(This chapter includes sexual elements. Reader discretion is advised.)
– Titus Bane –Everything is calm. So calm that it feels rather weird after everything that has happened. Chaos and destruction is all I have ever known for the most part, but now that I’m settled down at my place in my Pack, just watching the once green leaves now a mix of orange, yellow, and other Autumn colors sway with the wind, everything feels…peaceful.I closed my eyes and took a deep inhale, the smell of nature filled my senses and it invigorates me.An image of her pops up in my head almost like second nature to me.She is beautiful. The most beautiful woman to ever exist on this earth, and that’s saying a lot because this earth could be ugly and cruel, but not her, not my mate.Sometimes I still wonder what I had done in my past life to deserve someone as perfect as her, and I stop and think if this is just a dream, if everything in my life is just my imagination, and if it was, I hope to never wake up again. Please don’t let me wake up again.“Why are you mindlessly staring out of the window like you’re shooting a music video?”I turned around and saw Keira leaning against the doorframe with a teasing smile. Goddess, even when she was teasing me, she still looked gorgeous. Her long raven hair was tied up into a bun, some strands loose at the side, and her golden brown eyes were gleaming at me.How could anyone ever feel any resentment towards a woman as precious as her? How River could have broken up with her is beyond me, but then again, it was a good thing he did because if not, it was possible I wouldn’t have met her.At the same time, it’s crazy to think that back then I tried to deny my feelings for her. Tried to tell myself that I didn’t need a mate, but who was I kidding? It’s not that I needed my mate. It’s that I needed her and she just so happened to be my mate, too, and that just strengthened my bond with her.I get up from the bay window seat and walk towards her.I will never get tired of watching her eyes widen in delight when she sees me, never get tired of knowing her heart beats faster when I get closer to her. I will never ever get tired of anything Keira does.“If I’m in a music video, then what does that make you? My leading lady?” I cooed at her and her cheeks blushed almost instantly right before she narrowed her eyes at me.“I better be,” she threatened, but she just looked like a cat in front of a tiger.A soft chuckle escaped my lips. God, she’s adorable.My hand comes up to her face and I caress the side of her cheek. “Of course, baby. There is nobody else, now and for a very, very long time.”I can hear her heartbeat getting louder and faster, just as her face is getting warmer and even her pupils dilating like a cat’s.I know what she wants, and I know she knows that I can tell what it is.I don’t hesitate before leaning forward, closing the gap in between us, and kissing her deeply and intensely.All my senses are heightened to the highest possible degree. I can feel her lashes against my skin, her tongue tangled with mine, and her fingers brushing my hair.Keira pulls my shirt up over my head without a second to waste, and I feel her warm hand over my skin. She kisses my neck just before letting out her tongue and running it down on my throat all the way to my chest.“Fuuuck,” I let out a hybrid moan and groan as my entire body tingles at her touches and her warmth, and every-fucking-thing about her.I am loving how headstrong Keira is, like she knows exactly what she wants and nothing or nobody can stop her from getting it, and right now, what she wants is me.I could let her dominate me for as long as she would like, but my wolf is writhing to take charge, to have her in our terms.Before I know it, I’m practically ripping her clothes off of her. I throw her top away and it lands somewhere in this room, I don’t give a fuck as to where because good goddess, Keira is a sight to behold.I press her bare chest against mine, holding her tight as if I never want to let her go as our tongues fight for dominance.When I run my hands over her breasts, she lets out a moan that sinks deep into my skin and underneath my possession inside my pants. It is definitely begging to be let out.“Fuck, baby, you’re so beautiful. I swear to the goddess, you are just unreal. The things I could do to your body…” I whispered in between our kisses.She smiled against my lips and right after it turned into a mischievous smirk. “Oh? What kind of things? Less talking, more doing.”What my baby wants, my baby gets.“Gladly,” I told her right before lowering down to her chest, taking one into my mouth right before flicking her nipple with my tongue until they completely hardened.Keira’s moans grow louder and I am thankful nobody can hear us from here as my cabin is situated in between tall trees and further from the other Pack houses, as well as us being completely alone since Neo and Tri are in Norway with River’s Pack.I have her all to myself, meaning I can do whatever I want with her.I continued to suck on her breasts, going back and forth between them as she held onto my hair and clawed my back. I can feel her sensation building and building, the smell coming from her pheromones is stronger than it’s ever been before, easily turning me on as well.With the mate bond, physical pleasure is on a whole other level. It’s extreme and nothing like you’ve ever experienced with anyone before. Even the smallest of touches makes it feel like you’re on the edge of your orgasm – her hands sliding down my back, her warm skin brushing against mine.A low growl erupted from my chest as soon as she got my pants down on the floor and she’s rubbing my hard on up and down, making it ache to be let out even more.