Before he could even get close enough to the window, however, someone else arrived first. A large tigress placed herself between Jeremy and the bookshelf, using her paws to push the structure away from the boy while using her body to protect him. With the blow, the bookshelf fell backwards again, hitting the other shelves behind it and starting an extremely loud and chaotic domino effect that only ended when the last shelf in the row fell onto a nearby table, leaving a terrible mess of broken wood and books lying on the floor.
“Oh, man…” Jeremy muttered, in a mixture of shock and desolation “My father will even sell my clothes to pay for this… And the Alpha will kill me.”
In response, Corinne's bestial form just snorted, as if agreeing with the boy, even worrying about pushing the nearest bookshelf away, to allow the young
As Hunter imagined, some of the bookshelves broken after the library incident had to be replaced, but at least, as he read the papers spread across the kitchen table where he was working that morning, Hunter realized that the town carpenter had been kind and made lighter budgets, after discovering that the teens' parents had insisted on paying for the damage caused by the rebellious cubs, especially Jeremy's father. And, of course, they had also personally apologized to Corinne for those kids' unfulfilled plans and for having saved them from falling off the bookshelf anyway.Gosh, he had piles and piles of administrative work to do that night, but still his mind couldn't rest at peace as the vision of her face, both human and bestial, returned again and again to his mind. Once again, she had caused a pandemonium that normally would have made him furious, but the only thing that had happened was that Hunter
“That doesn’t answer my question… Why would your father bother to train you in this kind of thing, when there are two of your brothers ahead of you in the Tigers’ line of succession?”“It wasn’t my father who taught me these things.” Corinne growled, her jaw clenched “Anyway, it doesn't matter why or how I learned them. They won't do me any good, but I can still use them even if I don't want to. So I say, accept my compensation and end this conversation so I can leave. It was hard enough finding you here in the first place. I never imagined that an Alpha with a house like this and an entire office at his disposal would prefer to carry out his duties at a kitchen table.”“It’s none of your business where I prefer to carry out my duties or not.” Hunter snorted, but continued to ignore
There were dozens of things Hunter could have been doing at that moment. Several daily obligations that he should be fulfilling at that moment. But still, he was there, discreetly leaning against the stable door, as he watched Corinne pet the two small foals with thin, trembling legs that were near Opal. He had already seen that mare almost destroy that entire stable in one of her rages, but now, she looked like an obedient puppy, accepting all the vegetables Corinne offered her and keeping a close eye on her cubs, while enjoying the tigress's cuddles. It was such a sweet and peaceful scene that, for some reason even he couldn't understand, Hunter just wanted to stay there, watching take care of those horses as if they were his own little pack. “If you have something to tell me, then you better say it now, instead of spying on me.” Corinne criticized, without even turning to face him, although Hunter wasn
“And finally, this is my husband’s office.” Corinne introduced, so naturally that no one could have suspected that it was the first time she had set foot there “There are other places I could show you, but since you're tired, Diego, I think we should go straight to the room that Isabelle, the Alpha's cousin, prepared for you…”“What a nice place…” Diego walked calmly into Hunter’s office, ignoring his sister “Could I sit down for a bit? Oh, what a lovely family portrait…” he smiled, his eyes fixed on the huge paintings above the fireplace, where the images of Hunter's father and mother stood, imposing and frozen in time forever “I always told my father that the Wolves had an aesthetic sense as keen as ours. I'm happy that my sister can be living in an environment like this, after our father made her spend so much time tr
“That was just a part of Corinne’s life. Several times, she visited us at the main house and just those moments were enough for our father to decide that isolating her in the country was not far enough away for her to stay from our home.”“So she was able to have all these luxuries on these occasions and your father, the same one who sent her away several times, simply allowed that? Without ever trying to punish her or simply deny her requests?” Hunter continued questioning him, until Diego gritted his teeth.“I came here to try a good deed, Alpha Calibur, but now I see that I came too late. It seems that my sister's theater has already poisoned your mind and is preventing you from seeing the truth.”"On the contrary. No one is more interested than me in knowing every detail
“Uh… Octavia… Is this really necessary?” Cindy swallowed hard, but Corinne couldn't see her face because the desk she was holding blocked her view almost completely.“Of course that is.” Octavia snorted, watching intently as Corinne lifted the desk into the air once again, flexing her legs in the process “She's going to get out of shape if she continues this routine of just walking horses and being locked in this room. Besides, that desk is nothing. If we were at home, I would make her lift weights using fallen pieces of oak, like she has been used to since she was a child, but this will have to do.”“It’s time to stop, I’m already 50.” Corinne snorted, earning only a growl from Octavia.“I only counted 45. Keep going.”
“Be careful with your words, Diego…” she growled, needing to sink her claws into the armrests of the chair to avoid doing the same on his neck.“What? It was a compliment. Smart tigresses make our pack more powerful, that's what Grandpa always said, although I doubt you remember that. Besides, one of my sisters has to be able to do something useful, since Nicole is always busy with those useless paintings…”"How is she? And Declan?” Corinne interrupted him, eager for any news on how her young siblings were doing “Did they… Send me a message?”“Why would they send it?” Diego laughed, as if that mere question was ridiculous “Declan has more important things to worry about now that there are also wolves on our borders and you know how Nico
If, a few weeks ago, someone had told Hunter that the tiger he would hate most in the world wouldn't be Corinne Valiant, he would have thought it was a joke. Yet here he was, feeling utterly disgusted that that damn son of Alpha Valiant was acting like the Blue Moon Festival was all about him, especially after he'd somehow discovered that Hunter hadn't even done a welcome reception for Corinne, in her arrival. Before, he had a certain suspicion that perhaps Corinne's problem was her family and not herself, but, knowing that that arrogant tiger was walking around the festival, full of himself and treating everyone he considered inferior to him like shit, Hunter now was completely sure of that. He had always considered the tigers too much presumptuous for their own good, but he had never stopped to think that their snobbish nature could also harm their own kind. How the hell had Corinne gotten such a terrib
"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