James POV After Kane’s letter was read, the hall fell so silent that you could almost hear the proverbial pin drop. I could even see that a few Alphas had begun to anxiously sweat, despite the cold temperature of the room.Most of them were scared now, and no one could blame them. Alpha Kane had just threatened to kill us all if we tried to take Avery, Marie and Brianne from the north. And everyone of us knew from painful experience that Kane was a man of his word. He did not make threats lightly.The hall remained into a quiet as Elder Novak proceeded to open the package Alpha Kane had sent. Inside was a set of rare and valuable western knives, clearly hand crafted by most of our highly trained warriors.It was proof that someone from the west had truly been foolish enough to attack the north, but who? Who else besides me wanted Avery so badly that they wanted to risk a war for her sake?My mind went to Dorian, but I quickly dismissed the thought because I wanted to believe t
Avery’s POV I held the large fish tightly in my hand as I walked into the forest with Leah, my wolf turned puppy, padding alongside me. She glanced up at me, and I could see her golden eyes was filled with worry. "i really don’t think this is a good idea," Leah mind linked me. "Kane told us never to leave the palace because it’s dangerous, shouldn’t we listen?” I shrugged. "So should we allow fear of danger stop us from saving his life?” I asked and she sighed. I wasn’t intentionally going against Kane’s warning because I was stubborn. I was going against it because it’s the only way I knew how to save his life and ensure his quick recovery. The doctors told us that it would take an ultimate miracle for Kane to be healed in a few weeks, but he would most like be permanently scarred from the injuries. If Kane hadn’t been determined to protect me, none of this would have happened. I owed it to him to help him in anyway I could. So far, the forest seemed fine and s
Avery’s POV Kane must have realized what I was thinking because he quickly grabbed my hands in his.“Avery, After Dorian left, i immediately came to explain everything to you, but you had disappeared,” Kane revealed, “then the next thing I heard was that you had come to this dangerous forest all alone, what the hell were you thinking?” He scolded. “You!” Fury and unbelief was boiling inside me. “I was thinking about you! You asshole! I was worried that you were going to die. I blamed myself for putting you in pain. I was so scared that you were going to die and leave me alone, but you were faking it all along?! How could you do that to me?!”I yelled with tears filling my eyes.The adrenaline of the past day, the fear, and the shock of seeing him now was finally getting to me.Kane looked deeply pained, like it hurt him to see my tears. “I’m so sorry, Avery. I was going to tell you everything as soon as possible but I didn’t have enough time, and that was my only chance to get ri
Kane’s POV If I wasn’t sure of my feelings for Avery before, then I was more than sure now. I now honestly believed that the goddess must have tied out destines together or Avery must have put a spell on me because—there was no other way to explain the raw, sharp, sheer terror that consumed when I heard that Hailey had sent Avery into the dangerous forest all alone. I almost had a heart attack and I knew that Hailey did it intentionally. I already knew that Hailey had been acting as a spy for a while now, she had been snooping around for any trace of Mona. But I’d taken every necessary precaution, to ensure that there was no evidence leading to Mona anywhere near me. It really wasn’t my intention to keep the sisters from each other, but Mona thought it was necessary, so I had to be the bad guy and keep lying to Hailey no matter how bad I felt when I saw Hailey break down from missing her sister. But the unfortunate thing was that Hailey was a smart girl and she seemed
Kane’s POV But I soon realized that today was just meant to punish me because Avery abruptly fell asleep as soon as she really settled in my lap. I was left with a raging hard on and it was a battle not to let the tears fall. Being the big boy I was, I swallowed my pain, covered her in a bed sheet, and fixed her pillow, doing my best to make sure she was very comfortable and would not have a neck pain when she woke up. When she woke up the next morning, she was so embarrassed, but I thought she was adorable. I was actually glad she’d drank that wine because it brought her to me and allowed her to open up about all the things the faerie had told her that were eating at her—especially the topic of Mona. My breath hitched when Avery mentioned her name, but I sighed. I always knew that we would eventually have this discussion, but there was no easy way to talk about it. Because how can I tell the woman I want to be with, that the last woman I wanted chose to die rather th
Avery’s POV I noticed the look in Kane’s eyes and I realized that his wolf had risen to the surface. But I knew that inner wolves of men as powerful as Kane would always be wild and unpredictable. If I didn’t do something now, Kane could hold me down on the bed and ravage me. I knew that he would stop if I asked him to, but I was worried that if I let him start, it would feel too good to ask him to stop. But I didn’t want our first time to be because his wolf was horny, I wanted it to be he because Kane and I wanted it and felt like it was time. I already felt like it was time and I actually really really wanted him, but I needed to be sure that Kane was ready and really wanted me too, so I put my hand up and stopped Kane from kissing me. Kane pouted like a little boy that was denied his treat and I chuckled at him. “We have been in bed for too long, shouldn’t we attend to your other responsibilities like ruling the north?” I teased, and reached for the papers Sophie
Avery’s POV “Now, be a good girl and get on the bed sweetheart.” Kane said. I would have liked to say that I played a little hard to get, to say that I didn’t embarrass myself by showing him how eager I was for him… but that would be a big fat lie. I was very eager for this, I was so eager that when his deep voice gave that command, I didn’t hesitate to rush over and sit on the bed. I half expected him to just jump my bones because he previously couldn’t seem to keep his hands off me, But he didn’t do that, instead he calmly walked over to his closet and took off his shirt like he had all the time in the world. His back was facing me, so I watched as his beautiful wing tattoo stretched over his thick rippling muscles and I felt my mouth water. I wanted to touch him, to hug him, to rub myself over him until I was covered in his delicious scent. Shit! When did I become this obsessive? As if Kane was trying to test my patience, he undid his pants and pulled them off, leav
Kane’s POV I was so hard. I was so fucking hard that it felt like I was going to burst out of my pants, but the sound of Avery moans helped me hold back so I could give her more pleasure.My tongue teased her nub and she gasped at the sensation. I felt my chest expand with pride at how much she enjoyed what I was doing.I had waited too long for this. Now I was going to fuck her until the beast in me had taken it’s fill.I hiked her thighs up around my head, hooked my arms around them, and used it to make sure she couldn’t get away from me.My tongue circled her clit teasingly before sucking it into my mouth. Holy fuck she tasted divine!She let out a small scream of surprise and I knew the pleasure was beginning to overwhelm her.I slid up her body to kiss her lips while I slipped a finger in her and groaned when I felt how tight she was. Shit! I’d have to work her open to take all that I wanted to give her.She was so fucking wet already, so I added in another finger and st