||Raven|| After training, I dragged myself to the room. I was worn out. Warmed up, jogged for fifteen miles, sit-ups, three hundred push-ups and hand to hand combat had done a number on my bones and muscles. There was seriously something wrong with Alaric.How could he push a new trainee like me that hard? I took my first shower of the day to wash all the sweat and dirt off my body and strolled into the room to find Zander sitting in the couch looking so fresh in his white shirt and white basketball pants. He had showered and his hair was curled and a mess but it looked absolutely good on him.It gave him a bad-boy vibe and I loved it when he had that aura around him.“ Enjoying the view...are we?” he smirked as he caught me ogling at him. He closed the book he was reading and started walking towards me. My heart reacted to him and began racing as my feet stood glued to the ground." I took my shower in the spare bathroom. How do you feel?” His moist soft lips touched my forehead
||Glinda|| Immediately, when I exited the airport in Orlando, I hopped into a taxi following the map Eros gave me.Everything happened so fast. It was an unplanned trip. I didn’t have time to pack my bags. The only thing I could grab in a matter of seconds was my small purse and phone. *Flashback * Five hours ago, the door of my house was thrown open with a booming sound. A terrified Allison and a serious Eros rushed in. I jolted out of my couch with a stiffened body.“ What is going on, Eros ?” I asked.“ You have to go to Orlando. Now! … there is no time to answer all your questions.”“ Why Eros? Why do I have to go there ?” I asked in frustration.“ You need to warn Zander and Raven. An Alpha who goes by the name Chase Roland is looking for her.“Then tension in my body increased.“ We have been trying to get in touch with her and Zander but neither one of them is picking “ Allison whispered.“ What about your brother?”“ His call is not pushing through. We have been trying for o
||Theodore ||I watched Zander and Raven dance on the dancefloor. I smiled at them and leaned back in my chair, looking around.Zane and Emily were smooching.They didn’t seem to care that they were in a garden full of people.Alaric was busily arguing with Skylar, his pregnant she-wolf.Everyone was happy and, even if Alaric wasn’t, he still had a child on the way. They all had someone by their side. They had everything they wanted. Be it a kid or a mate, but I did not. My life was lacking in both aspects.Here I was sitting alone on my birthday. Today was a special day for me. I couldn’t even pretend I was happy. I had played it cool from the morning but I did want a mate. I wanted what my friends had. I tried to sleep with random she-wolves.However, they could never satisfy me fully.That shit was getting old.I was no younger.“ Theo, make a wish. I will do my best to grant it. “ Emily inquired of me. “ Hey, make sure it's something I can fulfill “ she giggled.“ Naah, I'd rath
||Zander|| I scrutinized the darkness behind my eyelids. The darkness around me was oddly, very mollifying, but it was not long when suddenly I saw a flash of purple light ahead of me and the sound of a woman screaming.Raven Run! Echoed through the light … I froze.“ What is that light and where is that voice coming from?” I speculated.Realizing I was alone in my dark thoughts, I decided to follow the voice into the light, proceeding towards it, charily.The purple light swallowed and blinded me temporarily for a few seconds before setting back and revealing a forest.It was dark, eerie, and cold.The atmosphere was one that could send a shiver down the spine of anyone.“Raven, you can’t be here .” I heard the woman’s voice once again and I advanced toward the voice. To my horror, I found a woman and a child backing away from a wild angry bear.“ But mommy! I can’t leave you. We need to go home together.” The little girl voiced stubbornly.“ Listen to your mother, Raven. I am not a
||Zander||Shame filled my whole being as I realized that I too rejected my lovely mate the same way her father and family did.I can’t in my wildest mind begin to imagine the torture Raven had endured and how much it hurt to be rejected by your pack and family over and over again.And it made me wonder… will she ever be able to forgive me?I also wondered … how she lost her voice and who caused it.I stood in darkness for a few minutes before I was absorbed by the purple light again. This time around, I was in the dining room watching Danica.Raven's stepmother and her children having their meal. Little Raven stood at Danica's left side with a silver tray pressed on her chest as she swallowed her saliva, salivating. The rumbling from her stomach made it obvious how hungry she was. But she dare not eat before them.She was waiting for further instructions.In the middle of their meal, Danica's son started coughing vehemently and began scratching his skin as if he was irritated.His a
||Zander||“ What is going on here?” Raymond's loud voice boomed in the room as he walked in with a man and Shane; the guy who previously helped Raven.I released a sign seeing them. Raymond cast his eyes on Raven and back to his mate.“Raven !” Shane yelled and rushed to her. He went on his knees and lifted Raven's head onto her lap.“ What at all happened to you?” He whispered with tears in his eyes as a whimper escaped Raven's mouth.“ Is that acid??” Shane gasped and his eyes widened. “ You gave her acid ?” Shane asked Danica, bewildered.“ I only gave her small amounts. This girl is exaggerating “ she scoffed and pulled her lips out.“ I remember asking a question, Danica!” Raymond hissed.“ Nothing happened,” Danica muttered, with her shoulders propelled, proudly. “I was just teaching our maid a lesson. ““ What exactly did this child do to receive such a harsh punishment from you, Luna?" Shane growled and glared at Danica.“ She is a killer, a murderer. She tried to kill my son.
