I was dressed in a pretty pink blouse on a black, flowy skirt, paired with my mom's silver earrings. My hair was put up in a ponytail.“You always look so pretty with little effort Alena, I'm so jealous,” Marina whined from on top of my bed where she was flipping through some old novels I stocked.“I totally agree, it's those eyes of hers, and the hair, and the face, and everything.” Sophie, another friend of ours, said exaggerating from the open toilet where she was applying gloss on her lips in front of my newly replaced mirror.I flipped my hair for effect chuckling as I dodged the pillow Marina threw at me.“C’mon,” Marina said, jumping down from the bed. “We’re going to be late.”We were dressed for dinner at the most popular inn in town, Hailey, another friend of ours was having her birthday dinner and our parents had permitted us to go. It had unfortunately taken a lot more pleading and convincing for my dad to budge after all that I’d gone through these past days but eventuall
Damon stared hard at the bodies expressionless. Alex stood next to him as they watched the pack’s physician who was currently bent over, examining one of the dead men.A few warriors stood around them waiting for the physician to be done, and finally, he stood up with a sigh.“Sorcery,” He announced much to the shock of everyone. Damon felt his face hardened at the declaration, the two men had been his pack’s warriors.“We’ve lost three warriors to this witch!” Alex said angrily.It was obvious now that Alena had been telling the truth, there really was a witch in their land. He clenched his fist, he was going to destroy her, it was a solemn promise. He despised sorcerers with everything in him, one had taken Aria and his child away from him, and anyone again who dared to come even as close to him as his territory border was going to feel his wrath and now there was one freely moving in his lands, killing his warriors and had even gotten as close to killing him.“But it's one unlike I'
A sorcerer and a Vampire hybrid, that was who I was - an abomination, a crossbreed that should have never happened but had. I had been a mistake, I didn't have to be told that but I knew it. It was why my mother had left the security and safety of living with her kind and brought me to be raised far off from everyone else, just the both of us.She had met him, an injured Vampire who had come into her small village for treatment and I had happened one night, and then she was punished with me. Sorcerers were meant to mate with only two species: their fellow sorcerers and humans. Any other mix was a disaster, usually, the children from otherwise interbreed were born deformed and brought great calamity into the land they were born into.When they had found out, Mother was pardoned for being a promising sorcerer otherwise, she was meant to have been killed with me inside of her, and instead, she was to birth me and I was to be killed, that was the plan until the last few days before my bi
TRIGGER WARNING: Chapter content includes complete sexual scenes (may be skipped).And just as my lips touched his skin, he wrapped his arms around my body and hoisted me up pulling me away from the spot. Instinctively, my legs wrapped around his waist, my arms around his neck.I stared back at his eyes, dark with obvious desires. It sent shivers through every part of me. “We will do this my way.” His voice came out husky, each word sending my heart into a frenzy. I found myself frozen in place by his gaze, he dipped his head and caught my lips with his.I released a gasp at the hungry manner in which he kissed me, wrapping my arms tighter around him. I kissed him back with equal intensity, one of his hands held my neck in place, gently caressing the spot as his mouth pleasured me. The kiss was possessive, his arm around my waist pulling me even closer to him.His tongue pushed into my mouth curling itself against the inside of my mouth sending heat through me in a way I never knew
The first thing I felt when my eyes opened was a tingle in the spot where I’d been marked. My hand went to it gently caressing it, and a small smile formed in my face.We were yet to be bonded fully but this was something, to complete the full bond, we were to hold the crowning ceremony first and after that, I would become the Luna before mating with the Alpha to complete it. “Hey,” Damon said, rolling over, an arm wrapping around my body. I felt happiness fill me at this, it was the mate effect, I reminded myself. Whatever I felt now had nothing to do with my own will and I was no longer going to try to suppress it, but deep inside I knew what I truly felt for this man and that was hate, the feelings for him that were not subjected to a higher being’s control and left to my will was raw disgust - disdain at his presence, revulsion at his touch and absolute contempt at his existence.I turned to him with a smile on my face, my eyes closed as I hugged him closer, snuggling deep into
David made his way through the mountains, he was traveling with three warriors headed towards the North where the Winterborn pack resided. The elders in the council had taken a vote approving the merger proposal they'd requested. He was tasked to go there and observe the pack’s activities before informing them of their decision, a pack without a leader was dangerous.The travel would take three days and it was their second, they would be arriving latest tomorrow's evening. He took a gulp of water from the flask that was around his neck.During the meeting with the council members, the Alpha had informed them that the crowning ceremony of the new Luna would commence the moment he -David- returned from his travel. He clenched his fist at the thought of it.David was pleased with the thought of the goddess finding his daughter worthy enough to be the Luna of a pack as powerful as theirs, it was proof that his lineage was of strong noble breed but at the same time he didn't like it. Alena
I felt my instincts kick in at the person’s presence and I was going to unleash right as the hand released me, my nostril instantly filled with the pleasant smell of another.“You’re lucky,” I said, sending him a glare. “I was ready to rip out your limbs.” He settled himself on a dressing table that seemed to have been abandoned seeing as it was in the small closet Damon had dragged me into.“Of course, you were, by thrashing against my hold as you had been, I was afraid you were going to knock me dead.” He said.I shook my head at him, a small smile on my lips before I looked around.“What are you doing here?” I asked, suddenly aware that I was just in my undergarments which consisted of a pantyhose, panties, and brassiere.His arms encircled my waist drawing me closer to him with a boyish smile on his face. He buried his head in the crook of my neck and inhaled.“You smell so good.” He groaned, his lips on my skin causing me to shiver slightly.“It’s the mate effect, I actually sme
“You have to reject him!” My dad declared immediately after returning from his travel.I stared at him in utter horror. He couldn't be serious now, was he? But the expression on his face told me he was, and that was incredulous. “What?” Mom asked abruptly, standing up. “What are you saying?”“She can't continue with the crowning ceremony. I don't want you to be mated to the Alpha.” He said in a tone of finality.I felt my eyes flame and I closed them taking in a deep breath. I wasn't going to react despite how I was itching to unleash on him… Who the hell did he think he was to give me such stupid orders? I was looking forward to becoming Luna and ruling over all of the members of the Dark Moon pack and here is some random man telling me he doesn't ‘want’ it. When have I ever given him the impression I cared about what he wanted? It didn't matter to me if he was my dad, no one was stopping this!“Dad, you can't do this,” I said, tears pooling in my eyes. One of my best skills was the