So, what do you think Irina would do?
Irina:I stood in the bathroom, my heart racing against my chest, as I tried to clean the cut that was on my thigh.“Fucks sake,” I muttered, knowing that the man had stabbed my thigh on purpose. I didn’t even know how I was going to be telling Kai about what happened, and the vial itself being with me wasn’t something that I needed.My phone rang, and I frowned, shaking my head. Now was not the time to be getting phone calls. And I knew that the cut wasn’t going to stop its bleeding to begin with. I was just going to have to tie it and leave the office. It was the only way for me to take care of things.I put my phone on silent and walked out of the bathroom after patching the cut. The color on my face was draining, and I knew that I had to find myself a way to get to the hospital. Keeping this cut open was not the smartest thing, regardless of the fact that it would be healing faster than that of a human, its bleeding out was also going to be faster.“Where do you think you’re going
Kai:Irina walked toward the house, ignoring the pain that she was feeling as we walked inside the house.She was being sure to not even limp despite the pain that I knew that she was in. Her eyes met mom’s, and she nodded before I guided her toward the stairs. She walked up without saying a word, and I ran my finger over hers, helping her to the bedroom.“Now would be a good time to ask why you don’t have an elevator in this house?” Irina asked, and I chuckled, lifting her in my arms.“I chose not to have one, but it would only give me a more valid excuse to carry you in my arms. I hugged her to my chest, and she took a deep breath, not saying a word, laying her head on my chest. I took her to the bedroom and laid her on my bed, allowing her to rest. She hissed in pain and I watched as she wrapped a hand around her thigh, wanting to calm herself and ease the pain that she was in. “You need to rest, Irina.” I said, and she nodded.“I doubt that I have a chance at this point. I am ba
Cosimo: “What do you mean that she has gone missing? Where the fuck would she be going?” I snapped, shaking my head at the men who were assigned to keep my daughter safe. Their eyes refused to meet mine, and I knew that they understood that their lives would be the price of the game that they played. I wasn’t going to allow them to live if something happened to her, not when I fought everything to keep her safe and alive. “She was drinking her cup of coffee, boss. She disappeared afterwards. We don’t know what happened or how it happened, but she was nowhere to be found when we came back to see her.” One of the men said, avoiding my eyes, clearly scared of my reaction. I let out a low growl, they were human, but they knew me as the Alpha that I was. “Find her, and if ONE hair is harmed on her head, your life will be the price of it. And I give you my word, I am not going to be sure that it is done in the most painful way possible.” I said, and the men looked away from me before tak
Irina:“I believe that it is time for us to start preparing for celebrations within the packs.” Katerina said, making Kai frown in confusion. “Celebrations?” He asked. I put my fork and knife down as I looked at the woman, allowing myself to digest what the woman was saying. The lack of respect was evident in her behavior and tone, but I had to admit, I didn’t think that she would go as far as start a celebration when she knew that I was still mourning. “As you may know, we have a new Luna in the pack. The packs are going to have to know. Considering the fact that the two of you eloped in a hurry, we were never able to fully celebrate her presence. You know our ways and you know the ways of the wolves when a new pack Luna arrives to her Alpha.” Katerina said, looking at her son.My chest ached, and the idea of celebrating when I just lost my father less than a month ago when my mother was held captive Cosimo was not an ideal way to start things for me.“With all due respect to your
Kai:“I want to understand what you’re trying to reach, mama. Because you know for fact that we didn’t need a celebration. The woman is in pain, she is mourning, and rather than respecting her…”“I am doing what is best for our pack. While you do not understand, I know what I am doing, and even your wife has admitted…”“Irina has lost her father, does not know the fate of her mother and whether or not the woman would even look at her, and we are here, starting a celebration?” I said, stopping her.“She is part of our pack now, and as you may know, she should let go of everything that would make her seem like she came from another pack. The woman is a rogue, like us, and she shouldn't be associated with those who are not. Else, she is neither a rogue, nor is she part of our pack.” Mom said, stopping me. “She is mourning, and has been for the past ten days, I did not say a word. But it is time for her to stop with the nonsense and start with her responsibility as Luna. It is bad enough
Irina:I sat on the couch, reading through a book as I laid my head on the armrest. It was the only thing that I could do considering the fact that I didn’t know how I was going to work tomorrow. The stories that were in the past intrigued me, and it was one of the reasons why I found myself more and more attracted to what had happened. I wanted to know the way that they lived, what they did, and how they went on with their lives.Luna Katerina entered the living room, and though I was intrigued to get up, I chose not to. The woman had the right to roam around her own home, and I wasn’t going to stop her because she chose to do so. She put a tray in front of me, and I frowned in confusion as she took a step back. Her eyes met mine and I shook my head in question.“You decided to poison me already?” I asked, and she took a seat on the couch in front of mine.“I wouldn’t be killing you through poison. I am not that low, and I am not that type of women,” she said, and I nodded. “But yo
