ONE YEAR LATER
"Come on, Pookie-Bear, you know I love you," Cory used his fingers to unbutton Jessica's blouse. His wolf, Curtis, was on edge. He had wanted to do this since the moment he found out Jessica was his mate. "But Cory, I'm not ready," Jessica said as she held onto his wrists to prevent him from unbuttoning her shirt any further. Cory grunted in frustration. His eyes glowed black, showing Jessica that his wolf wasn't pleased. "I am your future alpha, and how dare you refuse me!" He spat through gritted teeth, squeezing her neck while pressing her firmly against the wall of the supply closet. She flinched, the wounds on her back were still raw from the beatings the Luna gave her a few days before. She had forgot to pick up the Luna's dry-cleaning which caused the she-wolf to go berserk. "I-I'm so-sorry," Jessica stuttered. Cory might have been her mate now, but before he treated her just as bad as his mother. She remembered the many times where he tripped her or pulled her hair, dragging her over the floor. A pang of pain crippled her heart as she thought about that, but she quickly removed them from her mind. None of his previous abuse mattered. Cory was her mate now and he loved her, even though he had never said it, but his actions behind these closed doors told Jessica all she needed to know. Plus he apologized about a million times for the way that he'd treated her in the past and she had forgiven him. How could she not? He was chosen for her by the great Moon Goddess. Cory observed the fear reflected in Jessica's eyes, and he could taste and smell it lingering in the air. He relaxed, letting go of her throat and burying his nose in the curve of her neck. "Pookie, it's just that you make me so horny. I want to have sex with you so badly and I feel you don't really love me." "Don't say that, Cory," Jessica began. "I love you so much, my heart can't contain it. It's just that I always dreamed of being properly marked by my mate before I have sex, plus we found out we are destined mates three weeks ago, and you still haven't told your parents." Cory celebrated his eighteenth moonday a few weeks ago and on the night of his celebration, he found out Jessica was who the Moon Goddess had chosen for him. "The Alpha and Luna have been busy with rogue attacks and gathering food for the winter, so I haven't had the opportunity to tell them as yet, but I will over the Christmas holiday," he explained with a wide grin on his face. "Do you promise?" Jessica bit her lip, her eyes pooling with tears. "I promise, my mate," Cory peppered her neck with kisses, squeezing on her breasts and pressing his hard member against her thigh. "You are the most beautiful mate in the whole wide world." "You don't have to say things you don't mean," Jessica blushed. "Look at me," he used his fingers to angle her face so he could look into her eyes. "I mean every word. I always thought you are beautiful, even before I knew you were my mate. I just can't wait to tell everyone so we can be a family." Jessica's heart fluttered with joy and happiness. She yearned for a family and a place to call home. Her parents died when she was just five years old and even though the Luna took her in, she became a slave to her and not really her daughter. She missed her parents so much. Her father, Steven was an ordinary wolf, a skilled farmer and a famous storyteller. Even though he was an omega, wolves of all ranks loved to hear him tell his fairytales. There was just something magical about his gravelly voice and tranquil tone that could put anybody in a trance. Her mother, Lisa served as the head maid for the Luna. They maintained a close relationship, but the Luna constantly felt jealous of the omega's attractiveness and was uncomfortable with how her Alpha husband would always look at the pretty omega. Jessica's mother had the voice of an angel and would sing for the alpha every night at supper. Everyone in the pack knew the alpha secretly had a crush on Lisa, and he was devastated after she was killed. After the couple's deaths, Jessica had no more family and out of courtesy the Luna decided to raise the orphan girl. But when Jessica turned thirteen and her features began to resemble her mother's, the Luna couldn’t bear to see her parading around her husband, so she sent the girl to go live in the barn with the farm animals and that was where she had been staying for the last four and a half years. But soon this would all change, now that Cory Graceland, future alpha and son of the alpha and luna of the Graceland Pack was her mate. Jessica truly believed that Cory would save her from sleeping out in the barns with the animals and their filth. She felt it in her heart, that her mate would rescue her from the tauntings of her superiors and sure enough his mother and sisters would have to stop beating her since she would be their future Luna. For the first time since her parents died, young Jessica had hope; hope in her mate and hope in the Moon Goddess.Jessica smiled broadly while imagining her life as the Luna of the Graceland Pack. There were so many things she would change so she could make the pack better for every wolf, not just the ones that were of high ranks. “Pookie-Bear, are you OK?" Cory asked, pulling her out of her trance. "Oh yes, I'm fine,” she smiled, a blush tinting her cheeks. With a growl, he took another whiff of her neck. "You smell amazing." This time, he ran his hands down her thighs and under her skirt. Jessica wanted to resist, but his touch felt so good. "I want you so much. If I don't have you now, my wolf will go mad,” he growled. “Please just let me slip it in. I won't go all the way in, just the tip," he begged, squeezing her pussy through her panties. Jessica moaned in pleasure, arching her back and clenching her muscles together. Since it was the first full moon after Cory's wolf recognized her as his mate, her body was going into heat. She felt a fire burning deep within her. It was like s
