The warm morning air wafted in through the curtains and fanned my skin.An unconscious smile spread across my lips and I sank deeper into the silky sheets.I tried to reach for his hard body but it was just cold, soft pillows and sheets as far as my fingers could go.I frowned and with a low groan, opened my eyes.I yawned and rubbed my eyes with the back of my palm as I let my brain juggle.The memories of last night came rushing back to me and blush spread all over my face, making me red like a tomato.I had intended to use him as a rebound to forget about Jason's betrayal but I knew it was far deeper than that.I had fallen for this Alpha and I couldn't deny it anymore.I was going to tell him today.I smiled and peeked under the sheets around my body and my face felt even hotter.“It really wasn't a dream,” I grinned from ear to ear.Last night could only be likened to what I read in my erotic books.I never thought a person could bring me so much pleasure until now.“Fuck,” I clo
The ride back to the house was longer than usual. Or was I the one distracted by my loud thoughts that rang in my ears?The driver pulled into the driveway and I opened the car door so he didn't have to.“Thank you,” I muttered when I came out and he nodded.I took a few steps before halting in my tracks and turning to him.“Can you please keep the little….detour between us?” I asked.He nodded once and I sent him a stiff smile before going into the house.“Where have you been?” Hilda asked with a loud shriek as soon as I entered the house and I couldn't help but smile back at her.“Out,” I shrugged.“The Alpha let you?” She asked, surprise written all over her features.“How are you?” I asked, avoiding her question.“I made breakfast. Are you hungry?” She asked but was already pulling me towards the kitchen.“No, no, I'm…” I started to protest because all I wanted was to lay down on my bed and curl up in a ball but my body betrayed me and my stomach growled loudly.She gave me a poi
My palms became sweaty and I looked around the room hurriedly.The windows were closed, just like I left them.I sniffed deeply but there was no other scent in my room to indicate that anyone had been there.Everything was just the way I'd left it.Who could have come in and dropped that paper there?With a determined look on my face, I left the room and headed downstairs, taking the stairs two at a time.“You're here,” I rushed out as soon as I reached Hilda and spun her around to face me.“What's going on?” She asked with concern and a hint of fear in her voice as her eyes searched mine.I took a deep breath to regulate my ragged breathing before asking, “was anyone in my room?”Confused lines marred her forehead and her brows knitted together.“Why would anyone be in your room?” She asked.“I mean, did you….?” I started but decided it was a waste of time.She didn't know anything.“Never mind,” I shook my head and let go of her arm.She looked at me weirdly but before she could ask
“What were you saying, Candice?” I shook her violently.“The Alpha,” she said with raw fear in her eyes.The loud painful howl came again and I dropped her limp arms.“We're not done with this conversation,” I said and ran out of the room.I stopped in my tracks when I got to the living room and my breath hitched as I took in the sight in front of me.Ares howled and writhed with pain on the floor and blood covered the whole space around him while the maids stared on in horror.“What the hell is wrong with you people?!” I yelled at the maids and ran to his side. “Call the pack doctor!” “No!” His loud growl shook the ground and I was taken aback momentarily.I stared at him for a few seconds before looking at the guards behind him.“What happened?” I asked them.They both shared confused looks and shrugged.“The Alpha insisted on going out alone,” they said but fear of saying the wrong thing was evident in their eyes.“Help me,” I said.They were by my side in mere seconds, helping hi
Ares' povIntense pain flashed through her eyes and even though it only lasted a nanosecond, it would have felt better for my heart to be ripped out of my chest than seeing that pain, knowing I caused it.I was about to say something to redeem myself because my wolf cursed me out and my conscience, which I thought I'd buried decades ago pricked me.“Right,” she beat me to it and nodded once.She stood directly under the lighting of the bathroom and it illuminated her red hair, giving it a fiery orange color.She looked so magical and I was lost in her misty eyes momentarily.Her clothes and parts of her body was stained with blood, my blood, and I balled my hands in fists to keep from walking over to her and dragging her into the bathroom to scrub every part of her delicate skin.She was probably also bewitched by the enthralling air around us like I was as she stood transfixed.Or maybe she was regretting ever letting me in.Something flickered in her eyes and she finally broke the s
