“What are you doing here, Jeff? The Covale City limits are that way.”I shifted back into my wolf form, and I smirked through my snout, licking my chops as I fell back onto my haunches, exposing the ripple of my underbelly.Agnes winced and withdrew, but Selina’s eyes blazed with interest. Her breath held as she waited for me to make my next move. All around me, the pack circled, biding their time until I offered my next command.“Unlike some, Ernest, I’m not restricted to confines,” I taunted him telepathically. “My empire is far-flung.”“That must be nice!” Ernest whiplashed, baring his teeth.He was fighting the urge to shift himself, and I dared him with my eyes.Do it! Give me a reason to tear you limb from limb!“You’re on my property,” he spat. “You have no business here.”“They are my business,” I said, nodding at the girls and the kid. “both girls are my employee.”Ernest scoffed dubiously and looked toward the old man, but he had mysteriously vanished.“Eugene?” he called ou
Ernest guard had a gun pointed at us! Jeff had come busting through like some white knight. But why now? What had changed? Did this mean that he had feelings for me? That we were going to stay with him?I refused to get my hopes up. I’d done that too many times now and been disappointed.“Let’s leave her to rest,” Atlas said,he took my son from me. “He needs some rest” he said and walked out of the room with my son in his hands.He led us into one of the bedroom, he places my son in the bed. I sat beside him,place my palm on his forehead.“ At last we are free “ I whispered and kiss him on his forehead.We walk out and shot the door, we climbed down the stairs and walk into the livingroom.Jeff turned in the opposite direction of the kitchen, and I had little choice but to follow after him. Not that I minded watching his firm ass in the pants that fit perfectly around the snug curve of his hips. I thought about how close I’d come to tasting what was inside there, and a gush of warmth
I waited for that voice of reason to come back and scream warnings, but if it did, I didn’t hear it. I was far too involved in the succulence of Selina’s flesh to notice anything except her growing moans of pleasure, the flimsy garments she had been wearing falling to the wood floor as the fireplace crackled behind us. She lay naked at my fingertips, beads of sweat dotting her perfect form, my tongue lapping out to taste each droplet along her perfect, slender curves. Her flesh lit up my mouth, popping against my lips to ignite me, leading me lower, deeper over the lines of her breasts. My hands worked effortlessly against the thin material of her shirt, peeling it away to reveal pink, hard nipples, ripe for my taking. “Oh, gods,” Selina moaned, her tone a purr, the sound only fueling my desire. I latched onto her, sucking intensely as she yanked me deeper against her, my hardness growing uncomfortable as I ground against her leg. Pulling up, I stared into those massive, bleary eye
I didn’t know what to make of that information. Either the fae in Ernest’s camp thought they were helping me by keeping her weak, or they also needed to be dealt with. Everyone who had harmed Selina would face their justice. Three days after they arrived, the first inkling of my wrongdoing reared its ugly head. Virgil didn’t have to say a word after she found me in one of my casinos, the Pink Eagle. I read it all over her face. “What happened?” I demanded, leaping out of my office chair. “Is it Selina?” She shook her head. “Someone set fire to The Azure.” I blinked, the words not computing at first. “What?” “It’s definitely arson, and the insurance company isn’t going to like this, Jeff.” “Ernest!” I growled, pounding a fist against the desk. “It wasn’t Ernest,” Jeff sighed. “The perpetrator was caught. He has no ties to Forny.” “Who is it?” She shrugged, but before she could speak another word, Petyr appeared. He and Virgil had come to work with me at the Pink Eagle while t
After my hit sex with Jeff, I curled up against his chest playing with the hair on his bare chest." Jeff" I called out softly." Yes love" he replies." I want to go in search of my kids , I need to claim back my pups" I said." Do you need men? he asked." No, I don't need to arouse suspicion to the cruel Queen, I want to find my way at all cost into the palace first" I replied." What's the name of the palace, I can help you find a way to get in easily" Jeff asked." Wolf crest" I replied." wolf crest? he kept repeating it until he finally remembered." Wolf crest? I think I go an invitation recently to be in the palace there is a feast taking place in the next few days, what about you accompany me? Jeff asks." With all pleasure" I replied with a smile spreading across my lips. He turn me around again and we had another round of sex. After our sex , I went to my son's room, he was awake, he is feeling better now . He was in his magical world again, his eyes had gone white again,
BOOK TWO EMILIA Emilia Morgan’s heart thundered in her chest as she tore through the woods. Her feet pounded on the forest bed, crushing twigs and dried leaves as she sped past relentlessly. Her hair whipped in her face and tears streaked down her pale cheeks. A low-hanging branch slapped against Juniper’s face in her haste. She barely managed to get an arm up before it could do any real damage to her. She felt a sting on her right cheek, but ignored it, jumping over a fallen tree trunk. Bruises covered her face and arms, and her bare feet felt raw from the running. She had lost her shoes at some point during her flight, but she had no idea when. She ignored the stinging pains from the tiny cuts on her feet, even as she stepped on another sharp rock. Her dress was a ruinous mess. It was torn in a hundred different places and was covered in mud. She had saved up for it because she’d wanted to look beautiful for the special day. Now it was ruined. She didn’t need to look behind her
