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|| Raven||"You are mine! " Athena growled and, as our power flared up in the air, she took advantage of it and took complete control over my body, pushing me back into her mind."You are mine too." Zander purred, his eyes twisted with interest as he stared at my wolf who was smirking at him ..." Are you going to stare at me all night?" Athena asked. " Sassy, I like it," he smirked."I try," Athena commented, and Zander chuckled with amusement etched into his eyes."Your eyes are beautiful, just like Raven's." Zander praised, staring into Athena's golden twinkling eyes.Athena giggled ..." Axel said the same thing to me when we first connected as mates .""Hmm... for the first time in forever that mutt is right about one thing " Zander uttered sarcastically...and Athena howled with laughter and placed her head on Zander's chest.My chest tightened.I was jealous that my wolf was spending time and touching my mate. "I have a witty mate."" You do??" Zander laughed." A very sexy one
|| Zander||I slowly opened my eyes to the sun and blinked multiple times and looked into the face of my mate, my love, my world.Her eyes were shut but I could see dark circles under her usually bright eyes.And even in her sleep , deep creases danced across her forehead. I was happy to feel that she was no longer sweaty and hot and the heat had broken, thank goddess.I brought my fingers up and gently traced them across her forehead to ease the tension. Raven's sapphire eyes snapped open and locked on mine…all I saw was love in them, just for me…“ Good morning little Wolf, “my voice was husky.“ Good morning my love.” She moaned, blinking and trying to keep her eyes open. “ I don’t consider this as sleep.”I chuckled at her remarks. "I am going back to the mansion to get some food. What do you care for?” I asked.“Whatever you are having. “ she whispered.“ And please come back soon. I don’t want to get cold in bed alone .” She added and drifted back to sleep.I didn’t blame her. T
||Raven||Shit!I wanted to run and hide, to curl up in a ball and avoid all this! But then again, I realized I wasn’t who I was a year ago.I wasn’t the weak little Raven who was mistreated and trumped upon by everyone.I wasn’t the wolfless mute they called me. I took a deep breath and gathered all my courage.I could before facing my abuser.The devil himself! Eric McQueen.“ Hello mute,“ I almost gagged, hearing him speak to me. Eric smirked, and I remained as calm as possible. “ Or should I say goodbye nuisance? “ He snarled, pulling out the revolve from his back pant.Stumbling back, my eyes widened, and started panicking.“What were you thinking that we are going to let you live happily?” He uttered sarcastically, stepping forward while I took one step back.“My mother should have killed you when she had the chance years ago but she only bruised your throat, “ Eric chuckled, but the humor in his tone did not much the coldness in his orbs.My heart was thudding matching my breath
||Alex||Tony was very silent as we drove back to California… His silence was terrifying. He was never this quiet. My nephew had the mouth of a thousand people and he could talk nonstop ….I had not even set foot outside the hotel room on arrival in Orlando when Tony called me to tell me of the attack.He could not speak and all he did was to bring Eric's lifeless body to me. He hadn’t found his voice to explain to me what had happened.His words slurred and were incoherent when he started to speak.Nevertheless, I knew this incident had something to do with Raven.And whatever he saw in the golden Lycan pack had him frightened.I did my best to calm him and made him relax as much as possible.But it had been five hours since the incident. I believe it was time he spoke up…“ how did it happen? I demanded, unwilling to believe the alpha heir was gone.What am I going to tell Alpha Raymond and his bitch??“It was crazy!”Tony hiccuped and sniffed.“ I can’t explain what happened in word
||Zander||"Is Raven good?" "She is sleeping." “Excellent, we have Gwen. We caught her running towards the east border.“ Zane's voice rumbled inside my head. “She s been held in the interrogation room.”“ I’ll be right there.”“Fine, don’t take too long. ““ Uh-hmm.. okay “ when I had finished talking to Zane via mind link.I linked Theodore and Alaric to meet me in the interrogation room. I glanced at my sleeping mate and kissed her forehead, and ran my hand through her hair, causing her to stir.I crawled out of bed.“Where are you going ?” Her voice croaked as she queried. “Welcome back .. how was the dreamland? “ she chuckled. "Three hours sleep is not considered as sleep."Now, it was my turn to chuckle." My attention is needed in the dungeon. Zane has Gwen tied up in the interrogation room.”I climbed back into bed beside her while explaining.“Sleep some more. I will be back soon before you know it,“ she nodded and buried her face into her pillow… I kissed her again and fin
||Danica||My heart was weeping. My eyes were filled with nothing but darkness as I leered stormily at Eric's cist.As it was lowered into the ground. Raymond was unwilling to give my baby a befitted and dignified dark moon ritual because he didn't die in a war and no matter how much I cursed him and threatened him, he declined Raymond was smart enough to wheedled my little dirty secret that led to Eric's demise out of me, so that he didn't have to be afraid of me revealing his.All this is Raven's fault. She did this to me. She took away my only son, my life support system. I wasn't going to let this go unpunished. I am not going to let her live. She has to pay one way or the other.A life for a life, a tooth for a tooth. My hands clenched into a tight fist and revenge burned in my veins. Raven needs to bleed like I am bleeding now and her death is the only retribution I want. The need to avenge my son lighted in my cold heart and my eyes glinted with a deadly determination. No on
||Raven||I finally got the chance to have a second heart to heart talk with my mother and she burst into a crying session when I told her about my life in the River Moon Clan after she left.She apologized like a thousand times and even went on her knees in front of me and I quickly forgave her since I didn't want to see her bow or kneel before her daughter.It wasn't her fault she was attacked by Jerold Black fourteen years ago or that she fell into a year of coma.We were both victims. I believe everything that happened was the goddess' plan."How does it feel like to live among Lycans? Is it difficult for you?" My mother asked, grabbing my attention as we were having lunch together in the gazebo." Hmmm...what can I say? I love Zander, so I love it here. I can't see a life without him, so wherever he is, is my home." I smiled and added. "The Lycans are good people, they have made everything easy for me...so no stressing, and besides, I am not the only werewolf in the pack. Our lo
||Raven||“ No! No, forget it! You are not going.” Zander roared, silencing everyone.He turned to me with red eyes hoping I would reject Bjorn's suggestion and take back my words, but I gave him a firm look.“You don’t have to go. I will protect you. All the Lycans are here to protect you “, Zander begged me.I averted my gaze. I couldn’t watch him like this.I don’t want to get people killed and, as Bjorn said, we can’t have the council lord and the clans as enemies.We already have one enemy and that’s enough.“The council lord has threatened to wage war on me if I don’t present myself within two days, “ I said in a thick tone.“ And after all these years, finally I have my mother back and family to love and protect. The people I have are being threatened. Ending this will be the only way we can leave in peace and comfort." I ranted out and added."I can’t be still … I need to go there and have a friendly conversation with them, but if it’s a fight that they want, I will give them
||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