"Welcome, Mrs. Katrina! Good morning," Octavio takes things from the doorman and follows her to the office. "I had your orange and honey tea brought, just the way you like it.""Thank you, Octavio. You know me so well!""Alpha Ragnar informed me that he won't be coming today and asked me to go over the pending tasks with you. I already have the folders on the desk sorted by urgency.""I have no idea what we should do, Octavio. It's only my second day.""There are some problems that need to be solved today, Mrs. Katrina. Some payments to suppliers and other important documents that need Alpha Ragnar's signature.""Well, we can review the payments, but we'll leave the documents that need Ragnar's signature for when he is here," Katrina takes off her jacket before sitting down and starting to flip through the first folder. "He didn't tell me what time he would come. Did he tell you where he went?""The alpha didn't tell me his location, ma'am, but he said you could sign the documents to
Katrina takes the elevator that opens at that moment. She is not even able to explain what she is feeling right now. Something in her chest hurts a lot, as if her heart is breaking into a thousand pieces. She had never felt anything like this before, not even when she found Jarl with Lizzie or when he verbalized the rejection. It is too painful. Is she in love with Ragnar? She reaches the ground floor and quickly walks out of the building, grabbing the first taxi that passes by, without looking back. She hears her phone ringing inside her purse a thousand times, but she prefers to ignore it. She can't help but cry. The taxi driver looks at her with sadness through the rearview mirror. “Do you want me to take you somewhere specific, ma'am?” “Can you just drive around for now? Please.” The taxi driver nods and does as she asks. Ragnar rushes down the stairs from the top floor, but he can't find her anywhere. He asks the doorman and he informs him that the lady got into a taxi just
In the mansion, sitting on the balcony, Katrina keeps her gaze fixed on the main entrance. Both Rubí and Paula have called Ragnar hundreds of times, but his phone is completely off. They even sent Julián to the building to look for him and he didn't find him, but the doorman told him that he left with Mary earlier and has not returned since then."I'm going to bed," Katrina says hoarsely, getting up from the couch where she has been sitting for hours. "I think he's not coming anymore.""This has an explanation, Katrina," Rubí says. "I know my brother, I know he has no relationship with that woman.""That doesn't matter anymore, Rubí," Katrina closes her windows and adjusts her curtain before going to bed. "Your mom is right, it's better not to worry about something I can't change."Katrina lies down, but she can't sleep, it's impossible for her to do so. No matter how hard she tries not to think about what happened, she can't help it and the tears come back again.(...)Inside the cli
"Mrs. Katrina..." It is quite early when Julian spots Katrina walking towards the exit of the mansion, with only a light coat and her purse. He got up early to run some errands before taking Ragnar to the office, but when he went out to the garden and saw her, something told him he should follow her, as her face showed distress.Katrina keeps walking without paying attention. The man runs to her and reaches her before she reaches the main entrance."Mrs. Katrina, where are you going at this hour? Are you feeling okay?" Julian instantly notices her red and swollen eyes from all the crying she did last night waiting for the alpha. "I have the truck ready to take you wherever you're going. It's not safe for you to go out alone at this hour.""Don't worry, Julian, I'm fine. I'm just going for a walk to clear my head." A soft sob escapes her as she tries to give him a smile, but she can't."Well, then I'll go with you. It's still two hours before sunrise, and there's a fog that darkens the
"By the goddess Luna! What if she's still angry and left the house because of that?" Paula insists, affected and worried."Calm down, mother, she's fine," Ragnar's calm voice scares her more than it comforts her."How can you know for sure? She still doesn't know the city, something could happen to her on the street at this hour.""Katrina is fine, mother," Ragnar approaches her and takes her face in his hands. "Don't worry. It's true that she left the house and is still angry, but Julián accompanied her.""How can you be so calm? All of this is your fault, because of your obsession with hiding things from her. What will happen if she encounters someone who wants to harm her?""You know well that Julián would never let anything bad happen to her, as long as he's with her she'll be fine," Ragnar says as he embraces his mother."Where are they? Did you call him to ask?""No, I haven't called him, and I won't. I forbid you or Rubí to do so. Angry or not, they both left without my permiss
The mansion is already dark at this hour of the night. After the most boring dinner he has ever had in his life, in which none of the three said absolutely anything, Ragnar goes straight up to his room and after taking a very cold and quite long shower, he goes down again to his office. His mind is still racing a mile a minute and working on something helps him to distract himself. Katrina didn't even want to come down for dinner and according to her mother, she was feeling unwell and preferred to stay lying down. Probably, her only reason is that she didn't want to see him or be near him."Can I come in?" Paula asks her son from the door. He signals her to come in with his hand."What are you still doing awake, mother? It's quite late already," Ragnar checks the time on his watch and it's already midnight."I came down for a glass of water to the kitchen, saw that you still had the light on and came to talk to you.""I had some urgent office matters that I needed to resolve," Ragnar
