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Chapter 8 : Brotherly Competition
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Mated to the Alpha Kings Chapter 9 : Restless Night
I toss and turn in the bed that’s softer than anything I’ve ever slept in. The kings can’t be my fated mates…can they? How can that be?It seems cruel. I’m the one thing they’ve been searching for and the one thing that’s the most dangerous to them.Yet they’re different than I thought they’d be. Jordan is so caring. Kent is quiet yet full of surprises–like being a better dancer than his more talkative brothers. He’s commanding in his own way.Wiley is the wild child in King’s clothing, full of smiles.Any female would be lucky to have one of them, let alone all three, which is what they want.I’m trying to summon up hatred, remembering what they did to my father, until I remember that he left key details out of his story. Maybe it was the heat of the moment. Maybe he just didn’t want to admit all of it where Mom might overhear. There could be a perfectly innocent explanation for the conflicting stories. Maybe he genuinely believed they messed with him. My dad is nothing if no
Mated to the Alpha Kings Chapter 10 : A Brush With Danger
I don’t have time to think before I act. I shift and hurl myself at the she-wolf, crashing into her, and knocking her off balance. She’s quick, though and she manages not to fall as she snaps at me with long, sharp teeth.Jordan’s beautiful, black wolf form knocks her to the side with his paw. She lands hard on her head, blood surfacing from beneath her fur. I shove her and she falls into the plumerias. A softer, nicer landing than she deserves. She lies there, out cold, eyes closed.We shift back to human form and smile at each other.“Nice work,” I say.“You, too. It was a team effort,” he replies. “Thank you for not tearing her throat out.”“It would’ve been an unnecessary killing, and we won’t learn anything that way.”Lucas rushes up to us. “Moon Goddess! You two shouldn’t be wandering around at night.”“Yes, Mom,” I say, and Jordan chuckles. Lucas stares down at our prisoner. “That’s Jena Aldenwood. Rumor has it she’s Rollo Seabrook’s favorite, at least for the momen
Mated to the Alpha Kings Chapter 11 : Alpha's Interrogation
I try not to grin coyly at Jordan at breakfast the next morning. Fortunately, we’re joined by members of the court. Stewart Sloan, the Beta, Phaedra Cascadia, the pack healer and royal physician, and the Alphas’ assistant and personal secretary, Natasha Lynnwood. They’ve all heard about us nabbing the rogue. The whole palace and the city are buzzing with it.Phaedra is quiet, like Stewart and Kent, and dresses in a long blue-and-white healer’s robe with a simple amethyst pendant around her neck. She doesn’t look tired, despite being rudely awakened last night.Could I find out the kings’ medical weaknesses from her?Natasha has a fiercely intelligent look, as though she knows where all the bodies are buried. There’s nothing romantic between her and the kings. I could tell in an instant if there were. They’re not sleeping with their assistant. Sensible on their part and hers.And a relief for me.She probably wouldn’t give me any dirt on the kings, even so. Stewart is still the
Mated to the Alpha Kings Chapter 12 : Private Audience
I swallow, my mouth dry, and moisten my lips with my tongue. His burning gaze is fixed on mine. “You’re charming too, and sexy,” I admit. “Especially those eyes and that voice.”And you’re my mate, just like your brothers.“Still waters run deep,” I add. “I find you enticing, too.” I watch his eyes shimmer with color and heat before they turn wolf gold like Jordan’s.With a low, sensual growl, Kent sheds his tight control and his mouth lands on mine with the same precision with which he does everything else. Maybe a little less neat and masterful, because he kisses me in a way that says he means business.I stay perfectly still in his arms except for kissing him back. His lips are even warmer than Jordan’s, and no less eager. His hand presses against my back and bends me over his arm, just like when we danced. This kiss started with that dance.He breaks the kiss and mutters, “Come with me.”Is that a double entendre? His hand sears me beneath the fabric of my shirt as he dir
