Tasting 360

360–It Hurts

Ryker:

The dinner was so uncomfortable. I couldn’t even eat anything properly. I hadn’t come here to feast

on food anyway. I had come here to take Nora back. However, the way she had been acting made

me wonder if it would be a difficult task until Brody introduced his wife to us.

“We shall return now,” Dad hadn’t been able to ease up when one weird secret after another was

exposed. First, he met up with the horrifying sight of Nora fighting in Arena, and now the second

mate and his wife.

“You guys go ahead and help Dad get comfortable while I take a walk with Nora,” the minute I said

that, I watched Brody and Nora exchange a glance.

“With

my

wife?” Brody asked, all smiles, but there was a hint of discomfort in his voice that only I could

detect. I had been his friend. once, so I knew him very well. He had done something very wrong

here, and I wasn’t going to let it slide that easily.

“Why not? She was his stepsister once. They had a bond of friendship; why can’t a Luna of the

pack show the Alpha King her garden?” My dad was quick to come to my defense, making my wish

to speak with the Alpha King’s wife seem like a more serious matter. Usually, Luna’s of the packs

would invite us for walks where they suggest or request some help for their packs.

He provided a reasonable excuse. “Of course, I didn’t mean to act like I was objecting. Janet, you

should join them too and see if you can share the pack’s ideas with the Alpha King as well.” Brody

clearly thought he could outplay me.

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“Why? Is she the one fighting him at Arena?” Janet stopped when I asked that question. “I only want

to take a stroll with the fighter. I would love to hear the Luna’s opinion and suggestions on how to

improve one’s pack.” My smirk made Brody’s face darken.

Of course, he was reminded of one fateful night when he lost his mate. after she had taken a stroll

with me. The look on his face fulfilled my heart. I didn’t need a dessert for that reason alone. I knew

it would be enough to sweeten my mood.

“Shall we?” I asked Nora directly, who confidently got up and shrugged. I had never seen her so

confident before. Although I was impressed and happy that she had learned to control her wolf and

put it to better use, I still felt uneasy about the vibes the three of them were giving off.

Nora and I walked out of the mansion in silence. Her cologne was enough to speak to me and

mesmerize me.

“So, congratulations on your wolf,” I started, sliding my hands into my pockets. I had to look away

every few seconds to calm myself. Walking with her under the cloudy sky and the mild wind carrying

her scent was not easy for me. I kept thinking about ways I could hold her and express my feelings.

“Thank you. My husband worked really hard for it,” she mentioned Brody almost as if she wanted to

provoke me.

“And then he married your friend. By the way, I didn’t know you were friends with the Alpha’s

daughter that Brody was conducting business. with. Isn’t it an odd coincidence?” The way I asked

that question was bound to provoke a response from Nora.

Her body flinched, but it was so subtle that I wondered why she was trying so hard to act like

nothing was weird.

“Well, he really listens to me,” she replied.

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“The girl who was so possessive that she wouldn’t even let her mate look. at someone else

requested her husband to marry her best friend? What made you change so much?” I paused once

I knew we were far from the mansion. The roads were so silent at this time of night.

“Time changes everything. You mature up,” she shrugged, looking around and taking deep breaths

to inhale the fresh air.

“Is that so? Or maybe it’s because you didn’t want to get intimate with him because you weren’t

over your fated mate?” I asked her directly this time, without beating around the bush. She gave me

a harsh glare in response.

“You think I made him accept someone else so that he stays busy and doesn’t ask me to be

intimate with him?” she questioned, and without hesitation, I shrugged, lifting my chin.

But before I could be satisfied with the explanation we brothers had come up with, she broke my

heart when she admitted, “Ryker, we have sex almost every day. He starts and ends the day with

me, maybe has a moment in the middle with Janet, but I am always the main one.”