When Lucianne was done dressing up, she came out of her spot and took her time to walk back to the largest acacia tree, captivated by the number of freesias between her feet and in front of her. She leaned against the largest tree trunk and was rooted to the ground even when Xandar’s tall figure approached her from behind.
One of his hands reached for her abdomen and the other for her arm. He took in her scent from her neck before he whispered into her ear, “I come here when I need to get away for a while. From everything.”
She turned her head and her eyes met his as she asked, “Since when?”
He smiled at the memory, “Since forever. Whenever I need a break from what I am, what I have to do and who I have to be, I come here for some qu
Xandar broke their kiss and looked teasingly into his mate’s eyes as he noted in a husky voice, “You’re wet, my love.”Lucianne blushed and bit her lower lip before retorting meekly, “Can you blame me, my King?”“Hmm. Wouldn’t be fair if I did that, my Queen. I was already hard long before you got wet.”“Yeah, I know.” She teased him back. “At least I was decent enough to not mention it. You probably instigated your own arousal with your tendency to conjure up inappropriate thoughts, darling.”“Oh, so I’m the
“I love you too.” Lucianne said.Xandar’s onyx eyes returned to its original lilac shade, welling up in tears of happiness as he pulled her into a deep, passionate kiss with more love than lust. When their lips parted, he whispered, “Thank you, baby. I love you so, so much.”He held her for a moment before he remembered that they were headed for safety. Reluctantly, he loosened his arms around Lucianne before holding her hand and leading her to his villa where he parked his car.Before Lucianne could get in, thinking that Xandar was going to drive them back to the hotel, he trapped her body and turned her around in one swift motion. Her mate smiled widely as he said, “Have dinner with me?”
Evie grinned broadly to show her half-grown teeth, and she hopped a little in excitement before nodding her head and throwing her arms around Lucianne’s neck. Lucianne’s heart melted just like when Russell hugged her. Evie let her mother pull her out from the embrace but the little girl stubbornly took back her hand with force before telling Lucianne out loud, “When I grow up, I want to be brave and pwetty. Just like you, pwetty Lucy!” The restaurant went silent, and Xandar was the proudest and happiest person in the room. Lucianne looked a bit embarrassed but she pecked a kiss on Evie’s cheek as she said in all certainty, “Evie, when you grow up, you’ll be brave and pretty. Just like you.” Lucianne’s index finger tapped lightly on Evie’s
In both the Lycans and werewolf communities, the words ‘mine’ and ‘yours’ have strong connotations, signifying that one is the other’s mate, bonded by the Moon Goddess. So, when Lucianne used the word ‘yours’, loosely interpreted, meant her. Her question may be asking how Xandar would react if someone took her away from him. That was not a good thing to ask, especially when he almost lost control with the rogue Lycan that morning during the interrogation.Onyx shades came and left Xandar’s eyes. He smirked and kissed the back of her hand that he was holding onto before declaring, “If they tried to take something that was mine, I’d take it back. If they tried to take someone I’m trying to make mine, I’d kill them or torture them, dependi
Sasha’s doubtful voice rang through Livia’s phone call, “You sure she didn’t know who you were? You were straddling on her ex-mate for Goddess sake!”Like Livia needed reminding. And for the third time Sasha’s asking, Livia was running low on patience as she said, “It didn’t look like she knew. She looked lost but she was also trying to figure it out.”Livia sighed before peeping through her curtains to see if anyone was outside her house. She then uttered in a worried tone, “Nothing would happen to me, right? I mean, Greg only said he’ll come for me if I tried to hurt her. I didn’t do anything. It was a coincidence! An unfortunate coincidence!”
The next morning, Lucianne thought of looking for clues about the intruder who followed her and Xandar to the freesia field. But when she recalled it rained for a few hours the previous night, she aborted her plan. Any tracks or trails left would’ve been washed away. She shifted and began running down the familiar path.When Lucianne reached the river, she was a little disappointed that Xandar wasn’t there. But when she started sniffing again, she caught a faint scent of acacia wood and forest trees so she turned to look around in anticipation. When she found nothing, she started sniffing the air before a large pair of arms lifted her off the ground.‘Morning, beautiful.’ Xandar brought her face to face with him, his animal smiling in radiance.&nbs
When dawn broke, Xandar ran with Lucianne’s wolf back to the clearing behind the hotel before returning home to shower and change for breakfast. After getting ready, he sped to the dining hall and instantly spotted his mate’s small back as soon as he entered. It was the first time she was standing so close to the entrance that he might be able to surprise her before everyone bowed to give away his presence.He took quick but quiet steps towards her, taking advantage of the fact that his mate was concentrating on what seemed to be a very serious conversation with the alliance members. When he stood close enough, his hand went around her waist and rested on her abdomen as she gasped at his sudden touch. He made it to her just in time before everyone started bowing his way.After pecking a kiss on her cheek from her side, he
Lucianne shrugged, “Until we have more information, we can’t be sure either. Our best guess is that killing pack leaders is just a cover-up. It’s no secret that most rogues were rejected from their packs, by their Alphas or Lunas. So, killing them would make it seem like it was for…” “Revenge. Rather than to siphon funds.” Xandar finished, finally understanding. Christian then muttered ominously, “That’s one very-carefully thought-out system.” Xandar locked eyes with his cousin, “We’ve been kept in the dark for too long. Innocent people are dying. We have to step up and speed up this investigation.” Lucianne suddenly picked up a familiar scent. As Lucianne continued to sniff the familiar scent as subtly as s