I am surprised to find Rania in the kitchen sitting at the counter when we enter. Raphael leads me over and sits me down on the stool next to her. She looks at me with confusion,"Where is Zachariah? I would have thought after that rogue attack he wouldn't allow you out of his sight...""I don't know. I haven't seen him since I woke up this morning...""So, what else happened with those rogues? There is no way Zachariah told Malik the whole story..."I sigh, "Rania, what do you think of shifters?""Depends on the shifter. Most shifters are okay, and the panther is nearly non-existent... Why?""What would you do if I told you that I was a panther shifter?"She laughs, "Yasmine, you were human before the change, so you are one of us now...""Yeah, that's right... And I am still pissed at him for doing it the way he did... Did you know that they had planned it?"I look at her and when she can't look me in the eye; I have my answer."So, you agree with what they did?""Zachariah told Mali
Zachariah steps back from his kiss, leaving me a little breathless. He turns slightly and holds out his arm. I hesitate for the first time since I started trusting him again and since I have been back from Valentino. I place my shaky hand on his elbow. He places his other hand over mine and then leads me out of the room.Zachariah doesn't say anything as we make our way to the dining hall. When we get to the doors, one of the guards that's standing on either side opens the door, allowing us to enter.I am surprised when everyone turns to us and starts clapping. I make to stop walking but Zachariah wouldn't let me, keeping me walking until the way in front of us parts showing Malik and Rania. I smile a little at Rania, but it doesn't stay there long as I see the small smug smile on Malik's lips. He then lifts his hand and says,"We are here this evening to celebrate Alpha Zachariah finally finding his mate... A male that said that he didn't want the weakness that came with having a mat
I want to tell him about what I carry, but I still don't know if he accepts what he brought out in me. He then surprises me as he says,"Who else have you been with? Who else have you given your body to?"I struggle in his arms a little at his questions, moving my hands to his chest, pushing and taking a small step back from him,"I would never... No one touches me but you and at the moment I don't want even you touching me..."I snap, trying to keep on top of my temper as I try to pull more out of his hold, but he tightens his grip, pulling me back to him as he growls."Yasmine, it smells like you are with pup... Tell me how and who's it is?"I look into his intense grey eyes as they flicker with gold. I step back, pulling out of his hold and putting just a little distance between us, shaking my head. Zachariah growls once more, slightly louder than needed."Who's is it? Who have you let inside you?""I would never..." I growl"You did, you must have... Who's is it?"I can no longer
I try to move, but my hands seem to be chained and I can only move so far as a wave of pain runs through me. I snap my eyes at the person sitting next to me as he tightens his arm around me. A shiver of fear, along with another wave of intense pain, runs through me. I struggle and try to move, but another wave of pain runs through me and I end up screaming. "You need to push, little female!"I hear a low growl added to a low roar at his nickname for us. I don't want to do what he says, but my body has other ideas and I have no choice but to push. I push and push with each wave of pain until I finally feel my pup slip from inside me.I fall exhausted back against the headboard of the bed, and into the arms of the male sitting half next to and half behind me. I lift my head as one more wave of pain goes through me and I push once more. Something else slips from inside me, which the healer picks up and drops into something on the floor. I feel more movement and watch as the healer gets
On the 5th day, however, I was surprised when someone came up and grabbed me behind. It wasn't until he turned me and backed me up to the wall that I realised it was Zachariah. I struggle against him, but don't flinch as he lifts his hand and places it on my cheek, making me look into his intense grey eyes as he whispers,"Beautiful, always so beautiful!"He then kisses me, pushing his body up against mine. He growls a little as I melt into his kiss and his body. I hate how he can always make me do that. How he makes my body respond and want his, even when I don't. He growls low again as he then wraps his arm around me and pulls me off of the wall and into his body more.Craving his touch I Give in to the feeling running through me, I wrap my arms around his neck and return his kiss making it a dominant one of my own. Even though I hate him, I can't help but love and want him. He doesn't break the kiss as he moves us down the hall a little further and opens a door behind me.He walks
I wake once more with a scream, sitting up with the feel of the chains still around my wrists and the subsiding waves of pain after giving birth, Valentino's rough touch, him forcing himself inside me again and again until I am once again pregnant. Then running through a forest, carrying the small bundle while being chased by a few beasts, I stop at the edge of the cliff, but what Valentino says still haunts me,"He is not coming for you! He doesn't care about you! Or that bundle you hold! He has replaced you..."I then step back and off of the cliff and into the raging water below. I'd rather die than carry his pup and be forever in his hands. This is what makes me wake up screaming. Nothing has changed, so even after my decision to terminate this pregnancy, I still end up having it in the possession of Valentino. I crawl out of bed, head into the bathroom, turn on the shower and get in, even though it is still cold. It is only just warming when I turn it off, get out, dry off, and
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
>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