“And this is the courtyard.” Corinne introduced, with Gregory walking by her side, seeming more interested in her than in her tour itself “I wish you could have arrived a few days earlier. They throw really good parties here…”
“Yeah, it's a shame someone didn't even bother to invite his wife's family to a celebration in her honor…” her friend muttered acidly, and, unlike Corinne, who had struggled all morning to ignore it, Gregory raised his head and shamelessly returned the piercing gaze of Hunter, who was in his office, several feet above them, but still staring at them through the window as if he could see their every movement and hear their every word.
Corinne knew she shouldn't be taking his behavior personally, as Hunter had already made it clear several times that he still didn't trust other tigers beside
“Your only reason for wanting to keep this alliance and this marriage is to keep the pack safe… Or have you become more attached to the wolves and their Alpha than you should have?” Gregory's eyebrows furrowed until they almost came together, but, as always, instead of judgment or contempt, all that Corinne could feel coming from her friend was a sincere concern.“I… I never forgot my reason for being here.” She swallowed hard, hoping he couldn't tell that it was, in part, a lie "I can't be a hypocrite and say I didn't get attached to this place and most of these wolves, but... I couldn't forget my people or the fact that I am a tigress.” Corinne stated, hoping those words were powerful enough to convince herself, too “So, don't worry. I guarantee that I can maintain my loyalty to our clan and continue the friendships I have gained here… Even when I
“What…?” Corinne took a step back in shock “What are you talking about, Greg? I can't…"“Of course you can!” he insisted, holding her by the shoulders with a sad look “Please, Corinne. For once in your life, think about what you want and not what you think will make you accepted by the pack or what will make people forget it was Seraphina who gave birth to you. I understand you may have tried to see your time here as something positive, to make reality less bitter, but the truth is that you are a hostage to these wolves, Corinne. A part of the Alpha's family that was brought here so they could have someone to torture and even kill if they thought we were plotting against them. Believe me, it has happened other times, with tigers in the past who took the risk of trying to make an alliance with these savages, like us. You receiving the title of wife was nothi
“And that’s a mince pie with potatoes and carrots. It’s one of our traditional dishes!” Cindy introduced proudly, as she placed the glass dish on the table in the garden, in front of Gregory “I hope you like it!”“Sounds delicious, that’s for sure.” Gregory smiled, with a mixture of surprise and delight “You really shouldn't have gone to so much trouble for my house, but I'm very grateful.”“Oh, don’t say that. It's great to have someone from our Luna's family... I mean, our Alpha's wife visiting us. Plus, Corinne said you wanted to try some wolf cuisine, so of course I had to help with that.” she lifted her chin “Besides, the women in my family have been considered some of the best cooks in the pack for generations, you know? It would be absurd if I didn't offer to cook f
“Another attack?” Corinne growled under her breath, with her fangs instinctively starting to grow “Cindy! Gather all the vulnerable wolves you can find on your way and take them to safety! And you, follow her. Someone will get bandages for you.” she instructed the breathless wolf before them “Now, where is the attack taking place?”“Near the butcher shop.” he reported, distraught “I… Me and my friends were patrolling the area near the border with the swans. There's no way they could have gotten in without us noticing, but... They still managed to corner us from inside the pack..."“We’ll work it out, I promise.” Corinne tried to calm him down, although knowing that yet another of these sudden attacks had happened was attacking her intuition in an almost disorienting way “Did an
As the grain tower shook before his eyes, Hunter even considered the idea of leaving where he was, hidden among the trees right behind the man Corinne was strangling without using her hands. That probably made him a shitty Alpha, but his first instinct upon learning of the invasion had been to look for his mate and make sure she was safe, rather than rushing out to face his enemies. It had been a martyrdom to first run to where the invasion had started and make sure that his warriors had control of the situation, before following Corinne's scent there...And find her using magic.Like every other wolf cub, Hunter had grown up hearing horror stories about how sorcerers of the past had made his ancestors slaves, locking them in cages and torturing them for their own amusement using the terrible and sadistic magic many said which had even almost completely disap
Once Corinne was finally in his arms, Hunter could feel her tense, apparently more out of shock than fear, and he hated to think it was because she expected him to attack her right then and there, after finding out she was capable of use magic... Just like her mother, the woman he didn't even know how she looked like, but who Corinne seemed sure was enough to make him hate her with all his strength.“What…? What are you doing?” she gasped through her tears, starting to move to try to get away, but Hunter didn't let go of her for a single second “Let go of me! You… You can’t…!”“I’m not leaving here until you calm down, tigress.” Hunter grumbled, resting his chin against her head as he pretended not to notice that she was still shaking as she cried “So, stop fighting and take a deep breat
“What?” Corinne gasped, completely disarmed by his words and Hunter knew very well why.“There’s no other way to describe it. That’s what he was.” Hunter sighed “You might think I'm a bad son for saying something like that, but, well, if I've spent even a few minutes of my day with him since I was born, then that's a lot. Even when my uncle was still alive, he took his job as a advisor very seriously… Or something like that.” he snorted, full of contempt “However, when he became Alpha, then raising me became my mother's exclusive job, even though, for us, wolves, raising a child is a job for the entire community, but mainly for both parents.""If he was still pretending to be doing something useful for the pack, then maybe I wouldn't have to say something like that, but even that wasn't what he cared
“Hunter!” she gasped, like he was crazy or something “You… Should you really be saying something like that? And the promise you made to your mother?”“You mean the promise she forced me to make? Only to try to make me be like her? So that I would worry more about reputation than what was really wrong?” Hunter laughed, without any humor, just disdain “I've been holding on to this shit for too long. Maybe you don't know this, but I was just a 19-year-old kid when my parents died. And, like everything in Calibur at that time, to even put them in a coffin a lie had to be invented.""Felicity was becoming too insistent, delusional that my father would one day kick me and my mother out of the pack to make her his new Luna and Jennifer his heir. So when he realized he could no longer control her, Owen had no qualms abou
"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