Knox shook his head as if to clear the jumbled thoughts ringing through his mind like a discordant clamor. However, Serena was already inching closer. The tears continued to spill unheeded down her cheeks as she looked up at him with her expressive emerald eyes that shimmered like polished jade. "I don't want to go through that same pain and fear again," she whispered imploringly. "I just want to have a real, happy marriage with you...if you can give me that. I have no one left in this world, no family other than my father. And he…” She swallowed. “If you'll let me...you can be my family, Knox."Knox stared at her mutely, utterly speechless in the face of her vulnerability and the depth of the yearning, the need she was baring to him so openly and without shame. His heart twisted in his chest, aching to see the desperation swimming in her lovely eyes and the past trauma and hurt that still haunted her so deeply despite the brave face she put on.The only reason that bastard was
Knox kicked open the bedroom door with Serena still cradled in his arms and their lips locked in a hungry, passionate kiss. He stumbled inside, kicking the door shut behind them with a resounding thud that reverberated through the room. His soft, yet masculine hands roamed her body possessively as he walked them towards the bed, squeezing and kneading the soft curves that fit so perfectly against his hard planes. Serena stifled a yelp when she landed unceremoniously onto the plush mattress. She gazed up at the man who had just dumped her on the bed as if she weighed nothing. There was no preamble or gentleness in his eyes blazing with dark desire. She could see the battle raging within him as he fought with every fiber of his being to hold onto his tenuous control, to keep from giving in fully to the primal and cruel urges she had awakened within his very core. His muscles were rigid, his hands fisting in the rumpled bedsheets as he visibly strained against the force of his
Serena felt pleased to have such an effect on him. She was on a mission to prove to this man that she wasn’t some inexperienced woman or someone without high standards. She wasn’t going to be that female who trusted blindly and forgave way too easily. It was either he gave himself fully to her—body and soul or she would make sure to walk out of this marriage either dead or alive. There wasn’t going to be any compromise in between!!Serena seductively tugged at the band of his white briefs and elegantly pulled it down to hang with his slacks. However, her mouth gasped open and her eyes went wide when she finally got an unobstructed view of his impressive length. ‘Did it somehow grow in size?’ She felt a shiver of trepidation mixed with burning desire race through her. It was massive! Bigger than anything she had ever seen or imagined before. It was thick and veined, the flushed head flared in a way that looked so dreadful and promised destruction. For a moment, Serena wonder
"I want you inside me!" Serena's rasped voice was low and throaty with naked need. "I need to feel you, all of you, buried deep. Stretching me...filling me...claiming me as your wife!!"She leaned forward to trail her tongue along the taut cords of his neck, nipping at the sharp line of his jaw as she pressed her breasts against his chest. Serena could feel the frantic pounding of his heart mingled with the delicious taste on her lips and tongue. "Are you going to give me what I want?" she demanded in a breathy whisper against the shell of his ear. "Are you going to take me or let someone else do your job?"Knox let out a guttural growl at her heated words. The sound was possessive. It seemed to rise from the depths of his very being. His teeth ground together so tightly that the grating sound it produced rang in Serena’s ears. He was clearly displeased with her statement. Serena’s lips parted to let words out—words to either placate or further drive him to the edge. However
Serena’s eyes went wide with embarrassment when Knox nuzzled against her mound and inhaling deeply. “Knox. I…its—” Serena trailed off as his stubble beard scratched deliciously against her sensitive flesh, only amplifying the sensations.“Relax for me…!” Knox drawled and then dragged in a long air of her scent. ‘Fuck!’ He groaned at how delicious she smelled, his hot breath fanning over her glistening folds. Serena held a shuddering breath when his head dipped even lower, eagerly anticipating the warm feel of his tongue. Knox breathed heavily, savouring the refreshing scent that was exclusively hers. Then his mouth was on her the next second. His tongue swept one long and deep stroke through her drenched folds. “Oh, Good Lord…!” Serena cried out at the exquisite sensation. Her hands shot forward to tangle her fingers in his hair and hold him in place as he continued to lap at her slick flesh. Sparks of pleasure danced across her nerve endings with every swipe of tha
‘That's it, tigress. Milk our dick with that greedy little cunt. Take every fucking inch.’ A voice applauded within Knox. Knox groaned in her ear, his voice rough like grated stone. The rasp of his stubbled jaw against her sensitive skin sent sparks dancing across her nerve endings. He stilled for a long moment, allowing her body to adjust to his punishing girth. His harsh pants from the effort it was taking to hold still fanned over her sweat-dampened skin. Serena could feel the frantic pounding of his heart against her chest, the throb of his cock buried inside her fluttering channel. She was utterly filled. Stretched wider than she had ever imagined possible, and the exquisite ache only served to fuel her desire higher. Serena gnashed her teeth to stifle her cry of agony from the immense pain mingled with the delicious sensation that dominated her very being and finally rolled her hips in a silent plea. Knox’s jaws were taut as he gazed down at the woman who was clearly
