Mallory´s POV.It didn’t feel right. They should have been overwhelmed with happiness to see their Alpha and Luna´s daughter appear by the gates. Instead, it looked like they had just seen a ghost and stumbled backward, shouting for us to stay put and wait right there! Outside of the massive silver gates.But if I were, to be honest with myself, it felt wrong the moment we decided to take her home. But what could I say? I saved her, and she saved me. That didn’t give me any reason to keep her, no matter what I felt about her parents.Ethan and Bear shifted their weight from one foot to another while throwing each other glances, but they never uttered a word. They didn’t have to; we all felt it; the tension. The guards had stepped several steps back, and now they were just standing there, glaring at us through the bars. Looking down, Ophelia still held my hand with a firm grip and stared straight ahead. Her soft curls bounced in the breeze, but her face was cold as stone.My heart star
Confused, I looked around. I was blinking once, twice, and then three times. Still, I struggled to wrap my head around time and place.The room was dark, not pitch-black, but dark enough for humans to struggle. Blinking once again, slow and almost rolling my eyes, my eyelids forced themselves over my dry eyes.Silver colored bars. I still saw the silver colored bars, I thought while scraping my mind for memories. But I’m not outside the gates anymore. The surface below me felt moist and cold against my cheek, but I also felt my clothes cling to my body where the moisture had soaked the fabric.Hissing sounds were breathed out through my teeth when my stiff and aching body tried sitting up. Cold all the way into the bones, and my neck was throbbing. My hand quickly went up to my neck, and my eyes scanned the area around me as memories slowly took form. What the hell happened?The metallic sound echoed through the dark room, and the growl rumbled through my raw and sore throat. Remember
"I don't care who he is!"Clark's voice roared and made the guards standing before me flinch. When we entered this massive hall, Sofa walked straight up to Clark and bent over to kiss his cheek. The cringe was real, watching Clark's Eyed dip deep down on her cleavage. Without shame, he licked his lip and hooked his index finger beneath the thin fabric. Pulling it out, giving him a full view, all in front of the People gather here, in front of us. Visitors or prisoners don’t matter; this is all in bad taste. And that should mean something coming from me!I had to watch it all through a bit of opening the guards left when they placed me behind the curtains. Hidden away in the back, two of the guards even stayed behind.While he inspected her breasts, I took the opportunity to scan the room. A couple of old warriors, some old men with long beards, and two men in black suits, white shirts, and ties. His advisors, I guess, a hand full of men sat further down, but I didn’t see them, and the
“What? Cat got your tongue now?”Sofa pressed her cheek against mine and chuckled.But I didn’t care; guilt and disbelief etched through my intestines. I wanted to be angry, but not even that could I manage right now, just gaping and staring. Blinking, hoping she would be gone the next time, I opened my eyes, but no such luck.“Isn’t she pretty? Clark has a special gift, and he loves displaying his art. Unfortunately, it has been a while since he was able to display it for all to see, so this was a golden opportunity to show how he had improved his skills since last time.”Art? Does he call this art? Her naked body was tied around the highest point of the water fountain, making some of the water pour over her face and hair and the rest of her body. There had to be some stick behind her back, or at least something, because she was displayed just like Jesus when crucified. Her hands right out to the sides, one foot over the other. The only difference was that she had not been nailed dow
" I do not have to listen to this!"Sofia's voice was a pitch too high, interrupting his harsh words and outright scolding session.Lifting her chin up, her lips pressed together to a tight line. It was apparent she felt she outranked this man but also feared him. Sofia had eventually given up batting her eyelashes, holding around herself while not so subtly pressing her breasts up. She even added the quivering pouty lip and that half-shy tilt with her head looking down to the side.It amused me to see all her attempts failed, and now her cheeks were flustered, and all the charm she tried was put away. Irritated and embarrassed, I bet she would have run away long ago I he had just turned his back on her for a second." I did my part! I even went above and beyond and did a fucking good job! "A dry "Hah!" was enough to set off her hurt ego and activate the entitled princess rant,"Hah? She is clean; believe me, every single part of that bitch is scrubbed soar! And look at her! Fucking
I had refused to let them take Ophelia, even if the old ladies swore, they would just take those dreaded clothes off and put her to bed. I could do that; just show me where. Apparently, it wasn’t that easy, and I’ve made more than one enemy in these early morning hours."Sit!"I slumped down in the little wooden chair, strangely placed in the middle of the room. But it is okay; Ophelia is sound asleep in the little room just behind me, and I’m not going anywhere while she is.With an arched brow and probably the most bored face I could muster, I watched as the red haired brute stepped aside. Walking in the door, he loosened his cape and flung it at the redhead without even glancing in his direction. He grabbed a chair and dragged it over the floor, and placed it right over me before he sat down. Without a trace of shame, I looked him over, slowly from head to toe. Rolling up his sleeves revealed several scars and tattoos. Well-trained and muscled, I’ll give him that. His chin was shav
My fingers ached my neck, shoulders, and wrists.That old hag had a loose grip on her cane, and I gritted my teeth as the thin wooden whip smacked over my neck again.“No! Back straight, shoulders leveled but relaxed. Never hunch forward, and make sure to hold your head up high but your gaze low!”She scolded, and I’ve yet to figure out how all this is possible at the same time! Head high and gaze low, I mocked in my head. I would look like an idiot looking down my nose! Not that I haven’t tried that.“Graceful, flowing! Move like a perfect lady and carry yourself with a calm and submissive attitude. A woman that knows her worth and rank knows how to present herself and her mate. “My skin burned just seconds after the swishing sound of her cane moved through the air. I swear to the goddess, if Ophelia wasn't here watching, looking worried and pained already, I would have snapped that cane in two and showed them so far up this dry witch´s ass that they peeked out her nose! “Goddess,
“Myra?” I called for her again; it had to be the hundredth time, at least. Each time I could feel her stir far in the back of my head, but still no answer. She was there, but something kept us from each other, blocking our connection. I’m not scared; I’m angry and frustrated. Not a chance in hell that spoiled brat touch me, and I’m sure as hell won’t let him mark me! I’ve had my time with a Mate; I’m not doing it again! To be so blind and naïve just because of an invisible attraction and a bite. I glared at the blue dress sparkling up the dimmed room with its mere presence hanging over the chair. It didn’t sparkle, not really, but in my eyes, it was like the light at the end of a tunnel. Only you knew this light did not represent freedom or escape; it was everything but that. I never fancied dresses, at least not in this life, but I can still remember the time I did. This was supposed to be my mateing ceremony dress, a dress for a royal Luna. Had my old Luna or mother seen this, th