A few hours before departure... "Dominixe." I halted on my steps upon hearing the voice of Luna Queen Rachelle, who was waiting for me in the pavilion since she insisted that we needed to talk. I wasn't planning to ask for everything, but there was this nagging feeling that I wanted to know everything. Hearing her voice made my heart go wild, coercing my body to face her straight. I couldn't help eyeing her up and down, secretly wondering how she became my... sister—or another half-sister, but this time, from my mother's side, who was the Moon Goddess. "Yes, Your Majesty?" Lifting my skirt and folding my knees halfway, I ensured I remained formal between us. "Please. Drop the formalities. Just call me Rachelle." Her tone, which was neither soft nor firm, was enough to insist on a friendly approach just as she took my hand, gently squeezing them. "And I am your older sister as well." Lowering my gaze on her hand on mine, I noticed the dazzling red-carat diamond on her left hand,
Striding the whole chamber where I would sleep, holding these 10-inch spikes of star-shaped flowers, made me smile.Demetrius was such a thoughtful boy. I could see the love in his eyes on how he cherished me as his mother.What only made me feel melancholy was knowing how my other self treated him—abusive, cruel, and inconsiderate.It broke my heart how Demetrius endured it. Why? Why would my other self resort to this kind of action?Shouldn't she be happy that her Valerian had the fruit of love while I... didn't have a chance since I was careful?"You have disappointed me..." I muttered to the Dominixe from the other timeline, knowing the strange dream I had where I gave birth to a healthy baby boy and how she treated it like it was such a nuisance was the point of view of my other self, after all.That was why I couldn't understand why Rachelle made me want to be wary of Demetrius when all he needed was a mother who would love him for who he was.But that wouldn't change the fact t
The blanket being wrapped those minuscule, luscious grass filled with a few meat skewers left on a plate, and an almost emptied bowl of strawberries and blueberries, the field that was bathed under the moonlight having the crickets and frogs croaked be the soul of this place, and these two people that connected to my heart had accentuated above them all."Demetrius, get out there. I want to lay on your mother's lap!" Valerian said for the nth time, frowning."No! Mother let me stay here!" Demetrius buried his face in my stomach. "Plus, she did not even say yes!" He stuck his tongue out at him."Honeydew!" Valerian complained. His lips seemed like a duck's beak with how he was stretching them.I heaved out a sigh and kept caressing Demetrius' hair. "Val... You are not a kid anymore. Halt it.""What?" I almost laughed, seeing how his voice raised in disbelief. "But I used to lay on your lap before we regressed!" I could almost see him stomping the ground seeing how he winced his hair in
"Huh?" I raised my head, baffled at his words.He hated me... Then he would say he still loved me? What did he mean?Valerian used his forearm to cover his eyes when I saw him brimming with tears. "Did you know how broken I was when I knew you were just playing my feelings back then, Dominixe?""Yes..." I muttered, exhaling this smothering feeling that could almost exhaust me. "At first... I was only planning to make you believe that I was earnest back then since you asking me to live with you in your pack was a great opportunity to know your weaknesses." I laid my head on his chest, clinging to him as if I did not want to let him go. "But as time passed, I fell into you, Valerian. I was already hesitating to give my father excuses that I needed more time—because I did not want to hurt you. You were the first person who became genuine to me and did not see me as an object." I bit my lower lip, recalling those beautiful memories we had. "You treated me as a human. You made me blossom m
"Where are you really taking me?" I asked for the nth time when Valerian was already striding in the forest, far from the villa where we were staying."Just wait, Lilith. You are really an impatient goddess." Valerian kissed my exposed shoulder before I started sucking on that same spot again. My hand grasped a handful of his hair while devouring my moan since he wouldn't stop leeching my skin. He was really leaving some marks on my skin like a wild animal leaving a mark on his territory."Val..." I was already engulfed with my desire for him, growing feverish, treating to do the same by siphoning his earlobe. His hands that were supporting my bottom squeezed them while he was panting."Damn it, Dominixe. You are such a tease." Valerian growled, which made me a smirk before looking at him with my lustful gaze. I embraced him and rubbed my cheek on him, purring. "I missed you so bad...""You missed me so bad that you attempted to end your life so many times."I froze, feeling my guts
"Let me have this," Valerian said as he reached for my dagger that was still in my thigh holster. "We have not done this before, don't you think, Domi?" He grazed the tip of my dagger towards my jaw, enough to graze a wound on it.I hissed silently, feeling my libido rise from the danger waving in front of me. "No... Not yet..."An instinct of threatened as an Alpha slayer was kicking in, wanting to snatch that dagger from him. "Don't move." I looked up at him, hearing his tone firm and cold. Blood rushed to my face when Valerian knew what I was about to do. He must have noticed that I was becoming wary that he was pointing my dagger in my direction.My eyes shifted from him and to the dagger. My chest couldn't stop from rising up and down. Taking my eyes off the dagger was hard because it threatened my life. When Valerian noticed that I was not turning away, knowing how my pupils dilated from this knife play, the blade caused my flesh to burn due to the high-concentrated wolfsbane
ValerianI returned to the villa having Dominixe in my arms, covering her nakedness using the dress she wore while I was half-naked. I cleaned her up with a lukewarm sponge of water while smiling and kissing her forehead.I watched the wounds on her bottoms and shoulders healing since I used the concocted antidote mixed in the basin full of water. Thanks to Dominixe for teaching me how to concoct this. I had already made some contingency plans for them.And, of course, I did not wipe the part where I branded her as mine near her cleavage. I wanted her to see the work of art I had done.It was up to her if she wanted it to get healed or stay as it was."I love you, my future wife..." After cleaning her up, I whispered in her ear, but Dominixe groaned, seeing her lips stretching out a smile that could make my heart burst out.I softened and smirked afterward since I knew she would complain tomorrow. I made sure that I made her legs disabled enough for her not to get up."Now, I need to
I gasped when I quickly turned my head and felt something prick in my heart. My eyes were fixating on the way where the villa was, which was a little far from here."Mother?" I snapped back when Demetrius gathered my attention. "Is there something wrong?" he asked as he straightened his back after making a fighting stance, panting.My eyes were on the pathway to the villa house before returning my gaze to him. "Just a moment... I feel something..." I caressed my left chest since my wolf could not hold her concerns."What do you mean, Mother?" Demetrius hastily went beside me, looking worried. "Are you alright?""This anxious feeling... Did something happen to Valerian?" I couldn't help saying it out loud, heaving a sigh."Perhaps, Father is sulking?" Demetrius looked at me with those adorable, gorgeous eyes."I am not... certain." I became attentive if Valerian was in danger. The last time I felt this was when I betrayed him as Lady Clockwork."Mother?"I turned at Demetrius, who was