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King Kai's POVThe moon was still at its peak and howls could still be heard from a distance. I turned to see Katherine already up from bed. I told her to stay the rest of the night but she refused. She said our little love session was a mistake and proposed we pretended nothing ever happened. Her request could have easily been granted if she was just a regular she-wolf. But she wasn't, she was my mate and she knew that."You cannot deny the bond we have," I blurted."I also can't deny I'm Jackson's mate," she replied."And does he treat you as such?" I questioned."It doesn't matter. This night was a mistake and there won't be another," she said, and made way to the exit of the room.I watched her leave without being able to make a sound. I wondered how powerful an Omega could put a Lycan King in this state. I chuckled at my thought and went straight to sleep; the distant howls acted as a lullaby.***Azra appeared the next day with a lead. I was busy with my early morning push-ups,
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King Kai's POVAzra stood before me with his eyes glued to the floor in disappointment. He had just admitted that his intuition regarding the connection between Alpha Jackson and the trade market was indeed wrong. He confirmed that, although the spot held name 'slave market', slave trade had been repealed long ago under the law set by the kingdom's new alpha. I poured myself a glass of wine and emptied the content in one large gulp."Seems it was only a rumour after all," I said, and proceeded to pour myself another drink. Azra waited patiently for my permission to leave, but I still had a use for him. The investigation had been completed, and my stay at the Alpha Quarters was coming to an end. All I could think of were ways to convince Katherine into following me back home."I need you to deliver an anonymous message," I said to Azra, before dismissing him.Noon came fast, and the sun was sure to make its anger known to everyone and everything. The heat was almost unbearable and obje
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King Kai’s POV“Good work, Azra,” I thought, as Jackson watched everything unfold. Katherine would have been torn to shreds if it had been someone other than the Lycan King. Jackson fought back words before finally retreating to the party, or perhaps, to his quarters. I drew Katherine closer to me. But she broke herself free. Her heart rate spiked, it was beating so fast I thought her ribs would crack and her chest would burst open from such action. I tried bringing her close to me again, but her reaction remained the same, she just wanted to be away from me.“What is it?” I asked, trying to get words out of her.“Really? What is it? That was Alpha-fucking-Jackson, and you ask me this?” She fumed.“It’s Alpha Jackson, so what? He wouldn’t do anything to you so long you are with me,” I tried to assure her.“And what happens when I am not with you? Ah, fuck! This was a mistake. Jackson is going to rip me apart,” she said.“What did you just say?”“I said Jackson is –,”“No, not that,” I
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Katherine's POVFrosty chicken was left to thaw on the kitchen counter, and I had the potatoes expressing gratitude for washing them clean. Roma and I were among those placed on kitchen duty, we were making roasted chicken and mashed potatoes. Roma had begun stuffing the chicken and I was busy peeling the clean potatoes while humming to a futuristic soundtrack playing from my phone. Roma bumped me on my shoulder to know what put me in a very good mood."You are a different person today, are you meeting with King Kai again?" She teased."Shh," I shushed and dragged her out of earshot. She knew about Kai since we had our first sex, I couldn't keep it away from her. Roma happily hopped after me as I held her by the apron she wore. She was always eager for gossip, especially when it was about Kai."Yeah, we'll be meeting tonight while everyone's out partying," I said in excitement. Roma screeched and did a little dance before asking if I was going to meet at his place again."I can't go t
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Katherine’s POVKai pumped his fist in triumph when he saw me nodding “okay” to his request, he had expected me to show a little bit of resistance. He lifted and spun me around in celebration, while I squeaked in excitement as well. He offered to take me out later for dinner, turning my excitement into worry in an instant. I reminded him how I hated it when a thousand eyes looked my way all at once. He heaved a sigh and shook his head, as if tired of me spewing those words.“You are a mate to the Lycan King now, you will always be the centre of attention. It does not matter if you want it or not, you just have to live with it. So, live with it,” he lectured.Kai’s speech dried up my ocean of words and I stood still like a deer who discovered headlights for the first time. He snapped me out of the trance I had going on, and all I could think of was a drink, a hot shower, and some hours of rest.“So, what do you say about tonight?” Kai asked.“I will give it a thought,” I replied as I w
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King Kai’s POVMy men and I were ready to go back to the Lycan Territory, but one thing was amiss; Katherine. She had not arrived yet. I remembered giving her time we were setting out on our journey the last time we were together.“Maybe she slept in again,” I thought. I waited for her arrival, but she was nowhere to be seen after an hour of waiting. I kept convincing myself that she was in a deep sleep whenever thoughts of her bailing at the last minute came crawling into my head. I walked back to the quarters to wait a little more, and poured myself a drink while at it. An hour of waiting turned into two, then three, and I had slowly begun losing my composure. I took deep breaths that could be heard from a mile away, I was in a battle with the mixture of my emotions; anger, fear, frustration, and hope.The sound of shattering glass filled the air and I cursed; I had held the bottle too tight. I gazed at the jagged remnants; my hand still clenched in a fist. The pain from the cut lef
