ard'

ns were drawn tight, blocking out the light, bu

thing meant to mess with my head. They clearly underestimated my control. I

ade my way from the basement to the top floor quietly. No one would

later, once the effects wore off. They'd re

a thing for me. This was the first

e-not that an alpha

called Byron, my ever-efficient beta. "Byron, it's me.

without hesitation.

ing for whoever he'd send. Sure enough, t

ll the confirmation I needed-m

e, breathless and eager. That only pushed me further. She clung to me like I was the

like I couldn't get enough. Her lips

I knew. She was my fated one. I couldn't stop thinking abou

back, bracing myself against the h

.. not

mix of boldness and shyness, strength wrapped in s

y planned. No one expected to find their destined mat

't stop replaying the night in my mi

a few minutes, I called out

oice steady. "I turned away anyone asking about you last n

and went ice cold. "Did you f

didn't know how to convince you. So, he brought in a hot female. Worried she alone wouldn't do

son. "Byron, I don't want to hear another wor

nerve. They came at the wrong alpha. I wa

-and Bloodmoon didn't take war lightly. It had been a w

that? Yeah. I hate

our orders quietly to a few deltas. Silverfang got greedy. Blo

the flood of sunlight. Warm, just like the

hower-fast. Heading for the bathroom, I asked before I went in

t slapped him. He looked honestly

en I need

s already a she-wolf in your room when she arrived, so she left without g

d calm, but my mind wasn't

ame the nervous glance. "Wait.

leep with me? That wasn't just suspicious-it was dangerous. What i

ly enough, I didn't feel angry. All I could think of w

ng person," I muttered. "Maybe sh

end her? To ease Byron's conc

have to explain a damn thing. But something about her stuck with me. Maybe that

, there's something else. The meeting with Ashen Pack-it's today.

a brick. I paused, thinki

e mess. A mysterious mate who vanished into thin

ade a pact with my grandfather. She once saved his li

passed away. The connecti

. I'd built everything to perfection. We were power

knew they were in trouble-frequent rogue attacks, b

orn to the Moon Goddess, after all. A

meant to be my mate,

t had already ch

s sure of it. And I