Eleanor was shocked to see how Miller looked as he approached the two of them, his angry gaze fixed on Henry.She couldn’t for the life of her fathom the reason behind his anger. Unless he thought Henry was harming her? But Henry hadn’t done anything to suggest that, so what the hell was going on with Miller?Henry watched in irritation as Blackstorm’s Beta approached, looking ready to get into a fight. Where on earth had he come from, and what did he want?“Who do you think you are to touch her like that?” Miller growled when he stopped right in front of Henry.Touch her?Miller was confronting Henry with so much anger because Henry had touched Eleanor?Behind Henry, Eleanor frowned. Why would Miller be so triggered by Henry touching her?“How is it any of your business?” Henry asked, cocking his head to the side. “Are you her personal watchdog or something?”“Henry,” Eleanor called in a warning tone, not wanting him to worsen the situation, “I think it’s a misunderstanding.”The two
A shiver ran down Eleanor’s body the moment Henry’s lips caressed her skin. She had prepared herself, knowing such close contact was necessary for the healing.After all, it was his saliva that had the healing capability. But as her body reacted to his touch, she knew she was anything but prepared.When he ran his tongue over her inflamed mark, she felt a responding tightening between her legs. Her body’s reactions mortified her.He was healing her! Why was she having such reactions? What if he could tell? She didn’t want him to get the wrong idea.Henry swiped his tongue over her mark again, and she had to bite down on her lip to stop a moan from slipping free.There was a part of her that realised the smart thing to do was push him away. Stop the healing. There had to be other ways to treat the inflammation.But as the pleasurable sensations arising in her body got stronger, her resolve got weaker. Instead of pulling away, she found herself giving herself over to the sensations, let
While Sophia stood in the doorway and gawked openly, Eleanor pushed Henry away. He gave a displeased grunt, but she ignored that and shot up from the couch, putting space between them.As he looked at her, the breath she was trying to catch deserted her all over again when she saw his eyes. For a moment, his dark eyes flickered with a golden hue, as if his wolf wanted to break through.Eleanor could see his struggle to control his animal instincts in his stiff posture and furrowed brow.It seemed like forever before he fully composed himself and she finally managed to sigh in relief.How could be? Why was his wolf so attracted to her? Did his wolf sense something special from her?She was eager to get the answer but her wolf had no sign of waking.Maybe it wasn’t the time yet, she thought.Eleanor walked to the door and met Sophia halfway. It was only a few moments, but Eleanor was worried that Thomas would be the next person to show up at the door.Sophia craned her neck to catch a g
Thomas released her and Eleanor sat back down, wishing she had never stood up in the first place. What was he up to?She hoped that Thomas would move away, but instead, he stood beside her and rested his hand on the back of her chair.“So, what have you decided?” Thomas asked, looking down at Eleanor and then at Henry.Henry, whose expression clearly showed his displeasure. Eleanor wondered whether Thomas knew he was the cause of it.But then again, they had almost come to blows earlier. They already knew they didn’t like each other.Was Henry the reason Thomas was suddenly acting like a loving possessive husband? Trying to mark his territory, or whatever?The idea disgusted Eleanor. Thomas didn’t love her, he just wanted to show off in front of Henry and maybe warn him off her.At this point, he was treating her as if she was a toy in his personal collection. He could do whatever he wanted to her, and he didn’t want to share.If he tried that again while they were alone, she’d give h
Eleanor scoffed and turned towards the door, uninterested in spending any more time in either of their presence.“Where are you going?” Thomas asked, his sharp words bringing her to a stop. “Are you just going to leave me here with Mia alone?”Eleanor turned her head to look at him. “Oh, I thought you’ re expecting me to leave. No? I bet you prefer spending time with her, so stop trying to keep up appearances.”His gaze hardened. “You don’t really care about our marriage anymore, do you?”“Me? Who was it that brought this witch back to our pack?” Eleanor shot back. She continued her walk to the door and slammed it behind her.Thomas cursed and shoved his hand into his hair. He had no idea what to do with Eleanor. What to say to her. She had completely changed, and any attempt on his part to fix things was met by a cold wall of resistance.It was as if she didn’t care about their relationship anymore. Until then were they going to go around in circles like this, like rivals in a fight
Thomas felt he had given Eleanor enough time to accept Mia, but she kept getting more disagreeable. Not only had she refused to accept his mate, but she had also started disrespecting him.She disobeyed him and undermined his authority and did not care about his explanations. She did not care about their relationship anymore.He was done begging for her to reason with him. He was Alpha of Blackstorm, and he did not need anyone’s permission to do anything.It was time for him to have what rightfully belonged to him.“Go on,” he said to Mia, whose eyes were on him, awaiting his approval.At least Mia gave a shit about him. She cared enough about him to consider giving up her new life just so she wouldn’t cause any trouble for him.When he brought her to the pack, he had only wanted to keep her close so their bond could strengthen his wolf. He had never planned to claim her, but now he couldn’t think of a reason not to.Eleanor was giving him the cold shoulder, and they’d not acted like
