Kaiya Bowden wakes me with a soft kiss. I smile before I open my eyes, remembering with a bang that I fell asleep while naked and that I'm on full display with my legs wide open. I blush and grab for the sheat, trying to cover myself. My mate chuckles and grabs my hand. “You do realise I’ve been looking at you the whole night, right?” he asks. With my face on fire, I fold the sheet around myself regardless. “That doesn't mean you can look now.” "Yes dear," he jokes and turns his back on me. "Go wash and get dressed. We leave in fifteen minutes.” I don’t really feel like it. All I want to do is stay here, in this room, alone with my mate. When everyone left, when it was just the two of us, I felt so safe and protected. It felt as if I finally found my home. “You don’t have to come if you don’t want to.” He looks over his shoulder and smiles at me. “Orion would probably prefer it that way too.” “Am I not an Alpha and his equal?” “No, you are not his equal.” I open my mouth to prot

Bowden Kaiya curls up on my lap like a cat as Elowen softly starts to purr, calling out to me. Knox surges to the surface, so eager to comfort his mate. Our wolves don’t understand Kaiya’s very big and complicated human emotions - all they know is that she’s upset…and both of them expect me to fix it. After hundreds upon hundreds of years on this planet, I thought I’d seen and experienced every Goddess-awful thing this world had to offer, but I was wrong. Likewise, after seven mates, three of which I loved fiercely, I thought I knew everything about being a good mate. I was wrong. None had ever broken my heart in the way Kaiya breaks my heart. None had ever been as complicated as she is. Of course, none of them were the daughters of Deimos fucking Cole. And, I realise with a shock, I’d never loved any of them more than I love her. I will burn this world to the ground to keep her safe and happy. I will skin Orion alive and feed his remains to the dogs if that’s what she asked of me

KaiyaI have never been so happy to be home.The driver opens the door for me and I get out to stare up at the castle with new appreciation.To think, not so long ago, this placee filled me with dread, but now I already think of it has home and can’t wait to go upstairs and sink away in my soft, familiar bed.“Take the witches to the dungeon,” Bowden orders the warriors that approach us as he gets out of the car. He looks like he’s ready to collapse under the weight of carrying their auras. “Put them in the magic rooms.”“Yes, Sire,” one of the warriors says.Neil and Trevor come running down the steps, both of them looking slightly terrified. “Neil, take Demi and her mother to one of the Omega rooms. Make sure they are comfortable. Put the harem she-wolves in the servant’s quarters. Tell Deacon to take a look at them. They’re not healing well.”“Yes, Sire,” Neil says without any hesitation.The butler summons his Omegas and they immediately start to unload the women from the bus we e

BowdenI slowly come wake from a dead sleep, the sun streaming in through my window stinging my eyes and forcing me to let go of my dreams.Blinking rapidly, I groan and roll over to the other side of the bed to check my phone. The alarm that I’ve never needed went off, but I killed it and went straight back to sleep. It’s already well past eight, and we have the meeting with the two Alphas at nine. “Shit,” I mutter and start to get out of bed.“Kaiya?” I mind link with my mate.“Yeah.”“Are you awake?”“Dressed and everything.”I laugh softly. “We have a meeting in forty-five minutes. Meet me at your door in thirty.”I rush to my bathroom, showering in record time. Today, I don’t bother with my usual suit. I hurriedly dress in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, and haphazardly pull a comb through my wet hair before I dash from my apartment to fetch Kaiya.After the meeting with Claxton and Nero, I plan to do absolutely diddly until I have to talk to the Lycans tonight.Kaiya is outside w

Kaiya I feel exposed out in the open like this, and I have to keep reminding myself that we’re alone here in Bowden’s little haven. It doesn't work. The man just banged my brains out. He has seen me naked a few times now, and still I'm embarrassed to be naked in front of him. I try to make sense of it, but can't. All I know is that I'm naked, exposed, vulnerable, and I don't like it. For his part, my mate is completely unperturbed by his nudity. He’s strutting around like a proud rooster. That part is not too strange to me. I’d seen other Alpha males do the exact same thing. What I do find strange and a little disconcerting, is that I’ve never seen Bowden do it. Aware of my discomfort, he throws his t-shirt at me before he goes down to the pond to wash his hands, then returns to unpack the rest of the picnic. “I didn’t actually plan for it to happen this fast,” he says and gives me a sheepish grin. “I figured we’d have a little food, some wine...relax a little, you know.” For the