o toe. I didn’t want to do this but I had no choice. I didn’t want Skylar to implicate Celeste because I refused to do it. She’d not rest until she destroy

y. This would be the second time I would be delivering his meals to his room in the penthouse of

y on a table, I straightened, prepared to run out as the Alpha himself stepped out of the bathroom. My mouth fl

glued to his chest beaded with water and a small splatter of dark hair. It took great disc

at him like a creep, invading his privacy without concern but I couldn’t pull my eyes awa

alked towards me with a grip on his towel. No words formed in my head as he bru

‘He’s our mate. He’s our mate’ Artemis excla

ed when he grabbed the drink, his bro

s he raised a glass of the poisoned glass to his lips. I flew at him to knock the cup away

I slapped the glass away from his hand after much struggling. It fell t

his words died as a rush of different emotions f

no colours but grey after

es. He’d searched for over a hundred years, roaming the earth in search of his mate, the only person who could break his

lens but I didn’t stop running until I got out of the pack house, going down the stairs in record time without taki

n in mind, thinking of nothing but putting space between me and the pack house – me and him. All the while I ran, Artemis kept telling me to

alens. M

at the Moon Goddess, of all the men and women in the world, decided to give

e. Only a small percent, let me say two percent, of wolves ever had second chances. It had to do with the small fact that mates rarely ever rejected each other and even if they did, the other party refused to accept the rejection because ac

t? You can’t live out here. You have to g

could delay the inevitable which I planned on doing by staying o

he pack house but I resisted. Prince Valens would reject me but before I welcomed the pain of another

lked. Lucien froze when he saw me. I wondered if he forgot to b

child. “Did you do as I asked?” She dema

my eyes. I’d done what she asked but not in the way she ask

Ha! Keep dreaming, loser!’

it was

ad?” She

idn’t take the poison, the idea of him being dead

wer me.” Skylar pushed me wh

wly, I turned to see the man behind me. Beta Jabari looked ready to murder S

d to squeeze her wrist. Bethel and Lucien stepped forward an

lung her hand and she exclaimed. “You are lucky I am in a good mood but try this another time and I swear to the moon and stars, I

to him when we reached h

He didn’t say anything after that and I didn’t have anything t

he number for the penthouse. I forced myself not to tap my feet. I forced m

walked out of a room as we entered. “Did you enjoy your run?” Jabari excused us with a bow. “Come,