Sebastian POV"Your heart?" Ruby looked to Gabe. Her chest rising and falling as she struggled to breath. Her heat was out of control. I barely heard anything that was said. I just wanted to take Ruby to my bed, ravish her all night."Nothing." Gabe grumbled, cracking open the book his mother handed him. "Now you are going to keep secrets?" Ruby yelled at him, her anger trying to mask the burn coursing through her."Dietus wanted me to eat Gabe's heart. Take his power and be even stronger than I am now." I answered almost obediently. I would do anything she asked of me, tell her any secret."And neither of you told me this?" She released my hand, pacing back and forth. I missed her touch, needed more of it."I'm sorry. It happened and we didn't really talk about it. I'm not going to eat his heart, Ruby." "I'd hoped not!" She shouted. Her body now shaking. "I can't handle this, Sebastian. I need medicine, please." She begged me and Kane whined to make her better. "Gabe! There has to
Gabe POVSebastian left me alone in the library and I looked around at the golden tainted bookshelves. My mother literally turned shit into gold. Everyone that came from the islands loved it here, felt a deep gratitude and respect for my mother because of it. I never understood why though, and I didn't want it.It took me a little bit to realize how much I needed Ruby, but I knew now that she was truly all I wanted. Not just her body, but to be her mate completely. I felt how deeply she cared for Sebastian, and I knew saving him would be the only way she ever saw real peace in her life. I never thought I would be ok sharing her with him though.I needed to find a way to convince her to accept me before we all did something we would regret. I hadn't the faintest clue what though. I gathered a few books from the table and headed to my room. It was getting late and I could feel Ruby relaxing as her heat subsided some. It didn't matter how much ice she bathed in though, her heat would las
Gabe POV"Lay down, Ruby." I pointed to the floor, watching how she softly moved her naked body exactly how I wanted. "I like having all the control. I love having all of your control." I said, kneeling over her head. I could let her do all the work, take her time to adjust her throat to my wide cock, but I needed to fuck her, and I wasn't giving that greedy little pussy everything she needed just yet."Open wide for me, and suck my fat cock nice and hard." I chuckled, holding her head up as I slid past her lips, watching her eyes grow the further I pushed myself inside her little mouth. "Mmm, fuck, that feels good." I hissed how my dick lit up with sparks, her warm breath and soft lips wrapping around me so perfectly.She moaned in passion, her legs wiggling from the rough intrusion down her small airways and eyes rolled back. I set her head to the floor, moving in and out slowly, my body laid on top of her and began fucking that tiny little mouth. I savored every second how I owned
Ruby POVI don't know what I did! I paced his floor, body completely bare and covered in his seed inside and out. I marked him, completed our bond with no hope of ever escaping this fate with him.'I think it's perfect.' Scarlett purred inside me. 'I always wanted a strong Alpha, but you kept holding us back. We aren't losing this one.' She jumped around inside me, filling me with a sense of hope and satisfaction. But I could never have that with Gabe."I can hear you." He taunted me from the floor. He sat sprawled out, thick strong thighs, half limp dick that still looked massive, and hands behind him. His eyes watched me in delight as I struggled to understand the doom I just put myself in."So, you were in love with him?" Gabe asked and I had no idea what he was talking about. I didn't care either. I marked him and he was mine, I was his. This can't be!He stood, walking towards me and I ran to the other side of the bed. "Stay away from me." I demanded, but didn't really mean it. H
Ruby POVI found a small lake surround by very little foliage and stripped bare to wash my body from everything we did earlier. It wouldn't matter how many times I bathed though, our DNA was molded together, scents mingled, and aura radiating the other as mates. There was no magic to hide a completed mate bond."What are you doing out here?" I heard Sebastian voice and almost sank under. I was happily floating in nothingness, pushing down all the battling emotions inside me."Late night swim. Don't come in! I have no clothes on." I hollered back at him as he peeled off his shirt."Here, get dressed, weirdo." He said, lying his shirt on a rock close to the water's edge.I smiled appreciatively at him, even more so when he turned around instead of sneaking a peak. I doubt Sebastian had any desire to see me naked, but even if he did, he wouldn't disrespect me by stealing a glance I wasn't willing to give."Thank you." I said softly, slipping his shirt on. I involuntarily moaned as the sc
Gabe POVRuby ran as fast and as far as she could, each step widening the divide between us and cracking my heart deeper. We'd completed the bond, yet she still rejected me. The unfairness of it ate away at me. How could I feel so strongly, need her so badly, when she despised the connection we shared?I knew I couldn't chase after her, so I let her go and tried to sleep. But rest wouldn't come. My soul felt shredded, every second apart a new tear in the fabric of who I was. Her emotions were a storm, battling to suppress her own and push mine away. I didn't want to torment her with the bond, so I tried to calm myself, clinging to the hope that one day, we'd be together without these barriers. Slowly, I felt her settle, and found comfort in the image of her drifting to sleep.My eyes grew heavy, matching my breaths to hers, letting her steady heartbeat become my lullaby. She had no idea how much I needed this connection, how desperately I longed to love her with everything I had. My w
