Kirsch's POV
Cerberus almost lost it at the horrible accusation.
I doubted that man cared about Willa's safety at all. Willa was clearly hugging Cerberus and was NOT showing a sign of being forced of any kind. He said that purely to irritate and test whether Cerberus's mind was mad enough to lose control at a false accusation.
[Cerberus! I don't want to lose you! I'll die if I do!] Willa almost burst into tears at Cerberus's frantic roar, [Take control of your temper for me, please!]
Cerberus's body stiffened, but in the end, he loosened up into a defensive position without carrying out the attack!
[They are here just to investigate, not carrying out a sentence. They would have attacked me with more lethal force if they have any evidence against Cerberus.] I told Willa with a bit of relief. At least Cerberus wasn't losing it at this moment.
[But now they have already seen him, what do we do?!] Willa's arms were shivering in fear.
[It proves nothing so long as Cerberus doesn't go in rage. I can deal with them so long as they don't get direct evidence that Cerberus is a mad rogue that poses dander to others.] I said, panting. Full speed run burns energy fast.
[Okay...] Willa nodded with her eyes closed and took a deep breath to calm herself, and Cerberus rubbed his head against her, trying to give comfort.
"Wolf, shift and talk to us." The man demanded, staring at Cerberus.
Waves of anger washed through me -- it was Cerberus's anger coming through the mindlink. He was THE Alpha and there was no way he could tolerate such insult.
"How dare you talk to an Alpha like that, dog?!" Willa stepped up and burst out at that man with a rage that I had never seen her show before, "He is Taran Evernight, Alpha of the Gemini Crescent Pack. Apologize now, low life!"
I didn't understand why Willa went out and insulted him at first until --
"How dare you, wolfless?!" The man frowned with an icy tone as he took a step forward threateningly.
"What? You insulted my Alpha first! I'm just returning the favor and that gets you riled up? You are not a mad wolf, are you?" Willa curved her lips, grinning evilly, and the man's eyes dimmed at the realization that Willa exposed his little trick.
Cerberus smirked and loosened up, watching Willa taunt that man.
"Who are you, little girl?" The man fixed his eyes on Willa.
"Willa Welsh, just a wolfless under Alpha Taran," Willa shrugged and stood beside Cerberus but not in front of him, "You should give your own name first when you require one, especially when you are stepping on a territory that doesn't belong to you."
The man pursed his lips in anger, but instead of bursting out at Willa, he glanced at Cerberus sullenly before he nodded: "My apology. I'm Derek, special agent of the Treaty, and I came here to investigate a matter involving the mad rogue beside you--"
"Who are you calling a mad rogue?!" Willa cut him off coldly.
"I'm sorry, an allegedly, mad rogue." Derek corrected himself quickly this time.
"Thanks for the effort to look into this for our people, special agent Derek," Willa nodded, queen-like, "Like I said, this is Alpha Taran, our previous Alpha before Alpha Kirsch. He's not a mad rogue, and certainly not the target you are looking for."
"Of course. But he seems to be at the summit of his power," Derek bowed with his vicious eyes locked on Cerberus, to which Cerberus responded with a grunt, "May I ask how he lost his title, with all due respect?"
"You have a funny way of showing respect, agent Derek." Willa frowned in displease, "He didn't 'lose' anything. He gave the title to Alpha Kirsch simply because he doesn't see the trivial matters of running a pack as the goal of his life, but it doesn't mean that he takes light of his people, or insults from a low rank like you."
Derek was fuming angry at this point, but making a move at Willa was the stupidest move he could take at this moment -- a moment before he could prove it reasonable to attack a legit Alpha.
The more furious Derek was, the happier Cerberus became.
He was enjoying watching Willa taunt Derek, and if she ever gets too far, he knew he could solve any possible attack in her way so he no longer cared what Derek had to throw at him.
She found the best strategy to keep Cerberus calm.
"Am I speaking to the previous Luna of the Gemini Crescent?" Derek suddenly changed a subject, fixing his eyes on Willa.
"You have got eyes. I don't bear a mate mark on me, do I?" Willa shrugged it off. She saw through Derek right away -- he wanted to make a fuss about Taran's mate mark. It stings our beasts the most.
