I have been wandering this dense forest for the last two days with no end in sight and zero sleep. Alpha Erik Helseth of the European Five now rules Norway in our stead and has given me a safe passage to speak with the people from my old village. The elders led me here to find a hermit, but so far, I have not seen a soul. I fall to the earthen floor and breathe out a growl of frustration with sweat dripping into my eyes. Even Baron has been quiet since we stepped onto Norse soil; this little act alone has alarm bells ringing. With no Pack Mind Link, no cell phone, and no one to talk to, I have been left with my own thoughts. That itself has been Hell on its own. Unwanted memories on repeat, the screams of my first and second wife, the absolute heartbreak of finding Mia dead and knowing I did it. I knew that I had to deal with this soon, that I would be face to face with the pain I had caused. I hate that I am such an enigma; I can kill without remorse, yet I lament over the three
I don’t know what I expected from Fenriz, but his rudeness wasn’t what I banked on. Yes, I changed my image a little, but that gave him no right to break my spirit./“You changed because of what that witch said!”/ Ahmya huffs as anger fills her aura. /“I told you to ignore their taunts and pressures!”//“I know,”/ I say as I wipe the makeup from my face at the vanity and kick off my heels. /“I just wanted him to like me.”//“You’re his mate; HE ALREADY LIKES YOU!”/ she says, not helping at all. I sigh, remove the clinging red dress from my body, and settle on the lilac summer dress and my flats. After using a beauty wipe, I remove the last remnants of the over-done makeup and look at myself in the mirror.Plain. Everyone has always called me plain for as long as I can remember. I wasn’t graceful and timid like my mother or beautiful like my sisters. I barely had curves and an average cup size - there was nothing noticeable about me except the fact that I was just. so. plain. I turn
I don’t know what to fucking do anymore. Do I still pretend to be the cold, indifferent Alpha around Umiko or just drop the fucking act altogether? I understand that a certain brutality comes with being in my position, but does that need to extend to my mate? Fuck it; I need to kill something. “We have a problem,” Andreas says when he walks inside of my office and leans over my desk. His eyes have split, which tells me he’s so much more than pissed off. His claws have extended, and he looks down as he tries to control his breathing before looking back up at me. “The fucking hunters are back,” he says. Those five words and his anger are justified. A few years ago, we had a group of hunters from a specific guild attempt to take out every supernatural creature in Vegas. The Sirens in my clubs were first before they nearly took out the Fae Folk in my casinos. To say that they were more than a pain in the ass is putting it lightly. “Are you sure?” I ask through gritted teeth, and he n
I lay and stare up at the ceiling while listening to Fenriz’s light snoring. Yesterday I had a plan, and it required me to take vengeance on Fenriz for the deaths of his wives. I was ready to go through with it once I got strong enough, but last night’s talk with him… just threw that out of the window entirely. He wants to trust me, he wants to show me the work of an Alpha, and he wants to be my friend. From what I heard, the other wives were all confined to the compound without seeing the heart of the city, but this morning he would bring me along! Not only that, but he opened up to me slightly about his wives and even told me the name of his beast. If that is not him willing to put his trust in me, then what is? /“Why are you still awake? We have a big training session scheduled for tomorrow!”/ Ahmya’s voice echoes in my head, and I cringe. Ever since her attitude towards Fenriz changed yesterday, I have been slightly cautious around her. She wanted me to trust him, but the mom
Not only does my mate want to try with me, but Kai and Konstantin have found Lilith alive. Barely hanging on with what she has been through, but still alive nonetheless. Umiko holds on to my every word as I recall my relationship with Lilith over the years and why I let her go. She knows about prophecies all too well; apparently, it is why her father sent her to me. He had a dream about Umiko and me being married.This little bit of news actually pisses me off; I’ll have to file it away and look into it at a later stage. The fact that Kaen was given insight into what would happen between his daughter and me doesn’t sit well with me.After a comfortable breakfast with her, I take her to the hair appointment at 10 am, but my phone rings again before I can drop her off. This time it’s Gabriel Priest.“Priest,”“Fenriz, glad I caught you,” he says in an odd, broken voice, and I frown. “Are you free to talk?”“I am for a few minutes; what’s the problem?” I ask and gesture for Umiko to giv
I run out of the bathroom and close the door behind me as shame washes over me. Gods, I just watched Fenriz pleasuring and releasing himself all over the bathroom sink. I just stood there and watched him like an absolute pervert - and he let me. He didn’t chase me away; he just let me watch as he pumped into his hand like a madman. The entire scene was so erotic that I could feel myself getting aroused, and as I walked away, I felt it too. Gosh! This was supposed to be a day of getting to know my mate better, not watching him looking absolutely gorgeous, pleasuring himself while stroking his massive - “Umiko,” I yelp when I jump up from the leather seat and turn to face Fenriz while feeling mortified. However, he looks at me as if nothing’s amiss while he wipes his hands on a paper towel before discarding it. “I…I… uh… I told them you would be back shortly,” I say the only thing I can think of right now, and he actually nods! “Good; I won’t keep them waiting,” he says in an indi
I am on my third day watching Fenriz working, and I have to say that each day is different from the next. Not only when it comes to his business dealings but problems with the pack as well. We’re in his office at the moment because right now, there seems to be a scuffle between two Omegas; one has said that a certain she-wolf is his mate, while the other states that he claimed her already. Fenriz says he doesn’t usually deal with infighting like this, but the female is from a prominent family within the pack, so he has to be the one to sort it out.“Carina, you need to explain this to me. Both of them cannot be lying about this,” Fenriz says, leaning against his desk while the three of them are standing in front of him. I am sitting in his chair and watching the entire thing.The girl, Carina, shakes her head. “I don’t understand it either, Alpha; I had mated with both of them and felt the Mate Bond Anchor when they claimed me. But surely the Goddess could not have mated me to two?”
Umiko surprises me at every turn. If she’s not settling minor disputes between pack members, she’s working through my financial statements back in the city. If there’s something she’s extremely good at, it’s smelling a rat, and that’s why we’re in a board meeting right now with five of the VPs from various hotels and casinos around the city. For the last two weeks, she’s been going over everything; for some reason, nothing was adding up. She thought it was because she didn’t know the ropes, but as she started explaining things more to me, it started making sense. Someone was lining their fucking pockets with Vega money. “With all due respect, Mr. Vega, why are we even here?” Elias Park starts looking extremely bored at being brought into a 7 am meeting with me. I’m sitting at the head of the boardroom table with Umiko to my right; she’s looking extremely agitated and overwhelmed, knowing that she was the reason they were all here. “With all due respect, Mr. Park, when it comes to