He then picks her up, turns and walks away, heading over to where Mary was standing talking to some of the other older females. I jump a little as I feel a hand on my arm. I turn away from watching Zachariah to face the teen females that had now gathered closer to me. One asks shyly, "May we see?" I look at her, confused until I see her eyes flick to my shoulder. I look down at it and sigh as I see the rip. I then smile and say, "Of course." I move my blouse just a little more, exposing Zachariah's mark completely but keeping my scars covered, I really am not in the mood to explain where they came from. I smile as they all take another surprised intake of breath, as the one that asked to see says, "So it is true, you are his mate..." "Yep..." "What's he like?" "Have you had sex with him?" "Is he as unforgiving to you as he is to everyone else?" I smile at all their questions but snap my eyes to one young female as she says, "Did he force you?" I step up to her, lower my vo
(*** WARNING *** Please read at your own discretion... This chapter contains a third person's account of a group forced scene and may trigger some people... Again... Please read at your own discretion!)She then wipes her eyes, takes a deep breath and continues,"Now even though the full moon forces us to shift that doesn't happen until after the moon reaches the highest place in the sky, so up until then we are still in our human forms but especially the males they are more wolf unless they are taught to control at least some of it. The rite of passage was done during this time when the males would have trouble fighting their instincts to find their mate. Now the females the Elders had chosen were led into the Elders' meeting chamber. They were then blindfolded and led into a room that was strictly off-limits to everyone but the Elders. I managed to sneak in with them and I found a small cupboard to hide in, I then watched in horror as Elder Jay, Elder Zane and Elder Chuck each took
"Elder Chuck then makes his way back along the line of females being held by the males, He looks at the marks the males had placed on them the night before, some are already healing but there is always one that stays which is their slave mark. The very first mark that they put on them as they enter their bodies. Elder Chuck nods his head in approval as he finds the slave mark on each female that is left. He then moves back over to his seat as Elder Jay stands and says, 'These females belong to you, for now... You are to train them in sex and obedience. They are to know that you are always in charge and no matter what you say, they are to follow it and if they disobey, they will and are to be punished. They are to do all their normal work in the kitchen, the laundry, the packhouse or out in the fields and then when they go into their heat you are to lock them in your rooms and make them pleasure you until their heat is complete and they are with pup adding to our village.' Elder Zane t
"Did you end up telling Zachariah about your village and what went on there?""Yes, it took me a little to trust him not to send me back there but once I did, he sent in a spy to confirm what I had told him and then raided the village, killing all the Elders and anyone else that helped willingly in the training of slaves, those that were only following orders were spared but had curfews and penalties put on them. He then destroyed the whole village... All the surviving slaves, both male and female, were sent to other villages or packs to be able to live their lives as they were meant to... Clara came here to be with me! She told me that the Elders went nuts when they found out that I had managed to escape the village without anyone seeing me...""Did you tell anyone you were leaving or what they had planned for you?""No... I knew if I told anyone then whether it was on purpose or by accident it would have made its way to the Elders and I wouldn't have been able to get away as they wo
When I hear his voice in my head this time, it is different. It's a lot deeper and demands that one listens to it. "I am sorry, Yasmine..." "Who?? Why?""Did I hurt you?" "No, you sat right on the border of hurting me. You scared me more!" "Again I am sorry... Normally I can handle the full moon a lot better, but touching you, and loving you made me lose control a lot sooner than I should have... I am Morpheus... I am Zachariah's Lycan!" He then slowly steps back allowing my legs to slip from his hips and my feet back to the floor, he, however, growls low as the skirt of the dress gets caught on his hands and he gets a glimpse of the finger marks I have no doubt are on the skin of my hips. He then puts his hand on my cheek and whispers, "Yasmine, you said I didn't hurt you..." "It's okay..." "No! Yasmine, it isn't... How are you going to fully trust us if we hurt you?"I don't get to answer him as a wave of pain flows through me and I scream. Morpheus pulls me close once more
"Zachariah??""Yes, Yasmine, it is me... Tell me?"I turn and sob into his chest, "I was with Valentino again..."I stop and whisper, "He has one..."Zachariah moves slightly so that he can place his fingers under my chin, applying a little pressure to make me look up at him. He then says,"What? Who has what?""Valentino... He has a breeding camp...""How do you know?""My nightmare... It always starts when I am in labour with our little one. My hands are cuffed and chained to the bed, only allowing me enough room to move to give birth and then not escape what Valentino does to me after... I was talking to Jess..."He looks at me with surprise as he says,"Jess told you? She told you what happened?""Yes, she even said to you that she did. She told me as she turns 18 today and was scared that if she found her mate today, he would force the mark and then force her to have sex with him completing the mating... She wanted to know if you forced me..."He moved his hand to my cheek, "I ma
"As I said, you are going to make one hell of a Luna and I am proud to have you by my side..." I turn my attention back to the 2 in front of me, I then whisper,"Now, I know you are scared Jess, but I want you both to open your eyes when I tell you to..."Jess nods slightly as I then continue what I was saying, only I continue over my link with Raphael."Raph, when she opens them keep her eyes locked with yours along with your hand on her cheek, if you move slowly not breaking any contact you should be able to kiss her... But Raph, when it comes to marking her allow her to mark you first, it will give her the feeling that she is the one in control which is what she needs..."Raphael gives me a mental nod. I smile as I carefully move over and then stand. I then whisper,"Okay! Jess, Raph, open your eyes..."I step back and into Zachariah's arms, which he wraps around me, pulling me tight up against his chest as I watch both Jess and Raphael follow my instructions, opening their eyes.
