"Eline said, she'll be back from work before noon so that all of us can go out and get some fresh air together." Sandra reminded her best friend as she paced the floor restlessly."Well, I'm tired of being indoors, I wanna go out for chrissake," Ismena grumbled."You mean the same 'out' you went and was chased by a big Cougar who happened to be a child of barely twelve years old, right?" Eline's eye arched up as she mocked her friend.Ismena stopped pacing and glared at her friend. "I see that you and Eline have been talking huh?"Sandra grinned, "What's a girl supposed to do? You've been carrying your big, cranky ass around the house for the past few days, it's so hard to have a reasonable conversation with you."Unable to say anything about that, Ismena pursed her lips and continued pacing. She HAS been cranky, she admitted to herself inwardly and it's for no other reason than the fact that she misses Wolfaraine badly. It's been two weeks and two days. She misses him too damn much,
"Miss I-have-more-balls-than-Ismena, I kept wondering what happened to your big, hairy balls after Alphose changed to his animal form." Another burst of laughter followed. Then, "Let me guess, damned things disappeared right?"Sandra threw her hands up, "How was I to know that we weren't all joking right then? How was I to know that he would morph into a lion!? Not just a lion, but one so huge!?""Uh-huh, so you took the coward way out and said bye-bye to consciousness huh? Very brave and ball-sy of you." Tears were starting to gather in her eyes because of how hard she was laughing."You, Ismena Cranes, are having so much fun with this, aren't you?" Sandra narrowed her eyes suspiciously, "Tell me, Mena, how did you react when you found out that I was right after all, and changelings does exist?"Ismena has no plans to ever answer that question. "Trust me, I didn't boast of being all brave and ball-sy, and I most definitely did not faint."Sandra exhaled loudly, "God, you're never gon
Ismena's heart skittered to a stop, stalled, and ran away from her chest. Is this a dream?She blinked, hard. Her heart pounded in her chest as she opened her eyes again, half expecting the man standing a few miles away from her to disappear.He didn't. "W-Wolfaraine...?" She called breathlessly, uncertainly."You look like you have seen a ghost, Ismena." He drawled, his eyes running lazily over her body.Even from the three-hundred feet's distance between them, she still felt the effects of his eyes running through her body. Her belly fluttered, her heartbeat quickened, and her nipples hardened, which told her more than anything that he is real. He is back.A small smile played around his lips, "I never thought it was ever possible to see you tongue-tied. You missed me that much?" Satisfaction coursed through him.Then, he began covering the distance between them. That was when Ismena noticed the slight change in his regal stride."Oh my God, you're hurt..!" She gasped. Before he co
"Yes." It wasn't a question but he answered anyway. "I am too weak now, Ismena. If I engage in that battle of will with that other half of mine, I will lose. I will not risk you that way." He'd come here with every intention to have sex with her again. To heal his injuries but now that he was faced with her, her willingness, and the opportunity, he couldn't help thinking about the risks. The possible consequences of what will happen if the cougar manages to take over. He was not willing to risk her life in such a way, wolfaraine realized then.In that instant, he realized how deeply he was starting to care for this small woman lying underneath him, willing to make any sacrifices that'll save his life.Ismena's head was working; hard, fast, and desperate. A thought came through..."My mouth. I'll use my mouth. I've done it before; giving you pleasure with my mouth and it worked perfectly." She suggested, hopefully.He thought about it, "That will be good, Ismena. But, in this conditi
When Wolfaraine heard Eline's hurried footsteps recede, he leaned down and began kissing Ismena again. He ran his fingers down her arm, her breasts, her belly.His thrusts increased, and so did her moans. Ismena felt feverish under him, feeling every single hard stroke of his hips in every part of her body. A large hand settled on her ass, he caressed and pressed it, then he held her ass up to meet every single thrust of his dick inside her.He pinned her there with the weight of his body. The rasping of clothes, the quick rush of their breathing mixed with the sound of the wind and the chirpings of birds. The slap of skin against skin.His body thrust into hers fiercely, his mouth hard, insistent, on her parted lips as he felt the spiral of pleasure build like gas-ignited flames. "Wolfe..." She tore her lips away from his and cried out. A shiver ran down her body.His mouth found hers again, opened, and bit at her while the rhythm curled her hips up into his with heated passion. He
Back in Eline's house, she dropped Sandra on top of the couch, stepped back, crossed her arms, and looked at her like she was a case study.Sandra was sulking like a child. She glared at Eline, "For a moment there I forgot you ain't human. You had to carry me like that!?""You wanted to put us in trouble, Sandra." Eline replied, "Next time, please try to do everything I say especially when we are outside. This is Naturiah. Although our people are good, friendly, and peaceful most of the time, some of us do not like humans that much. That makes it dangerous for you."She took a deep breath and continued, "Since you are under my care, I want you to try and listen to me when we are outside. Try to trust me. If I say we run, you start running immediately. Questions to be asked later. Do you understand?"Sandra has been in Naturiah for a week and in that duration of time, she has learned more than a few things about these people. She learned through Ismena that Eline is one of the elite so
