APRILSoon, his fingers took its place, grazing over my needy and swollen clit in a way that immediately made me cry out in ecstasy. I pressed my eyes shut, leaning my back against the wall and instinctively spreading my thighs further apart to give him more access.He chuckled lowly again and then obliged.With one hand around my waist to hold me to himself, his fingers continued to lazily trace a line from my clit to my pussy lips before teasing my entrance in a way that drove me so fucking crazy. I was breathless already, my chest heaving and my heartbeat thumping in my ears and lower tummy as he continued to torture me.My eyes fluttered open to find him watching me with a depth of desire and passion in his eyes that turned my knees to jelly. He’d never looked at me that way, something about it was different and incredibly stimulating, but I couldn’t place a finger on what was different about his stare. I didn’t even have the energy to figure it out because he was now using the w
APRIL The days had been going by in a flash and time was blurred between each day. I couldn’t possibly tell anyone how many days I’d spent with Xander because there were no calendars in sight, and I could barely get a hold of his phone because he always had it on him. However, my experience with him hadn’t been as hellish as I assumed it would be.Even though I didn’t want to admit it, I was having a great time with him. I woke up to breakfast in bed each day, he treated me like an equal for the first time, he shared parts of him with me that I didn’t know existed, and he made me feel a little too happy for my own good. Of course, there was also an endless serving of multiple toe curling sex each and every day. It was like he couldn’t get enough of me and his desire for me only tripled by the day, it was both flattering and unreal but since I couldn’t get away from him, I chose to embrace and enjoy it, especially since it came with amazing orgasms. Every now and then, I missed Nic
APRIL My back hit the sand as my clothes fell off my body and I gasped in shock. “Wh—what do you think you’re doing?” I stuttered, wondering what had suddenly come over him as I lay there. He looked at me like I’d betrayed every bone in his body, then ripped his shirt off his body like that was a reasonable response. I watched him dip his head towards my chest and take my nipple into his mouth without another word and I foolishly arched my back off the floor in response, pushing it further into his mouth. Again, I wondered what it was about him that completely flushed all my senses down the drain once he touched me. My entire body was already lit ablaze, I couldn’t think nor make sense of anything else but the mindless pleasure of him flicking one nipple and sucking the other in a way that made me want to scream my head off.I forced logic to come back to the top, willing myself to overpower my sexual urges even for a moment. “I can’t… we shouldn’t… please,” I tried to reason wi
APRIL He growled under his breath, wrapping an arm around my waist and lifting me until our skins were tightly glued together and we were both upright on our knees, and then his lips brushed my right earlobe.“You’ll never say that to me again. I’ll make sure of it,” he whispered, and despite the calmness in his voice, I could tell that he was fucking enraged. The moment he resumed his thrusts, I could feel every single shred of his anger and it felt like it would tear my walls apart. It was so insanely unreal, I was screaming on the top of my lungs, my heart was thumping unbearably in my chest and my eyes were quickly feeling with tears that soon started streaming down my face at will.He was fucking me with every last bit of his might, like he wanted to mold my pussy to only accept his cock and no one else’s, like he wanted to mark it as his and his alone.“Are you still thinking of Nick while I’m buried deep inside you?” he growled like a maniac, smacking my breast harshly to pro
APRIL Since we were on an isolated island, walking back to the house in shredded clothes wasn’t a big deal. Despite that, Xander made me wear his shirt, claiming that he didn’t even want sea creatures getting a glimpse at my body. I wanted to point out how ironic and laughable that was seeing as he’d just fucked me into submission by the ocean shore, but I was too weak to think up the perfect snide remark, so o just settled for thanking him for the shirt and putting it on.As soon as we stepped into the house, I started to feel sharp and discomforting pains in my abdomen that was making every step more difficult than the last. My back was also hurting mildly, but I didn’t want to point out my discomfort to Xander, so I just masked the rest pain as best as I could. During dinner, he was staring at me a little too closely like he knew something was off, but he didn’t breathe a word in my direction until we went to bed. Towards the time my head hit the bed and when I finally slept off
APRILThen I cleared my throat and responded to convince us both that I was doing fine. “I just need some hot tea, a little sore throat means nothing.” He looked at me like I’d grown a second head out of the blue and then he was at my side on the bed in a flash, gently pressing the back of his palm against my forehead. “You have a fever. Tell me what’s wrong, please?” the softness in his eyes and the sweet touch that came with the concerned look that followed tore my walls down easily. “I… uh… I got my period and it hurts,” I croaked out again and his eyes flared open with genuine worry. “Fuck, I’m so sorry I didn’t make arrangements for that. Please give me a minute,” his response shocked me because I’d sincerely thought that he would be disgusted by my dilemma. He was off the bed as quickly as he’d sat down earlier. Then, he made a beeline for the closet, grabbed a shirt and pants, before pulling on shorts in seconds. “Hold tight, darling,” he rushed the words and was gone in
