The everlasting ache in my body didn't perish after a good night's sleep. I woke up with my insides throbbing and soreness roughly around my stomach. I turned in a different direction and smiled while my eyes were still shut. It was great--the sex was mind-blowing and lovely. There was a little regret, lingering at the back of my head, telling me that I had done wrong by sleeping with someone who wasn't my mate.It was my wolf.A low whimper came out of me as I got up, finally flickering my eyes open to the bright rays of the sun and returning to the real world. The night was over and James was long gone just as I asked him too. Having sex was fine but I couldn't cuddle or sleep with him-that would be just too much.The white sheets were twisted around my bare body, telling me that I had slept quite well. I grabbed my phone from the side table and decided to call Sarah, she must've been wondering where I went or what happened to me. My apartment was cleared as James had gotten all my

After James had told me that Sarah was here, I jerked and hastened out of the bedroom, my heartbeat quickening with fear of what Martin would do with her.When I reached downstairs, I found Sarah, smiling and sucking on her cigarette."Sarah!" I yelled through the doorway before walking in further."Clara!" She stood up and came to hug me. "Oh, thank god you're fine!" she said, blowing a little bit of smoke on my face. She was already comfortable being around Martin that she even decided to smoke.Jesus."You shouldn't have come here," I mumbled, holding onto her shoulders and then peeking at Martin. He was sitting on a plush one-seater couch and grinning at me.Bastard."Why not? I was worried about you and Martin here, told me that I could visit you if I wanted too." she shrugged her shoulders with ease and sat back down in front of Martin.I eyed him with all the murderous rage pulsating inside me and then took a seat beside Sarah. I sat close to her, still worried and angry. She t

Someone knew.And that someone was John, the male I despised the most among everyone around here. It came to me as a shook when he told me that he knew that Martin was my mate. I had been careful all along and tried to avoid any mistakes that would reveal it."How do you know that?" I questioned, backing away from him.John wiped the blood off his lips and stood up with a smile curling on his lips, his laugh tormented me, "What makes you think that no one will know your little secret?" I was in a moment of shock, frozen and unable to move, I stared at him with disbelief as he continued, "For fuck's sake, I was with Martin at the night of mating, a little far but I saw the wolf. And, just to my surprise, a few days later, we found a rogue and that was you""You didn't tell anyone, did you?" I inquired, wanting to know more. Martin would have acted differently if john had told him that I was his mate but it seemed like he didn't."Of course not!" He explained, moving his attention towar

"Ah, my favorite man. It has been a while now, Martin." Beauty said, swaying her hips and approaching me. Energy hummed through her as she threw her hands on the air to hug me. I quickly leaned in for a hug and then moved back. "What does the big man wants?"She asked."Nothing. Just here to clear my mind," I replied, looking around the bar that was fairly filled with humans getting drunk and enjoying themselves. It had been a while since I last drank alcohol in a bar-a very long time."Who dare to mess up with your mind?"She asked, welcoming me inside her bar. "Grab a seat. Whoever it is, I will make sure you'll forget it by the time you leave this place."Beauty worked as a bartender in a bar that her husband owned. They both were wolves and members of my pack.The Wooden Inn was a small bar that I often visited when I was young. It was a place close to my heart and beauty was a good old female friend. Her husband recently passed away due to chronic issues and at his funeral was th

Strange noises followed inside the house and I got off the bed to check what was happening outside. It was almost one in the morning when I heard voices of a man and a woman. The last I remembered was that no females lived in this packhouse. Who was this woman?I threw a silk robe over my body that had been covered with a pain relief cream. After all that whipping, I needed something to calm down the pain and I could only find a cream lying around the house.I stepped outside my room and looked on the either side of the hallway. It was empty yet there were voices. The packhouse was in silent mode the past few hours. I didn't see Martin again after I told him all that truth he needed to hear.He didn't say anything, although, I feared for my life since then. I wanted to apologize and take back my words before he snapped my neck with his bare hands.He could do that, couldn't he?I tied my robe and walked outside of my room, leaving the hallway and entering the living room where I found