Alpha Zane King has nothing left to live for. After losing his mate and queen, he’s a husk of the man he once was. He only lives to raise his son so that he one day can take over the kingdom. His methods are harsh, cold, and cruel. He’ll never tolerate any weakness. Never again, will anyone in his kingdom suffer as he has… But his life gets thrown a curveball, when he accidentally stumbles upon Arella; a human female ranger who lives alone deep in the woods, overseeing the huge national forest right next to his borders. She doesn’t cower before him, she doesn’t put up with his shit and most importantly, she makes him feel things again. Things he long since thought were dead… But everything might come to a crashing end when Arella is shot by poachers. Now, Zane is faced with a difficult choice: risk changing her and turning her into a werewolf – or lose her forever…
View MoreArella’s POV“Did you have to bring that up, Noah?” Selena interjected sharply, nervously glancing up at Zane to see if Zane had overheard them. But luckily, Zane seemed to be lost in his own thoughts at the moment, glaring down at the plate as if it had insulted him.“You know Zane was furious about that,” she continued and leaned closer, lowering her voice to a conspiratorial whisper. “Zane is very protective of his pups. He’ll kill to ensure their safety.”“Like any father would,” Noah replied in the same hushed tone, although he sounded more like a defense than agreement. I felt a pang of sadness but quickly squashed it. I was unfamiliar with caring fathers. My own father had never shown a fraction of that fierceness or love towards me, but I’d never deny a child the experience.I knew love and affection…And I knew loneliness and rejection...&ldqu
Arella’s POVYou know what the biggest flex someone who is royalty has?They’re ROYALTY!You know what my sorry excuse of a peasant isn’t?Royalty!Lucky for me, that fact didn’t even begin to sink in until just before the servants announced – Yes! They announced our arrival! My heart started beating furiously in my chest and my hands started feeling clammy. I hated this feeling! Feeling like I was prey and about to walk into a lion's den… Well, like every other time my instincts were telling me to cower and hide, I stuck out my chin and forced my hands to calm…It helped.But little did I know that I was walking next to the metaphorical crazy-as-shit lion! Because the second we entered, the voices were hushed and everyone turned to us. The atmosphere was thick with unspoken tension, the air buzzing with the kind of energy that suggested a storm was brewing.I took a
Arella’s POVI really needed to go back for my clothes!Mostly because the scent that was coming off the ones that had been put out for me smelled like Zane. And for some reason, his scent worked like a fucking flick to my clit. I had to stifle a groan when I breathed it in and my pussy began to throb as if it had a life of its own.It was worse than when we’d been at the hospital.I’d noticed that he’d smelled divine back then, but with all the hospital smells, I hadn’t really noticed it having this effect on me. Now it was sinking into my blood like some fucking aphrodisiac. And my wolf wasn’t helping the matter much with her sensual purring and practically rubbing his scent all over her.And was it weird that I liked it?Shaking off the sensation, I forced my head on straight and put them on. But I had to think about bugs and fauna to finally get my throbbing lady part
Zane's POV“Yeah,” I said, hoping that my voice didn’t sound as gruff as I thought it did. “I like them a lot.”That had a smile spreading on his face, but he instantly hid it, focusing on peeling the dough off his fingers. Eva didn’t say anything. She just sat there, quietly eating her bun with her sauce. She wasn’t smiling anymore and only threw nervous glances at Cain as if waiting for his cue on what to do next.The awkwardness was almost unbearable…“Would you like these for dinner?” I blurted, holding up a co-sin-thing. I’d never felt awkward at being a parent before, but suddenly my own pups didn’t feel like my own. There was a huge gap between us – one that I had created – and I didn’t know how to close it. My wolf was pissed – again! No surprise there – and I had to lock him away.Insane piece of shit!
