Bo Zale joined me, and all I could focus on was the scent of Amanda all over him. In normal circumstances, such a thing would just make me want him more. But right now, saddled with the majority of the pack watching my every move? I wanted to throw him into a furnace or two. "How's it going?" he questioned, eyeing my recruits. "It's... going," I replied with a sigh. Our warriors weren't slouches, they were strong and fast and worth more than a normal pack member five to one. But the problem was, they still weren't enough to fight what we needed to. "Is this really going to work?" Zale stared at his open palm, squinting hard at it. "It has to," he replied instead. "I'm not the type of ruler to use my people like meat shields. They will get stronger and we will take out the demons. By that time I should have control of my powers and be able to share them with my mates. Until then, this is our only course of action." I stared at the rows of warriors. Sweat dripped from their bodies.
AmandaTugging Clara by her wrist, we ran through the snow. "Faster," I ordered her.She huffed. Her steps were uneven. She hadn't been cared for very well. She was criminally thin and had the stamina of a baby sloth. "I can't," she wheezed at me."You can, you have to. You don't know Javier as I do." I looked back in the direction we'd fled from. How long would it be until he checked on us? I was doing all I could to not alert them through our mate bond. Even Ares was distracted by something."Do you have a plan?" My wolf questioned with a judging sniff. "Once they catch you it won't be a laughing matter. You know what happened to you last time you ran from anyone."She didn't have to remind me. I knew better than anyone what happened to runners. "We can't stay here, you know that. If we do we won't be able to carry out the Moon Goddess' will. We promised.""You promised, Amanda. I only went along with it because you were desperate. Granted, we probably wouldn't have survived without
Zale "Ares!" I roared in my mind at my wolf. For his credit he didn't cower from me. He simply nodded in acknowledgement. "I know what you're going to say." "Then why the fuck did my mate run? What happened here? Explain it to me, right now. You can walk through the minds of my mates, you're not a normal wolf. Why didn't you stop her the very second she had such a stupid idea as to run from us?" "I was blocked." I snorted. "You're a Prime wolf, Ares. How the hell were you blocked? She's our Luna, but she doesn't have power to rival us." My wolf went silent. "Useless. But it doesn't matter. Even without you I'll find her again. But damn it, Ares, now we have another damn wizard to fight. One was bad enough, you know that." "Zale!" I looked up from my internal argument and scanned the area. Javier and Bo had both caught up. Javier was tugging along Amanda's kid. The woman fell to the ground and threw her hands over her head, shivering so hard her teeth rattled in her damn head
Amanda My captor didn't speak to me as we floated through the air. I tried to keep track of where our bubble went, but the thing swayed to and fro like it was zig-zagging through the plains. But we weren't heading north as I'd assumed, and we weren't heading south either. Instead, we were heading West? I couldn't take it any longer. "Who are you?" I demanded. He glanced over his shoulder at me, his long blonde hair flowing behind him like a banner. "Luna, there will be time for niceties later. We are together forever after all." "You're not my mate," I growled at him. My wolf added her growl to the mix as well. There was no way we would just agree to what this man said. "You smell like a demon." He twisted around again and the bubble we were in dipped low, its bottom almost skimming the trees. Squirrels looked up at me and scolded me with their little chattering voices before scampering to safety. He proceeded to sniff the end of his hair and frowned. "I see. I apologize about tha
AmandaThe instant our bubble landed on solid ground it popped. I darted forward but Aren grabbed my arm, hauling me back against him. I struggled, pushing against him with my free hand. My wolf was almost asleep. She was there but the more I called to her, the farther away she seemed to be. "Let me go," I screamed at him.If I followed him into that castle I might not be coming out. "Alessa," he scolded, his fingers tightening around my upper arm, his fingernails digging into my skin. "You're not being a good girl."I shuddered. It wasn't the same kind of delicious shiver that worked its way through my body like when one of my mates said it. No, this was pure terror. I whimpered deep in my throat, eyes darting around. The forest all around us was dark and red-eyed creatures stared back at me. Wicked cackles and cries rose in volume almost drowning out every other sound."Silence!" Aren roared at the forest. The trees swayed with his scream and the shrieks went quiet like a mute but
AmandaMitsi had gotten me dressed in record time. I had no idea how she managed to put so many pieces of clothes on me, that barely covered anything really, in such a short amount of time. What was the point of all of this if the vast majority of it was see-through?"This way," Mitsi informed me with a bob of her head and she darted down the opposite end of the hall. I had to jog to catch up to her.I glanced back at the way we were running from. I didn't see anything, so why did she look so worried? Was she expecting us to be chased or something?"Here," she tugged me into yet another room and pulled me to a stool. "I'll be quick. He doesn't like a lot of makeup, but your eyes are puffy. We have to fix them."We seemed to be alone. I leaned a little closer as she sorted through an assortment of makeup on her table. "Who is this guy anyway? What does he want?"Her eyes darted to the door then back to me. She held a finger to her lips and then rushed over to the door, closing it secu
