Her eyes snapped open and in her head she screamed in horror, the animal’s panicked roar echoed everywhere, looking back at her Atalanta met her lioness for the first time. A huge stunningly beautiful golden lioness with incredible molten gold eyes watched her impassively,‘My name is Kiara, I am sorry I introduced myself so suddenly. I did not mean to scare you I only want to protect you. I am here now Atalanta we are one.’Strangely Atalanta felt her heartbeat returning to normal and the fear leave her,‘I am a Lioness?’She whispered and Kiara chuckled,‘You are the Queen of the beasts Atalanta. A powerful Alpha Shifter and those silly Wolves will no longer be a problem for you.’She lifted her head swiveling her ears and scenting the wind, everything had changed, she could see, hear, and smell things on a different level, she was the Apex Alpha predator now the highest link in the food chain.‘How is this possible Kiara, my parents were human?’She asked and the Lioness shook her
Her defiant gaze held his and Kiara growled softly,‘Tread carefully Atalanta, he is definitely our Mate’She had no idea what that meant but she did know he was incredibly beautiful for a male, with his long pale blond hair and stunning deep blue eyes. Her body responded to his and she knew he felt the same when those brilliant eyes locked with hers darkening hungrily,‘You know who I am, you probably know more than me. I had no idea about this but I’m sure as hell going to find out.’Sirius nodded,‘You may have access to our computers’Atalanta shook her head, her thick golden hair tumbling around her shoulders in a curtain that fell past her slender hips, desire pulsed through him again. He wanted to run his fingers through that hair, grab it tightly, and hold her still as he fucked her plump eager mouth. He blinked and mentally shook himself,‘Down Canis, bad Wolf, keep your eyes on the task’Canis growled deeply,‘Stop ignoring it Sirius, she is our Mate’The thought had him ree
Other creatures had settled there too and she thought she saw fish in the water, the chlorinated water in it must have evaporated in the long hot summer they had last year and been replaced by rainwater. Moving on silent pads she leaped up the stairs heading for the Penthouse, it was surprisingly untouched, she shifted back into her human form and pulled on the bathrobe hanging in the bathroom. She searched the room and found the mini-bar untouched and to her delight an unopened bottle of champagne. The electricity was still running so the fridge had remained cold and she opened it quickly grinning as some of it sprayed over her, she drank greedily from the bottle. It was cool, crisp, and delicious and she giggled when she hiccuped and the bubbles went up her nose. Perching on the bed she leaned against the headboard and finished the bottle of course it went straight to her head. She wasn’t a drinker, she had an empty stomach and her metabolism was much quicker now she was a lioness.
Sirius?’‘I’m here baby’He scooped her up and ran towards the Pack House in her confusion she had almost run straight to it. He strode into the hospital,‘Where’s Carter?’He commanded over the noise of the A & E department and the white-coated Doctor came running,‘Alpha?’He questioned as he placed the beautiful young woman on the bed,‘I marked her but she did not understand what I was doing. Yes, I know I should have explained it to her but I did not know she did not know. I think she is reacting to my serum’At that point Atalanta began convulsing her body arching on the bed and the Doctor jumped into action, within ten minutes he had the antidote to the serum dripping into her arm. He gave her a shot of antibiotics just to be careful and bathed and bandaged the wound just to be sure. She was already beginning to heal her body finally understanding what it needed to do. Bringing her around slowly she lay still for a few minutes blinking up at him,‘What happened?’She eventually
‘I am not interested in your stupid Pack laws, I am not a Wolf. Nor am I a member of your Pack, you have no jurisdiction over me. I am a Lioness if you try to stop me, if anyone tries to stop me I will kill them’He could see the Lioness was close, Atalanta was fighting to keep herself from shifting and she lifted her head meeting his eyes,‘What do you need a plane for?’He was the one who backed down even though it angered his Wolf,‘Take Mate, Claim her now’It growled at him but he ignored it,‘I am going home’She announced and his Wolf almost took over,‘Mate stays’It snapped but again he held it in check,‘This is your home now, you are my Mate, my Luna, your place is here by my side ruling the Shifters and Immortals’A low snarl escaped her lips,‘I am going home, I have too many unanswered questions that I won’t get answered staying here’She dismissed him and walked past,‘Where are they?’He made a snap decision,‘Very well, come with me. I’ll go with you.’She wanted to p
Picking up the faint familiar scent she raced off her long powerful legs eating up the miles before coming to a skidding stop when she reached her destination.Pain tore at her heart, the ranch was still standing but the vegetation was reclaiming it, like she had seen before it had crept up the walls and across the roof unchecked. Jumping onto the porch she had to use all her new strength to push open the jammed front door and then moving through the house she headed for her bedroom and shifted. She was not surprised to find her clothes still hanging in the wardrobe completely untouched and pulled on a pale green tracksuit with dark green trainers. Sitting on her bed with a soft moan,‘How stupid she had been caring that her clothes colour matched’She sobbed to herself,‘What had it mattered if her footwear was a different colour to her outfit’She thought angrily,‘It was all so trivial yet it had seemed so desperately important to her and her school friends’She remembered as the t
