Hunter looms over me and we wait until Roman and his warrior wolves leave.I have to endure standing here with him, being in his presence, looking at what my life has become right now, and knowing i might lose it all in the next three days.Hunter is right.He’s the one who’s going to be seen as the victim. He’s the one the world will say was wronged.They’ll say i should never have left him. I should have never left the life i had with him.They’ll say so and i will have to agree because what is a Luna if not wrong against the word of her Alpha?The Alphas decide who lives and who dies. They decide what justice is and how justice is doled out.I feel Roman’s presence, just a step would connect us back.A step would link us once more, one to the other, yet i have to feel him go by me.I feel his presence fade, just when i could have grabbed at it.Hunter nods and he walks over to the semi circle of marks he’s drawn. He squirs the wolfsbane in the syringe over it and he turns back to l
The gates are unmanned so i let myself in.No one stops me as i make my way across the courtyard.I get to the front door before anyone finally sees me and when she does, she exclaims.In less than a minute i have people gathered around me. Omegas, because they’re the only ones left in the packhouse right now and my strength fails me because i collapse.They help me up the stairs and into a bed.One of them taps me lightly on the arm and asks “Should we bring your daughter in so you can see her?”My eyes fly to the time on the clock and it’s well past 9. She should be asleep now, and as much as i want to see her,I don’t want her to see me like this.There’s blood dripping down the side of my neck. I’m so weak i can barely stand without shaking. My hair is dirty, my eyes are swollen.There’s cut on my cheek where Hunter slapped me, and every flare of pain it sends to my brain is a reminder.A reminder that i have a lot of work to do.I don’t want to meet Maya like this.I look weak th
Roman's pov. A howl escapes my lips as the mate bond flares to life and Fenrir turns immediately, bursting into a run and back towards the packhouse. The wind snaps at my fur and my gums grow heavy with desire. My fangs itch to sink them into her neck, and as the night sky illuminates my path with silver light, the decison settles into my heart. If she asks me to mark her, i will. No more waiting. She’s mine. I know my love for her is true. I do not have to doubt it, and i know her love for me is true too. Our actions have made that clear. Our mate bond hums with life and with a leap, Fenrir burts out of the trees. The packhouse beams like a beacon in the distance. The pouding of his paws against the earth fills my ears. The rushing of the wind as we cut through the space resonates with the beat of my heart. I shift once Fenrir’s paws hit gravel, and my body is a flash as i hunt for my mate. I find her in my room. Candles cast a soft glow to the darkness around us and the
Scarlett's pov Roman moves and it’s like all my nerve endings are on fire. His dick is so large, so full and so heavy in me, i feel full to bursting. My walls stretch and pulse around him to accomodate both his witdth and his length. “Fuuck!” Roman’s deep throaty mind moan has tears stinging my eyes. He draws back out, and pauses. I can hear the sound of my delictae pink walls hugging that large enormous dick. My head lolls to the side at the amount of pleasure coursing through me, and Roman slams back in, burying himself to the hilt and going balls deep. A loud throaty moan escapes my lips and it travels the line of a moan and a half scream. Every bit of skin on my body feels alive. Every bit of flesh on my body hums with plesasure. Roman’s mark on my neck burns and i feel the intricate markings of the mate bond working itself into the both of us. He licks the punctured flesh, my blood on his tongue. “Say you want me hard and rough, Scarlett. Tell me you want me to fuck you
“I want to go find Alpha Roman mummy. I want to hear what he thinks about my dress.” I smile as i watch Maya go off and that warm feeling surges through me again. Today is the day. For the past three days, Roman and i have been in close distance of each other. I told him what happened with Danis, and of my encounter with Hunter. I told him everything Hunter said and i lay it out before him - The fact that i just out his pack into more danger by telling him to mark me and crossing that last step into becoming official mates. He told me it was his pleasure to mark me. He wanted to, right from the moment i showed him how much i would do to keep my daughter and those i love safe. Roman said if any danger is to come, the Ironclaw pack stands behind me firmly. He, stands beside me. Until the end. A knock comes at the door and my head snaps to it’s direction. Myrtle doesn’t wait for me to tell her to come in before doing so. Roman released her so she can take care of her grandniec
Scarlett's pov.Chapter 170: Scarlett’s pov.“Scarlett.”Tap tap tap.“Scarlett?”My eyelids flutter open and confusion clouds the recesses of my brain. I blink slowly, and repeatedly.What…. What happened?My eyes travel from the blinding lights in front of me to the side to meet the face of my mate. I know he’s there.I already know he’s concerned for me because I can feel that concern. I feel it like it’s my own and when I meet Roman’s icy blue eyes, my head clears for a second.Weren’t we in front of the Alpha Council a second ago? Panic flares in me and iI bolt up immediately. Stars dance behind my closed eyelids and my vision tilts. It’s like someone turned the world upside down and my hea…Roman’s hand on my shoulder stills me. The world stops and all that panic melts away.My mate pulls me to himself though I can barely make any sense of this situation, and he holds me like that for a while. He whispers words against my ears and he tells me “Breathe, Scarlett.”My heart sends
Roman's pov. “We’re going to let you keep the female and her child.” Scarlett is inconsolable. Erasmus and the other elders of the high council stare at me from their seats with rock-hard faces. There’s not a shred of pity in their eyes. This is how our world is. They were exceptional Alphas in their prime, and now that they’ve grown old they sit at the pinnacle of power. Elders of the Alpha council, and the final voices on what happens in my life and in the life of my mate. “What changed?” I feel my father’s aura prickle me lightly as he stills but Fenrir snarls and rage burns in my heart. Slow and steady. I raise my eyes to look at them, each face aged and weathered face but still brimming with the youth werewolf genes and biology grant them. I stare each elder of the council down, and I ask the question I’ve wanted to ask since they began beating my mate down with their snide laidback remarks. “Was the council really going to order me to return my mate and child to a man
Scarlett's pov.Roman bursts into the room and his scent grounds me in a way I’ve never felt before. Tears are still streaming down my cheeks.My hand still trembles as I cradle my daughter to my chest and there are half a million things I can think to do at this moment, yet I can’t do any of them. I hold Maya so close to me I feel I might be squishing her a bit, then she grumbles in that way of hers…. Like a disgruntled little cat and she murmurs into the crook of my neck.“You’re squishing me like a marshmallow, mummy.”I laugh.The laughter bubbles up right from my heart and it forces more tears out of my eyes, but my baby’s okay. My baby’s fine and hells…“Are you okay, Maya?”Roman crouches and speaks so softly to her I have to stifle my sobs just so I can watch them interact. Maya peeks up to look at him and she gives a small shrug in my arms.“I’m a bit hungry, but I’m fine.”My heart melts when Roman reaches out to cup the curve of her cheek in his palm, and Maya leans into hi