APRIL Xander had to have been swapped for a missing angel in heaven. That was the only reasonable explanation for how he’d been acting of late. He was magically a soft-spoken, hand-holding, heart-melting, and smiling gentleman. Each day came with a new Xander-wrapped surprise that gave me more insight into his true personality. He always brought me breakfast in bed, but since I got my period, he’s been bringing every meal to me and insisting that I remained relaxed and never move a muscle. He also made sure that my period heater was always filled with hot water, and he cuddled me like I was his life force every night. There’s something about how warm and sweet he’d become that was equally shocking and heartwarming. I’d suddenly started to see him in a new light, and I had to admit that it made me deeply enjoy his company more and more by the day.After my period, I thought that all the care and gentle treatment would subside, but it didn’t.He was always at my side, tending to my
APRIL“Fine,” I huffed.“I get those mood swings when I remember Nick. Because the truth is that I’ve never stopped missing him and craving him despite everything we’ve shared and how we’ve finally managed to become cordial with each other,” I confessed with a heavy heart. The hurt in Xander’s eyes was far too glaring for me to ignore. But it was best if I made things clear to him instead of leading him on when there could never be a future for both of us.“How is it that you still want him? What’s it that he’s done that I haven’t? We clearly have a connection, so what makes his so much more superior to the one you have with me?” his voice sounded wounded as he asked those questions. There’s no way I would admit to him or myself that we had a connection. That would be wrong and extremely foolish. “We don’t have a connection, Xander,” I responded bluntly, coldly, and he seemed to flinch at the words. “The only thing that connects us is lust and great sex. A connection would mean th
PROLOGUEAPRIL“Sandy, stop making your brother cry. You promised that you wouldn't do that today, remember?” I groaned as my oldest child terrorized her little brother. She shrugged, laughing, the mischievous glint in her eyes matching that of one of her dads whose character she’d inherited; Ace. “It’s so easy to make him cry, I promise I wasn't even trying. I’m just being myself,” she flipped her dark lush hair over her shoulders, the glossy and stunning sight also resembling that of her fathers. She was such a daddy’s girl that she took every last bit of her being from them; her drop dead gorgeous looks and her fearless, stubborn personality. According to her dads, she got her stubbornness from me and not them, but I refused to believe that. “Sweetheart, putting a worm in your brother’s shoe doesn't count as being yourself,” Nick stifled laughter as he walked into the living room, dressed handsomely in suit that was identical to our son Samuel’s. “I’m a prankster and an anima
APRIL“Well, it’s a good thing I know exactly where that asshole is,” Nick’s mom said, the anger in her voice superseding his.At least Xenia’s trip across the world had proven to be the answer to our problems. But now, we had yet another broken hearted mate to add to the mix, and just like me, the pain sprung from parental issues. However, there was no time to dwell on that. The moon goddess had given us an opportunity to reclaim the peace in our city, so we had to focus our all on that. After the city was secure, we'd find a way to tend to our broken hearts and find the emotional healing we all deserve.But for now, all that mattered was find Nick’s monster of a father and putting and end to his evil attacks. “Are you sure this is the place, mom?” Nick asked as we pulled into the empty driveway of an abandoned factory in the middle of nowhere. “I'm certain. I'll never forget it because I traced his assets all over the city in a bid to uncover proof of his evil agenda, but he cau
APRILWe all followed behind him, running until we stopped outside what seemed to be a prison cell. There was a woman dressed in tattered clothes and covered in dust cowering in a corner and hugging her knees to her chest, and something about her was oddly familiar. My mates also seemed shocked by her presence, but not in the same way that I was. The look in their eyes told me that they knew something about this mystery woman that I didn't know. Before I could even ask about it, Nick grabbed the iron bars and broke them off with a deep growl before running into the cell and wrapping his arms around the woman. That? That was the most confusing thing I’d ever witnessed. And I needed answers right now.I started to stomp towards the cell when Nick said a word that made me freeze in place, understanding washing over me in a thousand waves. “Mom! It’s you!”I blinked repeatedly, awfully confused. “Mom?” Ace and Xander looked away from the emotional reunion unfolding before us and nodd
