“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
The moment I get out of the bathroom, I notice that Monique has left the room and Alpha Morrison is standing next to me with his hand on mine. He is so attentive and yet there is something weird about him. With platinum blonde hair and gorgeous green eyes that shine like emeralds, he is such a catch.Yet, he hasn’t mated with anyone and that is disturbing to me. Why would an alpha who is so utterly pleasing to the eyes, not have anyone to come home to at night? Even more intriguing is the fact that when he is in my presence, his eyes are always only on me.“My queen, you look absolutely exquisite today, if I don’t say so myself.” His eyes sparkle as his lip curls up into a Cheshire cat smile.When he does it, it looks sexy as hell. The minute anyone else does, it looks like they are trying too much, and it looks fake somehow. I remember once when Dominic did it, it looked forced and not genu
As I sit in my room for the rest of the day, I relax and hope that he doesn’t try to talk to me. He must decide, and if he doesn’t then I know what his answer is. In the morning I will find out if she is gone or not, it’s all his choice.“Knock”I hear that one single knock and then nothing. Standing up, I walk over to the door and wait for another, but it never comes. So, I unlock the door and when I open it, I see Dominic standing there with this truly hurt look on his face. The minute he notices that I am standing there, it turns to a smile and then his eyes light up.Just before he says something, I interrupt and ask, “Did you make up your mind or shall I pack my things?” I know I sound like a bitch, but if I don’t do this, I won’t ever have peace.He closes the space between us and then cups my chin in his hand before he leans down. Kissing me softly
For the rest of the night, we sit talking about everything from our pasts to what is coming up in the near future for the kingdom. Then we fall asleep in each other’s arms. However, when I wake up this morning, he is not there again. Where could he be?“Knock”I hear a knock at the door, and then I look down and realize that I am still in my clothes from the day before. At least I am not naked for once when people come in unannounced. I despise that more than anything.“knock”“Alright.” I say before climbing out of bed and rushing to the door.The floor is cold and when I touch the door handle, it causes me to flinch. Because the brass handle is so cold that my fingers smart. I rub them for a brief second before opening the door to find Monique standing there with a pot of hot coffee and some breakfast for me.“Oh. Thank you so much.&
After Alpha Samuel interrupts us and Dominic hurries downstairs to the courtyard, I rush to change my clothes and wash up before rejoining the two of them. Once I walk out into the courtyard, I hear the roaring of their cries and the crowd responding as one after the other they tear into each other. But when I hear teeth gnashing bones, I cringe and try to get away from the scene at first. Not wanting to be a willing spectator, I walk away and wait for the fighting to conclude. However, while walking around the gardens, I still can hear the cries in the distance and the howls that ensue. As I try to escape the horrific sounds, I decide that there is no place that I can hide. So, I walk back to the crowd and watch as the two of them fight to the death. Alpha Joshua has a huge gash in his side that is bleeding all over the walkway. The blood looks crimson in the sunlight and is thicker than I thought it would be. While Al
“Where were you this afternoon?” Dominic turns around to ask me softly.I stare up into his eyes and reply, “I was walking around in the gardens. Honestly, I didn’t want to be by you right at that moment.” My voice fades away as I stare into those gorgeous hazel eyes and feel myself start to melt.“Why?” He sounds immediately concerned and cocks his head like he is trying to figure out the inner workings of my mind.Hesitating for a few seconds, I keep staring into his eyes until I feel like I am being pulled into them. Then I feel his hand on my arm, as he grasps it gently. “Are you alright?” He asks with a devilish grin on his handsome face.I can still see the scar from when the lich marked him. Believe it or not, it only makes me more attracted to him, because now he isn’t absolutely flawless. As I think back to that moment, a chill runs d
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