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–LIA’S POV–
“Don’t go,” I whined, wrapping my arms around Zane’s, cuddling closer to him.
He chuckled, placing a soft kiss to my head. “I have to, love. Pack duties. Unfortunately, I cannot stay in bed with you forever.”
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“I could command it,” I grumbled. “No one can tell me what to do. I’m a goddess.”
He snorted. “That’s what you’d use your powers for?”
“Maybe,” I mumbled. “Stay here.”
“Lia…” he laughed.
“Fine.” I let go of him, scowling.
“Hey, I’m not gonna go if you look like this.” He tapped a finger
on my nose.
“Then don’t,” I grinned.
“You know I have to,” he said gently.
I huffed. “Am I not Luna yet? When will you start including me
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in these top secret meetings you have? I’m a werewolf too, and I’m a part of your pack too, am I not?”
“Of course you are,” he replied, frowning. “I thought you wouldn’t wanna be involved yet.”
“Why wouldn’t I?” I blinked. “I’d love to, Zane. Anything that’s important to you is important to me. And if I’m Luna, I should know how things work, right? Don’t I have responsibilities?”
He stared at me, and a genuine, warm smile crawled onto his lips. “You do,” he nodded. “And you’ll be great at it all. I’ll speak to the Hounds and the pack today and you can join in from tomorrow.”
“Why not today?” I asked. “Aren’t you like, Alpha?”
“I am,” he nodded, “but there’s still procedures and a way of doing things. I need to make them feel respected. I do that by taking their opinion on most things, and informing them beforehand about others.”
I nodded in understanding. “That makes sense. Okay. Tomorrow works for me.”
“Great.” He pressed another kiss to my forehead, then climbed out of the bed. “I’ll be back before you know it.”
“You better,” I smiled. “I love you Zane.”
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“I love you too.”
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He left the room, and I released a slow breath, glancing up at the
moon.
“What did I do to get him, Mother? Did you just give him to me because you
love me
and want me to have the best?”
My phone buzzed beside me, making me sit up and search for it under the covers.
When I found it, I froze.
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The name flashing on the screen was one I thought I’d never
have to see again.
Blake Walker.
My ex mate.
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–BLAKE’S POV–
I’d been staring at the same report about the pack for twenty minutes, and still hadn’t read a single line.
The study was quiet, except for the ticking of the old clock on the wall. My tea had gone cold. Again.
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Caitlyn.
Even just her name in my head made something twist in my chest.
It’d been a long time since I brought her here, since I was forced to kidnap her so she’d stay away from Lia and not get herself killed. And somehow, she still looked at me like I was the enemy. Like I was some stranger who didn’t deserve to breathe the same
air as her.
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Maybe I didn’t. Maybe I was a complete and total piece of shit.
But I was trying.
I was trying to get her to warm up to me.
I had kidnapped her, yes. But I’d only ever been kind to her after. I was never rude. Never raised my voice. I left her alone every time she told me to.
But I couldn’t let her return to her town.
Because knowing her, she’d go straight to Lia and Zane’s pack and try to attack them again.
I couldn’t risk it. She was everything to me now.
A knock at the door pulled me out of my thoughts.
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“Yeah?” I called out, looking up from the sheet of paper.
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The door opened and Abby stepped in. She looked tense, her eyes slightly wide.
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“What’s wrong?” I asked, already pushing the page
“Another one,” she said. “From The Order.”
My stomach dropped.
“Who?”
aside.
“A guy called Sean Kesler. In his mid thirties. Had a wife.”
“Had?” I said softly.
She hesitated. “Yeah. He’s dead.”
Everything stilled.
I blinked. “What?”
“He was found this evening. At home. He killed himself, just like the other guy. Throat slit.”
A sharp, empty silence followed.
“With a tree branch again?” I asked, voice low.
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“No. His wife said he was cooking dinner. Using one of the kitchen knives. And then he just slit his own throat,” she explained.
I stared at her, the weight of it settling in my chest.
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I didn’t know much about he was. I didn’t even know if I’d met him when I’d joined hands with The Order.
But those people had one thing in common: they weren’t ones to give up.
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