At the sound of Mia’s screams, guards rushed in from all directions to help her. Eleanor stood by the table, amused. One moment, Mia had been standing by the table, a safe distance from the edge of the pool.The next, she was in the water. It was such a shame to have missed her dive into the pool. It was the peak of her performance, albeit a little too desperate.Thomas came rushing with the guards, and he was the first to dive into the pool, clothes and all, and grab Mia. Mia clung to him, sobbing. He carried her out of the pool and lay her on the ground.He barked an order to a guard nearby. The guard removed his coat and handed it to him. Thomas used it to cover Mia, who was shivering with cold.“What the hell happened?” Thomas asked, rubbing his hands up and down her arm.Eleanor lifted an eyebrow. She too would like to know.“I’m sorry,” Mia said through chattering teeth. “It’s all my fault. It was me who provoked Luna. I shouldn’t have disrespected her.”Thomas’s eyes shot to El
When the three of them got to the control room, Miller gave Thomas an apologetic look. “I’m sorry, Alpha. There’s actually no surveillance video.”Thomas frowned. “What do you mean there is no surveillance video? Did you lie?”Miller bowed his head, ready for his Alpha’s punishment. “Yes. I’ll accept whatever punishment you give me, but I did this for the pack.”Thomas scoffed. “For the pack? You suggested that my mate was lying against Luna, how exactly was that for the pack?”“No one, not even the Alpha’s mate, can offend the Luna,” Miller replied. “That is the pack rule. Mia changed her story when she heard that there is surveillance footage. She also tried to convince you to not check the footage. I believe that’s evidence enough that she was trying to cause a misunderstanding about Luna among the pack members.”“Or maybe she is just afraid of her and terrified at what she’ll do to her once the entire truth is revealed,” Thomas seethed.“Do you really believe Luna Eleanor is that
Eleanor woke up in the morning after the coronation ceremony to the sensation of Henry’s fingers stroking down her arm. Electricity skittered across her skin from the simple contact, waking her completely.“Are you awake?” Henry asked, as if he could tell without even looking at her face, which was buried in his shoulder.“Yes,” she mumbled.He hooked his fingers under her chin and lifted her face. He smiled at her softly before kissing her on the lips. It was a soft kiss at first, but before long, it intensified into their tongues tangling together and her hand rising to sink into his hair.His hand on the other hand went lower, slipping between her legs and seeking her warm centre. She moved her legs apart, granting him easy entry. His fingers teased her nub, rubbing her until she was panting against his mouth and humping into his hand.“Please,” she pleaded, wanting to feel him inside.He pulled his hand away and before she knew it she was lying on her back and he was positioning h
was the culmination of Henry’s efforts in the past few months, which had seen him rise to the position of the Alpha King of the South.While Blackstorm started rebuilding and putting things back in order, Henry had gotten busy strengthening Darkfall’s territory.The alliance with Jonathan had left most of the rogue packs around Darkfall weak. They had sacrificed most of their warriors and funds in plotting against Darkfall and Blackstorm and helping Jonathan wage his war.They had been promised territories and titles, but with the hybrid’s defeat, all they had gotten were losses. This made it easier for Henry to conquer and absorb them without extending a lot of effort. He also took over Alpha Elroy’s pack, making it part of Darkfall.In the months that followed, he had not faced any serious threat, and Darkfall thrived and became the most powerful pack in the southern region. Soon, all the packs in the region selected him as the Alpha King of the South, asserting his dominance and Da
The next day, members from the two packs–Eleanor’s and Thomas’s–gathered in the square, awaiting Mia’s trial. Word about her involvement with the hybrid attackers had spread, and everybody was looking forward to her sentence.Her execution would close a chapter everybody wanted to forget and move on from. After that, it would be time to rebuild the pack, as one, to what it was before all the chaos.Mia was tied to a post, with wood arranged beneath her feet. She struggled against the rope around her hands and feet as she cried out, claiming innocence. “She is only doing this because of jealousy!” she screamed so that the people gathered could hear her. “She killed Alpha Thomas because he chose me instead of her, and now she wants to kill me and his only heir.”“Witch!” someone in the crowd yelled and pelted a stone at her. “Shut your filthy lying mouth!”“There were many witnesses present when you killed Alpha Thomas,” one of the warriors who were with Thomas that day said, “and even
