KNIGHT I glared at Zarah. I knew what I wanted. I wanted her even the first time our eyes met. I knew she was mine, and I knew without a doubt that I would protect her with my life— but she was also human, so I thought I did what was rational at that time. Yeah, I wasn’t ready to have a mate, didn’t know how to deal with her, and wasn’t near ready to meet her too soon. And things got out of hand, but she was mine and mine alone. “Knight, please?” Kailin pulled me back to reality. “We have to protect her. I don’t know how to convince her to come with us, but I’m the only hope you have. She trusts me. I will help you break the news. And maybe she will believe me if we show her the truth about us.” “Just don’t drop the bomb all at once,” Zarah warned us. “She hates me.” “And who’s fault is that?” my cousin blamed me. I chuckled sadly. “I never wanted to reject her. I don’t know how to handle the situation, and the pull drives me crazy.” “You’ve never been in love. I got that, Alp
NIRVANA Axell caught me off guard when he tried to kiss me. “I’m so sorry, Vana. I know I made a mistake. I should have been upfront with you.” “It’s fine, Axell. I’m sorry, too. I guess we’re friends, and we’re not supposed to kiss.” Yeah. My feelings for him just vanished into thin air. Maybe I never really fell in love with him. I wasn’t sure what to feel anymore. “Give me another chance.” He reached out for my hand. I agreed with him sending me home because my car was with Kailin, and he wanted to talk. So this was the talk that he wanted. “Give me some time, okay? You hurt me, Axell. You shouldn’t have told me you were having second thoughts about the trip.” “I know, babe. I’m sorry.” “I’ll call you.” He barely nodded. He must have seen the reaction on my face that there was no chance for us to be together again. In my defense, he was not honest, and he already broke that trust. “It’s okay.” I stopped him when he was about to help me out. Before I could unlock the door
KNIGHT “You know, you didn’t have to do this.” She watched me clean the dishes while helping me put them into the dishwasher. “You don’t have to help me, Nirvana. I can do it myself.” “If you say so. Anyway, if you wish to stay, Kailin’s room is open. Some sheets and blankets are clean. You can stay there. It’s all yours.” “I’m good with the couch.” “I think that’s too small for you. Bed is better, but it’s up to you. Knock on my door if you need anything.” “Thanks.” “I suppose you’re not gonna wring my neck in my sleep?” I could do many things, but definitely, it didn’t involve wringing the neck. If there would be, it should be a kink. I held that thought. She left the kitchen. When I told her I liked her, she didn’t react. I didn’t know if she decided not to respond or didn’t believe me. After that, we didn’t talk about it anymore. After cleaning up her tiny kitchen, I brushed my teeth. Then I grabbed two pillows and Kailin’s comforter and arranged them on the couch. I
KNIGHT“I don’t know I have one.” Nirvana put her fingers on where I touched it, and it didn’t hurt her, and the glow was gone. “Are you okay?”“Yeah.” I checked my finger. It had already healed, but it didn’t change the fact that it seared me, and that birthmark just glowed against my touch as if protecting itself. “Goodnight, Nirvana.”“Goodnight.”When she closed the door to her room, I was mind-blown and puzzled at the same time. I picked up my phone and sent a message to Zarah.KNIGHT: I need you in her apartment early in the morning.She replied right away.ZARAH: What’s the emergency?KNIGHT: Have you heard about a birthmark that burned when someone touched it?ZARAH: I knew it.I let go of a shuddering breath before I typed my reply.KNIGHT: Tell me more.KNIGHT: Please?ZARAH: Have you told her about you?KNIGHT: I can’t do it alone. I need you, Kailin, and Case with me tomorrow.ZARAH: Then start texting them. I’ll be there.KNIGHT: See you. Thanks.“Shit.” I shut the laptop
