“What the fuck is he thinking Sam?!” Aidan’s long fuse had finally reached its end. He was pacing back and forth in his bedroom while his Beta laid on the bed, completely calm about the whole thing.
“He obviously knows something we don't, Aidan.” Sam said in a tone not too different from a chastising mother.“But they’re fucking Mages.” Aidan fumed. Sam had been his childhood friend, chosen Beta, and had found his way to Alpha Gabriel’s side after his own father had passed. Sam was sometimes needed to calm him down. His temper had been getting the better of him lately when it involved his father and his choices.“Yes, and they're here to help the Luna.” Sam rose from his comfy spot on the bed and tapped Aidan on the shoulder. “And you think he isn’t on guard? Why do you think he put them up in the main house? In the Alpha wing? Yes, they’ll be close to the Luna, but they’re also being watched and guarded.”“So you do know something?” Aidan scoffed. No wonder Sam was so collected.“Your father has them under constant watch. My men are with them twenty-four seven. And the girl is being checked out. I have someone checking into her background right now. Your father isn’t leaving any stone unturned. Until your mother is healed and they leave, they aren’t off the watch-list.”“I know I’m supposed to be comforted by your words, but I still feel uneasy, Sam.”“Good. You should.” Sam slapped his shoulder roughly, “They are fucking Mages.” He echoed his words from earlier and grabbed the door handle, opening it. “Now, let’s go get something to eat. I’m starving.”Aidan chuckled inwardly before following him out. He had just wiped a smirk from his face when he crashed into something outside the door. A ripple of shocks ripped through him.“What the-” His curse was cut short by the groan of a rumpled purple cloak on the floor.“Sorry sir, Alpha, sir.” One of Sam’s men said from behind the cloaked mess. The man reached down to pull up the girl-who had fallen after her crash with the young Alpha. He looked down at her and scoffed. “We were just on our way-”“Handle it.” Aidan straightened his shirt and nodded at Sam to continue on. Although calm on the outside, he was shaken internally. The rush of power that had been sent through him on contact with the strange little apprentice had done something. It had awoken his wolf momentarily, and he had a perturbed idea of what that could mean.“Are you ok?” Sam said later, as they jogged around the perimeter of the Packland.They were on patrol, something not even the Alpha’s son could avoid. Not that he’d want to. Aidan thought an involved leader made a good impact on the Pack, and it let them know he cared about safety. The most pressing issues facing the Pack were rogues coming from the unclaimed wilderness to the East. They had been increasing in number lately, and Aidan wanted to know why.“I’m fine.” Aidan lied. He still couldn’t shake the feeling he got from the apprentice.“You’ve been in your head since you knocked down that Mage, man.” Sam panted, slowing to catch his breath at the base of a tree. Aidan stopped with him.“I’m fine.” He stressed the word fine to let Sam know to back off.“I’m just sayin’ maybe you got a feel of what was under that cloak?” Sam laughed through his breathlessness. “I mean, it’s natural to get worked up over a fine lady. Even if her face is so hideous she has to cover it with a bag.”“Sam.” Aidan warned.“I mean, she could just wear it while you fucked her. The best way to defend your Pack is to infiltrate it... from the inside.” Sam ignored Aidan’s moody glare. “It’s not like we have too many unmated gals left, Aidan. Or not that many ‘new to you’ gals anyway.” Sam was poking at Aidan’s zest for female company.It was true. Aidan had pretty much fucked his way through the entire Pack’s unmated females. He used it as a distraction, and it worked well. Until it wore off, anyway. He kept it casual. He didn’t want pups or attachments. Most knew this and played the part. Others had to be shaken off after it was evident they wanted more. Aidan couldn’t give more, and this was evident to him through his affectionless thoughts. He didn’t find a woman anything more than pleasing to the body or useful to her Pack.“Let’s go,” Aidan took off, leaving Sam to scramble to catch up. He needed some distraction.“Fuck. . .” He sighed as the Gamma stuffed his entire cock down her throat. She was good at this. Her mouth was thick was saliva and his cock easily glided in and out of it.He threw his head back on the pillows and let her continue to suck and nibble at his shaft. When he didn’t think he could take anymore, he pulled his dick from her mouth and turned her body around roughly so that her wet cunt was hoisted high. With her on all fours, he gripped his cock and inserted the shaft into her dripping pussy. She gasped at his entrance and moaned. He tensed from the clamping and started to pump in and out of her, gripping her hips and softly gasping.Just when he was beginning to feel the start of an orgasm, something happened. His mind conjured the image of the girl, crumpled on the floor at his feet. He quickly brought his thoughts back to the present, but he couldn’t help longing for that shockwave he’d felt on impact with her.His dick softened and his pumping stopped. He tried to massage it back into form, but it was useless. He wasn’t able to get hard again.