Unfortunately, for Corinne, looking at that woman was still like looking in a mirror and seeing herself so perfectly that was like a nightmare. One of the few differences between the two was Seraphina's curly hair, which was now cut to her waist, still shining like gold, without even a single strand of white hair to betray the passing of the years.
The only detail that kept her from looking like she came straight out of 18 years in the past was the right half of her face, dark and contorted with deep burn scars running down her neck and, apparently, that entire side of her body, including the back of the hand that she still held up.And, of course, those turquoise eyes, cold and cruel, were still exactly the same ones that Corinne saw in her nightmares when she was a child.“You...” Eli was the first to react, his voice sounding more angry than intimidated. “You should be dead!”“A race as inferior as yours may have hindered my plans all these years ago, but you woul“I will give you a single chance to cure my son right now, so I will be merciful to you, Seraphina!” Eli growled, pointing at his ex-wife with pure hatred. “Otherwise, I, my pack and my son-in-law's wolves will destroy you, piece by piece, as we should have done since the day you pretended to die in that canyon.” “I see you still greatly overestimate your own strength, Eli.” She continued to approach, without any shifter daring to come close, afraid of suffering the same fate as Joseph “Not it surprises me. Look who you chose to be second in command in my place.” Seraphina looked Juliet up and down with disdain “I can see that you two tried to destroy the education I gave Corinne all these years...” “Heal whatever you did to Declan, Seraphina!” Corinne growled “Now!” “Why don’t you do it yourself?” Seraphina asked, very calmly “Heal your precious little brother who everyone has always valued more than you. Show everyone what it means to have the blood o
“Are we really going to do this?”“She is still the sorceress’s daughter! We may be about to make a big mistake…”“But she was able to cure Declan and he no longer appears to be under the sorceress's possession. If Joseph had treated her well and achieved the same fate...”"That's right! If we're going to fight Seraphina again, our best option is to have a sorceress on our side, too.”“I still don’t think we should. She may have escaped being condemned at trial, but we have already seen that one of Seraphina's children was able to rebel against her own kind. Why wouldn’t the other one be?”“And she lied to us all these years about not being a
“Here’s this idiot.” Belle nodded in her mate's direction, flushed and annoyed “Don't worry. He will listen to what we have to say. I already explained the situation to him in detail and I know he understood. Because, no matter how much he tries to make it seem so, he's not crazy and I'm sure he won't leave his pack unprotected just because he refuses to acknowledge that something may have been a misunderstanding!” She placed her hands on her hips, looking almost like an angry teacher, while one of the corners of William's mouth just turned up slightly. “You look beautiful when you’re angry, honey.” He teased, but the sweetness in his expression dissipated the instant he looked around the room “But bringing me to fraternize with tigers? That’s too low a blow.” “William Calibur.” Corinne spoke and instinctively raised her hand to reach Hunter's, which was on her shoulder “Do you know who I am?” “It would be difficult not to recognize the person everyone
“What’s your problem?” Belle growled, clearly disturbed by William's promise, not seeming to notice the effort Corinne had to make not to punch that wolf right then and there, for daring to threaten her mate “Why can't you understand that Hunter was just a child at that time, just like were you and I?! Hell, you didn't realize that Ellen was an excellent liar? She lied in that letter about letting Hunter know the truth just to stop you from looking for us!” she said, with pure pain in her voice “She didn't really do it because she knew he wouldn't accept becoming Alpha and would come after you. So, for the love of the Moon God, stop talking about killing an innocent person and focus on saving the lives of a few, like a true Alpha would do!”“Regardless of what he knew, nothing changes the fact that he is the son of Owen and Ellen Calibur. And, for that, he ha
“I’m going to rip your fucking hands off if you keep holding me like a dog!” William growled and, even though he was far away from him, down the hall, Hunter could clearly hear the commotion he was causing as he was taken back to his prison cellar. “Well, if you weren’t acting like a mad dog, we might treat you differently!” Isabelle retorted, and, if it weren't for the slight tremor in her voice, anyone would think she was talking to a random prisoner, not her own mate. “What are we going to do with this boy...” Felix muttered, clearly not wanting the wolves that were moving away from them to hear his concerns “I thought this offer might make him see reason and believe us, but... If even that wasn't enough...” “Hey, I don’t want to see you with that sad puppy face.” Octavia touched his chest, with that expression that anyone could mistake for annoyance, but was actually concerned “That boy may have a whole ocean of traumas trapped inside him, but none
For the hundredth time that night, Corinne's mouth stretched into a long yawn and she had to rub her bleary eyes to stay focused on the papers that were scattered across her desk. Sleep was trying to take over her after such busy days looking for Seraphina and Diego. But at least Dewey had been able to find some evidence that would be able to lead the armies of all the allied packs to their hideout. All that was needed was for her to focus a little more on her duties as a commander...“I told you she was hunched over that table for hours.” Declan's voice startled her, making her turn toward the door of her room to find her brother and her mate standing there, staring at her with expressions that were somewhere between amusement and judgment.“What are you doing here?” She yawned once more, stretching her spine as Hunter guided Declan's c
"Are you okay?" Corinne's murmur reached Hunter as she stroked his arm, however, as much as he wanted to, he didn't look away from where his wolves were taking William from the chair where he had been chained for the last few days, always watched over by Aiden or, mainly, by Belle. "I will be. I just need to do it.” He squeezed her hand, needing to breathe in her scent for a moment “Just... Stay with me, okay?” "Always." Corinne promised, at the same moment his cousin was finally dragged towards them, with a furious expression and deep bags under his eyes making his face even darker. “What? Has the day finally come when you have decided that you will kill and end the threat to your sovereignty?” William spat, disdainfully “Are you going to tell your cat to get your hands dirty instead of you? That’s why you brought her?” “Corinne is my mate and the Luna of this pack, so be respectful.” Hunter growled, fighting to keep his temper under control
His words, as Hunter had expected, sent a wave of silent shock through everyone there. William, however, did not seem to share that feeling and much less showed any satisfaction. Instead, his eyes glowed silver with anger, while his fangs grew.“Is this your plan? Putting such an important decision in the hands of the pack, who have no responsibility for what happened to my father? You think you can escape even that kind of responsibility, you piece of shit! I was right from the start! You grew up to be exactly like your father...!”“Stop right now, William!” Corinne warned him, stretching her hands in the air “Or I will have no mercy.”“Damn witch! I know perfectly well what they want to do! They want to force these wolves to choose you, because you are all they know! But I
"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
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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