Remus runs through the dark forest at full speed, cutting through even the least passable paths, leaping over obstacles without thinking about the consequences. His desperate panting is heard eerily in the shadow of the night. It is impossible that she has disappeared in that way, she must be somewhere, he can still feel her scent in the air, but for some reason he can't reach her. What is happening? What is that force that prevents him from tracking her? The anguish in his chest increases with each passing second. For a few minutes he feels disoriented, lost in the forest where he was born and raised, going around in circles, not knowing where to go or where else to look. "Where is our mate?" Remus shouts, restless. "She is suffering."A powerful and painful howl comes out of his chest, alerting the other animals in the forest, including the guardian werewolves. Rubí wakes up startled upon hearing her brother. Rita takes over her body and jumps from the balcony towards the forest,
The image of Anabella, Ragnar's deceased wife, appears in his dreams and his breathing starts to become agitated instantly. She is angry and crying as she walks away from the mansion towards the forest. He never went after her and lost her forever, lost his wife and son due to his foolish pride and she ended up dead at the hands of those damned rogues.Why did he let her go? Why didn't he go after her that time? Why did he allow her to walk away unprotected knowing there was danger?Ragnar abruptly opens his eyes and looks around the hospital room in terror. He is completely sweaty and unable to control his heart rate. He tries to get up, but all the devices he is connected to prevent him from doing so.Why is he feeling the same anguish in his chest again? Why does he have this horrible pain in his heart?"Calm down, brother, don't move," Rubí tries to contain him, but Ragnar is stubborn and rips out the IV line and other tubes from his chest."What am I doing here?" His voice is wea
Twenty years have passed...From his office window, Ragnar watches Katrina attentively as she talks with Amber and Rubí in the courtyard, pointing towards the little ones playing in the vast yard. A little further, by the pools, are the older ones, Ethan and his mate Milly, Selene, Rouse, Brandon, and Bruno, the twins born after Rouse, and Lucinda.A smile spreads across his face as he sees Silvia sobbing while asking her mother to carry her. Since birth, she's been a very sensitive and complaining girl, unlike her twin Hector, who seems unaffected by anything and quickly adapts to everything. Yes, Ragnar and Katrina have eight children in total, and according to Katrina, these will be the last, as they are of grandparent age, but Ragnar and Remus disagree. Seeing so many pups roaming the mansion warms his heart, especially since the youngest are already 3 years old, so they might try for more soon.Ethan has become the second man of the house at 20, taking care of and protecting his
Weeks fly by in the blink of an eye. Katrina's belly has grown significantly, and her movements have reduced to a minimum for this stage of her pregnancy. Her little Rouse, as she and her husband call her, is very healthy and energetic, so much so that she doesn't even let Katrina sleep properly anymore, and consequently not Ragnar, who takes care of her day and night.Today is the day of the scheduled surgery to give birth. Moreira preferred her to have surgery since the baby is in a less favorable position for Katrina to have a natural birth.At Alba Noctis castle, everyone is awake early, preparing for the princess's arrival; there's a lot of activity in every corner. Ragnar is very nervous, his hands sweating, and a giant knot in his throat making it hard to breathe normally. He had never been this nervous in his life, not even the day the twins were born.He has already made about ten rounds in total in his little one's room just this morning. He hired a designer specializing in
The elderly counselor, responsible for giving the final verdict, steps onto the stage and begins to speak."The council of the Alba Noctis pack, after analyzing all the evidence against the accused provided by Alpha Ragnar Shadowfang and hearing their statements, found them guilty. The three are sentenced to an undignified death in front of all the members of the pack. The sentence will be carried out tonight in the castle arena.Lizzie begins to cry inconsolably, while her mother remains stoic, unmoved. Mauricio remains unresponsive, considering the possibility of using the potion that man gave him the other night to prevent those Lycan from ending their lives in front of everyone.Katrina puts her hand over her mouth to stifle a sob as she desperately seeks a way to escape.After the sentences, the trial is concluded and the three are taken to the places where they will remain until the night.Ragnar and Katrina embrace. This is something that pains her despite everything, but it is