Mated to the Alpha Kings Chapter 13 : Out in the Open
I heard correctly, didn’t I?Fated mate? Do they mean me?Crouching under the desk, I stare at Kent’s shirt pooled on the floor, and at my mates’ boots.“You lost your shirt. Did you get too warm with all the thinking you do in here?” Jordan quips.“Never mind that,” Kent says. “We haven’t confirmed that she is our fated mate.”I bite my tongue. How can he say that after what just happened? Unless I’m mistaken and there’s another “she” in their lives. If it’s true, how could he make love to me like that–as if we are mates? Maybe I was right about these men. Is he ashamed? Am I his dirty little secret?My wolf tells me to stop my mind chattering and listen to my heart. “She is,” Wiley declares. “And I say we stop competing over her like the worst case of sibling rivalry ever. We’re adults, for Goddess’s sake.”“No argument here,” Kent says. “I’m not sure it was even a competition.”Jordan chooses to sit down in one of the leather chairs, right near my hands. I curl up even s
Mated to the Alpha Kings Chapter 14 : The Moon Goddess' Plan
“I want you,” I tell them. “All of you.” My hands are shaking slightly as I wait for them to respond. Jordan and Wiley take a moment to let my revelation sink in. They look at Kent.“I’m hearing it for the first time, too,” he says in his gentle way. “Out loud at least. She already told me with her body.”Jordan nods slowly and looks at me. “You told me, too, Aurora, when you shuddered in my arms. That’s why I wanted to propose you as our mate to my brothers. We all felt it.” The other two nod their agreement. I feel stunned. It’s out in the open now. We all know. It feels liberating. It feels like I’m riding a wild wave still.It feels like I'm betraying my father. My wolf is undaunted by that. She wants us all to bond. Right here, right now.No. This was a giant step and I’m still catching my breath. “It’s only been a day,” I say. “Not even a day. When I woke up yesterday morning in a little roadside inn between here and the border and was planning the rest of my journe
Mated to the Alpha Kings Chapter 15 : Meeting the Queen Mother
Picking up Kent’s shirt, I toss it to him. He gets dressed in seconds and I smooth the wrinkles from it. He gives me such a tender look before he turns toward the door. “Enter.”Lucas Bateson pulls the door open and enters Kent’s private study. His alert eyes take in all three of us clustered so closely together, and not working. I wonder if he suspects. “The Queen Mother, our former Luna, has returned from her visit to the Omega Lake Pack,” Lucas says. “She’s waiting to see you in the parlor.”All three of my mates smile broadly at the mention of their mother. Anticipation builds inside me, and my palms grow clammy and slick with sweat. Luna Elayna is a legend among our people, one of the greatest Lunas of our time.“Tell her we’ll be there shortly,” Kent says in a gentle voice.After Lucas leaves, Jordan clasps my hands. “She’ll LOVE you.”Not if she knows what I’m truly doing here. And being introduced as her sons’ fated mate before I’m sure about their innocence could be lik
Mated to the Alpha Kings Chapter 16 : Afternoon Heat in the Garden
I lie on the bed of soft flower petals, staring up at Wiley’s earnest but playfully wicked face. “This part of the garden has rare plants I imported that don’t like a lot of direct sunlight,” he says, light-hearted. “I’ll show them all to you, but first, we’ll eat.”Did he create this beautiful little sanctuary? How could someone so thoughtful ever be cruel? “Are you going to feed me?”He grins. “Why, milady, I thought you’d never ask.”Laughter bubbles up. “I was joking.”“Whereas I, on this rare occasion, am deadly serious. And I’ll prove it.”I lie waiting, curious about what he’ll do. He hovers a canape over my mouth within reach. I open my mouth for him to place it on my tongue, and I savor the bite. “Another?” he asks.I nod. “Delicious. Please.”He feeds me more canapes before offering more substantial fare. He reveals one of the sandwiches I liked yesterday. “I noticed these were your favorite.”They are, and even more so when a gorgeous man is feeding them to m
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