Even after two days, Hunter still felt terribly helpless when he looked at that damn closed door. He could have isolated those stupid old men, helped Eli intimidate the other tigers who had come here to look for the bastards, and prepared his wolves to fight every single member of the Valiant pack who was planning on coming here to try to kill Corinne first, during or after the trial...
But he hadn't been able to do the main thing. Prevent her from locking herself in her own room as if she were really guilty.
“Corinne...” he knocked on the door gently, before turning the handle “I know what you're going to say, but I brought your dinner and this time you have to eat it. It’s not enough that you decided to isolate yourself in that room.”
"I'm not hungry." A murmur answered him and, as in
“What?” her strengthless body between his arms, as she slowly raised her teary eyes towards his “What did you...? Please, if this is your way of saying that you feel obligated to take care of me because we are mates...”"You did not listen to me?" Hunter growled, tilting his face towards hers, as that feeling boiled inside him like never before, finally free, like water destroying a dam “I don't feel obligated to do anything for you, damn it! Everything I'm doing is simply for you, Corinne! I could fight my wolf instincts, but I couldn't fight what you made me feel. Not the damn nature, the lasso, or any other shit! You! Only you!" he admitted “And, hell, I know you deserved a better and more romantic statement, but that was the wolf you conquered and now you won't be able to get rid of me! I love you, Corinne! I love the eyes you are so repulsed by, I love your ability
“Get out of my way! You can’t stop me from seeing my sister!” Nicole screamed, loud enough for Corinne to hear her clearly on the other side of the door, even though the sounds of the commotion outside were rivaling her words “Get out! Now!"“Please, Princess Nicole, step aside!” the tiger guards practically begged “She already tried to kill Prince Declan. If he dies, she will definitely do the same to you, to have a clear path to the title of Alpha. Even Diego has had his security increased, as the council seems satisfied with the stance he took in standing against Alpha...”"Shut up! Never say again my brother is going to die!” Nicole demanded, her voice breaking, “And never say again that my sister was responsible for what happened! You guys should be looking for the culprit, not stopping me from ge
“There are no footprints on the window of the room where Corinne and Declan were, nor in the garden below or in that part of the woods, which is the most likely place the culprit could have run.” Isabelle reflected, thoughtfully “That… It’s very strange.”“They managed to enter our territory without being noticed before. They probably did it again.” Hunter growled, doing his best to hide the tension in his tone. “But no one can do what they did without leaving a trace and we will find them, no matter how deep we have to go into the forest.”“Don’t you think we should go back to calling for backup?” his cousin asked “It might be dangerous to go alone. Besides, everyone's so busy keeping an eye on the tigers and preparing for this damn trial... They'll probably only realize you'r
That almost silver wolf reminded Hunter of something, but he didn't have time to let his mind work on it, as soon his beast was free too, leaping into the air to meet the attack of that bastard who had gotten his paws on Declan Valiant and blame Corinne for that. Just like that day when they had had a quick fight, Hunter was sure that defeating that bastard wouldn't be easy. The vassals who called him Alpha always seemed desperate to protect the man, but the truth was that he had been just as well trained in fighting as Hunter. To the point that, whenever the leader of the invaders managed to dodge one of his attacks, claws or bites, Hunter wondered how he was able to do this. His uncle Daniel had taught him all of that when Hunter was just a boy and, even though he was only 7 years old at the time, it had still been some of the best and most useful lessons he had received, before his father became the Al
