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98. Refuse Him, Again II
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My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 99. Kill I
Jessamine"No," I sob, digging at the dirt, tearing at the roots. "Gods, no."Bile rises in my throat and my stomach heaves, emptying into the grass stained with blood. Her blood. I should've known. I wipe the side of my mouth and the stench of blood and puke gags me again. Splatters stain my skin, up my arms. I wipe them. I scratch them off, sobbing. My nails rake at my skin, again and again. There's only blood. And there's her. My broken heels dig into the stained snow as I scramble back, away from the bodies. My body trembles and I hug my arms around my chest. Rocking back and forth. I killed them. I killed her. Hours Earlier "And why do I have to follow on this ride of yours?" I ask Kier, trailing behind him the next morning with a growing frown. "You and Moira want to have a honeymoon ride? Great for you both. What has that got to do with me?"Kier exhales slowly, folding his hands behind him, and the faster I walk to keep up with him, the longer his strides are. His
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 100. Kill II
JessaminePain bursts in the back of my head, reverberating through my skull, and I cry out as agony ripples along my spine. The ground rushes up to embrace me, and I crash into it hard enough to rattle my teeth. My fingers curl in the snow as I breathe heavily, trying to push myself up, but I find that I can't. I can barely see past the wall of black tainting my vision, and the coppery smell of blood--my blood--blooms, blocking out every smell.Everything's heavy. My hands, my feet, my head, my eyes. It shouldn't be this hard to move, regardless of what I've been hit with."Bring her," I hear Renae say coldly, and I slam my eyes shut, shaking my head to properly see, take stock of my surroundings. Fingers grab my arm, hefting me up, but there's another behind. I try spreading out my awareness, to understand just how much shit I'm in, but everything's swiftly slipping from my grasp. My hands move with painstaking slowness as I retrieve a dagger from my coat, and it doesn't sink in as
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 101. Kill III
JessamineWords fail me, but my hands do not. With a sudden rush of strength and rage, enflamed by the lack of remorse for ruining my parents lives and Kier's, the pride shinning in her eyes. The heel of my palm slams into her throat, and I push all of my strength into making her fall.But it makes no difference, because her men have me again, holding me back from her as she clutches her neck, gasping and coughing. She staggers back, her face flush with fear, and I snarl, thrashing against her men, "Come a little closer, Renae, if you fucking dare!" Renae laughs, but her voice wavers. "You should have remained in the kitchens with the rest of the maids. Killing mother and daughter feels heavy, even for me, but I shall seek the Goddess's forgiveness later." Her gaze lifts to the space above my head. "Make it swift, nothing messy. Do it in the grove and do not forget the letters." To me, she adds with a smile that's pure acid, "You won't be alone for long, not to worry."Finge
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 102. Get Tossed In The Dungeons I
JessamineSomeone tipped off the guards.A troop led by Randale and Gerald found me by the grove while I was still trying to process everything. I didn’t bother explaining or defending myself when Randale hurled me atop his horse, asking what the fuck happened. I didn’t respond. I was exhausted and…everything was too loud.That was hours ago. Now, I’m in the dungeons, because everyone knows. Kier knows, and he hasn’t come to see me. I can only guess what that means. I’m not in the least, surprised. He wasn’t even there when I’d been taken through the halls of his castle, still covered in blood that was and wasn’t mine, shivering, dress ripped in too many places, paraded as a murderer. The stares hadn’t hurt. The whispers had no effect. I’ve gotten used to them by now. The people seemed more scared of me, appalled, than angry at what I’d done. What did hurt, was seeing Az, Mikkel and Camilla already in the dungeons when I arrived. What I don’t understand, is who tipped the guar
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 103. Get Tossed In The Dungeons II
JessamineA prickling sensation crawls up my neck, like unseeing fingers tracing my skin. My sleep-heavy eyelids fly open at the oppressive feeling and aura, and I gasp at the sight of Kier watching me, his shoulder leaning against the stone wall.I don’t know why, but I hug myself instantly, like I have been laid bare and my privacy has been intruded upon. It is then I notice that I am no longer in chains, and there’s a cloak around my chest that smells like the winter breeze.I want to ask him how long he’s been in here, why he got the chains off, why his cloak is shielding me from the brutal cold of this place, why he took so damn long to come see me, how he is, if…if he’s…alright, but I see his eyes, and all of my questions die. I see his fingers tighten around an unsheathed sword, until his knuckles turn white, and I know this isn’t merely a visit.“Is that for me?” I ask, inclining my head towards the sword. “Come here to finish what your mother started?”He pushes off the wall,
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 104. Lose Your Mind I
