Chapter: Chapter 41Zane's POVTrue that I’d broken the law – first by killing “innocent” humans and then by turning Arella without her consent – and by law, they could, or more accurately, should arrest me and have me thrown in a cell. But my family hadn’t turned on me so far and they wouldn’t turn on me now.So--- innocent by default?“The law states that you need the king’s permission before turning a human,” I growled, letting him go and watching him barely catching himself as he stumbled to the floor. “I gave myself permission.”“But she doesn’t know,” Noah growled, pushing me away from our parents and getting between us, facing me. “And she’s not a mate---” He abruptly cut himself off, as if suddenly realizing something, and gave me a stunned glance.“Is she?”The seconds of tension and hopeful glances I got wer
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Chapter: Chapter 40Zane's POV“Zane?” My father asked, the worry in his tone making my human half have some compassion towards the man. He was just worried about me, his son. Before me, he’d been the King of the Werewolves, and everything I knew about the kingdom, he’d taught me. He was a great father – strict but caring and kind to his pups. And I used to always listen to him and take his advice when I had tough decisions to make.Lately, that hadn’t been the case.I fought with him all the time, since he and Noah were the only ones who still could get away (and live) with that shit. They couldn’t take me in a physical fight and the few times we became physical, I remind them of that. Not that I actually wanted to hurt my family, but I’d been afraid that if I didn’t keep them at a distance, I would end up killing them…“They-they say you had human blood on you,” he continued, as my brother came up next to him, as if ready to intervene if my wolf t
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Chapter: Chapter 39Zane’s POVI sat there, staring at her in the hospital bed. A whirlwind of emotions had washed through me the last couple of hours and, honestly, I felt exhausted.I felt guilty.I’d failed her…She’d almost died protecting me because she didn’t know that--- My wolf growled low, wishing he could kill those asshole humans again. But in a way, I also wanted to thank them. NOT for shooting my little angel, but--- if they hadn’t, then…I know I should feel like a bastard!I know I should feel bad for taking away her choice. That I’d turned her, without her even knowing what I was.Yet a part of me couldn’t be sorry.I’d already decided to show her what I was. After she caught me returning from the castle, I knew I wouldn’t be able to weasel my way out of it anymore. And while there would be consequences for my ac
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Chapter: Chapter 38Zane’s POVFor a second, everything inside of me went black.There were no emotions.No senses.Nothing…Just a void of nothingness. All while a film played out in front of me.No sounds.No color.Nothing… Arella was in the line of fire.The man pulled the trigger.And I didn’t do anything!Nothing…I just stood there – frozen as I watched her jump in front of me. I didn’t act. I didn’t think. I didn’t--- Well, actually, I did think one thing:What the hell is that female doing here?And then I had dismissed her, counting on her to be smart enough to stay out of danger.Infuriating female!Sure, the man had a gun pointed toward me, but there was no bullet that could kill me. It had to be laced with silver or wolf’s bane to harm the King of t
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Chapter: Chapter 37Arella's POV“I don’t know!” I yelled again and threw out my arms, forgetting that I had a loaded gun in my hands. Angry at myself now, I slammed it down on the table before turning to him again. “No woman knows how a man can tell her to calm down! That’s the point of being upset. You’re upset!”“Fine, be upset,” Zane growled back and folded his huge arms over his impressive chest. “But I’m not telling you shit until your ass has the fuck calmed down, so be my guest and sulk!”Silence!My pounding heart seemed to be the only thing that echoed in the quiet room. But surprisingly, it wasn’t speeding up like you might have expected it to do.It calmed…Because whether I liked it or not, I couldn’t control Zane. I couldn’t force anything out of him and, honestly, I was the one acting like a brat right now. Zane wanted to sha
