Raphael enters behind us but stands up against the wall just inside the door. I face Rania as Zachariah and Malik start to talk between them, and say,"Do you think the guys would allow us to take that walk around the castle?"She smiles and looks over at Malik and Zachariah. She then turns back to me as she gets to her feet. She holds out her hands and I take them. She pulls carefully, helping me stand. Once the pain has passed, I look over at Malik and Zachariah, who have stopped talking and are now watching us. Malik is the one to ask,"Sweetheart, where are you going?""I promised to take Yasmine on a tour of the castle...""After Thomas's reaction, I would like someone to go with you..."He seems to get a faraway look on his face for just a moment, and then he goes back to talking with Zachariah. A few moments later, there is a knock on the doorframe. I look over just as he speaks."Alpha? You wanted to see me?""Ahh, good Brett. I would like you to accompany Luna Rania and Luna
I know I should keep my mouth shut, and it's something my grandmother kept warning me about, but I wouldn't be me if I did."What's wrong? Come back for a rematch? Can't handle the fact that a female beat the crap out of you twice?" This angers him just a little more, as he growls, "I will teach you that lesson I promised, a female's place is in the house, cooking, cleaning and pleasing her mate no matter what time of day or what he wants her to do... How about we make your first lesson one of pleasure?? Come over here and suck my dick, make me come in your mouth!""Ewe... Gross, I am not putting that thing in my mouth or anywhere else... Who knows where it has been... Are you even sure it still works after this morning?"He growls at my reminder of what I did to his dick as he loses a little more of his patience, saying,"I said come over here and pleasure me... Now do as you are told! Female!!""Sorry, but I am not one of your little submissive, push about females. The only way yo
He looks at her and then at me, bows his head and walks out the door, closing it behind him, but I see him stop and stand in front of the door through the clouded glass. Ava then turns back to me,"Do you mind if we take this off?"I hesitate for a moment. I don't like anyone seeing my scars. They remind me that I failed to protect myself when I got taken by Valentino. The only one to have really seen them is Zachariah, but I still don't feel comfortable with even him seeing them, as my body is no longer beautiful because of them. I reluctantly remove my shirt, allowing her to see the damage done. I don't miss as her eyes go wide at the scars, but she doesn't say anything about them."Can you lay down? I will need to re-clean the gashes from this morning and clean the new scratches. I will also need to reapply the healing cream and restitch the gashes... Is that okay?""Of course."Another small wave of heat goes through me, and I don't miss the low growl that comes from the other sid
I look up at Ava as I continue, "When I got back to my grandmother's hut as the sun started to rise, I decided as I climbed back in my window that I would never tell anyone as the Elders saw all wolves as threats as they were too close to the beasts that would raid our village once every five years. I never saw the bully again. I heard he and the rest of his family left the village. After that night, I would sneak out of the house every full moon, attend the bonfire with my friends, and then go for a walk. Just after the moon would reach its peak, the wolf would join me. Sometimes I would walk around the woods, others we would find a nice spot and I would lie down with him and run my hand in his fur while telling him everything that had happened over the month... When I was with him, I never felt as alone as I did when he wasn't near me. It was good as he could never judge me for being different, the only time he ever seemed to complain was when I would remove my hand from his fur...
I walk up to the railing, lean on the surface and look down at the beasts, all training. I start to wonder when I will be able to get back into training. I am startled when there is a soft knock on the door behind me. I turn, straighten and then smile."Morning Rania!""Morning yourself. How are you feeling?""Not bad, considering. Is Zachariah with Malik?""Yes, they have a few things to discuss... Especially after what happened to you..."I look at her in shock and ask, "Happened to me? Zachariah isn't in trouble because of me, is he?""Oh, no, no, no... After Brett removed you from the courtyard, Zachariah fought and killed Thomas..."I put one of my hands to my mouth and the other around my waist as my stomach rolls a little. I whisper,"He killed him??""Yes, and I would do it again. I told you no one would ever touch you as I do and if they did, I would kill them!"I lower my hand from my mouth as my eyes snap to Zachariah at the sound of his voice as he walks out onto the balco
I shake my head at myself and sigh. I remove the dress just as Rania opens the curtain, saying,"Here I think..."She stops mid-sentence with a gasp. I realise then that my back is to her and fully uncovered. I grab the dress from the floor, pulling it to me so that it covers the front of me as I turn and shrink back into one of the corners. I always knew my scars were bad. I just didn't know how bad, as Zachariah wouldn't tell me. He would just say that I was beautiful, no matter what."Yasmine?? How?? When?? Who??""M... m... my p... pu... punishment for protecting Z... Za... Zachariah..."She looks sad, concerned, and confused. "Why would you be punished for protecting him? Did he do this?"Even with tears in my eyes, I snap them to hers in disbelief."No, no, no, no, Zachariah didn't...""Who?""You know how Zachariah said I ended up with Valentino?""Yes... What about it?""Well, he kept me in a dark cell and he would torture me every day by whipping my back and front. He always
"Wow... May I have it?"He looks me up and down, takes a deep breath and then frowns, as he growls, "From the smell of you, you wouldn't be able to afford it, my dear..."He turns to walk away when Rania snaps, "She might not seem to be able to, but I certainly can... Unless you are refusing to sell me the item?"He stops and turns back to Rania, he then seems to stutter and stumbled over his words as he then says,"I'm sorry! Queen Luna!" He bows... "Of course not my Queen... Here I will put it in a gift box for you..."He, however, reluctantly opens the display door and removes the pendant and heads back to the front of the store. I turn to Rania as she hooks her arm back in mine."Why did you do that?""Are you always treated like that?""It's nothing new, village, pack, castle, town their all the same, and it doesn't matter..." I sigh,"Rania, I can't let you get that for me... You have already spent enough money that I won't be able to pay back...""Nonsense. I have already spoke
When he finally allows it, my body starts to calm, at last, Zachariah growls as he removes his finger and slowly moves his trail of kisses back up over my abdomen, as he gets higher he slowly moves my leg so it comes off of his shoulder but stays around his waist. I don't realise that he has already removed his pants until he stops and switches between sucking and kissing each of my breasts as he slowly slides himself inside me, letting out a low growl at his own pleasure.His thrusts start long and slow, making small quivers of pleasure continue to go through me. He then moves his kisses up from my breasts to his mark on my shoulder. He surprises me and I let out another scream of pleasure as he bites down, making my body tighten around him as more small quakes and quivers run through me.Zachariah growls again as he then kisses his mark before he trails his kisses over and up my neck, along my jaw, to my lips. Where he kisses me with uncontrolled dominance as he increases, his thrus
>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