Natalia stared at Adrian for a long time. He also did not move his hand away from her head.None of them broke eye contact.Natalia felt ease in her heart. She almost assumed that this man had changed again, but she was wrong. In front of her was the Adrian who could do anything for her and her happiness."Adrian, you were telling me the truth, right? That child—""Not mine," he cut her off.She let out a long breath.But then, in the blink of her eyes, Adrian leaned down and planted a kiss on her lips.It was only for a second because the next thing Natalia felt was him removing his hand from her head. She watched him move away, heading to the closet.She slowly lifted her hand and touched her lips. Her cheeks flushed.She got down from the bed and moved toward the closet.She stood next to him, watching him take out his clothes.She focused her gaze on his injured arm from last night.It was healing, so she was relieved. Her gaze shifted upward and stopped on his forehead.She looke
Natalia immediately cupped his cheeks, causing him to open his eyes."Look into my eyes," she said to him.She wanted him to feel her wolf. She wanted her wolf to handle the situation.Her eyes turned dark blue as she dug her gaze into his.Adrian furrowed his brows while looking into her eyes, but then he shut his eyes once again.He let out in a deep voice, "Don't."He moved back. Natalia's hands were in the middle of the air. She watched him backing away from her."Adrian," she mumbled.She recalled how many times his eyes changed like that in front of her.She felt a pang in her heart when she realized that most of the time, he felt pain in his wound, and his eyes changed when she was too close to him. Even last night, he felt pain.He turned around and ran his fingers through his hair. "I will see what I can do about it," he said with a frustrated tone.Natalia did not make the situation more difficult for him. She pulled out a dress out of the closet and rushed to the bathroom.
Natalia picked up on his words. Her cheeks flushed. However, she did not respond. She lowered her head and finished her food.After eating her food, she turned her head to look at Adrian."How did you get my phone? It was in a—""Private cabin?" he cut her off.She looked away from him and nodded her head."I was... I don't know what happened to me last night. I went to get some drinks. Then..."She paused since he was aware of what happened after that."I was concerned about you, so I tracked your location.”"I see.""But when I found your phone but not you in the cabin, I was out of my mind. I swear if I had not found you, I would have burned down the club. That man in the cabin told me about the man who took you away.”Natalia's eyes became darker as she muttered,"They are not saints either. They didn't try to stop the man; in fact, they were laughing as if it were normal."Adrian kept quiet for a moment after listening to her. He then placed his hand on hers and said,"Don't worr
After exiting the house, Natalia began to walk.She was thinking back on everything that had happened up to this point. She trusted Adrian, but she was not going to go easy on him. It was not because she still had a little doubt in her heart; it was because she was upset with him for not sharing anything with her.She turned to look when she heard the sound of a horn.Adrian's car was heading towards her. She paused and moved to the side.The car came to a stop beside her, and the driver quickly got out."Luna, Alpha ordered me to send you to the pack company," the driver said, opening the back door for her."Oh, yeah. I forgot," she said, getting into the car.During the ride, she thought about Adrian's wound. She slowly moved her hand to the back of her neck, where the mark of a healer was located."I wish I could heal him," she mumbled.Whenever she thought about the burn scar, her heart shook inside, thinking about the pain he had to endure.She remembered his color-changing eyes
Natalia’s POV The dream felt so real. In it, I let out a moan as he sensually placed his hands on me, breaking our kiss. His electrifying touch sent waves of desire coursing through my veins. He lowered his head, and his kiss caressed the tender spot on my neck. I closed my eyes, hoping his affections would continue. His breath hungrily grazed my earlobe, sending shivers down my spine. But then, in a deep, chilling voice, he said, “Never.” I gasped, and my eyes flung open. I was alone in the room.It had been two years since I married Adrian Miller, the future alpha of the Crystal Blood Pack. During our two years together, I had tried and failed to win his love many times over. He hadn’t even marked me yet, despite that I was his wife. And as a werewolf, I couldn’t help but want my alpha to mark me as his. He also hadn’t been home in a long time, and I yearned for his touch.I heaved a sigh, sat slowly, and yawned. Then I looked at the clock, and my mouth dropped open. “Shit! I’m
Adrian froze at the word divorce. Then he heard me. He moved his head away from my neck and peered at me. “Do you even know what you are saying?” he asked, releasing his grip on my hands. As he did so, I brought my hands close to my front body.He stared at me, waiting for my answer, I brought my hands to the front of my body, then looked for any sign of discomfort in his expression. His question had made me wonder whether or not he was at all hurt by it. But the look in his eyes said I was wrong to wonder. He was a mighty alpha within our pack, second only to his father. Our divorce would bring his life back to normal, which was exactly what he desired. So how could he feel upset by it?I burst into tears and repeated, “Let’s get a divorce.”Deep lines formed between his thick brows. “Boring,” dismissively as he moved away from my body and rose from the bed. “You’re nothing but a nuisance!”I struggled to get up. “I’m not kidding. I’m serious.” To show him just how serious, I opened
Adrian’s POVI sat brooding amid loud bar music and colorful mist. “How dare she prepare the divorce papers?” I muttered to myself while staring at the drink before me. “And she thought I wouldn’t sign them?” My lips morphed into a twisted grin. “But I destroyed her little plan, didn’t I?” I felt that Natalia was not only a really dull woman, but a wicked person. I could still vividly recalled the details of the events that led up to our marriage. She had been eighteen the night we “met.” It had been my twenty-first birthday, and she’d drugged me. I woke next to her in a hotel bed the following morning and I understood it must be Natalia who did that.I hated her from that day forth, especially after my father demanded that I had to marry her. She had to have begged my father to marry me, too. Seeing how she was the daughter of a gamma, she had no chance to be the pack’s luna otherwise. So she’d entrapped me. And my father, in his perfection and compassion for other pack members, di
Natalia’s POVWhen I opened my eyes, I found myself in a hospital cabin. The last thing I recalled was a discomfort in my stomach. Panicked, I sat up and put my hand on my belly.“Don’t worry.” Dr. Reid’s voice met my years. “Your babies are totally fine.”As I turned my head to see him scanning what looked like reports.“D-did Adrian bring me here?” I inquired about him.He placed the papers on the tiny table that was located close to the bed, then turned to approach me. “Yes, but he’s already gone.”“Does he know?” I asked, trying not to let terror come through in my voice.“Not if you didn’t tell him.”I exhaled, and my body relaxed. However, at that moment, a thought occurred to me.Doctor Ried was the chief physician at the pack hospital. So, he was close to Adrian in some way. In the future, he would be likely to share the news of my children with Adrian at some point.“Dr. Ried, can I request something of you?”“Of course.” “Please, don’t tell Adrian about my babies.”His eyeb