We walk around the corner and I see the place she is talking about. It is really busy, but as we approach, two small tables become available. Rania sits with me at one, while Raphael and Liam sit at the other. I look over at Raphael. He didn't have to be here, especially after our little run in before we left. I was going to ask for Brett to accompany me, but he interrupted and insisted that he come. We order, and as we wait for our meal, Rania looks at me and says, "He misses you, you know that, right?" "Who does?" "Zachariah!" "Ha, he doesn't miss me, I only cause trouble... He misses the sex..." "That's not true..." I look at her and raise my eyebrow at her. She smiles, "Okay, Okay. Maybe it is partly true... But you need to talk to him." "Why? So he can lie to me more, make me into his personal sex slave!! Or worse, his little house beast!!" Rania laughs, "You really do hate being cooped up inside... Only you would think house chores are worse than being a sex slave..."
Unfortunately, it didn't work. I got a really good workout and even managed to teach some of them some new moves, but they never hit me in the abdomen. They didn't even take advantage of it when I left it open on purpose. I wonder if they could sense it or something, so they wouldn't hit there. I don't go back through the castle and smile as the males watch me climb the side of the castle back up to the balcony I jumped down from. I head inside and straight into the bathroom. Instead of having a shower, I run myself a bath, stepping in as it is still filling. I soak in the bath for a couple of hours until the water cools and I actually start to shiver. I climb out, wrap a towel around me, and head into my closet. I find a nightdress, slip it on and then walk over to the bed, I pick up one of the bags and go to place it on the floor but my curiosity gets the better of me and I sit on the bed with the bag and pull out what Rania bought. I pull out some cute natural clothes; I reach ov
I sit up and move to the edge of the chair as I say, "Which brings me to why I wanted to see you..." "So, Raph was telling the truth. You want to terminate the pregnancy?" "Yes, I... I... I believe that it would be for the best. If we don't have that problem to worry about we might be able to... Might be able to repair and rebuild some sort of relationship between us, he may even get past what he made me..." I put my head in my hands and whisper, "Please, Ava... I know he hates me and I hate him, but I love him too... We just won't get anywhere while he believes that I carry another's pup..." "Have you thought about discussing it with him??" I look up at her again with tears slipping from my eyes down my cheeks, as I say, "Ava, he has been there through everything and yet he still believes that I would allow someone else to touch me... Please, remove it from me..." "I still don't agree, but I will do as you ask..." "Thank you, Ava!" "Come, we will need to go into one of the
He stands there with his arms wrapped tightly around me until my sobs lesson, and I whisper. "I can't do this anymore..." He moves back just enough to put his hand on my cheek and apply enough pressure to make me look up at him. "Can't do what? Yasmine?" "I can't keep fighting... I have nothing left... I will be what you want me to be..." He smirks as he says, "And what is that?" "A female that looks after the house, be at your beck and call... Know my place... Right?" "For anyone else, yes, but you. Yasmine, are my fiery little warrior..." "That was the girl you took from the village, but she is now gone, broken and in pieces...There is nothing left of her, nothing left of me..." "That is not true... She is still there. I see her, I see you... She is just trapped under all your fear..." He stops as we hear a soft knock on the door. I feel him as he moves us slightly, pulling me back into him as he says, "What is it?" I hear the door, but I can't see it. Zachariah had mov
Zachariah looks at the painting and then down at me before he continues. "Are you saying that my mother could have been a descendant of King Darius and Queen Mira's firstborn?" "Yes, Rania said that you were meant to be Malik's Beta when he ascended the throne, but when your parents were killed, you became too powerful to be his Beta. We... I believe that when they were killed, the Alpha position was passed to you by your father but with you being their firstborn, the Royal bloodline within you from your mother was also activated, making it possible for you to challenge Malik for the throne..." Raphael then interrupts, "But you weren't ready, even with the story your mother told you. I believe that if they weren't killed, your mother would have explained everything to you so that you could pass it onto your firstborn or ascend to the throne yourself..." "My father had told me that he didn't agree with the law King Darius's father had put into place all those years ago and as to no
He moves his hips as he growls once more, making me smile. He then says, "So, back to what we were talking about. How did you work out who I was?" "Well, when I picked up the gift box and looked at the pendant and within that pendant, I saw a beautiful young girl dancing and laughing. I then saw who she was dancing with. I dropped the box..." "Who did you see? Yasmine." I lift my eyes to stare into his grey ones, "I thought it was you... I thought you already had a mate, and you were happy at one stage before you met me. I thought that was why you always seemed so mad at me and you were only with me because Jade said that the Moon Goddess chose me for you... It wasn't until Raph showed me the painting of King Darius and Queen Mira that I realised that it was him that I saw... Zach, if you look properly at the paintings of King Darius, you are nearly the spitting image of him." "Okay, but looking like one of the old Kings isn't enough to take to the council and challenge Malik for
"Ava explained it a little, I just didn't think that it would feel this private, this imitate..." "This is what it is to be true mates..." "Another way to control me... Right?" "No... no... no... I don't want..." I laugh at him, making him growl low and pull me tighter up against him. I sigh as I allow the tingles and sparks to spread through me and fall into the endless darkness of sleep. Zachariah pulls me out of that darkness with a moan of pleasure as he kisses me and thrusts his hips, increasing them harder and faster until I am shuddering and quivering in his arms as he growls, "This is what you do to me..." He releases his seed inside me and then allows me to once again drift into that darkness, only for him to pull me out of it once again. This time he moves us so he is on top of me. He hooks his arm under my knee, bringing it up so that he has more room, more access, making it easier for him to thrust deeper and cause more pleasure. He continues his thrusts dee
He chuckles and I relax a little more at the feeling of it under my hands, as I then continue, "The one I have been having lately varies but is still the same..." I shiver as a wave of terror goes through me. I curl into myself and into him as I start to sob once more. Zachariah changes to the more intimate communication and whispers in my head, "Yasmine. What has you so scared?" "V... Va... Val...Valen... Valentino!" "What about him? Yasmine, I will never let him get his hands on you again..." I start hitting his chest once more as I sob and admit, "But he does... But he does... But he does..." "Yasmine... Calm down... How does he?" I sob even harder as that is one thing I don't know, as my nightmare always starts when I am in labour and I am already in his possession. "Yasmine, how does he get a hold of you?" "I... Don't... Know..." I look up into his eyes as I whisper,"The nightmare always starts with me chained to a bed and I am in labour with our pup. He is there sitti
>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