Adea
“Are you angry with me?” I ask as I look up at him through my eyelashes.
He lets out a sigh. “No, I was worried…” he trailed off closing his eyes. “You ignored my texts and then showed up. I didn’t know what was going on.”
My heart thundered, my gaze trailed over his mouth and my pulse hitched a little. His eyes opened and dropped to my flushed cheeks. I had been too focused on training today to drool over him but being alone with him… Now that I knew he wasn’t upset with me, a smile pulled at the corner of his lip and he leaned into me.
I wanted to fall back and let myself be taken by him. As much as my body screamed to give in to the pleasure I knew he could give me. I had this new sense of confidence in me and I wanted to give him pleasure.
Not letting him move me farther back, I moved to meet hi
Adea“I’m going to fuck you hard and you’re going to take all of me,” Ethan growled, his breath casting goosebumps across my body.He drew away and I wanted to complain about the cold air that trickled down my back. He lined himself up behind me and claimed me as his with one hard thrust of his hips. He groaned but it was drowned out as I cried out from the intrusion, my body bucking forward with nothing to hold onto.His grip on my hips kept me from falling over and his grip tightened almost painfully as he pulled out of me completely and drove into me over and over again. With each powerful thrust demanding a moan from my lips and a clench from my pussy.I depended on him to keep me where he needed me. He was so hard and thick it was almost unbearable. He filled me up and made me feel agonizingly full. My eyes rolled back and my toes curled as I took each hard th
AdeaDid I… did I hear him right? My eyes jerk open and I think I’m wide awake. I lift myself upright and turn to look at him. I watch him as he sits up in all his naked glory. He grabs my hand and lifts my chin before looking me in the eyes.“I’m tired of waiting. We’ve been through hell since you got here and I want everyone to know your mine,” Ethan growls.“But the recruits,” I start, “I want to train with them, I don’t want to be coddled because I’m their Luna. I want more days like today.”“The new recruits can deal with training side by side with their Luna. I want you to take your place officially by my side,” Ethan says firmly.I’m silent for a few moments, I want to be his Luna but I didn’t know it would be so soon. We haven’t discussed what we want and
AdeaI stand to greet her and she practically glides over to me. She’s wearing a light blue blouse with a pencil-thin skirt that stops right above her knees. She paired the outfit with black heels. She exudes elegance and grace.“Good morning, Luna,” she says as she offers a perfectly manicured hand out for me to shake. “My name is Kristina Doroshand I’ll be helping you plan the perfect Luna Ceremony. I’m looking forward to working with you.”“Good morning Kristina, you can call me Adea, would you like to sit?” I ask gesturing towards the seats. I swallowed as I tried to calm my racing pulse.“Thank you,” she says with a smile. I watch as she takes a seat before I move to sit across from her. “Alpha Ethan informed me the two of you would like your Luna Ceremony to take place this weekend?”
Adea When Kristina leaves I have a list of things I need to do on my end to research and have prepared by our next meeting. I head to the kitchen and fix up a snack to take upstairs and took the opportunity to update the kitchen staff. Thankfully, they were more than willing to help out. I rush upstairs, nervous to get started. I don’t know how long I was researching and planning when I looked up from the mac to a darkened room. Deciding I needed a shower, I closed the laptop and headed to the bathroom. Turning the nob to heat, I unzip my dress, and when steam starts rising I step into the shower. When I walked out of the bathroom, Ethan was sitting in the semi-darkness, dressed in black, the sleeves of his sweater pushed up his forearms, his eyes closed as he leaned back against the chair, his hair pushed back. I watched his chest rise and fall in slumber. He was magnificent.