Jessica was on cloud nine, she had just lost her virginity to her mate, the man she intended to spend the rest of her life with. She remembered the night she found out that Cory was her mate, and even though she didn't have her wolf, she felt the sparks when he touched her and kissed her lips. He kissed her like he was dying of thirst and only her lips could quench his thirst. Jessica was scared at first, because Cory had always been a bully to her, just like the rest of his family. His younger twin sisters, Margret and Margarita were just as bad. They wouldn't only beat and belittle her. They would also break stuff around the pack-house and then blame it on poor Jessica and the Luna would always punish her by whipping her in the fields. Alpha Conroy, however was a different kind of bully. The type that turned a blind eye to the abuse she was enduring, but ever since she turned sixteen, she didn't appreciate the way he would stare at her whenever he was in a room alone with
"No!" Jessica gasped. Maybe she didn't hear him right. How could the alpha even consider making her his second wife? He must be mad. Luna Magda would probably kill them both before she would be able to even make it to the aisle. Plus, what about Cory? There's no way he would just stand back and let his father marry his mate. "Yes, little one," Alpha Conroy chuckled. "Don’t look so surprised. You heard me right. I want you to be my wife." "But you already have a wife and the pack already have a Luna," Jessica tried to reason her way out of this. "I know all of that, little one and certain things won't change," he explained. "Magda will continue to be Luna of the pack. You will simply be my wife. The one I bring to balls, functions, holidays and such. Magda's place is to stay here and solve various pack problems and make sure the schools and hospitals have supplies." "So I'll just be eye candy?" Jessica scoffed. "I wouldn't put it like that," he laughed. "But Magda is twenty
Magda's face went pale. “Wh-who told you?” She gulped, terrified that her husband was going to kill her now. She thought she had everyone involved taken care of. No one was supposed to know that it was her and not hunters who killed Jessica's parents. "No one had to tell me. I knew the moment I heard Steven and Lisa were murdered,” Conroy admitted. “It took everything in me not to skin you alive back then.” Hearing her parents' names made Jessica lift her head as she tuned into the discussion between the alpha and Luna. “I saw how you looked at her, Conroy. She was beautiful and young,” Magda scoffed. “When I found out she was your true mate, I despised her.” “But I rejected her to be with you,” Conroy explained. “She found a second chance mate in that farmer.” Jessica was there in shock. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. “Oh please, you only married me for my father’s pack. I knew this back then, but I thought after being with me, you would at least grow to lik
In a state of turmoil, Jessica fled from the alpha's office. She didn't care if she looked a mess, with blood staining her face. She needed to find Cory and tell him he had to admit to his parents that she was his mate and that he wished to be with her. Before she made it to the corridor that would take her to her mate's room, the two younger girls with red hair and brown eyes intercepted her. One caught her by her hand and the other grabbed her by the hair. "Look, sister. It's the slave girl," Margarita laughed. Her red hair was curly like that Disney princess, Merida. Her brown eyes were dark with specks of green in them. "I see that, sis. What is the little omega doing running around our house like this? She knows better than to be seen in this part of the building," Margret pulled harder on Jessica's hair, causing her to wince. "Oh, she's got a busted lip, and a bloodied nose," she noted as she bent back Jessica's head so she could look on her face. Margret's red hair w
Jessica lacked the strength to continue her search for Cory. He must have been out for a run because he wasn't in his chambers or training in the fields. The small omega girl went back to the barn and used a bucket to draw water from the well. It was difficult and painful since her left rib was bruised and broken. She stripped naked, and stood behind the shed where she previously placed the bucket of water, then she used the fragments of crushed soaps she gathered while cleaning the bathrooms in the pack-house to take a quick bath, making sure to wash herself thoroughly. She didn't need another werewolf to smell that she had lost her virginity, even though it was to her mate. It was still embarrassing. All she longed for was to be with Cory and have him hold her in his arms. Once she completed her bath, she entered the barn and searched through the box containing her few pieces of clothing. Most of them were old and tattered clothes that other omegas threw away. Jessica
