[Massimo’s POV]I sit and watch as the members of Hunters Moon enter the large meeting room that has been set up for blood swearing to Giovani. Even though I had suggested waiting a bit so that the members were more likely to promise themselves to him, the man wanted to move things along as quickly as possible. In the end, he decided on two days after taking over Hunters Moon, which meant that we were sure to be met with some defiance.Sighing, I wait as the members of Hunters Moon slowly pile in. While some immediately bow out of fear of what could possibly happen to them, others stand tall, and by the looks on their faces, I’m sure that they’re going to give some trouble.They should, the small voice in the back of my head says, causing a wave of shock to slam into me.I couldn’t quite understand it, but since seeing Tatiana, I felt like a war was going on inside of me. One side wanted to continue to hate and destroy everything she held dear, while the other wanted to stop that side
[Tatiana’s POV]I take in the area around me while sticking close to Knight. How a place like this went unnoticed by the average eye was amazing, but I guess that was how magic worked.After deciding to enlist the help of a mage to create a block to keep Fernando from infiltrating my mind and thoughts, we wasted no time coming to the black market. Since I grew up confined to a single place, I wasn’t even aware that a place like this existed, let alone in plain sight.“Stay close,” Knight urges me, snapping me out of my head. “And don’t look anyone in the eye.”Nodding, I keep my gaze fixed ahead, taking in the many stands and shops that line the streets. They all vary from magical goods to hex objects to organs, and I don’t dare question where they came from.Why I thought that asking a mage for help was a good idea was beyond me, but as much as I wanted to turn and run, I forced myself to keep moving forward until we reached a small shop on the corner of the street.“This is the plac
[Tatiana’s POV]I straighten the mask that sits on my face while watching Knight finish getting dressed. He looked gorgeous in his form-fitting suit with a blonde wig attached to his head, but I had to admit, I liked his brown locks better. It was disappointing that I had to see him like this in disguise instead of all his glory.After finishing dressing, he turns to me and lets his eyes begin to travel up and down my body. They stop momentarily on my breasts, which are exposed due to the plunging neckline of my dress, and no matter how I tried to position the black wig I wore over them, they remained uncovered.“You look ravishing,” he murmurs, moving forward and wrapping his arms around me. “So much so, I almost don’t want to share you.”“Be serious!" I giggle, feeling anticipation flare in me. “This is important.”“I know,” he sighs, giving me a final look of longing. “But now that the time has come, I don’t want to let you go.”Honestly, I didn’t want to either since I knew the da
[Tatiana’s POV]My heart begins to hammer in my chest as I stare up at the bastard above me. This was an unexpected turn of events, but I couldn’t just give up and start screaming for help. Instead, this was an opportunity to show what I was made of.Narrowing my gaze, I kick up, connecting right between the bastard's legs, and when he tenses, I take advantage and push him away.Jumping up, I attempt to rush toward the door, but before I can reach it, my hair is being grabbed, and I’m being thrown across the room. Huffing, I hit the wall and crumple to the floor.“Do you really think you stand a chance against me, bitch?” He growls, his eyes flashing.Did I? Maybe. I knew that he wasn’t a normal opponent since he was a mage and not a wolf, but that didn’t mean that I didn’t stand a chance.Getting to my feet, I brace myself for his next attack. As I watch him, I can feel something in me beginning to shift. It’s different from the power I was getting used to. Whatever this was was much
[Knight’s POV]Tatiana’s body shakes against mine as she fights with her embarrassment and desire. Despite her clear hesitance, I can feel her growing wetter with each of my thrusts, and before she can truly say no, I begin to slip into her.“K-knight!” She gasps, clawing my shoulders. “How can…”“Because we are already here and at this point,” I respond, pulling her all the way down on me. “There’s no time like the future.”Fuck, I wanted her. After watching her take out our target and then drive the car so fucking amazingly, I couldn’t stop my desire for her. How could I have known that all this time she was exactly the woman I wanted and needed by my side?“But we are…AH!”“Ssssshhhhh,” I whisper, wrapping my hand in her hair and pulling her mouth against mine. “Just enjoy, princess.”Nodding, Tatiana wraps her arms around my neck, meshing our mouths together perfectly while I begin to thrust in and out of her. Fuck, she’s tight, and I fit so right inside of her. It’s like she was
[Tatiana’s POV]“What did Jasper give you?” I ask Knight as we climb into his car. “You seemed to be surprised.”After receiving that piece of paper from Jasper, Knight had been quiet, and as much as I didn’t want to push him to tell me what it was, I knew that was the only way I was going to find out.“See for yourself,” he responds, passing it over to me. “It involves you anyway.”“Right.”Of course, I knew that it involved me after what Jasper said, but I wasn’t sure what it was. However, instead of trying to come up with an idea, I open it and then stare down in disbelief.“This,” I gasp, snapping my gaze at Knight. “Does this mean…”“That’s right,” Knight confirms. “We have a clue towards your mother’s past and her pack.”Nodding, I continue to read the address and the name on it. After so many years of being a nobody without a pack or a past, I was now learning that I actually had both. Of course, I knew that I did after learning about my father’s pack and syndicate, but now I h