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Kai's POV"Jackson!" I yelled, my voice ricocheting off the wall.“Leave us,” Jackson motioned to his guards. He walked, then stood before me, his expression a mask of false courtesy. "Your Majesty. It is an honour to have you grace my presence.""Bring her out," I demanded, paying no attention to how he received me.“I have no idea what you are on to,” Jackson’s eyes narrowed.He was not fooling me, my eyes fixated on him, my jaws clenched in frustration and anger; I was ready to beat the answer out of him."Don't play dumb, Jackson. I know you have her. Go in there, and bring me Katherine!” I said between clenched teeth.Jackson dropped his pretense and his expression quickly hardened into a stubborn scowl. "Well, isn't this the one order I can't carry out, your Majesty? Because I have no bloody idea where Katherine might be," he fired.My hands clenched into fists and my eyes continued to burn in anger. I moved a step closer to him just to get a reaction out of him, but his composu
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Jackson’s POVI stood as the Lycan King was convoyed out of sight, and headed straight to business. “Alright, gather up,” I twirled my index finger, signalling my men to regroup.“The Lycan King’s search is over, and ours is just about to begin. We know the lands better than they do. I want you to scour the earth for Katherine; search every home, search every barn, search abandoned spots. Find and bring her to me, alive,” I ordered.“Yes, Alpha,” they chorused.“Good! On your way,” I said, waving them off.I left for the court where members of my council mostly gathered with the hope to find Elm there; he needed to be taught a lesson. Moans filled the air as I walked into one of the court’s chambers; I found Elm trying hard to burst a nut with the help of a slave.“Be quick about it, will you?” My little speech startled the couple, and they soon separated.“Alpha Jackson,” said Elm, as he tried to get his pants back on, while the slave froze in fear.“Leave!” I melted the ice off the
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Katherine’s POVThe sun hung low in the sky, casting a pale golden light over the training grounds. The last day of my training, and I still hadn’t seen Kai. It had been three days since I last heard from him, three long, agonizing days of silence. Each moment without a word from him gnawed at me, a dull ache that deepened with every passing hour. Where was he? Why hadn’t he come? Even Tricia has been asking of him nonstop, Roma had just been moved down to where we were and she has been the one taking care of Tricia on my behalf. I should’ve been focused on my training, but my thoughts constantly wandered back to Kai. The connection we shared, once so clear, felt distant now. I knew he had his reasons, and his responsibilities, but it didn’t make his absence any easier to bear. Every attempt to channel my inner light, my supposed gift as the Light Seeker, was met with resistance. The power inside me felt muddled, out of reach, like trying to catch water slipping through my fingers.
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Kai's POVThe forest surrounding Alpha Jackson’s hideout was eerily quiet as if even the wind was holding its breath. I moved silently, the soft crunch of leaves beneath my boots the only sound. No guards, no patrols, nothing that suggested Jackson was even concerned about being found here. Bold. Or foolish. But Jackson had always been both. It was how we had become acquainted in the first place. I reached the clearing, and there it was: the old stone cottage that Azra had described, hidden deep within my kingdom’s borders. A fitting place for someone trying to hide in plain sight. I couldn’t help but smirk at the audacity of him, slipping into my kingdom without so much as a word of notice. But I wasn’t surprised. As I approached the entrance, the door swung open, and there he stood. Alpha Jackson. He looked the same, nothing had changed about him. “King Kai,” he greeted, his voice smooth and dripping with false humility. “What a pleasant surprise. I didn’t expect a visit from the
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Kai's POVThings were beginning to calm down in the low towns, but, even, I could not let the worry go. I knew that the problem was not close to being over yet. I knew that much of the peace was because I had hidden Katherine away. Keeping her out of sight, away from those who might want to use her or, worse, destroy her. She was training privately with Claire, learning how to control her power as the Light Seeker, and it seemed to be working. But how long could I keep her hidden? How long before the world found out who she truly was?The thought weighed heavy on my chest as I made my way to the secluded house where Katherine was training. A part of me wanted to tell her everything, to be fully honest about the dangers swirling around us, but I knew I couldn’t. Not yet. She had enough on her plate without the burden of my fears. The air was crisp as I approached the safe house, the setting sun casting long shadows across the stone path. As I entered, I could feel the soft hum of Kat
