I moaned and writhed as the thrusts came hard and fast, the pace frantic and demanding. He pulled my body towards him by my thighs so that my body was dragged across the top of the bed, my sensitive skin screaming out at the delicious burn. Half of me was suspended in mid-air, impaled on him as he fucked me thoroughly, ploughing into me and pulling my legs so wide apart that my muscles stretched and ached with the position. But it was so hot, so good, the slick, powerful thrusts which stimulated deep inside me, sending pleasure resonating through every pore of my body. Pulling out, he pulled me into a sitting position and lifted me down onto the bed, pushing me forcefully onto the exposed bedside table as the wolf dig into my ass, her thighs, the hard edges pressing into the soft flesh painfully, but the cool ebony soothing the burning sting of my sore cheeks.I cried out loudly as I was penetrated again, even more furiously than the last time, the change of angle stimulating new spo
“There don’t seem to be any major injuries, certainly not the one which would be harmful. Other than a few bruises, Luna is alright.”Xerxes leaned against the wall with his arms across his chest as he watched the female wolf inspecting my abdomen. She felt the tendons around my stomach and up my chest as Xerxes gritted his teeth. “Nothing. The winds are no longer visible.”I nibbled on my bottom lip. I felt as stumped as the female wolf sounded. I glanced up to steal a glance at my mate whose heterochromatic gaze hadn’t wavered from my face the moment he called the healer here. I rolled my eyes. He should’ve called for her sooner not after fucking me raw and sore. I averted my gaze as my skin tingled from his heated eyes. He could at least give me a few minutes to breathe and then pound me, but he practically mauled me.“No open injuries, even her previous scars are diminishing. It’s quite tremendous.” She said with disbelief. “Only lingering Aconite is present in her veins.”“Is it
The door slowly opened with his light footsteps invading the warm room. The moonlight entered the room falling at her like wisps of heaven. Her smooth skin glowed brightly, and her long dark hairs of hers flowed on the silk pillows. Xerxes couldn’t quite point out, but she was glowing internally. Was it because she was pregnant? With his child? Carrying his seed?The warmth that surrounded him was so foreign and unknown, something he had never felt. Taking stealthy steps towards the bed Xerxes felt a force stopping him, but he shook his head and heaved a deep sigh. Katarina was sleeping soundly, her light breaths like classical music to his ears. The white silk sheets on her body enhanced her beauty ten folds. Squatting to the side, he hesitated but raised his hand to brush the stary strand off her face. His skin tingled at the touch. He loved her. So fucking much that he was afraid he would never hurt her again. He was not a sane man, and he could never be, but he wanted to change fo
“What?” Xerxes raised his brows, confusion and an underlying irritation evident on his handsome features however that wasn’t the case with me. Instead of confusion, I was feeling claustrophobic. Every word and exchange of affection between Augustus and me in those few days can crashing down on me with painful memories. I loathed myself for leading him into believing in our relationship when I knew I had a mate. I was so happy with the affection he was giving me and eventually ended up hurting him. I could never forgive myself for that. Xerxes noticed the change of emotions on my face. His fingers dug into my sides for a moment as he tried to stop controlling himself and closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Xerxes might be changing for me, but his primary cranial instincts were still there. He was not only an Alpha of Alpha but he was my mate also, a possessive, dominating and jealous mate. Despite everything improving between us didn’t mean that he approve of my and Augustus’s rel
As soon as Avi left, the depressing resentment inside me raised ten folds. I pretended to be strong all this time yet Avi’s words had emotionally struck me in the deepest part of my chest. When he stormed out, Damien was quick to be by my side. There were still remnants of anger in his dark orbs, but that was the least of my worries now. Did Augustus think the same as Avi? That I was just using him? Hatred was all that was left. I buried it with my own hands and it was biting back. It was such an abomination, a subversion of what should be good. I never see strong hatred except where love was betrayed or destroyed in some manner. Yet in the bleak landscape of hatred there were always paths back to understanding and empathy, though sometimes they were barely threads in a vast wilderness of negative emotion. Would Augustus under that? Would he see that thread? I stood there calming my ragged breathing. It took me a minute and then I was on my feet storming out the door. Xerxes’s previo
The situation was as though time had stilled, piercing tension revolving around the wolves as it wrapped us in a cloud of anticipation. As soon as the female wolf informed something was wrong, Xerxes and Damien followed her. Even though I was tempted to reach before them, I approached the front of one of the houses behind the training grounds a little late. Augustus was behind me as a sharp breath hitched through him.“She’s mine!” Growl reverberated through Avi’s chest as my chest thundered as my eyes landed on a small, petite barely calm girl–not a woman–a small girl wearing a pale pink knee-length dress and long sleeves that hide her smooth pale white paper skin. Her large green doe-like eyes filled with tears as they streamed down her face with each sob escaping her mouth.Her slender wrist was seized by Avi’s large calloused hand and with her small and scared frame, she looked tiny in his hold. His overly burly body towered over her as wolves around them growled at him. My eyes w