I walked into the meeting room Ethan said was available for use. Large trucks had been coming to the packhouse all morning. The Desert Boutique had set up the meeting room and as I walked in, my heart sped up and my eyes widened. There were dresses of every shade lining the walls of the room, they had set up a changing room that opened up to mirrors. Lounge chairs sat in the middle of the room for guests. The sweetest aroma wafted around the room.Sadness pricked my heart at the thought of not having anyone here with me today. I couldn’t ask Gabe to be here when he was in mourning. How crappy would he feel having to smile and look at dresses when all he had on his mind was Olivia?“Good afternoon Luna,” a wry feminine voice called from beside me, making me jump. A tall and slender woman walked towards me. “Allow me to introduce myself,” she said with a quick bow.“I’m Je
**TRIGGER WARNING: This chapter contains severe depression and suicidal thoughts that may be triggering.**Song: Billie Eilish- Happier Than EverGabePain.I’m suffocating.Every breath in is shaky. Every breath out is ragged. Every breath I take is a painful reminder my mate no longer breathes. The stab wound reminds me how much I’ve failed. Her absence left a gaping hole in my chest, in my life.I can’t function.I can’t breathe.I haven’t left my room, I haven’t bathed, I haven’t shaved. I can’t remember when the last time I ate something was. I don’t deserve to eat. I don’t deserve to go on without her.The wind blows outside and the sun rises and sets. The stars light u
**TRIGGER WARNING: This chapter contains severe depression and suicidal thoughts that may be triggering.**GabeEverything I’ve done wrong replays in my head.Running to Ady. I’m running to Ady. I couldn’t find Olivia and everyone I spoke to hadn’t seen her. I knew in my gut something happened. My heart screamed something happened… screamed that something was happening.I could feel her fear, her pain, her desperation and I couldn’t do anything about it.One of the things I regret the most.I was rendered speechless as I ran around with no clue where she was. I was fucking useless. Ady'seyes widened as she stares at me, fear crawling into her features as she asks me what’s wrong.I couldn’t find her. She never came home
GabeStumbling to my feet, all of the blood rushes to my head and the world spins. I focus on Olivia’s jacket on the chair across the room and try to get a grip.“Please stop spinning,” I breathe.A firm grip steadies me and my eyes slide over Odis by my side. His hands hold me up as he looks at everything but me.I swallow.Breathe.Breathe in.Breathe out.I can do this.“You can’t,” the darkness whispers. For Ady… I can pretend for today.“You look like shit,” Odis grumbles, “and you smell even worse if that’s possible.” My lip curls on one side. Funny. I probably do. “You need to be presentable for Luna,” he says quietly.I nod
The first month back at Desert Moon had been hard. Not a day went by without us fighting. Ethan rejected Mavy as his mate before we came home. A part of me knew he was hurt about it, missed her like I missed Shane. I felt like he was only with me because I was his Luna, because of obligation and duty. I didn’t know why he wanted to be with me. He didn’t know why I was with him when I loved Shane. We were at our lowest. We were ugly, we were at our rawest. It wasn’t until month two that we finally talked about everything. We talked bout what happened and we talked about the past. The one that I remembered and by this time, the one that he remembered. It was hard, facing the man I loved in this life and the man I hated in the past. He wasn’t him anymore, he hadn’t been him for a long time. We dug into the past and were completely honest with each other. He fell to his knees and apologized for what he’d done even though I told him it wasn’t him, that wasn’t him anymore. He asked me if I
Mavy fell back as if she’d been physically struck. She collapsed on the couch, her eyes watering. She didn’t look back at me, she kept her gaze focused on Ethan. I watched as her world crashed around her again for the second time in five minutes.“Where does that leave me?” Mavy asked. “I’m… your…” she shook her head and turned to look back at Ethan. “That’s not possible. I’m… I can smell it. I can feel it. Can’t you?” Mavy whispered. I heard the desperation in her voice.“I don’t care what you think or how you feel. I am already mated and my mate, my partner, my love, MY QUEEN sits in this room. Don’t disrespect her again.” The emotion in his voice caused me to choke up. Mavy bit into her lower lip and tears streamed down her cheeks. She dropped her head.“Yes, Alpha,” she said submissively.“I killed your Alpha,” Ethan said. “I’ve killed your brother.”“Yes,” she murmured.“Will you fight me on this?” Ethan asked.“As the next in line, I submit to you,” Mavy whispered.Ethan dismiss
The voices were getting louder, my head was hurting. I wanted to roll up into a ball and disappear from the world. Instead, I closed my eyes and tried to drown it all out, trying to ignore everyone. I wasn’t ready to deal with it.“She’s in shock…”“She’s confused…”“Enough!”A door slammed and footsteps paddled quickly towards me. Soft frail arms wrapped around me. Tears soaked my cheeks and my neck as Mavy cried. Did she know? She had to know.“Are you okay?” Mavy sobbed.I wrapped my arms around her and nodded. The tears started up again and streamed down my cheeks. Her t-shirt bunched in my fingers as I held her close. We cried and held each other.She inhaled deeply and froze. Slowly, she lifted her nose into the air and took another deep breath. Turning from me, she tried to follow the scent. She stopped, her gaze locked on someone, I turned and followed her gaze.I should have known, expected it but I’d been so caught up in my feelings that I didn’t think. I don’t know how it w
I didn’t have an answer for him and I don’t think he would have liked what I would have said. Hell, I didn’t know if I liked what I thought or how I felt. Instead of hurting him and cutting myself open for him, I didn’t say anything. I remained quiet. My world was crashing around me and my ears were ringing. I lowered my head and the tears flowed of their own volition.Ethan leaned down and I flinched as his arms wrapped around me. They were strong and broad. His embrace was warm and promised I could lean on him. I attempted to get to my feet only to fall. My face twisted from the pain and I wanted to cry and wallow in my own self-pity. Standing, he pulled me up and held me as my body gave up. I collapsed against him.I wanted to get to Shane, needed to. As if on cue, the weak mate bond snapped, and just like in my dream, it was gone. Only, this time, the pain I was feeling was because of Shane and not because of Ethan. The world was cold, the warmth I’d been able to feel from Shane f
Did what I do to him last night not bother him? I betrayed him. Did he not care that I came here to hurt him? Did he not care that I chose Ethan? I wanted to cry and scream. I wanted to run into his arms. I wanted this to stop. I wanted them to stop fighting. I wanted it all to stop. I screamed, it was painful and gut-wrenching but I screamed. I cursed the Goddess, damn her, she was useless in all of this. She sat up there above the clouds and did nothing to help us. Did she enjoy watching us suffer? When I couldn’t scream anymore, I inhaled deep breaths of air. I looked up and froze as Shane stared back at me. The way he looked at me told me he knew he was going to die. The look in his eye told me he knew he lost but for me, there was a small spark as if he wouldn’t just lay down and take it. I watched Ethan punch him. It was as if he was moving in slow motion. He hit his jaw and Shane’s head snapped back hard against the ground. Shane’s body tensed and he punched Ethan in the gut.
