Rune.“What do we have here?”I gasped, realizing a shiver of panic as I stood frozen against the body behind mine. “I-I,” I started to say, but the hands turned me around to face him. I released a breath of relief at the sight of Beta Jett. I had my heart in my mouth, thinking I got caught by one of those wolves.“Are you okay?” I nodded my head.“I got lost,” I cleared my throat. Beta Jett narrowed his eyes at me briefly, then nodded. I told him I was looking for Soph and Kimi, and added to my lies by telling him I heard they’d been in there. Beta Jett said nothing as he walked with me to the training ground. I realized it was my first time alone with him and the first time I conversed with him since he never willingly approached me. He always stood behind Alpha Kane in silence and only reacted when given an order. It was almost impossible to picture him as the sweetheart Soph claimed he was.“Soph told me something funny,” I craned my neck to meet his eyes.“She said you call me B

Rune.A little wailing jolted me out of my slumber, and my heart clenched painfully. I dropped my legs from my bed and ran out of the room quickly, with barely any time to catch my breath. For some reason, my entire body hurt, especially the lower part. The other part felt heavy, as though a weight collapsed on my body. I sighed. The hallway was dark, with a sliver of moonlight slipping in through the one window at the end of the hallway. I passed it without stopping to stare at it, which was unlike me. I always stopped to stare at the sky, but there was no time. The wailing increased. "I'm on my way, My darling; please stop crying," I whispered because I knew he could hear me. The wailing did not stop despite my plea, and I suspected it would take more than just a few words to calm him. I increased my pace, which cussing Kane in my mind. It was his fault the room was a great distance away from ours. I pushed the door open and jumped to fetch my son in my arms. His beautiful eye

Rune. Rachael's pale face burned a bright that lightened up my spirit. I was still very much sad about the death of Adam, the priest, but I was a little happy. However, my happiness was short-lived when Kane appeared behind Rachael, a scowl sitting on his otherwise attractive face– no, his face. I did not want to, but I could not help but stare at him. He was tall and straight, like a towering spruce, with massive shoulders filling his black shirt and muscles rippling under his shirt that caused my pulse to quicken. I sucked in a sharp breath. I had no doubt he heard. My nose twitched as his intoxicating smell filled my nostrils, announcing that he stood before me. "What is going on here? What happened?" at the sound of Kane's voice behind her, Rachael turned to face him with her hand on the side of her face I had slapped. "Alpha," she cried and sunk to her knees. I watched her in awe. I knew she was a bad person, but I never knew she was an actress. She sucked in a breath that le

Rune.I took a deep breath and raised my hand to knock on Kane’s door. My nerves were all over the place, and a sickening feeling of rejection loomed over my head from the living room to Kane’s office door. Then I knocked.“Who is it?” Came his thunderous voice. I gulped hard and bit down on my lips quickly before clearing my throat.“It’s Rune,” there was a pause, then a subtle “Come in,” as though he was begging me not to hear him or respond. I pushed the heavy doors open and let myself in with a fake smile I had practiced plastered on my face. He raised his head from the book in his hand with a brow raised as though trying to figure out why I was in his office with a smile. I sucked in a breath. The light bulb bronzed his face, and he looked almost unreal. His square jaw tensed visibly as his fingers clamped over the book. He was a handsome beast, and he knew it. “Dinner is ready,” his brows stayed arched, “Please join me for dinner,” I kept a slight smile on my lips when all

Rune.Soph, Marian, and Kimi’s voices danced in the distance around my ears, like background music, while I fixed my attention on the memory of last night, of myself in Kane’s arms. I had been in his arms several times, but last night was different. I sensed an urgency in his to claim me, but unfortunately, he was the king of self-restraint. I had raised myself even higher on my tiptoes, leaning most of my weight on his large body, but his hands stopped me from closing what little distance separated us. I sighed for the millionth time since I woke up. For some reason, I couldn’t get the image of our bodies pressed against each other with the cold night wind passing between us in an attempt to cool my rising temperature, out of my mind. We didn’t kiss, in the literal sense of the word. Kane’s lips had only brushed slightly against mine before he withdrew himself from me, placed a hand over his nose as he scanned the area, then he pulled me back into the pack house before disappearing