I look up at him, fighting the tears that threaten to fall, as Henry brings my worst fear into the light. My fear that my panther was something that he could never get past and return to loving me. I don't take my attention off of the threat Henry is to us as I whisper through my link with Zachariah, "Is it true? Or is what we have been sharing over the past few days the truth?" He glances down at me, placing his hand on my cheek and whispering back, "What we share is the truth, Yasmine! You are my everything. I know I have been a real jerk over the past few weeks and I intend to make it up to you." He then looks back at Henry, saying, "Neither you nor Val would know how to cherish a real female." I don't miss Zachariah's smirk as Henry growls low at the insult. He however recovers and returns to taunting Zachariah by addressing me. "How about you show me your wolf? Is she as beautiful and graceful as your white panther?" Zachariah growls again and takes a step toward him. He s
>YASMINE“So this is what it feels like to die… I thought it would have hurt more…” “But we aren’t truly dead, are we?” Zelda asks. “Yes, but No… We are in the in-between. The nothingness between life and death.” Lorelei answers. “So, how long we here for?” I ask, looking around at the endless darkness around us. “We are being held to our body through the power of the ancient dagger. So as long as nothing has happened to Zachariah, then we will return to our body once he removes the dagger and Summer performs the resurrection ritual...” “What happens if something has happened to Zachariah and he can’t remove the dagger and someone else does?” Zelda asks, getting more worried. “I don’t know and I hope that we never find out…” Lorelei says, finally not having the answer. “You have nothing to worry about, my daughter. Everything is as it should be. You can and will return to your loved ones soon.” I turn in the dark and just manage to spot the blue glow as it fades into the dar
The Final Battle Continues... She was off limits; she was the Masters; she was Kastrath's. The general forced the lower Demon back to their world as he landed and then took his place lying over the beautiful female that will be his Queen. Yasmine struggles against the new Demon but stops rather quickly as she feels the difference between the Demon that was just holding her to the one that is now. She looks into his bright red eyes and he seems to smirk at her before leaning down and running his double-forked tongue over her skin. Yasmine shivers in disgust and starts struggling again as the general leans down and pushes his rough, demonic voice into her head, “You, my dear female, are lucky that you are already claimed for if you weren't your life from now on, would be a nightmare for you, however; pure hell for me…” Yasmine tenses as she is then hit by her gift opening and entering into the Demon on
The Final Battle Continues…Zachariah wakes slowly, tightening his arms and only finding air. he reaches his hand out to be met with cold sheets. He sits up and looks around. He smiles to himself when he sees the light on in the bathroom and hears the shower running.Zachariah slips out of bed and walks over to the bathroom with every intention of joining his mate. However, the scene in front of him as he enters has him bewildered.He moves quickly, stepping into the shower and crouching in front of her, first grabbing her hands, stopping her from doing any more damage to her skin. Then he places one hand on her cheek as he scans her body, assessing the damage, stopping at the two bites he can see on the top swell of both breasts.He lets out a low growl, bringing her eyes to his. Zachariah doesn't get to say or do anything as Yasmine's resolve breaks completely and she jumps at him, whimpering."I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I coul
The Final Battle Begins!THIRD PERSON… Kastrath paces in his castle's realm. He had watched Young Yasmine live and grow. He had been watching the panther shifter bloodline and had known who and what she was from the moment she was born and had been watching over her ever since.Kastrath watched as she grew into a headstrong, fiery female that would make him proud and would be worthy of standing next to him as his Queen.He had known the moment Queen Margaret and King Jason had summoned him, that deep into the future they would provide something he had been looking for…Something that he had been searching for a millennium.Now he knew that he had to wait until after her mate had changed her first, forthe real her to be released. However, Kastrath hadn't taken into account just how powerful the Moon Goddesses' mate bond would be between them o
