Ares's POV
I thought about it for a minute. “We mated the night of the claiming. So...this is day 2 AFTER the claiming…you don’t think this is the start of her heat do you?” I started to get a little concerned. I had planned on leaving with Alec tomorrow morning and taking Ari with me. Her father said this wouldn’t happen for at least another day or two.
“It could possibly be her heat starting. Did you notice her...scent? Was it growing stronger?” Harmon was asking, implying her arousal scent that attracts other wolves.
“It’s subtle. She said she got aroused because I made a remark that she thought was me flirting with her!” I reflect.
“Well...did anyone else notice her scent?”
“Not her friends...Lane didn’t...but...Fen noticed...does he normally notice her?” I questioned feeling Eros’s jealousy begin to rise. Eros was not happy to even entertain this thought. We thought he was just drunk since Lane suggested that.
Harmon chuckled and
She started kissing my neck on the mark she gave me. It was sending chills up my spine and sparks down to my cock. I couldn’t let things progress. We HAD to get to safety. “Not here baby...I’m going to take you somewhere safe. You can have me all you want once we get there.” I wrapped her in the robe and picked her up bridal style as she moaned and cried. The heat was starting to cause her pain. She-wolf heats varied in severity and intensity depending on the wolf’s rank. They could be mild and last for a day, usually only for omegas. Or, they could gradually get worse and worse in intensity and strength much like human females going through their menstrual cycle. The Gamma’s, Beta’s, and Alpha she-wolves typically felt dizzy and hazy for a day or two, and then it hit them and they heated up and became a sex fiend for about 3 or 4 days. During that time they would go through waves of severe pain if their mate was not physically inside of them, spilling their
“I know baby, I know. I’ll help you as soon as I can, but we can’t stop here. It’s not safe!” I try to pull my hand away but her strength is overpowering mine and she won’t let my hand go. “Mmm…” She moans. I can feel her desire, the fire inside her is growing. She is starting to visibly sweat. Shit, another wave of her heat is coming on. I slow down my driving to give a little focus to what my hand is doing to her pussy as she moves it around. Eventually, she gives me a little control over my own fingers and I gently start moving two fingers in a circular motion on her clit. That makes her hotter, and wetter. She arches her back and spreads her legs as wide as she can in the passenger seat. Fuck this is so hot! I wish I could just pull over and fuck her brains out, but I know we will be so screwed if I stop now. I slide two fingers inside of her and use my thumb to rub her clit. I can’t really look at her and what she is doing because I have to keep my eyes
Ari’s POV I woke up in a haze. I didn’t recognize my surroundings and I couldn’t see Ares, but I could smell him. I was laying in a soft white bed. It smelled faintly of him, but the scent was strange. It wasn’t quite all of Ares’ scent. It was different, faded. The bed was so comfortable, that I didn’t really care where I was at the moment, which isn’t really like me. I didn’t know what was going on and that scared me. “Shit, she’s waking up….how do I know? I can sense she’s scared! Mate bond dumbass! I’ll call you later. I have to let you go!” I heard Ares say to someone, apparently on the phone. Sienna instantly grew jealous. That wasn’t like her. Why was she being so territorial? “Hey princess…” Ares came up next to me beside the bed and grabbed my hand and kissed the top of it. “Ares? Is that really you?” My vision is blurry and I am still burning up all over but I instantly feel the tingles and shocks graze my skin when he touches me. His scent
Ares’s POV “BECAUSE!” I shouted. “BECAUSE WHY?” She screamed back at me. God her body was a fucking temple and she was denying me admittance at the current moment. She was pissed at me for taking her away from her father’s palace. She didn’t trust me. I felt it from our mate bond. If she would just let me touch her, I could reassure her, but she wouldn’t let me near her. “Because I created this place to keep my father and his warriors out! I outfitted it with state-of-the-art retracting steel doors and windows and scent blocking barrier technology years ago!” I shout at her. I hated reopening old wounds, and she was making me do just that. She was scratching at my scabs that had barely healed emotionally. I didn’t want to revisit those memories but she was giving me no choice. I sat at a chair across the room and put my head in my hands fighting back the tears that were welling up in my eyes as flashback after flashback surfaced. “HUUUUUU!!!” She scre
Ari’s POV I can’t believe he can show past projections! We weren’t even touching! Father always had to touch the person he was passing the projection to, but I guess because we are mates, the mate bond must connect us on a deeper level that he doesn’t need to touch me! I got so caught up in my own shock and amazement that I didn’t realize Ares was not saying anything, and he looked like he was…shaking? I could barely tell but he was. “Ares?” I call to him in a calm, mellow voice. He doesn’t move or even look at me for that matter. My body was on fire! Every now and then I would get these jolts and aches that made me feel like vomiting while being kicked in the guts, but I made it through them. Sienna was whimpering for Eros and seemed wiped out. She barely spoke to me. After Ares didn’t respond, I call for him louder, “ARES? Baby?” He still wasn’t responding. He felt, lost. Our bond was so strong, I felt his fear. I had to go to him! I
Ari's POV ‘Do you, Ares Cain Martin, take Arianna Marlina Erickson, as your bride, mate, and QUEEN?’ My father was standing in the throne room wearing his regal crown and robes. Ares was kneeling beside me in front of my father. ‘I do, in every way I can, I DO!’ Ares declared loud and proud for all to hear. There was a massive crowd of people surrounding us and filling the throne room to the brim. I don’t think I have ever seen so many gathered in our throne room as I do now. ‘And do you Arianna Marlina Erickson, take Ares Cain Marin as your groom, mate, and KING?’ My father turns to glare at me where I am kneeling beside Ares, our fingers laced together as we hold each other’s hands side-by-side. I look at Ares and he lifts our intertwined hands and kisses my knuckles, giving me a longing and loving look that melts my heart and soothes my soul. I smile, ‘I do! With all of me, I DO!’ A tear of joy trails
Anika’s POV Oh, my goddess! I cannot believe I have finally found my mate! He is SO GORGEOUS! I probably looked like a lost puppy, drooling all over myself staring into his eyes, like the last meal I ate was - never and he was a big juicy piece of steak! Eventually, my friends snapped me out of my daze and I couldn’t have been happier to realize that my mate is the beta of Ares’s pack - the Freedom Ridge Pack! Granted, our pack has never been on the friendliest of terms with the Freedom Ridge pack; the pack is now under “new management” with Ares’s father being murdered and all, so maybe under Ares’s control, things will be better, right? I feel bad for the guy. That totally sucks! You go to your first Mating Ball and Claiming and your dad gets killed...that's a tough break! My heart ached for Ari and Ares having to go through all of that. I’m so excited to see the pack though! It is every she-wolf’s dream to meet their mate and then be swept off to their new pack to
Anika's POV I ran off to go pack. I have to leave the palace and go to my parent's cottage. It isn’t far from the palace. It’s actually one of the closest buildings to the palace since my parents both work on the palace grounds being that my father is King Harmon’s gamma. When I get home, I avoid my parents’ prying eyes. I try not to let them know I’m home because that would just raise questions. I can answer their questions later and they honestly don’t expect me home for another 2 days since I told them I would be staying at the palace with Ari for the celebration days. I sneak into my room, throw some clothes into my backpack and slip back out the back door. Just as I am headed back to the palace, the alarms start sounding. SHIT! King Harmon realizes Ari and Ares are missing. I hope Alec is okay! I grab my phone and call him. We aren’t mated yet, so I can’t mind link him, and I can’t mind link Ari because she is probably passed out still. She isn’t answering me an