Lily POVIt was Kai.“Kai?” I whispered shaking off his hands from my face as I turned on the bedside lamp. “What are you doing here? Is it not morning yet? How did you get into the house?”He rubbed at the back of his neck, taking a hesitant step back. “I have a spare key and I… I just wanted to check on you. To make sure you’re safe. I didn’t mean to wake you,” he stammered, his eyes darting around, avoiding my stare.My eyes narrowed as I folded my arms over my chest. “Safe? You wanted to check on me? At midnight? Kai, I’m in my bedroom, it’s not like I’m outside or anything. You can’t just sneak into my room like this! What if I was naked or something? This is a breach of my privacy.”“I… I know and I’m sorry,” he said sheepishly. “I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable. I just… I worry, that’s all and your door was open, I couldn’t help it.”“That’s not the point!” I ran my hands through my hair in frustration. “You can’t just come in here whenever it suits you because you have
Lily POVI whirled around to find Kai standing in the doorway. His gaze shifted from me to the half-open drawer and immediately, an embarrassed expression and something defiant clouded his features.“Why are my things here? In your drawer? I don’t remember giving you any of these things. You’ve been taking my stuff.”“Not taking,” he corrected, moving into the room. “Keeping. Safe. Why are you here? Are you snooping around?”“I wasn’t snooping. I was bored and decided to look around. I don’t understand, Kai… why do you have my things? What do you need them for? That’s…” I gestured helplessly at the drawer. “That’s not normal, Kai.”“Well, I’m sorry. I couldn’t help it. It was the only way I could stay grounded.”I stared at him, convincing myself that this was all a dream. “You’re not the first person to find a mate. Don’t you think you’re going overboard with everything? Coming into my bedroom, taking my things… it’s not healthy.”“Now you want to lecture me about what’s healthy or n
Lily POVAll my life, I’ve done everything by the books, maybe it was time to break that stifling yoke. Today, I’ll only feed on my desires and nothing else.Swallowing hard, I pushed myself from the wall and walked towards him. When I reached him, I inhaled sharply, grabbed a fistful of his shirt, anchoring myself to him as I stood on my tippy toes and placed a kiss on his lips.“Make love to me…”That was all the invitation he needed. He swept me off my feet, carrying me bridegroom style as we marched to the master bedroom. I wrap my hands around his neck, inhaling his rich scent.In his bedroom, he sits down on the edge of the bed, balancing me on his lap. He buries his head in the crook of my neck, inhaling my scent before he looks up to face me. Close up, I noticed his eyes had flecks of green in time that sparked with an intensity that threatened to consume me.His hands caressed the small of my back as he began to press open-mouthed kisses from my neck, following a straight pat
Lily POVHe kissed my inner thighs, leaving saliva trails in his wake. Then suddenly, I felt his tongue, lick my folds.A surge of electric current passed through me, making me gasp from the intimacy of the act and how awkward it felt at the moment. I tried to move away from him, but he held my hips firmly, keeping me in place.He began to lick my folds, running his tongue up and down, stopping occasionally to flick his tongue on my erect nub. I whimpered, loving the sweet sensations that coursed through my body. Instinctively, I started to move my hips against his tongue, feeling the pleasure in my lower abdomen build up again.His mouth found my erect nub again and he began to suck on it… I screamed, holding his head in place. His right hand moved upwards, reaching for my breast as he squeezed gently, running his thumb on hard nipples, while his left hand before to my butt cheek, squeezing them.I rocked my hips against his face, grounding into him, panting and saying all sorts of t
Lily POV“That was good,” I croaked weakly.I was in Kai’s arms on the bed, with my body aching deliciously as we decided to take a break. We’ve been trying to quieten the burn between us and I lost count at the fifth round.Kai – or was it just Alpha males, didn’t seem to have gotten enough of me. Even now, he was gently stroking my back and I could feel his third leg, pressing warmly against my thigh.“Mmm…” he murmured in agreement pressing a light kiss on my hair. “Are you alright? Do you feel any pain? Or ache?”I chuckled “My entire body is covered with hickeys – your hickeys Kai. I hope they disappear by Monday. It’ll be difficult to explain how I got them.”He leaned away from me, slowly dropping me on the mountain of pillows on the bed as he stared at me supporting himself with his elbow. “We could complete it with my mark,” his eyes strayed to my neck. “Once I mark you, everyone would just assume you had a wild night with your mate.”“And everyone would want to know who my m
Lily POVI stared at my phone screen, my thumb hovering over Lucas’s latest message. It has become a familiar scene over the past few weeks.At first, the messages would come twice a week, but these days, they were becoming more insistent. Waking up with a text from him was fast becoming normal and scary.“Saw someone wearing that perfume you used to love. Made me think of all those nights at our secret hideouts in the forest. Remember?”I did remember and that was the problem. I remembered everything: the good times we shared and then the ugly ending that had left me piecing myself back together. Now, here I was, finally happy with Kai and Lucas’s messages kept appearing like ghosts in my inbox.My phone buzzed again:“I know you’re reading these, Lily. The little read receipts don’t lie.”I cursed under my breath, trembling as I tried to turn off my read receipts in the chat’s settings. This had been his pattern lately – starting with nostalgia, then getting increasingly pushy when
