“It’s your turn, Nico.” I groaned and shoved at his back to get him to move. The twins were screaming blue murder in the nursery.“No, they’re hungry,” he growled, “I just changed them like five minutes ago.”He was lying. It was three hours ago. Oh. He was right, they needed to be fed. I groaned; my body felt tender from our activities. Nico couldn’t get enough. If I were still human, he would have broken me.“There, there, Mama’s here, my angels.” I changed their nappies, cleaned them and brought them back to the bed with me. They were so impatient, their little mouths anxiously looking for my nipples.“I’m actually feeling jealous watching those two sucking at your pretty boobs.” Nico lay propped up on his elbow watching me feed the twins.I clicked my tongue at him. “You made them.” I said, “Deal with it.”He chuckled, “I’m going to make more of them very soon.”Over my dead body. “Give me a break.” I said, “Not until they can do things for themselves.”“We’ll see about that.” Nic
NICO“What is this? A dungeon?” Sanda’s expression changed when she saw Darina on her knees, naked with her hands tied behind her back. “Alpha? What are you doing?” she wanted to rush towards Darina, but I stopped her.“Nico? What is she doing here?” Darina’s heartbeat sped up like a racehorse.“She’s my reward to you, little fox.” I smirked at her, “Do you not want her?”“What do you mean, Nico?” Darina struggled against her bonds.I beckoned Sanda to come closer. She reluctantly stepped towards me, disgust plain on her pretty face. I reached for her and pulled her to me.“Do you take me for a fool, Darina? Did you really think I wouldn’t notice? Her scent was all over you when I got back. Our bedroom reeks of her.” I smirked at Sanda’s horrified face.“Nico, please…” Darina trembled where she kneeled. “I can explain.”Sanda tried to get away from me, but I held her arm in a steel grip. “Alpha, let me go. You don’t understand. I helped with the twins when you weren’t here. There’s no
DARINASanda’s body stiffened, wide eyes staring at Nico. Shallow breaths left her half-open lips. I turned her face to mine.Nico was ready to penetrate her, but he stopped, and I glanced at him.“Why the hell didn’t you tell me she was untouched?” He looked angry, scowling at me.“I didn’t think it would matter?” I said, taking Sanda into my arms. She clung to me desperately. I stroked her trembling back. She’s never been with a man, but it didn’t mean she hadn’t been touched.Sanda turned her head to scowl at him. “You didn’t ask.”Nico threw his arms in the air, getting off the bed and stalked to the bathroom. “For fuck’s sake.” He turned the shower on.“I’m sorry, Sanda.” I kissed her cheek. “I was too scared I couldn’t think clearly.” I couldn’t bear it to see her hurt.“it’s okay. But what will happen now? What will he do to me?” Her heart was beating much slower now. She was more afraid of Nico fucking her than she was of him killing her.“He can hear you, you know.” Nico shou
It’s been four months since we took Sanda as our second mate. Between raising the twins and Nico’s busy schedule, we enjoyed each other as often as we could. Although she was mated to Nico and didn’t glare as much at him as she used to, even initiated sex with him, she was still very much protective over me. She hated it when he spanked me or chained me up, spread-eagled on the table to tease me with his various whips before he fucked me into oblivion. She would snap and growl at him, so much that he caged her when he did that.“I don’t understand this slave business,” she said to me while rubbing ointment on the welts on my butt. “How can you enjoy being degraded like that?”I laughed, “He’s not degrading me, and I don’t know, it sort of takes me out of my own head.”She tilted her head at me. “So, what am I then, if you’re his slave?” she asked.Nico came in from behind and grabbed her. She yelled, turned around and punched him in the stomach. He just laughed, enjoying the look of f
NICOI must be the world’s greatest idiot. Instead of one female leading me by the balls, now I’ve saddled myself with another one. But damn, both of them were the most gorgeous she-wolves on the planet. I never would have thought that I would be so attracted by Sanda. We were like fuel and fire. She was no submissive, and I loved it. Although I loved Darina, everything about her, she was my heart. But Sanda, well, she was just different. I saw what Darina liked about her. Darina liked to be protected, spoiled and to be the center of attention, and Sanda gave it to her in spades. Now here Sanda was again, all up in my face about going to Romania. Darina would have sulked about it and left it. Maybe even refused to sleep with me. I chuckled. Not that it would last very long. But Sanda, no she wouldn’t take it. She was so defiant, and it made me want to take her right there on my desk, show her who the Alpha was.But did I? Instead, I booked tickets for us for the end of the week. Dar
DARINAIt was wonderful to be back. Mama and Anthony gushed over the twins and Zane stood there on the porch watching us from afar. I walked over to him and bowed my head.“You don’t have to bow to me, child.” He said and embraced me. “Good to see you.”I glanced back at Nico whose thinned lips and narrowed eyes made his disapproval adamant. I smiled sweetly back at him. The stubborn asshole. Like father, like son, I thought watching Zane. I hoped my boy wouldn’t be like them. But I would love him anyway.“Talk to him.” I whispered to Zane.“Oh, I intend to.” Zane said and from the scowl on his face, I wouldn’t want to be near them when that happened.“Come and see your grandbabies. They’ve grown so much.” I tugged him by the hand, and he followed me albeit very reluctantly.His dark face lit up when his eyes found their smiling faces. Thank goodness they’ve been awake for some time and were still happy. He fist took Lycas and then Daciana, holding them to his chest, sniffing their sw