NIRVANA “Hey, girl.” Kailin was unusually jolly today as she hugged me tight before entering the apartment. “Grandpa.” “Hey, honey.” He put his arm around my shoulders and kissed the side of my head. “Mr. Blackwell.” “I think we passed the formality, Case.” They shook hands. “So, how was your night?” Kailin asked her cousin. “He probably has a headache or neck pain but hides it very well.” I joined them in the living area when the doorbell rang again. “I got this,” said Kailin as she went to the door. Then Zarah walked in, looking gorgeous in her white corporate dress. “Zarah.” I got up, surprised to see her. “My dear, good to see you again.” We did a cheek-to-cheek kiss. “Me too.” I suddenly felt uneasy when the apartment felt small for all of us, and I had a bad feeling that this meeting was set up. “Can I get you something to drink? Coffee? Tea?” “I’m good, darling.” Zarah took a seat to my right. “Honey, we have something to tell you.” When Grandpa started in that
NIRVANA My heart was in my throat as I watched something like a mini tornado spin before me, but nothing was flying besides my hair, and then Zarah came closer. She looked like she was walking inside the golden, shiny magic weaved. And then it disappeared. “I’m a witch,” she said to convince me. “If you don’t believe me, I can show you something about your parents.” “Is a witch supposed to be riding a broomstick or wearing a hat?” I was still denying everything I was seeing because it was just impossible. “She can create a portal and appear wherever she wants.” “So you’re also a werewolf?” I scoffed at Knight. “Yes. He’s my alpha,” said Kailin proudly. Alpha. McKaye called him alpha, but it didn’t mean anything, right? I laughed again. “You guys must be under the influence of drugs.” “Do you know your ex is a werewolf?” “What?” Kailin asked in surprise. “I never met the guy. They began dating as soon as I left for California. Is he? How did you know?” “I caught his scent l
NIRVANA “He’s not!” I glared at Kailin. “This dickhead? This arrogant son of a bitch is my soulmate? No freaking way! I don’t accept it! And I don’t believe in that mate thing. This is insane.” I left the kitchen when the silence became deafening. “You can’t deny the mating bond, the pull, Nirvana. This is what it is,” said Zarah. “Well, I’m not one of them. At least, not right now. So, I’m out that setup or whatever the Moon Goddess has cooked up there or wherever she is. Why him anyway? He hates me. He kicked me out and treated me like garbage.” All of a sudden, I remembered what he said to me before I interrupted him. “Why? Because I’m not like him? Because I’m only human who happened to be blonde. Well, get this. I hate him, too.” “Don’t say something like that, Nirvana.” Zarah just freaked out as if I pulled out a pin of the grenade in my hand. “Why? Because he’s a freaking werewolf and an alpha, whatever does that mean. I don’t give a damn about any of these. Three days ago
NIRVANA “Honey, what are you doing?” Grandpa asked immediately. “Be careful. He might not be in control of himself anymore.” “I don’t know, Grandpa. Maybe, to calm him down.” I stopped before Knight. All I saw were his dark, sharp claws shining in the daylight. God, it was real. I saw the claw marks on the wall. It was big and deep. My heart was hammering in my chest, but if I could stop his pain, I would try my best before he could sink those sharp claws into my skin. My limbs were shaking. My teeth tattered as I put a hand on his rigid shoulder. “Be careful, honey.” “Knight.” I put a little pressure on his shoulder when he no longer heard me. “Knight, how can I help you?” “It fucking hurts!” He began sobbing. “It fucking hurts. I can’t stop it. I’m so sorry if I hurt you.” “Hey.” Trembling, I kneeled before him and placed both hands on his shoulders. “I guess I was shocked and maybe mad at you. I don’t understand any of this, but I didn’t mean what I said. I swear. How can I
NIRVANAThree months laterThis man wrecked me in every way possible, in a good-to-be-true way. The private island Lycan Alpha King Sebastien owned was more beautiful than he described, and we were here for the third day of our honeymoon. Yes, honeymoon. Knight asked me to marry him again, and I said yes before he could finish popping up the question. And here I was in bed, legs spread at his mercy. His searing gaze burned my skin. He stood at the foot of the bed, naked, and my hungry eyes devoured him. He was perfect from head to toe, and those muscles and his long thick erection in his hand with a small drop glistening in the slit of his crown.I licked my lips, squirming in bed. Knight knew precisely how to drive me crazy. My hands fisted above my head. No matter how I struggled, the rope laced with magic he used to tie didn’t even budge—no thanks to the book of spells my mother’s own. Dylan sent me a box full of my mother’s books and tools. Knight found out about it, and he u
