Ragnar jolts awake, gets out of bed, and looks around, trying to focus his gaze. He takes his head in his hands and shakes it. This always happens every time he comes here.A sharp pain in his chest hits him at that moment. He retrieves his pill bottle that he always carries in his pants pocket and immediately takes it to alleviate the pain. He breathes deeply a couple of times and then leaves the mansion, unconcerned that it's still early in the morning, to go to his apartment.He wakes up Julian and asks him to drive. Throughout the journey, Ragnar remains with his head bowed and held in his hands. Julian looks at him with great concern. He is not well."I'll call the doctor as soon as we get to the apartment," Julian says, getting his attention. "You don't look good, Alpha.""I'm already better, Julian, thanks for caring, but it's not necessary anymore," Ragnar replies, taking a sip of water from his bottle."Then it's better to make an appointment for these days and have him exami

"Ask me anything else, Jarl, anything but that, please," Katrina cries, refusing to take the cellphone. "She is my friend, the only one I have.""You have me," Jarl sits on the bed and takes her face in his hands, pressing his forehead against hers. "You don't need anyone else but me, Katrina. As long as they are all around, we will never be happy. Amber always ends up turning you against me.""She doesn't...""She has always told you not to accept me, love. I know, I have heard it myself. She even demanded that I stay away from you. Is she the friend you love so much? Amber wants us apart, and you know what I'm saying is true."Katrina denies, her face wet with tears."Take the phone and tell her to leave, that's all I ask of you. I promise that everything will be alright between us after that. You will go back to college, and I will get you a position at Sofisthy so you don't have to go back to the castle."Katrina looks at the phone with a downcast face, but this time she takes it.

In the Grimlore mansion, Katrina looks at the time on the clock and can perfectly imagine why Jarl hasn't arrived yet. In these weeks, she has learned to ignore what he does or doesn't do, and thanks to that, she feels more relieved and at peace. If this is the life he likes, then let him do whatever he wants as long as he leaves her alone.She gets out of bed and takes the new notebook that Jarl brought her in the morning from the drawer and goes to bed to look up some things on the internet. She doesn't like to waste time on these things, but right now it serves as a distraction. It's not until she looks at the time on the screen that she realizes it's almost 4 am and as she predicted, her husband still hasn't arrived. She quickly deletes the entire search history in case Jarl feels like checking and leaves the notebook where it was so she can get what little sleep is left of the early morning.In the morning, her door opens abruptly and a smell of alcohol makes her frown. She imme

Katrina reluctantly rises this morning, glancing to her side and finding her husband's place still untouched, just as it was last night when she went to bed. She already suspected it, but now realizes how blind and foolish she was regarding him.She heads to the shower, quite disheartened, but the warm water manages to calm her a bit. Upon exiting, Jarl is already sitting on the bed, waiting."Good morning," she says, passing by him. A growl is the response she receives from him.Although she's eager to ask where he was until this hour, she holds back. She walks to her closet, searching for her underwear and the outfit she'll wear to the university.While rummaging through her drawer, a peculiar scent reaches her nostrils, startling her.Jarl takes her by the waist from behind. He unties the knot of her robe and begins to touch her breasts slowly while inhaling the scent of her neck. Katrina becomes nervous. She's afraid he might realize she's pregnant. Her waist has expanded, not to

Ragnar gets out of the truck and takes a short walk around the cabin, while Julian unloads his suitcases and puts them in the room. In the end, he preferred to have Julian accompany him so he wouldn't come completely alone to this place, which is the first time he visits. He had come to Brazil before only for business, but never to this mountain, and he prefers to have backup in case something unexpected happens.He reaches a higher spot, lifts his nose and closes his eyes to take a deep breath. A subtle, yet delicate, aroma caresses his nostrils and makes him shudder like never before. He abruptly opens his eyes and Remus manifests himself inside his head, asking to be set free. Ragnar takes off his shoes and starts running along a trail several kilometers ahead, not fully transforming yet, but reaching a magnificent lake. He is able to perceive many different aromas in this place and now he feels confused about what he perceived earlier. He discovers that this is a territory occupie