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"The light is already inside you, Katherine. You just need to let it out." Claire said as a light began to illuminate my chest and formed a circle, shining steadily with its rays shining in the room. My training with Claire had begun privately a few weeks ago. I have been putting my all into learning how to channel my light. I closed my eyes and willed my heart to beat slower as if to slow time. My purpose, My title is the Light Seeker. It had not been easy at first, but here I was doing it. Taking it one day at a time. I was beginning to feel the warmth as it spread through me. And the truth was that I had not felt so good about myself in years. Not until I discovered that.The room around me brightened, the shadows in the corners retreating as the light from within me spread across the space. I felt the same deep within me as everything started to gain clarity.Claire stepped back, a satisfied smile curling on her lips. “You’re getting the hang of it, Katherine. I knew you had it
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Kai's POVThe cold steel of the balcony railing bit into my palms as I absorbed the latest news. My mind was a turbulent sea of thoughts and decisions. Every one of my instincts screamed that we were on the brink of something catastrophic. The shadow hunter attack was a stark message, and I could not afford to underestimate the threat.“Azra,” I call out, my voice cutting through the tension of the hospital morning. We had barely slept until we were sure that Roma was in stable condition. He turned to me, his expression taut with concern. “I need you to secure the citadel immediately. No one in or out until further notice.”Azra’s eyes widened slightly, but he nodded without hesitation. “I’ve already taken the liberty of informing the guards. What else do you need, my king?”I took a deep breath, my weak attempt to quell the rising sense of urgency. “We need to find the warlock. If he’s under the shadow hunters' control, he’s a crucial part of their plan. His location could lead us to
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Kai's POVThe hospital balcony was usually not the place I would imagine that I was going to be tonight. The events of the last few weeks burdened my mind so heavily that I felt like there was no way out of it. But I could not afford to think like that. I wrapped my clothes tightly around myself as the cold wind blew, even at that, I could feel the heat emanating from my body. Katherine could have been seriously hurt and each day, this crazy person came close to the woman that I loved the most. The thought of what would have happened if anything had gone wrong at the prison was not something that I enjoyed thinking about so I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath to steady my head. Azra ran to the balcony, his face etched with tension. His usual calm demeanor was replaced with urgency, and it immediately set my nerves on edge. I turned to face him, keeping my face as neutral as possible. “What’s going on?” I asked; my voice was sharp and hard. “Why are you here?” I demanded. Hi
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Roma's POVThe palace felt eerily silent, like the calm before a storm. My mind raced as I paced the room, glancing nervously at the door. Katherine was still at the hospital, and King Kai had asked us to return. I couldn’t shake the feeling of dread that clung to me like a second skin.Claire sat across from me, serene as ever, her fingers tracing patterns in the air. She always had this way about her, a kind of stillness that made it seem like nothing could ever shake her. But I was different. I wasn’t like Katherine or Claire, who were born with power, forged by destiny. It was just me. And right now, “me” felt helpless."Roma, relax." Claire’s voice broke through my anxious thoughts. She looked up from whatever spell or divination she was working on. "The safest place for us right now is here. In the palace."I frowned, biting my lip as I stared at her. "Are you sure? What if... what if the person hunting Katherine’s friends comes for us too?"Claire came to the window, where I sto
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Katherine’s POVThe sterile white light overhead blurred as I blinked my eyes open. I struggled with the blinding lights in the room and I struggled to adjust my sight to it. I opened my eyes slowly and turned my head. Kai was seated with his elbows resting on his knees. His eyes were red and the exhaustion was quite visible. Considering the eyebags under his eyes, it looked like he hadn’t slept at all, and I could feel the weight of his worry pressing down on me, even in silence.I groaned in pain as I tried my best to sit up, but my muscles screamed in protest. Kai noticed instantly, springing to my side before I could adjust the pillow beneath me. His face softened with relief as he leaned down, his voice hoarse from what must’ve been a sleepless night.“my love, how are you feeling?" He asked me.I tried to respond, but the words wouldn’t come. I glanced to the side and saw Tricia, curled up on one of the clinic's chairs. She was asleep, snoring slightly as her chest moved up and
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Kai's POVThe hospital hallway felt like it was closing in around me, each second stretched by the uncertainty of what lay behind those doors. I pushed through the waiting room, not caring that I'd been told to stay put. Katherine was in there, and that's all that mattered. "His royal Majesty, wait!" one of the nurses tried to stop me, but I brushed past her, the need to see Katherine overpowering everything.The doctor stepped in my way just as I reached her room. "Your Highness, you need to calm down," he said, his voice steady but strained. "She's stable, but you can't go in just yet. She fainted, and we're trying to""Trying to stabilize her? She fainted?" I repeated, my voice incredulous. "That's not enough. I need to see her." My pulse pounded in my ears. Katherine never fainted. She was strong—too strong for something like this.The doctor's eyes flickered with nervousness. "We're running tests, but it looks like she's just stressed. Shock, perhaps, but she's out of danger."I
