[Amor’s POV] Lucella checked Zeve while I sat in a corner trying to comprehend what was going on. I prohibited the exit from the palace and doubled the security. I don’t know what the hell happened while I was gone, but my priority was Zeve. Lucella finished administering medicines. “What happened?” I asked impatiently. “She wasn’t poisoned. She was given an artificial aphrodisiac that quickly induced symptoms like heat in a female werewolf. It shows mild effects in males, so is used as a medicine. I have given her medicines to nullify most of its effects, but she will still show heat symptoms for a few days,” Lucella said. “Does it affect her health in any way?” “No, it shouldn’t, because I think she threw up most of it already. It’s present in her body in traces. Yeah, but her next heat might be delayed because of this. Other than that, there should be no problem.” Lucella looked at the door. “Hikari?” she mumbled, and I swiftly turned back. “Lucella, can I request you to e
[Amor’s POV] My rage soon turned into disgust. The things I feel when I hear Hazel’s name didn’t fit in the mould of a man created by the society, so I tried to throw them away because I had no place to put them, but… Those hands still clawed in the shadows of my mind. That unfathomable revulsion, helplessness and rage still hooked themselves to my body. I always thought they were something external I could get rid of, but I was wrong. It was a part of me — a part of me I hated. The part of me that made me hate women. It wasn’t the conscious state of knowledge that she could have raped that haunted me; it was the unconscious awareness that made me relive that vulgar day of my life more than I wished to. If it wasn’t for my shadows, I don’t know what would have happened that day. It happened after I became the alpha of the pack. Hazel mixed something into my drink and I lost my consciousness. I don’t explicitly remember what happened while I was unconscious, but I knew my shadows
[Amor’s POV] To punish Hazel, I had to wait for Zeve to regain her consciousness. I took Zeve back to our bedchamber and made her lie on the bed. I was about to leave her when she held my hand. I looked at her. “Amor…” she mumbled in her sleep. Her face was red. She winced, her chest heaving faster as if she was having a nightmare. I contemplated her expressions. “Please don’t go… I won’t ask you to love me… don’t look away… I love you, Amor…” Blinking the blurriness off my eyes, I licked my lips. Taking a deep breath, I slid off her fingers wrapped around my fingers. I sat on the bed beside her. I leaned in to kiss her. I stopped before our lips could touch. I kissed her forehead. I got down from the bed. “You are burning. Let’s take you to the bath, ok? You will feel better.” I stripped and draped myself in my black silk bathrobe. It was ok until then; I was ok until then. I was a little feverish, but not a lust dazed werewolf in rut. But everything went downhill the mo
[Amor’s POV] “With all my consciousness, very respectfully, I want those clothes off your body, amoris. You are wearing them, yet I feel the discomfort in my body…” I trailed my hand up her thighs. She bit her lower lip. Her gaze dropped between her legs and then at my hand, which was slowly making its way to exactly where she wanted them. Propping myself on my elbow next to her ear, I leaned over her face. “Anger and hatred, huh? I will show you what exactly I have for you—” Gliding my hand up the curves of her body, I grabbed her neck, lifting her chin. I kissed her. Intensely. Fervently. Deeply. Wildly. She knit her brows. Her one hand ran through my hair, gripping and loosening. I intertwined my fingers with her free hand and pinned it beside her ear. She gasped for air when I slid down her neck, her chest heaving faster and faster. Damn! No one deserved to be kissed in this world except her. No one kissed like her. It was a crime, a sin, a deal with the devil. It was th
[Amor’s POV] I reach to the drawer of the nightstand near my bed and pull out a jar of pills. I peeped from under the blindfold. I got the right jar. “Eat this,” I commanded her. “What’s this?” “Contraceptives.” She was silent. “Zeve?” No reply again. I took off my blindfold. She glared at the jar and then looked into my eyes. Don’t tell me she wants to get pregnant. That thought was racy and erogenous in its own way, but I was not ready to be a father. The time… the time was just not right. “You don’t want to eat it?” I asked. She looked at me, “do you want me to eat it?” “I do.” I nodded. “And these are completely organic, with no side effects. Lucella gave them to me as our marriage gift. Umm… they don’t harm your body in any way. Rather, they are good for your sexual health.” “You know that’s not what I mean…” She stared at me, and I sighed. “Fine, I… I… I don’t think I am ready to be a father yet.” She lowered her eyes thoughtfully. “And I want to give us… and o
[Zeve’s POV] (The banquet night after Amor left with Morfan.) “So luna, what kind of dresses do you like?” A duchess asked. Royally dressed in her furry gown. She was from the North, so her dress was winter inspired. “I like furry capes. They hold an aesthetic royalty like no other dresses. Just like your dress. It fits in all perfect places and the colour is settled, not too vibrant. I really like how elegantly you are dressed up,” I sugarcoated every word I said. Yeah, her gown was fine, but did we really need those furs in such hot weather? One should know how to adjust their dresses according to the climate of the place they were visiting. “Oh my, you flatter me. But honestly, no one at this party is shining as bright as you, luna. Our alpha has really found a rare jewel,” she said. I chuckled, “I am humbled to receive such kind words from you, duchess Nier.” “Greetings to her highness, the luna,” the duchess from the south, duchess Lenkov, said, kissing my fingers. “Gre
[Zeve’s POV] “Princess Hazel!” I walked to her and hugged her. Her sobbing stopped instantly. Everyone in the hall looked shocked. “Oh my, you don’t have to cry. I said it’s fine. Drinks get spilled on clothes in events like these…” I secretly held the base of the glass of wine she was holding her hand and jerked slightly to spill the wine on my gown near the waist. The drink was yellowish transparent, so it wasn’t visible from afar. I took out my handkerchief, and instead of wiping my dress, handed it to Hazel. “Please wipe your tears, princess. It’s ok.” I wiped my gown with my fingers. “What! Such a shameless woman.” “She stained our luna’s dress.” “How disrespectful! I am sure she did it deliberately.” “I am sure this is another of her cheap trickery.” “Huh! How insolent. Since she couldn’t become the luna, she is giving our luna a hard time.” “Really disgusting.” “I will go and get changed really quick, so you don’t need to feel guilty all night and spoil your mood
[Zeve’s POV] (The present time.) I woke up thinking I’d have to clean myself, but… I was clean. There was no stickiness in any part of my body. My hair was washed and had a faint jasmine aroma. For a second, I was confused whether last night was a dream or reality. But my weak legs and soreness in my body were proof that last night was as real as Amor, who was sleeping soundly beside me. I was in my white nightgown but wasn’t wearing anything under it. I got up and sat leaning against the headboard as I contemplated Amor. “Did you clean me?” I mumbled. I smiled, seeing him sleep so peacefully. His scent was still domineering and wild. Before I used to get restless around his scent, fidgeting and thinking all sorts of thoughts. But I had inhaled him so up close yesterday that my senses were still savouring his scent. I breathed him in, leaning closer to his neck. “My Amor.” I whispered. He groaned in his sleep. I flinched back, but the next moment, he grabbed my hand and