“Should I try, Alpha?” The Gamma looked up alluringly at him, wrapping her mouth around his length.“No.” He pushed her away, disgusted at what had just occurred. He waited for her to get the message and gather her clothes, putting on his boxers and tshirt. When she left, he sighed deeply and ran his hands through his hair. Then he laid back on the bed and tried to gather his escaping thoughts.“What the fuck is happening?” He whispered to himself.“What is happening?” Back in her room, Aravia was trying to reign her emotions in. She had heard the laughter of a gamma down the hall. The slamming of a door, and then moans and what was presumably a headboard banging against the wall. She had assumed it to be the cocky Alpha’s son, Aidan. She knew it was unfair to presume such things without meeting him formally, but she also knew that wasn’t likely to happen anytime soon. So, she focused on her sightings and indirect encounters with him to base her opinion of his identity. “Fuck. . .” She felt her heart quicken when she heard his cry. His voice was ripe with his pleasure. Something Aravia had never experienced herself or given to another person. It was starting to make her heat up again. Her body was burning once more, and the space between her legs began to hum and buzz with arousal. She started to pace to get rid of the feeling. Calm your breath. She repeated to herself over and over, but it did nothing to stop the erratic brea
Slowly, she lifted her head to see his arm above her shoulder. She knew she had to turn around, but she didn’t want to. His body was so close, that she was afraid he could smell her arousal and sense her shame. She’d been involved in enough trouble with her classmates to be able to feel when someone wanted to hurt her, and she felt this familiar feeling now.“Turn around.” She slowly swiveled her body, trying not to fall on the now completely soaked floor. She had her eyes closed and decided she wasn’t going to open them. Her head drifted downward, ready for the beating. She waited for what seemed like forever. She could hear both of their breathing, ragged and fast. “Look at me.” She opened her eyes, but kept her head bent to the floor. She could feel a movement from beside her. He was raising his hand to strike.But the strike never came. Instead a hand cupped her chin firmly and lifted it upward. She could see his hazel eyes peering at her. There was a look of fury there, but also
Aidan had finally gotten his brain to fall asleep, when he awoke to a scream. It was a blood curdling scream that instantly chilled his heart. Without time to think, he jumped out of his bed and ran toward the sound. Silas and the guards were already there outside the apprentice’s door.“Listen to me!” Silas was telling the guard, who wasn’t listening at all. Instead he was furiously banging on the door and calling out to Aravia. “What’s going on?” Aidan asked the guard.“I don’t know Alpha, there was a scream and the door’s locked.”“Open it.” “It’s just a night terror!” Silas yelled to them both. “She has had them since she was a girl. She’s fine!” Silas pleaded. In truth, he didn’t know if Aravia had the habit of sleeping without her veil. And if anyone saw her face, then they would know the lie, and he wouldn’t be able to conceal her any longer. “I said open it!” Aidan’s senses were heightened now. He could smell the apprentice's fear. It was a fear that he had smelled as a ch
She climbed the stairs, as aware of her breath as she was the stony silence that surrounded her. With each inhale, she climbed higher and higher to the tower office. The office where she knew Silas awaited her. “Ah, you’re here.” She heard Silas mumble, distracted by the sample of herbs he was purveying. She pushed the heavy wooden door inward, careful not to catch her cloak as she shut it with a resounding groan of wood. “The herbs you have obtained are of the most excellent condition.” Silas mentioned from beneath his short and graying beard.Aravia took great pride in this. Finding and gathering herbs was the most peaceful and intricate part of her day. She was free to wander the forest, her shoes strung around her belt, barefeet plunged into the soil. The sights! The smell of damp earth, and the feeling of growth and life beneath her feet were enough to calm her and bring out her sense of mastery of the forest. Although she knew that no one could ever master the forest, she fel
“What has happened here?” Olivia looked from Aravia to Silas for answers. But before she could hear her master speak, she bolted for the door. She ignored the sounds of her steps echoing loudly in the stairway and the calls of Mage Olivia resounding from above. She could only hear her heart as it pounded in her ears. Her body was still on fire. Something was wrong with her.She had made it to the forest without realizing it, as if led by an invisible force. She inhaled the sweet scent of the woods, trying to calm down, but it felt all wrong. The scent became stronger and overbearing in her nostrils. She coughed, choking on it like smoke. Her body was burning even hotter now, her heart pounding faster and louder. Her bones went from an ache to feeling like they were being pulled apart from her sinew and flesh. As her vision began to darken, she could only manage one thought. I have to cool down. She staggered to the side of the small river, where she had cleaned so many herbs. Without
