Again he places the tray on my lap before removing the cover and saying, “I spoke to Ava, and she said you should be alright for a light lunch and the same goes for dinner until your hormones settle. Ava also said that she will stay for as long as you want her here.” I smile at this. I remember how much of a good friend Ava came to be before we left Malik’s castle. Zachariah then allows me to eat. Once I have finished everything on the tray, I move it to the side and climb out of bed. I go into the bathroom and use the toilet and then have a shower. As much as I want to get into my training clothes, I refrain and slip back into a night dress and cover it with a dressing gown. Then, instead of getting back in bed, I go and find Zachariah. I smile as he sits at his desk with the phone up to his ear and his laptop open, in front of him. He says something into the phone and then types something on his laptop. I just stand there and watch him. I don’t know if I made a noise, or if he ju
I look past him and expect Darius to come running, but all I hear are the giggles of Jess and Jade coming from the bedroom. I look back at him and frown, “Zachariah… Wait, you didn’t… Did you?” The sly smile drops from his face as he looks down at me with a frown. “Do what?” “You said that they had been training to be my personal guards, so I gather that before we left King Malik’s, you had them train even more. So they would have been nearly, if not fully, trained to take up that position when they joined us on the trip home. Now their positions would have started as soon as we got into the SUV and started the trip home. Therefore, they would have been following us that day we went to the clearing after the full moon and also on the way back. You would have seen it as a failure when Charles managed to get his hands on me… You didn’t hold them responsible, did you?” He puts his hand on my cheek and wipes the tear that I didn’t realise was falling as I thought about that day. His f
Jade does up the zip, allowing me to let the dress go. I move around a little, looking at the back, the front and the sides before facing Jade and saying, “Do you think he would like it?” “My brother is going to love it, but then you could be in one of the ugliest dresses and he would still love and think you are beautiful.” I blush, knowing that she is right. I then turn so my back is to her once more and say, “Can you undo it now?” “You don’t want to wear it?” “No, I don’t want to get it dirty before we go tonight.” Jade undoes the zip and I slip the dress off, put it back on its hanger and then slip my other dress back on. I then walk to the front counter with Jade walking beside me. When we get to the counter, Cassie, the young assistant, says, “Good day Luna, everything is already taken care of.” I smile at her and say, “Thank you, Cassie. How is your brother Brandon doing? Is he feeling better?” “Yes, he is. Thank you for sending Doc Ava. She was wonderful and helped mo
We then walk out of the hospital, over to the pack house and as we walk up the stairs, I look sideways at Ava and ask, “Do you have anything that I can take to stop the roll of my stomach? I don’t think it would look good for me to be running to the restroom every few minutes…” “Yeah, I have something that should work for tonight, at least.” “Thank you.” When we get to Zachariah’s office, I tap on the door and walk in. Zechariah smiles and says, “So what can I do for you beautiful females?” “Um… Did you know that the Doctor is charging pack members for consults and treatment? And that if they don’t, he is saying that there is nothing that he can do for them?” I watch as Zachariah’s eyes go wide with shock. He then pulls himself together and says, “What makes you say this?” “Do you know Cassie and Brandon from the dress shop in town?” “Yes, they are under the care of their grandmother as their parents were killed in a rogue attack protecting the pack. What about them?” “Bra
I sit down, and she sits behind me. As she slowly starts to fix my hair, she says quietly, “Yasmine, I never got to thank you for what you did that day after the full moon… If you hadn’t made me look past what he was to what I felt, I don’t know if I would have ever been able to accept him.” “I wanted to help you. What you saw was horrible, and I wanted to show you that not all males were like that. Sometimes I wish I had someone to help me when I first met Zachariah. Jade helped a little but I still had to work it all out myself and do you want to know a secret?” “Yeah.” “Even when I was fighting him, I was scared shitless of how he made me feel. I was scared of him owning me, of him possessing me, but most of all, I was scared of him changing me..." "Changing you? You mean changing you into one of us?" "Yes, I was scared of that, but no. I was scared of him changing me from being a fighter. I was so sure that he wanted a girly girl, one that just looked after the house and ha
He makes the kiss more and more dominant, tightening his arms around me, pulling me in tighter and tighter to his body. I let out a low moan, making him growl in response, but before he can take it further, there is a noise from beside us. Zachariah pulls back and leans his forehead to mine and whispers over our private link, “Do you know what you do to me?” I giggle, as that is similar to what I used to and still feel whenever I am around him. Ava then clears her throat once more, making us look over at her. She smiles, “As much as I would probably enjoy the show, if you two don’t get moving soon, then you are going to be late…” Zachariah looks back at me and smiles. “That’s okay. It’s not like us being there late is going to have too much of an effect on what is happening there.” He then places one more quick kiss on my lips and steps back and to the side, holding out his hand. I giggle again and place my hand on his. He then pulls me into his side and was walking out of the be
THIRD PERSON ** THE ALPHA CELEBRATION ** Malik stands in his office facing the window with his back to the two males standing In front of his desk as he asks, "Are you sure this will work? She is a very stubborn and fiery female." "Yes, it will. It is triple the dose I gave the females within my breeding program.” "How quickly will it work?” “A normal dose takes 24 hours, but this one should only take a few before it kicks in.” “Good.” “What happens if Zachariah has already beaten us to it and she is already with pup?” Inquires Henry. “That is the beauty of this serum, my friend. It doesn't matter if she is, it will still make her go into heat again, allowing one, if not all, of us the chance to make her conceive another.” Smirks Valentino. “I am to have her first…” “Why do you get her pleasure first? You wanted us to kill her, to begin with…” Malik turns from the window, stalks over, grabs Henry by the throat and growls, “That was before I knew what and who she was a
** THE ALPHA CELEBRATIONCONT’**Valentino growls and turns, still holding her wrist and slaps her hard, then he lets her go, nodding to henry to do the same as he slaps her again, this time knocking her to the floor. Malik growls low as he gets back to his feet and then watches as Valentino follows her down and lays over top of her. Valentino uses that Malik had lifted her skits and ripped off her panties, along with how she landed on the floor to his advantage and laid down in between Yasmine's legs.Yasmine struggles against him, swinging her arms and hand, hitting Valentino as much as she can. Valentino moves slightly onto his knees so that he can try to grab Yasmine's hands, stopping her from hitting him. Henry then moves around them and kneels down, grabbing Yasmine's hands from Valentino's, so that his hands are now free to slide over her body.He slides his hands up and down a couple of
>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