Why do i not feel bad for Hunter?
Scarlett's povI wake up in Roman’s arms.Actually, I woke up to the scent of him and me; Jasmine mixed with earthy forest. Roman smells like sex in the forest and it doesn’t take me much to feel warm from it.It doesn’t take me much effort to get drunk on Roman’s scent either.My body gives me a pleasure-filled thrum when I inhale him more and memories of last night come flooding back.My cheeks heat up until they almost burn.Shit.My mind plays back ecstasy-filled image after ecstasy-filled image and I bury my face into his chest.I let Roman do that to me. I let him touch me with his fingers.I’ve never had fingers down there before, okay maybe a few times on a self-exploration kind of quest, but Roman’s fingers…His fingers are thicker and more experienced than anything I've felt, and the way he made me melt, the way he kissed me, the way he made me feel loved.“Are those sounds supposed to count as purrs or moans?”Roman’s voice sets my nerve endings on fire and I don't know whe
Maya doesn’t let me touch her. She holds her chin up in the air and walks past me like she doesn't see me. I apologize for the third time this morning. “I’m sorry Maya. I’m being honest. I didn’t mean to leave you alone.” “I wasn’t alone.” She’s really angry “Uncle Danis and Beta Fen were with me.” I frown. “In the room?” I feel a wave of hypocrisy at the way I voice those words. I almost sound angry and alarmed and it shouldn't be so. I should have been here with my daughter, in this space with her, and in the bed with her. “Beta Fen made him and Uncle Danis sleep outside the door. They left it open so I could see they were there until I fell asleep…..” My heart twists in gratitude “Where were you mummy?” Maya’s tone softens so noticeably at this point that I can tell she’s hurt “You left me alone again.” My body reacts so instantaneously that Maya is caught by surprise when I hug her. It takes a good second, but she hugs me back and when she does the feeling of shame and
Roman's povScarlett is scared.I look at the time on my watch and see it’s a few minutes to 7:30 am.How she got up before me is a mystery and how I got up before my alarm is another.I usually get up after the alarm goes off, but I guess I never had Scarlett in my bed before that. This close to me I can smell the floral jasmine of her skin. The scent of it brings memories rushing back and my mind threatens to bliss out. I can feel my dick warm up just thinking of her and last night…….. and that isn’t the best part.The part that makes me want her, even more, is that I told her about the mate bond.I don’t care that she had a bad experience with her former mate, and I don't care that she could have latched onto me because of that.She didn’t reject me. She’s learned of the fact that we are bonded and she isn’t running away from me. She isn’t seeing it as a trap.I glance at her and see her release a nervous breath. The action brings a smile to my lips so I brush my knuckles against
Scarlett's povRoman makes my heart melt with the way he treats Maya.His guards exchange bewildered glances when they see him wheeling a little girl around the room while the dye sets in and even I am bewildered because I never imagined this.I never imagined that one day Maya would have so much to talk about with someone who isn’t me, and the way she settles into comfortable banter with Roman has my heartwarming.I don’t know what they discuss. At some point, Maya looks thoughtful like she’s been given something to think about and then she shrugs and goes right back to talking.At some point, she stands on the seat as Roman wheels her about, and though my heart lurches at how close she might be to falling and getting injured, something tells me Roman would never allow that to happen.That thing tells me, my greatest fear won’t be a problem at all, that Roman won’t have me choose like Hunter did.Roman won’t have me choose between love and my child.With him, I might be able to have
“Myrtle?”My voice quakes and I ask myself what the fuck am I doing?I turn to look at Danis but he isn’t there anymore. He told me I'm batshit crazy if I thought speaking to Myrtle would get me any farther than we already are, but I just had to ask myself how far we are in terms of progress and the answer became clear to me.Threats still surround us.Still surround me and Maya and Roman. Roman and his pack.“You look surprised to see me, child.”I look at the old lady through the bars and her melancholy state and almost irritated tone surprises me. She doesn’t look like she hates it in here, but I've noticed all this before.“I have some more questions to ask you, Myrtle.”“It’s Councillor Myrtle” she directs a light glare at me “and no thank you, I've had enough questioning for one day. It hasn’t even been twenty-four hours yet since the last time I was questioned.”She gives an incredulous laugh and glances at me from the corner of her eyes.“If I didn't know better I'd say you’re
“Abandon any thoughts of the mark. There’s nothing going after that will do for you.”A frown lines my face but I nod all the same.“For now you have a company to run. Roman is counting on you, so do that.”Again I nod. He’s right and I need to focus on thatDanis walks out of my room and I slip into my work outfit. It consists of a white button-up, a dark skirt, and a pair of heels.I take some time to check myself out in the mirror and I like what I see. I look young, clinical, like a breath of fresh air.A scoff escapes my lips and I chuckle right after. I am aiming to deceive everyone in the Ironclaw headquarters building, so this look should be just right. There’s no way anyone would look at me in this and think I’m a runaway Luna or a mother of one.That is what I should want, yet Roman appears in my mind’s eye with brown hair. He changed something about himself just so he could fit into the role we wanted for him.Something like that might seem simple, but it’s a compromise
“Helloo” Aria snaps her fingers repeatedly and glares at me “Haven’t you seen a pretty lady before?”Her haughty eyes stare me right back in the face and I am lost for words or what to do. Only one thing runs through my head as my body goes rigid. What the actual fuck?“To what does Ironclaw Corp owe this visit, Aria Tyson?”Fen steps in front of me and blocks me from Aria’s line of sight. The amount of gratitude that fills my heart is unrivaled but self-preservation comes first. Two options come to mind.One; I can abandon whatever this attempt at life trying to fuck me up is and just go back to the pack. The car is still outside, both the one Fen and I arrived in and the one Roman gifted to me. I should have the key somewhere inside my bag, I could always just walk back out, get into the car and consider this a bad dream that never happened.Or, the second option.“Hey, Beta” Aria says the title like it’s something to be ashamed of “I want to see the Alpha himself, Roman Collins?
