He wasn't surprised at the fast healing, or even at the supreme strength in his body today, knowing that it is all because of his intimacy with her. His mate.Even without the mating rituals binding them together as one forever, his body and soul know that she is the one.But, he felt guilty about the bruises he'd seen on her own body in the light of the day. He'd been too rough with her. Rough, and insatiable.He never got enough of her, no matter how much he'd tried. No matter how much he'd taken, his hunger for her only grew. He'd wanted her badly. Even now, he still wanted her.The mountain lion bared its teeth inside him, letting out another angry growl. That part of him did not partake in the sexual intimacy, Wolfaraine knows he has to do something to calm the cougar's turbulent anger and rage, so it doesn't start affecting him physically.A knock came at the door, interrupting his thoughts."Come in."He heard the door open and close. The scent of the leopard alpha filled the
"Oh, I'm the Alpha King's packmate, I'm a werewolf. My family has worked for the royal family for centuries.""Really? So, you've known him since he was a child?" She asked curiously."Since he was a young lad, yes." She agreed, "He is a great leader to us all. He really did surpass every other leader our land has ever had. Who would have thought that he'll be so magnificent? After everything he'd been through we were all so scared that he'll lose his sanity like his sis—" she cut off suddenly and bit her lips sadly when she realized she'd said too much.Ismena knew what the older woman was going to say. It reminded her of everything he'd poured out to her the night before as she dressed his wounds. The thought of Nalaila saddened her greatly.For a few seconds, sadness welled in the air between them. Then, Mirian brightened again, "I know you crave to use the bathroom, come on before your water gets cold."Ismena's cheeks reddened. Holy sanitary pad, how was she going to inform this
Ismena arrived home to see a restless Eline wringing her hands together so nervously while pacing the sitting room. Immediately, she opened the door and walked through, the Cougar sentinel was already hurrying towards her."Ismena, I was worried sick about you! Especially when the morning blended into noon, and now it's early evening. Where have you been and what have you been doing!? You got me so worried!" The woman cried, checking her out frantically as if she were looking for a physical wound."I'm fine, I'm fine. You do sound so worried." Ismena admitted as she walked gingerly to the nearest cushion and lowered herself gently to it. "You were there the night before when he took me away. You shouldn't be so worried.""I wouldn't be if I saw you earlier in the day. Not that I expected the Alpha King to kill his own mate no matter how much he hates your kind, but I couldn't get it out of my mind how angry he was when he took you away."Ismena couldn't fault her friend because she re
UNKNOWN LABORATORY IN AMERICADr. Beloca was still waiting to hear from Simon and his team whom he sent to go and bring The Successful and her child to him. He hasn't gotten any more calls from Simon but he was waiting.Staring at the pearls of the diamond ring in front of him, he wondered if he should have given the ring to Simon to aid him in finding The Successful faster. In the hands of the Wolf Hunters and the scientists, the ring glows whenever a changeling is near which helps them to locate that changeling and attack. The ring is that powerful in their hands, which is why they have wanted it for decades since the first time they got to know about it. It also glows whenever anyone who has had a special connection with the changelings is near, like any sexual partner they've been with here in the states. So, they can question that person until she gives off the location of that changeling.It has been eighteen years but surely the ring will glow when it's within the vicinity of
Wolfaraine got back from the council meeting in the evening, with Degar walking beside him. He didn't go straight to his bedroom, instead, he stopped by Alphose's bedroom.The Cougar Alpha was awake and sitting on his bed. A smile crossed his features as he saw the Alpha King walk into the bedroom. "Alpha King..." He bowed his head in greeting. Then, he acknowledged the Leopard Alpha with a wave of his bandaged arm."What are you doing up, Alphose? You should be getting some rest so that your recovery will be swift and without delay." The Alpha King has underlying concern visible behind the cool expression he was wearing. That, and exhaustion."I have been resting all day. I just had dinner now." Alphose looked down at himself, "I think I'm recovering as fast as I can.""All thanks to Eline. You have a good friend there, Cougar Alpha.""I know, right?" Alphose grinned, "I am most grateful to her. Although she was looking quite worried this morning. I think she believes that she has d
"I have no idea where that place is, Dr. Beloca. Does this...Facility has any business with NAALC? What is it that cannot wait until work hours?" Better to play dumb, Cronus thought."We have no business with NAALC but I believe we have a business with you. A business that is of interest to the both of us and will benefit us both, greatly."No way. He barely got out of his involvement with them almost twenty years ago, it was a narrow escape. He is NOT getting involved again."I have no idea what this business is about, Doc. Now, if you will excuse me..." He proceeded to pull the cell phone away from his ear."Dr. Angor told me all about you. How you helped us capture Number 6.""Well, you were not able to keep him, were you?" He snarled, "Instead, he escaped, killed all of you, and burned your biggest laboratory to the ground.""His escape was a...mistake that was unforeseen. This time around we prepared a more soothing cage for him made with rhodium and morgan silver. He will not be
Ismena came out of the bathroom feeling refreshed. It's her first-day learning how to fight from Eline and she'll have to admit that it's completely different from the self-defense classes she took."I'll turn into a monkey at this rate." She'd blurted out to Eline when the cougar woman seemed hell-bent on teaching her how to climb tall trees.According to Eline, it's the first defense she as a human should learn when faced with an unexpected attack from Wild Ones. Now, her arms hurt but she was excited. She'd learned.She heard the sitting room door open and heard Eline's almost inaudible footsteps as she walked in. "I thought you already went to the border?" She'd told her that she has a duty post there today. "I forgot my babies" Eline called out. Followed by the stroking sound of daggers in the air.Ismena rolled her eyes and proceeded to put on lotion on her body. "Don't forget to drink the potion I dropped on top of your table. It'll help your arm!" Eline called out again bef
An hour later, they were on their way back from the evening walk when he swiveled his head to the side and announced, "I am going to your world."The words, so unexpected, took Ismena aback. "You are? When? ""Tonight. The jet is ready. " He walked steadily beside her. "I have an important business to take care of."Ismena's spirit, which had remained lifted all evening, suddenly fell. Her smile dimmed. "Oh... Okay."I do not know how long the business will take to be finalized, but I do not have the intention of staying there for a long time. I have to be back before Nalaila finds out that I am not in Naturiah. " A sad look crossed his features."How does she know?" She asked, baffled. Ismena knows that Nalaila has been trapped in wolf-form for eighteen years now."She feels it. She is my sister after all. " He started as if it answered all. Maybe it does.Ismena was doing her best to contain her own sadness. He's going away with no definite time of return."Can I come with?" She blu
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