TYLER. All eyes followed her line of sight, and she was right — Zach just entered the ballroom with his Beta and his whole family around him. I felt the air still as the noise dissipated around the ballroom that you would hear if a pin dropped. “Zach!” Catherine exclaimed as she left my hold and hurried forward, walking and running toward them before she threw her arms around him. “I’m so glad you’re here.” The silence stopped, and the crowd began to have their own conversation again, but my focus was on the Alpha, who didn’t even move his arms to hug my mate. Instead, a scowl was on his face as he waited for Catherine to pull away from him. The moment she did, his gaze went around the crowd in front of him, which consisted of his friends and Alpha Circle. “Stop with the staring as if you’ve seen a ghost.” “Enough, Zach.” Uncle Riley said in a low but firm voice. His forehead creased, and I could see he was already upset as well. “We’re just happy you are here,” Catherine said
ALPHA LAWRENCE. ***FLASHBACK - AFTER THE CLAIMING*** The moment we entered the territory, the warriors manning the border informed us that Mom was at the packhouse and had ordered everyone to let us know if we had arrived. He also told me that Mom spent the whole day yesterday questioning everyone about where Garrett was. And she had already ordered a manhunt to look for Andrew’s parents, as they were not in their home either. She was right. Garrett was with them. But they were not inside the territory. Zoey had a gut feeling that Mom might take Garrett and use him against her, so she requested, with approval from Andrew’s parents, that I place them somewhere outside the pack. So when we left yesterday morning, we also had Garrett and Andrew’s parents in the car, and none of my men on the border knew since they never checked my car. We then left them in a hotel in a city more than two hours away. And since it was still dawn when we passed by after the Claiming, we didn’t wake th
ALPHA LAWRENCE. I just saw the most beautiful and sweetest face I had ever laid eyes on. I was immediately hypnotized, enjoying the way her voice was soothing my senses and calming my wolf. Our eyes locked, and despite wanting to smile, my face remained stoic, just taking in all of her. Until she stopped singing and red tints began to crawl on her cheeks. I panicked at the panic that registered on her face when she realized she was not singing anymore and I suddenly wanted to act like a knight in shining armor. Before I could even comprehend what I was doing, I had already heard my voice singing the next part of the song. I’m not a singer, but I think I could carry a tune. And the moment a smile curled on her lips as she looked at me while I sang the part she missed out on, I knew I did the right thing, even if I was not sure why I wanted to do the right thing. But fuck this! Her smile was worth the humiliation of singing in front of the crowd because I was certain I was singing
TYLER. Being on the dance floor with the people we adored — from our parents’ generation to those the same age as us— was so much fun for Catherine and me. It was overwhelming that we were finally letting go of the dark part of our lives and moving on with so many blessings all around us. But then the Adams arrived, and after the commotion with Zach, I knew Catherine was affected even though she was not trying to show it. I pressed my back against the wall outside the female restroom and tilted my head to look at the ceiling. Catherine wanted to fix herself and requested to go to the restroom. And, of course, I didn’t want her out of sight, so I tagged along. “Beta Tyler!” A voice snapped me out of my thoughts, and my eyes opened as I tilted my head to look at the Alpha in front of me. “Alpha…” I acknowledged as I pushed my back off the wall and nodded in respect to him. “The twins that arrived, who are they?” “Are we talking about Cyrus and Amber, or a male set of twins or
TYLER. “Hike up your dress, sugar lips…” She nodded and did as she was told, letting her blue gown pool around her waist while my hand left her pussy to unbuckle my pants. My cock was already rock-hard, and even without foreplay, Catherine was already soaking wet. I knew this was not the right place, but I had thrown all the rationality away the moment she asked me to fuck her. Because, as always, there was no way I could ever say no to her. She could fire my cock in an instant, even without trying hard. I parted her ass cheeks while she bent forward, biting her bottom lip, as we kept staring at each other in the mirror. “I love you, Tyler…” She said sweetly, only to surprise me with her next words. “I’ve been a bad girl, making our guests wait. So please fuck me like I deserve.” “Oh, fuck yes!” A growl reverberated from my chest at her words. Without warning, I slammed my throbbing cock into her tight pussy, making her body jolt and her lips part as a sultry moan escaped her
PURITY. (picks up on the night of Maddox’s rejection) The moment Beta Xander turned his back on us, I took over and shifted while Catherine stayed at the back of my mind. I was already tired, and I could feel my energy draining away. The run from the packhouse to the border alone was exhausting, and the pain of rejection and banishing made me too weak. But I can’t give up now. I brought us here, and I would get us out of here even if it meant only one of us would make it out alive. ‘Faster, Purity!’ Catherine cheered me on, and I knew that despite the pain she was enduring, she was doing her best to give me positive energy. I shut down my walls so she wouldn’t know my body was failing me already. I kept stumbling, but I kept pushing myself up. The moment we hit the neutral ground, some of the pain vanished as we were outside the territory that banished us, but still, I wasn’t getting better. I kept getting weaker. I knew it was only a matter of time before I had to go and leav
PURITY. “Enough, Eros….” A female appeared out of thin air, and the space around her sparkled, making my jaw drop. She was so beautiful, like nothing I had ever seen, and the elegance yet gentleness in her features was calming my senses. “My child… Come here” She laid out her hand, and I felt like I was hypnotized. I pushed myself off the ground and walked toward her, still in awe of her presence. She motioned for me to sit beside her, and I hesitated, unsure if I was allowed to. Selene’s hand caressed my fur, and all the uncertainties of not being worthy to sit beside her flew away. “Are you taking me back to the moon?” I asked in a soft voice. “Not yet. I still need you here.” “I don’t understand.” “Catherine is not yet in a place where I want her to be.” “Are you giving her more suffering? Isn’t it enough that she has suffered a lot already? Have mercy on her, Selene…” “I wish I could stop now. But there are things I cannot tell yet. But I want you to trust me, Purity, a
PURITY.The moment I felt her presence, I stood up immediately. Lately, Selene has been visiting me often, telling me how near I am to returning home to Catherine. I had no idea what she was waiting for, but I woke up looking at my already white-colored fur today. It had changed tremendously. Gone was the cream color that looked like my mother, Rain, replaced by pure white, as pure as my name. “Selene!” I might have a goofy smile on my face because she giggled softly as she approached me. “Someone is excited to see me.”“I am always excited to see you! This place is too lonely.”“Don’t worry, soon you’ll be out here.”“When?” I tried again, although I already knew she would never say the exact time or day.“In an hour.”My eyes watered as excitement brewed inside my chest. “Are you really returning me to my human?”“I told you I would return you to Catherine. Didn’t you believe that?”“I did, but a part of me didn’t want to expect it because it would only hurt more.”“I’m sorry, my