Alec’s POV
We just left the Alpha and are headed to go help move Arianna’s and his stuff to the room Alpha King Harmon is going to show us. It’s been one hell of a fuckin’ morning, that’s for DAMN sure! Not only did Ares find his mate...he’s gunna be the fuckin’ ALPHA KING! FUCK YEAH!
I am so pumped about this, and I’d go to war for Ares. He’s my best friend, like a brother to me, so if the goddess has chosen them to be together, who am I to deny that? If he has to go to war to defend everyone - I will be right next to him the whole way.
“It’s just down here…” King Harmon points as he keeps walking down a narrow stone-walled hallway that seems to never end. Geez… where is this room? HOW BIG IS THIS PLACE REALLY? I start to think about a lot of things that could potentially go wrong.
“Alpha King Harmon, uhh...how big is this place...like ACTUALLY?” I ask him very point-blank.
He smiles and says, “We actually aren’t sure anymore...see, it’s been
Ari’s POV After a long soothing nap in Ares’s arms, we woke up and decided to go outside and get some air. We walked through the gardens in silence for some time before I spoke up. “SO...how do you want to announce this? Tomorrow? What do you think the best plan would be? How many warriors do you have in your pack? How fast could they all get here if they had to?” I start randomly rambling word vomit. He can tell I’m nervous and starts laughing the more questions I ask, the more ridiculous in nature they become. “We can announce this whenever you are ready. If you want me to keep my distance for a while, I will, though I rather not. There is the issue of my father’s death to deal with, so I may be somewhat occupied with that partially while the celebrations go on.” He started to explain. Goddess, I felt so insensitive! Here I was already jumping to war and he hasn’t even processed his father’s death, let alone investigated it or even buried his father!
Ari’s POV “How so?” I was curious. “My father had this obsession that slowly over time drove him a little crazy. Then he started drinking to mask the crazed behaviors. He got aggressive instead and he eventually turned into a raging alcoholic and asshole.” Damn! Ares had a rough go of it with his dad, that is for sure! “I’m sorry to hear that. What did your mother say about his obsession?” I asked showing sympathy. “Nothing, she’s dead. She died during a rogue attack on our pack shortly after my father became Alpha. Our defenses weren’t what they are today and from that point forward, he just grew more and more obsessive with our pack being the strongest and largest to defend ourselves from attacks in the future. That’s how we got into the security industry. It’s a much larger operation now of course but we started out by providing private security for CEOs of corporations and the like in the human business sector.” I looked down again
“I was a virgin when we met…” I started feeling very brazen. I think the wine was starting to get to me. Usually, wine didn’t hit me this fast but when I looked at the bottle at the table I realized it contained a much higher alcohol content than human wine. It was from a vineyard wolf owned that distilled the wine to make its potency similar to liquor and the effects of liquor on humans. The vineyard didn't do it all by themselves. They had a fae on their payroll that knew a spell or sprinkled magic dust or something in the wine to enhance the potency. I didn't really know much about other species, just that we were friendly with most other creatures...just not vampires and demons. It was a treat for sure since this stuff was expensive as hell; I guess dad was really pulling out all the stops for us! Ares gave me a knowing smirk, “Baby, I could smell your innocence from a mile away. I knew you were pure, that’s why I talked you through everything the first time.”
“Lay back up towards the head of the bed.” He instructed me. I gladly inched my way back into the center of the bed. He climbed up on top of me and started kissing my neck while his hands took a vacation and toured every square inch of my body. I ran my hands down his chest to his rock-hard abs. GODDESS, he was gorgeous! He cupped my breasts and slowly moved his kisses down to one of them. He put my nipple in his mouth and gently sucked before giving it a firm nip that sent shockwaves through my body and I couldn’t contain the feeling, “Ohhhh goddess….hmmm….” I moaned out in pleasure. He moved to my other breast before continuing to trail his kisses down to my hips. His hands followed suit. My hands moved to his hair. He had a short almost military cut, but there was enough for me to grab and give a pleasurable tug. I loved the color of his hair, it was a shade of brown that was light and glowing. I’ve never seen a brown like it before. He trailed his kisses
Ares POV When we woke up the next morning, the room reeked of our sex-induced marathon from the night before. I had no idea what time it was, but I could imagine it was probably pretty late in the day. Ari was passed out in my arms, her beautiful dirty blonde hair was spread out around her face almost like a halo. She was breath-taking and at that moment, I couldn’t remember what my life was like without her in it. The love I felt for her consumed my heart. I was not letting this perfect specimen out of my sight from this moment forward! This mate bond was a force so powerful that it scared the hell out of me. All I ever wanted was to love and be loved, and that was happening all in one fail swoop. It was exhilarating and frightening all at once. What if this hazed dream came crashing down around me? I don’t think I could ever recover from being ripped away from this heaven on earth that I don’t deserve to be in. I hated moving at all because I didn’t want to
Ari’s POV After that relaxing bath that Ares made for me, I was like Jell-O in his arms. It felt so good to have my hair washed for me by my mate. It sent chills down my body that relaxed me instantly. Every touch was amazing and by the time I was done, I could have gone to sleep but we had just woken up. Ares told me that we needed to go present ourselves at the celebrations with the other mated wolf couples. I was dreading this part of the night. Ares gripped my hand in his tightly as we walked to the outdoor celebrations and the stage where the Master of Ceremonies was announcing the mated couples as they arrived. I chose a white and pastel pink long silky flowing dress with spaghetti straps. The white color of the silk chiffon faded to a pastel pink towards the bottom of the dress, matching my pastel pink heels. I left my dirty blonde hair down in its natural wavy state only pinning back the strands that naturally fell in my face. Ares wo
Ari’s POV Alec looked like a statue. I could see it written all over their faces - MATE! They were mates! “ANI!” Alexia squealed out, breaking their romantic trance. Anika didn’t respond to her and instead, she took a step closer to Alec. He stepped towards her and took her hands in his. He looked at Ares with puppy dog eyes, almost as if he was asking for his permission to accept his mate. I looked at Ares. He was glowing too, happy for his best friend. Just then, Alec took Ani into his arms and bent her down in the most romantic swooping and passionate kiss I have ever witnessed! My heart melted for Anika! Her fairy tale dream of finding her mate was coming true! I grabbed Ares’s hand and he pulled me into a hug and kissed me passionately in front of everyone. I felt so hot now that I was panting when I broke from our kiss. Ares noticed how hot I felt in that kiss and took another deep breath, smelling the air. ‘Ari...you’re REALLY hot.’
Ares’s POV Something was going on with Ari and it was starting to really concern me. She was giving off WAY too much heat. I could sense she felt drained, hot, and something else, I couldn’t quite pin down. Every time I smelled the air around her, I smelled her arousal, but it was very faint and subtle, but still there and I didn’t know why. When I asked her, she got defensive and pissed at me for questioning her. I didn’t appreciate that. She started ignoring me, so I gave her space since she didn’t storm off and she just turned around to talk to her friends. I made due talking to Lane, the Beta of Slick Paw Pack. I could tell Ari wasn’t sure how to feel about this guy, but I have had enough dealings with him to know he isn’t a bad wolf, he just has an ass for an Alpha. As I was talking to Lane, Fen showed up making a fool of himself because he was clearly drunk on wolf wine. I hate belligerent drunks. They remind me too much of my father and it just sends my blood
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