-Kira-With my heart literally sitting in my throat, I hold the necklace up to the light and frown. Why did my mother put this at the bottom of my shoe? She was still wearing it at the wedding, wasn’t she? I’ve never seen her without it. She refused to part with it, so why leave this with me?I touch the stone and feel an icy shiver run down my spine; flashes of my face appear in my peripheral… flashes of me crying and screaming while Arkyn carried me out of The Hall of the Five.“What…?” I trail off and look at my mother’s most precious object, glinting as if it’s nothing when this little thing carries more power than anyone, except Marle, is aware of./“Maybe Luna had a vision,”/ Yailyn echoes in my head. /“Maybe she saw what the Helseths were planning and decided to act quietly on her own so she wouldn’t worry anyone.”//“That’s the worst thing she could have done,”/ I groan and pull my legs up toward my chest while holding her necklace close. /“But that sounds like my mother; alwa
-Arkyn-Her scream shatters every resolve I had left, and I nearly feel myself shift as I run toward the back of the mansion. The entire plane ride over, I played out all the worst scenarios in my head - Kira gone, Kira kidnapped, or Kira dead. But my father assured me she was fine - then why the fuck is she screaming?“KIRA!” I cry out, rounding the corner to see her on all fours, along with Luka. At first, I think he’s done something to her, but his deathly pale expression matches hers, as well as the way they’re both clutching their chests.Her head whips towards me, and the second our eyes connect, she lets out a scream that shakes me to my very core. I rush and scoop her into my arms, holding her close even as she continues to scream and thrash out.“I’m here, Blue,” I try to comfort her, rubbing her back in small circles. “Shhh, it’s okay-”“Someone died! The link snapped, Arkyn!” she exclaims and tries to move out of my arms, but I hold her tight against my chest. “He killed th
-Kira-I don’t know why I never thought of this myself. My mother is a goddamn Goddess, I can pray to her! Then again, I’ve never really seen my mother as a Goddess; she was always just my Mamma.Alpha Fenriz asked Arkyn to bring me to his offices in town, so now I’m sitting in the passenger seat of his Bugatti. I think this is the first time we’ve been in each other’s company while level-headed, and to be honest, I am extremely nervous.We’ve never spoken clearly about the kiss and our mutual attraction to each other. I don’t want to bring it up, especially since we have important things to think about now. Whatever happens between us can wait for now.I’m staring out the window on my side when I suddenly feel Arkyn’s hand on mine. He’s still facing the road when I turn my head to look at him, but he has a slightly crooked smile on his face... That smile that I love so much.Damn it, my heart.“Don’t think about it right now; we’ll have all the time in the world to talk about us when
-Kira-Arkyn’s lips are soft on mine, his pierced tongue coaxing me into an even deeper kiss than the one laced with excitement. I still don’t know why I wrapped my arms around his neck and crashed my lips to his, especially after what I’d just come back from. But it just feels so… right.He groans into my mouth and pulls me onto his lap so I’m straddling him, neither of us breaking the kiss or hurrying it along. He tastes like expensive bourbon, his scent driving me wild and leaving my head swimming with want. I can feel the hardness of his cock pressed up against my throbbing core; the dress I put on after my shower does nothing to hide the scent of my arousal. With his hands on my hips, he grinds against me and the delicious friction makes my body tremble and I let out a moan filled with desire just for him. Goddess, I want this man more than I thought I did; I want him to devour me right now.However, Arkyn is the one to pull us both out of the pit of desire. He breaks off the ki
-Arkyn-My father told me how he used the Alpha Sight on a wolf once before when he had to look into his father’s past, but I never expected him to show us how he does it. It’s a dangerous and potentially deadly move that requires a true Alpha to embed their claws into the base of a person’s brain to see whatever they're trying to hide.But one wrong twist of a claw and the person could be paralyzed or dead. Of course, I don’t tell Kira this, or she would try and stop him, even if all three of us knew it was the only way.Fuck sakes, I can’t believe I have to think about this after spending a few hours with Kira admitting our feelings to each other. After all this time, Kira feels the same about me. She kissed me first this time, a kiss filled with so much need that it took everything in me to not just claim her right there.But Kira Volkova is not a whore who can just be claimed on a sofa; everything with her needs to be special even if I am the least romantic guy out there. “You’re
-Kira-My eyes adjust to the dark and the smell of dampness, dust, and decay cause me to sneeze three times in a row and then cough. I don’t know where I am, and the chill in the air sends a shiver down my spine. I’m without the protection of my mother’s gem now, and without it, I feel so lost.“When Arkyn would leave for days on end, I decided to explore the estate and found this wine cellar,” Jade says, looking back at me with a grin. “Alpha Fenriz really knows where to keep the good stuff.”“And you’d sit here alone? The dust is causing my throat to be all scratchy,” I say, and cough for added measure. “Is there a reason you’ve brought me down here?”“You’ll see,” she says just as we reach the end of the winding stone staircase and the interior of a vast wine cellar appears. There’s no dust or decay down here. In fact, it looks like an entertainment area with expensive furniture, crystal decanters on tall tables, and an extensive wine cellar off to the side. My eyes widen. “Wow!”
-Arkyn-Jade is still asleep when my father withdraws his claws from her neck. He looks down at her with a frown, then back up at me, looking confused as fuck.“Well, there’s no doubt she’s Kaia Volkova; a few scattered memories, and I sense Lilith’s blood through her veins. But…” he trails off and gets to his feet. “Other than those memories, I see nothing.”I cross my arms. “Nothing? As in, you can’t pick up that she’s on the enemy’s side?”My father shakes his head. “No; I can’t see anything. Other than her memories from before she was taken, there’s nothing. It’s all dark and cold, as if I’ve plunged my hand into a freezer. Absolute darkness and the stench of sulphur.”“Sulphur because of her demonic side,” I murmur. “So, this means our union will be called off, right?”He nods. “Most definitely; I will also inform Azura about this. But since Kaia is family, she can stay here until the problem with the BloodCrest pack is sorted.” He says, then picks up Jade, or rather Kaia, and ca
-Kira- I feel the mortification hit me as soon as those words leave my mouth. Arkyn stares at me with wide eyes, his crimson gaze melding into one to show his confusion. “Kira-” “Oh, my Goddess!” I cringe, covering my face with my hands and feeling so much more naked now. “I don’t know why I said that! I’m so sorry!” Arkyn pries my hands away and leans his face towards mine, his beard still glistening with my arousal when he smiles. “Hey, there’s nothing to apologize for saying something like that. Your emotions are all over the place right now, so I understand.” I groan and pull him close to me, needing to hide myself from him, but he sees right through me. He pushes me back and takes my face in his hands. “No hiding from me, sweet girl. As much as I want you, no, as much as I fucking crave you, I will not fuck this up,” he says, then gently kisses my lips. “Our first time will be in the forest behind Volkov mansion. I will claim you as mine on the night of the full moon, I pr