lWillow ooked at Brian. "We're in."A happy, devilish growl slipped from my throat. Hycinth's head snapped to meet my gaze. I had no idea what my expression revealed, other than I was no longer trying to hide my eagerness of the challenge. Her eyes went wide as she stared at me. I licked my lips."Gentleman's choice for the shots," Brian said."Patrón," Asher answered."Same," I acknowledged.Brian turned to Ever, who purred, "Chocolate."I snorted. He had quite a sweet tooth.Brian positioned three couches, before disappearing behind the bar.I curled my finger at Hycinth, motioning for her to come over. Her eyes were still wide as she crossed the distance and laid down on the couch. She looked up at me and asked suspiciously, "What are you up to❞I blinked. "What makes you think I'm up to anything?"She tilted her head. "Because you're looking at me like I'm a tasty little rabbit."My lips curled up even more. She wasn't wrong.Brian returned before I had to answer. He handed me a s
The Taste of HimHycinth"Oh!" I sucked in a startled breath as I found myself straddling his lap on the wide seat, my hands pressed flat against his bare chest for support.Skin against skin.Tingles ran from my fingertips straight to my core, making me squirm.He groaned in appreciation and tightened his hold, one large hand gripping my hip, the other wrapped around the nape of my neck. Swirling violet and cerulean orbs stared up at me. Deep. Darkening.Under his intense stare and scrutiny, I felt incredibly alive.I was entranced, caught in the raw intensity of his gaze. The invisible force that drew us together tugged at my defenses, threatening to break down my walls and demolish my resistance. It was kinetic. Glorious and warm. It flexed, pulling us closer, refusing to be denied. A pulse of truth rippled through our connection -this beautiful male belonged to me. He was mine.For this moment, I was okay with that. I welcomed it. I embraced it. I didn't want to think about tomorr
"That's it, little shewolf, submit to me." The thoughts of his Wolf came through loud and clear. He continued the movement, angling my hips, rubbing and bumping my clit against the steel in his pants. He was building a fire inside of me. I had to have more of him...right then. I had to have him on my tongue. In my mouth. If I didn't, I might possibly die. My head snapped back up. My eyes blazed as I darted in like a venomous snake, my lips capturing his once again, my Wolf growling and snarling her intent.Our mouths met with a ferocious kiss, a mad dash frenzy that had me panting and moaning, my chest heaving. I ripped my lips away from his again, intent on getting what I wanted, and began to kiss down his bare chest, tasting and exploring freely. He tasted divine, sweet vanilla and woodsy spice, all male. My tongue flicked one of his nipples. The little nub hardened. His breath caught. I continued my downward path.He groaned and choked out, "Wait a minute."I looked up at him in c
I continued on, spending several more minutes, massaging him with my tongue and mouth.When my Wolf and I agreed we'd completely explored every inch of flesh his balls had to offer, we moved on to his ridged cock. The veins running along his length bulged. He was pink and twitching, the plump head leaking. He'd spent most of the evening hard. I suspected it wouldn't take long before he burst. Taking my time, I explored his cock with my tongue but resisted taking him inside my mouth. Instead, I trailed my tongue along every inch and twirled it around his thick head before flattening it and lavishing the underside with long, languid licks."More," he growled, his voice hoarse. His hips bucked, trying to push himself into my mouth.I smirked. His control was tenuous at best. Wrapping my lips around just the tip, I sucked softly and made eye contact again. I lifted slightly and purred, "Is this what you want?"His eyes burned even brighter, the predator barely contained beneath the surfac
Not EasyLeanderFuck. I was in heaven.Hycinth's almost completely naked body, soft and willing, cradled in my arms.She wasn't resisting the bond, and she wasn't resisting me. We'd gone from 0 to 100 tonight- from our first kiss to my tongue inside her sweet sex, to her lips wrapped around my cock. I slowly traced the crescent scar on her neck-mymark -with my tongue. My Wolf strutted in pride and adoration of our female.Hycinth arched her back, keening into me, rubbing her delectable tits against the hard expanse of my chest. I repositioned my hands around her upper rib cage, my thumbs pressing and stroking the sides of her breasts as I lifted her body, my mouth latching on to one dusky nipple. She inhaled sharply.I was merciless, licking and sucking one hardened nub before biting and flicking the other with my tongue, only to do it all over again. Going back and forth, relentlessly laving each breast with the broad side of my tongue, giving them the attention they deserved. Hycin
Eagerly, her lips found mine. The kiss was ferocious, a mad dash frenzy of biting, sucking, licking.I angled her hips so that her clit had constant stimulation, and moved her faster and harder.Stroke after stroke.Up and down.Again and again.Until we were both panting. Her spiraling, out-of-control pleasure surged through the bond with the force of a tsunami. "Leander! Oh, I..."My hips snapped in opposite force as I slid her against me. Her harsh grip on my shoulders turned into a clawing session. The scent of my blood permeated the air.Two, three more strokes.And then she was there.She let out a strangled sound as her clit twitched against the side of my cock.I erupted with a roar, my release coating her breasts and belly.I dropped my head to her neck, and sucked in deep breaths of air, trying to refill my empty lungs.Her chest heaved as she came down from her high. She shifted slightly on my lap."Shit!" I hissed. My grip on her hips tightened. I held her still, refusing
