MagnusI try to focus on the paperwork but I can’t. My hands are shaking and my eyes see red. That woman! I should have followed the elders’ advice. Get a quiet little girl from our pack and name her Luna. That loud American is killing me!I close my eyes and head to my cabinet. It’s too early for alcohol but then again, dealing with Antiope is not for sober people. She makes me furious, angry, impatient. And hot.I am constantly aching for her and ever since I got a taste, she is all I can concentrate on. Her body writhing under my command, her soft skin under my touch, her moans in my ears, her lips on mine, her scent, her taste.Antiope makes me feel like a young wolf again. I am carefree around her, my only worry is how I would be closer to her, inside her. I am gone for my mate. And most of all I am goddessdamn proud.I could tell she was struggling, her body cannot lie, her wolf is an open book to me. But even so, she is not easily broken. She is still caring for her sister, not
Antiope“What’s wrong with him?” Egil asks.I raise my brow and keep my mouth shut. I know what is wrong with him. His little prisoner is not falling on her knees to beg him to fuck her. But I am not sharing that information with Egil. He can tell too that Magnus was completely drunk during the Council which meant that he has been drinking for hours.“I do not know,” I lie. “I will talk to him.”I need to play the good Luna for a little while. It’s either today or never. I am not sticking around anymore and test Magnus’s limits. I am not afraid for me but for my sister. In this state, furious as he was this morning, he could kill her just to hurt and break me.“Aren’t you coming?” Egil says before he leaves Magnus’s office.“Do you think he has any work done in his state? I will check for urgent matters and will let you know if I need help.”“OK, Antiope. And... thank you,” he smiles at me.Well, fuck. Egil’s gratitude is crashing me but this is pure survival. I need to find where my
Magnus"Something is wrong,” Henrar is alert all of the sudden."News flash. Everything is wrong,” I go up the stairs to my office, craving for more vodka."Maximo!”I sober up immediately. This is not some whining nagging. Something is wrong. Henrar howls in my head in pain, not his but Maximo’s. Our mate is hurt. Without thinking anymore, I run down the stairs and I call the guards as I get out.“With me! Now!”I leap and shift mid-air, letting Henrar follow his instinct. The bond is faint, not enough for us to talk to them but it’s enough to give us a direction. If something has happened to...“I will kill,” my wolf and I are on the same page finally.I run as fast as I can while the pain in my head gets excruciating. But that only fuels Henrar more. I sense my guards with me and I mind-link Thorhild to signal a full alert. Someone hurt the Luna within our border and that someone better be dead cause I will kill him slowly.As I run, it’s not just fury that gets me. It’s fear. I ha
AntiopeMy senses come alive all at once and I am assaulted with too many information. It’s too bright, too loud, too many smells. I groan and I feel my throat hurt.“Antiope!” I hear a familiar voice.Celia? I struggle to focus and then I feel the bed deepen and an intoxicating smell invade me."Mate,” Max says.“Shh,” Magnus purrs and I relax. “You will be fine.”I flutter my eyes and I finally can focus. I am in my room and Magnus is sitting on my bed. Behind him, Celia looks at me with her palms together and a faint smile. And behind her shoulder... Thane.I remember now. I went to free her, only to find her comfortable and happy in that cabin. And then Thane came in and they kissed and I run. And then... I gasp and my body shakes.“It’s over! They are dead. You killed them, little girl,” Magnus caresses my hair.I scowl at him and I try to speak. But nothing comes out. Anger is replaced by panic.“You are still healing, Antiope,” Celia kneels by the bed. “You need to take it easy
MagnusI wake up and I feel my soul is replenished. Even in my dreams she has the power to save me. I saw her last night come to me and take me in her arms. She was sleeping right next to me, her breath on my chest, her arms on my waist. In my dream, she has forgiven me. She didn’t hate me for all the games and the lies I wove around her just to keep her close.I sit up in my bed and I look around. I was in a bad place last night, half-drunk, forlorn, lost. After so long, after... I swallow to wet my dry throat and fall back on my pillow. And then I smell it. It’s her!I dive into the pillow next to mine and I take in deep breaths. That is her, the smell of my mate, my chosen one, my Luna. She was here? This was not all a dream? I tense and look at my bathroom. Empty. Where is she?That’s when I hear a noise from the room next door. No! I get up and slip into my sweatpants before I storm out of the room. Once I am in the hallway, I freeze. The door to the next room is open. I take one
MagnusI don’t know why I go back to the residence of the Alpha. I kid myself I need to take some paperwork and some clothes but I want to be here. At least while her smell still lingers. I stayed locked in my office for the rest of the day and drunk all my stock in vodka and I am finally having that light buzz. But it’s not enough. I need to be drunk tonight. Luckily, I have more vodka here.I go straight to the bar, searching for a bottle when my eyes fall on the sofa. We never even sat down like normal beings to watch a goddamn movie. But then again, watching a movie with your blackmailer is not a fun night, is it?I take the whole bottle of vodka and I gulp it down as fast as I can. I need to be unconscious this first night without her. The more I sniff the air and she is still here, the more I drink. It may be sick but I think I will sleep in her room tonight. Maybe she will come in my dreams at least.“You are late!” Antiope’s voice cuts through the silence.Fuck, I am going mad
AntiopeGoddess, grant me strength! I pray as his lips lick mine and I lose command of my body. I was attracted to him before but now there is no stopping it, no putting logic in the middle, not thinking what has transpired between us. There is only the fire on my skin that makes me hotter as he caresses me with fervor."Älskling,” he sucks the skin on my mark and I moan.“I... need to learn some Swedish.”“I’ll teach you,” he smiles against my mouth and picks me up.He goes up the stairs to his room and he doesn’t stop kissing me. He lets the moonlight shine in and he kneels on his bed, letting me gently on the mattress. I look into his eyes and I can’t resist the feelings I see in there.“I want you, Magnus.”“I want you too. I will be gentle for the first time, mate,” he smiles and I blush. “But after that, I can’t make any promises.”My mouth falls open at his statement. Does he know I am a virgin? I feel blood fill my face and I hide it in my hands.“Nothing to be embarrassed, li
MagnusI am up the same time I wake up for most of my life but this time not because sleep never came due to my nightmares but due to my uncontained happiness. When Antiope curled with her back into me and slept blissfully, I just couldn't stop looking at her, caressing her hair that spilled on the pillow. She is so beautiful, my exotic beauty, the woman that was made for me to give me a chance at happiness. I still can't believe that the Moon Goddess granted me Antiope for I do not deserve her. And I will spend the rest of my life to prove worthy. She whimpers lightly and stirs, coming even closer and as she moves, I see my dried seed on her. She didn't even complain after I forced myself to let her rest and she slept without cleaning up. And seeing her like this, sated, calm and marked by me, I stir. I can't hold back, I can't resist, I don't want to stop. I pull her closer and I push her leg to get her open for me. I fall like an entranced man on her mark and she moans in her sl