After dinner, I led Katrina to our room. My hands resting on the small of her waist, she’s quiet but the essence radiating off her making me go crazy. I found her reaction to my touch appealing, even sweet sometimes, but I had no intention of letting her go. Katrina did not understand the dark thrill of lewdness that flow inside me. She did not understand that someone like me breathes violence and the sight of blood appeases me, as much as the sight of her naked flesh. Katarina thought I was a sociopath…I practically was, but my lack of remorse of feeling when it did not concern her, was vicious. As we entered the bedroom, the hunger I had been feeling for the past few hours intensified, the wolf inside me howling to tame her. The distance I sensed between us since this morning was painful when it shouldn’t be, but I restrained myself. Regardless of our spending most of the time together–inside our bedroom and outside–Katarina was still reluctant to think of ‘us’. She still had barri
“Arrghhhhhh!” I whimpered out loudly.“Tell me, Katraina!” He groaned. “Who the fuck do you belong to?” I felt the familiar hum of possessiveness and excitement rushing through his body and seeping into my soul. Our betterment hadn’t changed a single thing when it come to making love. Making love? Xerxes didn’t know that term–instead fucking me until I only remember his name was his sole motive. Strange how he was the man who destroyed me yet I find solace in him. Grabbing my hands and lifting them above my head as he pinned them with his one hand, he bent down to level his eyes on my face, the thick sweat running down his forehead as he glistened like a sacred beast. His eyes holding mine like his heart had a tight hold on me as he thrust deeper and deeper hitting every forbidden spot that I was unsure if he was fucking me or killing me. There was a hint of warning in his touch, and I instantly knew what he wanted from me. But I was afraid that I was enough. It was too much, he wa
“Xerina! Stop right there! It’s dangerous!” Luca’s shouts filled the air as he chased after me. His voice was irritated and concerned as I laughed and ran through the forest. Jumping over the lodges of wood and hay, I was covered in mud and dirt. Everyone in the pack loved how energetic and relaxed I was even though I was going to get a better earful of scolds from my father later. But now he had gotten quite used to my tactics. “Hurry up, Luca!” I screeched dashing down the muddy road that led to the cave just between the forest. I stopped when my breathing become haggard and I could no longer hear Luca behind me. Where was he? Did I lose him? A grin managed to creep on my face at the thought. Now I would be able to enjoy myself-“Ah!” A scream left my mouth when Luca suddenly jumped in front of me. Faking a startled gasp I narrowed my eyes at him. “You scared me.”“It’s enough, let’s go back.” He panted as he grabbed my wrist and I jerked my hand back. Placing both of my hands on my
In that captivating moment, as he lifted one of his legs gracefully in the air, a surge of anticipation pulsed through me. It was as if time had momentarily stood still, allowing us to surrender to the intensity of our connection. His fervent kiss upon my ankle ignited a fiery passion that resonated with the same depth as his kisses upon my lips.With each deliberate movement, he embarked on a seductive journey along the contours of my leg, his tongue tracing a tantalizing path. A tender pause at my knee ensued, where his lips delicately danced, leaving an imprint of affection that sent shivers of pleasure cascading through my entire being. The sheer intimacy of his touch captured my senses, causing me to succumb to an all-encompassing desire that left me vulnerable and yearning.As he descended upon my thigh, his tongue became an instrument of pure ecstasy. Each stroke, each exploration, evoked a blissful surrender within. I, consumed by an indescribable hunger, felt my very essence m
There weren’t too many people, but I was so nervous all of sudden. I was mucous since morning, even Aurora had scolded me once in between that I was being paranoid for no reason. Well, damn her. It was not like I was getting married everyday. We had completed our rituals for the ceremony, and now I wa awaiting for my mate to come and take me to our shared chambers to consummate the marriage. I was fidgeting with my fingers when I looked myself in the mirror. Wearing a white wedding dress that reached my ankles and a deep cut over the neck that was decorated with lace. The door opened and I gasped as Xerxes stepped inside wearing his black tuxedo. I blushed. He looked so handsome and beautiful that it was almost unrealistic. I averted my gaze from his with embarrassment as he smirked and stepped forward. “You ready?” He asked in his masculine voice and I shyly nodded. Leaning down to my face, he brushed his lips against my cheek. “I can not wait anymore.” I could senses his arousal. P
