AntiopeThe dress is more than enough but the whole thing is a nightmare. I’ve met all kinds of males in the span of two hours and my faith in the future of our kind is deeply shaken to the point of me thinking of going to the nearest town, seduce a human and bring him in the fold, lying to everyone that he is my true mate.My feet are killing me, my head hurts and I want to go to sleep. But there is one more hour left till midnight and the commencing of the Mating. I have to endure till then, admit defeat and find another way to provide my father with what he wants of me.“I said let me go!” I hear the strained voice of a female somewhere outside the tent and I turn.A petite blonde girl is being manhandled by a male that is forcing her to him with a sly smile. The more the time passes, the more the males get agitated, aroused by the smell of mated wolves and they act like assholes. The girl trying to pull herself away from the big, buff man that is stronger than her is a victim of m
MagnusI look over my shoulder and I see that female put on her high heels. I am still fuming inside. No one talks to me like that. No one! Even mortal enemies shake in fear before me, even those plotting assholes in the Royal Court that hate my guts talk to me with respect. But this woman...I watch as she balances on one leg to put on the other shoe. Her legs pour out of the two openings of her dress. Long, strong, curvy legs. As she is turned I can see all of her back showing from that damn dress and when I see the two dimples on her lower back, I lick my lips.“Strong," Henrar, my wolf howls in my head.This takes my surprise and I look away. It’s the first time after years that Henrar takes notice of a female. He has been nagging me for a mate but he never actually showed preference to anyone.I press my eyes together and I go up to where my cousin is. I need a strong drink and to get that woman out of my head.“Jag är ledsen, Alpha," Thane says.He better be sorry. He embarrasse
AntiopeMy cheeks are hurting from all the fake smiling and if I have to clap one more time to congratulate a happy couple, I will scream. Luckily this long night is close to an end and though these nights drag well after the sunrise, as soon the Alpha King says the words, I am calling it a night. I got a long ride back home and a father to face.I won’t be run tomorrow so I will be packing tonight. Running means submitting to the male catching you and there is no avoiding that commitment. Unfortunately- or not - there isn’t one male here that fits my requirements to let him catch me.“One last male to claim his mate,” Alpha King stands on the high platform and demands silence."Finally,” Maximo all but yawns.“I am glad that my own cousin, my trusted councilor and the man that saved my life more than once is the one to close this ceremony,” the King continues. “I am honored and happy that he found his mate in the Mating Hunt. Alpha Magnus, come forth.”Alpha Magnus is here? Though Eu
MagnusIf that little girl thinks she can challenge me, I will make her regret it.“Don’t worry. I won’t let her get away,” Henrar promises and I believe him.I will show that insolent female what it means to provoke me. She will be my Luna whether she likes it or not. She is too old to go looking for her mate now and she wishes to lead. I am giving her a chance to do so in more than her pack. Strong as the Waterend pack might be, mine is one of the three original packs in our world. The Luna position is an honor and she will have her chance to prove herself. I would have explained all that to her if she wasn’t so stubborn.“You should have led with that instead of threatening her sister.”Henrar excels in sarcasm once more but he doesn’t understand. I have enemies. Enemies that look for ways to hurt my pack. Since Antiope is not my true mate, I can’t trust her, not right away.“The Hunt!” Sigvard booms next to me. “Chace your chosen, get her to submit and you are bonded under the eye
Antiope“You will regret every minute of this,” I swear turning to Magnus.A harsh smile spreads on his face. He won this round and he knows it. We are in front of the King once more to seal the bond. Even if he didn’t mark me-“Why didn’t he? Doesn’t he like us? Henrar was so-” Max is whining over the same thing over and over.That stupid bitch - pun intended - was ready to bare both neck and ass to that asshole’s wolf. I regret submitting but there was no other way. He was going to kill Noah and I was not going to sit and watch that. I thought of attacking but that would only fuel his aggressiveness. I am no match for that gigantic wolf. So I did the only thing I could to save my friend. And I submitted to the worst of them all.“Like you weren’t checking him out.”I did, so sue me. There was an impressive male, butt naked in all his muscled glory standing there. I am a woman. So yeah, I checked him out from his pecks to his V and he looked good. Does that make him any less of an as
AntiopeIt is not the jet lag. It is the realization of what has happened as I look out the window of Magnus’s private jet. The landscape is breathtaking but it’s not home. Not home. The thought makes my stomach tied in knots but with Magnus sitting across me, studying my every move I am not going to reveal any emotion.“You are staring at me,” I say.“Am I making you nervous?”“You are making me annoyed.”I glance at him with the corner of my eye. He hasn’t slept at all, reading reports and conferring with his guards in that annoyingly perfect language of his. It was the only good thing in the whole flight. That and the fact that Magnus seems to be a workaholic. That works great with my plan to avoid him like the Devil avoids Holy Water.“We are landing in a while,” Magnus passes a few papers to one of his guards that he never even introduced to me. “We are going straight to the pack house.”“I want to call my family.”“We’ll see about that.”“Even fucking prisoners get a freaking ph
