“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 it takes me an hour and a half to get back, I look everywhere. No one is here. When I realize this, I decide to wait for a couple hours to see if he shows up on his own.The first thing I do, is head straight up to my bedroom and take a shower. Then I sit down and read a book. As I sit there my stomach starts to growl and I decide to go down for some food.I look around the pantry and find a couple things to fill my belly with before going back up to my room and waiting. When he doesn’t show up and the castle still looks like a ghost town, I am forced to use my instincts and track him. So, I change my clothes into something more suitable for hunting and then shut the front door behind me as I take a deep breath of the night air.When I look up, I see the crescent moon glowing beautifully in the night sky. There are barely any clouds covering it, so the woods are lit up nicely. “That wi
The minute I heard that he used me as bait, I decided that there was no way I would let him mate with me any time soon even if it was for a good reason. I simply can’t let him that close to my heart if this man is going to use me so carelessly for his own reasons. Knowing full well that if I had been captured again, whatever that was out there would have beaten me or at least held me till Dominic would have given in. So, I lay on this cot even after I wake up, just stewing in my own thoughts and feelings about him. I don’t say anything to a single soul and when he glances over at me here and there, I glare back at him. Sighing, I wish one thing right now. I should have brought a book with me so I could be reading at least. Instead, I must stare over at the two of them watching the screens and wonder why. Why did he do it? He could have grabbed me the minute he saw me enter the castle. But no, he didn’t and why was that
Stretching as I stand up, I yawn and hear my jaw pop before I open my eyes to see Dominic staring at me. I didn’t even sense him in the room, but he is still standing there waiting for me. “Are you awake now?” He asks with an amused look on his face before walking towards me and smirking. I stare at him and ask in a challenging voice, “Yes. Of course. Why? Are you going to use me as bait again?” Then I laugh before continuing, “Did you ever figure out what that is out there? It was hanging in the shadows, so I never spotted it before it came right at me. The whole thing was a blur when you pulled me inside.” I place my hands on my hips before staring impatiently towards him. “Yes. We did. It or rather he, is Alpha Gabriel. He was one of my most trusted advisors. I just hope you can see why this is upsetting me now. The last thing I need is you trying to ge
After hearing voices loudly talking in the next room, I collect myself before opening the door and walking in. Scanning the room immediately after I enter, I see a room filled and they are all talking amongst each other. None of them seem to be paying any attention to the fact that I have just walked in. If an intruder were to get in, no one would have even noticed. Shaking my head, I search through the boisterous crowd to find Dominic. When I do find him, he is sitting at the security camera screens, staring at something outside the door. “What is it?” I place my hand on his shoulder gently while asking louder than usual. Just to make sure I am heard. He turns his head to me nonchalantly and answers, “Alpha Gabriel is skulking in the dark corners where I can barely see him. The best guess is that a vampire I spotted earlier, must have control of him. Why otherwise would he attack and act like this? It is ce
Dominic carries me out of the room and through the crowd. With a determined look on his face, he makes his way up the stairs and through the house. When he finally gets to my bedroom door, he hesitates for a second and then kicks the door open with one loud “thud”. Carrying me into the room, he stares down at me with desire before throwing me on the bed and then standing up to take off his clothes. He hurries along at a feverish pace, till his pants and shirt are flung clear across the room. While I lay there awaiting his return, I stare at his naked body in all its splendor and wonder one thing. How is that going to fit in me? At this point, I am so scared that I find myself drawn to one thing only. Even though his muscles ripple when he moves towards me, the huge erection that is pointed at me is coming right for me. I try to take my eyes off it, but it isn’t until he says my name that I raise my eyes to his and concentrate
As I sleep for the night very comfortably, there is a few times I wake up suddenly when I hear a noise, or something feels slightly off. This one time particularly bothers me though because it’s in the wee hours of the morning when I hear a knocking on the outside of the window. Knowing that we are on the second story, I am quite surprised by this and decide to go take a look.While carefully climbing out of the bed, I make sure to not wake Dominic as I scoot off the edge and slide my feet into my slippers. Scanning the room, I find my robe and hurry to grab it before the chill sets in my bones. Afterwards, I creep to the window so I can see what is causing all the noise.Shocked, I cry out just before a pair of hands grabs me and pulls me out the window. Not being able to see what has a hold of me, I notice one thing and one thing only. Whatever has me smells like death and in the darkness of the moonless night I can only see
Waking up, I stretch and smell the distinct aroma of coffee by the end table. I open my eyes to see Dominic staring at me with a smile stretched across that handsome face of his before I glance over at the cup of coffee waiting for me to sample. “Mm. That smells wonderful.” I say with a dry voice and my throat feels a little scratchy this morning. “Only the best for you my Ana, my mate.” He smiles again before continuing, “So, do you think mating last night was a good thing? By the way you reacted I would have to say you did.” His smile turns to a smirk and then he winks at me before handing me the cup of coffee on the bed. “Mm.” I reply instead of stating the obvious, just as soon as I take a sip of this delicious liquid. Closing my eyes, I savor the flavor of the coffee till he asks me another question. “Was I having a dream early this morning? I could have sworn you were up by the window and my eyes tricked m
As soon as we get back, Omega Dante has dinner ready for us, so we head right on in and take a seat. To the left of me is Alpha Alexander, he is older than the two of us and wiser from what I can tell. He sits there quietly at the table and stares at everyone while eating his meal.On the right of Dominic, is Alpha Zander. He is younger than Dominic by about ten years I figure. His bright blue eyes always are glowing, and his platinum blonde hair almost looks silver as it shines in the moonlight at times. Every time I have seen him, he is covered in potential mates for the night.That one I worry about, because he seems to have taken a liking to me as of lately. Therefore, I am more than glad that he is seated on the other side of Dominic and not by me. I could quickly see this dinner going badly if he had been next to me and then his hand just accidently moves to my knee.Dominic turns to me and gives me a funny l
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