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Chapter: Chapter 36Arella's POVPain and betrayal raced hot through my veins and I hated the fact that my eyes stung with tears. Damn it! I ran for the chest and slammed it open, cursing myself for being so stupid. For still being so naïve, for letting myself---It hadn’t been touched.All of my weapons and magazines were all still there. He hadn’t taken off with them. With a strange sense of relief and surprise, I stood gaping at the chest for another moment. Why hadn’t he taken off with it, a part of me wondered? That part of me was also the part that accepted that I’d never be loved and accepted. That I was a fool for trusting men. That I was wrong in trusting Zane and his stupid words.Another part of me was confused.Why hadn’t he taken them when he had the chance? That part of me wondered. When he knew, that I was beginning to trust him? When I was giving in to his infuriating, demanding yet seductive presence
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Chapter: Chapter 38: Cover of DarknessSelena’s POVDarkness clung to the towering trees, their gnarled branches twisting like skeletal fingers against the night sky. The only sound was the crunch of dead leaves beneath my shoes and the distant rustling of something unseen.My hair stood on end!Something wrapped around my foot and I swallowed a scream, as I crashed to the ground. Every cell in my body seized up and my fight or flight instinct made my skin prickle. My mind was a jumbled mess as I kicked and clawed my way back to my feet, frantically seeking out the hands that had gripped me…A tree…I’d gotten my foot tangled up in the root of a tree. Exhaling in relief, my hand gripped my chest, physically hurting from the whole ordeal. I’d known that running off into the forest in the middle of the night wasn’t the greatest of plans – especially because I didn’t have a flashlight or night vision – but I
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Chapter: Chapter 37: A Map HomeSelena's POVI had no idea where I was, and rather than walking around like a headless chicken, I needed a plan. First things first. If I was going to escape, I needed more information. More precisely, I needed a map and figure out where I was located. And much to my dismay, my best bet was the library--- which I’d just escaped.Stupid!I turned on my heel and, with my heart pounding, I retraced my steps--- and once more nearly ran straight into a pair of guards.Shit!Flattening myself against another doorway, I held my breath as they walked past, their conversation a low murmur. My fingers dug into the wooden frame as I forced myself to stay still. At this rate, I was going to be caught before I really escaped. For now, I’d been lucky. But I didn't know how much longer I could rely on luck or on the scent neutralizer to save my butt.I needed to get my ass into gear or else I was fuck
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Chapter: Chapter 36: A Trophy Stepping Stone Selena’s POVMy heart pounded a million miles a minute, as my mind slowly realized what they were planning. Looking back at the door, I wondered if the guards had finally left. I had to get away from here. I had to escape so I could warn Rain!“You know,” the older officer said with a grin I didn’t like and clapped Greg on his shoulder as a fatherly figure would have. “Your father would be proud of you.”So Rain had killed my father’s beta too?I couldn’t say I was too sad to see him go either. My father’s beta hadn’t originally been in on my father’s plans to kill the King and Queen but hadn’t done anything to stop him either. And I didn’t care how much you were stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea, that was just plain wrong!“Thank you, Will,” Greg said, his voice carrying a rare note of sincerity. Which really didn’t say much
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Chapter: Chapter 35: From Ex to Excommunicate!Selena's POVNot wanting to risk being spotted by patrols – if they had any – I ducked back behind the curtains and crunching low, I passed it. My mind spun as I desperately tried to figure out where in damnation I was. Why would Rain take me away from the palace, knowing how many people wanted me dead? But then again, I didn’t think Rain would do that…The image of Greg flashed before my mind again.So--- not a dream then!But--- that raised some serious questions for me! As in--- had Greg actually come for me? Why? In all our time together I’d never had gotten the feeling that he--- you know! Well, cared for me! Sure, he’d sometimes been the one to take me back to my room when and if he walked in on my father beating me senseless. But he never stepped in to stop it. Or said anything about it for that matter…Thinking back, I think that my interactions
