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Kate's P.O.V.“You... what?”My eyes widened as I stared at Osiris.“How do you know that?”I nearly dropped my spoon.“Can you hear what I think?”He looked almost guilty.“A little.”“A little?” I repeated in disbelief. “You heard my thoughts?”Osiris rubbed the back of his neck.“The mating bond has fully awakened after Nyx's appearance.”Then he added as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world,“I can hear your thoughts through the bond-link.”My jaw fell open.“No!”I pointed an accusing finger at him.“That's illegal.”A smile tugged at his lips.“I don't think the Moon Goddess follows human privacy laws. She wants mates to connect on a profound level.”“Oh, Goddess…”I buried my face in both hands.“This is so wrong.”Wonderful.Absolutely wonderful.I finally got a wolf ...and immediately lost all privacy.I groaned loudly.“So, my thoughts are basically the evening news now.”Osiris actually chuckled.“They're quite entertaining.”I shot him the deadliest glare I could

Chapter 102

Kate's P.O.V.Nyx’s question made sense as that musky scent was impossible to overlook, just like mine. My own scent was interwoven with Osiris’s vetiver scent.The smile slowly disappeared from my face as I leaned back, studying Bella carefully.“Bella…”She blinked innocently.“Yes?”I frowned.“Why do you smell like a man?”The color drained from Bella's face so quickly that my heart skipped a beat.Her lips parted.“I… Actually…”She couldn't utter a single reason in response.Beside me, Osiris's brows furrowed. He stepped closer and inhaled discreetly.A second later, his gray eyes narrowed.“Kate is right.”His voice turned serious.“Your scent has changed drastically, Bella. What happened?”Bella forced out a laugh.“What are you both talking about? I'm perfectly fine.”However, Osiris wasn’t amused a little. His alpha aura quietly filled the room.“Did someone hurt you?”Bella instinctively took half a step backward before sitting on the edge of the bed.“No. No one hurt me, A

Chapter 103

Kate's P.O.V.“You… what?”Beta Taylor's whisper barely reached my ears.A heavy hush fell over the room.His eyes remained fixed on the fresh mating mark glowing faintly beneath Bella's neck in a catatonic stupor, his mind refusing to accept what he was seeing.“No…”He stumbled backward.“No... this isn't real.”His breathing became uneven.“Bella… Tell me this isn't real.”Bella lowered her gaze, her silence roaring with hidden conflict.Taylor slowly turned toward Nomad, disbelief giving way to anger.“Why?”His voice rose an octave.“Why did you do this?”He pointed toward Bella with trembling fingers.“How could you mark her? She loves me.”Nomad's playfulness was nowhere to be found. His eyes darkened dangerously.“I know you're shocked. So I'll overlook what you just said.”His chest rumbled with low growls.“But don't ever speak about your previous relationship with my Luna again!”That warning hung in the air, turning the atmosphere uncomfortably still.Taylor stared at him

Chapter 104

Kate's P.O.V.My question instantly shifted everyone's attention, the smiles disappearing from their faces as silence settled over the room.Even Bella straightened beside me. She looked toward Nomad worriedly.“You sent your warriors to assist Alpha Osiris. What did they find?”Instead of answering immediately, Nomad glanced at Osiris. My mate sighed softly before speaking.“It wasn't exactly an attack.”I frowned.“What does that mean?”Osiris left the couch and sat beside me on the bed.“The Stanford Laboratory suffered a data breach.”“Data breach?”He nodded.“The main server suddenly crashed. At almost the same time, the laboratory lost electricity because of a system malfunction.”Nomad continued where Osiris stopped.“Our warriors were helping the council investigate the disruption when the rogues attacked.”He rubbed his chin thoughtfully.“They somehow learned there was chaos inside the council laboratory and took advantage of the situation.”That… Wasn't what I expected.Ev

Chapter 105

Kate's P.O.V.As I pressed my hand on that warrior’s skin, darkness swallowed me whole. The cold hospital room vanished, replaced by a battlefield drenched in blood.The injured warrior staggered across the ruined courtyard, every breath sounding like broken glass scraping his lungs.His wolf growled fiercely as three rogues surrounded him, attacking at once. Despite his injuries, the warrior refused to retreat. He fought like a man protecting something far more valuable than his own life.Claws collided, and growls shook the air as he managed to throw one rogue into a wall before another ripped across his shoulder.But the third knocked him to the ground.He tried to rise again, blocking their path until a familiar howl echoed through the battlefield.“Wild Prowlers warriors.”The rogues scattered instantly, and then the injured warrior finally collapsed onto the cold ground.The darkness prevailed before my eyes again as the vision shattered, the pain of his injury making my body je

Chapter 106

Kate's P.O.V.The rest of the day passed in complete silence.After overusing her power twice, Nyx had curled into a tiny black ball inside my consciousness and fallen asleep almost immediately.At first, I panicked and kept calling her.No response.Only when I could still see her chest rising and falling peacefully did I finally breathe again.“She's only sleeping,” I whispered to myself.Even then, I checked on her every few minutes as danger was still there. Sleep wasn’t good for my wolf as she had slept for years once.I couldn't bear the thought of losing her just because she slept once more.In all chaos, the only hope was our mate-bond. Thankfully, the bond-link remained active. Whenever I closed my eyes, I could still feel Osiris.He was busy at work, questioning guards, meeting investigators, and discussing reports, yet every time I reached out hesitantly…“How are you doing?”His answer came in a heartbeat.“Busy.”After the fifth try, his warm chuckle echoed through the bo