When Aravia finally awoke, the sun was just beginning to set. The water was tugging playfully at her hair, and the searing heat had finally left her body. She felt as if she’d been torn apart and put back together. The young woman sat up slowly and cursed softly at the pulling sensation of all of her muscles. The water had chilled her to the bone, and she shivered violently as the temperature dropped around her. One extreme to another, she thought sarcastically. Her actions from earlier in the day came rushing back, and she felt her cheeks heat up with embarrassment. What was she supposed to do now? Her mind reeled with the sinking feeling that she would have to go back and face her Master. She felt so absolutely horridly disgusting. How could she have thought she had the right to want such things? The lust she had felt earlier was buried beneath shame and guilt. She felt as if she should die. As if she deserved it. No, she thought to herself, I deserve to be shamed. That was a fate
“They’re here, Alpha.” The serious tone in Sam’s voice let Aidan know he was talking to his father instead of him. Aidan followed his Beta’s gaze out the window in time to see a large, black SUV pull in front of the house. Although Aidan was in fact an Alpha, his father Gabriel was the Pack Alpha. This meant that even though he was Gabreil’s son and successor, Aidan was not the True Alpha of the Pack. It didn’t mean that he didn’t have any authority. All of his pack treated him the same as Alpha Gabriel, given that he would someday take over as True Alpha.“Thank you, Sam.” Alpha Gabriel’s hulking figure rose from his chair and motioned for the surrounding warriors to follow. Aidan was so unlike his father, it was dumbfounding. While Gabriel was a thick, muscled man with a quick temper, Aidan was a slender, tall man with a long fuse. Truly, most Alphas were jacked with angry tempers and power lust in their eyes. Aidan was muscular, but his figure- hidden under an almost OCD-like prop
Aidan had finally gotten his brain to fall asleep, when he awoke to a scream. It was a blood curdling scream that instantly chilled his heart. Without time to think, he jumped out of his bed and ran toward the sound. Silas and the guards were already there outside the apprentice’s door.“Listen to me!” Silas was telling the guard, who wasn’t listening at all. Instead he was furiously banging on the door and calling out to Aravia. “What’s going on?” Aidan asked the guard.“I don’t know Alpha, there was a scream and the door’s locked.”“Open it.” “It’s just a night terror!” Silas yelled to them both. “She has had them since she was a girl. She’s fine!” Silas pleaded. In truth, he didn’t know if Aravia had the habit of sleeping without her veil. And if anyone saw her face, then they would know the lie, and he wouldn’t be able to conceal her any longer. “I said open it!” Aidan’s senses were heightened now. He could smell the apprentice's fear. It was a fear that he had smelled as a ch
Slowly, she lifted her head to see his arm above her shoulder. She knew she had to turn around, but she didn’t want to. His body was so close, that she was afraid he could smell her arousal and sense her shame. She’d been involved in enough trouble with her classmates to be able to feel when someone wanted to hurt her, and she felt this familiar feeling now.“Turn around.” She slowly swiveled her body, trying not to fall on the now completely soaked floor. She had her eyes closed and decided she wasn’t going to open them. Her head drifted downward, ready for the beating. She waited for what seemed like forever. She could hear both of their breathing, ragged and fast. “Look at me.” She opened her eyes, but kept her head bent to the floor. She could feel a movement from beside her. He was raising his hand to strike.But the strike never came. Instead a hand cupped her chin firmly and lifted it upward. She could see his hazel eyes peering at her. There was a look of fury there, but also
“What is happening?” Back in her room, Aravia was trying to reign her emotions in. She had heard the laughter of a gamma down the hall. The slamming of a door, and then moans and what was presumably a headboard banging against the wall. She had assumed it to be the cocky Alpha’s son, Aidan. She knew it was unfair to presume such things without meeting him formally, but she also knew that wasn’t likely to happen anytime soon. So, she focused on her sightings and indirect encounters with him to base her opinion of his identity. “Fuck. . .” She felt her heart quicken when she heard his cry. His voice was ripe with his pleasure. Something Aravia had never experienced herself or given to another person. It was starting to make her heat up again. Her body was burning once more, and the space between her legs began to hum and buzz with arousal. She started to pace to get rid of the feeling. Calm your breath. She repeated to herself over and over, but it did nothing to stop the erratic brea