Ismena noticed that his breathing was still uneven and his eyes were still closed. Physically, he does not look like there's anything wrong, but something felt wrong to her."Are you alright?" She asked, concerned.He did not say anything for a few seconds, which intensified what she felt. She rose from the cushions of his arm and looked at him carefully. "Is it the poisoned wounds?" Her eyes went to his pant-covered leg."Yes," he admitted, "The two bullet wounds are trying to heal themselves, but they are deep, infected wounds which makes it hard." A pause, "With every attempt at skin rejuvenation, it hurts. Badly.""Oh, my God. Does it mean it's not gonna heal?" The realization that he was in pain filled her with sadness.For the first time since he stepped into the woods, he smelled the river several miles away from them. His enhanced senses are returning, and his eyes have become clearer too."It will. Just slower and more painful than usual." He replied at last in a calm voice,
It soothed him to know that even though all clans have their difference—and might even be in disagreement with each other once in a while—that there was still a good level of oneness, peace, and togetherness amongst them whenever they come together for a meeting.He proceeded to reassure every one of them that he was fine and there was no damage done by the Wolfhunters, so they should let go of all their anger. Of course, they argued that there was indeed damage; referring to the rhodium wounds on his left leg."Not only that, the wounds got infected from a lack of treatment, which makes it all worse," Adanel spoke for the first time.Series of shocked gasps filled the air, this time, including Alpha Degar's. He did not know about the infection. None of them did.Noises rose in the air again and they all began raging all over again.Wolfaraine looked at Adanel wordlessly and without surprise, but warily too.Of course, the male would pick up on the infection because Adanel was also a
When the full moon eventually came, screams from two women in two different parts of Naturiah were particularly high in the air because two couples were getting mated. One from the Cougar Clan, the other from the Heart of Naturiah.In the Cougar Clan, Alphose held his woman close as he gave her all that was him. She has never taken all his forms before, but tonight she was going to before the mating ritual is performed. Her sweaty body shook under his, and he could smell her fear too. He whispered words of love and encouragement to her ears as he filled her body from behind yet again and began thrusting again.They were in their bedroom, kneeling on the floor with Kassandra's upper body lying on the bed and Alphose's own blanketing hers from behind. They've been at it all night. She has lost count of how many times she has released. At this rate, her soul was going to leave her body. Alphose was the best lover she'd ever been with—hell, even the word 'best' does not do him justice. G
"I love you too, baby." He rose with her in his arms, withdrew a gold ring from his pocket, and slipped it into her ring finger. "It's so beautiful..." She cried, staring reverently at the sparkling jewelry. "It looks so good on you," he whispered to her. That night, they made passionate love together. As always he took his time arousing her body, touching her everywhere until she begged him desperately to join them intimately before he proceeded to do just that. They created the perfect rhythm together, moving sensuously and whispering words of love to each other. Wolfaraine took his time making her go wild in pleasure in his arms, he savored the cries, the litany, the sounds he drew from her as they pleasured each other for hours. Afterward, they lay together, sated and happy. He caressed her belly, cradling their child as Ismena burrowed closer to him. "I'm so glad that it was my father that helped us escape. We were victorious because of him." She played with the soft hairs
The next day, Onaries was publicly executed in the square at the Heart Of Naturiah, before the people. Crowds gathered to watch it and it gave them great satisfaction to see the shame, the humiliation on the psycho's face before he was beheaded. To Onaries, it was the worst punishment. He should have killed himself when the lab was invaded—it was better to die in battle than to be killed by public execution where the people get to laugh at him, spit on his face and call him names. He'd been tortured for days by his own Head Sentinel, Rodarh who took great pleasure from the act. He tortured Onaries until he lost his pride and begged to be killed. But Onaries, that monster, had denied him. Until today when he was publicly executed. As for the human doctor, Beloca; Alphose, and Degar had taken turns beating the man up, they carved his skin out of his own body, his screams like music to their eyes. They tortured Beloca to an extent that he stopped breathing several times, but they did
