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
He nodded fervently and repeated my words like a mantra, “You are right. My woman is always right; even when you are wrong, you are right.”And I couldn’t hold back my laughter anymore.“You better remember that,” I warned him.“I will,” he promised earnestly, adding, “We better finish our shower so
•• Rosa’s POV •••“Jax... What... What are you doing here?”He didn’t answer my question but began taking his clothes off while gazing at me with such a scorching gaze that it made me blush.When he was naked, he stepped in front of me and pulled away my hand and arm, pinning them above my head with
“You wanted to give me the stone? So there shouldn’t be any tests?” I asked her incredulously.She stayed silent, and I knew who the real culprit was.I stood up and glared at the only mischievous person in the room. “Dad!”“Rosa, my daughter, I wanted to show the Witch Queen of your power so far,”
•• Rosa’s POV •••Just what in the world is going on?“Rosa, are you okay?” Ari asked as she helped me to stand up.“What... How are you here?” I asked in shock. “What’s going on?”“Let’s talk once we get out of here, okay?” she asked and led me to the portal.“Wait!” I stopped moving. “Jax...”“Don
I didn’t struggle.I had chosen to be the sacrifice so Rosa could live, but I felt a pang in my heart when I saw tears running down Rosa’s beautiful face.Was this how our relationship was supposed to be?Were we really not meant to be together?“Jax!” Rosa stood up and ran toward me, only to be thr
•• Jaxon’s POV •••I drove a distance away from them, enough for them not to notice but close enough for me not to lose sight of them.It wasn’t a wonder Dagon hid the stone at his last hideout.Damn demon, I thought to myself.What a pussy for using such a trick to wipe out the whole world after hi
“Dad? Elder? Lillian?” I called out to them as I looked around my surrounding only to be replied by the echoes of my own voice.Shit, this was bad!I never thought we would be separated like this!How in the world was I going to find the crys-Suddenly, I felt a very dark aura from the crystal that
•• Rosa’s POV •••After saying goodbye to Max and Ari, the four of us got into the car with Dad, in his real appearance as the driver, the Elder wizard sitting on the front passenger seat while Lillian and I sat at the back.I glanced around secretly and couldn’t find any sign of Jaxon, which I thou
The thought of Rosa dying made my heart feel like it stopped beating as my fear for her safety intensified.“Jax, Rosa might die. We can’t let it happen. We can’t let it happen,” Rhun kept mumbling in my mind and paced around, ready to take over my body to stop Rosa from going.“I will go with her.