//Raven\\" Goddamnit! I'm late...Fuck! " I yelled internally as I stared at the time on my phone. I was so lost in my job that I didn't realize it was late.Shit! Jess is going to kill me and bury my remains deep within the woods. Darting out of my employers' house, my heart thudded and my breath became ragged. A year has passed by since Jess and I crossed the borders of Sky Moon Clan. And I couldn't be more grateful to Eros and Allison for getting me a job in the houses of three elite families that live close to the clan's territory."Raven!""Raven wait! I'm coming with you." Lee called out as I dashed out of the Davis mansion.Aleera was a friend of Jess and I. We addressed her as Lee for short. She was the first friend we made when we arrived at the pack. She is the type of girl who knows what she wants. She is tall, bold and confident in her body. She has red pixie hair and grey eyes.Lee was just breathtaking and looked good in whatever she wore."Sorry Lee, I don't have time
//Zander\\After training with Maddox, Terrance, and the guys, I took a warm shower and slipped on sweatpants and a shirt. I then made my way to the kitchen to find something to eat.An incredible, salivating smell filled the entire floor and I looked at the open U-shaped kitchen to see a tiny lady working ardently around the stove.She was not more than 5'2 feet with long black hair that bounced behind her as she moved to work.The woman felt my eyes on her and she turned and blushed when she saw me staring at her."Daddy,!" I snapped my head to see Daisy running into the room. "Aunty Allison and uncle Eros let me ride their wolves in the woods. They were beautiful. You should see me, dad. I was flying in the sky like an angel." Daisy excitedly jumped up and down, smiling brightly. Hugging my legs.This was the best smile I have seen on her face in months."I'm happy you liked it, sweetie. " I pushed back her curls from her face and stared into her beautiful eyes with a smile of my o
//Author// It was 7 pm that night. Dry leaves whistled and rustled on the ground in the fall wind. Raven and Lee emerged from the car and winced at the sudden chills. Raven clutched her coat around her body and they quickly rushed towards the Zee club. Lee and Raven made their way up into the club. Raven was star-struck when she saw the number of people there. Everyone was in a celebratory mood under the neon lights. Music blustered loudly, blowing up her eardrum. The scent of sweat, alcohol and tobacco mixed with perfumes of various kinds hit her nostrils. She scrunched her nose as she moved through the crowd. Members of the clan were dancing and having the moment of their lives on the dancefloor. Raven passed the club manager and owner, Eli, talking to his son Tyler. She immediately lowered her to avoid being seen by him. Tyler has been a pain in her ass ever since she came to the clan. Raven did not bother to look in his direction because the guy was a parasite she was trying
//Author//Walking into the club, a sweet caramel scent hit Zander's nostrils like a ton of brick and Axel growled in absolute excitement.The smell that was pumped through the club was different. The scent was purer and sweeter."Who is that scent from?" Axel whined in Zander's head, happily.Zander snapped his head frantically ignoring the women that stepped his way....and when his eyes locked on the raven-headed woman, he lost his breath.She had the purest sapphire eyes he had ever seen as she sat lounging on the couch with three women he very well knew.Zander was stricken by her beauty. He can say he was hypnotized by her enchanting appearance." Is that the new girl?" he asked Maddox in a hoarse voice."Umm... Yes, her name is Raven. I don't know much about her, but from what I have heard so far, I can tell she is a sweet innocent girl." Maddox said before his eyes darted to Jess, Iris, and finally settled on his sister.Sweet? Innocent?,,,naa.. She doesn't look innocent in tha
//Author//"I know what you are" Zander hissed through his teeth and dug his extended claws into Raven's arm. Pain unfurled through her arm and a whimper escaped her lips. The pain was nothing compared to the intense electricity and tingles she was experiencing from Zander's touch. "I know you are my mate and I don't want to be part of this bond. I DON'T WANT A MATE! And I'm sure as hell I DON'T WANT YOU!" Zander growled out. Pain spread across Raven's chest. Zander's words were cruel and brought her nothing but agony. When he touched her she felt strong sparks. The same very sparks her mother told her about when she was little.Raven gasped and her sapphire eyes widened in realization.Mate!Mate! her inside clenched.Her mouth moved. She wanted to say the word mate, but, like usual, no word came out of her mouth.Zander's brows knitted confused to see the shock on Raven's face...Didn't she feel the sparks the first time?"I, Zander Lucien Sloan, the beta of the Golden Lycan pack
//Raven//"Where have you been? I was worried," Jess expressed, as soon as I trudged into the house."I am fine, Jess. I went for a walk." I faked a smile but Jess could see right through my forced smile."Tell me....what's wrong? Why are you so down? No faking this time." Jess asked, passing me a worried look as she trailed behind me to my bedroom.I didn't know what to say to her. I didn't want Jess to worry about my problems with Zander.So I just walked into the bathroom and closed the door quickly, behind me.Ten minutes after being locked in the bathroom, I cracked the door open and was shocked to see Jess patiently waiting for me.She didn't move an inch. She was resting on my bed with her legs up in the air. Leisurely waiting for me.I rolled my eyes at the ‘I'm not going anywhere, look in Jessica's eyes.’"Go to bed, Jessica. You have work in the morning," I signed."So do you." Jess frowned at the tactics I was using to get her out of my way.She was expecting the truth from
//Raven//The banging was loud as someone hit the door destructively. I woke up startled and it was morning already. The sun was up, glaring down at me through the open window."Raven....Raven!!!" I heard my name being called out and I turned to find Jessica’s side of the bed empty. I rolled over, groaning, almost falling off my bed. I felt rested after hours of sleep. My mind was completely blank with no immediate recollection of what transpired the previous evening. Goddess, what time was it? I swung my legs over to the edge of the bed."Raven open up!" the bang on the door got louder.I got up and advanced towards the door and flung it open, to find one of Allison's omegas at the door. I frowned at her. What was she doing here? Has something happened to Jess?"Good morning Raven. Sorry to wake you up, but the Luna wants to have breakfast with you at her place." I heaved a sigh and the frown on my face increased.Why does Allison want to see me? Does she know about Zander and I?
//Raven//He was here!The enticing scent made me shudder as panic ran through me.I leaped from the bench and snapped my head back and forth, looking for a place to hide.I darted between the flowers and hid between them. My heart nearly jerked out of my chest.A small soft voice squirmed in excitement as a baritone voice laughed, counting down from thirty.Suddenly, a small girl with hazel eyes climbed into the flower, where I was hiding.Her eyes widened with a mixture of shock and excitement.I gazed at her, completely mesmerized by the pool of innocent hazel eyes staring back at me.I had never seen eyes look so innocent before. She giggled and placed her fingers on her lips, gesturing for me to keep quiet. "No talking aunty or else papa will find us and force me to shower. " she huffed in a shushing manner, crawled, and curled up on my lap. Poking his tiny head out to take a peek.I played along and hushed.“Ten...Nine...Eight.” Zander counted down."One, Ready or not, I am comi
||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