APRILGlinda was confirmed to have been dead for good, but our hellish experiences still didn't cease after her death. Personally, I was still grieving my mother and the wonderful life I would've enjoyed with my parents if she hadn't swooped in and turned things upside down. My mother’s burial was an emotional moment for me and I broke down completely while delivering the eulogy. The guys even had to come upstage and keep from falling apart some more. The days that followed weren't any greener, especially with the dark void around the city worsening and swallowing us into a vortex while I was still grieving.Of course we were terribly confused as to why the spiritual attacks had carried on even after Glinda’s death, but no one had a reasonable answer to that. It was fucking frustrating having to watch people in pain almost every damn day. It sucked the humanity out of one’s soul and replaced it with nothing but bitterness. The only thing that was clear to me about the pattern of
APRIL“You rotten lads, you couldn’t just mind your damn business? This is your fathers’ karma, why did you have to dig your stupid snotty noses in it?” she hissed angrily, overly displeased that she’d been found out by us.“We should be asking the questions,” I responded, upset that she hadn’t even made an effort to explain herself, “we came here thinking this whole fiasco was orchestrated by Glinda, only to see that it’s you, mom?!” The disappointment in my voice was thick, but she obviously didn’t give a shit about my feelings because she broke into hysterical laughter. “Mom? I’m not your fucking mom you idiotic little whore,” she rolled her eyes, and then she snapped her fingers, causing her face and physical appearance to warp instantly. Suddnely, she was a silver-haired woman with countless ancient tattoos of the moon and a shiv stuck in her heart that told us more than we needed to know. Later on, the Alphas had given us a more detailed tale of the day they finally took dow
APRIL It’s been almost a month of back to back horrors breaking out in the city.We’d successfully chased the rogues out of the city and the sorceres were stationed alongside the armies by the borders, making sure that no more enemies were able to breach our defenses and get in.Heaps of bodies had been buried over the weeks and the entire town was reeking of grief. Loved ones were being mourned in different corners of the city were candles were lit beside framed photos and bouquets of flowers. Each photo of the dead that I saw brought me close to tears, but for children’s photos, my heart literally ached and felt like it was going to explode. Living in a place that was shrouded with pain and darkness was suffocating. Even though the sun came out each day, it felt like there was a dark void enveloping the city because everyone was in a sunken mood. We had to find Glinda and put an end to her attacks before the city was ruined beyond saving. Our search for her so far has proven fu
APRILThe ticking clock in the ICU waiting room was the only audible sound.Xander had been taken in for an emergency operation a while ago and we were still waiting to hear back from the doctors.When we arrived at the hospital, he was barely breathing, and it seemed like they might’ve stopped his heart for the surgery because I couldn’t feel even a shred of his presence through the bond. On our way to the hospital, we’d dropped Natalie at one of the safety bunkers where security and magic borders were keeping people safe. If she was here, she’d have been a great distraction for me. And god, I’d do anything to be distracted from this godawful unending pain. My chest fucking hurt. Every nerve in my body was on literal fire. My head was pounding as though a line up of high school bands were in a competition. All I could think of was the pitiful state we’d found Xander in a while ago. The way he looked helpless and near death’s door. The way his blood was like a second skin masking
APRILThe city was a mess. A bloody one.“Natalie, stop using your fucking phone or you’re going to get us killed,” I whispered to my best friend whose face was a mess of dry tears. She glared at me. “If I’m going to die, I need Hector to know that he was the best sex I ever had and I always wished we became more.” I frowned at her, both disturbed and confused that she’d picked that as the most important thing to put in order in a life and death situation. What a freaking clown.“Nat, I’ve told you a thousand times, you’re not going to die,” I bit out, “Nick asked us to stay hidden here and he’ll come get us, and I know he will.”I reminded her of the instruction we’d gotten almost an hour ago when chaos broke out in the city.Apparently, some rogues breached the city’s gates and began to brutally attack every living thing in sight. They've been killing anything in their way and no one is exempt from their wrath.Not women. Not innocents. Not children. Not animals. It was a battle
XANDER Today, just like every other day for the last two weeks, we’d split up to search for Brooke. April was able to fully recover from the effects of the poison she was heartlessly fed by Brooke after a full day or more. Once we were certain that she was in a perfectly healthy state, we decided to go on a hunt for Brooke to make her pay for hurting our precious mate.No one seemed to know where she was. No one had seen her since she ran off that day. Even the city cameras had no footage of her since that day. It was almost like she’d vanished into thin air after that day, but we refused to give up on our search.We even had the authorities officially interrogate everyone she knew, especially those she worked with at her modeling agency, but no one had any reasonable information to share with us that would narrow her search.Even her personal assistant only heard that she was missing from us, he’d assumed she was taking a mental health break when she didn’t come to the office for