King Marcus paced the library floor, and berated Leah. "I specifically told you that I wanted you here for the meeting! That doesn't mean show up at the end! Do you have any idea...?” Leah sat in her favorite armchair and tuned her father out. He could go on and on when he gets pissed like this, and Leah really didn't want to hear it. It's not like she didn't already know what the meeting had been about, so she didn't really understand why he was so upset. He had already told her everything she needed to know that morning. What more could there have been? Leah took the time to look around the library. This was one of her favorite rooms in the whole house, besides her bedroom. The room was massive, having used to be two very large rooms that was combined into one by knocking out the dividing wall. She redecorated this room herself five years ago for her twenty-fifth birthday. It had been sort of a gift from her father since she had been wanting to redecorate the room since before she
Leah woke up the next morning in a horrible mood. She wasn’t looking forward to meeting Theo Blackwell. Truth be told, she would rather be at the café chatting with Ray. Or doing pretty much anything except meeting with Theo Blackwell. After getting dressed for the day, Leah slowly made her way downstairs and to the sitting room. By the time she arrived, her father was already in there speaking with a blond-haired man who appeared to be in his mid to late 50s. While he wasn’t the most unattractive man she had ever saw, he certainly wouldn’t be winning any beauty contests. His huge hawk-like nose and beady eyes saw to that. When Leah started to clear her throat, Theodore’s head snapped up and landed on her. He gave her a slight smile before addressing her father. “Sir, you have a beautiful daughter.” Her father nodded, but said nothing, giving Leah a pointed look as if to say, “You better not mess this up!” Leah rolled her eyes at her father, then pasted on a fake smile for thei
Leah walked into the café, ordered her usual, and sat in her favorite spot. After ten minutes of just sitting there not even touching her strawberries, she noticed that she wasn’t getting comfort from her favorite snack. That’s when she realized that she was depressed. Leah loved her clan, and she would do anything to protect them. But at what cost? Her freedom? Her happiness? This wasn’t fair. She would rather be getting to know Ray than worrying about how she was going to get herself out of mating with Theo Blackwell. “A penny for your thoughts.” Leah looked up at the sound of Ray’s voice and smiled. “My thoughts are worth way more than a penny.” She patted the seat next to her. “Join me. I was just thinking about you.” Ray sat down in the seat she indicated with a smile. “Only good things, I hope.” Leah laughed, although it didn’t reach her eyes. “Of course.” She was surprised by how true that was. Ray was a great guy. She would be lucky if she could have him as a mate. “Did y
Ray was surprised. He had never thought she would come up with the idea on her own. He was sure she was dead set on doing her duty and mating the other dragon. He knew unlike wolves, dragons didn’t have fated mates. So, she didn’t feel the mate pull like he did. He didn’t have a choice. Leah was his fated mate and he needed to claim her. There would be no one else for him. He couldn’t live without her. He nodded his head and smiled at her. “That’s actually what I wanted to talk to you about.” He got up and shut the bedroom door, stalling for time to think of a way to say what he wanted to say. But Leah didn't let him finish. “So, is this the plan your inner circle came up with?” Leah asked, curiosity evident on her face. Ray shook his head. “While we did discuss some possible options, this wasn’t one of them.” He sat down on the bed next to her and reached for her hand. “We just figured you were dead set on doing your duty to your clan.” Leah leaned her head against his shoulder
Leah pushed his pants down to his knees and wrapped her hand around his cock. She gasped as she felt how hard he was. He was already so long and thick that she just knew he would be able to fill her completely. She squeezed her hand around the base of his shaft and rubbed the tip with her thumb. Ray couldn’t believe how good her hand felt, and knew that if he didn’t do something soon, he would explode before things even really got started. He definitely wanted to be inside her before that happened. He shoved a hand between her legs and pushed his fingers inside of her, feeling how wet and ready she was for him. He loved playing with her pussy, feeling her juice flow down his fingers, but he couldn’t wait to fill her with his cock. She arched her back and rubbed her soaked pussy against Ray’s hand. The contact sent a surge of electricity through her and she couldn’t believe how good it felt. She traced her hands down his back and caressed his ass. The feel of his tight ass under he
Leah wasted no time getting out of bed the next morning and rushing through her morning routine. She had a lot to do before this evening to prepare for the mating ceremony with Ray. She hadn’t told her father or her brothers yet, and she had no intention of doing so until afterward. The last thing she needed was one of them trying to stop her and Ray from being together. She would try to figure out a better solution to their clan’s problems later. Right now, she needed to focus on her and Ray.She wanted to look nice for Ray, so she went into her closet and picked out one of her favorite dresses. It was a backless halter dress in the color emerald green that came to just below her knees. She picked out a pair of black strapless sandals. She didn’t need any fancy footwear. The ceremony would be held at the pack field and she wouldn’t actually need shoes. She wouldn’t need clothes either, but she had no intention of showing up in front of Ray’s pack naked. She’d keep her clothes on in p
