Flamed Eyes

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