She didn’t care about any of them. She scanned around the small room for Jeff and found him sitting at the bar with his friends, the other alphas. He sat with his back to the door, sipping beer from a bottle. Emilia's s heart started to beat fast with concern. Everyone knew that this bar was the meeting place of the alphas. She swallowed her fears and approached Jeff. Tall, dark, impossibly handsome, and extremely intimidating. Even though no one knew it yet, Alpha Jeff was her mate. He had been seeing her secretly for the past year and had promised to bring their relationship to the light, ending the bullying she had endured from the other wolves her whole life. By going to him, she was violating some of the rules he had set for their relationship early on to make things less complicated. She understood that it was easier on him to keep things a secret. She knew that he needed time to slowly make their relationship known, since the pack didn’t like her. However, she was tired of
Someone yanked her from behind and turned her around forcefully. Emilia turned and saw her adopted sister. Selina had eyes full of hate and Emilia could tell that she was incensed. Selina eaned close and whispered in her ear. “Fucking deathbringer. You’ve always been an eyesore in this pack. And now? Everyone will know you as a dirty liar as well.”With more force than was necessary, Selina pushed Emilia backward. She gasped from the sudden force, tumbling as she fell down the steps of the bar. She rolled in the dirt and stayed there. Every bone in her body hurt. She wheezed for air, clutching the dirt for support.Selina stepped outside and down the steps, going down on one knee beside Emilia . “You claimed to be an alpha’s mate? Do you have any idea how stupid that was? Do you have any idea how embarrassing that is to us?”Emilia shakily got on all fours, her chest hurting from where Selina had pushed her. She felt nothing from her sister’s harsh words in that moment.Instead, s
“I can’t stop thinking about Selina,” Emilia said wistfully.King turned to face her. “Truthfully, I had also not expected her to do that.”“I was moved by the fact that Selina apologized.”“That’s true,” King agreed. “To be honest, she was the last person I expected to apologize to you.”After Emilia had saved Selina’s life, she had come to apologize to her. It was quite a show of humility as she had gone down on her knees and bowed to the ground before Juniper. Juniper had pleaded with her to get up, but she’d refused to get up until she had said her piece.“I’m sorry for how I treated you growing up,” Selina had said, with teary eyes. “You were right. You never killed Dad. I was always so angry at you for that night, but I never thanked you for saving me that night. And that sucks.“So thank you, Selina. Thank you. Twice you saved my life, and all I ever did was hate you and bully you. I wish I could turn back time and do things differently, but I can’t. Do you think you can forgiv
He let out a sigh of relief, then collapsed on the bed again. His thighs burned something furious and he was afraid of moving too suddenly. He couldn’t deal with a cramp right now.Emilia’s breathing started to level out after five minutes. She had the energy of five people in bed, and no matter how tired King thought she was, she was always ready for another tumble.Her intensity and desire scared KIng, but it was still one of the things that he loved the most about her. She matched his energy in so many different ways and their time together always ended up looking like one of them had a point to prove to the other.She turned to look at him, beaming. “That was….”“Amazing?” King finished for her, chuckling.“I was going to say scary, but amazing works as well.” Emilia smiled. “Really, I thought I was going to burst an artery for a moment there.”“Lucky you,” King teased. “I think I heard a few pop.” Emilia laughed as he leaned forward to kiss her forehead, and then her lips.“Poor
With tears in her eyes, she admitted what she had been holding back from admitting for so long. “I love you too, King.”King smiled wider and put his arms around her waist. He pulled her close, gently, and kissed her softly. Juniper melted into his embrace and forgot all about her pain and fear and frustration. She wrapped her arms around King, happy that she could hold him again.She had been so afraid of losing him. She had been so afraid of dying. And yet…here they were. She gripped him tighter, wanting to make sure he was real, not another sliver of her creative mind, a figment of her imagination. Yes, he was real. This was real.She was startled to hear voices and broke the kiss abruptly. The entire pack approached them, whooping and cheering loudly. She blushed slightly with embarrassment. She had completely forgotten all about them, and with good reason.“Wow!” Articus said. “What you did? We have never seen anything like it before. Where did you learn that from?”Emilia blinke
