BLADE. “One year, we can try. If, by the end of the year, we are still lost with this bond, I will let you go.” That was painful to say, but one year was better than nothing because I didn’t want her to leave. “I’m going to have another heat next week. Without Patrea, I’m not sure if my power is enough to knock me off so I won’t feel the burn.” She said, ignoring my last words. “Is it still painful even with my mark on you?” I asked, tilting my head to look at her. She nodded. “Lucy said, maybe because we didn’t mate yet. So maybe we should take it slow. So when my heat comes, you don’t fuck me so brutally that I might die.” “Die? What the fuck? Where are you getting these thoughts that you can die while having sex?” I growled. If she was reading this somewhere, she might be reading the wrong books. “Just imagine your cock that big!” She retorted before she balled her hand into a tight fist while she curled her point finger and thumb into the smallest circle possible. “And you pu

ALTHEA.My lashes fluttered before my eyes snapped open. My forehead was leaning on something hard, and something heavy was around my body. But despite that, I felt comfortable and well-protected. Blade’s masculine scent that was swirling around me was so addicting that instead of taking his heavy arms off me, I hugged him tighter and pressed my face on his chest, letting some of his chest hair tickle my face as I took a whiff of his scent.He was snoring, and I couldn’t help the soft giggles erupting from my throat. No wonder he needed a big room. His snoring would be enough to collapse a small one. I smiled as I wondered why it didn’t destroy my small cabin in the mountains or the room we shared at the Fortuna Coven.He probably didn't sleep, or I would have heard him. I pressed a kiss on his chest before I tilted my head up and saw his face above. He was handsome. Not the boy next door type handsome or the prince charming type that would sweep you off your feet in a red carpet s

BETA DALTON. If I could smack the Alpha, I would. If this were an ordinary day and he was not destroying anything, I would. But I knew my Alpha. This was one of those days where he would not listen to anyone. My only hope was that Luna Althea would be able to calm him. But it looked like she couldn’t. Something happened this morning, and I knew she was lying when she said she knew nothing. Blade smelled of sex when he came down. And even after the sex scent faded, his scent was no longer his own. I had lived all my life with this man, so I knew what scent he carried. There was a mixture of someone else, and I was sure it was the Luna’s. They mated. They completed the mating process, so I fucking wonder why he was throwing a tantrum at the moment. Blade’s family had always valued their mate bonds, whether fated or chosen, so I was sure completing the mating process was important for him. So I’d been wracking my brain the whole morning about what could have possibly gone w

ALTHEA. “I, Althea Vitali,” I began. I asked a member of Lucy’s pack how wolves go with rejection out of curiosity, but I could use it now to save what was left of my shattered heart. I thought Blade had so many opportunities to tell me about her, but he never shared anything. All I got were bits and pieces from Lucy when Alpha Stone would tell her something about him. And all the positivity of her being gone and me being here was no longer helping. I knew breaking away from Blade would shatter me completely, but this was already happening, so it shouldn't be harder. I wanted to be loved as me. Not as a replacement. Not because a certain bond made him do it. “No!” Blade roared as his hands clamped on my shoulders, painfully grabbing me. “Stop!” “Light witch of…” Tears trickled down my face as I stopped to gasp for air. My eyes were too blurry, so I could only see his silhouette. “I, Alpha Balderus Acosta, accept you…” Blade roared, deafening me, but my body was already rel

BLADE. “You’re not a God, Blade. As much as you want to, you can’t save everyone.” How do I tell her if I just gave Soledad what she wanted? Maybe it didn’t come to that. But I shut my mouth and just nodded my head. My hand reached for the stray hair on her face and tucked it behind her ears. “If it was about me, then what was your nightmare last night?” She asked. “Last night, it was not Soledad who died…” I dropped my gaze from her after I said it, but I let my fingers play with the tip of her hair. “I didn’t die… I’m here.” “But what if…” I stopped. “What if I can’t protect you?” “You’ve been doing great at it since day one,” she said in a warm tone. That gave me a little hope, but I didn’t know what to say anymore. I was not good with words, and I had no idea how to convey the fear I felt. My hands clamped against her arms as I gently rubbed them. “I’m not as helpless as you think I am.” She added. “I never think of you as helpless, Althea.” “That’s good, then.” She