I struggle against his hold, trying to push him away from me until he tightens his arms around me and whispers in a low tone,“Now, now, my Queen. I am only here to congratulate you and to remind you that you can avoid all the bloodshed to come if you will just say yes and come with me now…”Even with the anger and conviction in my voice, as I say,“Never…”He just laughs, then moves one of his hands to my cheek as he takes a deep breath and says,“Mmm… So much fire… Just a few more weeks, my Queen and you will be mine.”He then holds me tighter against him as he presses his lips to mine before disappearing into his tentacles of grey smoke, leaving me to collapse to my knees as the smoke disappears. Zachariah runs over to where I am and helps me back to my feet as he whispers,“What happened? One minute you were there dancing in my arms, the next you were gone
I then place a soft kiss on his forehead as he steps back and into Summer's arms. She gets to her feet and bows before her and the others disappear and enter the throne room from another door. I stand up straight and take a deep breath before giving a slight nod to the two warriors that are once again standing guard at the doors.I hear the music as the doors open stop and the Royal announcement chimes ring out I take a step and enter the room and freeze just inside the door, I still hate being the centre of attention as everyone steps aside and bows, revealing a very handsome Zachariah standing in the middle of the room wearing a traditional Royal black tux. He smiles at me and opens our private link,“Yasmine, look at me and only at me. Remember…” With his voice in my head, I smile as a quick flash of the last time we did something like this and he had asked me in front of the whole pack to be his. I walk slowly toward him
I feel the bed dip and then feel his fingers lightly touch under my chin. He applies a little pressure, making me lift my head and look at him. Tears sting my eyes and one seems to escape. He then moves his hand to my cheek and wipes away the tear as he whispers,“It’s okay… Yasmine, it is a natural response. We didn’t get to spend the time we should have with them once they were born. So your protective instincts to do with them will be heightened for a little while.”I then snap my eyes to the door once more as there is a knock. Zachariah gives me a kiss on the cheek and then gets off the bed. As he leaves the room, he says,“Relax, I’ve got this. You lay down with our pups.”He closes the doors behind him and I do as he says and I lie down, wrapping my arms around my pups. I take a deep breath of their scents and then drift off into an exhausted sleep.**Dream** I look like a
As Zachariah talks to Jasper and the other Alpha, I walk up to Mary and give her a hug. When she pulls back, she steps to the side. With her arm around my waist, she says, “Yasmine, I would like to introduce you to Alpha Isaac's mates, Leah and Nyla.” “It’s nice to meet you both.” They both bow and then I think it's Nyla who steps a little closer and places her hand on mine as she whispers, “I am glad that Alpha Zachariah found you. He deserves to be happy, because if it wasn’t for him, then I wouldn’t have met my mate or found my sister…” I feel as all her walls drop and she opens herself up, and just as Darius said I can’t control it as my power flows from me into her and I see everything that was her life, I can’t stop the tears that fill my eyes and then slide down my cheeks at all the suffering she went through at the hands of Valentino. As with Alpha Clive, Zachariah seems to be standing behind me when my power returns to me and I sway on my feet. Zachariah wraps his arms a
I look around the room at the pack that is in the room casting its vote. Most of them have stopped and are looking at me and Zachariah. Zachariah follows my gaze as it passes over the room. He smiles, turns so that he is now facing the room and says,“If you will excuse us, but family is calling. Please continue to cast your votes.”When he turns back to me, I look at him with wide eyes and whisper, shocked,“But don’t we have to be here for this?”“Technically, yes, but we haven’t seen much of Darius since we have been here, and I can feel that being with him is what you need, so that is what we will do. We can count and look at the votes tomorrow.”Then, without another word, he steps up to me, grabs me around the waist, throws me over his shoulder and then walks out of the throne room. I lift my head just as he steps out of the doors to see Alpha Clive with a smirk on his face before he turns his attention back to his pack and the voting going on around him. True to his word, Zach