King DariusI truly felt sick to the stomach when Jocelyn told everything she had suffered, how fucked up this world truly was to allow this fucked stuff to happen. But the fact my own god damn beta was in on this made my blood boil. Onyx was calming me down and so was Jocelyn, she had no idea how close I was to going to rip all of their throats out right now, but she needed us she was the only thing anchoring me, I needed to be strong for her. She was my world now my everything and all I could do was listen to all the pain she had gone through, I would vow to her that I would kill all of them, all of them that touched her and caused her pain would suffer more than they could ever have imagined. Every day I would show her how much she could and should be loved. I will take away her pain a little every day till she has none left.“Our mates are strong. We need to be worthy of them and show them how we can protect them.” Onyx howled in my head. The pain this was causing him was unlike a
Josie POVThis was not the way that I thought today would turn out like, let alone I didn’t think that Darius was like this, I felt comforted that a man as strong and powerful as he is that he would show such emotions with people that he has only met today. It was going to be hard for me if I had to say goodbye to him. Jess looked at me with a softness in her eyes. I still couldn’t believe that she was here in front of me and, more to the fact she was Ethan’s sister.“I know that I haven’t known you all long, but I feel I need to tell you. We are not sure how much we can trust my mate, Bane. Darius has been weary of Bane for some time now, but like his Beta, he gave them both the benefit of the doubt. But I am afraid I think I am starting to agree. I think I have been played by my own mate. So I must warn you all to be careful what you say around him and try not to be alone with him.” Jess suddenly said, shocking us all. Nothing was said for a few minutes.“I think I will go home now.
DariusWhen I stepped out of the shower and there she was standing in my room in my shirt that I had put in the back of her closest, my heart pounding through my chest as I had never seen a sexier sight, she was surprising me every time I saw her. She was so shy, and this only added to her sexiness. I didn’t actually know that I liked that until she had just done that. When I tucked her into bed with me, a peace took over me and had me addicted to her and this feeling like my life depending on it, which in a way I guess it did, I pulled her into me; she relaxed into my chest and was soon asleep as I hummed her the lullaby my grandmother used to hum to me when she would try to get me to sleep. As she slept in my arms, I couldn’t help but wonder what would happen to me if I turned to be her cursed mate.“I have been thinking the same. But the pull to her and Athena is far too great for us to be her cursed mate. I can’t be sure yet, but I think we are her fated mates.” Onyx sighed in my
Darius There were gasps from my pack as what I had just said was starting to sink in. As I was going to continue speaking, someone stood up, looking at who it was. This was going to be interesting.“King Darius, if I may. This is confusing to us all. How can a wolf be the next Queen of the Lycans?” I felt Jocelyn touch my shoulder with her hand as she stood up next to me.“May I?” she asked. I nodded my head, allowing her to say whatever it is she needs to say.“Tell me why a wolf can’t be the next Queen? What gives you all the right to think you have a claim against what the Moon Goddess has chosen? Do you know anything about me or what I have gone through? Do you know who I am related to or what the Moon Goddess has chosen me to do?” She asks Henry all the questions with a calculated look on her face. He seemed stunned and hadn’t said a word. That was when Jolon cleared his throat. Standing up, it seems that he had something to do with this as well.“You are filth. Your parents thr
Jocelyn“Jess, what happened?” Darius asked her.“I was training with one of the warriors and that idiot decided he was going to attack me from behind. So I showed him that he couldn’t touch me, but the more concerning thing was Bane didn’t stop him. He was cheering him on.” “Jess, let’s go and talk.” Darius said to her. They looked over at me and Jess had a saddened look on her face.“Jocelyn, did you and Wes want to come with us or stay here and train with the others show them what you and Athena can really do?” He was giving me a choice, but the look on Jess’s face I know she needs to be with just him. Jess and I are friends, but when it comes to matters with your mate, sometimes the fewer people know, the better. Looking at Wes, he nodded his head that he wanted to stay and train.“We will stay.” And with that, Darius and Jess left to go talk. Wes looked at me like he wanted to say something, but he stopped himself.“Well, if it isn’t the whore of a she-wolf that thinks she has a
Jocelyn POVComing into view was a rock formation that would have once been a cave from the looks of it. There were four people waiting out the front for us. Two were the guards, and the others were Derek and Isaac.“Luna, Xavier. I thought you had knocked off?” The more burly guard asked Xavier. “All good Norris. Turns out that Laila is mates with our Luna’s friend.”“Holy shit, Lai found her mate. Wow, that’s incredible.”“See, I knew Alpha was right in wanting to open up the kingdom to the wolves. You don’t know what you have done for us Luna. Maybe I will find my mate as well.” He walked over to me and pulled me into a hug, which made me squeal at first, but I returned the hug.“Sorry Luna, I am Norris, and this guy here is Fred. We normally are guards down in there, but today we decided we wanted some air.” Fred smacked Norris.“Sorry about him Luna, we aren’t slacking…”“Fred, honestly, if I had to send all my days down there as well, I would want a breather. But please call me
“Just ahead in the clearing. There is a scared waterfall that allows one to heal their mind if they are in need of it.” Norris explained to me. Leaving them behind, I blocked out their thoughts, putting up a barrier between us and the world. Athena went into the clearing. The waterfall twinkled from the sunlight that seemed to dance on its surface. It was like thousands of diamonds in the water. The rocks that surrounded the waterfall were littered with flowers. It looked like a rainbow. The water was clear, even though it looked deep. Athena entered the water. We felt a tingling coursing through our body as we went further into the water. She swam around as whatever magic was held in the water worked on Athena.“Your turn now Jos. Just go with it.” Athena said to me. I could feel the calmness from her. Shifting back, deciding to float on my back as the water washed over my body, clearing my mind of all the hurt I had ever felt. How is this working? I thought to myself. Feeling the pr
Darius’s POV I hated to leave my mate, but my gamma really needed me right now. Josie gave me a look that I knew she understood that Jess needed me. Her mate had betrayed her, had cheered on Jolon to beat her. I mean, what kind of mate does that? His true colors started to appear. Jess was distraught. Never had I seen her cry, but here and now she was sitting in my office with a drink in her hand, crying tears over someone that didn’t deserve her. She looked at me. “How could he do that? I know you always had your doubts, but I am his mate.” She sighed as she downed her glass of whiskey. It was hard to become drunk as a Lycan, but not impossible if you lace your drink with wolfsbane, then you would be a goner. The burn of the liquid going down your throat was mostly enough. Jess had never had more than a few drinks, and she was now at her limit. I would let her have. “Because he is a fool, Jess. Jolon has him fooled like he had me fooled. Bane is an idiot and doesn’t seem to know w