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Chapter: Chapter 34: Upside-Down WorldSelena’s POVI woke up slowly, feeling a strange heaviness in my entire body. As if something was crawling up and down my spine that made my skin itch. I couldn’t really describe it, but the feeling was like something when you wake up from a nightmare you couldn’t remember.Just wrong!Feeling unsettled, I reached out for Rain, wanting to bury my face in his warm chest and cling to him until the feeling went away. But to my surprise, his side of the bed was empty.Had he gone to work already?Against my brain’s advice, I blinked my eyes open, slowly getting used to the light. Only to realize that the light wasn’t the morning sun as I more or less expected, but a pale, artificial light coming from a chandelier hanging overhead. Frowning, I didn’t recognize it! Hell, when looking around I realize that I’d never been in this room in my life…Memories from the day before
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Chapter: Chapter 33: Incompetence Rain’s POVNo, can’t kill him, I reminded myself, much to my wolf’s dismay. Sure, he was annoying to listen to but he was good with numbers. Numbers were important when you ran a pack. So, no matter how boring accountants were, they were needed.No killing…Which still didn’t make my wolf any happier. He was frustrated that his mate hadn’t realized who we were and that she belonged to us. That she still kept part of herself locked away from us and until she fully opened up to us, we couldn’t claim her. It frustrated him---And that frustrated me!The animal didn’t understand the complexity of the situation. She believed she’d lost her mate even before they were able to recognize each other, and so she needed time to sort through her emotions. And I tried to be understanding…I really did!But I was getting tired of consta
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Chapter: Chapter 40Dargan’s POVTheir scents hit me first and my wolf jumped up, wagging his tail uncontrollably. Hell, I had a hard time controlling myself as I jumped out of my seat and practically charged at the door, ripping it open even before they knocked.“Ashley! Gaia!” I beamed, so happy to see them that I wanted to take them into my arms and kiss them senseless. But at the last second, I regained my control and held back. They both looked surprised at seeing my reaction, but otherwise, I couldn’t read anything in their expression.That was good, right?It meant they were so excited to tell me, that they didn’t want to spoil it right away, right?Right?Gulping hard, I moved aside gesturing for them to come inside. My heart was constricting painfully in my chest, and I had a hard time keeping my wolf on a leash. My wolf wanted to ignore the whole “they shouldn’t be forced into this” and “it has to be their choice”. T
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Chapter: Chapter 39Dargan’s POV“You look like shit,” Ash said, and I looked up to see my beta standing in the doorway to my less-than-glorious office.“Let’s not talk about it,” I replied, knowing exactly what I looked like. I’d gone to the packhouse yesterday morning after talking to Gaia and Ashley. But I hadn’t heard from either one of them since then. I’d seen movements around the house, and I’d seen Ashley go to training this morning. Gaia left a little later, going to her preschool job. Both of them looked how I felt.Awful!And still, both of them ignored me, despite knowing they could feel me watching them. And then to add salt to injury, I’d made the stupid decision of staying in the packhouse, letting them have the main house to themselves while figuring this out, which left me sleeping on the floor of the alpha’s office…Which I didn’t mind all that much.It was the loneliness that got to me…I’d gone from being finally happ
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Chapter: Chapter 38Dargan's POV“What do you mean?” Ashley asked, and I realized I’d spoken the words out loud. “He didn’t want to? Why wouldn’t he trust his mate?”My knee-jerk reaction was to say something stupid or make a joke out of it. But then I realized that I wanted to spend my life with these women. The least I could do was open myself up to them and show them the man they were about to mate with.If they chose so…“My father used to tell me all about mates,” I said, feeling so uncomfortable confessing it, it felt like crickets were crawling all over my body. But if I didn’t do this – if I didn’t open up and gave my everything to my mates, then who would deserve me?“How they were to be cherished and loved,” I continued, gulping hard. “But when I was 14, I walked in on my mother, in utter agony.”“He cheated on her?” Gaia asked, but in reality, it was just a statement. I just nodded.“I went and confronted him and---”
