KNIGHT I knew I was freefalling. I dropped, crashing every bone in my body in a devastating impact, rattling my inside, cracking my skull, snapping my spine, and blood began flowing in my nose, from my mouth, from my ears. I felt all the pain in every cell in my body— it was indescribable, unfathomable. The impact was like an earthquake— it shook everything around me, and the shockwave had the dust flying. At that moment, I knew I would not make it. Today, I was going to die. And I was going to die without saying goodbye. One thing in life I learned was that death is inevitable. But I was not ready. I would not accept my fate. Struggling to move a finger, I silently howled in pain, but I was still grateful to be alive. My healing process seemed not to work anymore, or I was already dying, and no one could stop it. They said you could not see your reflection in boiling water. Similarly, you could not see the truth in a state of anger. Now I saw the truth. The clarity came. I let
NIRVANA Asina is badass. I would never have thought it was possible, and she did it without my permission—the gift I had inside me, sometimes a curse. The pain I had felt was indescribable. It felt like an agony exploded in my entire body, but that is what I traded for— for Knight to survive. The moment my chest constricted, I knew something terrible had happened to him. “Alpha, we have a problem.” I heard Kaleb come in with urgency in his voice. My eyes were closed, and my body seemed awake but dormant, like I was hibernating to regain my strength. I heard them talk, their heartbeats, and the anxiousness in their voices. I smelled their fear, too, but feeling the warmth in Knight’s hand against my own was soothing. “What’s the problem?” Knight’s hand was gone, and his heartbeat was racing. “A group of werewolves are attacking us northeast of the vineyards, clawing the barrier and trying to get inside the walls.” “That’s impossible. I put a shield around us,” Zarah said. She
KNIGHT “What repercussions?” I repeated when Nirvana hadn’t given me an answer. “It’s done. You can’t do anything about it anymore.” She took the clean shirt Kailin gave her while Zarah was cleaning her healing wound. I was a bit surprised she healed faster than any of us, but she still got hurt. “What you did earlier was reckless. You’re putting everyone in danger because you are too eager to save people’s lives.” “West could have been dead by now if I was two seconds late.” “Thank you, Luna,” West said. “Shut up!” I pointed my finger at West, still focused on my mate. “You may have power, but you can get killed, Nirvana. You were just lying an hour ago, and the first thing you did was jump to the battlefield. That was impulsive and stupid. And what repercussions were you talking about?” She put the shirt on, too calm to piss me off even more. “You were dying. You were not healing.” “And?” “I traded—” “You what?” My voice raised. The infirmary went silent. Everyone seemed t
NIRVANA “It’s done, Knight. I will do it all over again, whatever the price is.” “Fuck, Nirvana. You can’t break the natural order.” He grunted, his muscles tensing. “Fuck the natural order. You wouldn’t be here right now if I hadn’t done it. You know it’s not a question. I will do anything for you.” “Then save your life for me, us, and the pack.” “I wanna question that man.” “No. McKaye is capable of questioning a prisoner. We go home, and you will rest.” I wanted to resist, but he looked at me like he wanted to swallow me whole. I agreed instead, “Okay, but I’d like to have a word with Zarah.” “Fine. I’ll talk to McKaye and Kaleb. Meet me at the parking area.” I nodded. Knight kissed my lips before he left the infirmary. Zarah came in before I could call her. “How are you feeling?” “I’ll live.” My answer did not impress her. “Just say it. I was stupid and reckless.” “I want you to be extra careful, Nirvana. You changed, and I can feel it. Do you still have control over A
NIRVANA “Oh, I am,” I said confidently as I crawled into bed, showing him my ass and how wet I was. “Fuck.” I looked over my shoulder. Knight was gripping his cock, stroking it gently. My mouth watered, wanting to devour every inch of his length, lick the precum, and let him fuck my mouth until he came in my throat. Then, I lay down in bed, just as he ordered me to. Breathing hard, he crawled into bed, kneed my legs wide apart, and hovered over me. He slipped his hand behind my head and grabbed me by the hair before he kissed me brutally with a growl. It almost hurt. I moaned in distress, but he didn’t give me much chance to protest. He grunted in pleasure as he thrust deeper inside me, and it took me by surprise I sucked in a breath. I was wet and aching, but I felt so full and stretched to almost uncomfortable. When he pulled out, he quickly thrust it in again. I crossed my legs behind him, and he started pistoning, and I began grinding my hips against his. With his big an
KNIGHT “You have to let me go, Knight.” I groaned, hugging her tighter, ignoring her sigh. “Baby, I need to pee unless you want this bed to smell pee. Then go ahead. I can do it here.” “I don’t give a shit.” I kissed her shoulder and inhaled her scent into my lungs. “You can pee here.” “Knight, don’t be such a baby. I’ll be right back, or you can come with me and watch me while peeing.” Her body shook as she laughed silently. “I liked it when you were clingy, but this time, you’re worse than a skin disease.” “A skin disease with a big dick and a fat bank account.” “Gee.” I could feel her rolling her eyes. “Egotistic and possessive alpha? That’s not something women would want.” “Go. Pee and come back to me.” I loosened my arms around her. When she left for the bathroom, I checked the time. It was five a.m. If there weren’t threats out there, it was a good time to go for a run. I got up and put on my sweatpants. I wanted to make breakfast for Nirvana and spend more time with
KNIGHT Apparently, Sebastien had an apartment in Paris, where Zarah sent us. We made a quick change before strolling around. Our trip wasn’t well-planned, but we didn’t have time since our honeymoon to Seychelles was canceled. “You look beautiful.” I fixed the scarf around her neck before I held her hand. “So you’ve been to Paris?” “Nah. I hadn’t been out of the country. My first trip outside was through the portal to Italy.” “Really?” I was surprised to hear it. “Yeah. I told you I loved what I experienced with you and wouldn’t change it for anything.” “You haven’t told me how you made the deal.” “We’re gonna talk about it?” We took a taxi to the Eiffel Tower because that was where she wanted to go. She said it would be romantic. I couldn’t remember if I had ever been romantic or given flowers to a girl before I met Nirvana. If seeing the iconic tower would put a smile on her face or add to her experience and memories, then who was I to stop her? I would give her the moon i
NIRVANA Our first day of honeymoon was incredible, and it involved a lot of sex. Last night he fucked me hard, and I came three times. I admired his strength and voracious sexual appetite, and sex was beyond good, but I was hoping to stroll around the city today and try some Foie gras. Before we got up from bed, he made love to me and called the room service for a full French breakfast by the balcony. As I got up, I still had a satisfactory smile on my face. Still wearing the hotel robe, I opened the window to the balcony, and the view of spectacular Renaissance architecture took my breath away. It was an excellent idea for an oil painting. “What’s our plan for today?” I grabbed the Viennoiserie and tore it in half before I took a bite. “No plan. We go wherever our day takes us.” Knight sat so relaxed on the chair, crossed his legs with a cup of coffee in his hand. “Really?” “Yeah. It’s our honeymoon. We can do whatever we want. Maybe we’ll have lunch in a restaurant and then
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