The day of the ball arrived, but Jessica was feeling a bit under the weather. She was having fainting spells and an upset stomach. She kept vomitting out all the meals she had ingested. Yes, she wasn't a stranger to illnesses, but she thought since the beatings had stopped, and she had access to a little more food she would be getting stronger instead of feeling like complete crap, so she took a trip to the pack hospital to do a routine checkup. She entered the hospital, trying to ignore the pain in her body. This wasn't like her. She had been sick before but not like this. She couldn't pinpoint the cause of it. The white corridors and smell of ammonia were driving her insane. "Let's just get this over with," she said to herself. ******** Half an hour later, the doctor was giving her the news of her test results. "Well Miss T
Evening descended quickly, and the moonlight added a serene beauty to the dark night. The ball was about to begin as the guests arrived one by one and sometimes two by twos. Jessica still hadn't seen Cory, so she figured he must have been down by the lake with his friends. She wanted to see him and tell him the wonderful news. Though she was nervous, She really believed that he would make everything better for her. Holding the front of her dress tightly, she dashed through the forest and headed to Blue Water Lake. She didn't care that her wounds still ached, or that she was getting muck all over the hem of her dress. Cory would still find her beautiful regardless of her fresh scar, courtesy of his mother and the mud stains on her dress. She continued on her journey. She had only been down by the lake once, and it was a gorgeous sight. It's usually where teens from the pack sneak away to have sex. A blush crept up on Jessica's face when she imagined Cory taking her by th
Kanyon licked at her neck, numbing it as best as he could before sinking his teeth into her skin. Jessica screamed and wailed, with tears pouring down her face and snot running from her nose. She pleaded with him to stop, eager to get off him. But Kanyon's powerful arms held her down on his shaft, his teeth tearing at her flesh, marking her. Then he felt it, her body relaxing as her arousal got even more intense. He took his fangs out of her neck and used his tongue to cover the cut with saliva to stop the bleeding. He quickly manoeuvred himself so she was lying on her back, and he was on top of her. She was moaning using her hands clawing at his back, wanting him to pump inside her. Kanyon grunted as he pulled out and slammed inside of her. "You belong to me!" he said with a deep voice, withdrawing and then thrusting back inside her. "Mine!" He roared, feeling Jessica's muscles fighting against his thrust. He felt the warm liquid drowning his cock as Jessica came on him. With one la
Kanyon swiftly directed his attention towards Jessica, meeting her gaze. "Kanyon, did you hear what I said?"Jessica asked. "I said I want to taste you." Her hand lowered down to his shaft, and she took it in her grip and gave it a squeeze. "I heard you the first time," he murmured, closing his eyes and appreciating the sensation of her hand stroking him. "Is that what you truly want? There's no need for us to do it tonight."Jessica used the middle of her hand to smear over the cusp of his dick, catching some of his pre-cum. After that, she lifted her palm to her face and licked his essence from it. "I am sure," she remarked with a cheeky grin, prompting Kanyon to grunt and widen his eyes. His eyes glowed when he watched her swallow his juice. "OK," came his smooth reply. He then positioned on his knees at the both sides of Jessica's head. Lying on her back, she raised her hands and caressed his thighs. Kanyon's height was making things a little difficult, so she perched herself up
While balancing Jessica in his arms, Kanyon had his mouth pressed against her lips as he struggled to open the door."Do you need some help?" Jessica asked while she watched him battle with the keys. "Is someone having trouble finding the hole?" She pouted. A quiet growl rumbled off his chest. "You're going to regret ever saying that once I get you inside this suite," Kanyon promised, finally getting the key in the door. He opened it, and stepped through. “Welcome to your new home,” he kissed her once more then locked the door behind him. He carried her to his bedroom and laid her on the bed. Jessica could see the moon through the window and another wave of heat crashed through her cells, sending pressure to her groin. She bit back a scream and gripped the sheets. Her head thrashed from side to side while her legs widened of their own accord. Kanyon's mouth watered when he saw the layers of her dress parting, revealing the silkiness of her thighs. Jessica couldn't wait, so she reac
Jessica cried as she listened to Kanyon proclaiming his undying love for her, and his smile grew wide when Jessica told him she had never loved another the way she did him. Once they had exchanged their rings, Lucy proudly declared them married. “May the Moon Goddess shine her blessings on the marriage of King Kanyon Coldblood and Princess Jessica Thornton. Tonight they have become one, joined under the moon as man and wife,” she announced. “Now they must mix bloods and complete this ceremony by drinking from the Golden Gauntlet." Golden Gauntlet? Jessica was puzzled at first, but then she saw Cameron present a small box to Lucy. Once Lucy opened it, a dazzling golden cup emerged that looked like something out of a fairy tale as it glowed like magic. It had countless rubies and gems decorating the rim, plus there were intricate designs of a lycan and the moon on the sides. It was a gorgeous piece. "Thank you, Master Cameron," Lucy nodded. She lifted the cup high above her head and