NICOThe red wolf ripped through in mid run as I followed Zane out, eager to get to the fight. He was hungry for blood and ready to defend his pups and mates. Zane’s roar shook the night sky as he called to the pack. The warriors soon assembled outside the pack house and more wolves came howling up the mountain side to answer the call of the Alpha.The putrid, acidic smoke billowed around us, choking us. The wolf’s eyes teared up and he sneezed a few times, shaking his head. All of the wolves were having trouble with it.Zane linked me, ‘What the fuck is with this smoke? There’s no fire.’ He wiped his eyes with the back of one paw, but it only made it worse.‘I think it’s teargas. The kind the military or police use.’ The wolf gagged. ‘Whoever is trying to attack us, is making damn sure they have an advantage.’Zane snarled at me, grabbed me by the scruff of my neck. ‘I hope to the gods this is not your doing, Necolai! That you’ve brought your enemies to our pack.’The red wolf shook
DARINAOur small band of women sat huddled together, trying to be quiet down in the dank cave, listening to the sounds outside. Sounds of fighting and growling. We whispered words of reassurance to each other to still the anxious beating of our hearts.Thankfully, my sweet babies fell asleep not long after we settled down. I covered them with Daciana’s fluffy blanket, the pink one she adored. They held each other’s hands while they slept, looking like two little angels. Sanda smiled at me and laid her head on my shoulder, and I held her close. Her scent calmed me down somewhat. I touched her belly where the new life had started and tried to imagine what he or she would look like. Would they resemble her or Nico?Mama clasped and unclasped her hands nervously. She was worried for Anthony, even though she wouldn’t voice her concerns. I put a hand over hers to calm her.“He’ll be okay. They all will, they’re strong werewolves and Zane’s a Lycan. He’s basically indestructible.” I tittered
The atmosphere in the living room was tense as seconds ticked by waiting for Nico’s reply. His arm around my waist tightened and trying to calm him, I stroked his broad back, feeling the muscles contract under my palm.But then he spoke. “Zane, Mariana, I don’t want my children to grow up not knowing where they came from. I want them to know their grandparents.”I blew out a deep breath I never knew I held in. Nico looked at me and back at them. “All these years knowing what hell we’ve suffered at the hands of Constantin and yet you did nothing. It’s hard to wrap my head around it, knowing that I am your son.” The lines around his mouth deepened while he looked at Mariana.“I didn’t know everything, Nico. You know he never allowed us to visit.” Mariana stepped away from Zane who went to sit down with Anthony by his side. Anthony put a comforting hand on Zane’s thigh and Zane covered his hand with his own.Mariana reached for Nico. He made no move to go forward. “I never wanted to give
DARINAWhat was taking so long? “I can’t stand it anymore. They should have been here already, Sanda. Something’s wrong.” I was in panic mode, pacing around the living room.“Slow down, my love. Nico won’t let himself get caught. You’re making yourself ill.” Sanda smiled serenely back at me, lounging on the couch.“I don’t know how you can just sit there so calmly. We should have gone with Zane.”“Darina,” Mama came into the living room with Daciana on her hip. “Is Lycas with you, because I can’t find him.” Daciana held onto Mama’s neck with her little fist in her mouth, giggling at us.That boy would be the death of me. “I left him in the playpen together with his sister, Mama.” He must have transformed again. I sighed. Using the mind link, I sent out messages to the pack to help find my small wolf cub. “I have a mind to spank his little behind.” I said, storming to the front door.“Boys will be boys.” Sanda laughed. “He’ll turn up when he’s hungry.”“Someone lost a pup?” Nico filled
“Can everyone just calm the hell down!” I glared at Zane and Sanda. My grip on Darina tightened as I held her around her waist with her back to me, hiding my erection. She didn’t struggle but leaned back against me ever so slightly. “I get it, you are mad at me. I fucked up. Maybe.”That earned me a snort from Sanda and Zane’s eyebrows raised a few inches. He stood with his arms folded across his broad chest and I knew from the look in his eyes he was considering breaking a few bones.“But as soon as the dust settles and we’re all back at Romania, we can go on with our lives. Just like you wanted. No more humans trying to get us killed or wanting to use our pups for lab rats. No more Mafia. Okay?” By the gods! What more did they want from me?Sanda came towards me. “Idiot.” Her hands on her hips, she glared at me, “You should have trusted us.”“Sanda’s right.” Darina wriggled her way out of my grasp. “That’s not how you treat us, your mates. We don’t keep secrets from you.” She went t
