*** “I have changed my mind. I’m not going to be Alpha for this pack.” Cayden arches his brow, throwing the papers he was just checking on his desk. “I beg your pardon?” “I’m withdrawing my name from the aspirants as the future Alpha of this pack,” I repeat, rolling back my shoulders to withstand
Emma reaches me on the platform and only the Goddess knows why, driven by the fear that by the reckless behaviour of my father she could get the wrong idea and hurt herself by touching me, I turn around, grabbing her arm that she is holding out to me. “Em,” my whisper joins her hiss as I already pu
Ace - PresentThe constant, mechanical beeping gets me to open my eyes, peeling them open groggily. My gaze falls onto Emma, who is holding the railing of my bed, smiling. “Oh no, I died,” I groan, my voice coming out as a raspy moan. She giggles, getting me to smile tired as well. “No, you didn’
Artemisia “So, what the fuck was it?” My brother stumps up and down the room and I’m getting nervous, also because Fynn is provoking him on purpose, playing with my curls as I try to sit straight on the couch next to him without getting pulled into his lap. It must look so cringy. “Just the usua
Emma I step closer to Ace, observing his eyes glazing over as he seems to feel pain. Is he mindlinking the Judge again? He groans, bending over as he crumbles his hospital gown in his fist over where his heart beats. “Be careful,” Kai warns, materializing himself at my side. Holding his brother
“Who is in charge of your pack currently, Junior?” she asks, and he kneads his hands, sliding back and forth on his chair. “Erm…” he starts as if he needs to think about it first. And maybe he gets pushed back so much that he has to think about it for real. Junior starts looking around, and I shu
Emma I startle awake, my cry for help fading into the darkness and it takes me a moment to realise that I’m looking into a set of red eyes that are indeed very real. “Another nightmare?” His deep voice vibrates through me, and I nod, still catching my breath. He captures my lips in a kiss, before
Emma The day I’m standing on the stairs of the pack house behind Luna Artemisa and Alpha Cayden, I feel like breathing becomes increasingly difficult. I fight to keep my back straightened, pushing down the urge to hyperventilate. The last few days have been awfully stressful, the preparations for
Emma It looks like Kai found what he was looking for, because he walks through a set of bushes. Kneeling, he puts me down gently, Ace following with a lost expression. “Go ahead,” Kai entices him, putting my head on his knees. “Spread your legs for him, babe.” My blush must be spreading to my br
Oh, fuck, yes! I start moaning loudly on purpose, wanting to incite him as Kai continues to fuck me gently, lifting me up and down on his cock. Ace’s fingers graze my hips carefully, causing hot sparks to dance on them. “Ah,” I jerk up, and he retreats his hands immediately. “No, wait,” I plead,
Emma I bite my bottom lip, my gaze jumping from him to the fire shining through the trees and back to him. “We can’t…” His grin grows, and he puts his hands onto my hips, letting them glide onto my back and down to my ass. I lose myself in his eyes as he locks his gaze with mine, my hands driving
Emma “This is ridiculous,” Kai mutters against his glass before taking a large gulp out of it. I sigh, tugging at my dress as I reposition myself. “But you wanted to attend the bonfire. Don’t you like it?” The crackling noises of the large fire accompany the witches' chants and laughter as they
Emma “See?” Corvina giggles as she turns around to me, Kai still looking at her as if he wanted to rip her head off. She looks back at Kai. “Are you okay?” He nods, but I get up to stand next to Corvina as something in his expression doesn’t convince me. And in fact, as soon as I have reached he
Emma “Nobody threatened me. Why would you think that? I entered a fucking contract. And I agreed to take a chosen mate. Do you realise what a pain it was to go through the candidates until I found someone that didn’t make my skin itch?” Goosebumps cover my skin, and I have to fight to actively cov
Oh, yes. The dreams are always the best, honestly. Taking the last few steps quicker, I chuckle to myself as my memory of the dream I had enhances my mood extremely. My heart flipping in my chest takes my breath away, and the next thing I notice is a mouth-watering scent reaching me. I stop in the
Ace “Wakey, wakey, sunshine.”I open my eyes, propping myself onto my elbow as I push myself up. Corvina is sitting on the edge of my bed, dangling her feet as she grins at me. “Aintín?” I push out a breath, my voice not more than a rasping sound. It’s still strange that I am allowed to still ca
Emma “I’m not drinking that.” I scrunch up my nose, taking a step back. “No way!”Corvina lets her arms slump, sighing. “Oh, come one, Emma. Do you know how rare this potion is? You should feel honoured that I want to give it to you.” “I don’t care how rare it is. What even is this broth? And why