******"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
JADE POV.Lexis swallowed, her fear saturating the air. It made my blood pump, adrenalin surging through my veins as I stalked her. All the ways I could shut her up for good played around in my head and something urged me on, telling me to just obliterate her and worry about the consequence later."Master..." Hayden's uncertain voice reached my ear forcing me to pause in my approach. Lexis was already at a corner, her face pale and wide open in terror. "Please don't kill me" she managed to get out. "I just want Ryland to pay for what he did to me. I'll give you all my support to be the new Don, you have my words. I will never go against you ever".I scoffed, then grabbed her face. She flinched violently and I let go quickly to see the nasty bruise on her chin where my thumb and my forefinger had grabbed."What the hell" she yelled, grabbing at her face in shock and trying to disappear into the wall.I stared at my hand, the strength in them fascinating. Was I as powerful as Dearil al
"You are wasting precious time Ryland Alvarez. Jade will be here soon, and that will be your end. Do you plan to die when you haven't even enjoyed the fruit of your hard work" "I will not run as a coward" Ryland bellowed, his fist shaking where he clenched them on the hands of his chair. Taking a deep breath, he unclenched his fist and then clasped them in front of his chest, a manic glint replacing the fear that had been in his eyes. "I will wait for her return, and by sunset, if she doesn't show up then your pretty little head will go for this unsavory prank that you've chosen to play with me".Skye rolled her eyes in frustration. "I am not playing a prank, Ryland Alvarez. We would have been gone from here since yesterday but you have allowed your stubbornness to get the better of you. Aren't you supposed to be a wise Don, well not that your track record is anything to write home about" she insulted and Rylands gaze hardened to slits, a warning written over them? Skye continued as
DEARIL POV."You humiliated your own father in front of all the other Alphas" Detinos yelled, the veins on his neck standing out as his anger saturated the air around us but I didn't care. I had tolerated them for the longest time and I'd finally had enough.I gave a non-committal shrug. "He had humiliated me countless of times, if I could take it, I am sure that he will be able to, heck, he might even outdo me since he is the most perfect father figure out there, am I right?"."What do you hope to achieve? Are you finally going to get revenge on us for all those years? Is that what all these Are about?" Detinos yelled, his neck straining as he stepped closer to me, his intentions to intimidate me shining through his eyes even though his movements were cautious. Despite his anger, he was scared of me, of what he knew I could do, which was the sole reason he was holding back when all he wanted to do was rip me to shreds.I matched his stance, my gaze piercing into his, "I am going to c