JessamineKier conveniently forgot to mention that my crazy sister is here too. I took one step into my new ‘chamber’ and she had run to me, wailing. Apparently, my father got wind of her pregnancy—the tonic didn’t work. Shocker—and she ran away from home to hide from his anger. Queen Tara must be losing her mind.Well, she isn’t the only one.I’m going crazy, biting my fingers, walking left and right in my chamber, blatantly ignoring my sister. I’m due for a meeting in a few minutes. Meeting? More like a persecution. Eldris will come to collect me any minute now, and I will be taken to the Great Hall, where I will be surrounded by the council and Alphas who will decide my fate.I just know I’m going to get the death sentence. It’ll be easy. Nobody wants me here, and from the little I’ve been told, which is close to nothing, there’s a sort of power grab going on. On one hand is Kier and on the other is Moira, being backed by her father and a few other Alphas who feel that Kier i
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 105. Lose Your Mind II
Jessamine“What is there to explain?” Moira says, her voice hoarse. “This gathering is to—”Kier angles his head at his Luna and drags the sword very, very slowly across the floor. I wince at the grating noise. Everyone winces, and with deadly softness, he whispers, “Let. Her. Speak.”I’ve never seen Moira shut her mouth so fast. Her father shifts uncomfortably in his seat, and I see a good number of the council members express their displeasure by fighting with their seats, but none of them speak. Not with Kier’s aura constantly expanding, skimming across the floors, phantom fingers reaching for those who dare to step out of line.“The Luna…” My voice is a stupid squeak, and someone in the crowd laughs at me. I swallow and straighten my spine. “Renae lured me out at night to kill me, but she was quite unfortunate, as the Goddess decided it was her time to go.”Gasps ripple across the hall, our audience surprised by my audacity and defiance. Kier’s eyes blacken, but it’s gone in t
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 106. Lose The Ball
JessamineWhen Kier had said I would be heavily guarded, I didn’t expect an entire train of guards outside his chambers. Six of them, spread across the hallway, two outside the door to his private study, just in case I decided to sneak out through there. There are guards outside too, by the windows. There’s nothing getting in or out of here without Kier’s permission. He left last night, right after telling me about…making a baby, and then he stated that I would be staying in his chambers to make the lie convincing enough. Male wolves are territorial with their pregnant wolves, and they almost never let them out of sight.I told him I didn’t want to have his baby. I told him he was crazy. He didn’t respond and I spent the entire night thinking, anxiety keeping me awake, and every time the door creaked, I would shoot up from the bed, half expecting it to be him, but he never came. I’m not usually an impatient woman. I’m Jessamine. I always know what to do next. There’s always a rule f
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My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back Epilogue
Az rubbed his eyes tiredly. It’d been days since he last had a peaceful night’s rest. Lord of Grimstone. He often found himself laughing at the title. He wasn’t lord of anything—at least not yet. His people didn’t seem to think so with their constant rebellion of him and stealing from him, no matter that he tried his best to ensure even the darkest parts of Grimstone got ridded of their poverty.They didn’t warm up to him. They called him a freak. It was pathetic and he should have known Jessamine was lying the moment she started batting those long lashes of hers and speaking to him sweetly.He left Dawn after the wedding and he’d been at Grimstone for a total of seven months now. And in that time she’d come to see him thrice, with her twin boys, Wren and Alder. They both had their mother's eyes, but that was where the resemblance ended. The rest was all Kier. From their red hair down to their angry growls whenever Az didn't give them what they wanted.Of course, Jessamine had come to
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 124. WIN
Jessamine If you’ve ever been away from home for too long, you’d understand the feeling of your stomach plummeting at the most familiar scents, the urge to breathe in deeply, feel everything, reacquaint yourself with every single detail—details that suddenly seem more vivid and…and intense. That is all I can call this—coming home. Somehow, between punching Kier and telling him I hate him and I’ll return to my father’s castle and find me a man who isn’t quite as infuriating as he is, he’d kissed me. Concussion be damned, Kier’s lips heal me in more ways than any physician could. I walk Kier back into the throne room, pushing off the remains of his shirt. His fingers tangle in my hair as his lips on mine reminds me of the first time…the first time I saw him. His eyes looked like a tear from an ocean of peridots. His hair was shorter, not long enough to run my fingers through, but I was fascinated by the rich hue of it. He rarely smiled then, but when he did, it was bright as starlight
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 123. Fight II
My fingers shake and I hide them behind my back as I round the corner. Slowly, I approach, the large oak door standing ominously in the distance. I wipe the sweat from my wrist against my light skirts and grip tightly as my chest thumps. Once. Twice. The closer I draw, the heavier the dagger under my skirt weighs. The maids behind me chatter, but I barely hear the words they say. I try to hide it behind a show of boredom but the fear creeps up my spine and it is all I can do to keep going. It takes an eternity, but I reach the door eventually. “He’s not in,” the guard tells me when I start to open the door. There usually aren’t any, but after this morning, I understand why he has his chambers guarded. My fingers still by the door. Not in? This is when we have dinner. Every night. I didn’t factor his possible absence into my plans. Gods above. “Where is he?”“Throne room. The reports from the prisoners came back. He’s off attending to it and said to tell you to wait for him.”Oh no.
