Ares’s POV
I was jolted awake by the pounding on my door, “DUDE! It’s ten o’clock! You are going to miss the ball if you don’t come down NOW!” Alec shouts from the other side. “What are you doing in there?”
“Huh?” I shake my head and rub my eyes, realizing I’ve done it again, only no release. This was going to be a rough night with me all hot and bothered. I begin stretching and rolling out of the bed to go open the door. “I was sleeping!” That’s when I realized I actually slept quite well. I guess all my muscles relaxing allowed me to sleep more than normal. I rushed to the bathroom to put a wet, cold wash cloth around my standing soldier to make it stop throbbing. I also didn’t want Alec to think I was beating off again. Goddess he can be so annoying at times.
Alec was standing in the doorway when I opened it, but I quickly rushed to the bathroom before he could see my current situation. When I came back out of the bathroom he gave me a once over and said,
Ares’s POV The ball was pretty energetic and it is clear that Alpha King Harmon spared no expense this year. As you walk into the ballroom you immediately see the dance floor with all the strobe lights and multi-colored lights flashing all around. The music is loud and helps to create an energizing atmosphere. The bar was expansive and stretched across the entire back of the giant room. People were dancing all around but mostly in the center of the room, some were standing around the sides of the ballroom socializing, and others were hanging out towards the back by the bar. I figured I could walk around the ballroom to scope the place out and see if I could pick up that scent again. It was dark in the ballroom and the fog machine on the dance floor made the air smell musty, but it was at least worth a shot. I started at the bar, picking up a crown and coke. Just as I left the bar to begin my lap around the song, ‘Search Party’ by Sam Bruno came on and that se
Ares’s POV When I get to my room, I change into some comfortable sweats and go lay in bed. I was in such a daze, so excited about the fact that I met my mate that I don’t think anything could bring me down from my personal high. As I thought about who my mate could be, I started thinking about the ranked wolves and their of-age children, trying to jog my memory to possibly figure out who she was. I remembered that Alpha King Harmon had a daughter - obviously, I couldn’t forget that, my father only reminded me of that fact every day since I was about ten years old; though I have never seen her since I don’t follow the gossip magazines or human television networks that like to blast our personal lives for goddess and everyone to know about. His beta Harold didn’t have any daughters, just sons, but his gamma did have a daughter that would be about 20 years old. I think her name was Anika if I remembered correctly. Was this my mate? That’s when I realized
Ari’s POV I woke up the next day feeling reinvigorated. Today was the claiming. The most important event of the week. This was it. I would meet my mate. The way the claiming worked was pretty straightforward. All the unmated she-wolves were sequestered the morning of the claiming and taken far away from the packhouse into the woods that surround it to an undisclosed location where they house us for the day. All the unmated males were ordered to stay within the packhouse walls and not permitted to go outside for any reason whatsoever. While the unmated wolves paced the floors waiting eagerly to begin the claiming, those not partaking in the claiming were doing all the things needed to get everything ready for the claiming. There was a lot to prepare and get ready for the day of the event. Tents had to be set up all around in the woods in case any couples that mated wanted some privacy. Some don’t care and mate in the woods where they find each other, others are more s
Ares POV The following morning I woke up and eagerly got ready for the day. I knew all the she-wolves would be gone and out of the packhouse before breakfast to ready themselves for the claiming tonight, but I was still excited knowing that I will have my mate in my arms in less than twenty-four hours. At breakfast, I see my father, Alec, and Alessandro all sitting together about to begin eating what looked to be biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, and thick-cut bacon. GODDESS everything smelled good! I didn’t realize until that moment that I hadn’t eaten much since we got here. “Hey Ares! Good morning!” Alec shouted, waving me over to their table. I take my plate of food and walk over to their table to the seat next to my father that they saved for me. “So, what is this I hear about you finding your mate?!” My father growled at me, obviously pissed that I didn’t tell him last night. “I saw her at a distance, father. It was the end of the nigh