“That's... That's madness...” Felix growled exactly what was on Hunter's mind, as both Isabelle and Aiden looked towards the man tied up in the center of the underground cellar they used to keep the prisoners away from the pack, although everyone who had been captured had found a way to kill themselves and now there was only...William. The cousin he thought he lost 23 years ago.“That must be a lie.” Aiden shook his head in disbelief. “They have a wizard with them, don't they? He or she must surely have found a way to copy your uncle's face and try to manipulate us with it..."“Is this the lie you’re going to tell the pack when they find out about me?” William sneered, “You guys are disgusting.”“Is&helli
“What did you say?” Hunter tried to maintain his cool, even though those words left his wolf in a state of alert like just a few times in his life.“You fucking bastard!” Felix snapped “Do you think you can dirty my family’s name like that?! My brothers would never hurt each other...!”“Are you talking about your dear brother Owen? The same one who once left my father injured and alone in a hunting competition when you were children, but managed to get away with it because he said he went to get help and got lost?” William growled, causing a deep silence to fall on the entire room “It was always very clear that he always wanted to get rid of his older brother and become Alpha, but you were never able to look beyond the beloved Owen to see that!”&ldqu
With hands shaking and his chest feeling like it was being torn apart, Hunter unfolded the pages that Isabelle's faint had put together again, noting how it was actually his mother's paper, with the same flower symbols on the edges and the pastel color, even though time had corroded the edges, yellowed everything and even whitened the words that were written there in black ink in a handwriting that, he couldn't deny, was Ellen's, without a doubt.With his breath caught in his throat, he hesitated for a moment, his mind spinning as if that seven-year-old boy, the same one who had moved into that house hand in hand with his mother, scared to know that now he would have to learn to be a leader, wanted Hunter to stop. That child begged him to just consider that everything William had said was a lie and that his mother, the woman whose teachings motivated him to be the Alpha he was until now, was not a heartles
“What?” William growled in Hunter's direction, at the same time that Felix approached to steal the letter from his hands, starting to read that nonsense "Are you really going to look like shit and pretend you didn't know any of this, even after she makes it very clear she would tell you everything, so you could kill me if I showed up?”“William…” Hunter tried to find words to express what he was feeling, but he couldn’t “I… I didn’t know any of this…”“Do you think I’m still capable of believing any lie that comes from you?!” his cousin once again made the chains around him suffer, making it clear that he would kill Hunter at that very moment, if he were free to do so “You are the puppet they used to continue to dominate this place and I know that very well!&rdquo
"Alice! Alice!”That voice sounded at the same moment Alice opened the coffee shop's door, making the small bell overhead tinkling. Her eyes were heavy and her shoulders were so low that they seemed to be almost touching the floor, but she still forced herself to smile at her best friend, just as Lucy got up from the small table where she was sitting and came running over to her."Oh, dear, I'm so sorry..." Lucy whined, and, as always, Alice could see in her poor friend's blue eyes that she had been crying "Are you okay?""Yes, I'm fine." Alice tried hard to keep that smile on her lips “It was painful to see Mrs. Williams in that coffin, but, she was suffering so much the last few days...” she sighed, as her friend held her shoulders and guided her to the table where Lucy had left “The only thing that consoles me is that she was always saying she wanted to rest. She looked so peaceful at the funeral... I think she was finally able to make it.”“That bastard son of hers really refused
Well, everyone, with that, we concluded the story of Hunter and Corinne. I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who got here and supported this story in every way, from comments, to gems and reviews! This was my favorite story to write for GoodNovel so far and I wanted you all to know that having you with me was what made it happen. Thank you very much, I hope to see you all in my next stories!
