This follows Chapter 54....... -BLAYNE’S POV* Shit! Cleo goes into heat tonight! “You could have told me,” I scolded my wolf, feeling anxious and like an idiot. After getting off the call with Vance, my brain was fried and my thoughts were jumbled. Though I'm in the bunker with my warriors, I'm completely zoned out. “You’re the one who keeps screwing up everything,” he huffs, “You’ve been so busy with the investigations that you barely visited her.” “You know why,” I charged him, “The guilt of arresting my own mate is killing me.” Plus those accusing fiery sea-green eyes scorch my heart. She’s bound to bleed me dry. “Yet, you are alive and making our mate suffer.” He jabs at me. “If you weren’t a part of me, I’d hope she dumped your sorry ass.” “Oh, shut the hell up.” I gritted. “We are one and the same. Let’s just focus on getting Cleo through the night.” “Heat lasts for days, dumdum.” He curtly pointed out. “It’s at least three days.” Fuck! I did not know what to do. I was
-BLAYNE'S POV- “What the hell are you doing here?” She retorted, giving me those knife-slicing eyes. Obviously, she was still holding on to an unnecessary grudge over the arrest. Technically, she was not a prisoner here. The cells were to keep her safe until we caught the psychopath who was killing our pack members. It was Alpha’s orders that she had to be detained. I had no choice in the matter. Cleo knew this, yet she punishes me for it. “It’s time for your heat and I came to keep you company.” I brushed my brown fringes back, waiting for her next words. She tilted her head to the side and scrutinized my physique. Teal-colored button-front shirt, black jeans, and black and white sneakers. The bad boy look was my style and will never change. Her inspection makes me nervous, considering that I’m a hellish killing machine. “Stay out there and don’t come in here.” She rolls her eyes and waves her index fingers at me like she was my warden. Sullen, I retreated to stand in front of
-CLEO'S POV- My eyes remained shut as the heavy lids caged them in darkness. When the heat began, fire blazed through my veins, eating at my skin. My body shook like an interplate earthquake. Though the medication reduced the scorching, there was a mild residue of charring. The part about this that I loathed was the man lying next to me. Beyond a doubt, he was here to get laid because the irrefutable attraction heightened tonight. I desired him and vice versa. The rational side of me knew that I’d regret having sex with him. Contrastingly, my wolf’s side declared to hell with self-control and to surrender to the natural course of the heat. Minute by minute, the fire grows, building in my core and then unrolling into my limbs like a slicing sword. Unstoppable whimpers unfurled through my lips as the pain hacks my body apart. Blayne turns on his side and wraps his arms around me, before rubbing all over my body. “I-it burns, Blayne,” I whispered between choked sobs. Heat accumulated
-BLAYNE’S POV* My mind was playing tricks on me. The encapsulating pheromones had me in a delusional grasp. Twisting my cognitive reasoning into hearing my heart’s desire. A passionate hunger to devour her rose in my bones. The boxers strangled my erected cock, which was now the hardest that I’ve ever been. The ache in my coconut-sized balls was more severe than being kicked in them. A growl reverberated from my chest. My inner wolf was niggling at my subconscious mind to take over once more. Gradually, she rotated her body to face me, straddling her legs around my waist. The taut nipples of her perky breasts graze my bare chest while her arms snaked my neck. Her eyes delved deep into mine, which displayed a sprouting desire. Then her fingertips trailed from my nose to my mouth, delicately brushing my lips. Coiling my fists, I swallowed thickly to conceal the ravenous appetite to consume her. My severely malnourished sexual arousal nipped at me. The draconian struggle to maintain
-BLAYNE'S POV* Dammit! Everything she did amplified my arousal. She was too beautiful, too sexy, extremely alluring and a damn tease. No one else was allowed to know her sweetness. I alone was privileged to her ravishing image. I loved it. This sultry view of her will forever be lodged in the memory cabinet of my mind. She was fucking dreamlike. My adam's apple bobbed as I licked my wet lower lips. My blackened eyes slowly and carefully scanned her skin from her lips to her breasts and to her lower abdomen. “I’ll make you cum as often as you like. But I won’t fuck you until you take me as your mate.” I made her the promise. May the goddess help me to keep my vow. "Will you accept me?" With flushed cheeks, she nods her head, vigorously. “Y-yes.” ^~^ -CLEO’S POV* With a naughty slowness, his lips found mine, plundering and prodding. His slimy sizzling tongue sought mine and my moan died inside his lips. His hands were rough and demandingly found my breast, molding and squeezing
-CLEO'S POV- “You beast!” Even though I cursed him, my hands stretched out for him to take me into them. When tears misted my eyes, he misunderstood, thinking that he had hurt me. “Baby, I’m sorry but you’re the one doing this to yourself. I’m yours and you’re mine.” He cups my core, massaging it. “Why won’t you admit it?” He searched my face for an answer and I refused to give him one. At last, he came into my arms and lifted me. He meanders to the tub. I stiffened, tightening my legs and arms around him in refusal to be dipped into another round of freezing water. “No. Don’t.” My head and joints hurt and I hardly had the energy to argue with him. Right now, I desire him. And he was being a jerk about it. It was unfair of him to take advantage of my heat to make me utter such words. “It’s the only way to take care of you.” He sounded very caring but then shifted straight to the dominant persona that he displayed a few minutes ago. “Your eyes show that you are in a lot of pain. I
