“Ana.”
I hear my name called out into the darkness like a whisper but a little louder. As I stare around the room, I look in the corner where my rocking chair is and see Dominic staring at me with half open lids. He looks tired, and I only wish that he would just come to bed so he would sleep for once in many weeks.
Noting that he doesn’t move, I sit up and gaze at him from where I sit. With a half-smile, half-smirk he stares deep into my eyes before he glances down to my chest. Then only then does he get out of the chair and stroll slowly over to the bed. Almost is if he is still trying to make up his mind if he is going to do this.
Waiting for him to make the first move, I sit up even taller and watch as he gets closer and closer with his eyes trained on my breasts. When he stumbles and almost falls, I realize that he is drunk and then ask him, “Dominic, have you been drinking?”
Stumbling once more and nearl
Realizing too late, that I am under its spell, I stand there frozen waiting for something bad to happen. The thing that I had originally thought was a wolf, is now in the shape of a man again and he looks just like Alpha Tomas. He is staring down at me with the most ill intent of anyone I have ever known but does nothing except for stare at me as if he owns my soul. I hear a sound off in the distance and then I watch silently as Alpha Tomas or whatever it is that has taken his shape, turns around and stares off to where the sound came from. At that moment, he must lose control of me because suddenly I feel like I can move. Before he turns back around, I launch myself in the direction of the front door. Unfortunately, I don’t make it in time, and I know it when I feel his fingers around my neck as they tighten, making me black out. When I come to, I realize that I must have been out only for a second, because when I raise my head, I
The minute, he lifts me up into his arms and carries me in the door, I know that things will be so much better. The look in his eyes tells me that he really was scared to lose me this time. Perhaps he has had a change of heart.As I still stare into his eyes, I wonder something. Does this mean he will finally mate with me? Or will we continue the original dance? I don’t know if I can take much more of this.While he carries me up the stares to my bedroom, I hope that soon it will become ours again and that this will be all over and done with. But the moment, he opens the door to the bedroom, I sense a change in him, and his eyes grow cold when he looks away and begins to stare at the bed. His smile turns to a frown and his demeanor changes from one of a man so glad to see me to someone who could care less.I close my eyes when he places me down on the edge of the bed and then he starts to turn around before I
“Get up.” I turn over to see Monique staring at me while still sleepy eyed and having a hard time focusing my eyes on her cheery smile. It feels like I didn’t sleep at all because last night Dominic kept tossing and turning. Every time I got comfortable, he ended up moving and then snoring again. I think the worst part was when I woke up about 4 a.m., he actually had a massive erection, and it was cutting into my side. It made me wonder exactly what he was dreaming about and then I heard him call someone’s name. Of course, it wasn’t mine and that disturbed me to no end. The rest of the night I did touch and goes till Monique woke me up just now. Trying to remember the name he called out. I shake my messy mane of golden locks and then decide I had better get up before she pulls me out of bed. Watching as she goes to straighten up things in the room, I sit up and then poise myself on the end of the bed. Deci
“I can’t believe that she is just a friend.” I murmur so softly it’s barely audible. This Evangeline that Dominic claims is his friend, sounds more like a long-time lover who isn’t up to snuff to be his queen and Luna. She must be someone who is an Omega, or even worse from a rogue family. How could I have been so blind though? Everyday he disappears for hours, and I have no idea what he is doing. I mean he pretty much shuts me up in this castle without any friends except for Monique and I don’t have anything to do but to read and walk the gardens. It almost reminds me of someone who is a prisoner of their own domain. Matter of fact, it is pretty sad once you start to really think about it. Till now, I hadn’t worried about it too much because I figured someday, he would let me in on his little secrets and share more of himself with me. But now, I realize that is what Evangeline is for. She is his confidant
“Why is he still here?” I yell at the top of my lungs before throwing my book clear across the room. Feeling so upset that I can’t even concentrate, I watch Dominic pace around the room before he replies, “Because he is important. I can’t just go around banishing everyone from the castle and the territory, can I?” Walking up to him and looking up into his eyes, I ask, “Or is it because it was a servant that it happened to, and she is less important than I am?” The minute the words leave my lips, I regret them because he stands over me by a full foot and leans down before saying spitefully in my face, “I would not be a good king if I didn’t take both sides into consideration would I and the welfare of the kingdom. He swears that she offered herself to him so she could get ahead. He said that she is looking to become a Luna so she can get out of this trade.” Scoffing at what he has said, I quickly come back with, “There is no way
