The night was as beautiful as ever. Alphose walked together with Sandra, their steps unhurried, and so close to each other that they were almost touching. They'd had dinner, and then they'd stood at the edge of the cliff to enjoy the beauty of the night. Kassandra loved it, Alphose thought with a smile. She'd cushioned her mouth with her hands and screamed repeatedly, enthusiastically euphoric when her voice echoed. "What are you smiling about?" Her voice pulled him out of his thoughts, and his eyes settled on her, "I just feel that it's a beautiful night." He said, instead."I feel that way too." Her cheek widened in a grin, "You know it's funny, I've never thought of the night that way in our world.""I've been to the human world numerous times. Naturiah has the best of the night better than your world." Alphose said smugly.Kassandra snorted, "You would think that, wouldn't you?"They continued with their mild banter and small talks as they arrived at Alphose's home. Sandra has
But he didn't say anything. To her his silence confirmed her question, but at the same time, it stung. It stung hard. He's silent because you are his mate and he doesn't like it. That was why he never told you, and why he hasn't done anything about it in the six weeks you've been here. It's you and he hates the fact that it's you. There are all those slim, beautiful women out there, so why does it have to be you? You are his mate, he knows it, but he does not like it. Sandra sprang up from the chair, squeezing her eyes shut as to push those thoughts deep down where they belong. Her eyes watered, but she blinked hard again to force it away. There's no way in hades she's gonna cry. Not here, not in front of him. She started walking away, and he was right there in front of her. "Kassandra, please wait—" "Don't follow me, please, Alphose. I j-just..." Her voice cracked and she almost hated herself for it. You're not gonna cry here, dammit! She took a deep breath and tried again, "I ju
She let out a sigh of relief. But then, he lowered his tone further and whispered into her ears, "You smell so good. I want to lay you out on this table and have you for breakfast. Just the way I had you, last night. Maybe more..."He heard her breath hitch, her thighs squeezed his lap and his nostrils flared at the slightest scent of her wetness.A thud drew his attention away from her to the newcomer that just entered the dining room. Head Sentinel Rodarh's eyes went so wide that they were almost popping out of their sockets while looking at him."Mother goddess, I'm so sorry, Alpha King, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to intrude on your privacy, your housekeeper p-pointed me to this direction without i-i-informing me that you would—""It's alright, Head Sentinel. Did you bring the files I asked for?" Wolfaraine reassured him. The way the Elephant sentinel was rushing over his words and the look of utter horror on his face might make the older man pull an artery."The file?" It took h
Ismena led Wolfaraine out of the tower, towards the gates, her heart beating loudly in her chest that she could hear it like a beating drum in her ears. Her heart was in her throat, her hands cold and clammy.When they got to the gate, Wolfaraine turned towards her, his eyes regarding her carefully, "I can smell your fear, Ismena. While the predator in me is enjoying that scent, I am concerned. Is anything the matter?"Yes, I'm scared because I'm on a suicide mission! Once you leave, I will walk myself to the lion's den, hoping not to be devoured even though, there is a ninety-nine percent chance that I will be! Please, don't go! Your stay will save me from my crazy self, please don't go!Of course, she didn't say any of those things, instead, she plastered a smile on her face. "I'm just worried about you, that's all. You're chasing a psychopath who thinks it's okay to kill his own kind whenever and however he wants. It worries me that you are in harm's way."A smile ghosted his face
So, she turned back to the vegetables that needed her attention. It's best if she ignores him. Who knows? He might do her a favor and leave her alone.A pin drop could be heard in the heavy silence that followed.Then Alphose's voice filled the air, "All my life, I have always wanted a mate. I want to find the woman that was destined for me. I want to spend the rest of my life with her...I want to share my life with her and I wanted to share hers too.""The first few thoughts I had about you when I first met you was that you were easily the most attractive woman I have ever seen. So beautiful that I was entranced," A pause, "And then, for the first time in my life, the cougar took interest in a woman. That would mean that you are my lifemate. I was the happiest male in the entire world at that moment, the luckiest."Sandra turned and looked at him, tears in her eyes, but the shock was written all over her face.A sadness crossed his features then, "But then I walked closer to you and
Firstly, it all starts with a loud gasp of surprise. Then, whatever other reaction follows.That's what Ismena observed as she walked with the wolf beside her out of the tower. Okay, she didn't think well before doing this. Certainly didn't think about getting this kind of attention.Every living person in the tower came out to watch her and the white wolf as they passed—both servants and sentinels. The shock on their faces was unmistakable then for the servants, it was mostly followed by terror, but for the sentinels, it varies between concern and wariness.They got out of their way as they walked through, towards the gate. The sentinel in charge of the gate hesitated before throwing it open.Ismena walked out with her wolf companion, her palm sweaty from nerves, she wiped it again on her dress before looking around frantically for the route to take. She can certainly do with avoiding people right now, so, all this doesn't get out of hand. At the same time, she needed where people ar
A fierce battle wedged inside him to control and suppress the overwhelming sadness he'd drawn from the female. The mountain lion, the wolf, and the man were fighting it."Thank you so much," The gratitude on Tarden's face was visible for all to see. The male had tears in his eyes as he lifted his wife, cradling the sleepy woman in his arms, "Thank you so much, Alpha King.""You needn't thank me, Tarden. It's not as if I took her pain with me forever. The sorrow of her loss will always be with her, I just took the edge from her.""A very big portion of it." The male insisted, "Please, don't undermine what you just did for us, Alpha King, because we all know the magnitude of your sacrifice. I am most grateful for it."The male sniffled, "I was starting to get scared that my poor mate would never recover from this heavy loss of ours. She barely eats or sleeps, every night she soaks our pillow with her tears, I was starting to be scared that I might lose her too. It would be the end of ou
Ismena was in her happiest mood tonight. For her, it wasn't exactly a mystery how she went from being scared of her companion, to being completely relaxed and trusting, enough to play in such close proximity with the white wolf.She'd been scared of this forest and it turns out that her fear was apparently justified. The forest swarm with Wild Ones.Barely a few minutes after they'd entered, they'd been attacked by two. Ismena was very sure that she was going to die.Her clarity was instantly replaced by shock when the white wolf glided in front of her, shielding her with its body before it attacked the wild ones. Nalaila might be broken, but she was a strong survivor in every sense of the word.Indeed, this wolf is a sister to the strongest male she has ever seen in her entire life.Every fear in her had bled out of her in that moment, seeing that this wolf is truly not feral, contrary to what most people might think. This wolf does NOT see her as a threat. This wolf does NOT see her
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