Serena slowly drifted back from the hazy edges of unconsciousness. Her body was still quivering with the aftershocks of her shattering release. She felt utterly boneless and wrung out, like a rag that had been twisted and rung dry. Serena became aware of the thick heat still sheathed inside her, of the sticky evidence of his own climax coating her inner walls and trickling down her thighs. Slowly blinking her eyes open, she found him looming over her smaller frame with a look of dark, primal hunger etched across his chiseled features. His amber eyes seemed to glow with banked embers in the low light, the crimson and gold swirling in a mesmerizing vortex. His dick was still achingly hard, pulsing heavily within her convulsing walls as if he hadn't just erupted his release mere moments ago. A cold shudder of apprehension slithered its way down Serena's spine, causing the fine hairs on her nape to bristle in response. The intensity of Knox's stare felt almost tangible
Killian and Seven's frame went stiff almost comically at the sight of the two imposing figures that had just materialized out of thin air before them:They were those of Enzo and Meredith. Killian and Seven both placed one hand on their left chest and bowed their heads. Enzo's youthful face split into an amused and almost mocking grin as he raked his gaze over Killian's utterly disheveled appearance. In stark contrast to her husband's look of amusement, Meredith's expression was one of utter revulsion and disdain as her hawkish stare fell upon Killian's indecent state of undress. Her delicately arched brows knitted together as her lips pursed into a tight, bloodless line, seeming to disappear entirely into the harsh creases etched into the corners of her mouth. An audible sniff of distaste escaped the regal witch as her nose wrinkled, as though assaulted by a foul stench.“Must you be so crassly indecent?" Meredith's voice dripped with condescension as she eyed him with na
Only the monsters remained a seemingly endless horde that would continue to ravage and destroy until the entire world was little more than a barren, lifeless husk. Knox could not, would not, allow that to happen. Not after everything, not after the unfathomable sacrifices that had already been made in the pursuit of preventing such a future from coming to pass. Too much had been lost, too many lives extinguished in the fires of this onslaught. Darkness swirled around him and began coiling outwards to merge with the torrential downpour. The vortex rapidly expanded, growing in size and ferocity until it became an all-consuming maw ready to devour everything in its path. The earth itself seemed to tremble by the vortex of annihilation taking form, as if the very world were protesting the profane nature of the forces being brought to bear. The air itself seemed to warp and twist, reality buckling under the strain of the immense power being channeled. Each bolt of lightning tha
Knox simply remained there for long, excruciating moments, taking in the sight of her serene repose as if etching every line and curve into his tortured memory so he wouldn't lose even the tiniest detail.Suddenly, Serena's body was engulfed in a dazzling burst of light, with glowing tendrils extending outward to encircle Knox's form. He pulled the light within, absorbing it as if he were a hole eating the stars. It was the portion of his soul he had given Serena in both their past lives and this current one, now being reclaimed after her death. Then Knox rose to his feet with fluidity, seemingly defying the rules of gravity once the last remnants of that magnificent essence were sucked back into his form."Let us never meet again!" he intoned, his voice a discordant rasp that held no trace of anything remotely human. The words carried such weight, such profundity of power that the trembling maid instantly crumpled motionlessly to the floor. Her mind simply could not withstand the
Tears burned hot in Meredith's eyes at the brutal truth of Enzo's words. She had failed - failed utterly to protect Knox, failed to prevent this future from becoming their new reality. Deep in her soul, she could feel the ancient spirits of Queen Minerva and Princess Myra weeping bitter tears of sorrow and regret. Their sacred bloodline, their eternal legacy was now irrevocably tainted by this unraveling of fate.A choked sound somewhere between a sob and a bitter peal of laughter escaped her lips when Sahar's severed head came rolling to a stop at her feet with her dead eyes still holding a mocking glint of triumph even in death. The twisted wench had achieved her ultimate goal - to bring about the utter ruination of their legacy, the destruction of every last Cavalieri-Delgaard dynasty. All around them, the battle raged on with no end in sight, the air thick with the sights, sounds and smells of death. Killian's towering Lycan form, battered and bleeding from a thousand savage
