“What?” Asher gawks at me with his lips parted in surprise. I pull him closer to me and he finally breaks out of his surprise when our lips meet in a tangle of messy, deep kisses. And when he bites my lower lip, I lose all the thoughts running in my head. Ramsey, Liana, worry for Asher, everything disappears because he kisses so well. When we both fall forward and land on the bed, I break away from the kiss when my lungs begin to beg for oxygen, my lips parted to gulp in air greedily.“Do you want to slow down a bit?” He asks, almost as out of breath as I am. Instead of answering, I wrap my arms and legs around him and kiss him once more. Somehow, this kiss is even deeper and wilder than the last one so when he breaks away, we are both still out of breath and breathing harder than before. He straddles my hips and unbuttons my trousers while I watch him.Then he is back again, dragging his lips down to my neck, and even lower. The hot trail leaves me out of breath but wanting for more.
“So? How did it go?” Ramsey asks me, barely hiding his excitement, or maybe he wasn’t hiding it on purpose. “How do you think it went?” I say, my voice sounding tired and low. “Did you reject him? Did he scream from the pain? I heard rejections are very painful. Describe his face to me.” There’s a huge smile on Ramsey’s face and now I’m sure he isn’t bothering to hide his excitement from me, he simply didn’t care.My mind fills with the image of Asher’s face twisted in pain as he stared right at me as I betrayed him. The look in his emerald green eyes asked me over and over again, ‘how could you do this to me?’ but I didn’t have an answer for him. Asher might hate me now, but at least he was alive and that was what mattered most to me. I left him standing there with no explanations, and just walked out the door, determined to never see him again. He must have felt shattered when I turned my back to him without saying another word. I thanked the goddess for not creating us with eyes at
The rest of the meeting is tense and uncomfortable. Ramsey is the only one who seems unbothered even though he just announced his marriage to his brother’s former mate who was also considered a criminal. For the rest of the meeting, Muriel doesn’t say anything and just stares at the table in front of him.When the meeting is finally over, I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding, a sigh of relief. As the elders begin to exit the hall, Muriel hangs back till Ramsey and I are the only ones left in the halls. I watch uncomfortably as he walks towards us but stops when that unfamiliar man enters the hall and starts talking to Ramsey. Muriel changes course and heads for me instead. “When are you going to stop being a problem for the pack? Why can’t you just know your place?” He whispers to me harshly. “You think I wanted this? This isn’t on me, it’s on you for making a mad man the alpha in the first place.” I say back to him. He stares at me for a moment then says, “Ever since you be
“Luna Alexa?” A knock sounds outside my bedroom door. “Luna?” The person outside calls again. “What is it?” I call back and swing the door open to find a really young Omega maid, probably the same age as Dorothea standing with her hand raised, as if she’s just about to knock on the door again. “Who are you?” Her face goes red and she quickly looks down. “I’m M-Melanie, Luna.” “Why are you calling me Luna?” “T-the al-alpha just o-ordered th-that e-everyone should a-address you a-as L-Luna.” I sigh and rub the side of my head, already feeling too tired of Ramsey’s behaviour.“Why are you here, Melanie?” Melanie’s face becomes even redder and she starts to hiccup. “I-I’m s-sorry.” Her stutter is even worse now and I struggle to understand her. “You are scaring the poor child with your attitude.” Ida says, in a matter-of-fact tone. I sigh again. “Come in.” When she’s in the room, I turn to her and ask “Why are you here, Melanie?” “The al-alpha s-sent me to h-help you get ready for t-the w
I can hear the commotion from outside the hall where I am standing but I am in no hurry to go in and quiet everyone down. Instead, I turn back around and head for my room and collapse on my bed. “She’s pregnant with Derek’s child? How is that possible, Ida?” “It doesn’t sound as impossible as you make it seem. But what are we going to do? Do we save the child?” “I feel like we have to. It is Derek’s child anyway. I don’t think he’d want his child to not survive. I’m sure he’d never forgive me if I had the chance to save his child but didn’t.” “That is true. So how do we save the child?” “I don’t know, Ida. I’ve already asked Ramsey for too many favors.”My conversation with Ida is cut short by the sound of shouting outside my bedroom door. I sigh and sit up in my bed. “He’s here.” Ida says. “Let’s go get married I guess.” The door bursts open and Ramsey, dressed in a black tux, his face a mask of pure rage. When he sees me sitting on the bed, he pauses for a moment, shuts the door and
I hurry over to the edge of the bed when Ramsey stumbles to it, fighting with the buttons of his dress shirt. “W-what do y-you mean wedding n-night?” I ask in disbelief. “Come on.” Ramsey mutters to himself, still struggling with his shirt. “If that creep touches you, I’m tearing his hand off.” Ida growls. “Ramsey, you’re drunk, why don’t you go back to your room?” When he gets even closer to the bed, I scramble off of it and push myself into a corner. “What are you talking about? This is our room.” The hell it is!“Ramsey, this is my room.” “No. I was going to ask you which room you preferred we use, but it looks like you love this room a lot. It is a bit small though.” He says, looking around the room. “Anyway, it is a sacrifice I’m willing to make. I’ll move to this room and we can share it together!” “I never agreed to do that with you.” Ramsey smiles calmly at me but there’s a hardness in his eyes. “Alexa, we are married now. Did you expect to sleep in different rooms? I told you