[Knight’s POV]“What will you have me do?”As Desmond’s response leaves his lips, I feel a sense of pride over how strong my mate is becoming. She was nothing like the woman I knew back at Hunters Moon, and even though I would miss that adorable meek woman, I was falling in love all over again with the woman in front of me.“I need a few members of your pack to accompany me to my mother’s pack’s territory.” Tatiana responds. “I don’t intend for there to be any issues, but you truly never know.”“Is that it?” Desmond chuckles. “I was expecting it to be a lot worse.”“That’s it,” she assures him. “Five or six will be enough.”“And when you get there, what do you intend to do?” He pushes.“I’ll figure it out when the time comes.”With that, Desmond gives a nod before relaxing in his seat.“Then I suppose I’ll wait to see what happens.”“That’s all we can do,” I chuckle, though I’m nervous for what tomorrow brings. “We will be heading out then.”“Sure. Go ravish your mate,” he chuckles, c
[Tatiana’s POV]I keep my gaze fixed on Knight as he begins to kiss down my body, and when he reaches my breasts, his mouth wraps around my nipple, but unlike the other times when he would teasingly lick and suck it, he bites down.Gasping, I feel a wave of both pain and pleasure rush through me that makes me both embarrassed and excited.Sensing my acceptance of what he had done, Knight bites again and then pulls before releasing and doing the same to the other.Moaning around the sash that covers my mouth, I reach out and attempt to wrap my hand in Knight’s hair, only to be stopped by him letting out a growl of warning.“Don’t move,” he warns, grabbing my nipple between his fingers and pulling. “I told you to sit back and enjoy.”Nodding, I claw the sheet beneath me as he continues to move further south and then dives between my folds.Oh goddess, it felt so good to have his tongue run the length of my clit while his teeth grazed my skin. I didn’t think I would ever get tired of him
[Tatiana’s POV]My heart races as I stare at the name that flashes on my phone. Massimo. Was it really him calling me right now, or was it someone else pretending to be him? I didn’t know, but I wanted to find out.“Answer it.” Knight’s voice is firm, and it snaps me out of my daze. “We’ve been looking for that bastard for five years, and here he is calling you like it's nothing.”I don’t miss the hint of distrust in his voice as he speaks, but for the time being, I didn’t want to deal with it. The most important thing was answering this call and figuring out if it truly was Massimo reaching out to communicate with me or not.Sucking in a breath, I swipe to answer and bring the phone to my ear, then wait.“Little fairy.” Massimo rasps as what sounds like bottle clatter in the background. “Is that you?”Eyes widening, I realize that the person on the other end is, in fact, Massimo, and he was actually calling.“Is it him?” Knight asks slowly, clearly trying to keep his temper in check.
Three Years Later[Knight’s POV]“Daddy, look the ocean!”Octavia’s lips turn into a bright smile as she lets her eyes come to rest on the sparkling blue water in front of us. This was the first time she had ever been to the beach, so of course she was excited.“I want to swim!”As the words leave her lips, she attempts to rush forward but stops as Tatiana reaches down and grabs her wrist.“Careful!” I hiss, not missing the way she wobbles forward due to her large belly. “You’re going to fall and hurt yourself!”“I’ll be fine,” she insists, giving me a look of annoyance. “This isn’t the first time I’ve been pregnant.”Wincing, I try not to think about that time when I abandoned her when she truly needed me the most. I was a fucking fool back then, and it cost me a year with the woman I love the most and the first two months of my daughter's life.That was why this time around I was doing everything, from attending every single doctor's appointment to doing everything Tatiana needed me
A Year Later[Knight’s POV]“Daddy!”The tiny voice reaches me before arms are wrapping around my leg. Looking down, I take in Octavia as she grins up at me. She looks adorable in her golden dress, with her hair done up into a tiny ponytail at the top of her head.Since she began to walk, no one could stop her from getting where she wanted. She was a little escape artist, and I was certain her nanny would appear soon with a look of annoyance on her features.“Up!” She insists, holding up her arms.Nodding, I do as she says before turning to Desmond, whom I had been talking to moments prior.“Typical,” he chuckles. “The minute your girls are involved, no one else exists.”“As it should be,” I agree. “Why would I want to pay attention to an old fart like you when such a beauty is in front of me?”This was the first time I had seen Desmond in months, and he was busy telling me about how things were going back at Crystal Fang. I realized that things were going back to normal after what ha
