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"Ex," I spat and glare to Destiny. She rolls her eyes in response.

"Whatever you say, honey. He pushed her off before she could continue whatever she wanted from him with that kiss."

"How can you be so sure?" She looks at me as if saying 'do you know who I am?'. Now it's my turn to roll my eyes at her.

"She needed to break your bond to make sure you didn't mate with one another— you would be collecting his piece of her soul if that happens. It would make you stronger,"

"Mate with him?"

"Have you not gotten that far into your books?"

"Uhhh."

"Never mind. You'll find out soon enough," she tells me while brushing it off. "For now, you have to leave here. Klayton is looking for you and Artemis cannot know what I have told you. You have to pretend to not know anything about this. Do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand."

Her second disappearance of the night made me wonder why Destiny never stuck around to see Klayton? Maybe because it meant Artemis wasn't too far away.

The thought makes my stomach roll and I decide that now is not the time to tell Klayton this new information. I needed to dwell on it for a while and figure it out for myself.

I turn to see Klayton running and making his way towards me. It is one of the first times that my heart doesn't flutter when I see him. There was just too much floating around in my head —one of them being the ever repeating image of Artemis kissing him.

His arms engulf and I feel the need to cry, my legs start to give out but I catch myself. Klayton looks down at me with concern.

"You need to sleep, this is too much information for a human."

A pang of hurt strikes through me. Is that all I am to him? The weak human? Was I even fully human? The effects of not being able to feel the mate bond were starting to take their toll on my mental capacity.

He pushes his lips into my hair and inhales before grabbing my hand and pulling me back towards the gates. I don't say a word as he leads me back towards the poorly parked car on the road. I had been in such a rage I don't even remember the drive here fully.

"How did you get here?" I questioned, not seeing another vehicle in the area.

"I ran. I was so worried, and I know you took my car..." he said it menacingly but shrugged it off, the anger disappearing.

Cars are too slow for this Alpha anyways.

His wolf must be very fast, probably because he is an Alpha. I wonder if I'll ever get to see that?

As we got closer to the car he slyly slid his hand into my pocket, where I held the keys. I slapped at his hand and scowled at him.

"I am fully capable of driving Klayton." But, the next thing I know the keys are out of my pocket and dangling in his hand. He held them up, just out of my reach. I jumped for them once and he just smirked at my lame attempt. I just did not have the energy.

I sighed as I watched him unlock the doors as I walked around to the passenger seat. I got in the car and as he started driving I just looked straight forward, still harbouring a grudge. Destiny said Klayton didn't kiss Artemis back, but, why did he even let her get that close? Why had I let them go into a room together?

"Adira, are you seriously still mad about Artemis trying to kiss me? You said it yourself, it's not like we're both virgins here. We have to be adults if we are going to get through this,"

I knew if anyone had the right to be angry it was him. I was the one who left Myersdale without waiting for him. Yet, that was all it took; that snide little comment. I couldn't feel the bond but it didn't mean I wasn't attracted to him. I was going to show him that he was all mine.

I unbuckled my seatbelt and he gave me a side glace, filled with worry.

"Adira put that back on! W-what are you doing?"

I lean forward, my hands going directly for his belt. I tuck my hair behind my ears and I fumble with his pants button.

"You have been driving since cars were invented, I'm not worried about crashing."

I had flattened myself across the center console. I'm sure he could feel my hot breath against his boxers. In fact, I knew he could because his dick twitched in response.

"Keep driving. This goddess has a blessing for you."

I got his cock out and gulped. I don't know if I would ever get used to its size... I guess another perk of being an Alpha.

I wasted no time when I wrapped my mouth around him, slowly bobbing my head up and down. I could feel him take his foot off the gas. He slowed down, but barely, just enough so we wouldn't go off the road if he swerved. My eyes quickly glance up and I see his grip on the steering wheel tighten, his fists almost turning a ghostly white.

I grasped the base of his cock with my hand moving up and down, only licking at his tip when it appeared. I liked to be a little bit of a tease. I was trying to maximize his pleasure, and I wanted him to know that no matter what happened in the past... I was his future.

I continued to intensify my efforts, trying to elicit a reaction from him.

I wasn't disappointed.

"Holy fuck Adira," I felt one of his hands come away from the steering wheel. They grabbed my hair and pulled it out of my face. I could feel him looking down at me. His stare made goosebumps rise on my arms.

I didn't need a supernatural bond to know that we had chemistry.

He lifted his hips to meet my mouth but I shoved him back down. I giggled as I sat back up in my seat. Now that I had gotten a reaction, I wanted him to beg.

I bent over, but just slightly, and blew on his dick. I could see it get harder, and bigger, if that was possible, as the air hit the shaft.

"Please Adira," he moans out and throws his head back against the headrest.

I smirk up at him and my response is my lips connecting with his dick. I use my hands in combination and even suck one of his balls into my mouth. I felt the whole car vibrate as he held the wheel with a death grip and groaned at the new action.

