I sit up a little and look him in the eyes as I realise and whisper,
“We won't be returning to the pack, will we?”“No, I’m sorry, my fiery warrior. Once we walk into that convention and get word that Rania and Mary are safe. As soon as I challenge him for the throne and prove that I am the true and rightful king, we will not be able to leave. This will then become our pack and our kingdom to rule over.”“But I am no Queen… How am I?…”He places his hand on my cheek and as I am flooded with tingles and sparks; I melt into his touch. He tilts my head just that little more so that he can lean forward and skim his lips against mine before he says,“Yasmine, you thought that you couldn’t be a Luna, and yet you are one. Being the Queen is nothing different, besides I’m sure that Rania would be honoured to help you learn anything that you don’t alread>LORELEI<As soon as I heard Belle's voice, I lifted my head and looked out Yasmine’s eyes. I couldn't believe it. It was her; I hadn't seen her in so long. I couldn't help it when I heard her call my name. I take over, forcing Yasmine to shift. I push her to the back of our mind but I don't cage or block her so that she can still see and hear what is going on.I purr loudly as I rub my head, neck and then the rest of my body over her before pulling back and then jumping at her. She giggles as she used to do, wrapping her arms around me as I make her fall to the ground. I lick her face, making her laugh more before she pushes me off. We then roll around on the ground, playing. I manage to get back on top of her and wrap my jaw over her throat. I growl low, making her giggle and say,"Okay, okay you win..."I huff my victory against her throat. Just as I let go, the flap
Before Zachariah can say anything in return, the Vampire King and Queen then step back as they seem to be surrounded by darkness and then they are gone. Zachariah then pulls me into his arms and says,“So?… Yeah, that was…”“I know, I think I am going to like her... Lorelei says that she hasn’t changed from when Margaret made friends with her. Maybe I can even learn a few things from her.”Zachariah pulls me in even tighter against him and growls low,“I don’t think so… You are enough of a handful as it is without adding the cheekiness I just saw in her…”I growl at his playful words. However, Zachariah then makes me yelp and then moan as he bites down on his mark on my shoulder. Zachariah then growls against my skin, making me giggle when we hear Raphael’s voice from the other side of the tent flap.“Luna, can we enter yet? Everyone is here now and they
The Warrior smirks, Zachariah, growls low as he has not once said that I am his or that I am their Luna and I know that he has done this so that the warrior fights to his best and doesn’t hold back because I am his Luna or at least a Luna as I don’t remember seeing him around our pack. Besides, if he was one of ours, he would know who I am and how well I can fight.Lorelei chuckles in my head as she picks up the tail end of Raphael’s conversation with Alpha Jasper, as he says,“Are you not going to intervene and tell him?”“Nope, the little bastard deserves whatever Luna Yasmine deals out to him. He has become too cocky since he graduated from training to become an actual warrior. He has been flaunting himself around the pack in front of the females for weeks. Telling everyone that he is the best and that it won't be long before he is holding one of the high-ranked positions.It’s time one put him back in his plac
I nod, take a deep breath, and turn around. As the next song starts, Malik bows as I curtsy. He then steps closer and places his hand on my waist as my hand goes to his shoulder and our other hands connect. He then starts us dancing.I must admit he wasn’t a bad dancer, but then I had only learned to dance first from Zachariah and then from Edward. Malik takes us around the dance floor, not stopping as one song turns into two and then, by the end of the third song, he has this strange smirk on his face.When he stops, he takes a small step back allowing him to bow slightly as I curtsy once more, he then steps back into me wrapping his arm around my waist and holding me close and tight as he leans in and skims his lips against my ear and whispers,“You have failed, my dear, and now that I have you in my arms, he's not getting you back. You have had his pups. Now you can give me the heir that Rania never could…”“In your dream
THIRD PERSON... Humiliated by what that female had done and feeling even more embarrassed when he realised that it was Luna Yasmine, Alpha Zachariah's mate, he had challenged and lost against. Now, not wanting to do the punishment and be seen as low as the females, the warrior thinking he could do better and earn himself a reward, snuck out of the camp heading for the castle. King Malik stood quickly from where he sat behind his desk as his personal guards walked in and threw what looked to be a skinny, beaten warrior at his feet. He looks at his guards and says, "What's the meaning of this?" "We caught him trying to sneak into the castle. He says he has important information, but even after a beat down, he insisted that he would only tell you and you directly." "Interesting." Malik gets to his feet and walks over to the beaten warrior. and crouches down next to him as he says, "Okay, what do you have for me, war
THIRD PERSON...She then pulls out of his hold, turns, grabs his cheeks in both her hands, whispers the ending of the spell once more and then kisses him. She lets go, allowing him to slump and fall to the floor with the other guard. Summer then crouches down and checks their pockets for keys. They didn’t have any, so she hoped that the door they were guarding wasn’t locked.When Summer returned to her feet, Darius was standing by the door. She looked at him and he looked down at the guards and asked,“Are you okay?”Summer smiled and stepped over to stand next to him. She then crouches down next to him and says,“I know you are older than your years and when you are old enough, never try to take advantage of a female, as you never know when they will fight back.”Darius laughs, “Summer, have you met my mother?”Summer laughs with him and nods her head. She then stands a
THIRD PERSON... Summer lets Nessa have Mary’s full weight, walks over, and then crouches down in front of Rania. Summer, as she has always done, asks, “Can I touch you, Your Highness?” Rania smiles and nods her head as Summer moves just that little closer so that as she gets to her feet, she takes Rania with her. As soon as Summer is on her feet, Rania nearly collapses to the floor again as her legs give out underneath her. Summer wraps her arm around Rania’s waist, pulling her up against her tightly but still keeping her touch gentle. She then walks over to the door with Nessa and Mary walking behind them. As Summer steps out of the room, she calls out in a whisper, “Darius? Darius, come out here.” Darius pokes his little head out of the curtain and smiles when he sees Summer, but then frowns as he sees the other three females that are with her. Summer smiles at him and says, “Nessa says that there is a room dow
THIRD PERSON...Zelda lifts her head to the full moon and howls loudly. Everyone in the ballroom that wasn’t already on their knees does at the authority within that howl, recognising her as their Queen. However, Malik was not one that went to his knee. He fought the impulse to obey, keeping his feet along with a few of the warriors that were still standing around Yasmine.Malik nods his head and the remaining 4 warriors standing around her attack. Zelda didn’t expect this as she had only just noticed that Malik and a few others were still on their feet. With Lorelei’s warning, Zelda manages to dodge three out of the four. Unfortunately, the fourth one made contact, scraping his claws deep into her side.Lorelei works fast to try to heal as much of it as possible, while Zelda tries to hold on to her shift and continues to fight the surrounding warriors. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long for the continuous fighting to take its toll, as these warriors are nearly 3 times the size of he
>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