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Chapter 23

How long she had slept, she didn’t know, but how long it had been had been good for her. The discomfort that had previously suffocated her had vanished completely, leaving her with an indescribable feeling coursing through her. She opened her eyes to find herself alone in bed stark naked.

She sat up and sat on the bed pulling her tangled hair back from her face. She vaguely remembered what happened before she fell asleep in Cristián’s arms as a slight blush covered her.

-Damn it,” she touched her temple, “This is killing me.

She could still feel her skin tingling where he had touched her, licked her, brushed against her. Her body responded to every caress as if her skin was his property. He had already decided that he would give himself up, but that was not a decision he had taken lightly. It was one thing what her body wanted, that she was 100% okay with melting in his hands and on the other hand there was her stubborn head that was beginning to give in and see a side of the wolf that caught her attention. Maybe he was beginning to like it.

He felt with his now finer hearing as the shower water stopped and the bathroom door to Christian’s room was opened. He really wasn’t ashamed.

-The man had only wrapped one towel around his h**s and was drying his hair with another, though his skin still glowed damp. He looked like he’d just run out of the shower.

Alisha felt uncomfortable to see his penetrating gaze sweeping over her, giving her a reminder that she too was without a garment on top. Feigning indifference she picked up the sheet and held it up to her breasts.

-I feel better now.

She felt him come over and sit on the edge of the bed and put his hand on her forehead. She sat still while he still gazed at her.

-Your fever is down, that’s good.” He didn’t sound upset anymore, more relieved.

-Christian, do you love me? -Alisha blurted out.

The wolf was petrified.

-Why do you ask me that?

-You claim I’m your mate, that you want me by your side, your body claims mine, but I don’t know what’s going through your mind.

-You’re my partner, how can I not love you?

-I know the companion part comes from the wolf part, but I want to know what you think about this, we hardly know each other.

Cristián was slow to respond. It was the first time he stopped to think about something so simple and basic.

-We are wolves, Alisha, we have never seen feelings as separate from our instinct. But I want you to know that you are the most important person to me.

-Because I am your mate,” she concluded and he nodded.

She looked away a little hurt. It was hard to give herself to someone, but it was harder when that person didn’t love her.


-Serguei was standing more than two meters tall, his arms crossed over his broad chest and an aura of not very good hairs.

-Alisha interrupted him, sitting next to her partner on one of the sofas in the living room.

-That’s not an excuse for…

-I need to talk to you,” she interrupted him a second time.

Lowa and Dylan tensed. They would never have dared to intrude on their alpha’s conversation, let alone leave him with the word in his mouth.

But to their surprise Serguei turned and gestured for her to follow. She got up without looking at Cristián and went after him.

-Hey, I don’t know about me, but your relationship isn’t getting one thousandth better, what did you do now,” Dylan wrapped an arm around his beta’s neck smiling uncomfortably.

-She asked me if I loved her,” he said.

-Don’t tell me you told her something characteristic of you like you’re a wolf and she’s your mate so you do love her,” Steicer appeared where his alpha had left off. The younger wolf, though he would find it hard to recognise, had known him for a long time and if it wasn’t for his excellent instincts he could tell he was a mind reader. Christian nodded his head.

-You’re stupid,” Lowa concluded receiving a growl in response, which he ignored, “Even though the girl is now a wolf she lived as a human until the other day, you didn’t have a better way to tell her you love her.

-I explained to her what it means to me.

-That, to them, is irrelevant if you don’t say the magic words,” the biggest womaniser had spoken, “If a woman asks you if you love her and you don’t answer her what she wants to hear, you have 0 points in your favour,” I said.

-You say it as if she hates me now- -Maybe.

-Maybe, knowing her, you’re at the bottom of the well”.

For the first time Cristian felt on the edge of the abyss and did something he never imagined doing in his 200+ years.

-And what can I do – he knew he might regret it later.

-For some reason the smile on Dylan’s lips didn’t bode well. Nothing good could come out of those three.


-I didn’t think your wolf would show up to ask that of you,” he looked at the dejected woman with lowered defenses, something that caught his attention, “And what are you going to do?

-I have another way out. Everywhere I look I see the same place, no matter how much I avoid it. Only that…” He avoided speaking any further.

-What’s the matter?

-It’s hard to be with a person who doesn’t love you. I’m saying that both sides Serguei –

-I don’t understand you little girl.

-I asked Cristián about his feelings about me. He only responds to his instinct, he doesn’t mind being next to me if his wolf loves me, but he… -I don’t understand you little girl- -He doesn’t mind being next to me if his wolf loves me.

-He loves you.

-Because I’m his mate.” He frowned.

-Because you are half of his soul, he would die for you, he would kill for you, you are the most special person in his life.

She lowered her head and hid her face under the hair that was escaping from her bun.

-I’m sure he told you that, but I’ll tell you again. We are wolves but not like you. Our beasts are joined to us body and soul, what one feels is the feeling of the other. If his wolf loves you, Christian loves you too. We are not human and although we have lived with them for years, we still don’t understand them” He took the woman’s hand to get her attention “I’m not saying this as an alpha, I’m saying it as a friend. Let him into your barriers, things will be easier for you. Let him love you and be with you, then you’ll understand him a little better and you’ll see things more clearly”.

On the one hand Serguei wanted his beta to bond to know the new things that were coming, but on the other hand he didn’t like to see the two of them suffer just because they had been from different worlds. If they weren’t both so hard headed maybe they’d give him less of a headache.

-I’ll try, for me and for the pack.” He gave her a small resigned smile before he felt the door creak open and the four wolves entered with Dylan in the lead.

-Dear respected alpha,” Serguei frowned, he was coming down with something wrong.

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