EREBUS Pulling Ella to her feet she tries to cover herself the best she can, and I cannot help but laugh at her attempt at modesty. Suddenly she pulls back on my arm and plops herself back down on the bed. Turning to look at her I see a deep frown etched across her face. I cannot help but roll my eyes at how hot and cold her emotions are. “What?” I groan. “I forgot,” she says as she crosses her arms across her full breasts. “I am angry with you.” “For what now?” I say completely exasperated with her mood swings. Pursing her full lips she glares at me. Her emerald eyes are glowing with anger. “Oh, I don’t know,” she says sarcastically. “Perhaps because you betrayed the mate bond.” I cannot help but cringe at her words. I had thought that the runes tattooed on her arms and back had kept her from feeling my betrayal but when I felt her own betrayal I knew that I was wrong. Wait a minute, I felt her betrayal. “Fine,” I say coolly. “If we are talking about betrayals i
UNKNOWN I am standing in the center of the spell circle with my hands bonded together by a spell. “Lilith, you have been brought back before council of the Sisters of Wisdom because for the second time you have managed to let the child slip through your fingers.” The elderly witch that stands before me stares down at me with an icy cold glare. It is clear that she hates me and is willing to do anything to rid the coven of my return. “The child was within my grasps, but she is now under the protection of the Lycan King. I am not powerful enough to take him on alone. If you would only restore my full powers I am sure that I could procure the child immediately.” I stare straight ahead at the council not looking at one of them individually. I keep my head high and my shoulders back not willing to beg. The high witch scoffs at my request. “Absolutely not. You owe this coven a life debt after we rescued you from the underworld. Your limited abilities will be enough to obtain
ELLA “Who is she and why is she here?” I hear a woman’s voice travel down the hallway and through my door.“Who she is, is none of your concern,” Erebus chastises her in a low voice. “She will be staying indefinitely.” “None of my concern,” the woman gasps and I cannot help but lean my ear up against the door to hear more of the conversation. “I am the Queen.” “She sounds extremely unpleasant,” Lily mutters in my brain and I shush her quickly. “You are the Queen Mother, the former Queen.” Erebus replies grumpily to his mother. “Then you won’t mind if I meet her,” the woman says cheerfully, and I hear footsteps coming closer to my bedroom door. Quickly I scramble away from the door and back myself up against the bed. Without warning the lock on my door clicks and it swings wide open. A woman worthy of the title of a supermodel is standing in the doorway glaring at me. Her honey blonde hair is pulled back into a neat bun and her piercing blue eyes look at me from hea
EREBUS My hand hovers over Ella’s doorknob as I listen to the hushed voices coming from inside her room. The thought of Lucian being alone with her makes my skin crawl and I want to go in there and rip them apart. But the sound of her voice stops me. She is opening up to him in a way that she never has with me. Both jealously and curiosity surge through my body. My inner lycan is trying to reason with me. Telling me to walk away and let her have this moment with my brother. But my mind is telling me that I need to know her secrets. “I am ordinary…” Her voice travels meekly through the door. “Nothing more than a disappointment.” “Ordinary?” I whisper to myself. “What does she mean by ordinary?” Stepping away from the door I am lost in my own thoughts when Lucian steps out of her room and gently closes the door behind him. “What does she mean by ordinary?” I repeat the question to my brother. “Nope,” Lucian says shortly. “Not my story to tell and you shouldn’t be eaves
ELLA I have spent the past two days writhing on the floor in agony. One minute it feels as if my skin is on fire and am willing to sleep with anyone that steps into my bedroom. The next minute I am freezing cold. There is no reprieve from this hell that I am in. I thought nothing could be worse than having runes marked on my body, but I was wrong. The burning sensation of the runes tickles compared to the burning pain of my heat. My mother has called several times to talk me through the pain but it never ends well. In the beginning I tried to hold a conversation, but the pain of the heat is too much, and I can’t finish the call. Now I just let it ring until she eventually hangs up. I know Erebus is pacing back and forth outside of my room because the scent of honeysuckle drifts into my room whenever they drop off meals. By ‘they’ I mean only mated males or females that work in the mansion. Only those that Erebus knows can be trusted around me in my current condition. A
ELLA No longer freezing or feeling flames have engulfed my body, my eyes shut, and I drift off to sleep. But my rest doesn’t last long. The strong smell of incense fills my nose and my eyes flutter open. I am no longer laying in my bed but sitting in a chair in the middle of a very dark room. The only light in the room illuminates from a crystal ball that sits in the center of a table in front of me. A delicate teacup sits in front of me brimming with hot tea. I try to take in my surroundings, but it is too dark for me to see. My surroundings feel real, but it also feels like a dream. I am unsure what is reality anymore. Reaching into the depths of my mind I search for Lily, but she is nowhere to be found. “Your wolf is of no use to you here,” a voice calls out from the darkness. “Where am I?” I question. “In your bed in the Lycan Mansion… of course.” A face finally comes into view as a beautiful blonde woman leaves forward into the light of the crystal ball. I immedi
ELLA “Ella,” he chokes out as I place my lips on the tip of his cock. I know he is trying to protest but I am blinded by my heat. Not taking my eyes off his, he watches carefully as I swirl my tongue around the head of his cock. A sound that mimics a cat’s purr erupts from his chest and I take it to mean that I am doing a good job. Giving his tip a finally lick, I drive his dick into my mouth until it hits the back of my throat. He is so incredibly large that I can’t possibly take all of him in my mouth at once. Wrapping my hand around the base of his dick I start pumping with the same rhythm as my mouth. Erebus’s eyes are still wide with shock as I continue to pump his dick in between my lips making sure to give the tip extra attention when I need to come up for air. “Goddess, fuck,” Erebus groans as I push his dick farther down my throat. The purring sound has transformed to moans, his head is pressed back against the shower wall and his eyes are closed. Cool water dri
LILITH The Wolf’s Den Bar is deserted as I enter. Half of the bar is roped off with huge blue tarps blocking the holes that I apparently made during my battle with the child. Looking around at the destruction I cannot help but laugh. I had no idea that I left such a mess in my wake. A path of destruction has become my calling card. I would not have even bothered to come back to this disgusting place, but I have no choice. This is my only lead on finding a way to get to the child. She must have been hiding behind this bar for a reason. There is a mousy, brown haired she-wolf talking to a handsome wolf with a large tattoo on his arm. Upon closer inspection it is the tattoo of the Lycan City Royal Guard. Neither take notice of me as I sit a few seats down, carefully listening to their conversation.“No one has seen her since she called in sick,” the she-wolf says to the handsome blonde. “That’s not exactly true,” the handsome blonde says. “She called me for help and we