“Seraphina!” Corinne growled, with her fangs hurting as they grew, her tigress roared with the need to attack that woman, even though she knew she couldn't do it so carelessly.
“Mother!” Diego shouted, too scared by her presence for who was the favorite son “I... I was about to guide her into a trap and deliver her magic to you! I just ended up going too easy on her because I still consider her my little sister, and...”“Knowing your nature, I believe you still haven't been convinced since our last conversation, haven't you, my daughter?” Seraphina took a step closer to Corinne, completely ignoring her other child."You disgust me. You have always disgusted me, ever since the time you took me to that infernal chamber to torture a tiger in front of me for the first time!” Corinne spat.“And you always disappointed me, worrying about inferior beings like those instead of focusing on what really mattered: your magic.” The sorceress shook her head“Bunch of sons of bitches!” Hunter growled, counting the neck of yet another mercenary who tried to stick his fangs into him, preventing him from trying to climb that mountain to reach his mate.Once again, he raised his head toward the cave where Corinne had last entered. He hadn't seen anything go in or out of there, but it was taking too long for there to be nothing in that place. And, hell, knowing that that bastard who'd tried to kill Declan was still lurking around, probably more than willing to do the same to Corinne, Hunter was more than willing to break the promise he'd made to her.If that witch caught him, then let her break all his bones or something. As long as he could give Corinne the chance she needed to kill her and get it all over with, so that his wife no longer needed to be in any danger.
A beam of light blinded Corinne before she was thrown hard against one of the cave walls, losing every breath of air in her lungs for a few moments. “Stop this fighting nonsense, Corinne.” Seraphina sighed, standing nearby with her hands crossed, not even a strand of her golden hair out of place. “This will only cause wounds in you that I will have to inflict more magic on you to heal. You have already had your proof that all these efforts are futile.” She continued speaking, while Corinne dropped to one of her knees, trying to catch her breath as quickly as possible. “Your magic may be potent, but you haven't received the proper training. You are at a child's level in dexterity level. That's why you need me. Without a guide, you will never be able to reach your own potential.” “I don’t care about my fucking potential.” Corinne growled, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth. “Not if it means I have to become like you.” “It is not a matter of cho
For a few seconds, Corinne just stood there, not knowing if she was in shock or just shaken by everything that had happened, but she simply didn't have the strength to leave her brother's side or look in the direction of Seraphina's severed head. Her hands were shaking and her mind was blank, but even so, the instant the sound of someone at the grotto's entrance alerted her tigress, Corinne instantly jumped to her feet, ready to defend herself from any of Seraphina's mercenaries who had managed to reach it...“Corinne.” Hunter gasped, running his eyes over her blood-covered body, and the two corpses around her, before sighing “Oh, fuck...”Before he could say anything else, Corinne ran towards him, throwing herself into the arms he instantly opened to welcome her, letting her tears soak his shoulder and her sobs rock them both.
“Are you sure you’re not cold?” Hunter murmured against her ear, only causing Corinne to curl up even closer to him, pressing her cheek against his warm chest. "No." she sighed as she ran her hands over his abdomen “What about you? I never realized that Valiant could be so much colder this time of year than Calibur.” "No. I have something pretty hot to help me.” He teased, making her giggle as he trailed kisses down her face. “So... What did you think?” Corinne asked, dangling her legs in the air from the edge of the hill where they were sitting, with a rather expansive view of the entire tiger territory below “Is this place much different than you imagined?” “Well…” Hunter looked down at the orange-leafed trees below, and the many tigers moving through the center of the pack, resuming their lives in full force now that they were safe “It’s certainly not the den of cruelty and arrogance that horror stories told me about when I was a kid.” He s
“Hunter!” Corinne gasped when Hunter tried to insert his hands down her pants, but that didn't stop him from continuing “We... We've already been away for five days... We can't take any longer. People must be waiting for us...” her words warned, but his mate just parted her legs on the carriage seat, allowing his hand to enter her leggings and find that narrow and wet pussy, ready for him.“It felt good fucking you while you bit the pillow to keep from screaming and letting your family know what we were doing, but I'm done with it.” He growled, licking her claim mark as he pulled the strap of her blouse to caress her tits “I want to go hard into that hot pussy and hear you moan like you always have.”“Hunter...” she moaned again, as he began to plunge his fingers started deep in and out of her, using h
“Bring some more staples over here! We can’t risk this hairstyle falling apart!” Penelope screamed, and Corinne had to fight the instinct to flinch, as she knew that any movement could destroy that intricate hairstyle and consequently make Penelope want to end her life “Quick! One moment longer and we’ll be late!”“Why are you so worried and ordering everyone around?” Nicole grunted, but still passed the hairpins to the swan princess, allowing her to continue making waves and pinning up various parts of Corinne's hair, even though theoretically everything was already done “My sister needs time to enjoy her marriage, you know?”“Take a step back, brat. You’re not even old enough to have a mate and know what it means to have a perfect marriage.” Penelope snorted “At least I'm here
“Jennifer?” Corinne asked, surprised to find Hunter's sister standing there, with what appeared to be a suitcase in her hands in a backpack on her back.“Ah, you...” Jennifer stammered, immediately turning pale “Listen, I didn't come here to try to ruin your wedding or anything like that, okay? So don't blow my head off with your magical powers or anything like that! I'm already leaving anyway! It's not like I can bother you anymore. I just... I just wanted to see this house one last time, before I leave.”“I would never do something like that, Jennifer…” Corinne sighed, until she realized what she had said “Wait, are you leaving? Where?"“And does it matter?” the young wolf growled, cowering “Nobody wants me in this place anymore. I don'
“Hunter, can you stop pacing like a goose?” William grunted next to him at the altar, but Hunter solemnly ignored him, continuing to do it again and again all the way in front of the Moon God's stained glass window.That little exercise was the only thing that was managing to keep him and his wolf under control while Corinne didn't show up to marry him. Not that he didn't know he was acting crazy, since she had already accepted his marriage proposal and probably wouldn't run away from him, but... Hell, all he wanted most was for that day to be everything their first marriage had not been.It was almost crazy to think that just a year ago, he was in that exact suit, standing in that same spot, but with a completely different feeling in his chest as he waited for his bride. When he thought about what Corinne's life was like at the time she first set foot in Calibur, only to find her mate and be rejected by him right away...Fuck, there was that feeling again that he could spend the rest