The rhythms of my heart quicken and I gawk up at Xerxes with wide down eyes for he stood in front of me with his arms crossed across his chest. I no longer could see my mate in him, yet the Alpha everyone feared. Eyes narrowed on me and his tall frame towering over my petite one. His beta stood behind him with a look of panic on his face. “P-pardon?” I stuttered blinking my eyes in disbelief. He did not-he could not just-“You’ll fight Damien. I wanna see how much you learned from these lessons.” Ever since Xerxes had been giving me his lessons, I was now feeling stronger and more confident. But fighting Damien, one of the best warriors of his pack, I was not capable. There was a fear of being tested by my mate, and then there was a fear of failing him–I couldn’t let either of these happen. Xerxes bear a mask of Alpha, the one every other wolf was scared of, and behind him stood Damien, with his head low but no resilience in his posture. He would never go back on his Alpha’s command.
Loud cheers and applauses roared in my ears as I stood in the middle of the crowd with a victorious grin on my face and a panted breath. Blood covered my hands and claws yet the wound on the back of my body did not bother me anymore. I felt unbeatable at that moment. When I glanced back at Xerxes, I felt compassion surfacing in his wolf eyes as he looked at me with emotions swirling in the depths of his globes. My heart wrenched, crying for his arms around me but then my lips twisted into a scowl. What would have happened if I let Damien hurt me more? He would have stood there and looked as his beta tore his mate apart. And as wolves around were applauded, I stormed towards the house. He followed behind me. I sensed him. His eager hands wrapped around me, trying to get a hold of me as I ran with all my might. I was not trained to be a wild monster, but in this training, I learned to figure out the moves I could do best. The breeze around me shifted and the warmth of the outside tur
I moaned and writhed as the thrusts came hard and fast, the pace frantic and demanding. He pulled my body towards him by my thighs so that my body was dragged across the top of the bed, my sensitive skin screaming out at the delicious burn. Half of me was suspended in mid-air, impaled on him as he fucked me thoroughly, ploughing into me and pulling my legs so wide apart that my muscles stretched and ached with the position. But it was so hot, so good, the slick, powerful thrusts which stimulated deep inside me, sending pleasure resonating through every pore of my body. Pulling out, he pulled me into a sitting position and lifted me down onto the bed, pushing me forcefully onto the exposed bedside table as the wolf dig into my ass, her thighs, the hard edges pressing into the soft flesh painfully, but the cool ebony soothing the burning sting of my sore cheeks.I cried out loudly as I was penetrated again, even more furiously than the last time, the change of angle stimulating new spo
“There don’t seem to be any major injuries, certainly not the one which would be harmful. Other than a few bruises, Luna is alright.”Xerxes leaned against the wall with his arms across his chest as he watched the female wolf inspecting my abdomen. She felt the tendons around my stomach and up my chest as Xerxes gritted his teeth. “Nothing. The winds are no longer visible.”I nibbled on my bottom lip. I felt as stumped as the female wolf sounded. I glanced up to steal a glance at my mate whose heterochromatic gaze hadn’t wavered from my face the moment he called the healer here. I rolled my eyes. He should’ve called for her sooner not after fucking me raw and sore. I averted my gaze as my skin tingled from his heated eyes. He could at least give me a few minutes to breathe and then pound me, but he practically mauled me.“No open injuries, even her previous scars are diminishing. It’s quite tremendous.” She said with disbelief. “Only lingering Aconite is present in her veins.”“Is it
The door slowly opened with his light footsteps invading the warm room. The moonlight entered the room falling at her like wisps of heaven. Her smooth skin glowed brightly, and her long dark hairs of hers flowed on the silk pillows. Xerxes couldn’t quite point out, but she was glowing internally. Was it because she was pregnant? With his child? Carrying his seed?The warmth that surrounded him was so foreign and unknown, something he had never felt. Taking stealthy steps towards the bed Xerxes felt a force stopping him, but he shook his head and heaved a deep sigh. Katarina was sleeping soundly, her light breaths like classical music to his ears. The white silk sheets on her body enhanced her beauty ten folds. Squatting to the side, he hesitated but raised his hand to brush the stary strand off her face. His skin tingled at the touch. He loved her. So fucking much that he was afraid he would never hurt her again. He was not a sane man, and he could never be, but he wanted to change fo
“What?” Xerxes raised his brows, confusion and an underlying irritation evident on his handsome features however that wasn’t the case with me. Instead of confusion, I was feeling claustrophobic. Every word and exchange of affection between Augustus and me in those few days can crashing down on me with painful memories. I loathed myself for leading him into believing in our relationship when I knew I had a mate. I was so happy with the affection he was giving me and eventually ended up hurting him. I could never forgive myself for that. Xerxes noticed the change of emotions on my face. His fingers dug into my sides for a moment as he tried to stop controlling himself and closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Xerxes might be changing for me, but his primary cranial instincts were still there. He was not only an Alpha of Alpha but he was my mate also, a possessive, dominating and jealous mate. Despite everything improving between us didn’t mean that he approve of my and Augustus’s rel
As soon as Avi left, the depressing resentment inside me raised ten folds. I pretended to be strong all this time yet Avi’s words had emotionally struck me in the deepest part of my chest. When he stormed out, Damien was quick to be by my side. There were still remnants of anger in his dark orbs, but that was the least of my worries now. Did Augustus think the same as Avi? That I was just using him? Hatred was all that was left. I buried it with my own hands and it was biting back. It was such an abomination, a subversion of what should be good. I never see strong hatred except where love was betrayed or destroyed in some manner. Yet in the bleak landscape of hatred there were always paths back to understanding and empathy, though sometimes they were barely threads in a vast wilderness of negative emotion. Would Augustus under that? Would he see that thread? I stood there calming my ragged breathing. It took me a minute and then I was on my feet storming out the door. Xerxes’s previo
The situation was as though time had stilled, piercing tension revolving around the wolves as it wrapped us in a cloud of anticipation. As soon as the female wolf informed something was wrong, Xerxes and Damien followed her. Even though I was tempted to reach before them, I approached the front of one of the houses behind the training grounds a little late. Augustus was behind me as a sharp breath hitched through him.“She’s mine!” Growl reverberated through Avi’s chest as my chest thundered as my eyes landed on a small, petite barely calm girl–not a woman–a small girl wearing a pale pink knee-length dress and long sleeves that hide her smooth pale white paper skin. Her large green doe-like eyes filled with tears as they streamed down her face with each sob escaping her mouth.Her slender wrist was seized by Avi’s large calloused hand and with her small and scared frame, she looked tiny in his hold. His overly burly body towered over her as wolves around them growled at him. My eyes w