HycinthMorning dawned. And with it, a flood of memories from the night before crashed over me. Oh, no...what had I done?The vivid scenes played like a movie in my head. Leander's passionate words right before he placed his mark on my neck, a symphony of wolves celebrating Nature's course, letting go of my inhibition at the shifter bar, caught up at the moment.LaughingTouchingLovingThe realization caused guilt to ricochet through my belly. I was wrong...so wrong. What I'd done was despicable. It wasn't right, and it wasn't fair for me to lead Leander on, to give him hope that didn't exist. I'd given the bond free reign. I allowed it to make me forget my reasons for being here...and why I had to leave.I had to stop this damaging behavior. I was leaving because I couldn't be with him, but seeing him hurt, hurt me as well. I couldn't stop it. It was as Nature had decreed. And I didn't want to make that pain any more severe than it would already be. I dreaded that moment...telling h
And now, as much as I understood I shouldn't have let it go so far, I also understood it would not help his mentality for me to constantly be telling him I was going to leave. For now, we just needed to get through the next four weeks on friendly terms, and I would face our goodbye when the time came. I decided to change the subject."Did Alpha Cyril and your mother complete the ceremony?" I asked curiously.The abrupt change in his demeanor was startling. Tension rolled through his body. His spine went rigid. He let me go and backed away. I spun around to face him. "I'm sorry! You don't have to answer that."He'd lost his mother about six months before we met. Apparently, it was still a tough subject for him.He stared with darkened eyes. It was like he was staring at me but also staring through me at the same time, lost in his memories. A muscle in his jaw twitched.I waited silently, not knowing what else to say, worried I might say the wrong thing.After a long moment, he purposef
HYCINTH’S "It wasn't supposed to be like this. I was doing perfectly fine until Cade set his eyes on me. I'm really sorry for the trouble." I said, walking alongside with Leander and taking steps farther away from the warehouse. My wrists continued to ache along with the rest of my body. There was a stiffness that I needed to get rid of."It's completely fine." Leander replied. The silence and the quietness gloomed in his voice. We barely uttered any words to each other ever since he untied me from the warehouse.I glanced over at him once more, remembering the face before my eyes diverted back to the ground.I didn't know what to feel. I was certainly shocked and consumed by the idea of Leander, my mate, being present beside me after a long year of nothing. We made no contact, not a single word or a call to one and other.When I stepped out of the warehouse, I quickly recognized the location-the outskirts of the city where no one ever came. There was a dock nearby. The smell of ship
HYCINTH'S MEMORIES"Oh!" I sucked in a startled breath as I found myself straddling his lap on the wide seat, my hands pressed flat against his bare chest for support.Skin against skin.Tingles ran from my fingertips straight to my core, making me squirm.He groaned in appreciation and tightened his hold, one large hand gripping my hip, the other wrapped around the nape of my neck. Swirling violet and cerulean orbs stared up at me. Deep. Darkening.Under his intense stare and scrutiny, I felt incredibly alive.I was entranced, caught in the raw intensity of his gaze. The invisible force that drew us together tugged at my defenses, threatening to break down my walls and demolish my resistance. It was kinetic. Glorious and warm. It flexed, pulling us closer, refusing to be denied. A pulse of truth rippled through our connection -this beautiful male belonged to me. He was mine.For this moment, I was okay with that. I welcomed it. I embraced it. I didn't want to think about tomorrow-whe
HYCINTH’S POV Leander My mate.It wasn't hard to forget your mate, especially when there were cruel memories attached with them. I had seen it all with him, the good times, and the terrible times. There was nothing else I needed to see.He was a man, of my past.I let my head fall back on the ground as the men began leaving the shady warehouse. Cade simply grinned at me before departing. My pleads became useless, inaudible as soon as he recalled that he can't kill me because Leander will come for him.Shuffling with the restraints, I groaned and kicked my feet out of frustration. I still had enough time to run away before anyone could get here and find me but the only problem I had was setting myself free.Memories of Leander snapped into me like a whip, forcing me to face my past once more and open my eyes wide to see the reality. His face flashed through my head, I closed my eyes and breathed. It had been a long time since I had seen him, since I had spoken to him and since I had
