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"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
In the Calibur Pack, no one was satisfied with the Alpha's wedding, especially himself.Hunter had spent the last few years being told by everyone that he should find a woman, even if she wasn't his fated mate, and produce an heir for the pack as soon as possible. And now, as he stood at the altar, wearing a suit so old it seemed to be squeezing even his soul, he could hear the agitated murmurs of his wolves, scattered around the small chapel honoring the Moon God, but not quiet enough to his Alpha's keen hearing could not hear.“Oh, our poor Alpha…” one of the older women in the pack whispered “We prayed so hard for the God to send him a good Luna and now this… What did Hunter do to deserve a woman like that?”“I heard she once had a maid cut off her own finger so she could eat it.” one of the teens said to his friends, as if telling a horror story."This is ridiculous. But the rumor that she has a collection of whips and names them all, so she knows what punishment to give to those
The tradition of wolf marriage dictated that a husband should not leave his wife's side for even a moment during their wedding night, but Hunter couldn't care less what norms he was breaking at that moment, as he walked alone to his office, being followed by the only people he would take advice in a situacion like that.“Well, the ceremony went smoothly, and even now that Corinne Valiant has gone to her room, there's no indication that she's going to cause any trouble.” Belle was the first to comment, when the four were all in the room “I think that's a good sign, don't you?”“We should be careful anyway.” Hunter's uncle, Felix, shook his head, with the same dissatisfied look that had taken over his face since Hunter had announced his intention to marry the Valiant daughter to seal the peace agreement between wolves and tigers "The Valiants may need support against these damned invaders as much as we do, but we still don't know if their daughter isn't acting like this as part of a pla
The hallway of the room Belle had prepared for the tigress was quieter than Hunter expected, even with the literal ten guards standing by in different places out there, just waiting for just one suspicious speck of dust to deal with the Valiant girl. However, they were all in their proper places and greeted Hunter silently as he passed them, stopping in front of the bedroom door where, surprisingly, there didn't appear to be a fight or anything being smashed against the wall. “You look beautiful, darling.” a female voice, hoarse and very different from the one he had heard earlier at the altar, said “And, if that damned dog wasn't able to say it to you, I will.” “Thank you, Octavia.” Corinne replied, with a smile in her voice “But, don't say it too loud. They clearly have as good hearing as we do. I don’t want you to get in trouble.” “I would gladly get in all kinds of trouble to punish that idiot for being rude to you.” the woman named Octavia growled “How dare he not even put the
“I would never subject my people to the punishment of having someone like you as them Luna.” Hunter Calibur said to her, with those gray eyes cold and sharp like the blade of a sword “I will never touch you and I will never allow you to touch me. When this crisis in both our packs is over, I will reject you as my wife and send you back to your homeland, in the exactly same way you came here today.”In silence, Corinne just stared at her new husband and did what she had been doing since they had started that conversation: nod, without comment. After all, it would be rude to tell him that she was hoping, as much as he was, for a quick divorce.“I want to hear you say it.” he growled low, intimidating “Do you understand?”“Yes.” Corinne said, a little tired of having to keep repeating the same thing “I understand. I will not cause problems for you or your pack. I promise, even though it’s very obvious that my word doesn’t mean much to you.”And, as she expected, he clearly didn't believe
Hunter already expected that his “wedding night" would be full of work and worry, but not like this. Instead of being busy solving the problems his temporary wife had created or trying to keep her under control, he was alone in his room, hunched over his desk as he read and reread all the reports on Corinne Valiant that he had ordered for the few wolves who lived near the tiger territory.And once again, every word seemed to be describing a completely different woman than the one he had met that day.Everyone knew about the story of Alpha Eli Valiant first marriage, even those who had no interest in it, like Hunter. He didn't know all the details, but he remembered, even though he was just a boy at the time, the scandal when all the territories discovered that Eli's wife was a witch, which in itself would have been frowned upon by many. When his late gran
She had a body that, until that moment, was living inside his memories, tempting him.Who was he trying to fool? His mood wasn't that bad just because of tension and worry. It was out of desire. For the instincts of his damn wolf that made him fantasize about going to the tigress's room, in the middle of that silent night, and making Corinne Valiant his the way his wolf ancestors had been doing for thousands of years. She certainly knew what she was doing when she had put on that dress that showed off each of her full, voluptuous curves, so Hunter would give her what she wanted. He would help her get rid of that useless satin and get to know every part of her naked, tempting body. He would find out if those big breasts would fit as well in his hands as they looked and what they would taste like when he sucked her nipples with all the greed she made him feel. Hunter wondered what her moans would sound like