AS

th, I stayed hidden, watching her from the shadows since. I had no idea

black hair pulled into a tight bun, there was an effortless grace about her. It w

e it felt like it carried no weight on this world. Or was it the way her warm,

nd yet, that realization only made my

wasn't right to feel this way a

the same one she gave everyone, kind and inviting. She re

Ashvin," she said, her cheeks tinged

t how many battles these hands of mine had fought. Her

h my hand and the thoug

nced myself there was nothing to worry about u

oman moving with the music, and the pull between us was magnetic, undenia

caught her fa

ra-

past two years now stood before me, no longer A

ged in just a few days. She looked thinner, her face dr

e?" Her voice trembled, and her

e remembered th

neutral. "I was doing a job. I didn't know it was you. Bu

ng in them, but she held her g

her voice lowering. "Isn't that....." She stopped, unab

," I said firmly. "That's all the he

nd now. For two years, I had kept those feelings buried, and I intended to keep it that way. She was a little girl u

n, but I couldn't let myself l

oice seemed to ease her, and for the first time in days, I saw a small s

hvi

. I turned to where he sat, my b

g to him, then stepped

him?" I mind-linked K

oon," Kai replied,

attack, everyone we questioned gave the same story-that they were holding a grand party fo

with Moonshine's territory for years, but Alpha Enzo had refused, even rejectin

people would have thought merging will make them the m

If their ambitions led to this, we need pro

r. After exchanging a few more words, I w

Are you heading out to r

she was again, smiling faintly as Asael stood beside her. Eve

ur brother," Kai remin

htening."They ended their engagement," I

didn't give him the chance. I walked

to Asael. She always had. And that is exactly whe

rself that," my w

d the thought away,