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~ ENRIQUE ~Her eyes widen, and I don’t miss the sadness in them, her heart thudding.What happened?“Enrique… What are you doing here?” she asks.That’s the first voice I want to hear every fucking morning and the last every fucking night.“It’s my home. Can’t I be here?” I ask arrogantly.She looks into my eyes, close enough to see past my shades. “You even accompany guests to the bathroom?” she whispers with a pout. But I’m more satisfied with the way her eyes run over me.I smirk. “That depends on who… So tell me, Mi Reina, like what you see?”“Hmm, I guess. I was just thinking that you have a lot of buttons open, did you run out of buttons or was the top too tight? Or maybe you need help to close them?” she asks, as she blinks innocently up at me.She’s jealous, I think smugly.“Someone is either getting distracted or extremely jealous. So tell me, Mi Amor, which is it?”“Neither,” she replies haughtily and I smirk.She’s a bad liar.“Sure, if you say so. What about your dress? Di
~ KATALEYA ~He squeezes my ass, throbbing hard against my stomach as he presses himself firmly against me.I moan softly, feeling his hard manhood against my stomach, gasping when he begins kissing me down my neck and over my breasts, before making his way back up to my neck. My heart is thumping, my chest rising and falling as my body is hit with an influx of emotions.“Fuck…” he growls, and I feel him tense suddenly, pressing his head against my cheek as if catching his breath. I try to move back to see his face, but he refuses to move his head before exhaling and continuing his assault of pleasure upon my neck.I slip my hands under his shirt, running my fingers down his chest and abs, enjoying the feel of his firm body.Goddess, he is perfection…I missed him, missed this.Having someone clearly so into you is unexplainably the best feeling ever. Knowing he loves you, makes you feel like you’re in heaven.“I’ll apologise in advance for not being a gentleman tonight, Mi Amor,” his
~ RAIHANA ~I swirl the ice around my glass of juice, staring out at the Guardsmen. Rhea… what is her angle? I have been able to find little on them, and I’ve tried.I don’t know. It’s still strange she would ask for something like becoming Enrique’s Luna for not finding the Ash Stone. That only benefits her, not the other two. It would also in a way be putting herself as his equal and a guardsman always put their king first and shows respect. That much I know.Liam sits opposite me at the table. He’s alert, watching the crowds.I frown slightly, remembering my moment of weakness earlier…(FLASHBACK)“Shall we?” Dalton asks me, offering me his arm. I nod, about to take it when I pause.Realising that I can’t.Chris was my one and only date for all occasions. The one who would put up with me dressing him, however I wanted. No matter how extravagant or extra I wanted. He didn’t complain.Be reasonable, Raihana. We are putting up a front. This isn’t anything more than simple courtesy. I o
~ KATALEYA ~The moment I re-enter the hall instantly Skyla ambushes me. “You naughty girl.” She giggles as she raises her eyebrows at me. “Seems like Papi couldn’t resist. I’m proud of you!”I blush, feeling mortified. I gesture with my eyes towards Royce, who stands beside her, hands in his pockets as he smoothly looks out across the hall, but we all know he can hear this conversation loud and clear!“Sky…” I murmur, placing a finger to my lips.“Oh, come on. You can’t be shy after getting naughty with the man who's about to take another Luna,” she teases, making my cheeks burn even more.“Sky!” I hiss. She chuckles before she hugs me, then steps back quickly. “Ok, I can smell sex all over you.”I cleaned up! I feel so embarrassed!“Nothing to be ashamed of. Sex is the most natural thing ever. We were born to fuck,” Skyla says, making my eyes widen as a few people glance our way.“Skyla!”She can tell I’m mortified, so she simply chuckles and doesn’t say more despite the smirk remain
~ RAIHANA ~“Here… I can feel something here,” Delsanra murmurs. I nod, looking around at the ground, which doesn’t show any signs that it was once a witch graveyard. There is nothing that shows signs of witchcraft, as if someone didn’t want anyone to know.We begin taking out our supplies, working quietly with only the sounds of nature and the ominous silence of this place surrounding us.“Ri.”I look over at Delsanra, seeing the concern in her eyes as she observes me. She has been the sister I never had ever since she and Rayhan found one another. Since the beginning, we were inseparable. After Chris, she is the one who knows me the most.“Are you sure about this?” she asks me.I nod. “I am, but if you don’t want to, I don’t want to force you -”“I’ll do what I need to. This isn’t about me. I just want to make sure you’re sure about it.”“Yeah, I am. Thanks, girl,” I say as I finish sprinkling some ash and herbs on the ground. Delsanra is lighting the candles as she places the crysta
~ KATALEYA ~There are certain defining moments in life when you question every decision you have made, leading to a specific moment. For me, this is one of them. Every single thing we were trying to avoid has happened. We weren’t able to prevent or stop it.The entire place is plunged into darkness as turmoil breaks out.The man standing above me is as handsome and sexy as he has always been. From those beautiful, sexy hazel eyes, straight nose, and kissable lips that are equally charming as they can be mocking. But it is not my Enrique whose mind is there.Yet despite that sickening truth, and through the shrieks of the crawlers, and those fighting against them, I remember one thing that Azarakh had said. That he could take on any form.Yet here he is, channelling the darkness within Enrique to be here. No matter what he said, it’s obvious he needs Enrique as some kind of tether to be on this earth, and that is something I won’t allow.Around me I see everyone who can fight, battling
~ KATALEYA ~Before he can even react, I have broken free from my binding. The black tendril shrivels up from the intense power of my aura as I tangle my fingers into his hair and tug his head to the side.I’m sorry for doing this without your vocal consent, Enrique. My canines elongate and, not wasting even a second, I sink my teeth into his neck.I have dreamt of marking Enrique in a million different scenarios, as we made love, as we promise ourselves to one another, on a Blood Moon, on the beach… even after a small argument, but never in a thousand years did I think it would be like this.Azarakh’s enraged roar almost splits my eardrums, but I keep exuding power.A wave of darkness pushes against me, mixed with rage. Followed by white-hot pain that rushes through me as his claws, both his natural ones and those of the bionic hand, cut deep into me causing splintering pain to dig deep into my flesh. But I do not move back, not caring that I’m bleeding or that he has his fingers full
~ ENRIQUE ~I don’t know what happened. All I remember is how sick and disgusted I felt knowing I was hurting her, resenting myself for not being able to protect her and keep her happy. That and this anger I felt when I sank my teeth into her neck.I marked Rhea. Then it was followed by excruciating pain, and then everything went blank. I came to, feeling as if I had been drowning, and then I awoke with not only my hand, but even my prosthetic buried fucking claws deep into Mi Reina’s hips.I have hurt her. I could feel her insides against my fingers, see the blood on my hands and on the floor around her, soaking her beautiful dress.She was pale, and although she was in pain, she was only concerned about me. Once again, I had hurt her, and she only cared for my wellbeing.As I step away from the hospital, watching the doctors and nurses discuss how much blood she has lost, reading out her vitals and the doctors throw orders to the nurses, I feel numb.I didn’t want to leave her, but I