Kai:“We are going to be putting these here,” I heard mom say in the garden.“Why not choose a different color? The tones are a bit too dark and if this is going to be a celebration, we might as well make sure that they know that it is.” I heard Irina say and I raised an eyebrow. I walked out to the garden and shook my head in question as a small smile formed on my lips. “What am I seeing?” I asked, and mom winked at me. Irina’s eyes met mine from a distance and I saw how happy she seemed to be. Her pain was still in her eyes, but at least, she was able to stand in front of me as the Luna that I wanted her to be. She wasn’t weakening nor was she showing any signs of pain. If anything, she was showing off her strength.“Which color do you think is more suitable? I was thinking a darker tone, maybe blue, but Irina believes that beige could work just as fine. What is your input on it?” Mom asked, shaking her head in question.“I think that both colors are beautiful. You can choose the o
Irina:“Are you okay?” Luna Katerina asked, noticing that I was quiet.I smiled and nodded, knowing to keep her words in mind. I had to admit, despite them being painful, they were what kept me standing right now. The idea of her being right was one thing that I knew to respect. She was older than I was, more experienced, and I knew, even if it was deep down, that she had suffered a lot more than she was letting out. It was most likely why she was as careful as she was.“I’m fine, just a little lost in thought,” I said, and she nodded. “Where did Kai go?”“He most likely went to work. My son has his own things to finish. Sometimes you find him neglecting them, others you find him running after them. It just depends on the mood that he’s in.” she said, and I nodded. It was true, I did notice that he rarely ever went out to work. He mostly had his work inside his office at home. Unless, it was heading off to one of his clubs. “Do you think that he liked what we set up? He didn’t commen
Kai: I had my arms wrapped around my mate, pulling her closer to me as I felt her tighten around me. I swelled inside her, throbbing with each thrust, knowing that I was nearing my edge. Her canines and mine were already bared, and our wolves were more than willing to mark one another. The café was empty, and the rooms that we had there were going to need us to both rearrange and fix them later. But then again, I figured that what better way to mark our new spot than with a marking for our love. It was something that even Irina understood. Something that the two of us loved. “Fuck…” Irina said, crying out when she felt me hitting her G-spot. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head, and I knew that if I didn’t mark her now, both of us were going to end up out of energy. But then again, I doubted that she would mind. It wasn’t until she woke up to find out that she was with a limp that we would be making the smaller difference. “You are so fucking tight.” I said, shuddering over her
Irina:“What do you want to do today?” Kai asked, breaking my train of thoughts.I looked at him and smiled, shaking my head in question. It has been two months since my mother left the pack, the woman that I called mother, that is. I didn’t know what I should address her as anymore. But I knew one thing, I was thankful that she went without more trouble. She has caused enough as it was anyway.“I have nothing in mind, but I can assume, since you asked, that you might have something that you want us to do?” I asked, and he smiled. He walked toward the edge of the bed where I was sitting, reading through a few emails.“What are you doing?” He asked, and I shrugged.“You have work that you assigned me to do, remember, boss?” I teased, and he smirked.“Well, having you as my assistant ended when we were in the office, that is, of course, if you don’t want me to take you here and now, on the desk.” He teased, biting my bottom lip as he leaned in to kiss me. I laughed and wrapped my arms a
Kai:I watched as Irina walked out of her mother’s infirmary room, looking as if she had seen a ghost. And though I heard everything that went on inside, I knew better than to walk in. I knew to leave her to deal with things with the woman by herself. Had I interfered, she wouldn’t have been able to see her true face. A face that I saw long before she had seen it.Flashback:“She is not going to understand anything from her, Kai.” Mario said, looking at me. “While I know that you want her to try and listen, she is going to be more hurt than she has been. You are going to need to be there for her, and if they do talk, you are not going to interfere. If the answers that she gets do not satisfy her, I am going to speak to her.”“A little too late for that, Mario. The woman doesn’t even know you as her uncle. I doubt that she is going to accept a word from you…”“I am going to try to speak to her. If she is willing to listen, then I am more than open to telling her what happened. If not,
