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Kai:It’s been a week since Irina and I were home, and I knew that today was going to be her first day back at work.I looked at her and I couldn’t help but smile when I saw her looking at me through the mirror as she put her wedding ring on.“You are going to wear it to work?” I asked, walking toward her. She looked at me over her shoulder when she saw me towering over her body, and I smirked when she hummed in response.“I doubt that those who are married would take their rings off.” She said, looking down at it. “Plus, it is far too beautiful to take off at this point.”“I’m glad that you like it.” I said, and she looked down at it, extending her hand. “’Like’ is too small of a word. You can replace it with the word love, though. It would describe just how I feel about it.” She said, making me smile. “Where are you going today?”“I have a few things to work on in the office. It’s been a while since I’ve been there, and I think that it is about time that they saw me around them in
Irina:I walked down the stairs and smiled when I saw the quietness of the house.The pack members were all tending to their needs before heading off to work or school, and considering the fact that breakfast was over, the maids were cleaning the dishes. “Where do you think you’re going?” The highlight of my day, note the sarcasm, Luna Katerina asked, stopping me.“Kai is dropping me off at work. I believe that he went down before me and he’s waiting for me in the car.” I said, turning to face the woman with a smile on my face. “Lunas aren’t supposed to work outside their packs. But then again, I doubt that you're kind,” she looked me up and down, clearly disgusted. “Would know about our traditions and rules.”“Where I come from, Lunas do work. Each one of them has her own thing to do. It might be different here, I may be wrong, but Alpha Kai doesn’t seem to have a problem with it. You know, considering the fact that he is the one dropping me off to work in the first place.” I said,
Kai:It took a lot in me not to wrap my arms around her and kiss her here and now.My heart raced against my chest, and I was forced to remind myself of the slap that she gave me when I did, and I knew to make my choice wisely. The woman wasn’t going to want me to touch her when she wasn’t ready for it, and I didn’t want to force her into something that I knew she didn’t want.I took her hand in mine and ran my finger over it before pulling it to my lips, gently kissing her knuckle as I did. Irina’s eyes were fixed on mine as I did, and it wasn’t until the car behind us chose to remind us that the traffic light was green that the two of us snapped out of our daze.She blushed, and I smiled at her reaction loving the small effect that I was having on her.I turned to the road and raised my hand, apologizing to the man who was waiting for me. The man didn’t even press on me to do so, he was just waiting as he watched the two of us. Irina’s eyes were fixed on the rear mirror for a moment
Irina:“Fuck,” I muttered, taking my jacket off to see that my arm was bruised.It was a little too bruised for it to be a normal sprain, and I knew that the woman had harmed me a lot more than I thought that she did.I shook my head and rolled my sleeve to put cold water on my arm. It was going to heal in bit, but I didn’t know how much time this ‘bit’ was going to be. “What happened to you?” Nala, one of my colleagues asked, taking sight of my arm. “This looks broken,”“It isn’t, just a sprain.” I said, and she raised an amused eyebrow. “I am not a doctor, but I know that this is not a normal sprain.” She said, leaning against the sink counter. Her eyes caught sight of the diamond ring and she shook her head in question. “YOU got married?”“You don’t have to be too loud.” I said, looking at the woman through the mirror. Her eyes met mine for a second and she shook her head, processing what she was seeing. “You got married without a proper wedding? You didn’t even invite us to the
Kai: I frowned at the sight of Irina looking as if she was in pain. She was clearly trying to hide it, but I wasn’t blind nor was I dumb. I could tell that she was in pain. And the pain was in her right hand or arm. She has been showering for a while now, and though she didn’t say a word, I saw how she struggled to take her clothes to the bathroom with her. And being right handed, I could tell that she was holding them with her left as well as trying to open the door with the same left hand, avoiding using her right one. “I needed that shower.” She said, walking out with a towel in her left hand as she dried her hair. She slowly folded it and looked at me. “Ready for dinner?” She asked, noticing that I was standing, mostly ready to leave the room to the dining room. “Long sleeves when we have the heaters on?” I asked, and she froze. The woman ONLY wore a long sleeve in the room or when we were going out, and it was mostly a jacket. I noticed she preferred short sleeved shirts o
Irina: I had to avoid the Alpha’s eyes as the two of us voiced the word ‘Alpha’. He took a step back and I watched as he walked out of the room, leaving me alone, and I sat on the floor as my heart raced against my chest. Tears fell from my eyes and I ran my fingers through my hair as I tried to stop myself from crying. The fear and pain that I felt was one that I was frightened of. It was one that I didn’t expect to feel, and the fear wasn’t one that I expected to go through. My phone rang, snapping me out of my thoughts, and I frowned when I saw that it was my father. He wouldn’t be calling me so soon, not when he was supposedly angry with me. “Papa?” I said, answering the phone, fearing what was to come. “You are failing,” Alpha Cosimo’s voice came from the other end. My eyes widened in surprise, and if I was crying, I now stopped completely. “What?” I asked, trying to allow myself to think straight after what I just went through. The idea of me being Kai’s mate was not
Kai:Irina’s eyes met mine for a moment, but all I saw in them was pain.It was as if she didn’t see me at all, and I understood why, the sight of her father was what was in her mind.She went to run toward his body, but I tightened my grip around her waist, stopping her. Now was not the time for her to be heading toward him, not when I knew that she could still be in danger.“Let me go, Kai. LET ME FUCKING GO!” She yelled at the top of her lungs. Her legs gave out on her as she sobbed, and I held her to my chest as I got on my knees as she cried, holding onto my arms as if they were the reminder of this being real.I kissed the crown of her head, letting my lips linger there for a moment. And though I heard what Cosimo told her, whatever deal they had, I knew that it was beyond just marrying me, now wasn’t the time to talk about it. No one deserved to undergo such pain.“We are going to need to get her out of here, Alpha.” Viktor said, and she shook her head.“No, not without him. I
Irina: I woke up to find myself laying on top of Kai’s bed. I frowned as I pinched the bridge of my nose, trying to ease the headache that I was dealing with despite my sleep. “Good morning,” Kai said, his voice coming out as too loud for my liking. I frowned as I sat up before shaking my head in question, trying to process what I was going through before flashes of what happened started playing in my head. My eyes widened in surprise, and I shook my head. No, he wasn’t dead. The Alpha didn’t… “Dad?” I asked, getting up from bed in a rush. My knees weakened, and I found myself stumbling, nearly falling before Kai’s arms wrapped around my waist, holding me upright. I shook my head, he wasn’t dead, he couldn’t be dead. Cosimo did not kill him, he couldn’t have. “I’m so sorry, Irina.” He said, and I shook my head as I pushed him away. His eyes widened in surprise, and I let out a low growl. “You refused to allow me to save him! I could have helped him,” I said, and Kai’s eyes soft