Luciano pushed Kathrine away from him and Kathrine fell on her butt unceremoniously.“Who is that girl?”, Luciano asked while buttoning up his pants.Kathrine was confused. “What girl?”“The one with towels! She left towels in the bathroom and left!”, Luciano roared and jabbed his hand into his hair. “Damn it!”Kathrine stared at Luciano and blinked rapidly while trying to understand what happened.Less than a minute ago…Kathrine was going down on him, and she was doing wonderfully, but then Luciano inhaled the most seductive sweet citrusy scent that reminded him of delicate freesia flowers and his cock lurched in response.‘Mate!’, Luciano’s wolf said.‘What?’, Luciano asked in disbelief while staring at Kathrine.If Kathrine is his mate, why was his wolf silent during lunch? And why did her scent change? Kathrine didn’t smell like freesia. Kathrine’s scent was coconut-like, and there were traces of it everywhere, but this new scent was gentle and seductive.His wolf growled. ‘Not h

After dinner, they all moved to the living room where desserts and drinks were served.Caden and Maya had a mission, and after one drink they went to take a stroll in the garden before heading to bed.Before calling it a night, Caden and Maya will roam through the packhouse of the Red Moon pack, looking for an opportunity to eavesdrop on some conversations from the Omegas, or maybe even join in and ask questions.Luciano’s wolf was fidgety, craving to inhale the sweet citrusy scent of freesia and locate its source, despite Luciano telling him how that’s not going to happen.After an unknown measure of time, Luciano stood up abruptly. “I will retire for the night.”Everyone looked at Luciano with confusion obvious on their faces, but Luciano pretended like he didn’t notice.He turned to Alpha Edward. “I hope that after breakfast we can continue our discussion from this afternoon.”Without waiting for Alpha Edward to respond, Luciano went to his room.He opened the window of his room an

It was past two o’clock in the morning, and Luciano was unable to sleep.His room was facing the garden and there was a forest in the distance. Luciano decided to go for a run. That should help him clear his mind.Ideally, Luciano would shift into his wolf form. Feeling the soil and grass under his paws as the wind runs through his fur always feels good. However, he is in the territory of the Red Moon pack and if his wolf is seen, it will be perceived as a challenge, a threat.He came here to see what Alpha Edward was plotting, and not to start a war.Luciano descended the stairs and reached the main floor. He took a turn toward the door that leads to the garden when the sweet citrusy scent of freesia got his attention.Without thinking, Luciano’s legs moved, and he found himself in the part of the packhouse he hadn’t visited before. The kitchen.The main light was off, but he could see the surroundings among heavy shadows because the fridge was open.And there he saw a small figure s

‘Are you thinking about rejecting the girl?’, Lucaino’s wolf asked. Luciano let out a long breath. ‘I need to protect her.’ ‘If you want to protect her, you need to keep her close. Not reject her.’, his wolf said sternly. They already talked about keeping Talia safe, but he was not close to finding a solution that would work. His wolf explained that without her wolf, Talia doesn’t feel the bond, so she is not impacted by Lucaino’s presence (or absence). At most, Talia will be attracted to him and if Luciano wants to win her over, he will need to do it the human way: to romance her until she falls in love with him. Assuming that he succeeds, and she accepts him, it will not be a done deal. Without the mate bond, she can fall out of love at any time. Of course, if they go through the mating ceremony and he leaves his mark on her, the bond will be formed, but he would need to reach the point of the girl accepting him. What a mess. Luciano has no idea how to court a girl, but he is

Luciano used a mind link to confirm where Caden and Maya were.The two of them were standing on the side and watching warriors train in a vigorous exercise of holding big logs above their heads and running an obstacle course.Whoever tripped or dropped the log, was punished for doing pushups before being allowed to continue.Luciano was wondering where their guide (aka James) was, but then he saw him among the warriors.“That was fast…”, Caden said teasingly when Lucaino joined them.“Shut up!”, Lucaino growled. “What’s the status here?”Caden gestured toward a few warriors who were monitoring others. “Those are generals. They will finish this session in about ten minutes, and then we can meet with them before the next session starts.”Luciano hummed in approval and pushed his phone into Caden’s hand. “Here. Don’t let others hear the sound.”Caden tapped his Bluetooth device, connecting it with Lucaino’s phone. Maya huddled closer to Caden, her good werewolf hearing allowed her to hea