Ryder bolted the iron gate back in its place. His anger was beyond words. The pup stole from him. She took advantage of his weakness. He stopped and stood there for a while grabbing his hair at the mere thought. He let out a haughty air and muttered a curse. “Fuck!” His anger grew and he punched the wall of the cavern. It pulverized under the impact and the splinters flew.
He should have left her soon after finding the flowers, but he was distracted by her body, overwhelmed when he touched her and when he smelled her arousal. The smell of her arousal was still in his hands. He closed his eyes and straightened up and then hurried away from the cave silently. The descent back to the ground level was easy and fast. When his gaze went to the horizon, he noticed that it would soon be dusk. The entire area was silent except for an occasional chitter of jungle squirrels and cicadas who were begi
Lyle wanted her mother to stroke her hair. She used to laugh when Mila would try and make hundreds of plaits in her hair on the pretext that she was bonding with her. She recalled the apple and orange trees that her father had planted, which were laden at this time of the year. Her mother was making marmalade for her when she last saw them in the house. Mila had ensured that her daughterâs room would be covered in the shades of blue and green. The drapes, bed sheets and even the small rug on the floor were either blue or pink. Suddenly her hand touched something very cold and sharpâher dagger. She picked it up immediately. âIf we ever see him again, we are going to kill him, Grisha!â This time Grisha didnât answer. She was about to reach the o
âWe should take her back to the base camp,â said Dominique. âShe needs immediate medical attention.â Ryderâs panic rose when he looked at her. She was unconscious and holding her bloodied dagger. There were bruises and nicks on her skin. Did the bats attack her? Her hair was a tangled mess and there was a sharp cut on the inside of her right brow that went obliquely to her right cheek. âIs she breathing?â asked an anxious Dominique. Without replying, Ryder got up and with Dominiqueâs help tied her to his back. She was so weak that he hoped to make it in time to the base camp. The descent was faster. Nolan and Arya were waiting down. He wanted to take her to the base camp like yesterday but Dominique insisted, âThe pup is unconscious. We need to check on her now!â
Lyle felt warm hardness near her and she moaned into it feeling like heaven. She snuggled further into the warmth and a soothing woodsy, spicy smell surrounded her. Her body became languid and she went off to sleep all over again, this time it was better. All the strain from her muscles slowly seeped out in the warmth and she relaxed. When she blinked open her eyes next, she found her face pressed against hard rock muscles of a man on whose brawny shoulders her head was cradledâand a dim light from the outside of the tent scattered its faint beams inside. In the soft glow of light, she saw that handsome, chiseled, deceiving face, Shocked as hell, she pulled away from the manâs chest but he groaned and dragged her back to him. Realization dawned upon her. What the fuck was she doing in his arms? Alarmed, she kicked him and somehow moved out of his embrace. Her hand went to her thigh where she remembe
Fear roiled her guts and she swallowed when Lyle heard that Alpha Drake had been informed and was coming to take her. If that happened, he would come to take her but the moment they would reach the Blood Moon Pack, he would kill her and killing her parents would follow that. Lyle was now not only weak in body, her mind became overwhelmed with numerous emotions and once again she felt dizzy. Her breath became shallow but she turned her face away so as not to show him. She just had to find a way to go back to the Blood Moon Pack and then escape with her parents. Lyle threw her head back and looked up at the sky. âOkayâŚâ she murmured. Nyter was with Alpha Ryder and there was no way she was going to attempt to steal it. She scrambled to her feet but her body was shaking so much that she swayed like a bough in the summer breeze. In an instant, Ryder wa
Alpha Ryder couldnât sleep. He couldnât wink an eye not because the girl disturbed him. Over the last two days, he had become so used to making her sleep near his chest and wrapping his arms and legs around her that tonight when she was sleeping without a care in the world, he was edgy. He reasoned that it wasnât him who wanted to go near her and blamed it all on his wolf, Gray, who craved to pull her next to him. Ryder closed his eyes to divert his attention. He recalled how he first met his lover, Elara, but merely three seconds later, his mind was full of Lyle. The curves of her body, her parted lipsâit made him, no, it made his wolf pine for her. But Alpha Ryder didnât repeat the mistake of pulling her to him, for this time who knew that the girl would plunge the dagger in his heart. For the entire night, he continued to lie beside her or watch her sleep with his hand propped up on his elbow. He
Lyle ran as fast as she could to get away from Alpha Drake and his men, but Drake forced her to submit to him through the mental link.“Come back Lyle!” he commanded her.“Noooo!” She resisted his call but it was so difficult that her entire body shuddered, and the she felt as if her body had become a huge boulder that she was trying to move uphill. Sweat beads appeared on her forehead as fear skittered down her spine. She started hyperventilating. “You can’t do this Alpha Drake,” she huffed via her mental link. “You promised that you would free my parents.”Drake let out a vicious laugh. “No one gets free from my pack until they meet with their death!” He spat on the ground. “Did you think that you could get away so easily fro
Ryder ran and leapt right over the bonnet with force so huge that the metal sank in. He punched the front view glass with his right fist shattering it into a thousand pieces. He plucked the steering out. He jumped in to grab Drakeâs throat and while doing so, his kick landed right on Joeâs face with impact so hard that his face was a bloody mess and the man fell to the back, unconscious. In the mess that followed, Terry fired his rifle that grazed his shoulder forming a wound through which flesh ripped. But that didnât stop him. Ryder caught Drakeâs throat and pressed it hard with one hand while snatching Terryâs rifle with the other. Drake kicked him hard on his thighs. For a moment Ryder thought that his femur had fractured, and his grip loosened on Drake. Drake took the advantage and shoved him hard away from him. He scrambled out of the jeep. Disappointed as hell, Ryder broke his rifle in two an
They reached the cave in less than fifteen minutes. When they reached near the cave, Dominique said acerbically, âYou can go back to your pack. We can take care of her from here.â Not happy over his statement and wondering why he would say that, Ryder snapped, âI will stay where the pup stays.â Dominique grunted. âWhy do I have a feeling that she is in this situation because of you?â He touched the girl's hair that was sticking to Ryderâs forearm. Ryderâs fangs sharpened at him for touching her. He could claw the beta of the Howling Pack right now. Was he trying to make out with her? Was he trying to take her away from him? His wolf growled. He willed his wolf to back down, as comprehension began to set in. âShe is not ours.â He had done his duty to