Roman's pov.“Okay Daddies, welcome to bring your Dad to class day.”The small class of small children scream in excitement and the smile that creeps up my face is slight but warm.Maya Tyson turns to catch my gaze and when our eyes lock, I wink.She giggles and turns to face the teacher once more.All the fathers stand at the back of the class and the teacher faces us while the kids face her.Maya and I had to make a stop at a fashion house on our way here and I let her pick out the perfect disguise for me. We were talking….. and she said I would be too noticeable in black, even with the hair change.Since her real Daddy isn’t here and she and her mum have run away from him, she knows I'm just standing in as her fake Daddy. Her fake daddy shouldn’t look like he can beat her teacher, that’s what Beta Fen is for.She had a specific look in mind for me, just so I could blend in. Her classes wouldn’t start till 10 a.m because of the event they have planned today so we did what all littl
Hi wonderful readers.First of all, I’d like to say thank you for reading so much and so far. Thank you for the time invested into this book.Without you, nothing would have been possible, so thank you for that.We have come to the end, and while it is a bit abrupt, I’d like to clarify some things.The book is already at 290 thousand plus words, I was really worried about its readability because anything longer would probably scare readers off. I don’t know how everything usually operates because I am a mildly new author on the platform and this is my first completed book, but it felt like Luna Scarlett was getting long, and if I was to go further into settling some other points in the story….. It’d have been way longer.Now to pick up some of the points I left unfilled in the story (Without giving any spoilers of course.) (Okay, maybe one spoiler, or two :)The fact that Hunter’s mother killed Oliver: I’d say this would have led into a whole other story, and it will, it’s basically
Roman carries me in his arms.Diane is helped along by the mage.We’re laid on beds and the pain from the contractions almost makes me pass out.“Your body’s burning, Scarlett.”I feel water enveloping me and I hear Diane’s low low grunt as she’s laid into the pool too.The contractions make everything feel hard and painful. My mind slips in and out of a haze and the water is red, so red, but through it all Roman stays with me.His red eyes are as clear and pure as two scarlet moons.The indoor swimming pool is converted into a labor room the moment the doctors arrive. I open my eyes weakly to see a whole team of them, strange faces in blue overalls, and the smell of the hospital lingering in the air.The contractions hit again, and this time Roman helps me onto a table as I grunt and cry my way through them.This is stronger than anything I've ever felt.I hear one of them tell Roman firmly, “If you want to be here, wear one of these.”Roman is back at my side in less than a minute,
Scarlett’s pov.Each blast of energy I let out makes me grit my teeth in pain.The doctor and Myrtle watch me with calm eyes and though it rips my heart to see them standing there like that, I don't stop.The shield over me shimmers with each blast of energy I release and I can see the impatience filling them because they can’t touch me while this is still going on.There’s an impatience to the way Myrtle grits her teeth but I can't bring myself to be happy at that…. because I'm killing him.Hot heavy tears flow down my cheeks and I burst into a sob because I can hear the sound of his pain each time I release my power.His shield is directly linked to his power, to him.I’m like a bomb in a can. He is the can.He can’t contain me.He can’t keep me in.I will go off as many times as I need to. I am a woman. My energy is endless, but while I do it… he suffers.It’s either I stop and get my stomach ripped open, my baby… my child will be killed.I would never forgive myself because it wou
The scarlet glow in his eyes grows in strength and all the dots come together in my head.Elara was never abducted. She orchestrated the attack.The strangeness of the wolves that attacked us was because she had infused them with the gene mutation she stole from me, and Ironclaw warriors weren’t able to do anything but die at their hands, because they had never met anything like that.They couldn’t take over the pack totally, because, like everything that’s stolen, it’s never stable. The look in Elara’s eyes makes me chuckle as another truth hits me and I let her get himself to full strength. I let the shift take him over, and in a moment of nostalgia, the scent of jasmine comes carried on a gentle breeze as little lines appear in the wind.They blaze to life with bright but silent lights, each one swaying as if blown by a light breeze. I see the lines extending through the wall behind me, the room where all those in the packhouse are being held currently. I see them in my mind, from
