that Black was not communicating with her. I guess Black did a good job of making my wolf think twice about what she wanted. But there was no time to dwell on that at the moment, as we had arrived, and I had to face Maddox. I tried to block any emotion from showing on my face when I stepped out of the car. I didn’t want him to see that he was affecting me in a negative way. My eyes darted to the people around the border. There were far too many — not the usual men around when a guest was coming. Jace didn’t trust Maddox at all. My gaze found Grandpa David and Grandpa Theo among the men at the border. They were here to see Maddox, who was standing ten feet away from our border with fiv