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57. Uncalm

Marissa POV“She's not going to be.”Something inside my chest loosens before I can stop it. Damn relief. The realization makes me angry with myself. I shouldn't be feeling things like that where he's concerned.His parents' faces flash through my mind, and I force that relief back down.“Do your parents know that?” I ask. “I doubt your mother does.”“There's a reason my family is sticking close to her.”“To make her your Luna once you settle into your pack?” The words come out sharper than I intend. “Isn't that the same reason you were all over her last night?”His brows draw together. “All over her? What are you talking about? All we did was dance.”The defensive note in his voice catches me off guard. For a moment, I almost forget to be angry.Then he says my name.“Rissa...”The way he says it. No one else can imitate. His voice drops, carrying through me like a touch, and when he takes one step toward me, warmth immediately spreads beneath my skin again.“Stay where you are,” I

58. Alpha dad's business

Gareth (Third-Person POV)As Caleb stares back at him, waiting for Gareth to begin, Gareth decides the male already understands why he asked for this meeting. There is no point wasting time with pleasantries. Straight to the point works best with someone like Caleb Rockwell. The warrior is usually a male of few words, and judging by the way his eyes have already started to drift toward the clock, he is beginning to regret agreeing to this conversation.And they have been sitting here for barely fifteen seconds.“Gamma Linda Hyde,” Gareth begins. “She met with you in your castle office in the middle of the night. I need to know why.”For a brief second, Gareth expects the obvious response.May I ask how that your business? She's not your mate or Luna. Gareth is already preparing his answer.Linda is the mother of his son. Whatever she is doing in a royal office, Gareth has every right to know about it. He doesn't care that Caleb reports directly to the King. He doesn't care that Lin

59. Age-old hunger

Gareth (Third-person POV)“Book a place at the resort near Hastings Lodge.”“Yes, Alpha.”“Let Gwen move there. At least she'll be close to Linda. Let her remain there until my son is ready for us to go and meet her parents.”There is a short silence.“What if Alpha Caden disapproves?”Gareth almost smiles. “Oh he will disapprove.” There is no doubt about that. “But don't worry, he's too busy to do anything about it. His mission with the King isn't concluded yet, and I'm sure Miss Blue is taking up enough space in his head already. Much more than the female he's supposed to show to the world.”Gareth ends the call feeling considerably more satisfied than he did moments ago.This solves the immediate problem.The next time Caden goes to see Miss Blue, Gwen won't be there to interrupt them. And if Gareth knows his son at all, that won't be the last visit.In fact, it will probably be the beginning of many more. Everything is finally falling into place.Well everything except one thing

60. Age-old hunger 2

Linda doesn't turn around still. Is she pretending not to feel someone behind her?Then again her senses cycle with the moon, and as a half-blood, they aren't always equally sharp throughout the lunar cycle. Right now they might be too dull for her to sense that a male is many feet behind.He continues to follow her soundlessly until they reach the second floor and she stops in front of her door.“Linda.”She spins around so quickly that surprise flashes across her face. For one brief second, Gareth is distracted by wide hazel eyes staring at him with shock.Then he realizes how suspicious this must look. He speaks before she can accuse him of following her.“I ran into Gamma Rockwell and heard something fascinating." He continues toward her. "I was heading back to work when I saw you come in here. I'm curious about your chat with the guy. That's why I'm here.”The way she studies him tells him immediately that his explanation isn't convincing. Too many words.And she knows him well e

61. Alpha dad's dream

Gareth (Third-person POV)He could feel her heart speed up. When she steps back he moved with her.“Caleb says you’re looking for a job," he says. "Instead of my brother, you should work for me.”The words almost shatter the sexüal tension between them. Her expression shifts into surprise, then something sharper.And before he can track the movement her palms are against his chest, shoving. "Out of my way, Gareth."He doesn’t remember deciding to catch her wrists. One moment her hands are pushing; the next they are trapped in his. The tension returns instantly. Her pulse hammers against his thumbs. Her breath catches, soft and startled.His hold isn't tight, and the fact that she doesn't struggle to get out of it sends a rush of encouragement through him. The small surrender is so intimate. He wants more.'Linda…'Her name never leaves his mouth. Just his mind. She hears it clearly as the mind link flares open like a door that has never closed. It has been so long since he touched her

62. Alpha's busy parents

Caden POVI have to return to River Howl. I need to see Mr. and Mrs. Blue, just as I intended to do on the night of the Choosing Moon. Back then, I planned to formally introduce myself to them. To formally give them the news that Marissa is my fated mate. But everything went wrong before I could get the chance. Now, after everything that has happened between Rissa and I... the desire to do what I intended to do on Choosing Night has returned.It's the one thing that has been on my mind ever since I kissed her. No matter how hard I try to focus on anything else, my thoughts keep circling back to Rissa's lips, the way she'd responded to my kiss, her soft body pressed against mine... And how quickly I'd lost control of myself the moment I finally allowed myself to touch her.That kiss was our first, and I'd kissed her with a desperation I hadn't known I was capable of. She'd opened up to me so invitingly, meeting my hunger with a response that had left me thinking of nothing else but

63. Wrong side of sweatshirt

Caden POVAs I bang hard on the door to my mother's suite, the one across the corridor opens. A man peers out, his expression already set in annoyance. He looks ready to tell me to keep the noise down.But when he sees who is standing outside his neighbor's room, his face changes immediately."Oh. Alpha Caden."He gives me a respectful bow and retreats inside, closing the door.I barely register him.My entire attention is fixed on the door in front of me, behind which my mother is apparently doing something I cannot begin to reconcile with the woman who raised me.My phone starts ringing.For one irrational second, I think it's Gareth calling me from inside the room. Maybe to explain himself before I tear the door off its hinges. But when I pull the phone from my pocket, Ryder's name fills the screen.Of course.Work.The unfinished mission is waiting, and I have twenty minutes before I'm expected to leave with the Alpha King."Hey, Beta."I'd planned to speak with my mother, to expl

64. Alpha's unlisted problem

Caden POV"What did I just hear?" Gareth asks, a frown creasing his brows.I look past mom to the male now standing behind her."Look who crawled out of hiding.""I wasn't hiding, Caden." His expression doesn't change. "Who's marrying whom? Miss Harding is with whom?"I move before I even realize I'm doing it. One moment I'm a few feet from my mother; the next, I'm trying to get around her to reach Gareth. My fist is already curling as she throws herself between us, both hands braced against my chest."Caden, stop!"I barely feel her pushing me back. My attention is fixed on Gareth's face. On the maddening calm with which he's watching me. As though I am the unreasonable one for objecting to finding him on my mother's bed.I could rearrange that pretty face of his."You two..." I hate how my voice shakes. I point from Gareth to my mother, hoping that one of them will have the decency to deny what is so painfully obvious. "You're sleeping with him, Mother? After everything?""Lower you

65. The happy errand

Marissa POVTwo days have passed since Caden last came to see me, and I haven't seen even a glimpse of him since.Not on my way to the castle grounds. Not during my work nor even from a distance when I happened to look toward the places where the royal family usually moved. It should have been a relief. Instead, every passing hour without him has left me more restless, as though some part of me is constantly waiting for something I have no right to expect.Today is the first sign of the Crescent, and I can't stop thinking about sunset.Caden's mother has already made her intentions clear. She has assured me that when the Crescent comes, her son will take me into the woods and end our bond. She has even visited Gwen again, as though making certain everything is in place before the inevitable rejection. The last visit had been weird though. Caden's Beta had been there, and I'd heard Gamma Linda's raised voice. I should be preparing myself for whatever Caden would do when he came to s

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