Ruby POVI slept restlessly beside my best friend while my mate held me close to his chest. My life was a mess, full of complications and turmoil. We traveled all this way only to find nothing to help Sebastian. I already knew I could control Dietus power, but it was only if I killed Sebastian. That was never happening. Now we had to go back through this hell of a wasteland to return home with no where to turn next."Shhh, you're ok, baby." I heard Gabe whispering in my ear. He was completely wrapped around me, like my body was an anchor. I turned my head to smile at him. He was still half asleep, face soft and younger than when awake. He was incredibly handsome, sexy body, and wild temper in bed. "I want this to work." I whispered to him, moving my body closer into his. "I need something that's right in my life." I turned back to Sebastian, laying my head on the pillow and hands folded under it. He was also handsome, and of course sexy, but it was the familiarity that I admired the
Sebastian POVThe way Ruby kissed me sent my body into a frenzy. I had never wanted anything more than to feel her in my arms, and here she was, cuddled on my lap, pouring her entire soul into me. The power of her light, pulling out the darkness and burning it away, felt like a sweet ache spreading through me, pure bliss coursing through my veins, rich and electrifying.I completely succumbed to her, begging her to take it all, as long as this feeling never ended. Then everything went black, no sound, no thoughts, just emptiness. I found peace in the solitude of existence, wanting to let go, to float away in the seemingly endless abyss. But every so often, I felt little shocks of her body against mine. A hand on my chest, her breath on my face, the panicked beat of her heart pressed to my side. I couldn't let go. Not yet.My body began to warm, like it was thawing from thick ice. The sensation was pleasant, spreading through every cell, piecing me back together. The world came into fo
Gabe POVSebastian was ridiculous.We'd been stuck on that boat together for almost two weeks, and he was acting like it meant nothing. He barely acknowledged what happened, sweeping it under the rug as if those hot, tangled nights didn't shift something deep between us. I was pissed at him, but Ruby was back, and I couldn't stop smiling.Except it didn't feel like the three of us anymore. There was a cloud of doubt and anger Sebastian was driving between us, and it was unnerving. He was so arrogant, so righteous.The tension was thick as we traveled overland, pressing in on us until it felt like it would snap. We bickered about everything: whether my shortcut through the trees was actually a shortcut, or why Sebastian couldn't just follow my lead without a snide comment."You don't even know where you're going," Sebastian snapped, shouldering past me to take the front. His voice was sharp, but I caught the exhaustion under it."I don't have to know where I'm going. I'm trusting my gu
Gabe POVSebastian was ridiculous.We'd been stuck on that boat together for almost two weeks, and he was acting like it meant nothing. He barely acknowledged what happened, sweeping it under the rug as if those hot, tangled nights didn't shift something deep between us. I was pissed at him, but Ruby was back, and I couldn't stop smiling.Except it didn't feel like the three of us anymore. There was a cloud of doubt and anger Sebastian was driving between us, and it was unnerving. He was so arrogant, so righteous.The tension was thick as we traveled overland, pressing in on us until it felt like it would snap. We bickered about everything: whether my shortcut through the trees was actually a shortcut, or why Sebastian couldn't just follow my lead without a snide comment."You don't even know where you're going," Sebastian snapped, shouldering past me to take the front. His voice was sharp, but I caught the exhaustion under it."I don't have to know where I'm going. I'm trusting my gu
Sebastian POVThe sand crunched under our boots as we stepped onto the shore. The island was almost too perfect, like something out of a dream, with golden mountains in the distance and a faint glow in the air that made everything shimmer. The wind carried a strange, intoxicating scent, like flowers mixed with something ancient and magical.I was still on edge, pacing the beach while Gabe rummaged through the supplies we found in a small, abandoned shack near the edge of the jungle. I couldn't stop thinking about Ruby, the need to find her clawing at me."You're pacing again," Gabe's voice called out from behind me. "You're gonna wear a hole in the sand.""Shut up," I snapped, spinning around to face him. He was grinning, of course, like this was all a game. "We shouldn't even be here. You know damn well we don't have time for this."Gabe stood up, brushing sand off his pants, his teasing expression faltering for a second. "Sebastian, we're doing everything we can. You need to take a
