He then turns to Valentino, "Alpha, even without the exam looking at her, we might not be able to move her to the breeding camp before she delivers..." "Can you sedate her? Will that slow the progress?" I knew he was going to ask something like that, with how my last nightmare started, so I guess this is it when he does. "Yes, I can, again depending on how close the pup is to coming." I whisper to Zachariah, as my connection to him has been open since I spoke with him that afternoon and the labour had started, "Zachariah?" "I'm here.""They are about to sedate me and move me to the breeding camp. You should be able to activate or follow the tracker as soon as they take me out of the barrier you should be able to follow." "I will come for you, no matter how long it takes. I will come for you..." "Oh, and Zach, Delta Lucas, he said he is at your disposal. If you need to use him, do!" I turn my attention back to the two beasts in front of me as one climbs on the bed by my head a
I tense and go-to move, but he tightens his arms as he continues. "Get it cleaned up by one of the nurses and have it brought back to the bedroom. I will meet her there with my little shifter here." "Yes, Alpha."The healer says as he nods and then leaves the room, taking my pup with him. Valentino then kisses my neck and moves out from behind me and over to the wall, where the healer had pulled down on that thin chain. He grabs something off of the wall and then walks back over to me, he then climbs onto the bed and straddles my hips, I start to struggle, ignoring the slight stinging pain between my legs and try to move out from underneath him as he reaches out his hand and says, "Stop moving... You have to trust me little shifter..." "Actually, I don't. However, I have no choice but to at the moment." I stop moving as he reaches and grabs one of my wrists with one hand. He tightens his fingers and then turns my wrist before unlocking the cuff with the other. He then lets that o
He then opens the door and walks out, closing and locking it behind him. I finally relax, I lay my pup on the bed and slowly climb off and walk over to where Valentino said the clothes and clothes were. I grab a cloth and go through the clothes. A lot of them weren't too bad, but nothing like the things Rania bought for it. I pick the nicest thing there and then walk back over to the bed. I have no idea what I am doing. I unwrap the pup from the blanket and marvel at how small it was. I remove the rags that they had on it and smile as I find out we have a son. I fold the cloth and wrap it around him, I then carefully put the clothes I picked on him. We never had a chance to even think about it, let alone talk about it, and decide on either a male or a female name. I don't want to name him without talking to Zachariah. It is something we should do together. I know Zachariah wasn't over happy when he found out about our pup, but I was hoping that as the pregnancy progressed, we could w
He sighs and loses that relaxed healer facade and seems to straighten, standing to his full height, which I am surprised is nearly a foot taller than Valentino and Henry. He moves over to where I am standing and as I watch him. I realise why I had the warning go through me; he is a bigger threat than he makes out to be. I don't want to but as he stalks slowly closer to me I take some small steps back until my back hits the wall behind me, I then seem to have nowhere to go as he places his hands on the wall on either side of my head. He leans in close and runs his nose up my neck, taking a deep breath, and making a shiver of disgust run through me. I still hate it when they do that. When he reaches my ear, he wraps his lips around my earlobe and sucks on it for a second before whispering into my ear, "It has been a very long time since Valentino has brought a female here that actually has the potential to fight back and give a good fight at that... Oh, don't get me wrong these female
As I make it to the outer door, I again crack it slightly and peek out. The further I can get away without raising the alarm, the better for me and my son. When I see that the way is clear, I slowly slip out and shiver as a gust of wind hits me. I look up at the sky and realise that wherever he has this camp; it is almost winter, and this place seems to be the place it hits first.I make my way, ducking behind bits and pieces whenever I see or hear a guard coming my way. As I crouch down behind a pile of old wooden box crates, a pair of guards walk past me. I am surprised that not one of them can smell me. My son wriggles a little in my arms and as I move the jacket I am wearing to look at him, I realise then that maybe my scent is covered as my panther and my Lycan are still under the influence of the drug the healer gave me.Maybe I am only human at the moment and the scent of the clothes and especially the jacket as I took it from the guard's rec room, are covering my true scent wi
(As Yasmine is passed out for the moment, this next part of the story is from Zachariah's POV, showing his side of some events so they may repeat the occasional conversation in some of the coming chapters. It will also cover what he does to find Yasmine after she is taken...) ***************** ZACHARIAH As I watch Yasmine and Lorelei run around Jasper's private training courses swapping and shifting between being panther and being human, she is so graceful. I can't believe she is mine. I think about what has happened in the past few weeks. I had always planned to change Yasmine, whether she agreed to it or not, as that is our law, but the more she agreed to it, the easier it would be for her. I was already in enough trouble with Malik for not changing her as soon as I had found and marked her and then even more for going against his order to leave her in those cells until he could come up with an appropriate punishment but I knew that if I did, then I would lose my fiery little w
I followed until I reached the door and Malik joined me there. As I watch her continue to back away from me, I notice the guards and hold up my hand, telling them to stop and back off, to leave her be. Malik had looked at me then, mind linking me, saying, "You are going to let a female get away with hitting you? Go after her and show her that it is not acceptable and what her true place is as a female of our kind..." With Malik's words in my head, I took a step out into the hall planning on going after her, but as I look at her and see the hurt I just caused in her eyes, I stop; she shakes her head and then runs off again. I had turned on Malik then as everything hit me, all the anger, all the frustration and jealousy, I attacked him. Punching and kicking, he blocked and returned each punch and kick until both Rania and Raphael raced over and got in between us. I am, of course, the only one that would get away with such a show of aggression toward the King, but for me, in that mome
I was surprised when I had Morpheus growling at me in my head. "What's your problem?" "It is our pup..." "No, it isn't, it can't be... If she gets rid of it, then maybe I could look past her being a filthy shifter..." "She is not filthy. She is our mate. She is the most beautiful creature we have or will ever meet... You can't let her terminate our pup..." "She is still a shifter, and it was a shifter that got our parents killed. They all lie and trick to get what they want, and Yasmine is the same... She should have spoken to us about that thing, that abomination and her plan to terminate it... Even though I wouldn't have disagreed with her." "You are being a fool and an arse..." I cut the link with him as he smirks at me. No matter what he says, I could never trust a shifter... I then lean back in the seat and relax, knowing that by the time I get back that abomination will be taken care of, and then we just have to work on us. It feels like I have only just dozed off in
>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