She walked slowly to the side, keeping herself on his blind side as she approached. She tried to levitate off the ground but couldn’t. All her powers had manifested physically into the spear in her hand.The only mana left in her was what powered her to move and function. She had to strike, and quickly, or she would be dead before she realized it.King had seen her get up, had seen the spear form in her hand. By some miracle, he had managed to keep his expression neutral and his eyes on the vampire.The vampire landed softly in front of him and pulled his blood spear out of the air. “So, this is how it ends.” He grinned wildly. “You fought well.”King held his gaze. “Don’t patronize me. Do what you have to do. Do you remember your promise? My life for theirs. No harm comes to my pack or my mate.”“Why the rush to die?” The vampire shook his head in mock sympathy. “Such a naive little boy. I made you no promises, fool. But I will promise you this. When I kill everyone you love and dest
The vampire threw his head back and laughed maniacally. He held the whole town hostage. He was judge, jury, and executioner, and he had all the power. Worst of all, he wasraving mad.He formed another spear in the air and it hovered beside his head. He shoved Emilia casually, ever so absentmindedly, to the ground. She crashed into the ground and bumped her knees as she fell.Pain lanced through her. Her palms felt like she wielded two balls of fire, and she couldn’t feel her legs. She stretched out on the ground, taking stock of her injuries. She never suffered any real damage from injuries, thanks to her powers, but she still felt pain.She watched the vampire as he floated toward King. Her chest squeezed with fear when she looked at the long, thin spear that moved before him. He had a look of pure evil on his face.King, on the other hand, looked resigned to his fate. He looked like someone who was waiting to die. He looked ready for it, like he had been waiting his entire life to d
He saw the vampire hovering high in the sky, watching the people. King had a sinking feeling in his stomach as he watched the still vampire.The vampire spread his arms to the side. At first, nothing happened. And then, the air around him shimmered. Thin, red objects appeared in the sky. Thousands of them, pointed like needles.King let out a wordless cry when he recognized the pointed objects floating in the sky. Blood spears. This was why the vampire had spent his time killing and discarding of so many animals.This was blood magic on an unprecedented scale. Cold realization washed over him. The vampire was going to wipe out the entire pack in one attack, and there was nothing that he could do to stop it.King clambered up to his feet, feeling defeated. How many of those could he block? How many people could he have saved today? He arrived at one inevitable answer. Not enough.As he had feared, the spears were turned toward the pack. His mouth ran dry and he watched wordlessly, awai
His body trembled from pain and he could feel a few broken ribs. He got up shakily and the pain lacerated through him, even as his body started to slowly knit itself back together.Still disoriented, he looked up just in time to see a fist flashing toward his face. The vampire’s bony knuckle connected solidly with King’s jaw and sent his head reeling backward.The force of the blow caused a shock wave to spread out around King and the vampire. He went flying backward, crashing into the ground several times before he came to a stop several yards away.He got up slowly and felt a hot, white pain in his jaw and knew that it had been shattered. He limped, his front legs faltering as his shoulder had not fully healed. The vampire floated toward him slowly as he felt his jaw. The vampire grinned at him and licked his lips with a pale tongue. “My turn.”King had no idea how to escape the blows that rained down on him. He ducked as furiously as he could, but half the strikes connected, and he
Fannar drilled Selina about what she had seen, and asked for details about her fight with the vampire.Selina cackled drily. “Fight? That wasn’t a fight. That was a beating. I barely managed to get my hands up before it ripped into me with the force of a bear and the speed of a fox. I have never seen anything like that in my life before. I think we are in big trouble.”The room fell silent and the alphas exchanged glances with each other. Asher spoke up first. “Did he give any indications why he took your sister?”Selina gave him an incredulous look. “If he did, I didn’t notice. I was too busy picking pieces off my ass off the curb.” She sighed and slumped into her seat. “What do we do?”The question hung over the room like a thick cloud of black smoke. No one had an answer to Selina’s question. No one knew how to find the vampire in the woods with powers like she had just described.Worse, they had no idea if Juniper was still alive. King didn’t want to think about what could have ha
He frowned and narrowed his eyes at her. She shriveled under the scrutiny. He looked down at her stomach and she covered herself reflexively in horror. Knowing how he felt about the wolves, she was afraid of what he would do to her unborn child.A look of realization settled on his face. “You’re carrying a wolf child in your womb…” His voice sounded as soft as the wind rustling through leaves, barely a whisper.He let go of her wrist and took two steps back. He looked hurt and upset. “How could you? How could you allow your womb to be tainted by wolves?” And then, his eyes turned as cold as ice and his voice hardened. “I will wipe them all out. I will start with Moonwood, and then I will wipe every last one from the Starlight Valley and wider.”Emilia started to plead but he just walked backward, with a look of cold resolution on his face. Without another word, he turned around and sped off into the woods, heading toward the town.Without thinking, Emilia started running. From the den