“Fuck, fuck, yes, baby, just like that,” I half whispered, half moaned.Fuuuuck, her touches are killing me. She is pure ecstasy and I am drowning in it.I can’t take this anymore. I need more of her like I need oxygen to breathe.In one swift movement, I grabbed her from underneath, her arms wrapped around my neck while her legs did so around my waist. Our tongues barely move an inch away from each other, sucking on each other’s mouth as I walk her to our bed.Once I had her laid down, my hands found the button of her shorts and she gasped into my mouth when I pulled it off her in seconds.“Mmm…” She moaned as my hands went down her soft skin, down, down, until…“Ah, Titus!” Keira let out a surprised squeal when I practically tore off her underwear.I looked back up at her and something about seeing her look so flushed is sexy as hell and my cock is throbbing like crazy.“You wanted to see the things I’d do to your body? Let me give you the best seat in the house.”Then I stretched her wide open before burying my face in her pussy.From the way Keira is writhing on the bed, gripping onto my hair, moaning, and screaming my name, I know that she is loving the way I use my fingers, lips, and tongue.I lick her clit, the folds of her pussy, and even tease her ass a little bit.“Yes, yes, Titus, oh, god, oh my god…”Hearing her moan only makes me determined to pleasure her even more. I make sure to remember where she squirms even more and note that as areas that are most sensitive to her, teasing it more than the others. Keira almost sobs with pleasure.She’s so soaking wet that when I slide one finger into her pussy, it goes all the way in. Keira cried out as I inserted another one and when I started pumping it in and out, I felt her leave claw marks on my back. Something about it is dangerously arousing.As soon as I increased the pressure of my tongue against her clit, her pussy tightened and her body began to shake uncontrollably.She rolled her lips, pushing and grinding closer to my tongue, lips, and finger as she came to her orgasm.“Oh, fuck, oh, fuck, I– I…” Keira is unable to complete a proper sentence as the pleasure explodes inside of her.Little did she know that we were just getting started.–Neither Keira nor I could believe that that passionate and intimate night we spent alone together would one day lead to us having the greatest gift of our relationship – the most beautiful baby girl, but of course, we couldn’t be any more grateful.I held our sweet and precious baby in my arms and my heart has never been this full.“Zora,” I whispered her name and her tiny lips form the smallest yet biggest of smiles.Keira and I had gone through endless lists of names, but the second we saw her, we knew exactly what she was meant to be.It meant ‘dawn’, and how fitting is it that she was born at that time, and with her and Neo, together they meant a New Dawn.A new dawn. A new day. A new life.Once upon a time I lived my life monotonously, never happy, never sad, never anything. Just… existing.And then Keira came into my life and she changed everything.She gave me a new life.I turned to my side where Keira rested, her eyes closed, as she held onto Neo’s hand who was sleeping as well on a chair next to her bed.This is my family and I couldn’t have asked for anything more.I promise to always love, to always cherish, and to always protect them with my whole entire life.---Hello, hello, I hope you enjoyed this mini bonus chapter! This is to coincide with the announcement of the sequel! Book 2 of Banished With His Heir (Running With His Heir) is now up on my profile. Add it to your libraries to be notified on updates. ♡Thank you again for everyone who has read and loved this book. I am deeply touched by all your kind comments and support. The White Howlers and Blazing Wolves hope to see you on the next one that will be filled with crazy surprises so hop onto book 2 if you haven’t yet xo“You pathetic whore!” One slap across the right side of my face. I pursed my lips as I stopped myself from shedding any tears. Not again. Not anymore. “How dare you show your vile face in front of me? Seeing you disgusts me, Keina!” Another slap, this time on the left side. My cheeks begin to feel numb and at the same time, I feel it starting to get swollen. I already know this will make me look awful in the next coming minutes as it bruises on my face. My life has been like this for a while now. Whenever Ivy sees me alone, she uses this as an opportunity to hurt me. She makes sure that I know my place and that it is at the bottom with the dirt. “Please, Ivy, tha- that’s enough. I- I didn’t even know that y- you would be here. I am just coming back from cleaning the rooms.” I managed to croak out as I lifted my hands up to my cheek. I wince from the pain. They felt so warm, it was almost like touching fire. “Excuse me? Are you talking back at your Luna? You’re nothing but a low
Life really sometimes works in mysterious (and heartbreaking) ways. One day you feel like you’re on cloud nine, and then the next, it’s like you’ve been pushed and you’re falling, falling, and falling until you’ve hit rock bottom and nobody is there to help you up. You’re all alone and you tell yourself that you can do it, that you can keep going, and sometimes it works. You do that. You keep pushing yourself. But other times, the worse it gets, you realize that you were just fooling yourself and what you’re doing isn’t helping. It’s just torturing you. You’re walking into your own downfall, your own demise. So why not just give up? Why not just disappear? Wouldn’t that be better for everyone else around you? “Oh my goddess, Keira. I’m so sorry…” Elura whispered to me as she took my hand as if that would suddenly change the fact that every single one in our Pack just saw me get treated like shit. To top it off, River didn’t even care. He didn’t say anything. Hell, he didn’t e
