LOGINCharlie's POVIt was thirty minutes past 9 p.m. I clutched my physiology and anatomy textbooks to my chest, trying hard to double my steps without striding like the real me. Already late—I had read for longer hours and didn't even know when sleep knocked me off. Adjusting my glasses, smoothing my wrinkled pyjamas, and my hair already in a bonnet, I walked through the quiet hall stretching to the royal library. I had been there once, and it was everything I wanted to visit again. Here was my chance.Through the big glass window, I saw Jude's textbook, his head buried into it and a sweater cap over his head. I turned the doorknob and walked in briskly."Already chugging the entire textbook?" I joked, dropping my own textbook on the reading table. Then I pulled myself a chair toward the table, walking up to turn the air conditioning off."I'm damn cold already, sorry okay." I apologized teasingly. I noticed a light switch and switched it on to brighten the library up more."Tell me what
Jayden"I marked her," I said.The words did the job of a silent wave. I could feel Charlie's burning eyes on me, then the others on the table. I let out a chuckle, picking the tiny crumbs of sauce with my chopsticks."That was just a humble joke, and you all took it serious? Guess nothing thrilling has been happening here lately." I continued on my chuckle.Carl recoiled inside. I didn't like the lie. He hissed in my head.Hold it up, dude. I can't say I claimed her. My father will instantly marry us."Jayden has the grace of being a nuisance." Lia's mum said, then looked me in the face. "You should learn when to crack your nasty dry jokes and when not to."Guess they all like sizzling gossips."How about you hear this one—she biked against me and had her ass dropped on the asphalt." I laughed. They didn't join me."She's a girl. You go biking against her? Hope you will top her scores in med school?" Father returned the humor that made my smile flatten.Charlie muffled quietly."Obv
: Charlie's POVCedar, earthy after rain scent smacked my nostrils, changing the scent of cinnamon that clogged the atmosphere. My grip on the bars weakened instantly. My eyes flew wide open. My heart thumped loud into my ears. Heat crawled on my skin like goosebumps.Him.The scent of the Alpha I gave my first time to in Menils. The one I pulled into the dark and tore his clothes off. My first time at the Moon Awakening, before I could register his face in my head, I had left for Frost.Will he know me? The question pulsed in my chest, twisting like a sharp knife against it. I don't want to see him. Not in Menils. Not in Uncle Zach's pack."Miss."His voice came—too familiar. The heat on my body vanished and filled with a heart skip, then indifference. I turned to him."Charlie.""Jayden."I called out as my chest dropped to my belly.Jayden was the one I gave my first time to?Wait. Of all jerks, I knotted Jayden at the Moon Awakening?Impossible!My eyes returned to his, now lookin
Jayden's POVHer eyes—the way they tinged like light bulbs and dimmed like something nasty would happen. She was flushed, weak to her knees, and the way she held my gaze, I knew she wished to kiss me and get herself pinned across the wall, fucked hard and raw.But her cum dripped the entire room, and she couldn't say it. She didn't have to. Her body did. Her nerves. I picked up every beat and skip of her heart, and the blush on her lips. The only distance between us was this table, which I could easily push out and claim her lips. But no—I wanted to tease her, make her reek of unadulterated emotions and heat.But the heat crawling on my own skin is different. It is burning. Like I should possess her. And maybe I should.I stretched a bit closer, and she pulled away slightly, her eyes widened like she'd gotten a reminder somewhere to avoid me. A devilish smile crept to my lips. She was watching every move I made.My phone rang, but I ignored it, picking the queen to move further on the
Charlie's POVLuxe Penthouse. Top floor. 9 p.m.The message dropped on my inbox."Wait a minute. When did Greg become this rich?"I asked myselfIt's the famous penthouse. Let's enjoy it. Greek was already dancing. Neither were my eyes leaving the screen.He better not be joking. I'll have his head for it.I tucked my phone into my jean trouser and walked into the grand Luxe Penthouse. The caliber of people around were ones who swam in good money—old generation wealth that almost made me feel out of place.Quickly, I made it on the lift to the top floor. A man dressed in a black Italian suit displayed a bunch of keys with markings to signify which was which. I took it, clicked once, and the door opened.Breathtaking. That's all I could mutter. From the chandelier to the rugs on the floor, everything here was perfect. A bed with clean linen, some metres away, the winery with old Scottish mix to Mexican rums.I settled on the all-white plush sofa, admiring the swan in the little river b
Jayden's POV"Can I speak to you for a moment?"Greg's voice came behind me, almost like a whisper,one he had undoubtedly made deep silent prayers for before following me."Okay. Five minutes." I paused, took a look at my wristwatch, and back to his face with a smirk and my hands tugged in my trouser pocket."Wouldn't take that much of your time. It's about the photographing." He said."What about it? You did a good job. Need a buck for your services?""No. I want to cancel and rather make a better suggestion.""There's no better choice than you, Greg. Watching your secret crush in the arms of another is top notch class perfect or should I give Charlie a tip on your feelings?" I replied, like what this was about,I know exactly how to push his buttons and I am not relenting one bit from using it.He shrugged instantly, shook his head like electricity ran wild in his nerves."It's a suggestion. Why not create a hockey diary about you? Your everyday activities that should hit the gossi
Charlie's POVI blew out air the moment I closed my door. He had just shown up, and my entire life felt like it was closing its tabs."Geez."I pulled the ribbon out of my hair and faced the mirror. Veins popped on my hands.Jayden, you can't mess up my life. My truth is tied solidly to only one pe
Jayden's POVNew environment. One rule to follow to the letter:Come back a qualified medical doctor for the pack.Carl sighed before I did.Horrible. Hockey and the bike had been the only pleasures we both had.Gosh. An Alpha shouldn't settle for just sport when he could be more. My father's order
CharlieI had just arrived at class and got to the locker to get my books."Hey, Charlie"I almost collapsed, my thoughts still spinning from last night."Greg." I breathed his name like it was a curse, then hissed, pushing my brown pair of glasses into place."You should know when to pull such stu
Jayden's POV"Nice to finally have you here, Alpha." My beta, Paul, walked up to me, shorter than my six-foot-two frame, always grinning like he knew something I didn't.Loud, banging, nasty music erupted through the air. Smoke from electric pipes curled upward. Moans that could heat up the entire