Shit, what the hell does he want! Leah breathed a heavy sigh. She really did not need this right now.She stopped a few feet away from Theo and nodded. “Hello, Theo. I have an appointment and I need to get going. Was there something you needed?”Theo smiled charmingly and tried to reach for Lea’s hand, but she pulled away. His eyes narrowed briefly in annoyance before his face cleared and he pasted a fake smile on his lips. “I was just in the neighborhood and decided to stop by.” He took a step closer to her. “I was hoping we could go out for a coffee or lunch together. You know, spend some time getting to know each other.”Leah smiled back at him, her smile just as fake as his, and shook her head. “No, sorry. As I said, I have an appointment to get to. And if I don’t get going now, I’ll be late. So, if you’ll excuse me?”She didn’t wait for his response before going to step around him towards the door. Before she could pass him, he reached out and grabbed her arm tightly. She looked d
Ray woke up at the butt crack of dawn. He had a lot to do today in order to get things ready for his mating ceremony with Leah and not a lot of time to do it. The ceremony was scheduled to begin at 1pm, so no time to waste. Francesca and Dallas were in charge of decorations and setup, while Dallas would make sure their pack members were taken care of. The pack needed to be briefed on what would happen during the ceremony and the changes that would occur. A wolf mating ceremony was similar to the human wedding ceremony for the first half of the ceremony where the couple will stand in front of there friends and loved ones and recite their vows to love, cherish, and protect each other until death do them part. However, the second half of the mating ceremony is where things get interesting. Whereas in the human wedding ceremony the couple would exchange rings, this is the part where the couple will mate and claim each other with the pack as a witness to their union, and they with mark ea
Three months later... The large hall at the Sullivan mansion was beautifully decorated in emerald green and white with gold accents. Francesca had helped decorate the place similarly to how she had set up for Ray and Leah’s mating ceremony. White flowers and emerald green table cloths adorned each table. The center pieces that had been used for their mating ceremony were being reused. And there were gold plated fairy lights hung around the room. Needless to say, the place looked stunning. Leah and Ray both beamed for the camera as they got their wedding pictures taken. They started with pictures by themselves, then pictures as a couple, and lastly they took pictures with friends and family. Leah’s favorites were the pictures of them with Hannah and the pictures of her father with both Hannah and Carter. She could already picture framing them and hanging them on their living room wall. The wedding ceremony had been beautiful. A part of Leah had been a little disappointed that her fam
Leah sat in her old living room on the couch next to her brother Gabriel, and watched as her father played games with Hannah and Carter. She had brought the children so that her father could spend some time getting to know them. It had been a while since he had really spent time with children, so she felt it was a good idea. And the pups had so much fun riding on her dragon’s back to get there. Leah had been nervous since no one has ever rode her dragon’s back before, and she was afraid they would fall off. For that reason, it ended up taking twice as long to get there than it usually would have had she been flying alone.She took a sip of her tea and turned to look at her brother. “So... tell me what you think about everything. Are you nervous to meet your intended?”Gabriel sighed. “A little bit, I guess. I just hope she doesn’t turn out to be as bad as Theo was. I don’t think I can run away from this no that I’ve commit myself to this.”Leah chuckled. “Yeah, and I don’t think Queen
Marcus’s large dragon with ivory colored scales circled the pack ground a few times trying to see if he could locate his daughter, but he couldn’t. However, he did notice a tall, muscular man with dark hair standing in front of the large pack house staring at him as if waiting for something. Marcus wondered if maybe the man was Ray Winston, the alpha of the pack.He had never met Ray, but he had heard a lot of things about the man. Ray was said to be a good and fair alpha, and his pack loved him. If all that was true, then Marcus could understand why Leah had fell for him. There was nothing more attractive to his daughter than a person who loved and protected their family. Marcus lowered his dragon to the ground, shifting to his human form right before he landed.Ray had noticed the dragon circling his lands a few moments ago. He didn’t want to alarm anyone in case this was another one of Leah’s clan members coming to make sure she was okay. So he just stood and watched the dragon, wa