MagnusThis is genuinely weird for me. It’s been years since I last slept in the Alpha residence. When I stopped doing that and decided that the couch in my office will do just fine, I was alone in here, in that deafening silence I couldn’t bear.And now I am back. And there isn’t silence. There is a female fighting with her clothes two rooms down. I am picturing Antiope taking all her frustration on her few belongings, on the wardrobe door, on the shelves and drawers and I smile. She looks fiercely cute when she gets mad. Which is all the aspect of emotions I have experienced with her.I am sitting on my bed, a bed that seems so foreign to me, and I am listening tentatively. I hear her open the door to the indoor bathroom and I shift uneasily. When the faucets turn and the water runs, I know she will be naked in there.“Can’t we join? We need a bath, too.”It has been a drag to keep Henrar in check. From the moment Antiope and her wolf Maximo submitted to us he is bugging me to compl
AntiopeI am up since dawn and I am sitting outside on the balcony. The view is so beautiful, so calming, so peaceful it makes me want to cry. I’ve been wanting to cry ever since Magnus dragged me down the Alpha King’s platform. If I could, I would sit here all my life, away from my problems.That’s when I hear the slide door open at the other side of the vast veranda and Magnus walks out. My serenity is shattered by his presence but he still doesn’t know I am here. He is wearing a pair of sweatpants and nothing else.“Great Mother, that is a fine male,” Maximo purrs excited.Max is not wrong. I have seen males while training but no one even came close to what Magnus offered. Every inch of his body was sculpted not to make him look good. To make him look lethal. And he is. When he turns I see on his back, a long thick scar. If that rumor is true, I am fairly certain that all the others will be too.“Don’t ogle him,” I chastise Max and I get up to get away from him.“Antiope,” his thic
The fact that she expressed an interest in developing a romantic connection with my brother Michael is something I cannot allow to happen. Trying to figure out if she was trying to murder him or try to take him into the spirit realm. That is something I cannot allow to happen at this moment in time. I have a strong hunch that she is not a human person at all, no matter what she may be trying to convince me of. I'm not sure what she wants with my family, but I have a strong hunch that she isn't a regular human being in the traditional sense of the word. I don't trust it for one second.When one of my classmates approached me, I was completely immersed in my own thoughts and emotions.Rose, please accept my greetings. How are things going for you right now?When I turned around, I saw that Ruth had been standing behind me all along.Ruth, please accept my greetings. How are things going for you right now? What brought you to this particular location? Maybe you weren't intended to be in
I'm not sure what I'd say to Michael if he discovered the truth about me and realized that everything he had learned about me had been fault. I was relieved to see him once again as his car drew up in front of the house and parked there. He observed me sitting outside and staring at him, so I gave him a kind grin and said, "Welcome back," as if he had entirely forgotten about me.Upon inquiring about whether or not I had eaten anything, the gentleman displayed genuine concern for my well-being and enquired as to my eating patterns, to which I answered yes, causing him to question me once again about my eating habits.Adama, It is recognized that you do not consider yourself to be a part of our family, and that my sister has no interest in you, but please allow us to be of assistance to you regardless of your feelings toward this family. The story you told me about your family left me with the impression that you were giving me the truth or that you were engaging in a sophisticated de
Rosa won't like me no matter what I do, and I'm well aware that if she finds out the truth about my relationship with her, she would do everything in her ability to make my life as unpleasant for the rest of her life. Finally, it doesn't matter whether she likes me or not; her brother has been nothing but gracious to me, and I can't imagine hurting any of them by standing up for what I believe is right in this situation.The moment Rose ran up behind me and threw me to the ground, my attention was completely diverted away from what was going on in front of me. I'd completely lost my sense of direction at this point.Even if you walk into my office claiming to be in need of assistance, I will immediately learn that you are not a human being at all, but rather a member of my family who requires a certain degree of care and attention. It has been revealed to me the truth about you, and I am confident that you will never be successful in your campaign against the interests of my family's