Zane’s POVLost in my thoughts and transfixed by the scene in front of me, I suddenly felt my wolf want to push forward. He wanted to see them too and, for once, I wasn’t afraid to let him near them. They looked so happy finally and he deserved to be a part of that too. Before I would never have kept him away from anything regarding our pups and I suddenly felt guilty for keeping him away from them.But now we watched them together…Eva, who never smiled, was eagerly standing next to Arella, chewing on something that looked like a fried bun. Cain was on her other side, already ready to gulp down on whatever she was doing next. Unfortunately, it was too hot, and he burned his fingers, making him have to juggle it back and forth like a circus clown. Arella snapped something in Portuguese, before snatching it out of the air and kissing his fingertip. He blushed and was clearly embarrassed at being “mommy”-ed like that
Zane's POVI instantly stopped when I remembered that nobody had taught her how to mind-link. Sure, talking in our wolf worm was a sort of telepathic mind link between two wolves, but when you were further away, it required some practice to do.And Arella didn’t have any. I made a mental note to teach her as soon as I could, and before storming out of the room to look for her the old-fashioned way.By tracing her scent…But that plan went to shit when I realized that her scent wasn’t anywhere to be found. I tried not to panic, but it was fucking hard to when my wolf was growling and howling like a fucking maniac, pushing for me to track her down.“Noah! Have you seen Arella?” I snapped at my brother just as I barged through the door to our shared office.“No, I haven’t seen your human,” he groaned in annoyance and gave me a tired look. “I just came back!
Zane’s POVI wasn’t sure when I had last gone for a run like this, but considering how sore my wolf’s muscles were afterward, it was safe to assume it had been a while ago. Ever since leaving Arella, I’d been running around the pack grounds, with no particular goal in mind.I just needed to run…It shouldn’t hurt so goddess damned much thinking about not being with her! Despite knowing that I now had a chance at an actual future, it now seemed more like a taunt than a promise. Because there was still the fact that everything I felt for her wasn’t real. She was a runt and everything that had happened was just a result of that. Nothing of it was real…But the pain felt real!It felt like a spear through my heart just thinking about a future without her. And a possessive, selfish part of me wanted to keep her here forever. To keep her as my own, but…There was no
Arella's POV“Never?” I echoed, wondering if I’d misunderstood something. Hadn’t Zane said that he’d given permission to let humans into their pack before? Didn’t that mean that he’d bitten and transformed someone before?“No,” Cain more or less answered my question and shook his head. “We’re only allowed to turn our mates.” His smile fell then and his eyes returned to the floor. “Not that I’ll ever have one…”I tried not to show my obvious surprise.Mate?Was he already thinking about a wife?I wasn’t sure if that was cute or creepy…“Of course, you will,” I said dismissively--- and then made a mental note to find out more about mates. I had to know if this was some arranged marriage shit or something else. Because if they married their kids off before they knew their ABCs, I was
Stereotypes are there for gags - please laugh! Or don't, it's really up to you, but the story will be funnier if you do...!Arella's POVOur pups?Wait--- WHAT?!I was mentally gaping at my wolf, wondering what in the ever-loving Jamaican mushrooms she was talking about...Erm…, my wolf froze mid-action, as if she desperately was trying to find a plausible explanation for that. You want them to like us, don’t you?Well, of course, I wanted them to like us! I wasn’t a monster. I liked kids. And although it had been a while, I still remembered what it was like to take care of all my younger nephews and nieces. But before I could question my wolf anymore, she played possum and pretended to be asleep, making a huge show out of yawning and snoring.My wolf was just so weird…“Well, let me guess,” I huffed, a little annoyed wit
Zane’s POV“Weak,” I snorted at my son as he sprawled on the ground, struggling to get up after the harder-than-necessary blow I’d just delivered.“I-I’m sorry, father,” Cain whined, tears in his eyes. My wolf let out a snarl, and clawed my insides, making pain coil inside of me. Because a part of me did feel bad for doing this. A part of me wanted to reach out and comfort him. To tell him that he did well. That I could see the improvements and the efforts of his hard work---But then I remembered the price of those emotions. How they had made me weak. And who, in the end, paid the ultimate price…My Luna Queen…My mate!Her blood was on my hands because of that weakness…So I took those useless emotions and stuck them someplace where the sun didn’t shine. I didn’t show any weakness. I wouldn’t. Not in front of my pack and not in front of my children. I refused to let them suffer because of my weakness.Not anymore…“Don’t be sorry,” I snarled, spinning on my heels and heading back to...
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