I try my fucking hardest to engage in conversation with Justin’s friends, but my stupid brain is not wired correctly. I can’t put my attention to things I don’t care about, like their conversation about which girl around here they want to fuck the most. My treacherous eyes move back to Georgie just five minutes later… and I see she’s not here anymore. That sets off all my alarms and forces me to stop pretending I don’t care. My heart starts beating hard against my chest and my wolf perks up, feeling like something isn’t right. She could be in danger. “Cain, where the fuck are you going?” my brother asks, but I ignore him and I walk, pushing bodies out of my way while I search for Georgie near the last place I saw her, but she’s not here. I look around for a while, starting to lose my patience… and then I finally see her.Walking next to the guy with the happy hands, one of which is still placed in her lower back. Her bare lower back. They’re walking away from the party, towards

That catches me so off guard, I stumble with my words a bit.“I di— I hav— How—“Georgie mimics me childishly and she looks so ridiculous doing it that it almost makes me laugh... except I can’t because I know I'm in trouble. Georgie knows exactly the kind of things I've done in Amsterdam. I've told her that I go there with sex as the main goal, usually. I’ve given her extreme details. This time it wasn't like that, obviously, but I don't think she'll believe me."How do you know I was there?" I ask, because I know Justin didn't tell her, but Justin and my parents are the only ones who know I went there. Georgie's cheeks turn red with embarrassment but she holds my gaze, "You checked my location, didn't you?""That doesn't matter," she spits out and shakes her head and points at me, "The point here is that YOU left me and ran off to fuck other people. And then YOU left me and ran off to kiss other girls. So both of you can FUCK OFF! And if I want to kiss another man, I can."“Oh, yea

{Georgette}Luckily, they both stop the fight before it even begins and turn to look at me in silence, waiting for what I have to say. I clear my throat."We need to go back to the party. We've been away for way too long," I begin. Asheron eyes narrow and Cain frowns deeply."No, Georgie, you promised we..." "But what about the...""God, shut up and let me talk!" I interrupt them, making them fall silent again, "We can't do anything right now anyway. I don't have condoms and I'm not on birth control ever since my mate died… you know, before he came back to life as a cheater."Asheron clenches his jaw but keeps his mouth shut while thinking."We'll pull out," Cain says easily, earning equally sharp looks from both me and Asheron, "What? The pull out method has always worked for me."I glare at him, my hands clenching in anger just thinking about him with other girls, fucking them like that. "As far as you know. There could be a hundred half-werewolf half-human kids out there," Ashero

I return to the party after spending a few minutes composing myself in my room, but instead of continuing to hunt men like it’s a sport, I decide to walk to the council table.My father is standing on one side, drinking and laughing with King Kellan and Queen Alicia. Safe territory. I reach them and hug my dad. I think he didn't notice my forty-minute disappearance, which is good. I grab a flute of champagne and join in their conversation for a while, taking their praise about my Interpack Mating Ceremony like it’s food and I’m starving. My intentions were a little selfish at the beginning, but it’s going to help a lot of people. Once everyone else around the country hears about how successful this was, they’ll choose to take part in the next heat and then do it all over again next year. And before we know it, we will have tens or hundreds of new fated couples, a lot of new families and babies all around. So, yeah, it’s kind of a big deal. “So, have you found someone new?” My dad a

{ Cain }Asheron walks away from Georgie and I think he's going to leave just like that, but instead, he walks until he’s by my side to whisper in my ear.“If you make another scene, you'll ruin the night and then no one gets laid," he mutters directly into my ear, his breath tickles me and almost makes me shiver Ash steps back and looks me in the eye for a second, then he grabs my jaw to hold me in place, "Do you understand? I don’t want you to fuck this up for me. For both of us.”"I get it," I reply and roll my eyes, he’s so intense. "Good. Stay with Justin for the rest of the night. And if you're thirsty, just order water," he continues, making me groan. No matter how much I complain, he just keeps treating me like I’m some useless idiot. I don't need him or Justin babysitting me. I try to pull away, but he just tightens his hold on my jaw, "Ask your brother to drive you to my house. I can take you back to Kallistar tomorrow.""Fuck no. Justin is going to ask too many questions a