This follows Chapter 56................ -BLAYNE’S POV* Anxiously, I ran down the stairs to go towards Cleo’s cell. On the third step away from the landing, I paused. I hadn’t thought this through. Alpha Vance had permitted Cleo to leave the dirty dungeon. Her liberation was contingent on her acceptance to move in with me. My heart was bubbling with delight, but underneath the surface, concern levitated. What was I going to say? The last thing that Cleo wanted was to be housebound at my apartment. I exhaled through my mouth. Duke was right, she was bound to reject the notion. Those two annoying friends of mine suddenly made me nervous with their taunting this morning. Just because their mate relationship shit was going fluently did not mean that they had to rub it in. Many things went against my favor where Cleo was concerned and arresting her was the biggest blunder. Despite the sizzling hot, intimate nights we had during her heat, she reverted to giving me the cold shoulder. C
-CLEO’S POV* The throbbing of my head awakened me. Then I became painfully aware of the strange surroundings as well as deep, regular breathing somewhere nearby. Turning toward the sound, I groaned because the slight movement made the headache worse. By the time I glimpsed him sprawled in the gray leather armchair to the left of the room door, my eyelids were already fluttering. For a moment, he smiled at me with his handsome face entrancing me. His long brown fringes ruffled messily from his forehead. The tight-fitted black shirt he wore with the number 23 on it was rumpled with the middle ripped open like he was in a fight with someone. Stupidly, I started to return the smile due to the butterflies that churned in my stomach. Then, as recollections of the situation came to light, I frowned. My face contorted into the wickedest sight. The son-of-a-bitch abducted me and brought me to his house. That’s right. He knocked me out with the classical chop spot on the neck. My temper eme
-VANCE’S POV-Looking up from the laptop with concern, I found Sianna sultrily shimmying out of her dress. My lips parted to the slightest bit and my cock hardened. Our wanton eyes clashed. She raised a brow at me and sashayed her sexy body towards me.The conference was still going on and I couldn’t let them see her in that incredibly salacious lingerie, but I couldn’t take my heated eyes off her.“I came to join the meeting.” She teased in such a sexy way that made a growl slip from me.The soft lines of her hips and thighs had my cock stiffening in my pants. Her hips swayed in that sheer lingerie set in black lace with a crotchless G-string. The rosy nipples of her round breasts peeked through the matching bralette and a choker adorned her neck.The culmination of all my impulses was the need to latch onto those nipples with my lips, suck on them, and bite them down until she released that startled, demanding moan. My cock desired mainly one thing.Her.My addiction. I need to touc
-SIANNA’S POV-“Can we go home now,” Venus hoarsely pleaded with harlequin eyes, sitting up in the hospital bed of the bright sun-filled room. “I could eat some burgers, fries, and a coke.” Her gaze flickered from me to her Dad. “I’m starving.”Miriam, Marlena, Vance, Hailey, Mom, and I laughed as she said that. A sigh of relief left me as I looked at my daughter who was back to her old self after receiving the antidote. A lot of love flowed through the room.It’s been two weeks since she has been comatose. Can you imagine how thrilled I was when my mate told me about the antidote to get all of the kripling’s blood out of her system? We arranged everything for the next day.Just the sight of my daughter was enough to clog my throat with tears. Mom’s slender hand was warmly in mine as Marlena and Miriam helped Venus awaken from her coma. Vance held my shoulders, standing behind me. Hailey chewed her nails, ruining her manicured fingers.“We’re almost done, princess,” Vance stated, nonc
-VANCE’S POV-A thin smile curled my lips to see him being the usual hot-blooded Gamma that he was. Instead of thinking of himself, Blayne was coercing me into another battle. Contrarily, I preferred to fix the rift between me and my Luna. There was no anger or burning sensation in the link of the mate bond, but it did not mean that she was not still upset with me.“No.” I finally answered him. “We killed their king and generals. The Supernatural Triad Council’s gatekeepers are searching for Squiggles.” I deciphered. “The werelions will be humbled by their loss and the drastic reduction in their population. It will take years before they wage war against us. It is at that time that my generation will eliminate them.”“All planned out, huh?” Blayne scowled with disappointment. Even with his limp, he managed to keep up with me.“Yep.” I dictated as we made it to the top and sniffed the air. My eyes narrowed slightly as my face wrinkled up. “You smell cheesy, Blayne. Take a few days off.