Sebastian POVI stood there, my chest still heaving, heart pounding from what had just happened with Gabe. My head was a damn mess. One minute, I was imagining Ruby, our mate, the one I craved more than air, and the next... Gabe's mouth was on me, and it wasn't just some accidental slip. It was intense, primal. It felt good. Too good.But did I really want him? I rubbed the back of my neck, the mark from Ruby tingling like it always did, reminding me of what we had to focus on. I could still taste her on my lips, still feel the rush of being with her, but my body was tangled up in something else. Gabe. What the hell was that? I wasn't into men. I wasn't into him.He was just there, right? Filling in the space, the need. That had to be it. My need for Ruby had to be leaking over to him. That's all it was.I stormed from the dinner table, showering long and hard to wash away his scent on my cock, but it didn't matter. I had the images seared in my brain, the pleasure alive in my soul. I
Sebastian POVWatching Gabe was so damn sexy. I didn't want to admit how it turned me on the same way watching Ruby did. Ruby was my mate though, she was the only one I wanted. But she wasn't here, she was lost. We had to find her, but this damn mark on my neck was sending endorphins and desires through me. I needed to mate, to empty my seed and fill a hole.I fucked Gabe's mouth with everything I had. My hand ripping at his hair, dick impaling that wide throat until I burst again, filling him completely with so much cum. He was right, I was going to rut if I didn't let this all out. "Stand," I ordered then point to the chair. "Sit right there and jerk off."I took a seat in front of him, watching his hard delicious dick. I never thought about a man in this way before, but I did want him. I wanted to taste him, feel him. I sat there for a while, my hand playing with my cock as I watched him get off."Let me help, Alpha. We need more." Gabe teased me. I wanted to cave, to bend him ove
Gabe POVI just finished dinner, setting the food on the table and arranging it in a beautiful display in hopes to sway my Alpha to eat, but I knew he needed something else."You need to learn control, Alpha." I spoke softly, carefully, stepping closer to the untamed beast. Sebastian stood in the cabin, maps scattered around him as he watched the calm seas sway below us. He was losing his mind, a need to have his mate consuming him. "Gabe, get away from me!" He warned."No! I need you, she needs you." I insisted. "She's gone!" He roared out. "No, she isn't." I moved behind him, my fingers dancing along his neck, were her marked laid. "She is our mate and we can feel her. Ruby is alive, and we will find her.""I'm going fucking crazy. We have to find her. I have to have her." He growled at me, a heavy burden clear on his shoulders."You're a tangled mess, Alpha." I sighed, grabbing his hand to follow me. "You need to eat and you need a release. Well, you need your mate, but she isn'
Gabe POVFor days, we searched. We scoured the ship, flipped through ancient books, anything that could tell us what the hell had taken her. But we found nothing. And in that time, I watched Sebastian spiral. He wasn't eating. He wasn't sleeping. The darkness inside him crept closer with every hour Ruby was missing. I'd seen him like this before, on the verge of losing control, but this time felt different. This time, there was no pulling him back without her.I tried talking to him, over and over. "We'll get her back," I said, my voice breaking the silence one afternoon as we sat in the cabin, the maps spread uselessly across the table. "We just need to keep searching."He sat there, his jaw clenched so tight I thought it might snap. "What if we don't?" he muttered darkly, his eyes hollow. "What if she's already gone?""She's not," I insisted. "We'd feel it, both of us. She's alive, Sebastian.""You don't know that." His voice cracked, the first sign of weakness I'd seen in days. "Wh
Sebastian POV"Sebastian," a sweet, innocent voice called from the darkness, soft and familiar. "Sebastian," it beckoned again, and the frantic beating of my heart slowed. Warmth spread through me like a soothing balm, a brief escape from the chaos inside."Ruby! Where are you? Come to me, please," I begged, my voice breaking."I'm right here, silly." Her hand touched my face, gentle, soft, and it sent a surge of energy through me. Pure, unfiltered love coursed through my veins, and the world blurred into focus. There she was. My beautiful Ruby with long black hair, a red ribbon, and those mesmerizing brown eyes."I miss you." The words came out as a whisper, heavy with a desperation that clawed at my insides. I pulled her close, kissing her with all the longing I'd buried since she was torn from me."I've missed you too, my love," she whispered against my lips. I kept my eyes closed, not daring to open them, terrified this moment would slip away like all the others. I knew the truth,
Ruby POVThe cold water swallowed me whole, rushing over my head as the weight of the ocean dragged me deeper and deeper into its black void. My chest burned as saltwater filled my lungs, choking me with a sharp, unbearable sting. Panic flared wild and uncontrollably like a beast in my chest. The creature's tail coiled tighter around my waist, its slick, scaly skin sliding against mine, unyielding in its inhuman strength.I thrashed harder, my arms flailing in the thick, freezing water, but it was no use. The world above, the ship, the sky, my mates, they all faded into the distance, swallowed by the ocean's endless maw. Darkness pressed in from every side, the pressure increasing with every second, crushing me from all angles.This can't be happening. Not now. Not after everything.Images of Sebastian flooded my mind. His green eyes, the way they softened when he looked at me, that fierce love I finally saw within them. His touch, his kiss, the way his body felt against mine. And Gab