When I wake the next morning, I have 2 arms wrapped tightly around me. I relaxed a little, thinking that I am back with Zachariah, but I start to struggle when I don't feel the tingles and sparks I always feel at his touch. I then hear him whisper in my ear,"Relax my little shifter, I will not hurt you unless you make me... Now just lay still and enjoy the comfort I am offering while we wait for the healer to get here..."I struggle against him, but this only makes him growl low and threatening as he tightens his arms. Even more, the blanket that is covering us isn't helping, either. He growls again as I snap,"Let me go... I didn't let him touch me last night. What makes you think that I will let him touch me today?""NO! I need him to have a look at you and to tell me what extra you will need after what they have subjected you to over the last 4 weeks... I will not say it often but I will say it now... Please, allow him to look you over?"I don't want him touching me as images of h
This is sounding a lot like my mother. I skim through a few more of the pages until getting to day 12, DAY 12 I woke up this morning and I am sore and ache all over. I know I finally agreed and allowed Lucas to change me. I didn't expect it to hurt so much; I think I passed out a couple of times and looking at the entries to my journal I have been out for at least 3 days. Lucas says that the full moon is coming and once I have my first shift, I will meet my Lycan. I can feel her, but she doesn't seem to talk to me. When I asked Lucas about this, he said that she won't be able to talk to me until after my first shift. I am excited, but I am also scared that it is going to hurt like the change did. The Elder women in my village would always say that childbirth is the worst pain any woman can feel, but they have never been through the change. I would prefer to have many more children than go through that ever again. I still miss my little girl. She would be 2 weeks old now. I won
I shiver as he then runs his hands over me. I struggle in his arms. I so want to be able to do more. He stops his hands where they are and tightens his arms, restricting my struggles. I then remember my nightmare. I never see the lead-up to me being chained in that breeder camp bed, but since I am chained, I must do something to really piss him off. Unfortunately, I don't know when or what, so for now, as long as he keeps his dick in his pants, I won't do anything too stupid.Valentino lets out a low growl of both pleasure and annoyance as there is a vibration in his pants pocket. He removes one hand but keeps the other tightly wrapped around me. He removes what must be his phone out of his pocket, flips it open and places it to his ear; he growls low once more. He then releases me and steps back completely. He doesn't say anything into the phone as he then snaps it closed, slides it back into his pocket and says,"Zachariah has actually surprised me. I would have thought he would hav
I struggle as he wraps his other arm around my waist, and in one smooth movement has me laying on my back underneath him. I struggle more, trying to get my hands on his chest so I can push him off, but he just grabs first one wrist and then the other, pulling and then pinning both to the bed above my head."Yeah, I don't do well with taking or following orders... Now! Let me go..." I state breathlessly."No, I am in charge here, not you, and I told you to wear a dress for our dinner last night and you didn't, so you will now receive a punishment..."He runs his nose up along my neck, making me shiver. I still can't stand it when anyone but Zachariah does that. I don't want to but I relax remembering what Zachariah was teaching me when we were last together. I allow him to think that he has the upper hand and wait for him to lower his defences just enough for me to throw him off me.I fight the disgust and shiver as the feel of those crawling spiders runs under my skin as he slowly kis
I take a quick look around through Zelda's eyes as she runs around the clearing, then into the trees and then back into the clearing. I let her have her fun as I turn back to Zachariah."Zachariah... You would never replace me, would you?" "Yasmine... What on earth would give you that idea?" "My nightmare..."He sighs, "You had it again? Yasmine, you are my mate, you are having my pup, there is no way I am ever giving up on you... Did your nightmare change?" "A little, but that is normal. It's just when I manage to escape Valentino. He says you give up and replace me. That you take another mate..." "Yasmine, why would I do that?" "Because this time they drug me and I can't talk to you. I am sure I hear your howl, but that's when he says that it isn't you..." "YASMINE!!" "Morpheus??" "Nothing... And I mean NOTHING!! Will ever make me replace you... And Yasmine here's a secret for you, Zachariah can't replace you without my agreement and he will never get that..." "Yasmine, som
"The kind you wouldn't let me have when we had her last time... You do know she was a virgin, don't you? If you did, then what did you want to know? To make you resist and wait.""Yes, of course, I knew... But I needed to know what she was to him. Why would he take her and not put one of his collars on her? And then allow her to hold a knife?... Your silver knife at that, to his throat and not kill her for it?... So that when I took that from her, from him. It would maybe finally break her and then affect him more, knowing that I made his fiery little shifter into my personal sex slave... I had a feeling she was, but the bitch wouldn't confirm that she was indeed his mate! I guess could have just killed her, but then where was the fun in that?"Henry laughs as I snap my head up and look at Valentino. He knew all that time, and yet it wasn't until the day Zachariah saved me that he actually tried to take it."But we know she is now, so why stop me? Why not join me instead?"To not brin
He then leaves. I move back into the bedroom and flop down on the bed. It is then at I feel a pounding in my head that is not coming from either Lorelei or Zelda. I open the link,"YASMINE?? ARE YOU ALRIGHT?? YASMINE, ANSWER ME!!" "Zachariah?? What?"I hear him sigh as he says, "You didn't answer me, but I could feel your fear coming down the mate bond... Are you alright?" "I am, for now. Henry just tried to rape me..." "Tried??" "Yeah, surprisingly Valentino stopped him..." "Really, that is not like him... Be careful, Yasmine, he may act nice, but that is all it is..." "Don't worry, I could never forget what he is... Zachariah. I heard Valentino talking to Henry afterwards, and he admitted to having at least one breeding camp..." "After you had said you recognised the type of room as part of a breeding camp, I got Raphael to inform all our spies to keep their eyes and ears open and maybe even dig a little more than they have been..."I jump a little as I say, "Ouch..." "What'
I wake wrapped in two strong arms. I struggle as he tightens his grip and rubs himself up against me. Lorelei and Zelda are both growling low, wanting his hands off of us. He moves one hand to my throat as I whisper, "You said you wouldn't touch me?" "And I didn't until after the moon had left its highest peak, making it a new day..." "Bastard..." He tightens his hold around my neck at my outburst, making it hard to breathe. He then rubs himself harder and faster against me. It doesn't take him long to growl out behind me as I feel something warm and wet on my lower back. He then kisses the back of my neck, lets me go and rolls out of the bed, pulling on his pants and shirt from last night and then leaving the room. He calls from the door, "I will be back tonight. I expect you to be in a dress once again and yes, I will keep my hands to myself once more..." He then leaves, closing the door behind him. I get up and get rid of my nightdress and get back into the shower to get rid
>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