-VANCE’S POV-Approximately one hundred of our warriors lined the gray plateau at the summit of the cliff, southwest of the territory. Awe-inspiring scenery can be seen here thanks to the panoramic view of the horizon and the thundering waterfall to the right which plummets directly into the ocean.Given its natural beauty and the absence of unpleasant recollections of bloodshed, it would be a pity to tarnish the region's unblemished history today.It was the Black Ops Patrol Station at the end of Beacanview Forest that alerted Raj of our visitors. Undoubtedly, he must have gotten the word to Blayne, or maybe Blayne beat it out of him. Either way, he was not supposed to be working.“Oh damn!” I inspected my battered Gamma up and down before we went down the granite cliffside trail. “You look worse than Freddy Krueger.”My heart went out to him and, oh boy, I was thrilled that he was alive. Although, he was disobeying my orders.Blayne was in black gym shorts with his blistered top shi
-THIRD PERSON’S POV-Venus and Vaheed sat around the breakfast nook. Vaheed was busy on his phone while Venus was reading the Brew'n Herald Newspaper. The paper was previously brought in by Zuzu and she flew away to have her morning flight in the forest.“The investigation update was posted on the front page. Turns out that the kriplings only attacked us. The vampires and witches were not attacked.” Venus highlighted with her harlequin-green eyes fastened to the paper.“Who cares? Dad’s dealing with it.” Vaheed shrugged, finding his phone more entertaining.Venus was disturbed by his uncaring attitude. “Those things were pretty powerful and they hurt me. How can you say that?”Understanding that his words hurt his twin sister’s feelings, Vaheed put his phone on the table and patted her on the shoulder. “Vee, you are safe now. Dad will make sure that they don’t hurt us again.”Venus sighed, gulped down her dose of halo-moon serum from the vial on the table, and went back to flipping th
-SIANNA’S POV-“I wanted to know what my punishment is.” Valen petulantly said as he continued descending the stairs, freshly showered.“Not a good time, Valen,” Vance told him without looking behind. I turned around and picked up a magazine from the center table, blindly flipping over pages.“Well, aren’t you going to give it to me tonight?” Valen pressed with hands in his jeans pockets.“Why are you so eager?” I continued scrolling the page with brewing agitation. “Do you think we’ll go easy on you?”“It’s not that, Mom.” Valen approached the couch, sheepishly. “I just wanted to start it right now.”“Why?” I flipped my head around and turned my body on the couch to scrutinize his face properly.“My punishment will end on Friday and there’s a party at Benji’s house on Saturday,” Valen dared to mention, battling an inner monologue.I glared at him. “You have the gall to tell me that you intend to go to a party when your father has just brought you back from an unapproved outing.”“Go
-SIANNA’S POV-“I’m sorry, Mom.” Valen expressed his regret as he entered the foyer of our home with Vance. He did not let me lash out at him for his recklessness.Automatically, I placed my hand over my heart. My entire body slumped in relief as I exhaled heavily. Still, he was going to get the hot seat.I sat in the living room on the long U-shape black leather couch with my head turned in his direction. “Valen, I can’t accept that apology until you explain to me what the hell was going through your head.”Vance stood by the Faux Marble White console table with a gold base, allowing me to handle our son's latest escapade. He would also feel the scourge of my tongue later.It was a little before sunset that Vance and the team went back to the aircraft carrier ship. The journey to Dark Wolverson was long from Oscianever Loch of the Pacific Ocean and so it was the next day in the afternoon when they arrived home. I fretted the entire sleepless night, watching the hours and praying that
-VANCE’S POV-My razor-sharp teeth flashed through the cold smile that I sent to Assad when Raj kneed Tygart into his crotch. Tygart’s eyes went as round as saucers as he dropped his knife, protectively clutched both hands before his family jewels, and fell to his knees. He was as vulnerable as a newly hatched chick coming out of its shell.In a rapid dash, Raj picked up the weapon and slit his neck. Tygart fell on his side and clutched his blood-leaking throat as his life slipped away right before his king and brother.Assad wrestled like crazy to be freed from my grip to no avail. He was powerless and helpless. The defeat eliminated any spark in his orange eyes. “We surrender,” his voice was a hoarse croak.“It doesn’t work like that, trog.” I gritted to Assad as fury rose, burning through my veins.In the meantime, muscles bulged in Kodjo's pallid neck as he ground his teeth in frustration, refusing to relent. As the tenuous seconds ticked by, his breathing labored during the kickb
-VANCE'S POV-Nyx returned in an ethereal white glow and spat out a dead fizzing repulsive form of a kripling and laid it down on the deck of the only ship left intact. He shook his large white head, flashing out his tongue at the distaste of the creature.Nyx set afire the dead kripling that burns into cinders. One down. Two to go. Next, Zuzu, materialized on the deck with the necromancer in one claw and a flailing Assad in the other."Tell her to take them to the shoreline of the first island," I told Valen, and he directed his guardians to do so.With that, all the jets altered their destination to Holmeva Ferney Islands. We found a clearing and managed to land.Alongside five elite warriors, Duke, Raj, Marlena, Valen, Devin and I trotted through a scanty area of bayberry and beach plum trees to the beach. My elites stood behind the criminals with their artillery leveled at them while we stood in front of them.The sea air arrived with a lofty nostalgic draft as blood, death, and s