AmandaCee inclined her head to me. "A Prime Luna? Do you know that we have been trying to kick your kind off of our land for the last twenty years or so?"I shook my head. "I'm not born a Prime, I'm just mated to one."Cee gave me a sad soft smile. "Were mated to one," she corrected me."No," I replied. Rage simmered in me at her words. "I'm not staying here. I don't care if you're a favorite or if you plan to give me up. When I've gotten what I need, I'll find a way to escape. If you want me to get my people off your land, we'll try to figure out a solution."Cee clucked her tongue. "You're quite young to my people. You'll never escape from Aren. He is favored by the Moon Goddess. She's given him so many of us." She brushed the crook of her neck with her fingertips. "Do you see a mark here?" I peered closer. But there was nothing. The only mating mark I could see was on one of her shoulders as it peeked out. Even Aren's mark had a strange beauty to it. The twists and twirls of hi
Amanda Aren casually curled his arm around my shoulders. "Alessa, I'm pleased you've become friends with Cee." He looked over my head. "Cee, get to the dining room and prepare everything. We will catch up to you." The demon woman nodded and fell into a graceful curtsy before scurrying down the hall and leaving me with my new tormentor. "Amanda," I replied softly. I was willing to put up with this, but I refused to lose my name. No matter how many times he called me that name, it wasn't mine and I wasn't answering to it. "You are a stubborn little pup," he scolded, clucking his tongue at me. "No matter. I know how to punish those that disobey me no matter what they are. I suggest you start listening to me now or your stay here might be quite unpleasant. I'll be willing to overlook your offenses for now, but you'll learn my good will only stretches so far." He leaned close and the tip of his nose grazed my neck. "You'll be wearing my mark soon, and once you do, there will be nothi
AmandaI wasted no time in cornering Teniv when we returned. "Okay, how do we do it? You can't just summon a Goddess and they show up."Teniv chuckled. "Oh? But isn't that what you did for me? You called, and I came."I rolled my eyes at his flippant attitude. "I'm being serious. This isn't the time to joke. I need to put a stop to Saabi. I won't let her have her way.""Ah, I suppose you're right. She's not about to show up if you call her, though she might send one of her celestial wolves instead."There had to be another way. "What about her followers? Do only the wolves follow her, or is there more?"Teniv tapped his chin as he hummed in thought. "There have been rumors she's taken over the place of quite a few Gods but I can't really confirm or deny any of that. I've been busy keeping my eye on the Primes." he shrugged at me but his eyes danced.This God could be irritating. "Then what do we do, Teniv? I have to put a stop to her. Tell us where to go. I want to put an end to this.
ZaleShe trembled before me, staring up at me with her big expressive eyes.Eyes I normally wanted to lose myself in."Talk?" she whispered the word.I bent down and took her into my arms, cradling her against my body. The others got to their feet, prepared to go with us until I glared at all of them. "I'm going to have a private conversation with my Luna."Her damn hounds growled at me. I appreciated the extra protection she had with them around, but I was really getting sick of them getting in my way all the time. "It's okay, guys," she whispered from my arms, and one by one they dropped their guards and let us stroll through.For some reason, instead of being relieved that they wouldn't be around to bother us, it only irritated me. They would have to be reminded of who was really in charge here.I turned on my heel and ventured out of the room and towards my own. My thoughts clouded my mind like poisonous clouds of vapor. How could she think about sacrificing herself?Was I happy t
AmandaI wasn't sure what to expect from the deity in front of me, but I dutifully followed him out of the room. My hounds scrambled before they too joined me.There was no fear in me when it came to Teniv. We had a connection, though I'd be hard-pressed to explain what it was. I had zero doubts I could trust the god. "Is this going to hurt?" I asked.Teniv glanced over his shoulder at me, eyes warm with concern. "Yes, you're melding your conscious with that of your mates and all of the pain will be yours until the process is complete. One final chance to turn back?""No," I answered with a shake of my head and a hand on my stomach. He didn't need to keep giving me outs. I reached for him, placing my hand on his back. He stiffened beneath my touch and twisted around to study me. "I'm choosing this. If this is what will bring her downfall, everything is worth it.""So be it." Teniv inclined his head and paused in the large living room. "Sit down," he ordered.I took a seat, and the god
