____________________________..."Your mate and nephew are mean." Hunter announced as he walked into the office room. "But I managed to get some peanut butter sandwiches." His eyes twinkled as he held up the plate that he had grabbed from the coffee table.Ezekiel raised a brow at him while Hunter knitted his brow in confusion. "What happened to your eyes?"Ezekiel was sporting a pair of thick rimmed glasses, which made him look ten years older."They are zero powered." The Alpha sighed as he took them off and placed them on top of the document he was reading. He pinched the skin between his eyes. "Noelle decided that if we were going to work like old clerics then we should look like them as well."Hunter snorted as he sat down on the chair. Being promoted to Beta, he was in charge of training now, and the Alpha and Luna had to split the work of the Gamma until the council decided on the candidates."So what did my mate and nephew do?""Didn't let me go with them to get ice cream."

___________________________...Noelle knew that staring at the moon while digging into her cup noodles wasn't going to be of much help, but she needed to think and find some sort of solution. And also, she needed some alone time.Ezekiel was a good wolf – there was no question in that. Despite their initial friction, and his possessiveness and overprotectiveness, the two of them were living harmoniously. Of course, they fought from time to time, but wasn't that normal for any couple? Especially those in power. Both of their opinions were almost always contradicting but they had no choice but to ask for each other's take on a particular matter because it was just how the Moon Goddess had built Alphas and Lunas. The Moon Goddess was sure when she gave titles – she had made mates to be puzzles of a picture that could only be complete when both of them were present and it was the same for a pack. The Alpha or the Luna was incomplete without their significant."What are you doing here?"

___________________________..."What the fuck is this?" One would have thought that Ezekiel would have gotten used to his mate's big blue eyes by now, but nope, it had grew bigger to the next level now, as she looked over at the stairs that led down to complete darkness – stairs from the middle of the living room, under a fake floorboard.Hadn't she lived there long enough to know of this?"Who built this?" She thought out loud."It looks like it was built with the house." Hunter noted.Ezekiel watched his mate for any reaction. He was as confused but he knew that his mate was not really in the position for any more surprises."We can come back another day." He said.Noelle took a deep breath before turning to her mate. She wanted to yell at him. She wanted to make certain that she blew his eardrum with her high-pitched shrieks. Because he was being just so annoying – he was treating her like a baby, like she was the most precious thing to him and nothing else mattered to him than

___________________________ . . . "OH MY FUCKING GODDDESSS!!!" Noelle screamed as Ezekiel poured the bucket of ice into the tub. As soon as she started showing signs of her heat, he had gotten her out of the pack house and into the Wright family home. It was Noelle's first time here, but she really wasn't in the state to actually take in the place. "Can't we just fucking fuck?" She gasped. "Why are you torturing your own mate, you sadistic dumbass!!" She squirmed in the water but lowered herself into it as she finally felt relief from the feeling of her skin being on fire. "Because I don't think I can control myself!" He yelled, walking around restless and trying his best to control his wolf. Noelle was confused and pissed. "I am sorry? When the hell have you ever controlled before that you are so concerned about it now?" She asked. She was feeling much much much better. Yes, her core was still on fire and she really wanted to attack her mate, but one of the pros of being a hy

________________________________...Noelle stood in front of the mirror, glaring at her reflection. What the hell had happened to her once perfect hair?Was it all the stress that was doing this to her hair? It had lost all its shine and it looked like a freaking bird's nest. And not the nest of one of those birds who knew to make pretty nests."Or maybe it's because you refuse to comb it out."Noelle turned out to see Ezekiel smiling at her from the doorway, Jonah beaming at her from his arms."My baby!" The she-wolf squealed, her voice extra high-pitched, making her mate flinch while her nephew giggled excitedly as he held his arms out for her to take him."Auntie Ellie, let's go for ice-cream!" He exclaimed as soon as he was in Noelle's arms."YES!""All you both ever eat is chocolate and ice-cream." Ezekiel shook his head, though he was simply jealous that they too had such a great bond, and did not let him tag along for ice-cream."And all you ever eat is my brain." Noelle stu