Why should my brother have to go through the trouble of inviting someone he doesn't know seems unfair to me. Due to the fact that she is a lunatic, this is exacerbated even further. I know you all think I'm wrong, but don't you think she could be a spy or an evil witch, in addition to being a lunatic, to be considered? She has also come to believe that she is each and every one of the families she has been assigned to destroy, which has made the situation even worse. After thinking about it, I decided that my brother shouldn't go to the trouble of bringing someone he doesn't know. I asked him why he thought it was necessary. What makes matters worse is the question of whether she is, in this specific instance, a ghost or whether she is merely behaving in an atypical manner. If she turns out to be some type of malevolent spirit or animal, may God protect us from her evil ways. It is extremely dangerous for my family and me to be alive. Do you think she's a beast or an evil spirit, or s
The number of times I woke up during the night was so numerous that I didn't let it stop me from going around the house and keeping my attention locked on everyone who was sleeping until the lights were turned back on. Afterwards, I went into my room a few minutes later, where I closed my eyes almost immediately and fell asleep virtually instantly. Getting to sleep this evening was not a difficult feat for me to accomplish. When I realized Michael's eyes were closed, my thoughts raced through my head, and the only thing I could muster was a quick thank you before slamming the door shut behind me and fleeing into my room. The previous evening, Michal, who happened to be my roommate at the time of this particular incident, and I had both been in the same room when we both experienced an equally awful experience, which we shared with each other. Because of the various favors Michael has done for me over the years, I felt compelled to show my gratitude to him for his aid and support throu
When my father asked me again whether I could tell them about the mad lady or how she knew my name, I was at a loss for words. When he inquired again, I was absolutely lost in contemplation.What prompted the convening of this meeting, and what are your views on the subject?Everyone was waiting for me to speak up in order to ascertain what was wrong. I turned my gaze upward and attempted to speak, but all that came out was the sound of a silent syllable. I placed my hands on my head and gazed down before returning my gaze to my parent.Micheal If you convene this gathering and are unprepared to speak, you should rise and exit immediately.I did pause to allow Mom to finish her sentence before speaking.I came across an insane woman.Everywhere was silent, and no one was audible. I looked at my sister, who gave me a puzzled look as if to say, and why are you telling us this?"Son, what happened and what was significant about this last last?" my father inquired once more. There are oth
Michael is my given name. I come from a wealthy family and have been blessed abundantly.Allow me to begin by not mentioning my parents; I was the first child and my parents desired that I marry as soon as possible. I frequently pass by a street called Ajegunle.I was constantly going to see friends or stopping by if I had any work; there is one crazy lady who I always see whenever I pass by. But this one is different; I saw the majority of insane people walk by constantly while this one stayed still and sat in a specific spot without saying anything; I saw how people dropped the majority of their leftovers for her and felt pity; what a pretty woman will turn insane only God knows what she did to earn this situation.She was naked and she was not truly insane; every time I pass by that location, she is all there.So one day, I came down from my car to get a snack because I was so hungry. As I approached the mad lady, my name was called out."MICHAEL".I turned around and saw no one ca
I never considered life to be so bleak, but if I had known that this would be my final day on earth, I would have made amends.I was hoping that after all the wrongs and bad things I had done, God would still have mercy on me. I walked down the road to get some drugs for my mother; she needed some drugs to help her calm down a bit. If the walls could speak to me, I would never have left home.I had the distinct impression that I was constantly being watched, but I had no idea it was this serious.I wished this world would swallow me whole and I would never be heard from again, but the look at me thing isn't working and I felt as though everyone was against me, but what could I do or say?After I obtained the drugs and was returning home, a car pulled out and two men exited, and I was dragged inside. I saw another guy, but his face was obscured by a handkerchief, and before I knew it, everything had turned black.I awoke and found myself tied and in an unknown location. I was terrified
I understand that you may despise me for the sins I did, but one thing I am certain of is that God does not despise me.I make every effort to make everyone happy for me, yet all they care about is obtaining whatever they can and then ditching me. I'll look at my mother and cry because she's not the same as she was before my father's death; I'm trying to be decent and nice and to put things right; I'm aware that I've made a lot of mistakes in the past, but I want to remedy them all.Remember when I told you about the guy at my school who wanted to date me? Well, guess what guys, he raped my friend and she became pregnant; I'm not sure if it was rape or she desired it, but I was relieved it wasn't me at the time.I had a buddy named Chiso; I'm not sure how to characterize her, but she's a mischievous young lady.She pays me a visit at work at night and suggests that we go to a club after I finish.I've always refused her and never committed such an act in my life.My mother abused her