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Chapter: Chapter 37Dargan’s POVI woke up in bed--- and frowned when I realized I was alone…Now, this sucked!Earlier I’d gotten a phone call from Ash, telling me that Gaia was missing from her preschool job and that Ashley hadn’t come to training.“They’re busy,” I’d informed him and hung up. Well, it wasn’t a lie. Gaia’s heat had come back, and I’d been fucking her pussy while Ashley licked her clit. Ashley really had the dirtiest of minds, I snickered to myself, satisfaction roaring through my body like hot lava. We’d then reversed the roles, so that Ashley was taking my cock, while Gaia suckled her breasts, making her cry out in ecstasy. Hell, I’d come so many times, I was surprised that my parts still worked…Pushing off the bed I went hunting for my mates. My wolf was angry and edgy, worried that despite the night we’d shared, that they wouldn’t understand what had happened. That somehow my Fated Mate and I had another mate and that my wolf wa
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Chapter: Chapter 36Dargan's POVI pulled my finger out of Ashley’s snug pussy, earning myself a growled protest in return.“Joins us on the bed,” I ordered her, taking control back. And while I didn’t like it, this was important to me and eventually to us. I needed to find out if my theory was right and I somehow had two mates. Because my wolf was no help in that department - his greatest concern right now was to fuck as if his life depended on it…I pulled Ashley onto the bed with me, placing myself in the middle of the women. My wolf howled in delight, having them both at his side. And for the first time in my life, I felt totally complete. As if I had everything I would ever want in life, right here.Right now…Well, fuck me…!“Gaia,” I growled, pulling her up while I sank down on my back. “Come! Ride my cock!”Insecurities flashed in her eyes and her eyes drifted momentarily over Ashley’s body. Sure, they weren’t the same, but I lik
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Chapter: Chapter 35Dargan's POV“Oh goddess,” Gaia, suddenly whimpered again. She clutched at my hand, but this time she was pushing it toward her center. Her heat and the pain demanded that she do something about that first and worry about talking until later…“Dargan, please!” she cried out, and I could see that even Ashley flinched at her pain. “I need more!”I moved my hand a little lower, letting my fingers play with the edges of her folds without entering her. I at least wanted to feel that her modesty hadn’t been tarnished since it seemed to be important to her. Sure, Ashley had already seen it all, but there was a difference between guessing and knowing.“Not until you’re ok with Ashley being here,” I told her when she found a moment of relief. “And I want you to be sure.”Her eyes met mine. They were wide with shock and the denial was instantly there on her lips. But she didn’t speak it. I could see that years of being forced into something
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Chapter: Chapter 31Lesley's POVI instantly recognized Beta Mitch’s voice. He sounded pissed. And what’s worse: the scent of my mate was on the other side of that door too.My smile faded, and my heart dropped to the pit of my stomach.Cheating? Wh-what---?“I’m not---” Cedrick growled, but the relief I felt from his denial was short-lived.“Yes, you are! Stop denying it, Cedrick!” Beta Mitch roared and there was a loud bang sound; like he’d just hit the table with his flat hand. “You may not be having sex with the woman, but that’s---!” There was an intense silence. “That’s just as bad! You have a mate now!”“A mate who’s a fucking child,” was my mate’s grumbled reply. My wolf whined and my heart clenched. Great! When it wasn’t the other mate or the girlfriend, it was MY age!Without thinking I took a step back, shaking my head as the tears burned in my eyes. He didn’t want me. He didn’t want me, that’s why he was fin