Marcus sat in his office seething with rage. He was meeting with Queen Dominique to discuss other possible solutions to their situation, but the woman was pissing him off. When he had told her about what happened with Theo and Leah, the insufferable woman had just laughed it off. She had the audacity to claim it wasn’t her problem. That she wasn’t responsible for one of her own clan members going rogue.Marcus leaned forward in his seat, glaring daggers at the woman. “What do you mean, you’re not responsible for his actions? He was your clan member and he attacked my daughter!”Dominique narrowed her own eyes. “No, Marcus. From my understanding, he attacked the wolves. Your out of control daughter just saw fit to interfere. It’s not my fault if she ended up getting hurt.”Marcus slammed his fist down on his desk. “He should not have attacked the wolves either!”She smirked. “Regardless. What happens to the wolves is not your business.” She crossed her legs, looking completely satisfie
The four large male dragons circled the area a few more times before making their descent. The pack watched in awe as the four slowly made their way down, shifting to human right before hitting the ground. They stood silently staring at Leah, neither them nor she saying a word. Ray studied the four males thoughtfully, wondering who they were. Three of them were tall, with blond hair and grey eyes. They looked so alike that they could have been triplets. The fourth one, however, was slightly taller than the rest, with red hair and grey eyes. Ray paused for a moment. While the first three males looked different, the fourth one looked an awful lot like Leah. Ray sighed in relief. These must be her brothers.Leah confirmed Ray’s thoughts. “Everyone, these are my brothers.” She pointed to the three blonds, pointing them out one by one. “This is Max. Then there’s Tristan, and Axel.” Last she pointed to the red haired man. “And last but not least, there’s Gabriel.”While Leah was introducin
Leah woke to the sounds of construction work being done. With all the damage Theo had done with the fires, she figured the pack members were working on rebuilding the pack house. She didn’t know how long she had been asleep, but she felt well rested, so she figured it was time to get up and rejoin civilization.Yawning, she stretched her arms above her head. When she went to remove the covers from on top of her, she froze at the sight ov a small head of curly blond hair nestled on the pillow next to her. She scrunched her brows in confusion, pulling the covers down to get a good look at whoever was lying in the bed next to her. To her shock, it was a small female pup who looked to be about three or four years old. The baby girl was adorable, but Leah was very confused about who this pup was.“Uh, Ray?” She reached out to him through their mate link and he responded immediately.“Yes, my love?”She smiled at the endearment. “I just woke up and noticed that you weren’t here, but instead
Gabriel stood on the training field watching the warriors train, or at least that is what he was supposed to be doing. In truth, his mind was elsewhere. He had been suspicious when his sister had told him that she had an appointment to go to, but he never suspected that she was running off to have a secret mating ceremony. There was a large part of him that was pissed at her. Not because she got mated to someone who wasn’t from the Blackwell clan. She never wanted to be involved in this whole treaty situation in the first place, and she certainly hadn’t wanted to be forced to get married. No, he was pissed because she had hid something this huge from him. They were supposed to be super close, like two peas in a pod. The fact that she had kept this from him saddened him. It made him feel like they weren’t as close as he had thought they were. They used to tell each other everything, all their deepest, darkest secrets. Now, he couldn’t understand why she would keep something so importan
Ray reaches over and takes Leah out of Dallas’s arms, pulling her close and rubbing his cheek against her head. Without saying a word, he turned and began walking towards the main pack house. His mate has loss a lot of blood, but Ray knew she was a strong dragon. Her heartbeat was strong and her breathing was even. She would need a lot of rest, but her wounds had already began to heal. Even faster than he thought it would. Ray figured it might have something to do wither royal blood mixed with is alpha blood from their mating, but nonetheless, he would still have Francesca do her thing. His sister was the pack healer, and one of the best healer in the county, if not the whole world. His mate would surely live today.He looked around as he walked. Most of the pack houses were gone, burned to the ground. The fires had mostly burned themselves out, and Jagger along with most of the adult males of the pack were putting out the rest of the flames that lingered. Ray would let them handle th
Leah was beyond pissed. Royally pissed, pun intended. She had left her childhood home in almost a depressed state. She had wanted nothing more than to go to Ray and have him hold her in his arms and make the pain of leaving her family go away. Little could she have imagined that she would arrive at the pack territory only to see that it was being destroyed by one of her kind, a dragon!The shock she first experience upon seeing the flames eating their way through all the pack houses and buildings gave way to pure unadulterated anger as she saw her mate being flung from the back of the large dragon and into the side of one of the buildings that just so happened to still be standing. Oh, hell no!With a loud roar full of all the emotions that she had been feeling for the past couple of hours, Leah charged at the black dragon. The black dragon looked up in surprise to see Leah’s large red dragon aiming straight for it. Inside the black dragon, Theo seethed with his own anger and jealous