I step back and I try my hardest not to snap at the girl who just gave me a kiss. I’m no longer the Alpha of this pack, but I’m still the prince and I have to be fucking respectful and nice. Always.So I force a smile as the girls giggle, but I keep walking away slowly until I can get away from them. The kiss was very innocent, but my wolf is still pissed and annoyed.I walk to the small bar and I make conversation with the guy behind it as he gives me shot after shot. I need to erase the feeling of another lips against mine. I need to stop feeling so guilty. I didn’t ask for the kiss, it came out of nowhere. I don’t even remember which girl gave it to me. Also, we’re no longer together. I’m single. “Are you sure you want more?” The guy behind the bar laughs. I nod. I can feel myself getting tipsy, but I’m still feeling like I cheated on my mate and I hate it. I want to stop thinking and feeling altogether. “Yes. Give me another,” I demand, making the guy laugh, but he pours me a

“Justin, I don’t want to talk about this shit again,” I say, throwing the paper towel in the trash, “Georgie is dead to me until I find someone else to replace her. And all I feel for Asheron is his betrayal. They can hold hands and jump into a volcano together for all I care.”“Alright, if you say so,” he sighs, “I just want you to know before we finish this conversation, that I don’t mind if you’re with men. Just don’t be with someone I consider a brother, like Asheron. It’s gross.”“Oh no,” I whine sarcastically, “I guess I’ll have to discard my plan to tell Georgie to fuck off and marry Asheron.”Justin laughs at that and we both go out together again. To be fully honest, I only came to this party because I knew Asheron would be here. I wanted to see him and make sure he’s really not with Georgie. And I think it’s real, because when I arrived there were a pack of hungry girls trying to get his attention and one of them even kissed him. It was desperate and embarrassing for her,

“Ash, come here,” Cain mumbles, walking up to me while I’m close to having a breakdown, looking at Georgie walking out of the boardroom next to her dad. I ignore Cain, trying to compose myself, “I said come here.”He grabs my arm and moves me forcefully until we’re standing in a corner of the boardroom.“What, Cain?” I snap, snatching my arm out of his hold.“I think I know why she’s so angry,” he says, fast and nervously. I frown and focus on him, my eyes narrowing, “She didn’t even look at me. Not once. She’s… furious, I can tell.”What a genius. “She was definitely more angry at me, though,” I mutter, trying not to compare us, but I can’t pretend I didn’t notice the way she threw that folder at me but not him, “What did you do?” “Well, uhm… you know, I was drunk on Saturday, when we had our fight. That’s bad because I’m on medication, so…” he looks worried and lowers his gaze to his phone as if searching for something, “I sent her this.”It’s a photo of me at the party, with thos

{ Cain }“I’m ready to stay,” Justin says, sitting in the chair next to me as we have breakfast together. I can’t help but think that we haven’t had breakfast together in five years, “I had my freedom and I got bored of it, now I want to be here. You’re free to go back to your own life.”I spent a month at the Colucci palace, focused solely on Georgie. I didn’t even have time to learn how to be a good Alpha, I just had some bits and pieces of advice that Asheron gave me.“Brother… I’ve come to the horrible realization that I don’t want to be free,” I murmur, playing with the coffee cup in my hands. I’m not completely sure of what I’m saying and I’m very nervous, but the idea of going back to the Cain I was before is honestly unthinkable, “Both positions are yours and I know that. Prince and Alpha, they both belong to you by birthright, but… maybe we can share some of the responsibilities? I don’t know.”I just know I don’t want to leave. Not again.After the council meeting where Geor

I’m incredibly nervous, and it only gets worse when the guests start arriving. It finally becomes real and I know anything could happen. Both good or bad.By the time the clock hits eight pm, three hundred and eighty-three people from the five packs in the country are gathered in my front yard. These are the singles interested in finding their fated mate. It’s not as many as I expected, but it’s more than enough for this first ceremony. I wait for all the council members to arrive… which means the two people I least want to see are right here, standing behind me as I approach the microphone to start this.I wish I hadn’t noticed, but Asheron looks incredibly handsome today. He’s wearing one of the suits that I gifted him. It’s a dark blue one, because I love how his light eyes pop with that color. Wearing that specific suit ls a low blow, to be honest. He could have worn anything else today I also noticed that Cain’s head is no longer in a buzz-cut (thank god) his shiny light brow