I growl and turn as I remove a silver arrow from my upper arm. With all the anger and adrenalin running through me, the small sliver of silver has no effect, as I then lose control of Morpheus. I grow more in size, my claws get longer and sharper and my eyesight enhances, allowing me to focus, dodge and hone in on where the next arrow is coming from. Without really realising it I let out a large wave of my Royal Alpha power as I let out a very loud and a very powerful, "HHOOWWLL!!" (KNEEL!!)Surprisingly, making everyone, including the hunters, that are around me, stop and go to their knees. I catch the next arrow that comes my way; I don’t even think as I turn the arrow in my fingers and then throw it returning it to where it came from. I smile as I hear a small scream of pain and then a thud as the owner of the arrow hits the ground. I move into the centre of the yard and Morpheus shifts just enough to yell, "YASMINE!!!" Both Morpheus and I know deep down that they have knocked o
I look at Jack and realise that he may even have a little Alpha blood in him, just by the way he is standing strong and confident in front of me. I may even make him an Alpha of his own pack when he gets older, but for now, he is happy in his current position. Morpheus growls a little in my head at my judgment, but he doesn't elaborate. I shake my head at him and turn my attention back to Jack.I go to say no on the grounds that they are still young, but then change my mind. Depending on what security this boss of the human hunters has on this warehouse, I may be able to use them to get the advantage and get inside. I smile and cut whatever Jasper is about to say to them. "Okay, we will need some quick Intel when we get there. Do you think you three could handle that? We would need to know how many of our females are in there. How many human hunters are walking around inside and outside the walls? And if there is anywhere we can enter with the least amount of both noise and exposure?
"Now that was a good workout, do you think that there would be more at the hotel?" Raphael chuckles along with Zaire. "I have no doubt..." "Are we heading to the hotel Alpha?" "Yes, I think if we wait, if there are any of our females or males there, they may not be there long, especially if they get word that the warehouse failed..." "Where are we going?" "East 2 miles into the city to a hotel called Kinghunter..." "Hey! I know that hotel, it is one that caters exclusively for Hunters... There is no way anyone but a hunter or a hooker is getting inside that hotel, so the pack members will not be inside..." I look over at Hudson with curiosity, "May I ask how you know?" "I hooked up with a hunter one night when he was drunk. He invited me back with him and we had a hell of a time fucking each other...." "Wow, that was probably a little too much information Hudson, but it also means that it was a trap for the ones that either survived the warehouse or were sent to the hotel se
I turn and wrapped my arms around her, pulling her up against me. She looks up at me and smiles but pulls out of my arms and steps always as she says, "But it didn't, it never did. It always belonged to Yasmine..." I look down at the carving again, focusing on the panther as she continues, "Did you know that Morpheus was seeing Yasmine for a couple of years?" I snap my eyes at her and growl, "No!" "So he managed to keep you from knowing that is one smart Lycan you have there..." "Wait, how do you know?" "Morpheus came to me one night after the full moon, he told me that he had found your mate but she was still only young and that the only reason he introduced himself to her was that he had to save her from a young human man that was trying to take more from her then a girl her age should have to deal with, he said she was only around her 13th year. He knew she was special as he could smell it within her, but he also knew that you wouldn't accept her and if you had known you
She just smiles, and as she pulls back, I allow her to step out of my arms. We then continue into the packhouse. I escort her back to the hospital wing and give her a kiss on the temple as I say, "Do what you have to. Do you have enough to go around?" "I'm not sure some may need just a little more than others..." "Okay, I will get in touch with Jade and tell her to send some over. We have plenty in our hospital storage." "Thank you, Alpha." I look at her, confused as to why she was being so formal until I turn and see some of the young pups standing behind me. I smile as one steps hesitantly forward; I crouch down so that I am at his eye level as he asks in a low voice, "Have the bad people gone?" I keep a serious face but I make it soft as I reply, "Most of them, only the ones that were injured, remain. Are you scared of them?" I then have to suppress my chuckle as he takes a deep breath and puffs out his chest as he says, "No, I wasn't scared, but some of the others are..."
I pace a little, moving from the window to the desk and then back to the window. I then remember the conversation I had with Malik before I left... I turn around and face the 3 of them. "Zaire, Malik admitted to me that he had hired, or at least his father had hired Valentino to kill my mate when I found her under the fear of me finding out the truth. Valentino grabbing her in the woods that first time was not a coincidence. He was there on orders to kill her but took her instead… Wanting to make sure she was, in fact, my mate. I think Henry turning up at Malik's was because Valentino now wants her for his own personal reasons, and once Henry saw that she is a white panther, Valentino very resourceful and it wouldn’t have taken him long to figure out who and what she is, and what having her in his possession would bring him." Zaire looks at me, confused once more, as he asks, "Who and what is our Luna?... What truth was he trying to keep from you?" I lower my head and turn back to
I smile as I am still standing with my back to them, knowing that was exactly the answer and reaction I was going to get out of him. Even his wolf coming to the surface isn't a surprise. I then straighten my face once more, becoming the Alpha everyone fears, and turn. I walk up to him and place my hand on his shoulder, as I whisper so only he can hear,"I know, my friend, but I had to check..."I then let my hand fall from his shoulder and move both so that I hold them together behind my back. I walk over so that I am now standing in front of Kai, Aaron, and Colton. I look at each one as they stand in the relaxed attention pose all officers are trained to do when in a meeting with the higher ranks.I then turn around, facing away from them. I take some undetectable deep breaths to calm myself once more before I continue so that I don’t take his head off before I can get some answers,"Jasper, who has the codes for the security system? Or more to the point, who has your codes to the se
I can't control Morpheus anymore, he pushes and makes me do a partial shift, as my hands get bigger, my claws lengthen and my body nearly doubles in size as I lounge at him grabbing his neck and taking him to the floor, I hit his head on the floor once, twice, three times as I growl in his face, "Why Her?"He didn't say anything. I ask him again, "WHY Her?"He doesn't answer again. I punch him once, twice before I ask him in a low, threatening growl, "WHY HER?"He still doesn't answer me. My temper, as well as Morpheus's rage, is getting harder and harder to keep under control the longer he stays silent. I growl one more time, letting out my Royal Alpha aura, this time making him answer, "Why allow them to take your Luna?" He just laughs and spits in my face,“She is not my Luna… She is an abomination!! And if that stupid thing we called a King had stayed out of the way, she would be dead and we wouldn’t be having this conversation…” That does the trick and cuts the last tether
>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