The night was heating up, and King Kanyon kept tugging at his shirt collar with his finger. He was on edge, and so was Sinbad. 'What if she changes her mind?' Sinbad asked, pacing around in Kanyon's head. 'She's coming. I know she is.'King Kanyon's eyes scanned the field around him, and he hoped Jessica found the venue pleasing. He wasn't too happy with himself. He thought she deserved a fairytale wedding, not a mock ceremony that was being held in the meadows deep into the woods. He stood there in his favourite tux, with his best man by his side. "Where is she? What is taking her so long?" Kanyon was getting anxious. "Don't worry. Alpha Daniel and Luna Ariel will get her here in time. Just relax," Cameron used a handkerchief to wipe the king's brows. Lucy was standing at the makeshift altar where an arch was beautifully decorated with white and blue moonflowers. "Keep still," she whispered to the king. "You're even making me nervous.""I'm sorry. I just can't wait to make Jessic
"Calm down, little wolf. Just breathe," King Tomas was standing over poor Jessica, who was hyperventilating. "I would show you how to, but I'm a vampire, and we don't use oxygen." Seeing the young girl this distressed fascinated him. It was like watching a monkey juggle. "Give her some space, you undead bastard. Your decaying flesh might be contaminating the air around her," King Osbourne roared. He used his shoulder to nudge Tomas aside. "Maybe it's that god-awful cologne you're wearing. Smells like the inside of a bawdy house," Tomas hissed. "And don't you ever shove me like that again, or I will bite you in the face.""At least my breath doesn't smell like a zombie's asshole," Ozzy retorted. "And keep those nasty yellow fangs away from me.""Enough. Both of you!" Alpha Daniel barked. "I don't want you two to rehash that terrible display of yours earlier. Please, let's just focus on the bride." Daniel handed Jessica a paper bag. "Here you go. Just breathe in it. We won't let anyth
Ariel and Jessica were laughing as Ariel adjusted the veil on Jessica's bun. "Hold still, girl. You don't want me to poke you with the pin." "I'm sorry, Ariel. I'm just too excited. I can't keep still,” Jessica squealed. “I’m so happy.”"I understand. I'm just so pleased I get to stand by your side. I just wish the entire kingdom could witness this blessing,” Ariel exhaled. She thought her cousin deserved to be getting married in the royal temple, but she understood why it had to go down this way. "I know, but remember, no one else, other than who already knows, should find out. I'm just happy Kanyon told you guys. I don't think I could do this without all of you,” Jessica smiled. "And it has been my honour serving you. You will be a great queen." They hugged. "Now let me go get Daniel before I start to cry." Ariel hurriedly left the room with happy tears running down her cheeks. The nervousness was slowly leaving Jessica’s body. Now she was grinning like a lovesick fool, feeling
The atmosphere around the two lovebirds fell eerily silent. If a pin were to drop, the sound would have echoed around the entire room. Jessica held her breath, waiting for Kanyon to say something or even do something. The big guy seemed to have forgotten how to breathe. 'Breathe, you idiot. I'm suffocating in here.' Sinbad was nipping at the surface, trying to get his human to inhale. Jess knitted her brows, finally realizing something was wrong. The king wasn't even blinking. "Kanyon?" She called his name. She shifted on his lap and used one hand to cup his face. "Kanyon, look at me," she pecked his lips, and no sooner did their mouths touch than the king gasped for air like a swimmer coming up from under the water after a long dive. "I hope I didn't freak you out. I understand if you're not ready to be with me in that way."Kanyon exhaled loudly. "Believe me, I want you more than anything else in this world. I was just surprised that you suggested it. You deserved to be proposed
JESSICA'S POVI was nervous. All eyes were on me as I sashayed down the steps. My palms glided over the smooth and polished surface of the rails. My lips quivered as I quietly muttered a prayer, begging the Moon Goddess to keep me from falling and making a fool of myself. The frosty, clear crystals and snowflakes dangled above my head like Christmas decorations. Lucy plus two male lycans dressed in black and white outfits were awaiting me by the edge of the stairs. They had trays of champagne with ice in their hands. "You look beautiful, Jessica," Lucy hastened to take my hand. I bowed in response. My eyes immediately flipped through the area, searching for one person in particular. Kanyon. "He's waiting for you in the Love Den," she said knowingly. She fixed a crystal tiara on my head that coordinated with my dress. "Courtesy of the King." It was a beautiful piece. "I feel like a princess," I giggled as my hands sailed up to help Lucy set the tiara on my head. "And you look like o