“Knock” “Knock” As I sit on the couch reading, I hear a knock at the door which startles me a little. Enough to make me drop my book. “Dang it.” I murmur under my breath when I must find my bookmark and try to remember which page I was on. When I see the page, I place the bookmark in it carefully and stand up. Hearing the knock again, I walk to the door and ask, “Who is it?” Before waiting silently to the side. Dominic opens it quickly and walks in with a woman following closely behind him. She is taller than I expected by a whole foot or so and quite skinny for a woman. Matter of fact, she reminds me of a prepubescent boy growing into his own skin. Her face is very plain, but her eyes peer through to my soul and that unnerves me right away. It’s as if she knows exactly what I am thinking and yet she doesn’t say anything. Instead, she stands quietly with her hands clasped together and her e
Once everything is packed, I find someone to take me. Alpha Jamison so kindly volunteers, and then he drives me all the way home to my parent’s house. When we arrive, the place looks deserted at first glance. “Are you sure you want to stay here by yourself?” He asks me with an uncertain look about him, and then he disappears around the side of the house. Before I get to answer him, I hear something in the woods from behind me and I automatically turn around to face it. I am not prepared for my mother to walk out of the woods and greet me. Shaking my head, I’m relieved the moment I realize that it’s her and go to hug her. When she walks up and wraps her arms around me, she asks, “Ana, what are you doing here?” With a surprised smile on her face. I sink into her warm embrace, because it’s the first time I have seen her in a while now. Closing my eyes, I don’t say anything, because I am afraid of what she will think when
I open my eyes to see that Dominic is gone again. Feeling a little disappointed, I notice that I feel like a ton of bricks has hit me for some reason and my eyes are caked with sleep. Then I start wondering if I am coming down with something, because just climbing out of bed fatigues me.When I step one foot on the cold floor, I shriek because it feels icy underneath my toes. I run to the bathroom quickly and then as soon as I wash my hands, I rush back to bed and wait for Monique to come in. Maybe she will bring me something to eat or have the doctor come to check on me. Who knows?Laying down, I read one of my novels for a while till I hear someone at the door. It opens quickly and makes a loud bang as it hits the wall, then Dominic walks inside. “You missed breakfast, Ana. Did you sleep in?” He asks with a little worry in his voice.Hesitating for a moment, I think of something to say but chang
After he brings me to the bedroom, we sit there and talk for a few minutes when we hear a knock on the window from outside. We glance at each other, before he stands up and quickly rushes to the window. Seeing my father outside, he seems confused until I walk over and open it.He climbs in with Alina in his arms and when I see her, she already looks bigger than she did a couple hours before. I cock my head to ask, “Did she get bigger already?” Glancing between my father and Dominic before taking Alina and waiting for an answer.The minute she reaches for me, I feel my heart ache just knowing that I had given her away. I can’t believe that I could think this would be the answer when it was right in front of me the whole time. Surely, she can live off the animals in the woods and the ones we raise. Then after she drains them, we can use the meat for everyone else. A win, win situation.“Yes, s
Warning: Trigger of suicidal thoughts and attempt. If you can’t deal with this, don’t read this chapter’s end.“I heard that you are looking for me Anastasia.” I hear my father’s familiar voice echoing throughout the moonlit room from the shadows.By now the pups are walking because it has been 3 months since they have been born and our kind grow extremely fast, not unlike wolves in the wild. Alina has developed more of a taste for blood than I care to discuss with anyone. When she tried to suckle on my nipple and nearly tore it off, I stopped her just afterwards.That was almost a month ago. Since then, she has taken to draining the life out of various animals around the castle. So, when my father shows up in the middle of the night, I am more than happy to oblige him. “Father, you never told me your name, so it was hard to find you before now. I had to contact mothe
“Knock”“Knock”I open my eyes to see if Dominic ever came back to the room last night. When I realize that he hadn’t, I climb out of bed and throw on my robe. I smell the distinct aroma of bacon from downstairs and the minute I smell it, my stomach starts growling.After I walk to the door, the knocking stops for a second and I grip the handle before opening it. Just as I turn the knob, the knocking starts again, and it makes me jump when I startle. I say with a raised voice, “Hold on, let me open it.”When I pull it towards me, I see Monique standing there with my breakfast. “Here you go, I have brought this up for you. How are you feeling this morning?” She smiles before walking in and placing it on the table in front of me.“Oh, thank you so much. How did you know I was so hungry? The minute I smelled the bacon, my stomach was growl
