JADE I was watching the time again. It had been ages since the council members left. I had freshened up, taken care of my injuries, and wore a smug sweater that covered my skin to my mid-thigh. That was what I had been provided with and this time it was by a girl who didn't even dare look me in the eyes. "This is frustrating!" I groaned and dragged my nails through my hair. Why wasn't Dearil here yet? Did the meeting go badly? The door creaked open and my face whipped in that direction, but then fell as I saw that it was the girl bringing me food. Was I disappointed, yes, because living in constant denial was stressful? "Here's your dinner. Master will be with you shortly". The girl dropped the tray and made to go."Wait!", My voice rang out with more urgency than I'd meant to and the girl flinched in shock. I cleared my throat, pushed my hair back from the corners of My face, and tried to paste a reassuring smile on my lips. "Can you stay for a while. I am always by myself, and
DEARIL POV.The conflicted look on her face made me stop, even though I wouldn't have cared in the past. It was as if the longer we stayed together, the more I could feel her emotions, and the more I wanted to put her at ease even tho my wolf wanted the opposite despite being enthralled with her.Her fingers shakily wiped at her lips as if she was trying to get rid of my kisses and I wanted nothing more than to crush our lips together again. My wolf and I were in total agreement on the matter."I haven't eaten" she got out, her chin pointing at the tray as she walked past me.I watched her, feeling complete just by seeing her move about me with no fear or hate in her gaze.She sat down and her sweater rode up drawing my attention to her bare thighs. I swallowed as lust slammed into me with such force it was unbearable to ignore. The damn heat was approaching and I had to do my possible best to keep away from her. Jade was human, and most wolves I knew who got mated to humans lost thei
JADE POV.The chain was back on my feet and it made me want to commit murder. After acting like a fucking caveman and tearing up my dress, he had the audacity to throw a fit when he saw the fading scar. It would have been a freaking sweet moment, it was but I didn't know how to feel about it. All my life, no one ever cared about if I lived or died, so for him to get so pissed off, left me with conflicting emotions, but that was all bottled up now because he ruined everything by putting back the chains on me, even tho it was just only to make sure I didn't disobey his orders.I guess actually thinking everything through made me realize that going to the festival was not the best thing to do. There were going to be tons of unmated wolves there, and if the heat was as intense as the maid let on then I didn't want to take any chances.Dearil was strong, but could he fight off hundreds of other wolves who might want to have me for themselves, it was all hypothetical, but that pretty much
******"Keep an eye on Dearil, we don't want anything going out of hand. Once he kills his first two to three victims then we take him down" Vaughn told Black, who nodded with a fixed stare on his face."And his human?""Ariel will make sure she's at the festival In time to get killed", he looked up and his eyes clashed with those of Detinos. "Make sure a word of this doesn't get outed, especially to Detinos, he is too fickle to be trusted"."You can count on me, chief. I will make sure everything goes according to plan".Detinos walked towards them, and once he got to them, he took note of the goblet of drinks on the table. "Keres said you sent for me""The heat is not as potent as we thought it would be"."It is just the first wave father, I'm sure by the time the second wave hits, Dearil would have bitten somebody's head off. I am almost sure that he has not been eating right since he got his human"."It doesn't matter, here" Vaughn Said, thrusting the wine glass into the hand of D
Mine. Mate.His words barely registered to Jade when Dearil's lip crashed against hers, the heat of his mouth stealing her breath away. The flames he'd fanned in her growing wilder, and everything intensifying to a point where getting air felt difficult.It felt as if every act they'd ever engaged in was leading to this very moment, and whatever it was that affected Dearil projected onto Jade until she was hyperventilating, her whole being trembling. His claws dragged through her skin, as he pulled her closer, his mouth feasting on hers as a man starved. The smell of copper filled the air.Jade struggled in his arms, then shoved at his chest frantically because it felt as if she was going to die from whatever it was that Dearil was feeling as intense pleasure flooded her veins making her skin sensitive to every touch, every squeeze of his hand, and every caress. "Mine!" Dearil growled against her lips, then pulled back just long enough for both of them to drag air into their lungs.
JADE POV."Do you think she's going to make it?" A familiar voice reached my ear, but so did other loud jarring sounds, and that alone made my head feel like it was splitting in two. If they kept going, I was sure I wasn't going to make it, which would be preferable to the banging in my head.Trying to get a read on the location I was, I struggled with getting my lids open when they felt as if heavy rocks were placed over them. The first glimpse I got made me wince. The brightness had been blinding, irritating my barely open irises."Oh my gosh! She moved" a male voice crashed through the space again, but it didn't hurt as much as when I first woke up. Maybe it was an unconscious act, but I found that I had subconsciously tuned out the volume of the noises outside until I only had my focus on the people in the room. There were three heartbeats, one stronger than the other two. I could also identify exactly who it was that had spoken. Hayden. It was Hayden's voice. His accent was so d
DEARIL POV.I found my mate.The feel of her blood flowing down my throat was still a euphoric memory that made me feel as if I was floating on air, and I could still taste it, even as I stood amid the pack members, with her far gone away.It felt as if the taste of her blood was the only thing that made my wolf stay still even though I felt as if my head was splitting into two from not having her close to me, or knowing where she was. I'd marked her, I should have been able to know exactly where she was especially if she had successfully transformed into a wolf. The feeling of my fangs tearing into her artery was a memory etched deep into my brain and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't shake it off. The buzzing in my ears blocked out whatever it was they were saying, the constant tearing pain in my chest as my wolf howled for its mate tearing me apart.It shouldn't have been possible for me to sense my mate at the moon festival last night, let alone mark her but I knew somethi
RYLAND POVThe red wine I held in my hand had lost its savor and as I listened to the family yabber on and on about how my management sucked even tho they didn't use the term, it was starting to make me feel like murdering everyone in the room. The auction hadn't pushed through because of the cops raiding the venue... Vito had warned against it but I hadn't listened. It didn't matter, the video of Ares was my one masterpiece yet and the bid on him was already through the roof, and once I finalized his sale, I would earn the respect I had lost along with the money wasted in organizing the auction. But I had to stop the killing spree if I wanted to reign for a long time unrivaled. I couldn't afford to make too many enemies, especially now that my little sister and Hayden were still on the run. They could be planning god knows what and I wouldn't be aware of it until the last moment.I couldn't underestimate Lexis, she had killed her father without blinking an eye, even tho she did brea