The sight of everyone she loved fighting for their very existence against such overwhelming odds...it was a blade twisting in Meredith's heart.A searing agony lanced through her and she knew Enzo was injured. It was the effect of a mate bond whether fated or chosen. She stumbled, gasping for air as she clutched at her chest. The pain was almost beyond endurance… like a molten lance of agony that threatened to bring her to her knees. Tears burned in her eyes and her sight blurred as the true gravity of their situation hit her like a battering ram. Any wound inflicted by these abominations was fatal. Their claws, fangs, and very essence were imbued with a poison that corrupted all it touched.“Is there no way?” Her mind reeled like ashes on the wind as another spasm of anguish gripped her in its merciless talons. “Is there no way to save them all? To avert this future I've foreseen?”Her body trembled violently and her legs threatened to give out beneath her as she watched her love
Meredith drew on her newly regained powers and unleashed a torrent of energy at the beasts. The demons recoiled, shrieking in fury and anguish as magic seared their rotting flesh. The stench of burning meat filled the air, mingling with the miasma that clung to the creatures.Meredith maintained the onslaught, driving them back through the shattered doorway with relentless determination.Next, she sealed the room with an impenetrable barrier when the last of the abominations stumbled back into the hall, wailing in pain and wrath.She turned to face the trembling girl. "Stay here if you wish to live, child," Meredith instructed. "This madness needs to cease, and soon, before it swallows us all."Then she swept from the chamber and out into the chaos that had engulfed the estate's once-clean halls. The hallway ahead was a nightmare come true, with claw marks on the walls, bloody paintings, and the crushed bodies of fallen defenders strewn over the floor like discarded objects.Meredi
Meredith's heart thundered against her ribcage as she paced the length of Knox and Serena's bedroom suite. Her footfalls echoed with a hollow resonance that belied the emptiness gnawing at her very soul.The incessant rattling and banging against the thick oak door grew more insistent with each passing moment in a cacophony of destruction that served as a reminder of the hellish forces laying siege to their home. Beyond that rapidly crumbling barrier, chaos ruled in an unholy storm of violence that threatened to devour all Meredith held dear.Shrieks of unimaginable agony intermingled with roars. Each haunting wail, each guttural bellow, sent a fresh wave of anguish coursing through Meredith's immortal frame. How many had already fallen? The question burned in her mind like acid, eating away at what little composure she managed to maintain. How many brave warriors, loyal protectors of the estate had lost their lives under the claws of these abominations? The faces of those she had
"I'm the only woman alive now who can give you an heir, bear you children to carry on your bloodline..." Her words were a hushed whisper. "I am your rightful mate at long last. We were always meant to be together as one, you and I. Two halves of the same whole."She sniffled again as a fresh wave of tears spilled forth. "You should have accepted my request earlier, when I simply wanted to enjoy one night with my betrothed...to bask in the warmth of your embrace, as is my right as your—"Her words died on her lips when Knox suddenly closed the distance and wrapped his hand around her slender throat in a grip, wrenching her forward until her feet left the ground. Then he slammed her head back against the stone wall with brutal force to crack her skull. Sirona let out a pained, wheezing laugh as she stared up at him with wild, unfocused eyes. A thin trickle of crimson seeped from the corner of her mouth, tracing a macabre path down her chin."You...you wouldn't dare..." she choked out
Knox felt as if the entire world had collapsed around him, with a devastating blast of despair and despair threatening to break what little remained of his damaged psyche into a million shattered fragments. The sheer, all-consuming agony that had lanced through him was unlike anything he'd ever experienced before. It that it defied description… as though every nerve ending in his immortal body had been set ablaze and doused in acid simultaneously.The air became heavy and oppressive as the full impact of what had happened started to sink in, and the cold stone of the dungeon walls seemed to close in around him.Knox simply couldn't - no, he utterly refused with every fiber of his being to accept the cruel reality that his worst fears had been realized in the most brutal and decisive way imaginable. Serena. His beautiful, precious mate...the very radiant light in his darkness...she was gone. Why? The question kept coming back to him, echoing through the vast emptiness of his head, e
The huge double doors to the dungeon at one of Knox's estates slid open, revealing his towering figure. An oppressive air accompanied him, making it feel as if the very atmosphere held its breath in his presence. Dark tendrils like mist swirled around him, and his eyes that was always cold, blazed with a fury that made them appear even icier than usual. His mind was still reeling from the hateful words Serena had hurled at him in the car earlier, and in a moment of desperation, he had teleported himself here.Knox despised himself for losing control and slapping Serena in a moment of anger. He couldn’t forgive himself, especially when the thought crossed his mind that perhaps Sirona had found a way to bypass his restraint meant to keep her in check, and had gotten into Serena’s mind. More than half of him believed the venomous words Serena had spoken weren't hers but were instead Sirona’s doing. This belief drove him to the dungeon, determined to confirm his theory.His eyes lan