AmandaBy the time everything was done and I'd been with each of my hounds, my body was a quivering husk.Raul chuckled and kissed my cheek. "Don't get too comfy, it's already morning."I groaned at the reminder and was tempted to grab a pillow and lob it at his face, but my current pillow of choice was Jesse, and lobbing the man wouldn't be easy. Instead, I glared at Raul and cuddled closer to Jesse. "I need sleep.""I know, but we need to protect our future," Tyler gently chided me. He yawned, breaking part of his serious effect. "Sorry, someone kept me up too late wanting a back rub."'It hadn't been that late when we started, and it was my fault he didn't stop until the wee hours of the morning when I was already knocked out. "Not you too, Ty, you can't be betraying me."His only answer was a chuckle and a ruffle of my hair. "You're something else, mate."I smiled before leaning closer. "I really don't want to get up.""I get it, but we have to," Raul scolded again.Sighing, I rol
AmandaI was stuck on Raul, contrary to his words, his knot did not go down, in fact, it only seemed to swell with every thrust Jesse made against me. Raul held me steady, peppering the top of my head with soft kisses of encouragement as I took the other hound's pounding. Tyler grunted, the head of his cock slammed into the back of my throat as he got closer and closer to his own relief."Wait," Raul ordered him.Tyler panted but stilled. "What?""We all have to finish inside of her, she's our mate, this is important. If you're getting too close, just wait."Tyler let out a keening little moan, his hips still working against my mouth but nodded. "Yeah," he agreed.My eyes widened as Tyler pulled free of my lips and I swallowed. "I have to take more of those?" I could take a lot, my body has proved that with the rough nature of Javier and Bo, and somehow, I loved it. The sensation of being stretched almost to the point of breaking, for my entire body to tremble as I pushed it more an
Zale There was something almost beautiful about Bo and his movements. his long hair spilled down his back as he submitted to me. I ran a finger down his spine and he shuddered beneath me, desperate for me to fill him up. I grinned and ground my hips against his sweet ass. With my other finger, I prepared him for me, I should have been slower, it had been a while since I'd gotten to enjoy his body, but there was no time for that. Or rather, I didn't wait to wait. I slipped another finger in him and scissored them in and out, stretching him. It wouldn't be long until I sunk inside of him. I leaned down and bit at his ear again and a long sexy moan tore out of him. The rougher I was with him, the more he responded. Bo had always been my desperate little slut, loving every touch from me, and I more than loved giving it. I pulled my fingers free and grabbed my hard-as-a-brick cock and pushed it against his tight little hole. "Scream for me love," I whispered as I slammed inside of him in
BoWhatever was going on with Amanda shot through me like a never-ending stream of fireworks. She was being well taken care of her by her hounds, and I was jealous."You need to calm down," Zale scolded, closing the door behind us. "Because if you don't, I'm going to be forced to punish you."I bit my lip. Lust spiraled inside my stomach. Zale had a way of pulling that out of me. "I don't like having her out of our sight, not after what happened before."He snorted at me. "Do you really think she's going to be taken away from us again so easily? I'll rip apart anyone that dares. Besides, those hounds are her mates just as much as we are, I'm tired of having to press that onto you."I understood his reasoning, but it didn't mean I had to like it. "I can't stop worrying," I confessed with a sigh.Zale came behind me, running the tips of his fingers up and down my arms and nibbling on my shoulder. "Oh?" he pressed pushing his erection against me. "I think I can help you stop worrying if y
AmandaMy words were the only barrier keeping them away from me. Raul pressed firmly down on my thighs and his tongue slowly slid into me, teasing my clit and making me gasp and writhe against the bed.Tyler's fingers found my sensitive pussy lips and he pulled them apart so Raul had better access. I cried out over the deeper touch and he leaned over, capturing my lips with his and silencing any more moans from me.Jesse continued to torment me from behind. "Do either of you have any lube?" he asked. "I'm wanting to get her nice and prepared for all of us, I'm sure you wouldn't mind that, right Amanda?" he purred into my ear.I shook my head back and forth, but Tyler followed after me, his tongue darting over my lips and making me whine beneath him.Raul didn't pull away but he snapped his fingers and pointed at my nightstand. Tyler leaned over, still holding me completely exposed to my mate, and grabbed a small vial from the drawer. He motioned for Jesse to hold out a hand and he squ
AmandaThere was no hesitation left in me. I followed my hounds to one of the bigger rooms and took a seat on the large bed, watching as the three of them turned to me.Now that it was this moment, my pulse raced and I couldn't get it to calm down. From the moment they marked me, I knew this would eventually happen, but I hadn't realized how nervous I would be."It's okay," Jesse offered, taking a seat beside me. He wrapped an arm around me and pulled me against his warm body before gently kissing the top of my forehead. "We can take this as slow as you need, or just cuddle if that's all you want, Luna.""Amanda," I corrected. "We're all mates. There's no reason for you to keep that up."Raul chuckled and took a spot on the other side of me, nuzzling his nose in the crease of my neck. "A-man-da," he sang my name out and his warm breath tickled me. "Thank you."I stared down at my hands. I wasn't sure what to do anymore. It's not that I didn't want to take the next step forward, but my