‘Enough’His Alpha command made them freeze with its power, the four young males, bleeding profusely bowed their heads in submission backing away from her. The female, however, did not submit, he was not her Alpha, she turned on him snarling‘So you are not going to let your little boys do all your dirty work?’She spoke to him with her mind the way all animals communicated her lip curled over her canines in a snarl,‘Hello Daddy’Her voice was full of hate as she approached him‘You had your fun nineteen years ago now it is time to pay for it’She bunched her hind legs and leaped catching his flank as she flew over his head leaving a long deep scratch. For a big guy he was surprisingly quick and agile spinning after her he caught her hind legs and sent her tumbling over her tail then placed his huge paw on her neck,‘When I say enough, you obey me Lioness. I am the King of the Beasts’He pressed down on her throat and she could not breathe,‘Shift’He commanded and as she lost consci
She managed a giggle resting her head against his chest,‘I think it is a little late for that but thank you’He licked her ears and looked down at her,‘I know it is early days for us but I promise to step up and be a Father to you now. I cannot make up the time I have lost but I can make our future if you will let me?’Atalanta leaned her body against his feeling the power and strength in his solid body, she felt safe and for the first time in her life she felt validated. This was who she was, this was where she belonged resting her head against his chest she listened to his great heart beating steadily,‘I love you Papa’Her voice melted his soul,‘I love you to my daughter’They stayed like that finally united as the sun set and the world stilled settling for the night, an hour later the great King stood up and led his sleepy daughter into his den. They shifted and he picked her up and laid her on his bed covering her gently then sat in the chair beside her and watched her sleep.
He had treated him like a child sending him far away from the fighting without giving him a choice or explaining. He saw now he should have talked to the boy, told him why he was protecting him, that he was the future Alpha and all Sirius was guilty of was loving him too much too. It was standard practice in the Packs, when the Alpha went to battle his heir was protected, it had always been that way but he hadn’t told Kuri that. Sirius sighed heavily gazing into the eyes of his newborn, ‘I should have told him.’ He said watching the baby wave his tiny fists, ‘I should have been there for him, made time to be a proper father and not the absent King. Maybe if I had not gone to war?’
‘You fucking raped me’His eyes turned black and he snarled‘You wanted it bitch, you spread your legs willing enough, don’t insult me by crying rape now’Atalanta was having difficulty keeping her lioness at bay, she was enraged by his words and leaped forward wanting to rip him to pieces, he grabbed her arm.‘The bastard in your belly, it is mine, isn’t it? Why are you pretending it is my Fathers? I fucked you before him, it’s my fucking child’He started to drag her out of the garden to the secluded place he had left his car,‘You are mine bitch, not his, this is my bastard. When it is born I will break your bond with my Father and claim you for myself then I will enjoy your hot little body whenever I choose’She dug her heels into the soft earth and using all her strength pulled herself free,‘Take your fucking hands off me’Her growl was deep and menacing, her teeth and claws extended and her eyes glowed as her Lioness demanded out,‘Get away from my Mate’ Sirius bristled with
Her body only wants Sirius, her Lioness only wants Canis, she wants him. He only had to touch her and her body sang with pleasure, he nuzzled her neck,‘Shall I prove my point little cat?’His hand stroked her intimately and she was on fire wanting him again, and he took her to heaven,Their Mating Ceremony was a huge celebration, the whole Pack was relieved it had actually come about, the couple had been through so many trials and tribulations many had doubted it would ever happen. The Party went on until dawn and her Father and his wife attended, she had six half-siblings now, all Shifters but none that outshone her. Her Father told her he was proud of her, and gave them his blessing, impressing the Pack further when he shifted and they saw the magnificent King of the Beasts, his roar echoing around the Welsh mountains. Sirius took her on a honeymoon to Anglesey, the little cottage he had first used with Mylena was now a huge ranch-style mansion. Introducing her to his best friend J
