Hot and steamy

Lillian’s POV

The next morning, I awoke early and I decided to keep myself busy.

I still felt apprehensive about last night's encounter with Henrik but I tried to keep calm.

I didn't want Kaiden or anyone at all from the Blue Moon pack to know about it. I was barely lucky that it was only a pack maid and it wasn't Kaiden or Luna Caroline.


I managed to freshen up and, I stepped out of the pack house as I headed towards the pack garden to gather some wild apples.

It wasn't like I wanted to eat them or anything but I just felt the urge to do something.

I was simply bored of waking up everyday without doing anything useful in the pack, except for dressing up and either getting ignored by Kaiden or getting insulted and bashed by that bestie of his, I rolled my eyes, unable to help it.

The crisp morning air was quite refreshing, and as I stepped out I hoped the simple task would clear my mind at least for the time being.

I had asked the pack maids to go ahead of me since I was taking so long to finish getting ready and so I was left with walking all by myself and heading towards the pack gardens.

As I walked, I tried to shake off the ghostly thoughts of Kaiden, but they clung to me stubbornly.

I tried to wave those thoughts away from my mind as I chose to think of.....other things, of which I couldn't think clearly about.


While I walked towards the pack gardens, I passed a woods-like place that looked like a mini forest, now I knew this would not be a forest because it was pretty close to the pack and that would be somewhat dangerous as wild beasts would be prone to attack the pack.

I was sure the Alpha Authur didn't want that and so this had to be a mini forest or just.....woods.


As I walked along, I could hear sounds, like someone was hitting someone, or something and that almost made me panic for a second before I held my breath and boldly walked towards the direction I had heard the sound coming from.

I was able to locate the sound and I noticed a familiar figure sparring aggressively with a tree trunk.


It was no other person but my beloved mate, Kaiden.

I froze on my spot, as I watched him from a distance. His body moved with a fluid grace, every muscle contracting with power and precision.

I saw the way the sweat glistened on his skin, dripping down in rivulets. And those muscles, oh don't even get me started.

Somehow and it felt like I was getting hot.

My clothes became quite itchy and kind of tight. It felt as if my body was no longer comfortable with the clothes I had on.


And I so badly wanted to look away. But I simply couldn't. I couldn't tear my eyes away, the heat was rising inside me like a wave.

It was becoming uneasy to breathe and I felt my breath hitch while I watched him.

The singular word for the sight I was beholding was......Hot. Kaiden looked so hot sparring aggressively with those trees and I honestly wanted to lick all those sweat from his body. Ahem.


It was way too early in the morning for me to be thinking these thoughts, but they were there and I simply couldn't stop myself.


It really felt like it was a sin to watch him. Like I was doing the wrong thing, as if I was looking at him unauthorized and needed to get his permission before I could continue and I felt so ashamed of myself for that.


While I watched him, watched the way his face contorted into a frown at each painful punch at the hard tree trunk and the way the sweat dropped from his eyebrow, I felt something grow inside me. Deep in my core, right at my lady parts.


I immediately remembered our kiss from the previous night, how perfect it had felt so .... perfect, even though I had known that it was just for show.

I could feel my cheeks as they flushed crimson red as I replayed the moment in my mind again, I tried to recall the exact taste of his lips.

Even though I knew he was pretending last night and he probably was putting up a show to please his parents, the memory still stirred something deep and uncharted inside me. Something that I didn't think existed until that moment within me.


Kaiden must have sensed my presence with his werewolf instincts, because after a moment, I saw the moment he stopped what he was doing and looked up to where I was standing and watching him.

I swallowed hard the moment our eyes locked. The manner in which he gazed at me was so intense that it made my heart skip a beat, or two or three or whatever the hell it was that my heart skipped.

I wanted to look away, to break the invincible spell, but I couldn't as it looked like his eyes were holding mine, commanding me to not look away.

And so we stood there, staring at each other for what felt like an eternity.


Finally and I forced myself to move, I tore my eyes away from him and continued on my way with my task.

As I walked away, I could still feel his eyes on me, I could feel his gaze burning into my back.

The encounter left me feeling more confused than ever, my emotions were fast becoming a tangled mess.


I decided to be more focused on picking the wild apples and trying to steady my racing heart beat instead of thinking about Kaiden Authur.

I knew very well that Kaiden was a mystery I couldn't solve, but I knew one thing for sure: I was hopelessly drawn to him, no matter how much I tried to deny it.

I was sure he knew this too.