“I thought—”I rasped. I couldn’t breathe.Evander cupped my face and stared straight into my eyes. Those viridescent orbs looked so bright, full of longing and happiness, as he absorbed every detail of my face and then went down to my parted lips.Without a word, he claimed my lips and kissed me so deeply. His tongue slipped inside, playing, tasting, and feeling the inside of my mouth as I gasped sharply, tilted my head slightly, and kissed him back ferociously. His hands were on my back, fingers laced on my soft brown hair, as he walked us slowly without breaking the kiss.The next thing I felt was the soft bed on my back as he laid me so gently with him on top of me. His eyes were blazing with desire, so hot that I was melting butter underneath his trembling, muscled body."Goddess, help me. I haven’t slept a day since you left the manor,” he murmured to me hoarsely as pain etched on his face. “I couldn’t stop thinking about you, Holly. I couldn’t—he tried to look away from me as h
Evander spent the whole night with me in my room. Evander was a little upset that I didn’t get enough sleep but he knew how much I wanted to savor each second with him, knowing he had to leave again to deal with the rats inside his pack in the morning.He was a little wary of my dad but I managed to convince him to eat with us. Dad, as I expected, was not surprised to see him walk with me inside the dining hall. He was already sitting at the head of the table, waiting for me—or maybe us.He was the one who asked Evander to come here for me anyway. And for that, I was really grateful.On the other hand, I understood why my mate was a little uncomfortable with Dad’s presence. He still blamed himself for what happened and it must be hard for him to look at my dad in the eye, thinking he failed to protect me from Ambrose’s assassins. It affected his confidence so much and I wish I could kiss those worries that danced in his eyes every time he looked at me. I wish I could fight alongside h
Goddess, help me. My hands were trembling.Evander had been silent as hell while the three of us went straight to the hallways to my father’s study room. I felt sick and I couldn’t tell if it was because of this horrible morning sickness or the fear that Evander and Alec might go into a heated argument again. And because of my pregnancy, the Alpha of the Blackwood Pack was more lethal and dangerous when provoked. I never wanted him to make any reckless moves in front of my dad.I haven’t explored the palace yet. And just seeing how vast the interior was already made me feel tired. Maybe when we finally solve this rising problem against Randalf and the Ivory Pack, then I will make time to walk around this place with Dad.[I hope you are not thinking about killing Alec when you see him.] I brushed a whisper on my mate’s mind through our bond as we followed my dad to his office. [You look like you are going to rip him in half already.]He looked at me but failed to hide the menace darken
“Alec?”I shouldn’t have followed him but there was part of me that I had to and thankfully, I managed to convince my mate that I needed to talk to him. Evander and I were married and we were going to have a pup soon. I told him there was nothing for him to worry about.Evander, being too overprotective, walked me to the garden and waited for me in one of the gazebos there, close enough for him to see me and Alec. I knew it was a little upsetting but he told me it was Alecs, whom he didn't trust and he couldn't just leave me alone with the ex-fiance of the woman who almost killed me.But Evander understood that I couldn’t just leave Alec when he could help all of us track our enemies. We couldn’t afford for him to side with Randalf, knowing how terribly he hated my husband.“You shouldn’t have followed me, Holly. Go inside.” He turned his back on me, with his hands resting on his hips, while looking at the bright sky. He refused to look at me in the face and I understood why.“You hav
I waited but Evander didn’t come to my room, just as he said.I couldn’t remember how many times I peeked between the curtains of the window but the three of them weren’t there anymore, and my heart sank, realizing that I hadn’t even had the chance to kiss my husband goodbye before he left. Was dad’s scolding so bad that he got too furious to go back inside the palace to see me? Or was it because of another urgent matter that he urgently had to attend and he didn’t have enough time to see me before he left?Whatever the reason, I had to endure my husband’s absence and make myself useful in any way I could.But how?There were too many sentinels guarding this palace in every corner. Four were assigned outside my room and I had no idea how many more were appointed all over this massive place.I tried to tether him through our bond and sense his presence but he was gone and out of my reach.“Goddess, I hate it here.” I grumbled and slumped on the edge of the bed, my eyes still looking ou
“You are not serious, right?”I gazed into my husband’s darkened eyes. His face hardened like steel as he gave me that contemplative look. But I could tell he was considering it. There was hesitation flashing in his emerald-green eyes.He knew that whatever memories Randalf asked Melinda to erase, they could be important.But then my heart sank when he said flatly. “No.”We were in my room. I had to wait three lonely days until Evander was able to get some rest from those endless meetings and had time to see me again. Sheiyan, on the other hand, pleaded that I shouldn’t bring that topic to my husband, expecting that Evander would only get furious about it. But I had to try. I had to convince my husband. He was the only person who understood my desperation to know about my lost memories.“You know how dangerous it is, Holly.” He sighed heavily, and I felt bad after I saw that exhausted look on his face. I could tell that the situation in the Blackwood pack worsened after a week of the
A day after that fight with Sheiyan, Evander found me staring blankly out the window of my room, overlooking the lush and vibrant colors of the garden. The sun was setting and the purple-pinkish sky made the whole scenery on my window look like a painting of a masterpiece that could easily draw someone’s attention to it.I turned to look at him. The rim of my eyes was red and swollen. My face was taut with utter agony, suffering from the fact that the only best friend I had hated me to the bone.“Holly…” Evander’s eyes were wide with fret as he made five large steps towards me from the door, where he was shocked after seeing the horrible look on my face.“Did something happen?" He gazed into my face; his instinct to protect me flashed in his eyes and then he pulled me into a tight embrace.Sheiyan didn’t tell him. She didn’t tell him about that awful argument we had.I shook my head before I pulled myself a little away from him to stare into his troubled eyes. “No. It’s okay, Evan. Ma
Evander had to think of a way for the sentinels to leave my door and as the Alpha King’s son-in-law, no one doubted when he told them a new shift schedule was released and it was their time for their rotation to be stationed at the gates of the garden.My heart was rioting in my chest when he told me that all the lights in the palace would be out in five minutes.“How is that possible?” I asked him when he came back to my room with a grin on his face. I couldn’t think of anything about how Evander could pull that off. But I knew him. There was no stopping him when he had to do or needed something.Dad was out of the country attending an economic meeting with the Alphas of the Southern Packs. Evander told me he got into Dad’s schedule where the old man would be away for days so we never had to worry about him running after us and beating the sh*t out of him.But cutting off the power of this massive place?“‘Kian knows someone who is working at the main power source of this palace and