Sebastian and Ruby arrive first at the scene in their werewolf form, encountering an aggressive Akira and upset about the previous events, Ragnar semi-conscious and Jarl evidently dead in her claws."Are you okay?" Sebastian tries to communicate with Katrina through the mental link, but Akira still has her aura expanded and cannot effectively communicate with her or get too close, so he circles her at a certain distance with his tail between his legs, showing his neck as a sign of respect and submission.Rita, Ruby's wolf, also stays back, as well as those who are arriving at the site.Akira howls loudly again, increasing her aura even more. Sirox and the others have no choice but to step back due to the pain caused by her display of power. All the werewolves of the Alba Noctis pack receive the message from their leader, the one and only alpha, that their "chosen alpha," Jarl Fenrisson, has just been defeated by her. Most of them, from where they are, begin to experience a lot of pain
"Remus!" Katrina's voice makes Jarl blink, while Remus keeps his eyes closed, his strength quickly waning with the silver bullet lodged in his chest, and he retreats back into Ragnar's mind, allowing him to take his human form once again. Katrina's breath slows at that moment. Everything is silent and dark around her as she sees her severely wounded partner on the ground. Akira uses all her strength to cut the tapes binding Katrina's feet and hands and struggles to get up to reach Ragnar, blood gushing from his chest. She tries to scream for help, but her voice doesn't come out, all the words getting stuck in her throat, the drug that Jarl made her inhale is too strong, and Akira, although she tries to emerge, doesn't quite succeed. Katrina cradles her partner's head in her arms. He is still alive, though gravely injured and unconscious. Jarl looks up and stares at Katrina, who is deeply distressed about Ragnar, but unaware that he is also injured, his left arm has been torn off by
It is impossible to continue hiding what happens when everyone starts to move around the house.Rubí and Paula wake up disoriented by the unusual movement in the mansion's hallways, they go out to look and as soon as they realize that Ragnar's room door is open and there are several people inside, they run there."What's going on, brother?!" Rubí shouts. "Where is Katrina?!"Paula tries to restrain Ragnar, but she can't. He is too nervous.Ragnar can't stand to watch the video on the guard's phone, he takes a deep breath before leaving. He won't allow that man to harm Katrina. He said he would never allow it to happen again over his dead body, and he means it. Tonight one of them will die."Son, please," Paula tries to stop him. "Let the guards take care of it, please don't go in that state. You need to calm down, you're too nervous."Ragnar looks at her for a few seconds before leaving. Julián runs after him. Inside his car, he receives a message from an unknown number, with a photo
The lights of the Shadowfang mansion are gradually fading and Jarl knows that the moment he has been waiting for has finally arrived. There are two guards wandering around that area, weak omegas, who don't worry him too much, because he knows he can go unnoticed with the potion and that if something goes out of control, they are not enemies to him. He walks stealthily a few meters along the side of the wall when he overhears one of them saying he needs to go to the bathroom. That moment is perfect to move forward. He runs to the door and when he tries to open it, it opens without much difficulty. He looks cautiously to make sure there is no one else inside. The whole place is already semi-dark, but he can see that it is the laundry section of the house. He enters and after scanning everything quickly with his eyes, he goes up the main staircase to reach Katrina on the second floor.He opens each door very slowly to avoid alerting anyone and to see who is there, until he reaches the
Inside the cells of the Alba Noctis pack, Jarl hits the wall hard upon receiving the news from Gabriel. He is very nervous. His friend looks at him resignedly."You know that what you are asking for is dangerous, and they won't risk their lives for nothing," Gabriel says, trying to keep his voice low. "You decide, either give them what they want or stay here and wait for your trial.""That's too much money, Gabriel," Jarl yells, angry. "I'll be left with nothing, it's all I have left. They already took everything from me."There is a deep hatred in Jarl's eyes when he thinks of Ragnar and Katrina. Gabriel says nothing, but he knows that Jarl has some plan in mind and there is no human power that will make him back down."I need to get out of here. I want Katrina and that damn man to suffer for this. I want them to regret coming back and planning all of this against me.""Don't you think it's time to walk away? Don't do something that will drag you down even further, Jarl," Gabriel fee
Ragnar and Katrina, along with the elder council members, spend a long time in the boardroom to clarify some points, especially those related to those four. They do not want anyone to get away with all the harm they did to Katrina. When they finally leave the room, all the employees turn to look at her, but she is too mentally exhausted now to give them any kind of explanation. She will do it tomorrow when she is calmer and has rested enough. Ragnar gives some instructions to the assistant and she nods. She knows it's not a good time, so the assistant asks everyone to return to their workplaces and they do so. Katrina walks towards the elevator, ready to go back home, when a familiar figure appears before her, about five steps away. "Amber?" Katrina can't hide her excitement at seeing her after so long. She looks different, but it's her, she knows it, she can feel it. She walks up to her to hug her and they both embrace tightly. Amber is crying like never before. "Amber, my frie