I was buried into his lap; his cock completely inside my mouth. His thighs were pressed up against my cheeks, my nose in his lap. My eyelashes brushed up against his pelvis.

Klayton's groans get louder and his breathing more desperate. I looked up; one of his hands was resting on my back and I reached for it, placing it up to my shirt.

"Oh, Adira! I'm gonna cum," he groans sensually.

I didn't answer him verbally; I just sucked him faster and made moaning noises as I prepared to finish him off. I could feel it shaking.

"Oh! Fuck! Ohhh," the contractions began, and his erection flexed. I focused the muscles of my mouth and tongue intently on the head of his dick. I have given blowjobs before but this was a very intense rush. I forced myself to quickly swallow it up.

Just when I thought it was over, his cock quivered with some involuntary aftershocks, and yet more creamy juice trickled down my throat.

I licked him clean from the base of his shaft to the head of his magnificent cock. I wiped my own mouth with the back of my hand, the saltiness spreading around although I didn't mind at all.

"Well, that was my first time doing that," he said as he zipped his own pants back up and glanced back to the road. First road head.... check.

"Wasn't mine," I stuck my tongue out and winked at him. That was my payback.

Even though my answer was a joke I could see the corners of his mouth fall into a frown.

~

"So are you just taking me back to the packhouse? I realized that during my fun we had passed my apartment.

"I think it's best," his voice coming out raspy, "I can watch you there." I was glad to be back in Myserdale, it was my home now.

"So, what happened after I left?" I drum my hands against the dashboard. He seemed to hesitate before answering, which made me all the more curious.

"I didn't stick around long enough to find out but I think Artemis stayed to talk to your parents." He glanced at me trying to gauge my reaction. He does this a lot as if he is walking on eggshells.

"What did she say when you came after me?" I locked eyes with his and watched him quickly drop his head and turn back to the road.

"That she would see me soon," I couldn't stop the sigh of exasperation that came out of my mouth. I rolled my eyes and turned away, putting my head against the window. Why did she say she wasn't in love with him but still feel the need to pursue him?

For a moment I was so lost in my own head that it felt like my thoughts had become foreign — they weren't my own. Instead, it was Destiny's voice that rang through.

Your boyfriend is one of them.

It was like I had woken up. She wanted to keep him away from me, so I couldn't get the piece of her that was inside of him.

I hadn't realized that I had dozed off.

When I awoke, the familiar front view of the pack house was looming in front of me. The passenger door is opened and Klayton bends down to pick me up but I hadn't forgiven him completely yet. It bothered me that as long as a part of Artemis was in him, he would probably have some sort of soft spot for her. I instead swing my own legs out, feet connecting with the ground.

I needed that nap because I had homework to do.

~

I told Klayton that I wanted to be alone after the day.

He insisted I stay at the pack house, and was even reluctant to leave me in a room by myself. However, it was too dangerous to climb into bed with him. Even without the bond who knows what might happen. We still don't know what this curse is capable of and Artemis refused to remove it.

I sat in bed with the books that I had forgotten about. It was Destiny that reminded me that these may hold some of the answers I am looking for; at least a clue or two.

The red book is painful to look at but I force myself to open its bindings. It was personal to Artemis, just like Klayton, and I had never looked farther than a couple of meaningful glances. I had easily been able to retrieve it from Klayton, although he didn't know.

I started turning through the pages, one by one. If there was one thing to admire, it was how beautiful this artwork was. She had everything down, ever single detail, even to the laugh lines at the corner of his eyes. At the bottom of some of the drawings, there were inscriptions.

One of Klayton had the word, final under it. As if it was her last draft. After, the pictures reflected a more real person. I assumed that she continued to draw him, even after his creation.

Not in love with Klayton my ass.

I was about halfway through the book when I noticed a picture that wasn't Klayton. It was a baby, a little girl, under it in simple cursive Hana. This wasn't like other drawings— it wasn't design, but rather a portrait.

It seemed that as the book progressed, Hana appeared occasionally, seeming to grow older in every photo. There was one of her as a young girl and the inscription under it was different. Immediately catching my eye, this time it read, My Daughter Hana.

I gasp and drop the book and it hits softy against my duvet. This is one of my ancestors— Hana. The first one who had died at the hands of a werewolf. My veins ran cold as I thought about how I was constantly surrounded by people that could kill me in a second. I shook my head, they wouldn't do that.

As I flipped the page over I noticed a set on indents along the back of the paper. The book had been used as a flat surface when someone wrote over it on another sheet. Yet the parchment had kept the subtle outlines of the pressing pen. I had seen so many crime shows that I knew exactly what to do. Blank paper and a pencil, I shaded over the dented area to reveal my first real lead.

My daughter

May soon meet her slaughter

Yet, my love for her will hang in the air

So a piece of me will lie there

With my first true heir.