A low growl rumbles through my chest at his tone and slight disrespect as I say,“Yes, you will…” I then look at Cecilia and growl at her."Cecilia, would you like to explain to your father what Ian is to you?" "What? Ian? Who's Ian? He's no one to me... Just another low Omega..." Morpheus pushes to the front and, using his Alpha power and growls, "LIER! The truth?" She goes to her knees in front of me and whimpers, "He is my mate, Alpha Zachariah." I'm not exactly sure where it is directed, whether it is what she said or if it was the fact that she said the truth, but don't miss the anger that crosses Alpha Beau's face when she tells me the truth. He then growls at her,"Cecilia, I thought I had brought you up better than that." “But Dad, you said he was a low Omega… And that I need a strong mate to run this pack with me, not a snivelling little runt like him…” she whines, proving that I was right.What Alpha Beau does next surprises me as I watch him step up to his daughter, w
The next few weeks are filled with meeting after meeting, after meeting, I had no choice as I had to catch up on all the work that I didn't do while I was at King Malik's territory and working things out with Yasmine... I groan at the thought of her, her scent is slowly fading from our room I have however managed to keep a couple of pieces of her clothing separate and saturated with her scent so if the loneliness of the mate bond affects me too much it is there for me. We don’t really sleep much. I rest while Morpheus takes us out and we run the territory every night, taking care of any rogues that decide that they want to try to enter my territory.I don't pay much attention as this meeting is the same as the one I had 4 hrs ago just for a different pack. My informants that Raphael sent out have all come back with locations of illegal sex and slave villages, one even stumbled on a breeding camp, he has inter-graded himself into the camp and is keeping Raphael up to date on any new in
As I go to tell her that I love her too, she disappears and the emptiness returns, telling me that they must have given her that drug she mentioned again. I hate this feeling of emptiness. Morpheus howls in my head and I return my attention back to the males in front of me. "Raphael, get in contact with our informants within Valentino's territory. Tell them to keep an eye and ear out for anything on Yasmine's arrival, but make sure it is on the down low." He nods and leaves the office as he says, "Yes, Alpha." "Zaire, that list of fighting packs. Do we have any informants in any of them?" "Yes." "Good, get in touch with them and discreetly see if they have any information about a possible new fighter that can't fight." "On it Alpha." He then follows Raphael out of the office. I take a few deep breaths, getting my emotions and Morpheus's conflicting rage under control before I walk out of my office and return to the meeting room and the 10 Alphas waiting in there. As I re-e
I feel her tense as she eyes the Alphas in front of us, but doesn't argue with me. I give her a soft kiss on the neck as she steps out of my arms. She then slowly makes her way around the room touching first Maverick and then moving around to run her hand over Harrison's shoulders, then as she goes to walk past Rhett he grabs her around the waist and with a slight scream of surprise from her, pulls her into his lap so she is straddling him. I watch as Rhett places slobbery kisses along her neck, and Vivian smiles as she lets out a small moan. Showing me that even with the daggers she was sending my way, she was enjoying every moment, and that I wasn't mistaken when I chose her for this, knowing she would love it. Keeping up my facade, I smirk and then say, "Gentlemen, since your attention is now focused somewhere else I think we will call this meeting to an end for the day… Alphas you can either take her to your own private rooms individually or you can use one of the free guest ro
"My feelings exactly. I would like to continue King Darius' mission and put an end to as many of these camps as I can." "I can now see why you didn’t include the others in this part of the meeting. There is no way those Alphas would even consider agreeing to what you are now proposing. Now, how are you planning on raiding these camps and such? Won't you need the King's approval? Raiding so many packs and territories?" "Of course, each raid will be done properly and by the book. At the same time, I will be looking for the females and males, including my mate that was taken from Alpha Jasper's pack and territory." That, of course, would depend on whose territory that they are in as going through Malik would definitely give some of them the heads up. I am not stupid; I now realise that the reason he and his father never continued with King Darius' mission of shutting all of them down is that some of the illegal packs, camps and villages are either run by them or they are involved cl
I am impressed as I always am when I visit, but this time I am keeping my eyes open that little more. I notice that a number of the trainees have a few injuries that are not from normal training or sparring. I turn to Alpha Adrian, “Why are they still training?” “Who?” “Those three over there…” I point to the ones that are the most injured and then continue, “They are injured and don’t seem to have been given the right amount of time to recover?” “Oh, those… They insisted that they could continue. They were involved in confronting a group of rogues trying to come into our territory yesterday.” For some reason, I don’t believe him. After every fight, a warrior is required to take at least two to three days to recover, and that is only for minor injuries. Their injuries look to be a bit more than just something minor. Looking at all of them, I come to the conclusion that they were made to come train or lose their position or possible position. As I scan the training field once more
Felix slowly loses his temper, obviously fighting his wolf as he says.“FATHER… That is no excuse. The training covers everything that is needed. I know as you had me doing it since I was 5. What else have you changed since I have been gone?”“That is a good question, Alpha Adrian... Last time I was here there were not only young pups running around but many females, however, my Beta here tells me that there are very few to no pups and the females he saw were all under the age of 17, care to explain?”“I had to move my vulnerable to a camp nearby so that the warrior trainees weren’t distracted by them…”“But wouldn’t the females left be just as vulnerable? Shouldn’t they have gone and some older ones stay?”I watch as he is running out of excuses and getting more and more uncomfortable, especially under his son's intense gaze. Felix surprises me as he then pushes for an answer to my question.“Father, what have you done? And Why?”“I… I… I had no choice…” he lowers his head as he answ
I enter the Alpha office and walk over to the sofa. As soon as I put the pup down on the sofa, she whimpers and quickly gets off and scurries into the corner. I look at Felix and then back at the pup. I move slowly over to her as she is now shaking and fear is coming off of her in waves. I crouch down and whisper,“Shh, it's okay, little one, no one is going to hurt you…”"I’m not allowed in here unless it is for one of the Alpha’s punishments… What did I do wrong, Alpha sir?" She looks over my shoulder at Felix before continuing,"Even though it hurt, I was doing everything Beta sir was asking of me…"A low growl escapes me, and then I hear three more behind me. I turn slightly and see Felix, Robert and Raphael all standing with their eyes locked on the young pup in the corner. I go to say something else to her, but Felix walks up and then crouches down next to me and whispers,“I am Alpha Felix and I am your Alpha now, sweetheart, and I say that you will not be punished and that you
>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