Irina:I walked inside my mother’s room, daring to face her after everything that happened.I had to admit, I was just as scared as Kai was, if not more frightened and worried. But I didn’t want him to see that. I didn’t want him to see me weak and I didn’t want him to think that I wasn’t going to be willing to do this. For him, for us, and for myself.I knew that this was something that I was going to have to do. Otherwise, I wasn’t going to be able to cope. I knew that about myself, and I knew that he saw it in my eyes.“You came.” Mom said, taking me off guard. The fact that she was speaking to me was something that I didn’t expect, but I knew not to expect any less. She has hurt me enough to be ignored. And I knew that many would have done so.“You still raised me as a daughter. One that you both abused, I understand that much, but I was still growing under your roof for a very long time. I might as well value that, right?”“Irina…”“I am not going to be long, but there are a few
Kai:“Are you sure that you are going to want to do this, Irina?” I asked, looking at my mate, remembering the pain that I saw in her eyes the other day.The fact that I knew that she wanted to speak to her mother wasn’t one that I was going to deny. But I was worried that IF she did, that she would be falling back into the cocoon that I barely managed to get her out of.“I know that you are worried, Kai. But I have no other choice right now. I am not going to run away from the woman. She still is the person who raised me, and considering the fact that I can’t get answers elsewhere, this is the one place that I have. Plus, it is not like I am a child.” She said, and I shook my head at her. I wrapped my arm around her shoulder, turning her to face me.“Irina, I don’t want you hurting. And you know that IF you try hiding it, I am going to feel your pain. This is going to make it a lot worse, because this time, I am going to have to look at the woman without breaking her face for breakin
Irina:“I want to be left alone, Kai.” I said, knowing that Kai was going to try and comfort me. While I was thankful for his attempt, it wasn’t what I needed right now.“I know, but I am not going to leave you to deal with your pain alone. Plus, it is not like you don’t know me as a husband to think that I would be willing…”“Me knowing you is not going to change the reality of me wanting to stay alone. I really need to be alone to allow myself to process what happened, and though it might not matter to you…”“Do you really believe that it doesn’t matter to me, Irina?” He asked, and I took a deep breath. I knew that it did, but right now, I also knew that I was bursting out over so many things. He wasn’t the one that I was angry with, and he knew that. But the idea of him not willing to leave me alone was one that I didn’t like. I didn’t want to be beside anyone. I just wanted to vent, but I wanted to do it by myself.“I don’t want you to see me in my worst state, Kai.” I said, and h
Irina:“Hey,” Anastasia said, putting a drink on the table in front of me.I looked at it for a moment then at her, and she smiled. “It is not poisoned, I promise.”“The fact that you would think that I would be concerned about it being poisoned amazes me. But then again, you lived your life dealing with Cosimo. I doubt that you would be living in any less worry or concern.” I said, and she smiled. I took a sip of the drink, wincing when I felt it burn my throat. It was vodka.“Are you okay?”“Would a person in my shoes be okay?” I asked, and she sighed. “I need to think straight, and no matter how much I want to, I really can’t find myself doing so. And to make matters worse, I know that nothing that they are going to tell me is going to make this any better. I am going to need to try and understand things my way, and it is going to be a lot harder as time goes.”“Well, if it makes you feel any better, I am exiled from both my brother and mother. Neither one of them is going to want
Kai:“Irina…?” I frowned, seeing that she wasn’t by my side.I got up from bed, and walked out of the room, frowning when I heard the fuss that was going on. The idea of her not being here was something that I didn’t like. I didn’t want her to be alone, especially when I knew that she was holding a lot more than she was supposed to inside her.“What is going on?” I frowned, seeing that mom was walking with her robe. She was wearing a white one, and the idea of seeing her awake at this time was one that I wasn’t used to.“Irina’s mom woke up.” Mom said, making my eyes widen in surprise. “Rustem saw her first, and Irina is there now.”Anastasia, who was here, looked at me. Her eyes met mine and I nodded at her, but the woman looked down at her feet. I knew that she was thrown in tough situation, but I wasn’t going to leave her alone. Not after everything that she went through.I put my hand on mom’s shoulder, gently squeezing it, before turning to the infirmary.I looked at Irina who wa
Irina:I woke up, careful not to wake Kai up, as I got out of the bed.The man had barely slept, and the last thing that I needed or wanted for him was to end up exhausting himself more than necessary. He needed the break, and I wasn’t going to deprive him from it.I walked out of the room, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to go back to sleep anytime soon, and to the dressing room to freshen up. Washing my face in the suite’s bathroom could end up waking him, and I wasn’t going to take that risk.My heart ached with each step that I took, and it wasn’t long before I found myself in the garden, walking around, knowing that I would be finding most of the pack members asleep. Some were walking around, others patrolling, but it was almost empty.We have been here a week, and I still couldn’t find myself accepting what happened. And with my mother still being asleep, I knew that I couldn’t help but find myself falling deeper into the cocoon that I was in. Kai was the one reason that I was a