"Nothing, Miss Kassandra; I only forced your dormant hormones to come alive. My 'attempted claim' on you forced your body to wake and take on your mate's scent." He smiled a little, "Now, you practically stink of him." Sandra doesn't understand. "Him?" She asked, confused. "The Steele trying to break down that door, ma'am. You are his mate. There was a time you were very sick, right? To the extent you thought you might die, right?" Sandra doesn't need to think hard about that. "Yes, when I was very young, I suffered pneumonia." He nodded knowingly, "Whatever drugs humans used to cure you suppressed your hormones that made you a potential mate. So deeply suppressed that they wouldn't have stirred if you hadn't met your lifemate, my twin brother, and I wouldn't have been able to awake them if I didn't push as hard as I did. I'm sorry for hurting you, lass." The man wasn't as bad as she thought he was, Sandra thought, and some of her fears dissolved. Instead, joy began spreading thr
When Ismena heard the news about Alphose and Kassandra, she left the Tower and went back to Eline's house to be with her best friend. Sandra cried on her shoulders, dreading every hour that passed, every ticking of the clock because it was a reminder that Josiah was already on his way to Naturiah to claim her. She told Ismena that she didn't wanna do it. She just wants to go back to the human world. It's better to go home to live the rest of her life alone than to be with a man who isn't her Alphose. Although it killed Ismena to do it, she talked her out of it. How will she live the rest of her life knowing that she could have met her soulmate? She could have been with him, but she gave up on it? She talked her into giving Josiah a chance. After all, who knows? It might be the best decision she has ever made in her life, right? The Alpha King, on the other hand, could only pat his best friend's shoulder, commending him for doing the right thing even when the 'right thing' hurts. B
He smiled, "She is. Do you remember all your time together with her?""Oh yes. She is my best friend.""She will be so happy to hear that. It'll probably make her cry. She thinks of you that way too. Maybe even more.""I want her to stay with us forever. You're going to mate her, right?" "Yes, I will. If she will have me." Wolfaraine stated matter-of-factly. He has no doubt anymore. He wants to spend the rest of his life with Ismena. In fact, he cannot imagine his future without her in it."I'm glad. I hope she will have you, too. We will be one big family. She is so brave. She's everything you need in a mate. She always came by my room, all the time, no matter how scared she was. She came every day. I knew you two fought when she didn't come by for a few days. I was mad at you because you let her go.""Is that way you growled whenever I came close? I thought perhaps you hated me.""I never. I was just mad at you, madder, because I couldn't tell you how I felt. I'm happy you two sort
He walked into the room, quietly closing the door behind him, and took a few minutes to just stand there and watch them. The two most important women in his life. He felt lighter and refreshed, his heart filled with happiness like he'd never known before. How his life has changed in the past few months. He'd resigned himself to a bland life filled with guilt, sadness, and loneliness, never taking a mate, never having a child of his own, and living day by day with the fear of not knowing when he would lose his sister forever. But Ismena came into his life and changed it forever.He'd felt more in the past six months than he has in almost twenty years. The past no longer fills him with rage and sadness, his cougar wasn't as rough and out-of-control as before. He has a mate who is so highly compatible with him, his child is growing in her belly, and his sister, who he thought was lost forever was back to him again.Complete. He feels complete."What are you thinking so hard about?" Ism
Gasps of disbelief filled the air. The people were shocked and excited. They found it hard to believe that their King's sister—someone who they'd all given up on—would take her mortal form again after all these years. Murmurs rose in the crowd, bits and pieces of them could be heard audibly."Did you see that—" A voice said."What just happened!?" Another added."She took her mortal form again...!" "Bless the Lord!""May the deities be praised...!""Did you see that too?""...thought it'll never happen for her.""It's been eighteen years."Wolfaraine Daminor Throne stood frozen. He glanced down at the small, pale, feminine hand in his larger one. His eyes trailed from her hand to her arm, up to her shoulder, her neck, and her teary face. His throat constricted at the sight in front of him.She was more beautiful than the distorted image his mind had desperately held onto all these years. His sister was ten the last time he saw her face. His eyes watered as he gazed into eyes as blue
All the leading Alphas of Naturiah were there, the sentinels, the Betas, the Omegas, the houseworkers. He could see Eline, Mirian, and Kassandra too, even the Alphas that fought with him in the human world earlier in the day. They were all gathered there. They rose and greeted him respectfully when he walked through the door with his mate in his arm.Then they were crowding him. The joy and relief on their faces, filled his heart with love for his people. The females had tears in their eyes as they came really close to him. Some were hugging him, while the others were kneeling at his feet—a gesture of welcome and respect. They were all careful not to press tightly against him because of the woman in his arms. Ismena wiggled a bit, a sign that she wanted to be on her own feet, but Wolfaraine glanced at her and shook his head slightly."Please, I'll be careful, and I'll be right here by your side." she pleaded, a hint of her smile on her face. She knows how badly his people wanted to g