Nineteen - The In-Between

Xavier's P.O.V The silence that followed was complete. Vivian's expression went blank. Cassia looked at her hands. Selene held my gaze for one long moment and then looked away. Marcus caught my eye from across the table. He had arrived mid dinner as he sometimes did. He had loved Emerald with everything a father could give. He did make a mistake at Emerald’s funeral by bringing a witch to revive her daughter but he also apologised later. I understood him though. Maybe his love for his daughter made him do that. Maybe he wasn't in his sense at that moment. And he loved me too. He looked at me now and said nothing. Just gave me a small nod, like something he had been waiting for had finally arrived. I stood and left before anyone could find words. But as I walked out into the quiet compound I felt it again. That specific guilt that had been following me for weeks. Emerald. I had just dismissed three potential Lunas. Women who could have given the pack stability. Who wer

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Twenty - Tired

ALTHEA'S POV I woke up to bright sunlight and a pounding in my head that made opening my eyes feel like a punishment. For a moment I just lay there staring at the ceiling of Riley's room, waiting for the world to stop tilting. My mouth tasted terrible. My body felt heavy and slow in the particular way that only came from too much wine and not enough sleep. Then the memories started coming back. Riley sitting beside me on the bed, refilling my glass while I talked too much and cried too easily about things I should have kept to myself. The empty bottle on its side. The room spinning pleasantly at the edges. And then Xavier. Heat flooded my face before I was fully awake. Shit! Shit! Shit! Xavier had come. He had stood in the doorway looking at me with that careful unreadable expression while Riley made her exit with suspicious efficiency. I remembered how I leaned on him and touched his face. How his hands were at my waist and his chest was warm. And solid when I ended up closer

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Twenty One - Choices and Consequences

Althea’s POV. "There's nothing to see." I said. My voice came out steadier than I felt but I couldn’t meet their eyes. If they saw how would I really going to defend myself? "That's not what it looked like from where we were standing." Vivian tilted her head slightly. "The Alpha and the human, out here alone, before the pack is even awake." She smiled. "Interesting morning for everyone." The way she said it made my skin prickle. The quiet certainty of someone who had already decided what they were going to do with what they had seen and was simply enjoying the moment before they did it. Selene stepped closer. Her voice dropped, which was somehow worse than when she was loud. "You think you've won something." She said. "You haven't. You're still human." She held my gaze. "Some things have consequences, little human. Especially for people who don't know their place. Bitch! I hope we don’t cross paths again, otherwise you’ll be done for." She straightened and her eyes narrowed at m

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Twenty Two - Against orders

ALTHEA'S POV An hour passed. Then another. I knew because I counted them. I stood at the window and watched the dark treeline and counted the minutes the way you do when there is nothing else to do and your mind needs something to hold onto so it doesn't go somewhere worse. My legs were literally shaking with impatience. Then the sounds came through the glass faintly. The impact of bodies. A howl that cut off too abruptly. Then another that went on too long, high and pained, before it faded into something that was harder to hear than silence. I pressed my palm flat against the window glass and told myself to stay where I was. I paced the length of the room and sat on the edge of the bed. I stood at the window again and sit back down. My heart was doing something uneven and too fast. The ache in my chest mixed with a fear that had nothing to do with the transplant and everything to do with a black wolf somewhere in the dark beyond those trees. What if Xavier got hurt? The t

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Semua Bab Bound To The Alpha Who Broke Me: Bab 21 - Bab 24

Nineteen - The In-Between

Twenty - Tired

Twenty One - Choices and Consequences

Twenty Two - Against orders