Avalyn Nik and I had breakfast together before he left to go work in his office. I hadn't seen Dimitri, Mikhail, or Andrei all morning but I knew they were all busy too. They were all preparing for the war. Having nothing to do, I decided to go out for a run. It had been a while since I had let my wolf out anyways. I walked to the backyard and shifted into my wolf. My eyesight got sharper. My hearing got stronger. I could smell better. I felt a lot stronger. But my wolf felt a little weaker than before. I knew I wasn't an Alpha wolf like I was when I first shifted. As my faye powers were getting stronger; my wolf was getting weaker. Deciding to mull over it later, I took off on a run. After about ten minutes on the trail, my eyes fell on a bunny and I licked my lips. I wanted the chase. I wanted the hunt. And my wolf was ready for it. I slowly crept up behind it, unnoticed, and when I felt near enough, I pounced. But the little rabbit saw me and made a dash for it. I ran behind
Avalyn "Ava, Love? I'm back." Nik slipped into the bedroom. I almost thought he wouldn't come back tonight. He had a lot of work to do. After I had finished my work, I came back from the packhouse and brought Nik his dinner to his office. I forced him to take a fifteen-minute break and have dinner with me. He told me that he still had a couple of things he needed to get done before the end of the night. And those few things had kept him in the office until midnight. "Are you asleep?" he asked. "I'm sorry I'm late." When he walked closer to me, I threw the cover off me and shot my hand out, pulling him on top of me. He fell with an 'oomph'. I kissed him. "I've missed you," I said between kisses. "I've missed you too." He held his weight up so I wasn't crushed underneath him. I rolled us so I was on top of him and then sat on his stomach. I quickly discarded my robe and placed my hands on his chest. He had a dazed look in his eyes, like he had no clue what was happening but was v
Nikolai "Alpha!" A guard burst in through the door. I growled at him. I had given strict orders to not be disturbed. "It's Luna," he panted, his eyes wide in alarm. I shot out of my seat. "Where is she?" Is she hurt? Is she in trouble? What happened? "The beach cottage." Fuck. She wasn't in trouble; Nat and Max were. "Goddamn—" Dimitri muttered but I was already out of the window and in my fur, running towards the beach cottage. A growl tore through my throat. Ava had been unpredictable lately. Ever since her faye side started growing stronger, she had started losing more and more of her temper. There was no telling what was happening over there. I heard three wolves running behind me. Dimitri, Andrei, and Mikhail. I ran harder. I needed to get there quickly. In five minutes, I reached the cottage. I heard a commotion towards the back of the cottage so, without wasting more time, I ran there. "No!" I heard Nat's bloodcurdling scream. My legs slowed down as I saw a bloodied
Nikolai Once we were in our bedroom, I kicked the door shut. She turned to glare at me. "Go on. Justify Max ignoring Natalia's safeword." "Nothing is happening without her consent. She was fake-safewording. It was a part of our plan. You would have known that, but you told me you wanted to stay out of it. You haven't attended a single meeting on it. I respect your decision, but I will not tolerate your violent, abusive behaviour." "I thought Max was being abusive...." she said, her voice low. "Do you honestly believe he would knowingly ever do anything to hurt Natalia?" I couldn't believe she would think that. She shook her head, looking down. "We wanted to show Emilio that Max was a crazy asshole. What better way to do that than making him think that Max was out of his mind even when it came to his beloved?" She pressed her lips together and turned away from me. I could sense that she was deep in thought. "I want to fight in the war, Nikolai," she said, surprising me. "You
Nikolai "Do you think they forgave me?" Ava asked nervously. "Yes," I assured her. "When you wake up tomorrow, it will be as if nothing happened. Don't worry about it." "I'm scared of losing my temper again," she admitted. I could feel that she really was terrified of hurting our family again. "Good. That will help you stay in control. And if anything happens, remember that I'm always here for you, Love." I drew her close and kissed her forehead. She let out a little sigh, feeling better about it. "How is your ass now?" I asked. "Better," she said. I decided to check for myself. I pulled her dress over her head and turned her around so I could see her ass. The red had already faded to light pink. I caressed it. It didn't seem sore. I hmmed. It was indeed better. "You still need to give me the rest of the punishment," she whispered. "I do." I agreed and then started stripping out of my clothes. "Really?" Her eyes widened when she saw me undoing my belt. She thought that I was
Nikolai All the lights of the packhouse were lit and it looked grander than ever. I heard murmurs saying 'he's here', 'Alpha's here', 'get ready'. My curiosity rose as I walked into the living room. The lady in red caught my attention. In fact, she was the only one who had my attention. And I, hers. She gave me a dazzling, pearly-white smile that made her dimples pop and I swear my heart stopped. I took long steps to cover the distance between us. I took her hand, and twirled her around herself, making her dress swoosh. I snaked my arm around her waist and dipped her as I gave her a sweet kiss. "Wow, that was hot." I heard a girl say and then someone hooted. Grinning, I pulled Ava to her feet. "You look beautiful." A blush rose to her cheeks as she smiled shyly at me, her big, doe-shaped eyes melting my heart. "Y-you too." I heard some chuckles and my smile widened. "And that, kids, is how you make your lady speechless." I looked at all the teenagers that surrounded us and gave
Avalyn Dimitri, Andrei, and Mikhail made it back home late in the afternoon. According to Nik, they never came back home after the party. They stayed at the packhouse and came the next morning after the 'after-party cleaning situation' was taken care of. He looked amused when he said that, almost as if even he didn't believe what he was saying. Both of us knew better than to think that they stayed back to help clean everything up. They most likely stayed back to spend the night with someone. The good thing was that they brought Tessa back with them. I empathized with her and I wanted her to be happy again. I showed her to the slave quarters and gave her a room of her own. She was the same size as Irina so I got her a couple of clothes until she could go shopping. "Thank you, Mistress." She lowered her eyes. "You're welcome." I smiled. "Now I know that you have not been a slave for very long so no need to be scared of punishments. You won't be punished for something you didn't know
Nikolai The next couple of days flew by in a blur. All we did was go over the plan and train for the fight. But what was more important was our performance in Max's club, which was happening today. We had discussed all the details thoroughly about how we were going to do everything and had even rehearsed it a couple of times. But we had to steer the conversation in a very careful way and I had to maintain my temper even if Gonzalez talked smack about Ava. It was going to be a hell of a day. "Please be safe." Ava helped me put on my suit jacket. "Of course." I pecked her lips. "Stop worrying so much, Lyubov. Our men have the entire place covered." "I can never not worry about you." Stress lines marred her forehead. While the last two days had been very busy for me, they were extremely stressful for her. I massaged the lines off her forehead. "Then trust me to keep myself safe, so that I can come back to you. I made a promise to you, remember?" "I do trust you." She kissed me again