"So does the Alpha speak for himself, or do I have to endure the filthy mouth of one of his whores from now on?" Derek asked with a vicious smirk, checking Willa from head to toe in a disrespectful way.
[Die!] Cerberus burst out a roar without even realizing Derek couldn't hear his words.
Derek saw through Cerberus's special attention toward Willa and he shifted his attack to her, successfully riling Cerberus up! He not only tried to irritate Cerberus by insulting Willa, but also dared him to talk. He couldn't--
Mad rogues couldn't talk smoothly. Their grammar falls apart. That was common sense.
[Alpha! Don't listen to him--] I blurted nervously as I felt his burning anger through the mindlink, but right at that moment--
Willa chuckled.
"Not that you got it right, but I'd LOVE to get under my Alpha if I was ever so lucky." Willa caressed Cerberus's ear lazily with a naughty grin. She circled his ear tip with her finger tauntingly and that was luring away all Cerberus's attention, extinguishing his fury instantly.
Derek and his wolves stared at Willa with their jaws dropped to the ground --
No one touches an Alpha's ear in such a taunting way. Willa denied Derek's sexual offense, but at the same time proved that her relationship with our Alpha was beyond intimate. It was such a brilliant retort that it hit Derek speechless.
I had always admired how Willa could deal with ill intentions thrown at her with elegancy easily.
"You--you..." Derek repeated that word several times, not able to form a full sentence.
"What? Cat got your tongue?" Willa giggled at Derek's stammer, and her bright and condescending smile sucked away my soul, "You need a lesson or two on how you are supposed to talk, agent Derek. I suggest you mind your tongue in case you lose it for real when you mess up with the wrong people next time."
"How dare you talk to me like that?!" Derek burst out, losing his cool and hypocrisy with his finger pointed at Willa, shaking.
"I dare," With an evil smirk, Willa's eyes moved from Cerberus's ear to Derek lazily, "Because I'm the Alpha's exclusive little whore. So I get to step on low ranks like you simply because MY Alpha indulges me. Got a problem with that?"
Kirsch's POV I got to Willa within twenty minutes. Though I honestly wasn't sure whether I was there to save Willa from Derek or Derek from Willa, because he looked like he was gonna have a stroke if I had come any later. "Alpha." I bared my neck at Cerberus as I walked past Derek when I got there. Cerberus grunted as a response, and Willa nodded at me slightly. "Alpha Kirsch!" Derek shouted with a shred of gratitude in his tone because he could finally stop talking to Willa, "This is--" "Invasion." I turned and cut him off coldly, "Since when did the Treaty start sending troops into a pack without even so much of a notification, let alone negotiation?" "I'm sorry." Derek apologized with a crafty tone, "We were told that a mad rogue was luring around your pack, and we merely came for the concern of your safety." They wouldn't hesitate on murdering Cerberus if they thought they had a chance to win. They would still be apologizing to me at that point when they purposely tricked me
Willa's POV Kirsch had been in his wolf form in front of me ever since we moved into the new house. Pretty sure he had been shifting on his own because I once heard him shouting on the phone in his study. We played a little by the huge pool on the first day, but then he rarely comes to play with us after that and he never eats with us anymore. In fact, he had been coming home less and less to a point where he basically just came back in the middle of the night for the bed, and would disappear before I get up. Was he mad at me? Hmph! I was mad at him, too! His lie stung and my chest hurt for days after his stupid lie! And he prisoned granny and he never even apologized for keeping secrets from me about MY life, and now he wouldn't even talk to me?! Bad Alpha! I laid sullenly on a surfing board in the calm water of the pool, pretending I was over the sea. We couldn't surf on the beach right outside the house. There were too many reefs. We had to go along the coastline for long if
Willa's POV Of all the days that Kirsch had been avoiding me, this was the day he picked to come home early?! "Kirsch." Cerberus stopped his move with a chuckle, looking at me with a silly grin. "How does he ALWAYS appear at the crucial moments! This is getting ridiculous!" I grunted in frustration. "Mark." Cerberus shrugged, licking me on my clavicle, still chuckling. Ohh...! I jerked up in bed, shocked. That was how Kirsch knew I was having fun with Cerberus?! My ears turned burning red as I realized that he had known all this time. Cerberus sat up with me and took me to sit on his lap, nipping my earlobe as my body stiffened in the awkward realization. How lucky to have a mind ignorant of "embarrassment". Kirsch knocked on the bedroom door. "Hmm, Willa?" He asked in a cautious tone, the exact tone you use when you suspect that your mate is being lured into having sex with a minor! But Cerberus was NOT his! He was mine! I wrapped the towel around me and stormed to drag open