NIRVANAI smiled at Carter. “Yeah. I’m a werewolf.”“You look wonderful, Vana. If he’s over you, come find me.”“Cut the shit, Archie.” Knight chuckled as he hugged Archibald. “Glad you could make it.”“I would not miss for the entire world,” Chance was the one to reply.Kain and Dane were engrossed in their conversation at the corner.“Hey.”Kain hugged me. “I thought we lost you.”“So do I.”“We wouldn’t be here without you.”“You all keep saying that when it was more of a team effort.” I patted Dane on his arm. He remained at Kain’s pack of assassins to protect Kailin and our allies. “You take care of my best friend, or I will rip your throat out.”“You can stop threatening him.” Kailin, in her beautiful blue gown, came and kissed me on the cheek. “I will be the one to rip his throat out if he betrays me.”The tapping of a spoon on the glass caught my attention. The whole pack house went silent, and the music stopped. Our attention went to Victor, Lennox, and my grandfather, who no
NIRVANAI shuddered at the loss of his thick dick inside me.“On your knees, Nirvana.” He growled. His breathing was rougher.“I don’t bow nor kneel to anyone, but sure.” I was too eager to do as he commanded me to, so I moved to my knees and faced him.“Open your mouth for me.” His eyes almost glowed. His jaw locked harder, every part of his body tensing.I opened my mouth as he gathered a fistful of my hair and gripped it, pulling me closer to his erection.“Now suck me.” He flexed his hips as he shoved his cock past my lips.I took it too eagerly, one hand gripping the base, the other on my knees, balancing myself on the bed. I swirled my tongue around him, sucked, and stroked him.My mouth stretched around his girth. I struggled to breathe through my nose, my eyes watering as I tried to accommodate him without gagging.“Relax your throat. You can take all of me.” He pushed my head into his cock, and quickened his thrust until a guttural groan erupted from his throat.He threw his
KNIGHTI stopped at the edge of the bed and watched Nirvana strip off her clothes one by one. Nothing fancy, even her skin tone bra, but her body, though, the sexiest and hottest fucking thing I’d ever seen, always would be and forever.She was on the last thing, her cotton panties, and there she was, the same body and curves I’d felt many times against mine, and the same woman I fell in love with over and over again, smiling at me as she spread her legs wide apart, revealing her always smooth and waxed pussy.Her cheeks flushed as she slid her hands between her thighs, and a low groan rumbled from within my chest as she let go of a shuddering moan.I found myself gripping my erect cock, stroking it. Locking her searing gaze against mine, she lay on her back, inviting me into bed. She didn’t have to do that because I intended to join her and make her feel what I longed for over a week.I crawled into bed, joined her, and braced my forearms on either side of her shoulders. Then I held
NIRVANA“No freaking way! That’s impossible.” My eyes grew wide as I stared at them one by one.“Is it, though?” McKaye said. “We trained for months.”“To fight that freaking monster?”“Your bloodline is some kind of link to an ancient warlock from Greece,” McKaye explained. “And you were the only one who could kill that son of a bitch.”“Yeah. My mother’s side from my grandmother were witches.”“And you don’t have a gift?” Knight asked me hesitantly.“No. Why? Should I?”He glanced at Zarah.“You’re a witch, Zarah. Can’t you jag my memory or something?”“It doesn’t work that way.”“Then I’m sorry to disappoint you, guys, but I don’t remember fighting an evil warlock named Cyrius.”“What about him?” Kaleb, the beta, tipped his chin at the alpha.Alpha Knight finally groomed himself, looking hotter and smelled so good.I couldn’t help but smile, and every time I looked at him, my heart skipped a beat. “No.”“You’re lying.”“Excuse me?” I arched a brow at him.“I can hear your heartbeat