||Raven||“Raven … I want to ..” Zander paused and wiped his tears.My head filled with several thoughts. Was my past too bothersome to share with him? Am I too broken for him?“Thank you, Raven. Thanks for sharing with me. “ he murmured.I stiffened, waiting for 'a but' from Zander. For him to turn me down for my baggage. However, it never came. He cuddled me and kissed my cheeks and nose.“ You are so strong, Raven “ he whispered and stared at me through his thick wet lashes.“ So brave and courageous. “ he added, giving my body a gentle squeeze.“ My problems feel so small and insignificant compared to what you’ve been through “ he chuckled sheepishly.“ I had a good childhood. A good parent and siblings but I didn’t have good luck with my past mates “, he fiddled with my fingers, talking about Bella and Rose.I frowned at him. Pain is pain no matter how small or big the causative factor was. I did not show him my past to compare my pains with his.“ You are not a curse like they pa
||Raymond|| **Raven's father **“Now strip! I do not want one scrap of fabric on that curvy body of yours. We have got business to attend to. “ I growled those words to Danica.“Yes, Sir.“She closed her legs at the command of my voice. She was a sub and always liked it whenever I dominated her in the bedroom.The scent of her arousal dispersed in the air. Danica never broke eye contact, as she did as instructed. Her eyes were glued to the bulging in the front of my pants.She slowly started to remove her clothes until she was standing naked in front of me. She then turned her back to me and walked towards the bathroom and before she could reach the door, she looked over her shoulder and asked.“You're coming or what? “She swung her waist teasingly, stepping into the bathroom.I growled and then made a quick work on my belt buckle and pants before rushing into the shower naked. I pressed her front against the cold shower wall, harshly and Danica moaned. Her cunt began to drip, and
||Raven||“ZAYDEN SLOAN!!! RYDER SLOAN GET DOWN FROM THE TREE!!!!” I screamed at my sons for the one-hundredth time.“Zayden, mommy is mad. Let’s get down, please.” I heard Ryder say in his small baby voice as I rushed toward my best friend.“Hey, girly.” I pulled Emily into a bone-crushing hug as soon as I spotted her in the garden.“Oh my, you are crushing me, Raven. Slow down, girl.” She faked a cough.I laughed, releasing her from my hold.“Well, you can’t blame me, Ems. I missed you so much. How are you doing ?” Concern for her filled my voice.“ Well, apart from being heavy, all swollen, and damn tired all the time. I am fine.”“ Just hang in there, babe. The baby will pop out in less than a month.” I soothed her.She caressed her belly. “ That’s true. Just can’t wait. What are you doing standing here? Let’s join the others, time for the great reveal.”I squealed in joy as we walked to our family. We were having Emily and Zane’s gender reveal party in the garden.It was a big dea
||Raven||Today was the best day of my life.My fiancé, my mate is now my husband and I couldn’t wait to start our lives together and have the family I had always dreamt about.But fate had other plans and my little bundles of joy decided that it was their turn to come into the world.A sharp, stabbing pain rippled through my lower abdomen and when I took a step forward kissing my mate, I felt a warm liquid beginning to flow down my legs.Fuck! Did I just pee on myself? Is the pregnancy so draining that I can’t hold my bladder?However, I felt different.The pee was a lot and too warm. The fluid flowed out of me, down my legs and I felt my little boys squealing and moving vigorously in my womb, probably getting ready for their grand entrance.“Fuck!” I shrieked, gaining everyone’s attention.“What is it, love?” Zander whispered, alert.“ Daddy mummy has peed on herself.”The guests burst out laughing.“ I am pretty sure, my water just broke.”As soon as the words escaped my lips, the g
||Raven||*Three months later*I woke up to a lot of movement and activities in my room. It took me a minute to realize what was going on in there and why these people were there.“She is awake.” Glinda squirmed.All the ladies rushed over to my bed in full excitement when they saw that I was awake.“ Good morning sweetie” Mariam chirped.“ Good morning Mariam and everyone.“ I whispered.“Good morning, it’s your wedding day! Can you believe it?”Emily shrieked, bottle-feeding Aiden.“ I can, Ems. I can !” uttered in a tired voice.I was swollen all over. My baby bump was a full-blown belly.The little beans had doubled in size in months.I felt heavy and I could not see my legs or touch them.Every part of me had grown big, including my breast.It was ready for lactating.My hormones are so out of wack that I am on fire one moment and cold the next.However, the feeling of becoming a mother made my mood even better.“Come on now. Let’s get you fed for your wedding, then a warm, nice sc