Taran's POVYou lose the sense of time in deep sleep, eventually.But I knew it was long this time, longer than any other time that I had been in the deep sleep. That was how I knew Cerberus was really mad at me. After all, I did try to kill him.To kill me.I would have done that if it wasn't for the fact that Stone almost got Willa. I gave up control only to wake up on the new moon night, but we were too wake and we blacked out again.Cerberus woke up first. Our wolves are stronger physically, compared to our human part. And of course, he didn't wake me up.I was never so scared in deep sleep like this time because, in the past, Cerberus would knock me into deep sleep when he lost control, or was just mad at me. Not this time, this time he felt his life was threatened.I thought I would be trapped forever. At least for as long as Cerberus can before sudden death hits us.What was scarier than that, was the fact that the one thing I knew before we blacked out, was Cerberus trying to
Willa's POV"I'll take these downstairs." Kirsch cleaned up after we had dinner on the roof."Are you coming back?" I grabbed the bags out of his hand and his eyes darted to Cerberus like a startled rabbit."Of course I will! What are you thinking!" Kirsch answered with a high-pitched voice, the exact voice you use when you are caught red-handed. I squinted at him, trying to determine whether he was planning on a flee."I go with." Cerberus saw my doubt in Kirsch and took the trash over. Kirsch and I both rose our eyebrows in shock -- Cerberus never left my side since he came back to me. But I liked how he would spend time with Kirsch. After all, Kirsch was his only beta.The bond between an Alpha and his beta is a tight one, especially when he only had one.I lay on my surfing board, floating on the water. The moon was shining softly over my head, but was getting thinner every day. I used to hate that --It meant the new moon was getting closer.But not anymore. I could finally enjoy
Taran's POVWhen Scarlett opened her door to me she didn't even seem surprised."I knew you would come." Scarlett nodded at me, "I have been waiting for you.""What if I didn't wake up until her birthday?" I asked, impressed at the woman's confident look. She always seemed that she had everything in her control."The mad king can't mark Willa without you." Scarlett shrugged, "Come on in."I nodded with a defeated chuckle but I didn't move: "You have everything under control, huh?""I have to. I would do anything to protect Willa." She said condescendingly in a firm tone."I have no doubt about that." I took a step aside instead of forward, "But I didn't come alone."Kirsch came out first. But it was Willa's appearance that shocked Scarlett.Willa appeared from the corner of the house, tears falling down. For the first time, I saw a scared look on Scarlett's face when she meet Willa's watery eyes. She instantly reached her hand out, only to pause in the air and dropped soon. I noticed
Taran's POV I lied... A little. I told Kirsch to tell the truth because that would be what Willa wants, but secretly, I wanted her to know for a different reason -- I wasn't sure whether we could solve our curses -- well, curse, because the whole curse was caused by both of us. It was a curse I shared with Willa. But on this matter, I saw only two solutions-- My death...or I share my mate with Kirsch. I could feel how much Kirsch loved Willa, and how much he loved me. To be frank, I didn't mind sharing my mate with Kirsch at this point. He was more than a brother to me. Except for the fact that we looked different, we were closer than any other twins. But I didn't know whether Cerberus would be okay about it. The problem with the curse is that neither of our wolves -- Nox nor Cerberus -- could NOT comprehend the fact that they are one with our human part. In the past, this caused Nox's human part, in the most recent case, Scarlett, to fall in love with her Alpha when her wolf, N