KNIGHTWhen Kailin called urgently via our link, I thought someone was in trouble again in the tasting room, like the twins.I had struggled the past week without Nirvana, but I never gave up searching for my mate. Scratch that. I once considered jumping off the cliff, and there may be a minuscule chance she would appear and come to save me. But somehow, her promise kept my sanity intact.Everyone helped me check for the lost women or unclaimed bodies in every morgue in the region, but none of them was Nirvana, and I couldn’t find a record of her death either. I felt so relieved and hung in a thinner thread as the days passed, and there were still no signs of her.The underworld was back to normal— no more viruses or killings, thanks to my mate, and my uncle was offered a job at the council while I barely hung in there and not dealing with my loss. I barely slept, or I found myself in the woods mourning. I lost some sense of self-love and belongingness. I couldn’t work, and I hadn’t
NIRVANA“Grandpa! Where the hell have you been?”“Vana?” His eyes widened like he’d never seen me in years. He ran in my direction and squeezed me into a tight hug. “Oh, Goddess. Thank Goddess.”I chuckled as I hugged him back. “It’s only just been a week, Grandpa. You’re overreacting.”He looked me in the eye from head to toe, cupped my head, and kissed me on the cheek, and he was about to get all teary-eyed.“We don’t do that, Grandpa. Where have you been, anyway? I was worried when you did not pick up my call.”“What do you mean?” There was pain, confusion, and relief in his eyes.I slumped my ass to his couch. “You’re acting weird. What’s going on with you? How’s the pack anyway?”He came sniffing me, making me freeze. “You’re a—”“A werewolf?” I scoffed. “Yeah, since birth. Duh. You taught me how to shift. Don’t tell me you suddenly forget about it.”There it was again, the staring, and then he smiled. “I’m proud of you, kiddo.”“Of course, I just sold two pieces of my paintings
KNIGHTGasping for air, I woke up on the ground. The blood’s bitter, sweet, metallic taste dried on my mouth.A shudder of terror rocked through me as I got up. It felt like a new day, or nothing happened last night.Trees stood tall, leaves dancing against the soft breeze. Sunlight streaked from the sky.I saw broken trees on the ground from a distance, a reminder that something had happened around here last night.“Guys!” I went to Califf, shaking him. “Cal, wake up.”He sucked in a breath, staring at me. “What happened?”“I have no idea.”Luka and McKaye stirred and froze as they realized we were still in the forest.“What the hell?” McKaye looked at his naked self.“Did we win?” Sebastien dusted the dirt off his body.Alpha Frye came from behind us, confused, eyes roaming around. “I think she did it.”“Fuck. Nirvana. Where is she?” Terror filled my chest. “I can’t feel her.”“We’ll find her.” Michael, Grady, and Ryden went separate ways to find Nirvana.“Nirvana!” I called her nam
NIRVANA“Asina? Wow. You are gorgeous.” I was surprised to see her standing before me. For the first time, she showed me herself— a beautiful and tall woman with straight long, dark hair, brown eyes, and a smile that could bring men to their knees. She was truly captivating, a real strong heroine in a white flowy dress. “Am I dead?”“About to if you won’t wake up.”“I can’t. There’s too much pain and loss. I can’t do this, Asina. I’m too weak compared to his power. He killed everyone I loved, and I want to die along with them. I give up. And you leave me alone there.”“Nirvana, you take it all wrong. You don’t need me to win the battle against Cyrius. All you need is your courage, your strength, and your heart.”Frustrated, I sobbed as I fell on my knees. “He is powerful to stop, and you’re telling me to use my heart and my strength? I don’t have strength anymore. I can’t even level a percent of his power.”“Because you believe you can’t.”“Are you kidding me right now?” I growled in