I pace a little, moving from the window to the desk and then back to the window. I then remember the conversation I had with Malik before I left... I turn around and face the 3 of them. "Zaire, Malik admitted to me that he had hired, or at least his father had hired Valentino to kill my mate when I found her under the fear of me finding out the truth. Valentino grabbing her in the woods that first time was not a coincidence. He was there on orders to kill her but took her instead… Wanting to make sure she was, in fact, my mate. I think Henry turning up at Malik's was because Valentino now wants her for his own personal reasons, and once Henry saw that she is a white panther, Valentino very resourceful and it wouldn’t have taken him long to figure out who and what she is, and what having her in his possession would bring him." Zaire looks at me, confused once more, as he asks, "Who and what is our Luna?... What truth was he trying to keep from you?" I lower my head and turn back to

I can't control Morpheus anymore, he pushes and makes me do a partial shift, as my hands get bigger, my claws lengthen and my body nearly doubles in size as I lounge at him grabbing his neck and taking him to the floor, I hit his head on the floor once, twice, three times as I growl in his face, "Why Her?"He didn't say anything. I ask him again, "WHY Her?"He doesn't answer again. I punch him once, twice before I ask him in a low, threatening growl, "WHY HER?"He still doesn't answer me. My temper, as well as Morpheus's rage, is getting harder and harder to keep under control the longer he stays silent. I growl one more time, letting out my Royal Alpha aura, this time making him answer, "Why allow them to take your Luna?" He just laughs and spits in my face,“She is not my Luna… She is an abomination!! And if that stupid thing we called a King had stayed out of the way, she would be dead and we wouldn’t be having this conversation…” That does the trick and cuts the last tether

I wake with a start and a small, pleasured groan as small soft hands run over my chest; I let out a low growl as she then starts kissing my skin, following her soft hands. I like how Yasmine is getting bolder with her exploration of my body and what she can do to me. I don't open my eyes as I bring my hands up and wrap my arms around the soft body they come in contact with. I pull her tightly up against me as she finally trails her kisses to my lips. As I kiss her, I slide my fingers along her skin, looking for her scars, as I love tracing the patterns that they make. I know Yasmine hates her scars, but I see them as a badge of her strength and the fire she holds inside. They show me that no matter what, she will fight and she will come out on top. I frown a little and stop my side of the kiss when I don't find them. I then realise that there are no sparks from her touch. I sit up suddenly, throwing the female off of me, off the bed and onto the floor. I smirk as I hear a small whimp

The next few weeks are filled with meeting after meeting, after meeting, I had no choice as I had to catch up on all the work that I didn't do while I was at King Malik's territory and working things out with Yasmine... I groan at the thought of her, her scent is slowly fading from our room I have however managed to keep a couple of pieces of her clothing separate and saturated with her scent so if the loneliness of the mate bond affects me too much it is there for me. We don’t really sleep much. I rest while Morpheus takes us out and we run the territory every night, taking care of any rogues that decide that they want to try to enter my territory.I don't pay much attention as this meeting is the same as the one I had 4 hrs ago just for a different pack. My informants that Raphael sent out have all come back with locations of illegal sex and slave villages, one even stumbled on a breeding camp, he has inter-graded himself into the camp and is keeping Raphael up to date on any new in

I feel her tense as she eyes the Alphas in front of us, but doesn't argue with me. I give her a soft kiss on the neck as she steps out of my arms. She then slowly makes her way around the room touching first Maverick and then moving around to run her hand over Harrison's shoulders, then as she goes to walk past Rhett he grabs her around the waist and with a slight scream of surprise from her, pulls her into his lap so she is straddling him. I watch as Rhett places slobbery kisses along her neck, and Vivian smiles as she lets out a small moan. Showing me that even with the daggers she was sending my way, she was enjoying every moment, and that I wasn't mistaken when I chose her for this, knowing she would love it. Keeping up my facade, I smirk and then say, "Gentlemen, since your attention is now focused somewhere else I think we will call this meeting to an end for the day… Alphas you can either take her to your own private rooms individually or you can use one of the free guest ro