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ALINAA lot of time had passed since my heart started to soften towards Kai. Since the day he had brought me the chocolate from my pack, somehow I felt like I could warm up to him. Forgiving him did not seem that bad. He did not buy my forgiveness with a pack of exotic chocolate of course, but I just did not feel the same animosity towards him. The fact that he did that for me made me more happy than I have ever had. No one— except Xavier who cheated on me— showed me kindness like this. Maybe forgiving him was not that bad. He has also been coming to my room all the time to talk. He had brought me a stack of books to read, and I almost screamed with joy when I saw them. I never had access to books back in my pack, only when I was about to clean my father’s library would I sneak and read some pages before he came back. He had never caught me trying to do that, but I did not want to imagine what would have happened if he did. But here, I could be myself. I could read a lot of pages eve

ALINA I spent the next few days in my room and the next time I came out to take a walk, I found out that the pack was in complete lockdown, and I was starting to get restless. It was the Seven freaking Isles. It was the most secure place in our entire world, and yet it was having creepy killings. They knew that this could be the work of another werewolf. There was something dark that was brimming with us that we did not know. Since Kai had told me about the killings at the border, I decided it was safer to stay inside so I went back to staying alone in my room, even if it meant I was stuck in my room with nothing to do. Days felt long, and despite the initial comfort I had found in my surroundings, the quiet was beginning to gnaw at me.Kai had also visited me every night. At first, I was hesitant, unsure of what he wanted, but over time, I found myself looking forward to our conversations. He wasn’t the same man I had thought he was. He listened. He asked about my day, about my past

ALINA Something felt wrong with Kai. I couldn’t shake the feeling that had settled deep in my chest, the sense that something was off with him. He had been acting strangely for the past few days—distant, distracted, like there was something weighing heavily on his mind. And while he tried to hide it, I could see through him. Normally, I would over think and maybe think that perhaps he was not who he said he was. Maybe he was just putting up an act with me, but then a part of me strongly did not believe that. This morning, I hadn’t seen him at all, which only made the knot in my stomach tighten. I needed to know what was going on, so when one of the maids brought my breakfast, I asked her directly.“Is there something big happening in the pack?” I asked, trying to keep my voice casual, though the anxiety in me was growing.The guard’s eyes widened slightly, like she was not expecting me to speak to her, and she shook her head quickly. “No, ma’am,” she said, her voice tense. “Everyth

KAI I felt sick to my core. Guilt clawed at me, heavy and relentless, as I stood in front of the mirror, staring at my reflection. I barely recognized the man looking back at me. The weight of the lie I had told Alina was suffocating, and Nyx’s voice echoed in the back of my mind, a constant reminder that I had gone too far.‘I warned you,’ Nyx growled, his frustration palpable. ‘You shouldn’t have lied. You should’ve been honest with her from the start.’ He had been repeating those words in my head since in the morning that they are starting to feel monotonous. Even when I was busy he was still trying to talk to me. I clenched my fists, trying to block him out even though I knew he was right but I did not need constant reminders of that. I had messed up. In a moment of desperation, I had fabricated the story about Nyx being in pain, using it as an excuse to convince Alina into marrying me. It had seemed like the only way to fix everything, the only way to secure the throne and prot

KAIThe sharp sting of Alina’s slap radiated down my face, settling deep in my chest. It wasn’t just the physical pain, it was her anger, the betrayal in her eyes that caused me the real pain that I was feeling deep down in my chest. I deserved it. Every bit of it. But that didn’t make it any easier to swallow. I knew that it was going to end with this one day. She was going to find out and she was going to hate me, and somehow I had braced myself up for it. But I did not want it to be so soon. “Alina, please,” I said, my voice tight with emotion and desperation. “I can explain—”“I don’t want to hear it!” she snapped, cutting me off before I could even try to justify myself. After she was done hitting me, she leaned away from me and the pain in her eyes nearly made me crumble. But her words hit harder than the slaps. I knew she didn’t want to listen to me, not after everything I had done. I had lied, and manipulated her, and now, she wanted nothing to do with me. I had pushed her to