MasukLyra"Ouch!"The pained yelp snapped me out of my anger.My eyes widened as I turned around.A familiar figure was sprawled on the ground, one hand pressed firmly against his cheek while the other supported him against the dirt."...Ronan?" My heart lurched. "Oh my goddess!"I rushed toward him without thinking and crouched beside him."I'm so sorry!" I blurted, reaching for his arm. "I didn't know anyone was behind me."He groaned dramatically as I helped him to his feet."I can see stars..." he muttered, rubbing his jaw with an exaggerated wince. "I think you just knocked my soul out of my body."Despite everything weighing on my mind, I couldn't stop the guilty laugh that escaped me."You deserved that for sneaking up on me!""I wasn't sneaking!""You appeared out of nowhere!""I called out to you!""I didn't hear anything.""Exactly." He pointed accusingly at me. "You were too busy trying to murder that poor training dummy."I glanced toward the battered dummy standing several fee
LyraThe entire walk to the infirmary, I kept telling myself not to overthink things.By the time I reached the infirmary, my steps had slowed on their own. Taking a quiet breath, I pushed the door open.The first thing that greeted me was the soft murmur of voices and the faint medicinal scent that always lingered in the room.Then my eyes found them.Alara lay on the hospital bed with an IV drip attached to her arm, her face noticeably pale. Despite that, she wore a weak smile as Kael sat beside her, one arm wrapped securely around her while she leaned against him. Two nurses stood nearby, quietly arranging a tray of medicine by the bedside.The sight rooted me to the spot.It was just like before… the same closeness between the two of them.I swallowed hard before forcing myself to walk farther into the room.Alara was the first to notice me.The moment our eyes met, she immediately shifted away from Kael's embrace, lowering her gaze almost guiltily."Lyra..." she muttered softly.
LyraThe sound of a soft chuckle drifted through the pack house just as I slowly descended the staircase.Following the sound, I stepped into the dining room.Kael sat at the dining table, already dressed for the day in a fitted charcoal shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his forearms. A steaming mug of coffee rested beside his plate as he quietly ate his breakfast.Across from him sat Alara.She looked unusually animated this morning. Her silver-blonde hair fell loosely over one shoulder as she happily chatted away, waving her fork around while speaking so enthusiastically that she nearly forgot to eat."...and then the puppy actually climbed onto your shoulders!"She burst into another fit of laughter.Kael didn't laugh with her. He merely nodded every now and then, the expression on his face that of someone politely listening out of courtesy rather than genuine interest.Then his eyes lifted from hi
FreyaMadam Kate's voice gradually faded into the distance until silence returned once more.I remained sitting on the cold floor.My face throbbed so hard that even the smallest movement sent waves of pain through me.But somehow… her words hurt even more than the blows.Slowly, I lowered my gaze.The cloak had slipped from one shoulder. Beneath it, angry whip marks crisscrossed my skin, stretching over my arms, shoulders, and legs like cruel tattoos permanently carved into my flesh.Bruises bloomed between them in dark shades of purple and blue.I stared at them, at what had become of me, and a broken sob escaped before I could stop it.Then another.And another.I had fought so hard to keep everything buried.To convince myself that if I stopped feeling... if I stopped remembering... then maybe I could survive this place.But tonight had destroyed whatever fragile
FreyaI lay motionless on the long oval table, staring blankly at the ceiling while laughter and drunken conversations echoed all around me.Their voices blended into meaningless noise. I could hear them… I just couldn't understand them anymore.My mind had long since drifted somewhere far away, desperately searching for a place where none of this existed.Today… today had become the worst day of my life.I had thought I already knew what humiliation felt like. I had thought I understood pain… I had been wrong.Nothing could have prepared me for tonight.Everything inside me felt frighteningly numb.My body, my heart, even my soul. For a terrifying moment, I couldn't even tell if I was still alive.Maybe I wasn't.But no, the burning ache coursing through every inch of my body reminded me that I was still alive.Still surrounded by beasts wearing human faces.A burst of loud l
FreyaThey silently led me through the long hallways of the pack house.The dreadful feeling inside my chest had grown so overwhelming that it was becoming difficult to breathe.We passed corridors I had walked countless times before, yet tonight they felt unfamiliar, colder, and more frightening.Then, after several minutes, I realized where they were taking me.The private guest quarters.My heartbeat instantly stumbled.This was where the Alpha entertained important guests, wealthy business clients, and powerful visitors from other packs.The closer we got, the louder the sounds became—music, laughter, the clinking of glasses, and men cheering loudly... It sounded like a celebration.By the time we reached the large double doors, two heavily armed guards were already standing outside.The moment they noticed Naomi approaching with us, both guards immediately straightened.Without asking a single question, they stepped aside. One of them pulled open the heavy wooden door.For a seco
Kael“Fucking asshole!”I rubbed my temple in irritation as Asher's furious voice exploded inside my head.“Will you shut up already?”The damn mutt had been yelling at me nonstop ever since I left Lyra's room.“No, I won’t shut up!” Asher barked furiously. “What the hell was that?”I shot back, “Y
LyraGrowing up, I had always been told that there was no greater love in the world than the love in a matebond. It was deeper than love, stronger than loyalty, and more powerful than anything else.But then, I had also been told about the darker side of the bond. A love this strong could become a
KaelI couldn’t believe it.Out of all the cruel jokes the Moon Goddess could have played on me, this had to be the worst one yet.Nine years.Nine fucking years of waiting for the woman destined to stand beside me as Luna.My fated mate.And now that I had finally found her…She was wolfless.The
LyraA piercing scream yanked me out of sleep.My eyes snapped as the sound echoed through the resort walls—raw, sharp, and filled with unbearable agony.For a moment, I lay frozen in bed, my heart pounding heavily against my chest. What was going on?I jumped out of bed immediately and tied the s