||Zander||After six hours of searching, we came back empty-handed. I questioned our warriors and they didn’t catch a glimpse of her leaving the pack, leaving me to conclude that my mate had been kidnapped.Glinda and Emily also came back an hour ago.They couldn’t even catch the scent of my mate at the mall.My heart was breaking into a million pieces as I continued to mind-link her.I felt so weak and suffocated without her.My Lycan beast kept growling in my head and keeping him grounded was becoming hard.The mansion felt empty and my life darker without my little wolf and her delicious scent. I could not smell her.Her scent had completely evaporated as if she was never there.I want to see, Raven. I was desperate to see her again.I was ready to surrender to the enemy just to ensure that both my little wolf and our unborn child were safe.I gripped the armrest of the chair I sat on with so much force that it began to break under my grip. I was absent-minded as Theodore and Zane w
||Raven||Once I was in the four walls of the room, I rushed into the washroom and splashed water on my face.I studied myself in the mirror. My eyes were sunken and dull and I had bugs under my eyes.My hair had disheveled and I ran my fingers through it.I quickly leaned down and tied the small knife I got from Shane’s kitchen around my thigh and crawled back into bed to rest till the wolfsbane completely left my system.I slipped into sleep.An hour later, the sound of the door opening, woke me up from my light slumber.I blinked many times as my pupil focused on the figure standing and leaning against the door.My heart rate slightly increased and my breathing patterns changed.“We need to get it over with. Grab her”, Jerold purred and two men stepped into the room.One was Merlin from the hearing and the other was unknown to me.They glanced at me with a smile playing on their faces.Their eyes flickered with lust and Merlin whispered.“My pleasure, master.”Stalking towards me,
||Raven||“ I plan to punish you for disrespecting my mate, but before that, how about we have some little fun?”he said with so much evil in his voice, his voice was husky but sounded nothing like Zander’s alluring, sexy voice.”“ Don’t - stay away. Don’t you dare touch me”. I panicked. I couldn’t pull back.The wolfsbane was still active in my system and after using all my strength on Jessica.I became vulnerable.“ I have dreamt of this moment for so long it feels so unreal to have you in front of me, breeder.” He smiled and breathed down my neck as his nose trailed down my neck.“ You smell divine..” it took every ounce of strength in me to hold myself back from batting him with my head.But I knew he was dangerous and I would be in so much trouble if I chose that solution. I won’t be the only one in danger. My unborn child will be at risk and I can’t allow that. I would have to buy Athena and me some time to get out of here.“ I can’t wait to mark you. And remove the Lycans mark
|| Raven||SHE TALKED! JESSICA SPOKE!My best friend can talk. My mouth opened in pure astonishment and no word came out. My tongue was stuck. It couldn’t move to start a sentence…“All you think about is Zande.” Jessica hissed. “ Zander this! Zander that! I am tired of hearing his name from you.” Her teeth gritted, furiously.“You are stupid to think that Zander will come for you”, she was thrown into another session of laughter.And I was stricken. What was wrong with Jessica?She was different. Harsh and rude! I don’t recognize the person in front of me. Where did that sweet, nice, and innocent woman go?When did she start to speak? When did she recover her voice?And why was she talking to me like that?I didn’t understand anything. My mind quickly got busy, arranging the scattered pieces of the puzzle in my brain together… from the time I was drugged to now.How did Jessica get here so fast?How did Danica get onto the pack-land easily, without detection?And how was it possible
|Zander.||“Zane!” I shouted. “ catch,“ in one fluent motion.Zane caught the spear and blocked the attack by one of our warriors.Theodore followed right after knocking the air out of his opponent. I spun with one high punch, landing on the gut of my training partner.It was early in the morning and we were training our warriors vigorously for an impending attack from Jerold Black. I have been restless since the last battle, knowing that bastard was lurking in the dark.I felt he was closer than we thought.“Well, that was easy,“ Zane drew everyone's attention to himself after hours of training.“ Good job everyone. I have seen a massive improvement in your skills, so today we will end training earlier than expected,“ he announced, whistling and applause went through the warriors as Zane dismissed them, walking to me.“ Are we ever going to get a real challenge? You and I ??” He asked.And I let out a chuckle, shaking my head at my brother.“ Be careful what you wish for,”“ I must ag
||Raven||Two weeks later.Daisy is dead! Fuck! I was holding the lifeless body of Daisy. Her throat was slit. She was bleeding heavily.Her limbs ripped off her body, lying inches away. I was holding her tightly against my body.Screaming and weeping uncontrollably We were in the woods in the River Moon Clan.With wolves fighting around us.Then I heard the thudding sound of heavy footsteps approaching me.In a daze, I saw Zander, roaring furiously.His was enraged glaring down at me.“You killed her. It’s all your fault, “ he hissed in a deep guttural voice “ All you had to do was surrender to Jerold Black.”“ No “I shook my head.” I love her.I saw her as my daughter “, I sobbed, holding Daisy's cold body closer.“You killed my daughter, bitch. I regret being with you. I should have abandoned you when I had the chance.” Zander's voice was murderous.He looked angry as he took predatory steps toward me and I realized I was his prey.He ripped Daisy's body out of my arms and I shriek