“What the fuck is he thinking Sam?!” Aidan’s long fuse had finally reached its end. He was pacing back and forth in his bedroom while his Beta laid on the bed, completely calm about the whole thing. “He obviously knows something we don't, Aidan.” Sam said in a tone not too different from a chastising mother.“But they’re fucking Mages.” Aidan fumed. Sam had been his childhood friend, chosen Beta, and had found his way to Alpha Gabriel’s side after his own father had passed. Sam was sometimes needed to calm him down. His temper had been getting the better of him lately when it involved his father and his choices.“Yes, and they're here to help the Luna.” Sam rose from his comfy spot on the bed and tapped Aidan on the shoulder. “And you think he isn’t on guard? Why do you think he put them up in the main house? In the Alpha wing? Yes, they’ll be close to the Luna, but they’re also being watched and guarded.”“So you do know something?” Aidan scoffed. No wonder Sam was so collected. “Y
“They’re here, Alpha.” The serious tone in Sam’s voice let Aidan know he was talking to his father instead of him. Aidan followed his Beta’s gaze out the window in time to see a large, black SUV pull in front of the house. Although Aidan was in fact an Alpha, his father Gabriel was the Pack Alpha. This meant that even though he was Gabreil’s son and successor, Aidan was not the True Alpha of the Pack. It didn’t mean that he didn’t have any authority. All of his pack treated him the same as Alpha Gabriel, given that he would someday take over as True Alpha.“Thank you, Sam.” Alpha Gabriel’s hulking figure rose from his chair and motioned for the surrounding warriors to follow. Aidan was so unlike his father, it was dumbfounding. While Gabriel was a thick, muscled man with a quick temper, Aidan was a slender, tall man with a long fuse. Truly, most Alphas were jacked with angry tempers and power lust in their eyes. Aidan was muscular, but his figure- hidden under an almost OCD-like prop
When Aravia finally awoke, the sun was just beginning to set. The water was tugging playfully at her hair, and the searing heat had finally left her body. She felt as if she’d been torn apart and put back together. The young woman sat up slowly and cursed softly at the pulling sensation of all of her muscles. The water had chilled her to the bone, and she shivered violently as the temperature dropped around her. One extreme to another, she thought sarcastically. Her actions from earlier in the day came rushing back, and she felt her cheeks heat up with embarrassment. What was she supposed to do now? Her mind reeled with the sinking feeling that she would have to go back and face her Master. She felt so absolutely horridly disgusting. How could she have thought she had the right to want such things? The lust she had felt earlier was buried beneath shame and guilt. She felt as if she should die. As if she deserved it. No, she thought to herself, I deserve to be shamed. That was a fate
“What has happened here?” Olivia looked from Aravia to Silas for answers. But before she could hear her master speak, she bolted for the door. She ignored the sounds of her steps echoing loudly in the stairway and the calls of Mage Olivia resounding from above. She could only hear her heart as it pounded in her ears. Her body was still on fire. Something was wrong with her.She had made it to the forest without realizing it, as if led by an invisible force. She inhaled the sweet scent of the woods, trying to calm down, but it felt all wrong. The scent became stronger and overbearing in her nostrils. She coughed, choking on it like smoke. Her body was burning even hotter now, her heart pounding faster and louder. Her bones went from an ache to feeling like they were being pulled apart from her sinew and flesh. As her vision began to darken, she could only manage one thought. I have to cool down. She staggered to the side of the small river, where she had cleaned so many herbs. Without
She climbed the stairs, as aware of her breath as she was the stony silence that surrounded her. With each inhale, she climbed higher and higher to the tower office. The office where she knew Silas awaited her. “Ah, you’re here.” She heard Silas mumble, distracted by the sample of herbs he was purveying. She pushed the heavy wooden door inward, careful not to catch her cloak as she shut it with a resounding groan of wood. “The herbs you have obtained are of the most excellent condition.” Silas mentioned from beneath his short and graying beard.Aravia took great pride in this. Finding and gathering herbs was the most peaceful and intricate part of her day. She was free to wander the forest, her shoes strung around her belt, barefeet plunged into the soil. The sights! The smell of damp earth, and the feeling of growth and life beneath her feet were enough to calm her and bring out her sense of mastery of the forest. Although she knew that no one could ever master the forest, she fel