For a moment in time, they stood glaring at each other. The sun was blaring down on us. My gaze darted back and forth between the two. Shane’s eyes wandered away from Ethan and landed on me. “Look at me, mutt. You don’t get to look at her after what you’ve done,” Ethan spat. “I’m not so weak that you can look away from me in the middle of a fight.” “What have I done?” Shane taunted. “You’ve touched what’s mine,” Ethan growled. “I haven’t done anything other than touch what is mine. I haven’t done anything but make love to what is mine. I’ve claimed her. She may not wear my mark, thief but she is mine. Don’t claim her as yours. She was mine, she was always mine. She doesn’t belong to you, she never did.” A look came over Ethan’s face as if he knew as if this was confirmation as if he was reminded of something he’d forgotten. “You’re the one who touched someone who wasn’t yours. You are the one who took what was mine. Don’t try to play the victim. Don’t pretend to be something you’re
No.Not Odis.“Devin,” I gasped.Devin heard me but didn’t stop. He didn’t look up at me, didn’t even hesitate as he continued to stomp Odis into the ground. Blood spurt from Odis’ mouth and I think I heard his ribs crack. I took a step closer to stop it, to stop him. In a flash, someone was on top of Devin. Strong arms held Devin’s prisoner in a headlock and his legs wrapped around Devin’s abdomen.I wanted to scream but it quickly died in my throat as Odis and I realized the man in front of me was Gabe. Gabe. It was Gabe and he was on top of Devin. Well, he was wrapped around him like a python ready to suffocate his prey. Gabe grunted as he continued to squeeze Devin’s head, blocking his airflow.I wanted to cry out happily but I couldn’t. Gabe was here. Why was he here? He wasn’t supposed to be here. Things were going differently since he was alive. He was standing, breathing, his head was still attached to his body. Maybe things were turning out differently.Maybe Gabe was safe, ma
“Do you understand what I’m saying?” Odis asked. I couldn’t find the words to speak, so I nodded. “Good,” Odis said as his grip on me loosened. “Why don’t you let her go?” A voice called out to us. Looking up, I searched for the source of the voice. My eyes widened as I found Devin watching up. His gaze locked around Odis’ arms that were still wrapped around me to his hands that gripped my arms. “I promise I’m more fun,” Devin teased. I know what it looked like. It looked like I was being held back from moving. It looked like Odis was stopping me from helping Shane. It looked like I was stuck between two packs, two men. The situation I found myself in was precarious. I was now stuck between two Betas who were supposed to protect me, despite their conflicting thoughts regarding me. I hadn’t had much time with Devin since I’d been back. He hadn’t been the nicest, shit, I don’t think he even liked me. That didn’t change the fact that Devin was Beta of Half Moon pack. Shane was his
I didn’t have an answer and I prayed I didn’t have to make the choice. Not only had everyone stopped moving but it had gone deathly silent. For a moment, everyone and everything froze. There wasn’t a whisper of wind in the air, the trees stood still, and it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. It was the calm before the storm. It felt like someone had pushed the pause button and all at once the play button was pressed and all hell broke loose. As if planned, the two of them ran toward each other. I looked past Ethan and my gaze landed on Shane’s chest. The sword had been taken out, a gaping hole was left in its place right next to his heart. Now that it was gone, I could see I had barely missed his heart. If I’d been one inch to the right, he would have died. How had I missed that? I didn’t kill him. Was I not paying attention? Why hadn’t I looked at his heart? I had aimed, hadn’t I? Had I meant to miss it? No, I had meant it, or else I wouldn’t have stabbed him at all. I tried to