I remembered screaming for a minute before my world blacked out and I lost consciousness. When I woke up, the first thing that struck me was the thick scent of death and blood. I didn't want to imagine where I was or who had taken me but there was an idea in my head.Just an hour before I was blacked out, I recalled a man I knew warning me that they were coming for me. I ignored all the flags waving in front of me and continued with my life.The Alpha of the Night shade pack Cade.He had me.I placed my hand underneath and pressed my palm against the cold, unknown ground. My eyes opened wide, but I couldn't see anything. It was pitch-black and silent as a graveyard.And my hands were tied.The ropes were digging into my wrists as I tried to break free. My hands were tied behind my back therefore every time I stood up, I fell back on the ground without any hope.A few seconds later, when I began feeling my sore legs, I quickly realized that my feet were tied together. My shoes were ta
In the middle of the morning, my phone began ringing and buzzing. I thrashed over the bed, my eyes still closed and a pain sweeping through my head. My hand stretched and reached for the phone. I wanted to silence and cut the call, but a glimpse of the unknown number at the caller ID tore the sleep right through me and forced me up.I picked up the call and heard heavy breathing on the other end for a few seconds before the man spoke up. "They are onto you." He said, giving me a warning. "Be careful."I didn't say anything but I knew the person who had called to warn me. A few more seconds passed before the call ended. I pulled the phone away from my ears. My heart thudded hard against my chest.Fuck. I groaned at myself while rubbing my forehead, hoping the throbbing would leave me for a minute.They were onto me.By saying "they" , he meant Alpha Cade of the Night shade pack. He was also among the Alpha's that worked with Dagger to bring me down. He was among the bastards that wante
HYCINTH’S POVThere was no peace.Not in this world. I had no peace and I no longer wanted it.I think I had cried for exactly six months before wiping my own tears and setting my focus on something else, my revenge. There wasn't a single day I hadn't thought about my unborn child that was viciously murdered by someone who had a grudge against me. I had mercy before but right now I didn't have that in me.I wanted that bitch."Please, please, don't kill him. He hasn't done anything to you." The naked woman nearby begged, her hands clasped together and meeting with her chest.I never looked in the direction of weakness. Not since I ran away from Leander and came here, hoping to find peace. The world ahead of me was red, full of blood, death, and an urge to kill. And I wanted to revenge for everything. Yes everything happened, l lost my unborn pup but luckily the moment I left Leander the moon goddess helped me and gave me back my wolf.Before getting it, I spent nights and days cryin
LEANDER'S POVEverything good had to come to an end.It was how the world worked. Even with all the riches and power, no one could save anyone from death. There was no such thing as immortality or giving one a life. There were two instances where I had ever cried, one was where my mother died, where I couldn't do anything to bring her back, where I felt the weakest of all, where I felt nothing could help me and the second time was when my unborn child was killed.Same feelings.Same emotions.Different people.Different deaths.One's grave was big and the other one was small. The tears were the same and the pain was the same. But I never thought I was ever going to cry for someone who was living, breathing right next to me. It took courage and a lot of strength to love someone and seeing them going through pain was worse than the pain of any death.When I held Hycinth in my arms after her surgery of abortion, I wept like a child while she struck her fists into my chest, screaming how
Every body moved away, creating a path for us as l moved quickly. I clutched Hycinth to my chest as she writhed and began to groan in pain. The guard's eyes widened as they saw Hycinth spitting up blood in my arms. “Guard around the pack, no one in , no one out , there might be a reason why she is vomiting blood”, l shouted at my beta, Ever brushing past him to run.I didn’t wait for his response.Gwen was running behind me as I raced for the pack’s infirmary. My heart was beating painfully in my chest as l pushed myself faster than I had ever moved before. “Lay her on the bed here”, Gwen gestured to the first open bed and l gingerly laid Hycinth on bed. I held her head to the side so she wouldn’t choke on the dark colored blood. “Hycinth my darling, can you hear me?”, My voice was strained as l held her face and brushed her hair back from her forehead.A cold sweat was forming on her face and she continued to spasm in pain. Somehow her cloudy eyes seemed to find me and her lips moved
I wasn't sure if Hycinth's surprised response and rapid heartbeat were related to Sydney's actions or my reference to her as my Luna. "I can only tell you what I've seen. I really do think her punishment changed her perspective, and again, we will discuss it with her to confirm exactly where she stands now, but she has held you in her lap while kissing your hair and whispering softly spoken sentiments of affection. She watched over you whenever I was forced to leave your side and whenever I returned, she never failed to whisper a loving goodbye to you.Hycinth blinked, her eyes taking on a glistening shine. After a long moment she said softly, "Okay."Transitioning back to our original conversation, I asked quietly, "Were there any other reasons you kept our daughter from me?""No," Hycinth whispered. "I've always known you would be a good father. I knew you would come for her...you would save her." Expression turned glassy, utter anguish radiated through the bond.Still connected to