Willa's POV Kirsch's outburst scared us all. "Tell us!" I urged him. It should be a crime to torture people with suspense! "You said the mad king gets madder because of the constant pain of feeling the strongest mate bond, but not being able to find his mate, right?" Kirsch shouted with a frantic light shining in his eyes, "So what's so special about Cerberus?" Really?! Q&A now?! "Taran is gentle and caring--" "Nooo! He already has that and pushed the shift later to his 15th birthday! What else?!" Kirsch waved his hand. "Hating this! Just tell me!" I pouted and Kirsch chuckled-- "What does he feel on a new moon?" Kirsch ignored me and asked Taran. I turned around and found that Taran was actually in deep thought, thinking about his question seriously! "He feels a weird pull through a mysterious fog..." Taran muttered, more like to himself. "Cerberus knew what a mate pull feels like, he claimed Willa when he found her, due to Nox in Willa, no doubt," Kirsch bubbled excitedly,
Kirsch's POVI really thought Stone would make at least SOME suspicous move when he comes over, but he didn't.All he did, he did right in front of my eyes, at his invitation. I knew he was trying to gaining my trust by asking me to participate in everything, but something felt off, and I couldn't quite pin it.The most frustrating part was, I couldn't catch him with anything when it felt like it was right in front of my eyes."Ready for our date, Alpha Kirsch?" Stone was still in his human form when I came out in my wolf form. He would try to stay as long as he could in his human form whenever he was over in the pack, and I talked about that with Rudy, we both agreed that Stone was trying to lower our guard by showing up harmless, which was the most dangerous disguise.I wasn't falling for that.And the most annoying part, was his constant effort on starting a conversation."I proposed that we go North today because of the recent event." Stone walked by my side and Rudy started runni
Taran's POVDays passed, but everything seemed fine.Kirsch kept a regular daily report, but mostly about how Stone sent over people for some non-important spots on patrol, and Kirsch has sent men over, too. Every time Stone came over to our pack, he would inform Kirsch, and do a regular patrol together with Kirsch. As much as Kirsch hated it, it was better that Stone was kept under his nose.I know I'm not imagining it that Willa, or should I say, Nox, had been less happy ever since Kirsch left. Though I kept her company -- or rather -- she wouldn't let me go anywhere without her attached on my waist, there was always this gloomy cloud in her eyes that no amount of ice cream could chase away.Yep, ice cream.Lived a thousand lives in misery, ice cream has become the dark goddess's one solace that she can face without guilt.I feel like she felt guilty toward me, and I don't know why.All I knew was, I was able to get the magic about draining one's blood out of her that day, and even
Kirsch's POVIt wasn't like Stone would make his move right there at the Treaty.Taran and Willa hurried back in a couple of hours, at which time Stone already left the Treaty."So we have the time all to ourselves now?!" Willa cheered, bouncing on the bed at that news, "Great!"Leaning on the door frame, Taran shot Willa a weird look hearing that, but he didn't put in a comment."It can't be good that Stone chose to work with me," I frowned in deep thought. There is a mountain between our packs, and now we have to share the patrol duty, we have to exchange people, "I'll head back first. You guys can stay here and enjoy the vacation."I don't know how to trust anyone Stone might send."We need to stay together," Taran suddenly said, his eyes on the floor with his arms folded in front of him, "we don't know what Stone is up to, but if there is anything he desires from us, it's within the three of us.""But I don't want to go yet..." Willa pouted, begging Taran, "Please, please? I have
Kirsch's POV"So you are telling me, he's actually part of the Treaty now?!" I turned to Powell with disbelief. The first thing I saw after I went into the meeting room, I couldn't believe --It was Stone, sitting in the second chair to the chairman of the Treaty.And something was different about him -- something besides the fact that he got a whole new arm.Turning his ring in a leisurely way, Stone smirked without looking at me: "I never knew the Treaty treats Alphas so poorly.""Stone Hayes is our new thirteenth Alpha," Powell turned to me with a sullen look, "pay some due respect, Kirsch."I frowned at Powell: "Well, you have changed! What got into you?"Not that I expected Powell to support me for our history's sake, but he had always been disapproval of Stone before this -- well, before the Treaty suddenly turned on Taran.[Don't push them too far,] Taran's voice suddenly rose in my head -- Rudy mindlinked him when we saw Stone there in the room, [I'm afraid Powell is no longer
