A bit of a cliffy, but I didn't get it posted last night - I'll try for another chapter later today.
AydaDimitri is always so caring, so concerned about making sure that I feel good when we’re together. Now, I can feel his emotions, his worry about hurting me, but also how much he wants to show me what a real sexual relationship, a positive one, can feel like. I’m beyond excited at the idea of hav
“We’re going to go slow, Ayda and you’re going to keep our link open. I need to know if you’re in too much pain, okay?”“Okay, Dimitri,” I say, taking his face in my hands. “But I want this. I really want this.”He lays his forehead against mine. “I do too, baby. But not if it means that I have to t
DimitriI felt the pain slice through Ayda as if it was my own when I thrust inside her. I never wanted to hurt her, never wanted her to think of me as someone like Masuzyo, and now, I’ve practically ripped her in two.“I’m sorry, Ayda. I’m so sorry.” I keep saying it as I kiss her, leaving gentle k
I hear Asena growling as her venom floods into my system, marking me and scenting me just as Zev is doing with her.When I finally pull my canines from her neck, I lick the wound closed, then hold still. Asena isn’t done marking me yet, and Zev begins purring loudly, letting her know that we’re hers
AydaI wake up with a smile on my face. A BIG smile. I feel deliciously sore between my thighs. Not like I did with Masuzyo, that was just pain. This is…this is soreness from my mate loving me over and over throughout the night.I begin remembering everything we did, everything that my mate did to r
“What’s my one rule for you, baby?” he asks me.I smile at him. “I’m not going anywhere.”He growls softly, leaning in to peck my lips. “If you haven’t seen me by lunch, come find me.”“Okay,” I say excitedly.Cathal and I go searching for Brianna and Luca. Instead, we find Brianna with her mother,
DimitriEvery day, I watch Ayda blossom more and more into the incredible woman she was always meant to be. It’s clear to my why she was mated to an Alpha. She’s a perfect Luna. Now that she feels comfortable with me and more confident in herself, she’s beginning to shine, and the pack is responding
Almost the entire pack is weeping now, hearing the horror of what Ayda went through. I don’t feel like crying, I feel like killing that fucking asshole for what he did to Ayda.“That’s how Harper and Kelsey found me. I was dying. If the cold and infection hadn’t gotten me, I’m sure some wild animal
“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