[Knight’s POV]I stare into Tatiana’s eyes, trying to determine whether or not I heard her correctly. How was it possible that someone could be given this much fucking happiness at once? Especially a sinner like me?“Well?” She asks, looking shy. “Will you?”Would I? Of course I fucking would! But would she regret asking me to do it in the future? We still had such a long way to go in our relationship, but right now we never felt closer. However, anything could happen in the blink of an eye, and everything would come crumbling down.“Knight,” she continues when I don’t speak. “Look at me.”Reaching up, Tatiana grabs my cheeks and makes me look into her beautiful golden eyes, which can’t be outdone by the sun itself. They were perfect, she was perfect, and somehow she was all mine.“I want you to mark me,” she continues. “I want the world to know that I’m yours and you are mine. If I’ve learned anything from the past year, it is that tomorrow isn’t promised. Many were lost so that we c
[Tatiana’s POV]I wrap a robe around my still-dripping body and then pull my hair over my shoulder. After my day, I felt disgusting, and a hot shower was exactly what I needed, but despite knowing that things were going in the direction that they were supposed to, something was still nagging at me.Massimo.What exactly happened to him, and why couldn’t anyone find any sort of sign of him? It was almost as if he had disappeared or never existed at all.Letting out a sigh, I try to shake off my thoughts and head out of the bathroom to find Knight laying in bed waiting for me.“About time,” he says as his eyes begin to take me in and grow darker. “I was about to go in and check on you.”“Sorry for making you wait,” I say, taking a seat beside him and reaching for my hairbrush. “I was just…”“Needing some privacy?” He offers, making me flinch. Fuck, had he read my thoughts? “I told you that I have all my best men looking for him.”I knew that it probably hurt Knight to know that I was th
[Knight’s POV]I remain silent as Tatiana takes the lead with our ceremony, and when it’s over, I truly feel as though I’ve fallen in love with her all over again. How was it possible that my little caged princess became such a fucking queen in the short span of a year? I was both excited to see what the future brought and disappointed that I would never get to see her shy expressions again.Back then, she was so fucking lovely that it damn near killed me to stay away from her. However, now she was just as lovely but not as innocent. At least, that was what I thought, but the minute we are allowed to leave and we are alone, there it is, that shy and embarrassed expression.“You did well,” I beam, pulling her against me. “Better than well. You were amazing.”“Was I?” She asks, clearly upset over her kill.“Remember that it was to make a point.”We already agreed that the first show of rebellion would be dealt with, and she did fucking amazing in keeping to that. After all the betrayals
[Tatiana’s POV]A week passed since the battle with Onyx River, and since then, both my uncle and Fernando have been placed in the dungeon to await their trials. Of course, my uncle would be tried for the deaths of not only my parents but many others, and while Fernando had done his fair share of horrible deeds since I was still blood-bound to him, there was no way he could be killed.“Are you ready?” Knight asks me as I stare at my reflection in the mirror. I’m dressed in a long black button-down with a leather vest and black pants, and my long red hair is pulled into a ponytail at the nape of my neck. This is the typical look for a leader who is in mourning. “If you’re nervous, I can…”“No,” I say, giving him a smile. “I can do this. I need to do this.”Now that my uncle was where he belonged and Massimo was nowhere to be found, Onyx River, Obsidian River, and even Hunters Moon were without alphas, and now was the time for Knight and I to come together to lead all three packs.This
[Tatiana’s POV]I watch as my uncle’s body shifts from human to a large black wolf with a powerful aura that presses against my skin, trying to urge me to bow. Fighting it, I prepare to attack again but feel my energy fading due to the collar around my throat.Dammit, I needed to get this damned thing off of me, but I didn’t know how. Feeling my annoyance flare, I watch as Knight attacks again, slamming his body into my uncle so that they both go crashing to the side.As they begin to straighten themselves out, my uncle bites the nape of Knight’s neck and then jerks his head, throwing him in my direction.With wide eyes, I watch as he flies toward me and then slams into my body.‘Why didn’t you move?’ He demands when we hit the ground. ‘Get it together.’Right. I needed to get out of my head and get moving. I couldn’t let the fact I couldn’t tap into my abilities stop me. There had to be something I could do.‘That collar,’ Knight says. ‘It’s blocking your shifting, right?’‘Right,’ I
[Knight’s POV]I stare ahead, watching Tatiana get attacked by multiple wolves while my vision fades in and out. Fuck, I need to move, but I can’t seem to get control of my body.‘Our mate,’ Bane whines, urging me to go. ‘Help her.’‘I’m trying…’ I huff, finding it drains me to even respond to my wolf. ‘I just…’The rest of my words fade as the world fades, and the last thing I see before the darkness consumes me is Tatiana shifting back to her human form while her uncle stares down at her with a look of satisfaction on his face.“I’m sorry. I failed you.”I don’t know how long I’m out for after that, but the sound of glass shattering and then hands touching me rouse me again, and I find Desmond and Geraldo pulling me out of the remains of my car."Fuck!" Desmond hisses as he takes me in. “They did a number to you, kid.”“Are you surprised?” Geraldo counters.Ignoring their hit, I shift my gaze in the direction I last saw Tatiana and find that no one is there.“Tatiana,” I gasp, attem