LYNEXIA I jolt upright, my hands balling beside me into fists of rage. "Are you insane?" The fact that he has a condition attached to this appalls me, not to talk of the condition itself. Dimitri scratches his jaw leisurely as if he can't be bothered by my sudden outburst. His calm gaze tightens around my gut. He is so unfazed, almost bored while a stream of anger begs to be let out from me. He sighs and says with a bored tone. "Take it or leave it." My mouth falls agape in disbelief, and the space between my brows creases into a deep furrow. I can't believe that I'm witnessing this. "Take it or leave it?" I repeat. The words roll on my tongue like black tar. "This is your daughter, Dimitri. Our daughter. How can you have a condition tied to saving her?" A vein ticks in his jaws and briefly a flicker of something I can't decipher creases his face before his mask of indifference slides back into place. "Are you doing this to punish me? Teach me a lesson?" I ask, my voice cracking
LYNEXIA "I never would have thought shadow pack territory would ever look like this again after the war," I say. The territory of the shadow pack moved from a primitive infrastructure to a more modern one. However, it is still interwoven with nature which is one of the landmarks of the Shadow pack. We connect with nature and seek guidance from it. Gavin's smile didn't reach his eyes. "Well, all thanks to Dimitri's grand vision." His tone holds something I can't decipher. The mention of Dimitri's name is enough to make my stomach churn. "Shit. I shouldn't have mentioned his name." "It's fine," I mumble, digging my shoe into the pebbles beneath me. I may despise Dimitri at the moment, but he is Gavin's best friend. Gavin asks "Want to tell me why you were crying?""I was hoping you won't ask." I focus my gaze down as if the pebbles are the most interesting thing I have ever seen. "Is it Dimitri?" I hear a sharp edge in Gavin's voice prompting me to raise my head. His jaw is clen
DIMITRI I know. It's twisted and sick to make such a deal with Lynexia but I wasn't going to take any chances. Not anymore. I already lost her once, I won't risk losing her for the second time. Even though I hate to admit it, without her, I was miserable. She may hate me now but I can work with that. As long as she is with me, I don't care but her being gone isn't something I can deal with. It is unbearable. Besides, when she is with me, I can win her over again just like I did five years ago. Even before I found out Lynexia was my fated mate, my eyes had always been on her. She had always sparked something inside of me. Being around her always made me feel alive. I thought that the spark I felt towards her was dead by now. I lied to myself that it was dead, that I didn't feel anything remotely for her. But I was wrong. The moment I set my eyes on her after five years, it blazed back to life. Hotter. Stronger. More consumin
LYNEXIA The doctor was able to revive Felicity back but I was told that next time when this happens it may not be possible. I was also told that Felicity has only three months to live if she doesn't get a transplant. I am left with no choice but to accept Dimitri's mind-twisting condition. A twin frisson of anger and hatred twist in my gut towards Dimitri for attaching a condition to help my daughter. Our daughter knowing fully well that I will never be able to turn away. I can't live with everything but not with my daughter being gone. I will lay my life down for her if I can. The tears in my eyes have already dried by the time I get to the Alpha house house. My clothes are also drenched and I'm shivering to the teeth. I'm a fire wolf so cold is something that makes my wolf sick up right there with Dimitri. Not my wolf but me, he makes me sick. I grind my teeth at the fact that accepting this condition will tie me to Dimitri. I hate him so much I want to scratch his eyes out. The
LYNEXIA Dimitri sucks in a breath as he leans closer than he already is. My skin tinges, a thousand goosebumps erupting under his scorching hot gaze. Blue.His blue gaze, heavy with something feral bores into me. It's as if he is looking through me. At my soul. My breath hitches in my throat. Time slows as his hand reaches to my jaw, fingers grazing on my skin before they cup my cheek. I swallow, every fiber in me screams to pull him away, but I don't. I can't. It's as if I have turned paralyzed. Now, his nose is a whisper away from mine. His face mere inches from mine. His gaze on my lips. His hand caressing my skin and making shivers glide through me in waves. He felt my shiver and I hate it. I hate that even after five years my body still throbs to his touch and gaze. It's as if my inner wolf doesn't understand that there is no love lost between us. She is just excited to finally meet her fated mates after five good years. I'm sure if Dimitri slips his hand into my panties, sh
LYNEXIA Blinding fury stirs inside of me the moment I open my eyes to a black ceiling trimmed with gold borders. Volcano simmers inside me intending to explode at a particular, twisted, and sick Alpha's face today. Dimitri drugged me yesterday. The fucker spiked my drink and made me spend the night here when I don't plan on doing so yesterday. My steam of anger breaks out of my nose when I gaze around Dimitri's bedroom and find it empty. I know it's his because of the heady mix of masculinity and not-so-very-delicious scent that is vaguely citrusy, laced with sandalwood. If that isn't enough pointer, the gold and black mix of the color of the interior design indicates hundred percent that it belongs to him.Stomping to the door, I rip it open with unnecessary force before marching out of the room and heading straight for the stairs. I meet with Dimitri's househelp in the middle of the stairs, who is ascending. "Please, point to me where Dimitri may be?" I give her a fake smile.Sh