“Papa! Papa!” I peered through the kitchen door at my three-year-old running through the lobby and rushing to her father. An unpleased frown on her face as she immediately looked at her father with a pout on her lips. “Luca scolded me.”Faking a frown, my husband scooped the little bundle of joy in his arms and cradled her in his lap. “Why?” He asked wiping the remnants of chocolate on the corner of her lips. Xerina was fond of sweets and probably Luca found her chocolate hiding spot, that’s why he scolded her. Xerina’s eyes visibly narrowed while she glared at her father. “He stole my choci-chose.” She complained and I chuckled knowing I was right. Xerxes’s laugh filled the air and my chest squeezed–as it did every time I saw him with our family. Joy. Unrestrained joy and happiness. I would never tire of seeing him like this. “He did? Where did you get those from?” Xerxes asked shifting her and caressing her stuffed cheeks. She immediately looked away. “I-I…from mama.” My eyes wi
Her life these past years or more had been akin to sprinting through fog. When she often feel to the core of her soul that life was sacred, when she conclude that the natural world was woven into her heart–illusions and diabolical, that their love was all part of this great tapestry of creation, then she would finally be home. Then her Mother Moon would feel that she had returned. Finally in her arms. She loves her children equally. “We haven’t seen Alpha, there’s no sign of either of them,” one of the wolves said through the door. “But wolves are searching for them, the borders are seized.” Marcus bobbed his head and then his eyes moved to the bed. Aurora had gained consciousness a few hours back and on James’s instructions, she had been resting since then. Daniella was traumatised and he suggested she go back, but the little girl was too stubborn, she insisted on being here with her injured brother and Katarina. Katraina. Marcus was worried for her. She had lost so much blood and
“Hold them down!” Marcus growled as he ducked through the hoard of rouges coming his way. He snarled with anger as several of them tried to hold him down. The battlegrounds were bloodied, but it didn’t stop him from shedding more as he tore them limb by limb. Some were in their wolf forms while others were inhuman, Marcus shifted into his wolf form and roared like a wild beast before running through the pile and making his way to the house where he last left Aurora. Aurora. Her name should bring him anger, malice and betrayal, but right now he couldn’t think that way. He should be angry at her that sleeping with another man before him, she gave birth to a pup who didn’t carry his blood, and she spiked their mate bond. But strangely, right now all he cared was about her. Nothing mattered. Nothing. He realised he had been hating her for nothing. He loved her, even knowing she had betrayed him. Their relationship was not that was built upon trust and love, but he could change that. He
“I didn’t want to do this, cupcake. I was getting fond of you.” His hands held onto the thick strand of my story hair and he sniffed it making me cry h my nose in disgust. “But power is power. This is the moment I always dreamed of–to be in charge of power.” I swam for the light and he did everything he could to take me into the abyss. He betrayed me, not the other way around.“Why did you lied to me?” I seethed. His eyes looked mockingly at me. It was fear that brought rage, that hot burning anger that seeked to harm. It was a biological button better left alone. When we see something that frightened us, a primitive part of the brain was activated to produce aggression. So, I, when I see all the things around me that make me scared... I was being deliberately triggered... as were my emotions. That rage destroyed me from the inside.“I never did. I really loved you.” He whispered. “You fucking psycho!” Rage filled my voice and I thrashed. Betrayal was a conscious choice for cold indi
“A-Augustus…” I breathed out stumbling a step back. His blue eyes narrowed as he assessed me with his gaze. Concern was an act of deep and real caring and as such was a marker of our intertwined souls. I sighed in contempt. If he wasn’t here- I didn’t want to think what would have happened to us. “I don’t have time, Katraina. You have to come with me.” He quickly looked around and motioned me to follow him. I gazed at Aurora as she groaned in pain. Leon crying as Daniella looked terrifyingly between us. She was but a child, this must have shocked her to the core. My first reaction should be taking care of my females than fleeing. I shook my head. “I-I can not leave them behind.” Augustus narrowed his eyes. I could see the worry in his eyes, but they seemed somewhat strange. What Madrei told me earlier flooded through my head and I pondered over it once again. It must be Andrei. Did Augustus know? He probably did cause then he wouldn’t be here. But still, something didn’t feel right.
“Katarina…” his voice was as sharp as I last remembered, profound. I just couldn’t believe my eyes. Never before had I noticed how time was so much like water; that it could pass slowly, a drop at a time, even freeze, or rush by in a blink. The clock said it was measured and constant, tick tock, part of an orderly world; the clock lied. “What are you doing here?” My brain stuttered for a moment and my eyes took in more light than I expected, every part of me went on pause while my thoughts caught up. After a wash of reality, I stepped forward, feeling a new danger in my living room. “I need to talk to you, it’s urgent.” He stepped forward, his fists clenched on his sides and a frown resting between his brows. He looked tensed for some reason. I couldn’t believe a man as terrific as him would step foot in here only to talk to his enemy’s mate. I didn’t know much, but Xerxes had filled me with how much dangerous Andrei could be. The man seemed like he breathed in danger and lived on o