Why did I panic when he wanted to kiss me? Wasn't that what I wanted? To be touched and kissed by my mate? So why did I hesitate and panic?I groaned. I hated myself. Was my trauma against a mate run too deeply?“Charlotte, don't think too much about it. As you’ve told Theo, if you guys are fated to
•• Charlotte’s POV •••“Alpha Marcus Fallon from the Red Claw Pack?” I asked to make sure.Leo nodded and said wryly, “Yeah.”Interesting...Why did he want to see me?“Let him in,” I instructed Leo, which made me receive a hesitated and confused look from him.“Don't worry. This is our territory. I
“Alpha Marcus, I need to tell you something. I was the one who asked Hayden for a divorce and broke the matebond. Hayden was the one who kept on pestering me. And I am not playing hard to get. When I told Hayden I wanted nothing to do with him anymore, I meant it. So, perhaps...” I stood up and thre
•• Hayden’s POV •••“Hayden!”My study door was slammed open together with my dad’s yell.Now what? I thought to myself.My dad was furious. His whole aura was menacing and dark. It could be seen that he was trying hard not to smash everything within his reach or even turn into his wolf.“That Charl
She stood up, and her face was filled with anger. “It must be that bitch Charlotte. She said something to you about Sofia, right? Can't you see that she’s just taking her revenge against us? That bitch! How dare she try to sow discord between you two!”Her calling Charlotte a ‘bitch’ annoyed me to n
•• Charlotte’s POV •••My phone rang just as I was about to finish work. I took it and saw that it was Olivia calling me. I quickly pressed the accept button, and the call was connected instantly.“Char, let’s go to a bar and drink tonight!” Livie's cheerful voice sounded from the phone’s receiver.
I wondered what her father had told her to make her this mad, but I couldn't care less.I smiled. “You wanna fight, Milla?”I quickly shifted back to Lexi and howled before I unleashed my Alpha aura and let out a terrifying growl, showing her Lexi’s great power.Milla was so frightened that she stum
•• Charlotte’s POV •••A car honk sounded behind me just as I was about to enter my new house, making me turn to see who it was.“Char!”Olivia? I trotted to her car and bent down to see her through the opened car window.“Livie, what are you doing here?”“Hop in. Since we didn't get to drink yester