Ridian’s POV I couldn’t be near Cilla Markle. After accepting her as my mate, the desire for her was too strong. I still despised her but I knew that if I stayed around, I’d end up in bed with her. Yet, I wanted her to be the one begging me. As soon as I sent her away from my suite, I called my beta and gamma for a quick meeting in which I told them I was going somewhere for business. I promised to give them more details at a later time, and asked them to be in charge while I was gone. Kane Blackwell, the alpha of Redmoon pack and I were long time best friends. We met when we were both five years old at a training camp for young alpha bloods. At that time we were both the weakest participants. We had bonded over our mutual hatred and fear of the stronger and older boys. Our lives chan

