Ciara's POV The party is slowly picking up and guests are making their way to their seats. I see my family all dressed up with smiling faces as they say hello to some of the pack members. I can’t help but feel a sting in my heart for being left out. Lost in thought of my own misery, I didn’t see the spotlights suddenly turn on and flash across my eyes, momentarily blinding me and my Owl’s sight. ‘Shit… I can’t see…’ I hop around shaking my head, trying to clear yellow and red spots from my eyes.Once my vision clears, I realized I missed Hazel’s big entrance with Alpha Mars. The ballroom lights are so dim, I can’t see anything but shadowy figures. The spotlight shines brightly at the empty podium where Alpha Radar will make his typical coming of age ceremony speech, like he does at all these events.Ember is rolling on her back letting out some of our scent. ‘What are you doing! Stop that!’ But she ignores me.‘I know he’s here…’ She says as she continues to release pheromones.‘Wha
Ciara's POV I open my eyes and I’m startled to find a random bush of facial hair inches from my face. I scream!! Without thinking, I punch the face squarely in the nose, which makes both of us lose our balance. My arms and legs flare around, overcompensating for the sudden fright, causing me to slowly topple out of tree. Just as I am beginning to fall, I quickly wrap my legs around the tree branch to stop myself from falling to the ground. However, now I am dangling upside down! My wild hair is all in my face. I can’t see a damn thing, only hear the sound of branches breaking, and a loud thud on the ground. A groan fills the silence, followed by a coughing fit. Guess the face had the wind knocked out of it when it hit the ground.“What the fucking hell was that for! Why the fuck did you sucker punch me!” A husky, deep sexy voice yells up at me. Oh, the face is a guy. I still can’t see him through all the broken branches and leaves, but he sounds really irritated. What the hell? He is
Alpha Mars' POV‘She punched me. I can’t believe this tiny she-wolf fucking punched me!’ I am laying on my back on the ground, staring up into the tree, trying to catch my breath as I continue to cough. Asher is rolling with laughter in my mind. ‘You stupid fucking mutt! This is your fault.’After the speeches and dinner, I excused myself from Hazel’s clutches without explaining my sudden departure to escape through the back exit of the ballroom. The smell of our mate still lingered in the air, but I couldn’t see anyone. The pull of the mate bond tugged me towards the tree line, so I walked swiftly in that direction.I guess curiosity killed the Wolf when I realized the scent was up in a very large oak tree.‘Climb jackass, our mate is up there!’ Asher whines and nudges me to get moving.I try to ignore his pleas, assuming if she is up there, she will eventually come down. But after standing there for a while, looking like an idiot, I made the dumb decision to give in and start the cl
Alpha Mars' POV She slowly starts to walk away, but I grab her arm without much thought and pull her into my arms. The mate sparks tingle between us. She gasps out an “Oh!” and her lips form a perfect ‘O’ shape. My brain instantly went to her mouth sucking on my cock… Damn, I am a horny bastard… I gotta stop before I get myself into trouble, but then I did something completely stupid!“I am not doing anything right now; do you want some company while you walk home?” I say.Her cheeks blush slightly, “Umm, ok… Sure…” She lightly pushes on my chest to give her some room. We walked out of the woods and began the walk, in peaceful silence towards where she lives. I decided to bring up the dreaded tree to help with the conversation.“So why were you up in the tree? I have never seen a wolf just relaxing in some random tree before.” We walk down the center of the empty street, each keeping to our own side of the road. The lamplights guided us.“Oh, well, that’s my hiding spot when I need a
Alpha Mars' POV We reach the front of her house quicker than I would have liked, and she leads me over to the garage since she said she forgot her keys. When the garage door slides up, a light instantly flicks on, and I spy a beautiful dark blue Yamaha bike.“Damn what a beauty.” I whistle as I walk up to the bike and crouch down to see the chrome and metal engine up close. “Whose bike?” I run my thumb over the metal to rub off some dirt.“Oh, big daddy is mine.” She beams. “Isn’t he a sexy beast?” she giggles.“You named your bike, big daddy?” I laughed, but now I’m a bit jealous. I should be the only one she calls big daddy, especially when I’m balls deep inside her fucking pussy every night for the rest of her life! What am I thinking!? Stop, Mars. I am only here for a few weeks. I remind myself. NO FUTURE.“I brought my Harley Davidson; I was hoping to go with the squad for a ride through the mountains while we were here.” I say.She jumps with excitement, “Oh, you will love it.
Ciara's POVBEEP! BEEP! BEEP! The second snooze goes off, and I blink my eyes open to the alarm clock flashing 6:00 am at me. I turn off the alarm and stretch out my stiff body. A heavy yawn escapes my lips. Then everything from last night came rushing back to me; I sat up in shock, then let out the biggest squeal! “EEEEEEEEEEEEE”‘Ember I can’t believe we had our first kiss last night! And we made out with a GOD!’ I place my feet on the floor and sit on the edge of the bed, thinking about everything that happened. The near-death experience, meeting Owen, the walk, my boldness of holding his hand, the kiss! OH WOW! I flop back onto my bed and sigh. Ember grumpily snorts at me.‘Oh, come on Ember… Give it a rest.’ I roll my eyes at her. She’s been grumpy all night since she realized we had a mate and I said to keep her mouth shut about it.‘He’s our mate.’ She flops her tail in annoyance and turns her back to me.‘We are a multi-shifter! Alpha Radar forbids us from creating a mate bon
Ciara's POVOnce dressed, I run downstairs to grab a banana for breakfast and a cup of coffee. My mind is consumed with images of Owen. I feel like a 13-year-old teenage girl who’s crushing on the new boy in Mr. Janson’s first-period English class during middle school. Thinking of Owen’s cute smirk makes my legs weak at the knees and my va-ja-ja scream “haaaallllaaaa!!!”My mood has done a 180, and I decided not to let anything, not even my brother, spoil it. I pop in my earbuds and flip through my phone’s playlists to the “Dance music” folder while I wait for the coffee machine to heat up. I press play on the song “Bamboleo” by the Gypsy Kings and start swaying my hips to the salsa music around the kitchen. I like anything that makes my butt jiggle.I pull my hair up into a high, messy bun in what I think is a sexy seductive move to get the imaginary Owen’s attention I’m trying to catch. Ember shakes her head, trying not to laugh. ‘Dear goddess, make her stop.’I gulp down my espress
Ciara's POV All three of us charge at each other in one swift motion. I keep an eye on their every move closely since it's been a while since we last sparred, and I know they have probably improved their fighting styles. While James goes high attack and Noah goes for a lower attack, I narrowly see the combo attack and barrel roll to the left just in time to avoid the collision of punches and kicks.James tries to sweep my legs from under me just as Noah punches me in the chest. Some of the wind is knocked out as I land on my back, but I quickly jump to my feet and throw a few face punches of my own at Noah. He’s able to block some of the blows but not all. He ducks down low to punch me on the side of my ribs. I let out a groan. James grabs me from behind, wrapping his arms around me, trying to squeeze the air out of my lungs hoping I will tap out. I’m unable to move my arms, so I move a leg between his and try sweeping one leg while pushing my body back against his. James loses his b