LYNEXIA Deep down, I'm certain Dimitri will never do that even though I hate to be the one to vouch for him. He may be the devil, but he has a twisted sense of honor. He rolls me over in a flash until I'm facing him. His gaze narrows a fraction and I feel triumphant. My words definitely strike a nerve. A scowl etches a harsh line across his face, the raw heat in his gaze twisting a knot in my gut. Even back when Dimitri was leaner, Dimitri always possessed a primal magnetism that could make me melt. Now, with his sculpted, muscular body, it is a force almost impossible to resist. My legs scream to run far away from him as his gaze becomes pitch black but I remain put. That will just be pathetic. I hold my ground, stark like a dry fish between Dimitri's warm body and the counter biting into my skin. My legs tremble violently. But lucky me, Dimitri isn't looking down. I shift my gaze to his chest before my legs give out and I embarrass myself. Dimitri earns a gasp from me as his fi
LYNEXIA Seated on a couch adjacent to Dimitri's home office, my legs bounce uncontrollably on the floor as I watch Dimitri and this beautiful woman whisper hushly to each other from across the room. The desire I feel has successfully evaporated like a puff into the air. The woman slides a glance in my direction and leans closer to Dimitri, pushing her chest forward as if to purposely make me angry. It works because something I don't dare acknowledge flickers inside of me. Dimitri's gaze slides to me moments later, lingering three beats too long on me, his eyes trying to communicate to me but I'm too caught up in whatever the hell it is I don't want to acknowledge. Then, he proceeds to close the door against my face. Fucker. My teeth bite too hard on my lips until I taste a coppery taste on my tongue. Who is this beautiful woman to Dimitri and what the hell are they talking about that I shouldn't know about? My mind goes back and forth before the puzzle finally clicks into place in
One Month Later LYNEXIA The first peek of the morning sun through the window hit my face and I stir awake with a yawn. I sigh, extending my hand to the other side of the bed to find it empty. Of course, what am I even expecting? I reluctantly climb out of the bed, while rubbing the remnant sleep away from my eyes with the back of my hand. The soft pad of my legs echoes in the air as I slip out of the room, making my way to Felicity's room. I used to grumble about me and Felicity's morning routine before everything went down but now I very much enjoy it. After almost losing my daughter once, I now bask and cherish every single moment I spend with her. I guess the saying goes you value something that you have used. Felicity's soft snores reach me as I slowly creak the door to her room open. Her beautiful, innocent face brings a smile to my face before I step into the room. I settle on the edge of the bed, tucking the strands of her hair behind her ear. I watch her sleep
LYNEXIA The words have just left my mouth before Elena lunges at me. "Shut it." She explodes. "I'm about to fucking end your life so stop being pompous." "What?" I scoff. "Were you expecting me to fall on my knees and beg for your mercy?" I say. "Is that it?" She slaps me across the face, the look on her face sinister. I know I shouldn't push her since she can be so unpredictable but I don't stop. "Shut it," She roars at my face. "I hope my death brings you the utmost happiness and joy. You sick, pathetic loser—." I choke on my words as something sharp digs into my stomach. I wince as blind pain throbs through me. I look down to find Elena's claw deep inside of me. Elena smirks. I shock her by matching it with a scornful, tight smile of my own. "Let's get this over with." I grit my teeth, doubling over as she pulls her claws out of my stomach. Blood drips off the corner of my mouth as my stomach starts to leak. "You should have shut it when I asked you to." "Why do you eve
LYNEXIA An ache starts in the middle of my head as I groan awake. I blink, confused as an unfamiliar room that resembles a barn comes into view. As my head throbs harder and more vicious, I try to reach out my hand to grip it but my hand jerks back against a hold. Then I wiggle my body, including my hands and legs. They jerk against a hold painfully that I have to grit my teeth. The headache is so much I have to squeeze an eye shut as I turn my gaze down to look at the state that I am in. My hands are tied behind the wooden chairs I'm seated on and my legs are tied around the legs of the wooden chair. My back screams with pain as it is arched uncomfortably. Panic sets in as I realize the danger I may likely be in. Seraphina brought me here for what? Why has she kidnapped me? What have I done? What is her aim in any of this? I don't have the luxury to think of an answer as I wiggle my hands, trying to cut the bondage around my wrists. The chair scraps loudly on th