Ares’s POV The day went by rather quickly. After we worked out and played some basketball it was nearly three in the afternoon. The sun usually sets between six and seven so I knew I had three to four more hours. As the time kept ticking down, I swear I was becoming hornier and hornier. I don’t know how that is possible but with every deep breath I took, I felt a mild tingling sensation course through my chest and through the rest of my body that went straight to my cock. “I’m horny as FUCK dude! What if we don’t find our mate? Do we just get to walk around with a massive boner until we rub one out or is there another party for the unmated wolves so we can hook up with other unmated wolves?” Alessandro questioned rather rhetorically as we all walked over to the billiards tables in the rec room. “Uhh...well, there is the mating ceremony for all the wolves that found their mates at the claiming. Then the celebration parties...those are ongoing throughout the la
Ares’s POV It didn’t take long for me to wash up and come back downstairs. I knew I wasn’t going to be wearing clothes for very long, since Eros was itching to get out and run, not to mention hornier than we’ve ever been. I swear I’d fuck a knot-hole in a tree if it looked like a woman at this point. Alpha King Harmon had to have done something to us all...Did he put some additive in our breakfast or something? He had to have. I make note to ask him after the claiming is over. Everyone was starting to gather outside behind the pack house in front of the Master of Ceremonies, who was sitting on a podium above us all with Alpha King Harmon. “Can I have your attention, gentle wolves?” Master of Ceremonies, better known by his pack mates as Clarence, bellows. Everyone settles down to listen to him, even though testosterone is at an all-time high and every unmated male’s hormones are off the charts. “You will have until dawn to find your mate and c
Ari’s POV “ARI!!!” I begin being jolted around on my bed by someone jumping up and down all over it. I crack open my eyes and cup my ears when the squealing sound of Alexia hits my senses. “WHAAAAAAT?” I shout back. She begins to stop jumping and settles down next to me on the bed, “Nothing, I just wanted to wake you up.” She grins. “You bitch…” I mumble using a pillow near me to swat at her chuckling a little. “So, the Mistress of Ceremonies just announced that we should be getting released anytime now. She said we have 20 minutes before we need to be outside ready.” Anika states nonchalantly changing out of her fuzzy pajama pants and into the sexy exercise outfit she picked out. “OH SHIT!” I bolt upright and jump out of bed. “How do I look? Is my hair messed up? Should I touch up my makeup?” I huff my breath on my cupped hand in an attempt to smell my breath, “Ew...I need to brush my teeth for sure!” I say in a panicked voice.
Ari’s POV When we get outside, I can tell the sun is starting to set, which means we had very little time left. “Ladies!” Mistress of Ceremonies shouts from the podium in front of us outside. We all stop talking and look up to listen. “In just a few minutes, I will light the eternal flame. Once it is lit, you are free to go.” “Yes, Mistress!” We all shout. “Line up, single file across the lawn here,” She points in front of her podium. We all move to line up in preparation for the signal. “You have a fifteen-minute head start on the wolves. Use it wisely! On your mark….get set….” and at that, she lit the eternal flame. I took off, not shifting into my wolf, Sienna. I knew it was going to really slow me down and throw off my plan, but my friends pissed me off a little. Even though they were teasing and it was all fun and games, I was still a little hurt by it so I was damn near determined to not shift to prove them really fucking
Ari’s POV - After my first doctor’s appointment to check on the baby, I was so emotional. Ares was emotional too. We spent the evening alone together, bonding. We needed time to ourselves to feel close and decompress after everything that had happened recently. With this trip to Hawaii nipping at our heels, we felt it important to spend what precious time we had alone together as much as possible before the baby comes and more things get in the way. The next morning, Ani came bursting through our bedroom doors to wake us up. She was overly excited about this trip. We both may be about 2 months pregnant, but that wasn’t slowing her down from attempting to get to the beach and show off that gorgeous figure of hers. She ended up convincing Ares that Alexia needed to come with us to ‘heal’ herself from her rejection. He couldn’t say no when he knew everything Alexia had gone through. She had been moping around the pack house since she rejected Lane and knowing Fen was now dead helped
Ares’s POV The match was challenging, but not too difficult. After Councilmen Horis declared Ari and I the clear winners, the entire council as well as the other alpha’s bowed in submission and swore their fealty and loyalty to us both. It didn’t take long for the media to get word, and thus, the circus monkey’s are at it again, only they are starting to get worse. It was a relief finally ridding the world of that disgrace of an alpha. The fact that he openly admitted to murdering my father was icing on the cake - an added touch to the reasons for his death. His pack will end the horrid practice he was fully taking advantage of and I will send my father’s former beta to go and run the pack up there for the time being until we can find a better solution to managing our new pack territories. Ari has been scared to death of everything that has happened, and I don’t blame her, but I did reassure her multiple times that I would be fine and everything would be okay. I think she can fina