Lucas POVThe meeting hall of the Royal Hunter Pack buzzed with tension as representatives from various packs filed in. The afternoon sun filtered through the high windows, casting long shadows across the polished wooden floor.I stood near the entrance of the meeting hall, my eyes scanning the faces of some of the young women in Kai’s pack bringing refreshments into the hall. She has stopped reading my messages or rather, it stopped getting delivered for over a week now.Despite all my efforts to reach out to her with other numbers, it still wasn’t connecting making me realize that she might have changed her number. Today we were meeting in Kai’s pack… all the werewolf packs in the region to tackle the growing vampire and rogue issue.A few days ago, Moon Star pack was attacked, but for reinforcements from Kai’s pack, No one would have survived. But all of that wasn’t my problem… I was looking for a way to meet with Lily without seeming obvious.Since the meeting was about to start,
Kai POVI was talking to Alpha Rodriguez about renewing our territory agreements when, from the corner of my eyes, I spotted Lucas and Lily talking on the other side of the room. Despite all efforts made by me to concentrate on the conversation, my attention kept drifting towards them.I picked up Lily’s soft voice followed by what Lucas was saying to her – though I didn’t hear it clearly, I saw her smile making me clench my jaw involuntarily.“…and I know this might be too late but is there a chance I could join the coalition for external exports? I declined back then because we had lots of financial issues in our pack but now we are back on track at least,” Alpha Rodriguez was saying.I nodded listlessly, my gaze going back to them. Lucas casually touched Lily’s arms, letting his hand linger longer than necessary. Hud growled with annoyance, I gritted my teeth, holding on to the last shred of my sanity, the only thing that was stopping me from crossing the room at this moment and ya
Lucas POVI sat in my study, nursing a glass of whisky as a storm brewed in my mind.The revelation that Lily wasn’t Alpha Gregory’s biological daughter had changed everything. It explained so much—the coldness she had endured, the scorn from certain members of the pack, the maltreatment from both her father and her sister. It all made sense now.I clenched my jaw, the glass trembling slightly in my grip.No wonder he had been determined to drive her out of the pack in the middle of the night with nothing but an old rickety car. Alpha Gregory, the man who had raised her, who had pretended to be her father, had been behind it all.My wolf snarled beneath my skin. How many times had Lily cried herself to sleep, believing she wasn’t good enough? How many times she had endured the pack’s whispers, the subtle jabs that she killed her mother and the not-so-subtle exclusion?I set my glass down, leaning back in my chair as a grim determination settled over me. I had failed to protect Lily in
Lily POVI flinched at the words but I held my tongue.“You’re not the mate I would have chosen for my son,” she continued coldly. “But Kai made his choice, and as much as I disagree, I have to respect it.”I swallowed hard, my heart sinking further with every word. I thought the learning sessions with her occasionally meant we were bonding. Guess I was wrong.“Luna Helen, I-”“Don’t,” she raised her hand, stopping me mid-sentence. “I’m not here to scold you. I’m here to warn you.”The air in the car seemed to grow thicker.“But before I do that,” she continued lowering her voice as if she wanted to tell me a secret, “this situation with the she-wolf is different. It’s dangerous. Well, the woman is not dangerous in the way you might think, but dangerous.”My brows knitted in confusion. “Dangerous? How?”Luna Helen’s expression darkened. “You don’t understand the influence someone like her can have over an Alpha. A connection—whether from the past or something more recent – can disrupt
Lily POV“I’m sorry to interrupt,” I said, trying to keep my voice steady despite the turmoil inside me. “But I need to talk to Kai.”Luna Helen pursed her lips, but she gave a stiff nod. “We’re not finished here,” she said to Kai before turning and walking away, her heels clicking against the polished floor. As soon as we were alone, Kai sighed heavily, running a hand through his hair. He looked exhausted, shadows under his eyes, and tension etched into every line of his face.“What are you doing here, Lily?” he asked. His tone was not unkind but distant.I stepped closer, my hands clenching into fists at my sides. “I could ask you the same thing. You’ve been avoiding me for days, Kai. If it’s not this hospital, it’s somewhere else. What’s going on, Kai? What about us? Who is she, truly?”His expression hardened and his gaze drifted to the almost lifeless form of the woman lying on the bed, then back at me. Suddenly, he stirred me towards the door, taking one last glance as we closed