It was then that it occurred to Eleanor that she had not heard from Miller since she came back. She had been communicating with Sophia all along. If something bad had happened to him, Sophia would have told her, right?“Hey, have you seen Miller?” she decided to ask Henry. He had been at the pack before the attacks so she thought he might have an idea about her Gamma’s whereabouts. “I haven’t heard from him or seen him anywhere.”Henry sighed, his chest shifting beneath her. “Did you ever find it funny how he agreed to become your Gamma?”Eleanor frowned and shook her head. “What? Why? No, I…he had promised to support me no matter what, and he wanted the best for the pack. He knew Sophia would be my Beta all along and was okay with the position he got.”“So you think he was just being selfless, giving up his position as the Beta of Blackstorm to be your Gamma?” Henry asked her.Well, there was that, but there was also the fact that Miller had confessed to having feelings for her.Even
Henry deepened the kiss, his lips moving against hers with strong strokes. Their bodies, pressed against each other with nothing in between, lit on fire as a burning passion passed between and through them.Eleanor pushed him back into a tree, trapping him there while her hands roamed his muscular body. “Will anyone miss you if I lock you up in a room with me for the next one year?” she asked when they pulled back to catch their breaths.“They’ll just have to do without me,” he replied as she pressed her lips to his face. She trailed kisses from his temple and down to his lips, where she only teased him before moving on down to his jaw. He tipped his head back into the tree as she continued on to his throat.He groaned in pleasure when she wrapped her lips around his Adam’s apple and sucked. While she tormented him with her lips, he ran his hands down her back until they reached her ass.He squeezed her cheeks and pressed her forward, letting her feel his hot erection against her bell
Elroy cracked his neck as he smiled arrogantly. “Once you lose, your territory will become mine.”Good luck, Eleanor thought, wishing he would shut up already. Her wolf growled and hit her paw on the ground, letting him know that he was wasting time blabbering. He seemed to get the message because he shifted back to his wolf form and faced her.Henry got out of the way and the two rushed at each other, growling. They met mid-air and crashed into one another before falling to the ground. Elroy’s wolf lunged for her throat but Harper was quick on her feet and got away.She went straight for his hind leg and snapped it between her fangs. Elroy’s wolf howled and violently pulled himself away, the scent of his blood filling the air.Eleanor wished she could taunt him then, ask him whether he was sure he wanted to go ahead with this. Taunting him like that would make him see red and attack out of spite without caution. It would be a quick way to end this battle.She settled for regarding hi
Nessa fell to her knees beside her brother, tears streaming from her eyes. “Thomas! Thomas!” she called, holding onto his arm and shaking him. “Don’t do this. Don’t leave me!”A sombre mood engulfed the warriors who had accompanied Thomas and they watched helplessly as his sister cried over his body. It was such a sudden death, and none of them could have imagined that it would be the end for him.They had left Blackstorm determined to aid their former fellow pack members and fix the strained relationship between the two packs. Nobody could have foreseen such a tragedy.Eleanor wrapped an arm around Nessa’s shoulders and pulled her into a hug. The girl turned to her and accepted her embrace, crying into her shoulder.Eleanor wished she had been able to notice Mia earlier and stop her from hurting anyone. Nessa’s pain awakened the despair from losing Liam.She wished that the thought of bringing Mia to justice could do anything to erase the pain she had caused. It would not bring back
Thomas’s warriors rushed towards him where he lay on the ground unable to move. Eleanor looked up from his body and to Mia, who had shot the arrow.Mia’s eyes were filled with rage as she faced Eleanor. There were about a dozen werewolf warriors baying for her blood, but she did not even seem to be bothered.After being sprung from the interrogation room, it had taken her a while to find her way to the east gate without discovery. Before she could make it there, the building she had taken cover in had blown up. She was lucky to get out alive!She was running on fumes from the anger she felt towards Jonathan. How dare he set off the bombs without first ensuring she was out of harm’s way? She was the one who had introduced the idea to him.She had delivered Henry to him on a silver platter, but he had botched that up to. How could everything go so wrong after everything she had done?She could not believe that he had allowed Eleanor to escape. Was this the she-wolf he regarded far above
By the time Henry got to Eleanor’s pack, there were buildings up in flames.“What happened?” he asked Sophia when she came to meet him.“There was an explosion,” she told him, and then continued to give him a rundown of the situation. “Fortunately, we were able to evacuate most of the pack members successfully.” Worry took over her features. “However, there are a few Omegas trapped in the kitchen and basement. We are working on getting them out. Some of my warriors are holding off the attackers away from the compound.”“Where is Miller?” Henry asked.“He is keeping an eye on Mia,” she replied.“Coordinate the rescue for the Omegas trapped in the basement and I’ll go check,” he said. “That woman led me and my warriors into a trap, I don’t trust her.”He was already suspecting that she had a hand in the explosions. Jonathan had not had a chance to send a signal before he killed him–at least not one Henry was aware of. So if the explosions had gone off, it had to be one of Jonathan’s spi