Ares' pov I passed her room and walked down the stairs, vaguely hoping not to bump into her.Not because I didn't want to see her but because I wasn't sure how to react to her.I had healed considerably well after all the silver had been removed from my body and I could move with grace again.“Alpha!” I heard a feminine voice from the side.I knew instantly that she wasn't the one because she hardly ever called me by my title when it was just the both of us, not that I minded, plus her voice was more velvety than nasal.I turned to see the head maid and I gave her a questioning glance.“You're up and running already after….” I couldn't tell what expression I had on my face but she trailed off and knew better than to mention it. “I was thinking you'd want to eat first to gain energy after all the blood you lost,” she said.“Do I look like I need energy?” I asked.“No, but….”I cut her off with a glare and she swallowed the rest of her words before bowing and turning to leave.I've alw
Ares' pov“What happened to him?” I turned to the guards closest to me.“I…I don't know, Alpha,” he looked genuinely confused.I growled lowly and could already feel my anger on the lid.He was just about to say something.Heck, I could finally put an end to all of this.And then this?I was about to land a blow on the guard when something from my peripheral vision caught my attention.The guards held their breaths as I stalked towards the small table on one side.“What's this?” I lifted one of the two empty glass cups.“We had given them water when it looked like they weren't going to wake up,” the head guard said.I narrowed my eyes and then it made sense to me.I sniffed the cup but there wasn't anything suspicious but I knew better.“Who gave you the water?” I asked coldly.“The head maid,” he replied.As soon as the words left his lips, I smashes the glass hard against the wall.The guards exchanged worried looks but I didn't spare them a glance.“Clean this up,” I said and storm
“What?” I asked in a flat tone as I folded the comforter I had been using.“I want you,” he said without missing a beat but what missed a beat was my heart.I bit the inside of my cheeks as anger welled up in me at the same time sweet tingles ran down my spine from the intensity of his stare.He took a step forward and I tossed the neatly folded comforter to the side and it landed in a pile on the ground.“Do you enjoy this?” I spat. “Do you enjoy all of this?” My tone grew and I pointed at the space in between the both of us. “Do you enjoy messing with my mind?” His brows knitted together and I would have thought he was genuinely confused about my accusations if I didn't know just what type of devil he was.“What…”He trailed off and I closed my eyes in a bid to control my anger and tongue.“Just leave,” I said calmly.“Why?” He retorted.Are you kidding me right now?!I narrowed my eyes in slits and we got caught in a mini staring contest.When it became obvious that he wasn't goin
Six years later“And there you go,” I placed Adele's little plate in front of her.“Mama, give daddy some,” she said when she noticed I was yet to serve Ares.“Yeah, give daddy some,” Ares wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.“You're disgusting,” I laughed and swatted his arm before going back to the kitchen to get our own plates.Breakfast went by quickly with Ares asking the kids about their week in school, and light chatter went round the table.After breakfast, I sat on the couch, surrounded by the loves of my life. Ares snuggled beside me, his head on my shoulder, while the twins, Emily and Jackson, and their baby sister Adele, played on the floor. The room was filled with laughter and the sound of tiny feet pattering around.I couldn't help but think about just how lucky I was to have a complete family with the man I love. In the last six years, the pack has thrived to new heights, but no matter how busy he was, Ares always made time for his family and I couldn't be more gratefu
I slowly opened my eyes, groggily taking in my surroundings. I was in a hospital room, surrounded by beeping machines and sterile walls so white it made my head ache.I felt like I'd been run over a train many times and every part of me ached.Ares jumped up from where he was seating on the couch, grabbing my hand. His eyes were red-rimmed from lack of sleep, tugging at my heart painfully."Hey," he whispered, his voice cracking with emotion. "Welcome back."I tried to speak, but my throat was dry and sore. He helped me sit up, and quickly handed me a glass of water, and I drank greedily, the cold water sliding down my throat and bringing life back to my body.“You're here,” I mumbled after handing the cup back to him.He nodded rapidly and clasped my hand with his, bringing it to his lips. “You're here too. You came back for me,” he kissed my hand.I brought my hand hooked with IV up and ran my fingers through his overgrown hair. His shoulders shook lightly and I knew he was crying.