LilyI took Celeste’s advice.My heart pounded as I made my way to the pack hospital. The air was crisp, and the faint scent of pine mingled with the distant sound of chirping birds returning home to their nests for the evening, but none of it eased my nerves.I could hardly sleep last night, going over Kai’s distant behaviour, replaying every word, every moment where he had ignored me, and it was driving me mad.It was not just about the mysterious she-wolf anymore, but about Kai shutting me out completely. I feared the growing distance between us would become insurmountable if I didn’t confront him now.But today, I could confront him.When I reached the hospital, I continued to the VIP floor. The VIP floor was a world of its own. It was quiet, exclusive, and reserved for only members of the Alpha, Beta, and Gamma families. I had been here before, but today felt different.As the elevator stopped and I stepped onto the floor, squaring my shoulders, preparing myself for whatever lay
Lucas POVSince our mating ceremony, I didn’t only gain Vanessa’s trust but also the pack’s respect.The grand hall of the Golden Moon Pack shimmered with opulence, with crystal chandeliers casting soft, golden light across the gathering. Tonight, it was a celebration of the annual Moonlight Gala, the most prestigious event in our social calendar every year.I stood beside Vanessa, my arm loosely draped around her waist. She looked stunning in a deep emerald gown that clung to her curves, her radiant smile drawing attention from everyone in the hall. This would be our first appearance as mates since our ceremony.The gala celebrated the pack’s achievements for the year. Speeches were made, and awards were distributed. Aside from that, this would be a perfect opportunity to begin my plan. I wanted the pack for myself.I was tired of waiting for Alpha Gregory Stone—Vanessa’s father- to die or willingly retire before he handed over the reins of the pack to me entirely. I wanted to be in
Lily POVThat evening, I walked towards the Pack Hospital. Each step felt like walking on hot coal. I wasn't sure what I would find there or what I even wanted to say, but I needed answers.I was sure it was just the maids gossiping, as usual. I was sure it wasn't Kai, but somehow, for the sake of all the doubts running around my head, I needed to clear them.The pack hospital was quiet as I approached. Using the signs, I took the elevator to the VIP floor until I stopped at the door that read 'Alpha'. Steeling myself, I moved closer to the door, wondering if knocking would be a better option or something else.Just as I contemplated, the door swivelled open, and a team of healers and nurses stepped out of the room, leaving the door slightly ajar. Thankful for the quick fix, I moved closer and peeked in.Kai was sitting beside the bed of the injured she-wolf. His shoulders were sagged as if the world's weight was on him. He stared intently at her as if his gaze were her oxygen. The sh
Lily POVThe day passed in a blur.I attended all my classes, barely able to concentrate as my thoughts kept drifting back to Kai. I replayed our last few interactions from a week ago, searching for clues or signs I might have missed.But there was none.So, what was the problem?After my last class, I rushed to the pack house, determined to wait for Kai. I won’t let his distance or silence push me away. If he needed time, I would give it to him, but I needed to hear the words from his mouth—I deserve that honesty, at least.I waited all afternoon for him, but he didn’t come home. Suspecting he was held up at the office, I decided to work on my school project.By evening, there was still no sign of him. I busied myself with inconsequential tasks around the house, hoping he’d come home soon.I opened several gift boxes sent to Kai… Some were already a year old. I reheated dinner—I didn’t eat yet; I wanted us to eat together and in my mind; I kept rehearsing everything I would say to hi
Lily POVI paced the length of the living room in the pack house, my mind replaying everything that had happened that day.Kai’s cold dismissal at the hospital had stung more than I wanted to admit. I’d come to his side out of concern, but he’d pushed me away as though I was some stranger.I had left out of anger and the plan was to go back to my dormitory and never bother myself with him again until he reached out, but here; I was still waiting for him. I made some food for him, hoping he would come back any moment soon.But after 9 pm, I was growing worried.It was well past midnight when I heard the front door creak open, announcing his arrival. I froze where I sat on the couch in the living room, my heart racing with fear and anger. Deciding I would approach calmly and reasonably. I had to address what happened today.As he stepped into the living room, I rose to my feet, watching as he paused slightly; his face was pale and weary, dark circles shadowing his features. His shirt w
Kai POVI cradled the lady in my arms, gazing at her. This was definitely the face of the woman I’d been seeing in my visions. The eyes, the nose, the lips, everything about her was familiar.I felt a close affinity with her, even though everything was just so mysterious. But at least, I knew her name—Maya, and that was something.A while later, the ambulance arrived and the Para-healers that had come with it gave her first aid, after which they strapped her onto a stretcher and loaded her behind the van.“She’ll be fine, Alpha,” one of the Para-healers said assuring. “Her vitals are good, although she has loosed a lot of blood, but she’ll be fine. We’ll take her to the pack hospital immediately.”I nodded. “Thank you so much for coming at such short notice.”“No problem, Alpha. I’ll give you feedback on how everything goes from here on.”“You don’t need to do that,” I brushed past him, hoisting myself to the back of the ambulance “Because I’m going with you to the hospital.”The Para