Sunny Calibur was exactly like the sorceress who had plagued all the packs in the region years ago. That's because, as much as her parents hated it when someone used that name, that woman, who had been dead for many years, was her grandmother. Maybe she shouldn't think that way, but for Sunny, it was just the truth and she was fine with it, just as she had gotten used to the looks the tigers from her mother's homeland gave her, whenever her mother's family paid a visit.“Here they are!” her mother, Luna Corinne, cheered happily as the Valiant carriage pulled up, and Sunny just shook her hands with a smile on her face.“I told you they were just a little late because of the mud last night's storm caused.” She assured, tucking a strand behind her mother's ear, before she and her parents approached to greet her grandparents and her uncle.“Oh, my dear.” Her grandma was the first to get out of the carriage, with a huge smile on her face as she hugged her “I swear you look taller and more
"This is ridiculous! Get out of my way, Isabelle! I have the right to enter this room!” Hunter grunted, on the verge of despair, but Isabelle resorted to moving out of the door to his and Corinne's room.“Not while you’re acting like you’re the one giving birth.” His cousin snorted, placing one hand on his hip while holding his baby son, Nicholas, with the other, even though he was already much bigger than any other 1-year-old boy in the entire pack “Now, sit down, take a deep breath and try to calm down. I’m not going to let you go in there in that nervous state, just to make Corinne scared like you.”“How can I not be nervous? She was in a lot of pain! What if there is something wrong with the baby? And if the birth ends up being more than her body can handle!” he panted at that mere thought “Enough! Get out of that door before I get you out, Isabelle! I need to check on my wife!’“For the love of all the Gods, Hunter, I’m sure….”The sound of thin, high-pitched crying interrupted t
“Hunter, can you stop pacing like a goose?” William grunted next to him at the altar, but Hunter solemnly ignored him, continuing to do it again and again all the way in front of the Moon God's stained glass window.That little exercise was the only thing that was managing to keep him and his wolf under control while Corinne didn't show up to marry him. Not that he didn't know he was acting crazy, since she had already accepted his marriage proposal and probably wouldn't run away from him, but... Hell, all he wanted most was for that day to be everything their first marriage had not been.It was almost crazy to think that just a year ago, he was in that exact suit, standing in that same spot, but with a completely different feeling in his chest as he waited for his bride. When he thought about what Corinne's life was like at the time she first set foot in Calibur, only to find her mate and be rejected by him right away...Fuck, there was that feeling again that he could spend the rest
“Jennifer?” Corinne asked, surprised to find Hunter's sister standing there, with what appeared to be a suitcase in her hands in a backpack on her back.“Ah, you...” Jennifer stammered, immediately turning pale “Listen, I didn't come here to try to ruin your wedding or anything like that, okay? So don't blow my head off with your magical powers or anything like that! I'm already leaving anyway! It's not like I can bother you anymore. I just... I just wanted to see this house one last time, before I leave.”“I would never do something like that, Jennifer…” Corinne sighed, until she realized what she had said “Wait, are you leaving? Where?"“And does it matter?” the young wolf growled, cowering “Nobody wants me in this place anymore. I don'
“Bring some more staples over here! We can’t risk this hairstyle falling apart!” Penelope screamed, and Corinne had to fight the instinct to flinch, as she knew that any movement could destroy that intricate hairstyle and consequently make Penelope want to end her life “Quick! One moment longer and we’ll be late!”“Why are you so worried and ordering everyone around?” Nicole grunted, but still passed the hairpins to the swan princess, allowing her to continue making waves and pinning up various parts of Corinne's hair, even though theoretically everything was already done “My sister needs time to enjoy her marriage, you know?”“Take a step back, brat. You’re not even old enough to have a mate and know what it means to have a perfect marriage.” Penelope snorted “At least I'm here
“Hunter!” Corinne gasped when Hunter tried to insert his hands down her pants, but that didn't stop him from continuing “We... We've already been away for five days... We can't take any longer. People must be waiting for us...” her words warned, but his mate just parted her legs on the carriage seat, allowing his hand to enter her leggings and find that narrow and wet pussy, ready for him.“It felt good fucking you while you bit the pillow to keep from screaming and letting your family know what we were doing, but I'm done with it.” He growled, licking her claim mark as he pulled the strap of her blouse to caress her tits “I want to go hard into that hot pussy and hear you moan like you always have.”“Hunter...” she moaned again, as he began to plunge his fingers started deep in and out of her, using h
“Are you sure you’re not cold?” Hunter murmured against her ear, only causing Corinne to curl up even closer to him, pressing her cheek against his warm chest. "No." she sighed as she ran her hands over his abdomen “What about you? I never realized that Valiant could be so much colder this time of year than Calibur.” "No. I have something pretty hot to help me.” He teased, making her giggle as he trailed kisses down her face. “So... What did you think?” Corinne asked, dangling her legs in the air from the edge of the hill where they were sitting, with a rather expansive view of the entire tiger territory below “Is this place much different than you imagined?” “Well…” Hunter looked down at the orange-leafed trees below, and the many tigers moving through the center of the pack, resuming their lives in full force now that they were safe “It’s certainly not the den of cruelty and arrogance that horror stories told me about when I was a kid.” He s