I turn away from Ramsey and face the door, trying to keep my emotions in check. Falling apart in front of him is exactly what he wants from me and I refuse to give him the satisfaction of seeing me break down in front of him. “I want my own space. Just because we got married doesn’t mean we don’t get to have boundaries. There’s a lot you haven’t told me and a lot I haven’t told you. What happened last night shouldn’t happen ever again. Also, next time don’t alarm the omega maids and the guard wolves when something like this happens again. You’re an alpha now, everybody’s life depends on you.” I open the door and walk out before he can reply.I go back to my room and strip off my wedding dress, making a mental note to burn it when I have the chance. After I shower and dress up, I grab a small box and pack some of my clothes and other things daily necessities into it. I make another note to buy some food as well. I sneak the box of clothes into a tunnel and head for the hidden room I spe
“Change her sentence to an exile, Ramsey.” I say again when Ramsey just stares at me without saying a word. “Fine, let’s do that.” I blink in surprise at his agreement. He really was giving in so easily? I didn’t believe that for one second. Ramsey was up to something and I had to find a way to keep Liana safe. “Really? You’ll do that?” “Of course, you’re the one asking. And I agree with you. She killed my brother, so ending her life will just make her punishment feel like mercy.”Yeah, he was definitely up to something. “Come on, let’s go back home.” He says and holds his hand out for me. “Thanks, but I want to be alone. I have a lot on my mind.” Ramsey nods like he understands what I’m saying. “Okay. I’ll be waiting for you.” I watch him as he walks away from the cell without looking back at me. I have an uneasy feeling.When he’s gone from my view, I enter into the cells and head for Liana. “What happened? I heard Ramsey’s voice.” “He agreed to change your punishment to exile.” Lia
It takes some time for me to get to my senses, pull myself up and off from the ground and start looking for a way to fix this mess. Ramsey had not locked me back into the suite, probably assuming that I was going to curl up into a ball and cry myself to sleep. He was dead wrong. Ramsey had given Ryder the opportunity to ask for anything from me, he had sensed that I was willing to do anything. It made no sense that Ryder asked for Hope. Ryder wasn’t a gentleman, he was a brute so he didn’t need to ask me for her when he could take her by force. Ryder was playing with me.The first place I go to from the office is the hidden room I set up. It is empty and looks clean, so I guess Asher heard what happened and got out but I have no idea where he is. I grab what I need from the hidden room and head for Jessa and Hope’s house. The rogue guards watch me leave the residence of the alpha, they don’t try to stop me but I’m sure they’ll send someone to follow me. I didn’t care, as far as they l
“Ryder!” I bang my fists against the locked door of the alpha’s suite. I had been locked in the suite for almost a week now, and I was so sick and tired of being locked in here as if I was a common criminal. “Ryder!” I try again but he just ignores me. I know he’s out there, standing guard until he fully recovered from the bashing he received from Ida. “What is Ramsey up to? What is he doing?” No answer. “Hey! Stop ignoring me and let me out of here! I need to talk to him.”My fists were already burning from the force I was using to bang on the door so I decided it was probably best that I take a break. I slid down the door as my thoughts went back to Hope. Two days had already passed since she first came to see me and I still had no idea about what to do to convince Ramsey to let Kylan go. Did it mean I was giving up? No, there was no way I was going to let Hope’s baby grow up without a father. But there was also no way I was going to give up Asher’s location or reject him. I was stu
“Kylan, no!” I scream just as he brings down the silver club on Ramsey’s head. The intention to kill Ramsey is so clear in Kylan’s eyes. For a moment, time slows down as Kylan brings the club down and then it happens so fast that for a split second, I don’t understand what happens. The club connects but not on Ramsey’s head and then Kylan is pushed so hard that he collides into a tree that breaks into two from the impact. That is how hard he was pushed.My mouth is wide open in shock as I take in the scene before me. Ryder stands over Ramsey, with blood pouring down his arm with the look of murder on his face. Where on earth did he come from? I realize that he blocked the blow meant for Ramsey’s head with his hand and then shoved Kylan away like he was swatting away a fly.“Alpha, are you okay?” Ryder helps Ramsey up to his feet, he staggers a bit before standing still and wiping the blood dripping down his head. Ramsey shakes off Ryder’s hand and points to Kylan who is still trying t
