When I wake I reach my hand over to find that I am in the bed alone, I sit up slowly wondering if I just dreamed what happened, and I didn't just spend a magnificent night with Zach or is he Zachariah my mate or was it just a con like I have heard some of the other females in the village talk about.
Now not all of them do it, but a newcomer occasionally comes into the village and then manages to convince one of them to spend the night with him, just to be gone in the morning. I feel a wave of sadness wash over me as I let my mind wander and believe that last night might have just been to satisfy him until he could find his princess.
“He is Zachariah, and he is our mate, he would not be satisfied with any other…”
“We are connected to him…”
“Then why did I wake up alone?”
Even though I remember everything that happened with him, some of the feelings make m
I feel heat fill me and I cry out as my body feels like it's burning. I then seem to be thrown back. I have no control over anything, and I watch as everything takes on a sharper orange hue. I then hear Zachariah,“Lorelei? What are you doing?”He sounded a little worried, as I could feel his hand running through my fur before I feel the heat once more, as I am still pushed back but now in my human form.“Sorry, Zachariah, but I needed to tell you something…”“Oh, okay. What’s wrong?”“Do you remember me telling you that I was Queen Margaret’s panther?” “Yes, I remember.”“Well, there is a little more to her story than just what I told you. What I told you was about the day we died, but there is more to it.” “What do you mean, more to it?”
Once I am sitting up straight, straddling his thighs with his hands now sitting on my hips, I slowly start to move up and down until I find a steady rhythm, building the pleasure in both of us. As the pleasure builds and builds, Zachariah finally manages to sit up by sliding one hand from my hip up my side and back to the back of my neck pulling me down, at the same time he moves his other hand onto the bed and then pushes up. Once he pulls me close enough, he crashes his lips to mine in a hungry kiss as he wraps his arm back around my waist and then he joins his thrusts to the movements of my hips. It doesn’t take long as the pleasure increases for our movements to become more intense. I break his hungry kiss to let out the scream that had been building along with my pleasure.Zachariah takes that opportunity to trail kisses down my neck until he reaches his mark. I then scream again as he sinks his canines, only this time as my body shudders, quakes and clamps down on his, he rele
I snap my head and nose up to the sky and take a deep breath. I get to my feet, pushing him off of me as I then say,“The storm is increasing once more. We need to return because if we get caught out in it, it is very easy to get turned around within the snow and get lost, and getting lost in the snow can cost you your life.” Zachariah/Morpheus roll over onto their back exposing to me their belly before huffing and then getting to their feet. He gives me a wolf nod before walking up to me and rubbing his nose and then his neck into mine. Zelda growls low in approval before returning the rub. She then nips at his ear and takes off running.Zachariah/Morpheus growl low at us and then give chase. We swap who chases who as we make our way back to the small house Dad gave Zachariah to stay in. Zachariah shifts first and then walks up to the door, opens it and allows us to walk inside. Once inside, he closes the door behind us, allowing me to shi
Now that I am slowly remembering, I take a deep breath and freeze. Zachariah stops and looks at me, but I am looking at Arthur.“Why didn’t you tell me?”I asked no one in particular. Zachariah steps back next to me and says,“Tell you what?”“That he is my brother…”Zachariah smiles, “Again, until you remembered you wouldn’t have believed us.”Arthur bowed before saying, “Leo would have been here too, but Father is training him to take over the Alpha position in a year or so…”I looked at him confused, he just laughed, “Yeah, a little has happened since you have been gone. Father was made an Alpha which then awakened the Alpha in all of us, Leo being the strongest as he is the eldest son…”“Mother?”He smiles, “She is thriving as Luna…”He stops and then looks around before sayin
He then looked up at me and says, “I was selfish. I wanted you and I didn’t think of the consequences for anyone else, including you. After Conrad stopped me from… Um... Yeah... After he stopped me and then showed me what he had planned for you and the others I realised that he was no longer the honourable Hunter I thought he was when I met him… After he sold you I went out on a few more missions but my heart was no longer in it, without the prospect of having you back I didn’t see a reason to keep going. On my last mission I watched my target closely and realised that he wasn’t doing anything that seemed wrong, he wasn’t threatening or causing trouble to anyone he was just a target because of what he was… I went back to Conrad and told him that I was done… I decided to try to find you again, maybe grovel at your feet for your forgiveness and return you to the Beast that had seemed to have stolen your heart from me. I'm not sure how he found out, but he did and he asked me to wear a t
Once I am near enough to them, I clear my throat. “Um… Can I speak to you?” Zachariah turns and looks at me and then back at the others around him and Raphael. He then says, “Go and check on the pack up of the camp. Report back in 15.” “Yes, Alpha.” The others all walk away. Raphael goes to walk away as well. I quickly say, “Raphael, please stay…” He stops and returns to standing by Zachariah’s side. I take a deep breath before asking, “How much do you know about Queen Margaret?” “I only know the basics…” Zachariah says as he readjusts where Darius is sitting on his hip. “I may be able to answer a little more. What did you want to know?” I look down. If I am remembering things right, both Zachariah and Raphael know about my nightmare and what some of them mean. I just don’t want to make a fool out of myself if my memory is wrong. I take a deep breath and say, “You know my nightmares?” “Yes.” They both answer and I let out what was left of that deep breath. I then contin
We travel for the next few days with no problems. Zachariah was still very possessive and would keep me within our tent as much as possible. Most of the time he would use my body's reaction to his to have me melting into his body and touch, getting me to allow him to do as he pleased with me. Not that I was really complaining as l was enjoying every minute of his attention even when the slightly rougher and heavily possessive side of him would come to the surface but that only seemed to happen after I have been doing training with Raphael or Charles especially when it was one on one. I am surprised a few days later when Zachariah actually allowed me to go and fetch some water with Charles from a fresh running stream nearby. Once there, I crouch down and fill first the water bottles and then the 4 buckets we brought with us for some of the others to do some cooking. Just as we were making over way back to the camp, I felt Lorelei and Zelda press forward and my senses expand. I drop t
I just continue to watch. I also know that Zachariah is on his way. He, however, doesn’t move closer. When I don’t answer him, he continues.“The darts in him are the normal full strength, the knife well that was just extra but nothing that would hurt him. The ones for you are slightly different, they are experimental. From what I was told, they only have a touch of sedative to dull the mind a little and a slightly different version of the drug I used on you the first time to weaken the beast within you. My employer wants you complainant, but not quite unconscious, well not unconscious for long, anyway.”“And who is this employer?”“Some high Lycan… Mal… Malik or something like that…”“That bastard…” I can’t stop the mix of growls and roars as Lorelei and Zelda fight against the drugs running through my system. This seems to surprise Conrad, and he gets to his feet and takes a step back. I fight the burning and stand too.I open my link with Zachariah. It is weak, but it is there.“
>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