I could sense him. I could sense River nearby, probably right outside my door, which woke me up immediately. I didn’t even bother to see how stupid I looked after falling asleep crying. I got up off the bed and began to sprint towards it, the thought of seeing River and being able to talk to him again fueled everything inside of me. “You’re a fucking idiot, River!” I froze when I heard someone else scream at him. It was Zane. I know his voice, and I know that he was extremely frustrated at him. “Don’t talk to me like that. I’m still your Alpha.” River spoke and his voice sent shivers all over my body. It’s only been a few hours and it was as if my body was already having withdrawals. Just hearing his voice triggered something in me and I needed to pull myself together if I didn’t want to break down again. “I’m talking to you not as your Beta, but as your best friend. Don’t leave Keira hanging like this. Don’t treat her like this.” Zane spoke again, a sense of determination
When the evening came, everyone went to the White Banquet to have a celebration for the Alpha’s mate. Ever since she arrived, all she’s done is prepare for parties. I’m not even sure if she does any work around here. The kitchen worked overtime to create a special feast for them and many of the other White Howlers set up decorations around the place. After River left, I took a long bath and scrubbed my skin raw until it turned red. After that, I went back to bed and slept for as long as I could. I woke up from the noise. Even if I haven’t moved an inch from my bed since then, I knew what was going on downstairs because I could hear said noise and smell the food from my room. Honestly, my whole world still felt like it was falling apart, but in a somewhat different sense. Before River talked to me, I remained hopeful that he would see I still mattered to him and he would keep me in his life as someone special. But after he told me to put everything we had just like a memory, or a
But it was too late. I couldn’t run away without looking suspicious and besides, she was partially blocking my way. I have to talk to her and pray to the Goddess that whatever this is, I get out of it immediately and in one piece. “Uh… hi…” I tucked a strand of hair behind my ear before finding a piece of small leaf on it and quickly throwing it away hoping she didn’t see it. She chuckled. She saw it. Damn it. “You weren’t at the Banquet last night. You missed a really good party.” She said and acted as if what she did yesterday didn’t happen at all. What the hell kind of game was she trying to play here? “Uh… I was asleep.” I responded before my eyes wandered around her, trying my best to look everywhere but her because my insecurities will get the best of me if I look at her more. I hate that she’s pretty much perfect in every aspect and exactly how everyone expected for River’s mate to be like. And though River’s parents and his younger brother Skye had to leave on the
I look away. Closing my eyes as I took deep and steady breaths.It may be what I’ve always wanted, but I won’t take a life for it. Besides, I was not like her. I don’t hurt people no matter how shitty they are. I will never be like her.This was my fate and I’m starting to come to terms with it.Before the villainous woman could say anything else, I shifted back into my wolf form, not bothering to take my clothes off as I just wanted to get out of there. I saw the shock in her eyes and the way her body had stiffened before I turned around and ran away.I let the cool wind brushing against
Banished. The word echoed in my head like a nightmare, but that’s not even the worst part of it. It’s the fact that River told me he never wanted to see me again. Just a few days ago I was having the best time of my life with him. I was sure that this was where I belonged and believed one day that I was going to start my own family here. Now I was running to my room in tears and as soon as I got there, I started pulling my things out. I can’t believe it. I can’t believe I was just kicked out of my own home while the ones that I considered my family did nothing but stare. The only one that actually bothered to show any kind of compassion was Zane. I could feel his presence near my room, but he didn't come any closer. He can’t. After being banished, no one is allowed to go near them or communicate in any way. It’s a crime punishable by torture. It didn’t seem like a big deal back then because the banished is supposed to be someone so horrible to a fault that you never even want to
I didn’t know where to go at first. I couldn’t stay with the other Packs around the area because not only will it still be much too close to River and the White Howlers, but they will also likely not be so welcoming towards me. So that’s how I ended up here. The airport. Various humans gathered in the area, hustling and bustling to go to wherever their ticket said their destination was. It’s been a while since I’ve been around mostly humans, but it wasn’t anything new to me. Earlier I looked out of place with two large bags, this time I looked just like everyone else. Some even had more. “Hi, where is your destination?” The lady with a wide smile asked just after she finished typing something. I blinked at her unsure. Maybe I should have figured out where I was going before I went to buy a ticket. Stupid. “Um…” My thoughts scrambled in my head thinking of another country and I looked up front, where posters of different continents were plastered on the walls. Asia. Africa