Roman’s pov.The bond between me and Scarlett stretches taut due to the distance and it’s the first time I've felt something like this between us.Feeling her and barely feeling her at the same time.The cars pull up to the gates of the mansion and I can tell my packhouse has been taken over by foreign forces. No one makes themselves visible when the gates come open, everyone is hidden but the moment we drive in, the gates slam shut faster than they ever have.The feeling of arrows already poised at us sends a light tingle down the side of my neck and I send a message to my father through the mate bond, ~Take the children to the safe house. Drive there like it’s what you always meant to do….Stay safe Father, and keep the children safe.~My father sends a feeling that echoes low on the mindlink, one that tells me he will obey my words to the letter because he is a wolf under my command, and I am his Alpha.But as a father and someone who’s watched me grow into who I am today, he’s
“Scarlett.”A brief silence punctuated by mumbled words and then the word comes again.“Scarlett.”The tone is more insistent this time and my eyes flutter open as a headache burrows it’s way through my head. I groan as i open my eyes fully because my head hurts a lot.Surprise steadily flow s through me when i realise i have been bound. I can barely move my hands or my feet.I try to struggle against the ropes but i can’t, and the voice comes again.“Psst, Scarlett.”I raise my head just the slightest bit, unable to see through the large mound of flesh that’s my belly.I feel my baby moving andd kiclkin, the discomfort stinging me like pins.“No, no need to raise your head.It’s me… the mage.”My fuzzy head clears up enough to remember where i am and what happened to me before i blanked out. I feel my body go rigid as shock courses through mel, a healthy dose of shock and fear.No.I struggle against the ropes.NO. NO. NO.Hunter wouldn’t dare.Hunter would never!“Hunter!”My heart
Walking through the halls of the Nightshade pack has me feeling… not nostalgic.I can remember wallking through here when i came here with Danis once. We delivered wolfsbane to Hunter.Then simply being in the compound had shaken me. It had made images of me back here float around in my mind, and then i knew Hunter would have done something horrible to me and Maya if he had gotten his hands on us.I don’t know what must have caused the sudden self proclaimed change in him, but i wouldn’t risk myself and anyone i know depending on that.I’m only here because Hunter knows who i am now. He knows i cannot be hit or hurt by him, without him suffering consequences.“About the conversation we had the other day.”I turn to look at Hunter and i see the way he maintains eye contact with me for a second before looking away to stare at something else. His voice comes out more sulky than i imagined he wants it to be.“I only knew Oliver.I didn’t have any relationship that was out of the normal w
Scarlett’s pov.It’s a bloodbath.I feel the tang of blood on my tongue, the smell of death in the air, I smell the power leaking off Roman, and as it leaks off him, it goes into me.“Roman…”My voice is hoarse and croaky. I can barely hear it. It’s a rasp that leaves my throat feeling sandy and hollowed out yet Roman hears it.His head snaps to me the moment I whisper his name and I realise now why everywhere seems so silent. There’s not a sound emanating from the forest, not from the archers in the trees, not from the warriors Roman brought along, not even from the birds - probably already scared away by the violence, or the attendants - scared into silence by Roman, currently dotted in large splatters of blood. Roman’s presence jolts when he comes to me.I feel his aura wrap around me faster than anything i have ever felt before, and when he cradles me in his arms, i feel the shift take over him and his claws retract, the red glow from his eyes fade, the heat radiating from him d
Roman’s pov.The world pauses as I feel Scarlett’s anxiety spike through the mate bond.It’s a thick and heavy feeling in my gut.My head snaps to her, searching for any traces of what might be happening and for a minute all I can feel is Maya telling her there’s something wrong with the boy.There’s something wrong with Axios.Before anyone can pull another breath, I feel my wife fill herself with power so pure it leaks into me and sets my nerve endings on fire.“Everybody down, Now!”The blast of wind Scarlett releases makes a boom when it rips out. Screams come from the attendants now on the floor, the shrill whistles of arrows are almost masked by the boom of air but not quite. I see the arrows fly back with the force of a snapped twig and they find targets.Scarlett fills herself with that power again, needing not even a second to fill herself up, already primed for an attack while I'm still trying to make sense of it all.The orders come from my lips not a moment later, “EVERYO