I gulped. The malice and anger in his voice were so palpable I didn't doubt him.He sneered, seeing his words had the desired effect on me before pulling away.My eyes followed him as he walked to the far end of the room and picked a sword from the wall.He let the sword hang loosely on his hand and the tip grated on the concrete floor, making a shrill sound.He stopped a few feet in front of me, and I clenched my teeth, looking as bold as I possibly could.“Jason, do we have to kill her?” Galia asked, biting her lips.He turned to her and his eyes narrowed in slits.“Don't tell me you're chickening out now,” he spat.She shifted her weight from one feet to the other, looking uncomfortable. “It's the Alpha we want. We don't have to kill her,” she repeated.“It seems like you've forgotten what this bitch did to you. To me!” He yelled. “Let me remind you.”I could see Galia's resolve breaking, but he was trying to get in her head.“She made you irrelevant. You lived in her shadows for y
My eyes opened and the first thing I noticed was the banging pain in my head. The room was utterly dark and somewhere in the far corner, I could hear the steady leaking of water, and the putrid smell of the place hit me square in the face.I groaned in pain, as I tried to move the searing pain in around my chest and arms told me I was bound. The silver burned deeply into my skin, causing me to roll my eyes in pain, and stay still on the chair.I felt something cold trickling down the side of my face and one sniff in the air, I knew it was blood.I tried to remember how I'd ended up in this position and after a few seconds of trying, my memory came back to me in bits and pieces till I made sense of the whole picture.I gritted my teeth and tried to break out of my restraints, but the more I did, the more it burned my skin.I closed my eyes to stop the tears that were threatening to fall. Just when everything was beginning to fall in place, this happens.My mind went to Ares, and I tri
The meeting was dragging on longer than expected, and I shifted uncomfortably many times in my seat.I sat at my place at the head of the table, staring blankly at the papers in front of me while the presenter’s voice grated at my consciousness.I was supposed to be attentive and giving my inputs on crucial business deal with the foreign investors, but my mind kept wandering and my wolf kept pacing, making me even more restless.Pulling out my phone, I dialed her number for the third time and clenched my fist around the device when I was sent straight to her voicemail.I couldn't shake off the feeling of unease that had been plaguing me all day.After a few minutes, I tried to focus on the numbers and figures, but my thoughts kept drifting back to Tabitha, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of dread.I tried to mind-link her through the matebond, but all I got was silence.“Fuck!” I slammed my fist on the table.Some people jumped in fear and others looked up at me warily, concerned
I woke up the next morning with a smile on my face, feeling like I was walking on air. I was back with Ares, and this time, they were mated. My fingertips traces his mark on my neck and I smiled at the tingly sensation. So this was what being bound to someone felt like.Nyx was as happy as she could be and I'd never felt at peace like I was doing now, in his arms, knowing we had overcome the hurdle that separated us, and I was his like he was mine.It had been two weeks since we got back together, but we still couldn't get enough of each other.We had spent the everyday in these two weeks snuggled up together, only leaving the bed to receive our food that Ares had ordered for, and when totally necessary, and these two weeks have been the happiest of my life.I felt closer to him more than ever now and understood him on a different level since I could now feel what he was feeling through the mate bond, and most times, those feelings were unholy ones that had us tangled underneath the
Ares' pov I opened my eyes to the rays of sunlight peeking in through the curtains and the memories of the night before came playing in my eyes like a record.A smile covered my face and I turned to snuggle up with her but the bed was cold and empty.My eyes opened, wide awake now and my heart slammed in my chest at the thought that it was all a dream, but before I could go into a panic attack, the bathroom door opened.I released a deep breath as my eyes landed on her innocent brown eyes, her hair tied I a messy bun at the top of her head.“Everything okay?” She asked with a small smile, but I didn't miss how nervous she was.Six months apart, and yet she looked even more radiant than I remembered. Her now short brunette hair framing her face beautifully, and her skin glowed with a warm, golden light.I took a deep breath and reached her in three long strides, wrapping myself around her in a warm embrace.She squealed before relaxing into me. It was a wonder that the connection bet
My breath came out in short, quick pants as I rode out my high. Ares had said he wasn't going to last, but I didn't expect the heavy orgasm to crash down on me the way he did.In less than a minute, my body was heating up again and shame filled me.We still had a lot to talk about and having sex this way didn't solve anything. Heck he was still with Noelle and she was pregnant!I immediately felt terrible but the ache in between my legs made those thoughts fade.I clenched my legs shut, momentarily embarrassed so he wouldn't see me like a sex deprived maniac, but it was well beyond my control.“Don't hide from me,” his husky voice said from behind me.He turned my body so I was facing him and kept his knee in between my legs, keeping me from seeking friction from my legs.“Wee shouldn't be doing this. It's so wrong,” I shook my head.“Why?” He asked, his filled with different emotions that made my insides curled. “We're mates.”“Not anymore,” I said but I sounded like a moan at the en
Ares' pov I saw red as I stormed in and saw Rodolfo on her. On my mate!My feet moved before my mind, and the next thing I knew, I was pinning him to the wall.His eyes widened with fear but before he could say anything, I let my emotions take control and began slamming my fist into his face.He was helpless in my hands and my wolf was out to play, but nothing seemed to soothe me. Not the repeated scrunch of his bones breaking under my fist, or his painful growls, or the blood splattered all over his face and my fucking fist.Nothing seemed to calm me.My wolf wanted blood and I wasn't sure I would stop even if he dropped dead to the ground.My relentless pounding on his face continued till a needy whine rolled out of her lips and everything around me stopped.I let him fall like a sack of potatoes on the floor and mind-linked my guards I'd come with to come in.I immediately rushed to her quivering side before they entered and yanked off my coat, wrapping it around her and scooping