I am trying so hard to rein Ida in but she’s too strong for me to suppress. She stands there growling at a rage filled Ramsey, ready to do anything to protect me and my oath to our mate. “Ida, don’t provoke him! He might hurt you!” What was I saying? Ramsey had already found out that I didn’t reject Asher and that was provoking enough for him. He practically vibrated with anger as he stood across from me.“I want to speak to Alexa, bring her to me now!” He finally explodes and charges at Ida, eyes dark with rage. My best bet and the only way I could get out of this situation with little or no injuries would be to let Ida take full control, I had to stop holding her back. Ida dodges Ramsey’s first attack and I decide to let her handle this, I was out of options.Ramsey’s eyes change to the colour of his wolf –a creepy red colour, as he watches me shift into my wolf. Ida bares her razor sharp teeth at him and stands ready for whatever he was going to throw at us. “Is this how you want i
“Are you okay?” “I’m fine, why are you asking?” “Nothing, you just seem a bit…” “Tired?” I supply. It was hard for me to hide anything from Asher, especially now that we were mates. He knew me and he saw things that I thought I had hidden well. After Ramsey’s declaration of a second wedding night, I had searched for a solution but found none and the weekend started tomorrow. I had ended up giving myself a headache and I looked even worse than before. I had given up on finding a solution and decided to come see Asher. We were cuddling on the small bed in the room as he lazily stroked my back.I thought I had hidden my worry about the situation I was in well from him, but he just saw right through it. “Yeah, you look tired but that wasn’t what I was going to say. Are you sure everything is okay?” Asher says with a frown on his face as he tilts my face to his. I had to think of something fast or he was going to find out about the wedding night, and there wasn’t anything I could do to sto
“Where were you, Alexa?” Ramsey says again and walks slowly towards me, like a lion stalking its prey. “I couldn’t sleep so I went for a walk.” When did I become so anxious at the sight of Ramsey? No, this wasn’t a new thing, he always gave me a bad feeling whenever I saw him, but these days, especially since the day he killed those innocent people, the sight of him made my skin crawl even more. “I know I haven’t been so attentive to you these days and I’m sorry, you’ll have me all to yourself this weekend.” “What does that mean?” Ramsey nods to a seat in the room.When I finally settle down, he continues. “We haven’t had our wedding night yet, Alexa. It makes it feel like something is missing from our marriage.” I try not to shake his hand off of me when he starts to stroke my hair. “We need this wedding night to bond us, to bring us closer. The pack needs an alpha and a luna, you know.” “Who told you that we needed a wedding night to be close?” “Alexa, we are married.” “So?” “So, I
Choosing Asher was the best decision I made in those tense moments. “I’m so glad you’re safe. Thank you for being safe.” I manage to say around the tears clogging my throat. “I promised you, didn’t I?” Asher replies with a small smile on his face. My smile is so huge as I run my hand through his shoulder length hair. “You need a haircut.” “Later.” “Why not now?” “Later.” He says again. “Asher you-“His lips press on mine, cutting off whatever I was going to say. “I missed you. So much.” He murmurs against my lips.My arms go around his neck as he deepens the kiss, pulling me closer to him by wrapping his strong arms around my waist. I missed those arms around me so much. My hands make a trail from around his neck, down his chest and slip under his shirt to feel those hard muscles. I moan when my fingers connect to them and decide that this isn’t enough, I want skin on skin. Asher stops me when I fiddle with his buttons and I am about to protest when he rips the shirt off himself, scatt
I haven’t been able to sleep for the past three days. When night comes, all I do is toss and turn in my bed. The few times I’ve been able to sleep, my dreams are filled with images of Henry the guard-wolf, looking at me with sad eyes while blood pours from the hole in his stomach. Other times, it is Evan’s son lying on the ground, his eyes open, looking at me while vultures feast on him. Some days, I see Asher running towards me but he is caught and killed by Ramsey, the same way he killed Henry, and I wake up in my bed soaked with sweat, like someone emptied a bucket of water while I was sleeping.The only good thing that happens during these three days is that Ramsey doesn’t try to share the room with me. A part of me is glad but the other part of me is worried about what he must be up to next. There’s no way he’d listen to me and give me space.Five days later, I look worse than I have ever and I’ve stopped coming out of my room. I don’t hear from either Ares or Kylan and that make
“Where? Where is he?” Kylan hands me a note. I take it from him and stare at it. “Alexa, you should read that.” I nod. “Come in.” I shut the door behind him and open the folded paper he gave me. I recognize Sue’s delicate handwriting.“How are you doing Alexa? I hope you are holding on? I just received word from Valor that he has found your mate. As I write this, they are on their way back to here. Valor didn’t say much but Asher is fine, he’s okay so you can stop worrying about him. As for Liana, there’s been no new news on our end but we won’t stop looking. I know we are close and we’ll soon find her. I wish you strength always. Love, Sue.”After reading the note, a sigh of relief pushes past my lips and I feel my mood lift. Asher was okay, he was still alive. “Now what, Alexa?” Kylan asks. “Honestly? I don’t know. We are sitting ducks without Liana’s testimony. The other packs won’t be willing to help us without Liana saying anything. She’s the most important part of our plan.” “Ho