Avery’s POV Kane turned me to face him. “Stay here, Avery and you’ll be safe. I won’t take long just wait for me.” He said, getting ready to chase down the intruders. “What?! No!” I yelled. “I want to come with you. I can help you fight them. I may not be able to shift, but trust me, I can still fight.” I argued. “I know you can sweetheart,” Kane said, his voice softening for a moment. “But I need you to be safe. If anything happened to you, I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself. Just be my good girl and wait here, please or I might have to punish you.” He begged. I clenched my fists, fighting the urge to argue further. I knew that he was just worried for me, but that didn’t make it any easier to accept. Eventually, I was able to manage a reluctant nod. “Fine, I’ll wait.” But before he left, I grabbed his face and kissed him, hard. “Promise me you’ll come back safely.” Kane cupped my cheek, his thumb brushing my skin. “I promise, my Nuri. I’ll come back to you safel

James POV I sat on the edge of my bed, with Avery’s unopened letter in my hand. After taking a deep breath, I tore the envelope open and began to read. "Dear James, I heard you have been punishing yourself for what happened between us. Please, stop. I have already forgiven you and I don’t wish you any bad will. We were both hurt by how things ended, and we both lost the life and future we had spent so many years creating, but holding onto that pain won’t do anything but cause is more pain. You always say that we’ll be together till death does us part, well I’m sure you heard that I was killed on the day of the attack. I don’t understand how I survived it, but I was told that I truly died for a few hours, so that means that death has truly parted us. With that in mind, I hereby release you from every promise and vow you have ever made to me as my husband and lover. It’s time for you to move on with Lizzy, just as I have. My only wish now is for you to become the car

Avery’s POV I held the large fish tightly in my hand as I walked into the forest with Leah, my wolf turned puppy, padding alongside me. She glanced up at me, and I could see her golden eyes was filled with worry. "i really don’t think this is a good idea," Leah mind linked me. "Kane told us never to leave the palace because it’s dangerous, shouldn’t we listen?” I shrugged. "So should we allow fear of danger stop us from saving his life?” I asked and she sighed. I wasn’t intentionally going against Kane’s warning because I was stubborn. I was going against it because it’s the only way I knew how to save his life and ensure his quick recovery. The doctors told us that it would take an ultimate miracle for Kane to be healed in a few weeks, but he would most like be permanently scarred from the injuries. If Kane hadn’t been determined to protect me, none of this would have happened. I owed it to him to help him in anyway I could. So far, the forest seemed fine and s

Kane’s POV If I wasn’t sure of my feelings for Avery before, then I was more than sure now. I now honestly believed that the goddess must have tied out destines together or Avery must have put a spell on me because—there was no other way to explain the raw, sharp, sheer terror that consumed when I heard that Hailey had sent Avery into the dangerous forest all alone. I almost had a heart attack and I knew that Hailey did it intentionally. I already knew that Hailey had been acting as a spy for a while now, she had been snooping around for any trace of Mona. But I’d taken every necessary precaution, to ensure that there was no evidence leading to Mona anywhere near me. It really wasn’t my intention to keep the sisters from each other, but Mona thought it was necessary, so I had to be the bad guy and keep lying to Hailey no matter how bad I felt when I saw Hailey break down from missing her sister. But the unfortunate thing was that Hailey was a smart girl and she seemed

Avery’s POV I noticed the look in Kane’s eyes and I realized that his wolf had risen to the surface. But I knew that inner wolves of men as powerful as Kane would always be wild and unpredictable. If I didn’t do something now, Kane could hold me down on the bed and ravage me. I knew that he would stop if I asked him to, but I was worried that if I let him start, it would feel too good to ask him to stop. But I didn’t want our first time to be because his wolf was horny, I wanted it to be he because Kane and I wanted it and felt like it was time. I already felt like it was time and I actually really really wanted him, but I needed to be sure that Kane was ready and really wanted me too, so I put my hand up and stopped Kane from kissing me. Kane pouted like a little boy that was denied his treat and I chuckled at him. “We have been in bed for too long, shouldn’t we attend to your other responsibilities like ruling the north?” I teased, and reached for the papers Sophie