Kirsch's POVI wanted to stay on the sofa -- actually, I wanted to die on the sofa. There was nothing that could ever lure me more than sex with both of my mates.Taran pulled out first.He handed the drunk, melted kitten over to me with a soft voice: "Take her to bed, will you? I'll go fetch some clean towels."Willa let out a protesting whimper when Taran was no longer inside her, but there was zero energy left in her to do anything more than that.I pulled her close, supporting her body with my hands under her thighs as I walked over to the bed."Owww..." Willa moaned faintly with a mild smile, liking the little tingles my cock spread inside her with the movement."Greedy little kitten," I mumbled with a chuckle, leaving kisses on her lips and chin and neck after I put her onto the bed before I pulled out slowly.She dragged me on my shoulder and pulled me into bed with her before she snuggled into my arms and closed her eyes with a naughty smile."I REALLY have to attend the meeti
Kirsch's POV I didn't even know when Taran stopped, just so he wouldn't distract her, but I surely felt it when he started again-- Without even giving her time to answer Rudy, Taran rammed into her, making her gasp in the sudden pleasure, and she took our lips into a firey kiss as she moved over our tip. Rudy let go of her hand and gave me control. [What was that--] I started, struggling between the waves of tingles spreading over my body. [You have a more urgent problem at hand,] Rudy nudged me with a grin, [make her happy or I will!] I believe I stopped paying attention to him halfway through his nagging. Taran let go of Willa, leaving her firm breasts pressed against me, and I felt like they were two balls of fire, burning my skin in the most amazing way. He had one leg knelt on the sofa and bent down with her, helping her sit down on me and getting my cock all the way into her to the deepest. The huge pleasure took away my breath. Willa let out a little whimper with her le
Kirsch It was like my heart inflated before exploded when that word rolled off Willa's tongue, and my head was totally blank during that fierce kiss. I almost wish I could die at that moment so the kiss would never end. I felt bad stealing Willa from Taran, but I couldn't help accepting Willa's teasing when she showed interest in me. She was like a poison with the most delicious flavor, and knowing it would kill me I devoured her still every time I got the chance. But until now, it was only teasing-- She would jump on me and lick my collarbone, sending tingles that make me tremble, but never had her lips land on mine; she would press herself against me and giggle, but mostly it was only when she wanted stuff FROM me, unlike now when her eyes were sinking into mine with pure desire as if all she wanted was me. And that was the poison I could never escape. "Mate!" I responded when my lips finally found a gasp of freedom before I took her into my chest and kneaded as if we could beco
Taran's POVI cut off the mindlink with Kirsch, and instantly--[We can wake Willa up,] Cerberus huffed in a hurtful tone. He noticed not a moment later than I did.He was in pain. It physically hurt us to know that our mates are suffering, and Cerberus knew the pain of being kept in deep sleep more than anyone --Well, anyone but Nox.[She can put Willa into deep sleep once, she can do it again,] I suppressed the bitter sting in my chest to comfort my wolf, [we have to solve this properly without hurt to either of them. They are one, Cerberus.][She needs the other mate mark,] Cerberus kept his calm, it was so much easier to talk to him right now, [but I doubt she would mark anyone if she couldn't even mark Kirsch.][She couldn't mark Kirsch because her human part was in deep sleep,] I watched Cerberus carefully -- I know the jealousy I have been feeling was half from him, [Nox loves Kirsch. She can't fight the mate pull.][So
Taran's POV "Powell, good to see you again," I reached out my hand to Powell when Willa and Kirsch both turned their heads away when they saw Powell greeting us at the gate of the Treaty. "The same!" Powell grabbed my hand gratefully, and instantly let go when Willa shot him a death stare, "I'm so glad to have you with us, Alpha Taran!" "He's not the Alpha," Willa suddenly interrupted in a cold tone, "Kirsch Murphy is our current Alpha, and we are hoping you can at least pay your due respect to little details like these." Kirsch stared at Willa in shock with his jaw on the ground before he turned to me with confusion in his eyes. Though both of them are my mates, I do taste jealousy every time Willa appears close to Kirsch, and that was when I noticed -- Willa HAD been closer to Kirsch, and it actually started since the day when she failed to mark him. I was worried that day would ruin the little closeness they had before. "I'm terribly sorry! Miss..." Powell hesitated, and oddl