LOGINChapter 14Aurora’s POVMy entire body turned to solid ice and my heart must have stopped beating for a minute. Sylvester Andrew. My ex fiance and the man who threw my love right in my face and fucked my bridesmaid on our wedding day. He was standing by the entrance with a flute of champagne, chatting away with aoms bald old wolf. Everything around my faded away and all I could see was Sylvester Andrew. Instinctively, my fingers tightened on Kaelen's arms so hard that I might have ripped his tux apart if I continued. I could feel my claws growing out and my wolf almost at the surface. "Aurora?" Kaelen’s voice rumbled close to my ear, pulling me closer as he felt me go rigid. "What is it? You're shaking."I forced my eyes away from the entrance, still unable to breath. "Nothing," I lied though I sounded out of breath. I prayed the wine would make him not push it. “It's nothing. Just...the wine. I think it's finally catching up to me."Kaelen didn't look very convinced and I cou
Chapter 13Aurora’s POVIf Kaelen’s jaw dropped any lower, it was going to dent the hotel’s cheap tiled floor.Because for a glorious, thrilling five seconds, the brooding Alpha of Steele Security looked like he had been hit by a freight train. His blue eyes ran down the length of my red silk dress, tracing every curve with his eyes. I watched as his nostrils flared and I could swear I heard a low, rumbling vibration in his chest that sounded dangerously like a possessive wolf growl.Even now, I could feel my mating mark come alive, almost making me squirm. “Well?" I looked down nervously. "Do you think I'll blend in?"Kaelen blinked, his throat bobbing as he swallowed hard and then quickly looked away, clearing his throat roughlym "It's... fine. You look fine," he muttered, his voice sounding raspier than usual. Then he stepped back, gesturing to the clean sports car he'd arrived in. "We’re running late. Let's go."*Fine.* I rolled my eyes behind his back as I walked down to the
Chapter 12Kaelen’s POVThe raw, agonizing pain in Aurora’s eyes had just ripped a hole straight through my chest when Liam burst through the door like a bat out of hell.He didn't even knock. "Boss," Liam gasped, clutching the oak doorframe as he tried to catch his breath. "We have an emergency.""It better be a life-or-death matter, Liam. What is it?""The cartel," Liam panted, holding up a sleek black tablet. "Marcus just intercepted a digital invite. There's an exclusive out-of-town charity dinner at the Obsidian Estate. We have reliable Intel that top level members of Cartel De Imperio will be attending. It’s happening right now."Aurora wiped her cheeks quickly and cleared her throat. "A dinner? Who is attending?""That’s the catch," Liam said, looking between us quizzically. "Our system intercepted the encrypted invites, but we don't know exactly who to look out for. The guest list is written with initials, it's anonymous. But if we can get inside that dining hall, we can scan
Chapter 11Aurora’s POVI was fantastic with numbers. I'd known this since I was just a kid. So, for the last three days, I had locked myself in the small, glass-walled research annex at Steele Security and looked at all related data concerning the cartel members, their home address, their favourite bar, their barbing shops, etc. I knew sooner or later, something would come up. But that wasn't all the reason I had to hide in my new office. Actually, I didn't want to go to the main floor and risk running into Kaelen. I was doing a magnificent job of avoiding him, but my mind was a complete mess.Every couple of hours, I found myself picking up my phone to call Gina. I checked on her a couple of times, asking about her day, her work at the coroner’s office, and just making sure she was completely okay. She also helped me take my mind off things for a bit. My sweet, bubbly little sister was the only family I had left, and the guilt of almost crossing the line with Kaelen in the cab
Chapter 10Aurora’s POVIf there was one thing I needed after a grueling power play at the office with Kaelen Steele, it was my cheerful sister. Right now, Gina was talking at ninety miles an hour while aggressively dipping French fries into chocolate milkshake."I'm just saying, the dead don't talk back, which makes them infinitely better company than ninety percent of the living pack males in this town," Gina said, waving a limp fry in the air for emphasis.We were sitting in a corner booth of a small cheap diner three blocks away from my hotel. I had spent the last twenty minutes pretending to eat a salad, but mostly I was just using my fork to stab a cherry tomato over and over again like it had personally offended me."Right. Very true," I mumbled, my mind drifting back to the previous night and how cold Kaelen was towards me earlier that day. I wasn't sorry that I tracked the phone and got information about the next route of the cartel. Actually, I was very fulfilled that I w
Chapter 09Aurora’s POVI had a very simple rule for survival: when a brooding, seven-foot-tall Alpha werewolf tells you to stay home because you’ve had a "messy day," you put on your tightest pencil skirt, your highest heels, and you march right into his office.Mainly because I refused to let Kaelen Steele think he had the power to make me hide. But also because staying alone in my hotel room with nothing but my thoughts, a mediocre room-service club sandwich, and twelve years of unanswered questions was going to drive me completely insane.So, there I was.I stood in the lobby of Steele Security, smoothing down the front of my black skirt. I’d paired it with a soft, sleeveless cream blouse that sat a little lower at the collar than usual. I hadn’t done it for Kaelen—or so I lied to myself—but the air conditioning in the building was blasting, and my skin felt hyper-sensitive. I took a deep breath, clutching my tablet as I stepped into the elevator.“Keep it professional,” I chan







