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ARIAI was kneeling on the floor, numbly staring at my hands covered in the thick redness of Tyrion's blood. I only managed to cry out for help before the despair made me paralyzed. I watched two medics take off Tyrion's jacket and shirt, trying to examine his back."Four bullets," I heard, and my breathing came to a halt.Tyrion was turning paler by the second, and I could feel the shade of my complexion mimicking his. A strong wolf could have easily survived most of the bullet shots, sometimes even shots in the head and heart, but Tyrion had just told me that those bullets carried a lethal poison, and he had been shot four times..."Don't cry, Red… I mean, Aria." Felix's soft voice pulled me out of bewilderment."I'm not crying…" I trailed off as I realized that I'd been shedding wide streams of tears, long enough for them to wet my cheeks, my cleavage, and the neckline of my dress.Felix helped me get up from the floor and walked me out of the ballroom while medics put Tyrion's bod
TYRION"Can we stay like this forever?" I murmured, lazily opening my eyes and watching my beautiful mate lying in my arms."I thought you wanted to leave the hospital already, but I can always tell the doctor that you want to stay here," Aria teased, her fingers wandering across my naked chest. Then she lifted her head and smirked at me. "You know that it is indecent what we are doing here, don't you?I frowned. "I disagree. There's nothing wrong with hugging my mate, even when it happens on the hospital bed."It'd been two days since the mating ball. From the moment I woke up in the hospital, I spent every second with Aria, and I couldn't get enough of her. Aria felt obligated to become my personal nurse. After being briefly taught by the doctor, she changed the bandages on my back; she also helped me get up whenever I needed to and fed me by herself. Of course, I was absolutely capable of doing most of those things myself, but I enjoyed them too much to tell her. The one thing she
ARIAThe next few days were hectic. The news of the attack and the murder of over eighty newly-found mates at the mating ball spread quickly, and all the Alphas came to Tyrion one by one, demanding an explanation. They accused their King of having security problems in his own pack, and others straightaway accused him of murdering the members of their packs. I was standing by his side, watching him deal with all that shit they had been throwing at him. I couldn't help but admire the way the mighty King was willing to apologize to his subjects while keeping his proud and powerful demeanor. But even though he appeared to be strong, I could see the exhaustion creeping into his expression. He hadn't healed yet, and it seemed like the poison in his blood was sucking the energy out of him. It was painful to watch. I wished I could take some of this struggle away from him, but that could only be possible after I became his Luna…After everything that happened and after everything he told me,
ARIA I was conflicted. Damara was right about one thing: I would rather keep her alive in the filthy cell for years than kill her. I wanted to punish her, but I also thought that she didn't deserve a quick death. Now she could even be freed… I couldn't imagine Damara getting away with everything she had ever done just because she saw something! Anger tensed up my every muscle as I was walking back to Tyrion's chamber. I knew that I needed to pass Damara's message to him; it was too important. I wish I could just pretend I didn't hear anything from her... Once I walked into Tyrion's room, I found him discussing something with Felix. Tyrion was still lying down, and Felix was standing by Tyrion's bed. As I walked inside, he smiled at me and gave me a flirtatious wink. Goddess, this guy would never change his boyish behavior... He and Tyrion were discussing transporting bodies back to the packs, and I sat in the armchair opposite Tyrion's bed, delaying delivering the message from Damara
TYRIONI kept running my fingers through my hair while looking down at Damara's decapitated body. Aria walked back to our room to calm down, and I stayed with a bunch of inexperienced Omegas to secure the place. Paranoia started to hit me hard. I couldn't fucking trust anyone in this pack. It killed me that, when I started to think about who could have done it, Felix was on my shortlist. I couldn't even imagine that my best friend could work with the witch and with my uncle; the latter was even more impossible than the first one. Nonetheless, common sense dictated that I exclude all ranked wolves and warriors from the investigation. I was going to find that mole no matter what."Can I help?" I saw Aziz walking toward me with a hesitant smile. "Aria mind-linked me and told me what happened. I thought you could use my help. I have a lot of experience in investigating; I worked on quite a few cases in my old pack."I knew that I didn't like that guy for all the wrong reasons. I knew that
ARIA"A date?" I repeated Tyrion's words, my voice filled with nervous laughter."Yes, I'm inviting you on a date. Don't you think we both deserve to spend some time alone, away from all this shit going on around us?"Two days had passed since Tyrion killed Neil in his office. Finding out that someone whom Tyrion kept close was a traitor must have felt devastating, and I didn't blame Tyrion for throwing himself into work. He wanted to deal with the after-attack crisis in the kingdom and lay the groundwork to present me as his future Queen. Yes, the Queen, and yes, the more I thought about it, the more terrified I was.I had only become an Alpha a month ago, and taking care of my own pack surely was a challenge. Now, my pack was not only supposed to merge with the biggest pack in the world, but I was about to wear the crown and rule over all the packs in the kingdom! I know that it was something natural for Tyrion; he was born into the royal family and knew his fate from the beginning.
TYRIONApparently, I might not be a cold bastard after all. Whenever I looked into my angel's eyes, I felt a pleasant warmth in my chest. I admit it; realizing that I felt a lot more for her than just desire took me a while, but I grew to be certain that I didn't want to mess it all up. I had seen mates that loved and fucked each other for decades, but I had also seen those whose mate bond let them burn for a while, and then their affection turned into numbness or disdain.The problem was that I wanted Aria. I wanted her badly. I craved her body, her scent on me, her taste on the tip of my tongue, the heat of her insides around my cock… She was my fucking drug, and I was ready to stay true to my addiction for the rest of my life.I knew that she wanted me too. I could see her giving me the "fuck me" look, even if she wasn't completely aware of it. But I could also see her being anxious. Her eyes displayed tons of undescribed emotions, telling me that I needed to work hard before she t
ARIACertainly, my romantic date with Tyrion ended right after Felix called. Tyrion was not pleased with it, and neither was I. The blush from my bold statement kept washing over my cheeks while we were on our way. I couldn't believe that I nearly begged him to claim me! I didn't know what came over me, but I felt as if everything I was afraid of dissolved in the mountain air, and every part of me became ready to become his.Thinking about my unstoppable need for Tyrion almost overshadowed the fact that Kestrel showed up, and he was most likely stronger than before. I had never seen him fight, but I already knew how brutal he might be. I had also heard that he never granted a quick death and liked to torture those who had lost to him, cutting them, or dismembering them just to watch them squirm in agony.Tyrion contacted a few other packs that owed him favors and organized the hunt in no one's land outside the Moon Blade Pack's borders. I wanted to join that group, but Tyrion wasn't e