Dimitri is making strides with Ayda.
Dimitri“I’m going to touch you, and I want you to tell me if you don’t like it, okay?” I ask her.She nods and I begin stroking my fingers up and down the tops of her thighs. The scent of her arousal increases as does her heart rate. But I sense no fear in her, only arousal, so I continue.“Do you
“Is this what you want?” I ask.She nods. “Yes.” Then she takes my hand and puts it back on her breast.“Mmm, you like that?”“Yes, very much,” she says.“Tell me, do you like this more, less, or the same?” I ask, before leaning down and sucking her nipple into my mouth.She cries out, her hand fist
AydaI’ve never felt the type of pleasure that Dimitri is giving me. The way he’s touching me has my body humming, warm heat flowing through me. And he seems to enjoy making me feel this good. When I felt like my body exploded, I was shocked, having no idea what just happened, until he told me I’d h
I nod again.“It’s not a rule. I just want you with me. I like having you here, I like holding you in my arms. I like smelling your scent on me and in this room.”“I like that too,” I say quickly.The fingers moving in my hair stop and he tilts his head down, looking at me.“You like it that I smell
AydaI quickly look around for a weapon, knowing I don’t have Asena this time to help me protect Cathal. I grab the first thing I see that looks heavy, a large, decorative piece, and ignoring how much it hurts my bad arm, I lift it over my head, rushing toward the large wolf.Cathal sees me and turn
“Zev will heal me quickly. I hear you’re responsible for the dead guy out there?” he asks, a strange expression on his face as he looks at the pups in my lap and Cathal sleeping against my side.“I didn’t know I killed him. He was after Cathal.”“So I heard. You protected my son again.”I shrug. “I
DimitriI hated leaving Ayda and Cathal exposed and not in a safe room when I raced into the battle, so I ordered Sergi and Nico to make sure they got to a safe room. It wasn’t until after they were safe that I had a chance to get confirmation that they were locked in. And it wasn’t until we were ab
“Damn, Ayda, your fingers are magic,” I say, as her thumbs move down my spine and then out to my sides.“You like this?” she asks.“It feels fantastic.”“Mmm, you’re very tight. Your muscles are very strong. I’m not familiar enough to know how much of this is tension and how much is strength.”“Righ
“I couldn’t agree more," I say.Dimitri reminds our pups to be respectful and to listen to Valentina and then we head back to our house.My mate takes my hand as we walk through the quiet streets of our pack. I begin to purr with happiness, all the happiness that I feel from my mate and from my life
AydaI watch as my son and his friend identify each other as mates in front of the pack, then watch my son claim his mate, the only woman he’s ever loved, with a passionate kiss.“How did you know?” I ask my mate. He called it years ago. At first, I thought he was teasing me but he just kept telling
“What I know is that my son will be the most handsome man in the room tonight…well, besides his father,” my mother says, turning to smile at him, making Zev purr in response.“Good thing I look just like dad,” I say rolling my eyes. I was not unhappy for my parents to move out of the packhouse. I’d
Eight Years LaterCathal“Do I really have to call you Alpha now?” my sister Dimitra asks me, walking into the family living room in our parents’ new house. When I took over as Alpha a few weeks ago, my father moved the rest of the family off of the Alpha floor. Our pack has grown ever since my moth
Ayda leans back against me as I begin to rub circles on her stomach. I frown, feeling her stomach cramping.“Ayda? Why does it feel like you’re in pain?”“They’re just cramps, Dimitri. I get them all the time,” she says, settling against me.“Are you sure?” I ask, feeling another one. I tune in more
DimitriFour months later.It took Masuzyo three days to die. It was impressive, mostly because I didn’t know a person could withstand so much pain. But he was a broad man, and the pack made sure that everyone who wanted their pound of flesh, got it. Literally. By the time he died, the smell of burn
“Do you want me to tell them to kill him? If you want him to die more quickly, I tell them to do it.”I think about it, think about every horrible thing he’s done to me, to Asena, to our son, to Cathal, to Dimitri, to Kelsey and Harper, and what he attempted to do to my daughter. “No, let the pack h
AydaI come awake slowly, feeling groggy, unsure what happened or where I am. My stomach hurts. Did Masuzyo take me roughly again? I’m not throbbing between my thighs so I don’t think that’s it. My face is throbbing, though. Did he hit me? Yes, he slapped me. Why did he slap me?I think hard, trying
“Ramon,” I hear my mother say softly, her gentle fingers moving through our fur. “NO!” she snarls, pushing Ramon behind her and pulling herself to her feet. As she does, Ramon pulls the shift, making me scream in pain as our broken leg and dislocated hip try to find the right spot to fit. I turn, vo