We walk down to dinner hand in hand after a delightful afternoon of love making and lying in Dominic’s arms. When I sit down with a huge smile on my face, Beta Anne who is sitting next to me, states, “My, my, my. Someone looks happy. If I didn’t know better, I would say that you just spent all afternoon making love.” Turning to her and wondering what she meant by this, I dismiss it quickly because I am in far too good a mood to let anything like this bother me.I feel Dominic’s hand on mine and then I turn my head and smile at him before picking up my glass of wine and sipping it. Having way too much already, I start to laugh a little as I think about what we did all afternoon. Then suddenly, what she said starts to nag at me.What did she mean by that statement? Does she know something I don’t about him? Have they been together before? All this runs through my head an
“Oh, my goodness. Dominic, come here quickly. The pups are already crawling, and Joshua just said his first word. I gesture for Dominic to hurry over so I can show him. Then I start to tickle Joshua while holding him in my arms, before asking him sweetly in my mommy voice, “Joshua, what do we say to daddy?”He giggles and then glances between Dominic and me before stating proudly, “Daddy, daddy.” In the cutest little boy’s voice, I have ever heard in my life.Dominic instantly smiles and grabs him from my hands as he raises him up in the air and pretends that he is an airplane. “Vroom.” He says as he flies him in circles before landing on the ground safely.I smile and then giggle because I can’t help how adorable the whole scene is. Especially when Dominic turns to me now and scoops me up into his arms. He gazes into my eyes and says, “I have arranged for
“What is going on?” I ask Dominic quickly as I hear loud noises in the courtyard over the cries of the pups.He glances out the window and then turns around to answer me with a worried tone to his voice, “There is a fight down below. Watch them, I will be back soon. In the meantime, bolt the door shut. I don’t know if it is the beginning of trouble or just an actual argument. If it is trouble, don’t let a single soul through those doors.”I nod in acknowledgement and then he rushes out the door. As soon as he does, I bolt it shut and won’t let anyone in unless it is him of course. Hearing the roar of someone yelling, I run to the window and see Alpha Charles and Alpha Phillip fighting with their claws out now.The minute I hear Dominic’s voice loudly over the crowd though, I know that he means business, and everyone stops talking. Everything grows quiet as he co
“Here’s mommy.” Dominic says softly in the cutest voice possible when he hands me the first of the five.He smiles so sweetly and then stares at us while I feed him. Looking up into his green eyes, I see the love there, that for so long yearned for. Pointing to him, I say in a whisper to the little one in my arms, “Your daddy loves you so much he gave his own soul to keep you around. Now that is the greatest love one can bestow on anyone.”Gazing down at the sweetest, most handsome little thing ever, I watch as his bluer than blue eyes twinkle in the light and his lips form a smile, where dimples are showing. He wriggles around in my arms and then I could swear that he winked at me. I giggle and then smile again before watching him suckle on me. This little one wastes no time because the minute he was in my arms, he found my nipple and latched onto it.Turning to Dominic, I smile a huge smil
Hearing a roar behind me, I turn around and see Alpha Adolphus rushing at me right before Dominic intercepts him. Screaming, I yell, “Watch out!” When Adolphus turns quickly and almost slashes Dominic’s throat.I can’t believe our day has started this way. It all seemed innocent until Monique ran towards me and warned me of Adolphus’s intentions. That is when I heard him behind me before the two of them started fighting. Now as I stand here watching them fight to the death, I start to cry because suddenly I feel this overpowering urge to run.Run out of the castle, and straight to my parent’s house where I know I will be safe and sound with my babies. Then it happens. At first it is a thin trickle, then a gush of liquid rushes down from between my legs.“Did my water just break? I ask myself quietly under my breath.Not wanting to cause Dominic to lose hi
“If you don’t find that lich before these pups are born, what are we going to do when he comes for the first one?” I ask Dominic with tears in my eyes and so much fear in my heart right now that sometimes I wish I had never gotten pregnant at all.Losing even one might kill me, when the depression hits and I realize that it is all my fault. All because I couldn’t stand to live without him, I could end up losing it all. Because when the lich comes for my baby, Dominic is planning on trying to kill him, in that moment he might lose his own life instead. Then what was the purpose of any of this if he isn’t here to share it all with?This whole time, I have been dreading the babies’ arrival, because I know that the lich will come soon after. Shaking my head, I sit still on the stool while waiting for Dominic’s answer. When he doesn’t answer right away, the tears start to flow steadily down