NICOA few days earlierJohn wasn’t kidding. That blast knocked the shit out of me, also, burned off my clothes. I guess I should have moved further away before I pressed the button. Then I heard Sanda scream, and it took all of my willpower to stop the wolf from rushing back to comfort her.Our mate was in anguish, and he fought me with everything he had to go there. She was crying, screaming my name. I dug my nails into the earth and clamped my jaw shut not to cry out. The wolf turned his back on me in disgust.We’ll go back when it’s dark, hide in the stables. I tried to placate him, but he huffed and turned away. My blood turned to ice when I heard the men screaming for Darina to stop. Oh, no! She ran towards the burning wreck! That was when the wolf took over. There was nothing holding him back. He rushed towards the blaze, but the heat was too much. Whining he backpedaled.But then Sanda came, and I heard her say that no one could survive that. I reigned the wolf in hard. Patie
The day of Nico’s funeral came, the day all of us dreaded. Zane, silent as a ghost, moved about the mansion, looking but not seeing, touching things but not feeling. I had no words for him. Because I felt the same. Mama knew better not to touch me or look at me with pity. She only did that once and I snapped at her. I needed to be strong for my babies and for Sanda. She needed me more than ever. More than once I found her in the bathroom, hiding in a corner, crying. I’ve never seen my dear one so broken.“What makes it so hard for me, is that I could do nothing to protect you or Nico.” She said through her tears, “I’ve failed both of you.”I took her into my arms and stroked her tear-streaked face. “Nonsense. Stop this. If we have to blame someone, blame Nico. His arrogance got him killed. Nothing else.” I kissed her trembling lips, closing my eyes, because I didn’t want her to see how deep the hurt was that I felt.So many cars, so many people coming to his send off. All of his assoc
DARINAMen running, women screaming and above them all I heard Sanda’s voice lifting into a howl. I crushed the twins to my chest, wide-eyed and terrified. My legs wanted to run, to see what was happening, but my brain refused to cooperate.Katherina ran to me, clutching her belly. “Darina! Oh, my God!” She fell down at my feet, sobbing.I was frozen like a statue with the twins in my arms. They cried just as hard as Katherina. She looked up at me. “His car… oh, my God, his car…”Something snapped into place in my brain. “Whose car?” Nico and Sal went out early that morning. I put the twins down next to Katherina and my legs carried me out of the house.When I saw the inferno in front of me, I sank boneless to the ground. “No. No. No.” I couldn’t believe it. Not Nico. Not my mate.Sanda ran to me, her face contorted with anguish. “Darina, he’s in there. We have to get him out.” She screamed at me, but my ears refused to hear.“It can’t be. No.” I clawed at the earth beneath me. Sanda
NICOHours earlier“Are you sure about this, Boss? I mean, why do this now when everything is going so well? We’ve destroyed our enemies and we have control over the city once more.” Sal tried his best to convince me to discard my plans. Although he did everything I asked him to do, he wasn’t happy about it. Which was fine by me, he didn’t have to like it.The meeting with my associates went well. Business was picking up and the money rolled in. Problems with the cops and the feds were minor. Most of them could be bought, it was just a matter of the right price.Sal and I were having lunch at a bar in London, going over the plans for my death.I touched Sal’s shoulder. “Yes, Salvatore. I am doing this for my mates and my pups. Zane is right, I don’t want this life for my children.” I twirled the glass in my hand, staring at the golden liquid. Besides, I owed it to my pack because of all the trouble I caused.“But you lived for this, for our business.” Sal groaned, “I can’t do this wit
DARINA I can’t believe the arrogance of this man! Acting like he is invincible or immortal for that matter. Sanda followed Nico around like a watchdog, she never says it, but I know she loves him with every fiber in her body, just like I do. Thank the gods for the twins, because I would lose my mind worrying about Nico and our safety.“He just received another threat, I heard when he answered his cellphone.” Sanda came into the nursery where I had just bathed the twins and put them in their cribs. “The voice was disguised, like they used some kind of machine.” She plopped herself down onto the rocking chair, holding Daciana’s pink unicorn on her lap.My hands stilled on the clothes I folded. “Sanda, if you continue trying to be his bodyguard, you’ll make yourself sick. If anything should happen, there’s not much we can do about it, is there?” I made my voice sound casual, but my stomach clenched with anxiety.She glared at me like I was crazy. “Don’t patronize me! You’re just as worr
“You have officially lost your mind.” Salvatore spat out his cigarette. “What the fuck’s wrong with you, Nico?”“Lower your goddamn voice.” I growled at him and pulled him after me down the steps. “I don’t want the girls to hear us.”He pulled his arm out of my grasp. “Well, I think they should. Talk some sense into your…”“Salvatore!” I let my Alpha aura wash over him and he submitted at once, dipping his head in deference. “Let’s take a walk to the stables.”He followed me, silenced by my authority. It started to rain, and I lifted my face to the cold, grey sky. I would miss this place. This was the first place where I felt I belonged.Sal drew his hand through his dark mop of hair. “Please tell me you’re not serious.”“Dead serious. I want to fake my death. But it must look believable.” I went into the stables, inhaling the warm scent of hay and horses. There was no way I was going to leave my horse here.Salvatore looked at me as if I had grown horns. “How the hell do you expect m