Ari's POV“Baby there’s no rush, we have all the time in the world,” Ares moans as I continue to rock myself up and down on his thick and engorged glorious member inside me.“I don’t care! I need you and I need this NOW!” I moan out as I slam myself down on him harder and harder, feeling myself growing closer and closer. As I get closer to my peak, I feel my emotions are quickly getting away from me and for some reason, as I reach that magical peaking moment, I burst into tears as I cum all over his throbbing shaft inside of me.“OH ARES!!” I cry out, “I can’t lose you! I can’t!”He lifts me up and flips us so he's on top of me now. I feel his nee
We left the diner to go back to the council headquarters where our room for the night is waiting for us. I’m exhausted all the time now, and I can’t wait to put my face into a pillow. We said goodnight to my dad and settled in our room for the rest of the night. As I laid my head on a pillow on the bed, my phone went off. Someone text me, so I rolled over and grabbed my phone from the bedside table. Alexia: I’m going to reject Lane. Me: Really? Are you 100% sure about this? You know I will support you either way. Alexia: I’m sure. I can’t even think about that place. I just can’t. Me
Ari’s POV In the council chambers, I see my dad currently in the middle of some big speech to all the alphas and elders. Ares and I stood quietly in a corner until he found his seat at the panel. He led me to his seat, and sat me in his lap, placing a gentle kiss on my temple before smiling and nuzzling his nose into my neck and inhaling my scent. He apparently needed a moment to calm down and relax because as he was inhaling my scent, I felt his whole body instantly relax. That made me feel good - knowing that I had the ability to calm my mate just by him inhaling my scent. As my dad finished his big long speech that I had paid no attention to, I hear the voice of the prick I loath more than anyone else in this world, “Ahh…so glad you could join us Alpha Ares, LUNA Ari! We thought you were too busy playing house to grace u
After a while, the witches settled down a bit and actually welcomed us in. We sat down in their main greeting room and one of the mistresses brought tea for everyone. “It’s not much Alpha, but we do pride our coven in our generosity towards those in your territory and pack. We are loyalists after all.” One mistress stated while sipping her tea. Something was bothering me and I knew what it was but I didn’t want to raise any alarms with Ari so I tried to be cautious in how I approached the subject. “What’s wrong?” Ari whispers to me from behind me. “Nothing. I was summoned to the council. I told Trace I couldn’t go right now, obviously.” I whisper back to her as she nods and relaxes back into her seat.
Ares’s POV “To what do we owe this pleasure, Alpha?” the coven mother asked in a very husky and labored voice. “We come seeking your wisdom and talents,” I state in a flattering manner in an attempt to make nice with the witches. We may be still in our own pack territory, but we were definitely out of our depth in the middle of a coven of witches, even if they were white witches and friendly with our kind. “What is it that you seek?” “We are in search of answers to help one of our own.” I responded just as vaguely as she was with me. “We are here trying to find answers for a half-breed madam,” Ari interjected. I glared at her
Ares’s POV After a few more hours of driving into the mountains we finally arrived at the location I knew to be the Sisters of the Moon’s coven headquarters. We had to dip down a side street in the small mountainside town due to the paparazzi that seemed to be accumulating in every area we went. “What are we going to do? They are swarming around that place!” Illyana says in a very concerned voice. “Relax! Throw these on.” I toss back trench coats, sun glasses, and hats to everyone to put on. Sometimes covering up as much of your identity as possible is the only defense. As we hop out of the SUV and begin walking towards the crowd and coven entrance, a photographer notices us. I immediate
As I hop out of my Range Rover, I see that a council elder is standing at the door waiting to greet me. It’s not a very far drive from Slick Paw to the council headquarters. Even though they have a chamber in Black Claw’s palace, their central offices are located about 2 hours away from our pack. It’s located on the edge of 4 pack territories and looks more like a four-story office building than anything else. From the outside and those not a part of the supernatural world, you would never know this is the seat of Wolf Nation, outside of our capital in Black Claw. “Alpha Fen, to what do we owe the pleasure?” Elder Peter smiles, holding his arms out in a greeting. “I’ve come to speak to the council. It won’t take long.” I declare. “They are in session. I will let