DIMITRI"What is this about?" I ask, my voice tight with curiosity as Zarek leads me away from the quarantine camp towards a lone building at the edge "I'm afraid you will have to hear it from the person herself." Zarek glances back at me before he focuses front again. "Hear about what? Who?" I press as we slip into the lone building. A woman whose face is obscured by a veil turns towards me. Before I can ask further questions, she pulls the veil down to reveal her face. "Julianne," I say. "What are you doing here?" Her chest rises and falls with deep breaths. "I may have a cure for the black plague." "You have a cure?" I repeat, my mind reeling. This can't be true. Julianne nods. "Yes." This time, she sounds assertive. "How?" I ask, not knowing how to react to this. "I have been thinking hard about why Gavin, I, and Lynexia didn't get infected even though we came in contact with black ink. I have been racking my brain this past—." "Get straight to the point." I cut her of
LYNEXIA"No." Dimitri cuts me off harshly as if he already knows what I am about to say. My mouth falls open in shock. "But what if I can provide the cure?" Taking up Elena's offer doesn't feel so bad though dying sends a shiver of dread through me. "Let me guess, you have to put your life on the line for it?" Dimitri's eyes flash in disbelief. I grip the hem of my shirt tightly. Deep down, fear gnaws at me, but to save these people, to make this place livable for those I care about, I'm willing to risk everything. "Yes. If that's what it takes.""No, so get over yourself and stop trying to play the savior." Dimitri jolts to his feet, his chair scraping loudly against the floor. "Dimi—." "Stop it with this your useless hypothetical theory. You are no savior and you don't have the power to be the messiah." His words cut deep but I know it's the panic talking through him. He shoves his fingers into his damp hair. "I didn't let you hate me for five years just to make you be a sacri
LYNEXIA In a span of two days, things do take a turn for the worse. Bodies ply upon bodies. The shadow pack territory becomes a ghost town compared to how vibrant it once was. The number of people tolled into the trainee complex which is now the quarantine camp increases exponentially. The air is thick with despair and the stench of death. The children have been taken away from the town to a safer place leaving behind the healthy werewolves locked up in their houses and the rest of us brave enough to watch over the infected. The drugs that were given to us by Alpha Henry are running out and our healers are hitting the wall about any cure or drug to reduce the symptoms. Reaching out to other packs is useless because word has spread and most of them wouldn't open their gate to us for fear of being infected. I don't blame, I would have done the same if I were in their shoes. As the dreadful moment passes at a slow, tormenting pace, my mind lingers more and more on Elena. The
DIMITRI I groan. "Huh uh." She bites her lower lip seductively. "Yeah." Her hand squeezes me harder. My head falls backward, pleasure already clouding my thoughts. Lynexia takes my hand and leads me to the couch, pushing me down onto it. I fall easily onto it. Our eyes lock as she sinks to her knees, her fingers reaching deftly to my zipper. As she pulls it down, my cock springs out, thick and hard, slapping against my abs. Lynexia licks her lips greedily, her lustful eyes on me. "You want this?" I grumble as I wrap my hand around my thick girth before moving it up and down my length. She nods eagerly, her breath quickening. "Say it." "I want to take your cock in my mouth, Alpha. I want to taste it. I want to taste you." Fuck, Lynexia saying the sluttiest words with the sweetest voice while looking at me with the prettiest fuck-me eyes undo every part of me. "Take it, it's yours." As I let go of my cock, it slaps on my abs again Lynexia salivates a
DIMITRI When Lynexia walks out of the room. Her face is ghostly pale and her knuckles are bruised. Overall, she looks shaken like she's seen a ghost. I rush to her in panic, taking her hands in mine to inspect the wound. "Are you okay?" It seems to be healing slowly but still, something must have happened in the room with Elena. Her face is distant and she doesn't answer me. "Lynexia," I call her softly then more urgently before she jolts out of her trance. Her eyes dart around in confusion before she meets mine. "What is wrong?" I ask. "Huh?" She says, dazed before she shakes her head slightly. "Nothing." She murmurs in a distant voice. "Did Elena hurt you?" I say as my anger simmers to the surface. I swear on goddess if Elena is the reason Lynexia's knuckles are bruised, I will drag her head through the mud without giving a flying fuck that she is a woman. "No." Her lips pull into a forced smile. It looks natural but I know Lynexia too well. I can see thro
LYNEXIA The moment Elena and I walk out of Dimitri's presence and into a room, the fake facade Elena has on her face falls. Elena sits on a chair while I take the one opposite from it. There is something eager about her today. She still despises me but it is like she is excited about something. Whatever it is that she wants to tell, she can't wait for me to hear it. "What is this about?" I make my voice sound as neutral as possible. Elena smirks, crossing her arms over her chest. "I don't have time for this game you are trying to play Elena. Say what you have to say." The words rush out of my mouth. I don't have anything against Elena as much as she hates me but being in the same room as her for more than a minute makes my inside churn. "Trust me, you have all the time for what I am about to say." She says calmly unlike how agitated she used to seem in my presence. I roll my eyes standing to my feet. "Of course. My bad for thinking you have anything better to say." I