It was common knowledge that Vampyre blood could heal anything, much more powerful than their own Werewolf blood. What was not common knowledge was the fact the Vampyre King's blood could give life back to the dead. It was rare and it was complicated, the recipient had to be strong enough to take the blood, and it would kill a human or even the smaller Shifters such as birds. Atalanta was a Lioness, not only she was the daughter of the most powerful of all the Shifters, the King of Beasts, but she was also a Royal Princess.‘If anyone was strong enough, she was’Sirius thought sitting by her bedside watching the machines beeping, they had managed to restart her heart and she was ‘alive’ but it was the machines doing all the work. He knew if they were switched off Atalanta would die, the Consultant had told him bluntly when he had demanded they take this action.‘She is dead Sir, please don’t do this. It is not what she would have wanted. You must let her go.’The man had pleaded with
‘Go and tell him, he needs to nip this in the bud quickly. Kuri needs to know his position.’She told her Mate and they looked into each other's eyes understanding passed between them, they truly loved each other and were in tune with each other's thoughts and feelings. They knew Sirius loved Atalanta and they knew she loved him in return, she just had to accept it.Atalanta clung to Kuri’s back as he raced along the narrow country lanes recklessly, it was scary and it was exhilarating and she felt alive for the first time in days. As he hit a long straight stretch of motorway she gripped his shoulders and stood on the peddle arms out to her sides laughing as the wind whipped her long hair out behind her. The others watched in astonishment, what she was doing was so dangerous, they were Werewolves and they healed quickly but if he crashed the bike she would be seriously hurt. She did not care slinking down beside him she hissed in his ear,‘Stop the bike, pull over now’He was surpris
Sirius strode into the House and only Luna saw the look of lust on her half-brother's face. He disappeared before she could speak to him and she shook her head, he would not listen to her anyway, whatever was going to happen would play out regardless.Atalanta was surprised to find she had her own room and it must have shown on her face,‘Alpha thought you might like time to acclimatize and adjust before the Mating Ceremony.’He saw her shudder and her eyes filled with tears and he touched her cheek stroking away the fat tear that escaped,‘Don’t cry little cat, please, just give him a chance. He’s a good man and he cares about you deeply. He will give you the world if you just give him a chance.’A soft hiccup made him pull her into his arms and hug her tightly stroking her back, ‘Please little cat, don’t be afraid, he will never hurt you and he will kill anyone who tries. I know its all strange for you but we all want to help you settle in and be
She slumped against him the fight going out of her or so he thought, gently he rubbed her back,‘Why were you crying little cat?’He asked softly and grunted in pain as she dug her elbow into his groin and sprang away from him,‘I don’t want your fucking comfort. I don’t want you. Just leave me the fuck alone.’She screamed at him then found the seat as far away from him as she could get in the confined space of the private jet, grabbing the blanket from the back she curled up with her back to him. She was crying harder now and he longed to comfort her but sat back not knowing what to do for the best. Her soft sobs tore his heart out and sent his Wolf crazy but he knew he had to be careful she had very nearly rejected him, she did not know that but he did.Atalanta slept the rest of the way to England, she had stirred when the Stewardess asked her if she wanted anything to eat or drink shaking her head vehemently,‘No, go away, leave me alone’She spat at the poor woman hunching close
Sirius was not taking any chances with her this time he had phoned ahead and his jet was on the runway idling ready to take off immediately. Atalanta was furious at his Alpha behavior and surprised herself by her reaction, she slapped his face and pushed him back. Jumping from the seat she ran for the door as the Stewardess was closing it.‘No, stop’The woman looked up in shock as she tried to wrench it back open but it clicked shut and the jet began to move quickly throwing them against each other.‘Get to your seat and fasten your belt’Sirius ordered the Stewardess at the same time he picked Atalanta up and slammed her into her seat knocking the breath from her lungs,‘Don’t fucking move’He snarled at her locking the belt and quickly strapping himself in as the jet's engines powered up and it lifted into the sky. Atalanta closed her eyes and took a breath, he had hurt her but she would not give him the satisfaction of knowing. It hurt to breathe, he had slammed her so hard into t
Heathen knew he was going to die as soon as he felt the Silver Wolf’s teeth snap his tendon he was no match for it he fought hard and caught its flank seeing the blood covering the white fur. It only infuriated the massive creature who spun around tripped him up and now stood over him blood dripping from its fangs as it opened its mouth to deliver the death blow. Sirius ripped off the Rogue's head then stood on his useless body and howled his victory, the fighting stopped instantly as all heads turned to look at him. The few remaining Rogues still alive quickly surrendered kneeling before Nero and baring their necks submissively. With a wave of his hand, he left it to his men to ‘clean up’ and sanitize the area, there would be no trace left of the Rogues or their compound.Atalanta heard Sirius make his victory howl and in the confusion that followed, she raced away knowing he would be furious with her. It was not difficult for her to follow the trail back to the Dune Wolf Pack, there