Chapter 27. Seeing Stars

Adeline POV

I was awoken as the sun barely began to rise by the howls of wolves swirling throughout the forest. Was I the only wolf not ecstatic for the coronation? I huffed out a breath and rolled over, grabbing my pillow and tossing it over my face to silence the racket coming from outside my window. Five more minutes, I begged in my head, just shut up for five more minutes. My wolf was quick to notice a cold bed, I knew that Alpha Jaxon wouldn’t stay the night but waking up without him next to me did wash a wave of disappointment over my wolf.

Exhaustion took over my body and I remembered Alpha Jaxon’s surprise visit in my bedroom last night. That man had some balls to show up like that, mate or not. Although I did enjoy the way my body responded to him so close to mine, the way sparks enthralled my body was a feeling that I found myself yearning for. I reminded myself that it was just the mate bond making me feel so wild for him, a mate that I would have to re