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 122. Fight I
Jessamine“I didn’t do it,” Killian growls for the umpteenth time. His gaze darts to me. “She did. This is her attempt at trying to get rid of me. Tell me what motive I would have to set the freak free. I’d gain nothing from it. I wasn’t even in the castle!”His argument would seem solid enough to Atticus if he wasn’t also accusing me of framing him. Darrock got out last night. Kier didn’t. When I heard the news, I bawled for hours in the bathroom, keeping the water running to drown out the sound. Why didn’t he leave? Because he’s mad at me? He claimed that I destroyed him last night. His eyes were hurt and broken. Why didn’t he just fucking leave?Atticus’s head tilts left. “Where were you last night?”Killian hesitates, his jaw grinding. I ponder on his reluctance to tell Atticus where he’d run off to. The bonfire. His gaze cuts to Raya and his fists clench. “The queen informed me of Raya’s plans to leave. I had to go bring her back.”Raya gives me a look that is equal parts be
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 121. Begin Plotting
JessamineHe’s drunk. I should have known serving him glass after glass would lead here. My hands trapped in his, held above my head, and his body a cage above mine. His long lashes flutter as he breathes in deeply. “Say it again.”The lie comes as easy as breathing. “I’m yours.”His canines gleam as he gives me a smile no one else has seen. “Youknowwhat intriguesme themostaboutyou?” His words tumble out together and it takes only a second to pull them apart as he leans in, his hot breath tickling my nose. “That I can’t tell your lies apart from your truths.”“Now, that is a terrible lie,” I whisper, reaching up to brush my lips against his chin. He shudders, a strangled noise building in his throat. “You like that you never know what I’m thinking. You love the danger I present. It excites you. It is why you keep me close, despite knowing I have a dagger strapped to my thigh, especially made to kill you. You romanticize with death, and death I will be, for you.”His response is a hea
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 120. Kier's Pov
JessamineKier might have been in chains and covered in dirt and blood, but there will never be any man as beautiful as him. He hasn’t noticed me yet, his teeth bared at the guards fighting to put him on his knees. The humans gasp, the smell of their fear filling the room when his bound arms ram into the side of a guard’s head, knocking him out.That earns him a growl from Killian who doesn’t hesitate to draw his sword and ram it into the back of Kier’s head. My mate stumbles, his blood spilling down his torn brown shirt, and he falls on one knee. I start to stand from Atticus’s lap, a growl traveling up my throat, when Atticus breathes against my neck, “Does his discomfort trouble you? You forget that he abandoned you, left you to rot here while he chose them again over you.”Kier would never, but I don’t say that. My mind is whirling in so many directions. How could he surrender? How could he let them…take him? How…my eyes widen when Lloyd walks in next and bows low, to the hip as h
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 119. Get Married II
JessamineI’ve been involved in an unhealthy number of ceremonies, and each time, it’s even less eventful. That isn’t to say that our wedding wasn’t a large affair. I’m fairly certain nearly all of Ashbourne was in attendance, all eager to see the werewolf princess with eyes like precious stones. Yes, someone said that as she delivered gifts to me, wishing me a long, happy marriage—a duchess, maybe. If only she knew.The castle couldn’t contain all of the guests and the guards around me were triple the normal size, like Atticus half expected someone to disrupt the ceremony. Someone who I can bet is Kier. Nervous, the entire time, I’d waited, staring at the door, hoping for a commotion that would bring a special redhead to me.But Kier never showed up and the ceremony was sealed. I was the puppet queen of Ashbourne. I was Atticus’s dove, his pet. I was thankful that nothing else was expected of me, other than sitting still and looking pretty. Unlike Kier, Atticus didn’t entertain the
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 118. Get Married I
JessamineI get a visitor a few minutes to my…wedding. My gaze lands on Darrock’s and nothing could have held me back. I launch myself at him with whatever little strength I have garnered in the past hour—which is close to nothing and he snatches my wrist before I can impale him with the butterknife I’d stolen from my dinner tray earlier.“Violet, please,” he rasps. “Listen to me—”Reaching up, I slam my head into his. He groans, retreating a step back and I see that I have caused no damage except the ache spreading through my head. I stumble in the bid to attack him again and he steadies me before I can fall. “Take your hands off me—” A firm hand clamps down on my mouth, silencing my scream of outrage before it can escape. “I’m trying to help,” he whispers. “We’re leaving. Now.”I let him see the response to that in my gaze; Over my dead body will I follow him anywhere.Darrock glances over his shoulder and when his eyes return to me, they’re troubled. “I know you have questions, an
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 117. Kier's POV
Kier“It can’t be breached,” Lloyd explains and a disgruntled sound from the man seated beside me, whose aura rivals against mine greatly seems to set us all over the edge again. “Do not speak in absolutes,” King Hunter murmurs, his grimace turning darker. “He doesn’t have enough of us to guard his foothold. Surely, an army of humans can’t be that lethal.”Lloyd laughs, and it is nothing charming. He’d been the first I’d gone to for help after Randale convinced me that I’d get myself and Jessamine killed if I headed first into Ashbourne without a plan, and it had taken a lot of convincing to get him in here—the council room. “They have weapons and banes that’d render you useless in the twinkle of an eye. If you wish to bring him down, you must do it from within. An outright attack will if anything, help him kill your daughter quicker—and believe me, there is no level of relevance that would prevent him from doing that once he decides he has no use for her.”Pain flickers behind Lloyd