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Chapter: Chapter 30Lesley’s POVNew school!Yeah, I don’t think that needs an introduction: I hated it! And it got weird.Fast!“You’re the Luna,” a girl from the pack remarked. “Why are you here?”“To finish high school,” I deadpanned, and with that, the conversation quickly turned into how they would spend their day if they were the Luna. And that had them drooling over Cedrick’s hot body. His cash, his car, his biceps--- And how ‘oh, so sorry they were’ for having to say goodbye to his beautiful, gorgeous, and ‘oh so kind and sweet’ ex-girlfriend. Although she wasn’t officially their Luna, they’d always seen her as one!See where that was going?I quickly excused myself and left. One part of me – the VERY jealous part, curtesy of the mate-bond – wanted to scratch their eyes out! While the other part of me just wanted to throw my hands in the air and let them have him! He was so frustrating it w
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Chapter: Chapter 29Lesley's POVI opened the door, exiting the arena, when his scent hit me like a bullet train.“Hey, Les-girl,” Dean said in his usual, gentle voice. I took a deep breath letting his scent calm me like it always did. But just as it calmed me, it also stirred up a storm I hadn't even realized was lurking under my skin. Sure, I forgave him for what he did to me under my Uncle’s alpha command, but--- Could I forgive him for what he did after? Could I forgive him, for leaving me?“Les-girl,” I echoed, tasting the name on my lips again. I hadn’t heard it for almost 3 years now, but it still managed to string a cord in me. Triggering happy memories as well as the deep cut of the betrayal of being left behind. “Haven’t heard that for a while,” I muttered, plastering a smile on my face. No! I couldn’t forgive him for leaving me. He was my big brother, the one I trusted! He should have taken me away with him. He knew I’d never be strong enough to leave on
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Chapter: Chapter 28Lesley’s POV“Good morning sunshine!” Ryder, the cute Third, greeted me--- and I finally understood how Cedrick felt on Sunday mornings!“Mornin’, Sensai,” I muttered, hauling my ass to the training arena. I had barely got out of bed this morning when my alarm went off. My head was pounding and I felt sick to the core. Even my wolf was whimpering at every movement my body made. I crawled out of bed, into the bathroom, and threw my insides in the toilet.Wait just a second, I gruffly muttered to myself. I know what this is! But why? How? How did I wake up with a hangover? I didn’t drink any alcohol last night.My wolf had no explanations either--- unless we’d been drugged. But there was no one else in the house last night. Except…I frowned as I tried to think, with my clogged-up brain. I vaguely remembered having a weird conversation with Cedrick, but--- And that’s when it hit me!Oh,
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Chapter: Chapter 27Cedrick's POVAnd here I was thinking I would be the one drowning my sorrows…I threw the bottles out and turned back to my mate. Damn! She was not a pretty sleeper, I thought, as a smile crept across my lips. Her mouth was slightly open, drooling all over the notes she was trying to write, and her blond hair hanging over her face and shrunken shoulders. She looked exhausted.I took a deep breath. Best to get her to bed.“Lesley?” I gently touched her shoulders…“I’m awake!”I jumped back, hating to admit that her sudden jolt startled me. She sat up straight as if someone had struck her with lightning!But awake she was not!Her eyes were barely thin stripes on her head, and she was already gently rocking from side to side, ready to duck down again. I honestly had to bite down a chuckle, when I noticed the rest of her: the paper had gotten stuck to her cheek and she
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Chapter: Chapter 26Cedrick’s POVI was restless!I didn’t know what to do in a house with a girl that was almost half my age. Shit, I felt like such a pig! And my wolf certainly didn’t help, by constantly pushing vivid images into our mind of her strolling around naked. And as much as I didn’t want to admit it, it turned me on. So much so, time and time again, I found myself unable to do my work. Not until I’d either had a cold shower or found my own release.I sighed and for the 11th time that day found myself with a hard-on. Shit! I was exhausted… And god, did I feel OLD! I’d never felt this old before! Whoever said that a wolf in his 30’s was in his prime, did NOT have a mate that was practically a child!Not to mention, that every time she got within 6 feet of me, my wolf became utterly and completely impossible to control, because she smelled like---them! He wanted to mark and mate her without any concerns about the outside w
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