EmilyBy morning, the sting had dulled.It had taken hours to coax myself out of the spiral. I wasn’t the jealous type. I wasn’t the girl who stormed away from whispered rumors and veiled stares.Seeing Chloe kiss Logan, seeing him stand there, impassive and infuriatingly unreadable chipped at somet
EmilyOn Valentine’s Day, I watched my fiancé, Michael, walk into a hotel with my sister, Chloe.I didn’t raise a fuss when Michael said he’d be working in the capital for the entirety of Valentine’s Day. After all, he was the Alpha of his pack. I was no stranger to the pressure and demands that cam
EmilyThe clean and earthy scent of sandalwood with a hint of sage filled my nose. As I opened my eyes, I saw the white silk sheets on the other side of the bed.And they were empty.A thin stream of light came through the heavy curtains, and I knew it was already later in the day. Usually, I don’t
EmilyAs soon as I arrived at home, I saw Chloe and Michael. It was Chloe who saw me first, and she didn’t waste a moment in throwing herself at Michael for my benefit.“I’m so glad you came here to see me!”I can’t stand to see them together. I want to get to my room as quickly as possible.“I’m so
EmilyMy father was impressed, and Hannah and Chloe crowded in to see more.Hannah pulled me back and tried to force me down the hallway to my room. I refused. We had a conversation to continue, and this was only a momentary interruption. I won’t be pushed aside this time.“What is all this for?” he
EmilyI spent the next three days trapped in my room. I only occasionally got meals from the staff, and sometimes even those were forgotten.They were sometimes oversalted, which gave me the impression that Chloe was further sabotaging them.I wasn’t surprised she would go that far. But I was surpri
EmilyChloe’s shriek echoed through the restaurant.“What? Is this some kind of joke?” she asked.“What is there to joke about?” the Alpha said, one eyebrow raised. Everyone’s eyes were glued on him.He truly had a commanding presence worthy of any Alpha. I don’t know why I never noticed.“What’s go
Emily“A mistake, this is a mistake!” cried out Hannah. My ears burned at her horrible shrieking.“What’s a mistake?” I asked, doing my best to hold back my steadily growing anger.My family had never cared this much about what I did before. They were only doing this now because they didn’t think it
EmilyBy morning, the sting had dulled.It had taken hours to coax myself out of the spiral. I wasn’t the jealous type. I wasn’t the girl who stormed away from whispered rumors and veiled stares.Seeing Chloe kiss Logan, seeing him stand there, impassive and infuriatingly unreadable chipped at somet
Third PersonWhispers swirled like leaves caught in a current. Chloe had cracked something open, and now everything felt unstable. At the pack house, in the meeting halls, even at the training fields, the air held a strange static and an anticipatory hush.A storm was coming.Chloe knew exactly what
EmilyThe next morning, I didn’t knock when I entered his office. I opened the door and walked in, reminding myself to be confident as I clutched the folder of evidence against my chest.He looked up from his desk, startled. “Emily?”I stayed by the doorway, tension wound tight around my spine. “We
LoganI had always believed I was capable of handling anything that came my way.It was in my nature. I was more than an Alpha, I was a man in control. Only now I was faced with a fire I wasn’t sure I understood. The worst part was, it wasn’t my enemies setting the blaze.It was Emily.I hadn’t been
I didn’t have to strain to hear them.The hush of conversations when I passed didn’t stop even when I was right in front of them.“… never thought she’d last this long…”“… Logan hasn’t really fallen for her, has he?”“… it has to be a fake relationship, especially with a wolf like hers…”Each word l
EmilyThere were a thousand logical explanations for what I saw.Maybe Chloe had wandered into Logan’s office on her own. Maybe she’d asked a question. Maybe she was trying to manipulate him. But it didn’t matter.Logic was no match for the cold, sinking twist in my gut when I saw the two of them to
I lowered my voice. “What would you do for a chance to be with me, Chloe?”She didn’t have a chance to answer. A crash came from behind her, and the both of us turned to see where the sound came from.It was Emily.The tablet she had been holding was now lying on the floor, the screen cracked. She s
LoganI stood at my office window, coffee in hand, watching as morning sunlight crept across the pack compound. I still felt uncomfortable about the date last night. I had expected so much from it, but it had fallen even more than flat.Not to mention that Emily and I were as tense as ever when we w
“I know. I didn’t want to make a scene, and it didn’t seem like it was worth it.”The fire in her eyes flared. “You didn’t think it was worth it?”“It benefits us in the end, doesn’t it? We need people to see us together.”“I thought you meant our fellow packmates, not publicists!” She started to ge