LYNEXIA I jolt upright, my hands balling beside me into fists of rage. "Are you insane?" The fact that he has a condition attached to this appalls me, not to talk of the condition itself. Dimitri scratches his jaw leisurely as if he can't be bothered by my sudden outburst. His calm gaze tightens around my gut. He is so unfazed, almost bored while a stream of anger begs to be let out from me. He sighs and says with a bored tone. "Take it or leave it." My mouth falls agape in disbelief, and the space between my brows creases into a deep furrow. I can't believe that I'm witnessing this. "Take it or leave it?" I repeat. The words roll on my tongue like black tar. "This is your daughter, Dimitri. Our daughter. How can you have a condition tied to saving her?" A vein ticks in his jaws and briefly a flicker of something I can't decipher creases his face before his mask of indifference slides back into place. "Are you doing this to punish me? Teach me a lesson?" I ask, my voice cracking
LYNEXIA "I never would have thought shadow pack territory would ever look like this again after the war," I say. The territory of the shadow pack moved from a primitive infrastructure to a more modern one. However, it is still interwoven with nature which is one of the landmarks of the Shadow pack. We connect with nature and seek guidance from it. Gavin's smile didn't reach his eyes. "Well, all thanks to Dimitri's grand vision." His tone holds something I can't decipher. The mention of Dimitri's name is enough to make my stomach churn. "Shit. I shouldn't have mentioned his name." "It's fine," I mumble, digging my shoe into the pebbles beneath me. I may despise Dimitri at the moment, but he is Gavin's best friend. Gavin asks "Want to tell me why you were crying?""I was hoping you won't ask." I focus my gaze down as if the pebbles are the most interesting thing I have ever seen. "Is it Dimitri?" I hear a sharp edge in Gavin's voice prompting me to raise my head. His jaw is clen
DIMITRI I know. It's twisted and sick to make such a deal with Lynexia but I wasn't going to take any chances. Not anymore. I already lost her once, I won't risk losing her for the second time. Even though I hate to admit it, without her, I was miserable. She may hate me now but I can work with that. As long as she is with me, I don't care but her being gone isn't something I can deal with. It is unbearable. Besides, when she is with me, I can win her over again just like I did five years ago. Even before I found out Lynexia was my fated mate, my eyes had always been on her. She had always sparked something inside of me. Being around her always made me feel alive. I thought that the spark I felt towards her was dead by now. I lied to myself that it was dead, that I didn't feel anything remotely for her. But I was wrong. The moment I set my eyes on her after five years, it blazed back to life. Hotter. Stronger. More consumin
LYNEXIA The doctor was able to revive Felicity back but I was told that next time when this happens it may not be possible. I was also told that Felicity has only three months to live if she doesn't get a transplant. I am left with no choice but to accept Dimitri's mind-twisting condition. A twin frisson of anger and hatred twist in my gut towards Dimitri for attaching a condition to help my daughter. Our daughter knowing fully well that I will never be able to turn away. I can't live with everything but not with my daughter being gone. I will lay my life down for her if I can. The tears in my eyes have already dried by the time I get to the Alpha house house. My clothes are also drenched and I'm shivering to the teeth. I'm a fire wolf so cold is something that makes my wolf sick up right there with Dimitri. Not my wolf but me, he makes me sick. I grind my teeth at the fact that accepting this condition will tie me to Dimitri. I hate him so much I want to scratch his eyes out. The
LYNEXIA Dimitri sucks in a breath as he leans closer than he already is. My skin tinges, a thousand goosebumps erupting under his scorching hot gaze. Blue.His blue gaze, heavy with something feral bores into me. It's as if he is looking through me. At my soul. My breath hitches in my throat. Time slows as his hand reaches to my jaw, fingers grazing on my skin before they cup my cheek. I swallow, every fiber in me screams to pull him away, but I don't. I can't. It's as if I have turned paralyzed. Now, his nose is a whisper away from mine. His face mere inches from mine. His gaze on my lips. His hand caressing my skin and making shivers glide through me in waves. He felt my shiver and I hate it. I hate that even after five years my body still throbs to his touch and gaze. It's as if my inner wolf doesn't understand that there is no love lost between us. She is just excited to finally meet her fated mates after five good years. I'm sure if Dimitri slips his hand into my panties, sh
LYNEXIA Blinding fury stirs inside of me the moment I open my eyes to a black ceiling trimmed with gold borders. Volcano simmers inside me intending to explode at a particular, twisted, and sick Alpha's face today. Dimitri drugged me yesterday. The fucker spiked my drink and made me spend the night here when I don't plan on doing so yesterday. My steam of anger breaks out of my nose when I gaze around Dimitri's bedroom and find it empty. I know it's his because of the heady mix of masculinity and not-so-very-delicious scent that is vaguely citrusy, laced with sandalwood. If that isn't enough pointer, the gold and black mix of the color of the interior design indicates hundred percent that it belongs to him.Stomping to the door, I rip it open with unnecessary force before marching out of the room and heading straight for the stairs. I meet with Dimitri's househelp in the middle of the stairs, who is ascending. "Please, point to me where Dimitri may be?" I give her a fake smile.Sh
LYNEXIA Deep down, I'm certain Dimitri will never do that even though I hate to be the one to vouch for him. He may be the devil, but he has a twisted sense of honor. He rolls me over in a flash until I'm facing him. His gaze narrows a fraction and I feel triumphant. My words definitely strike a nerve. A scowl etches a harsh line across his face, the raw heat in his gaze twisting a knot in my gut. Even back when Dimitri was leaner, Dimitri always possessed a primal magnetism that could make me melt. Now, with his sculpted, muscular body, it is a force almost impossible to resist. My legs scream to run far away from him as his gaze becomes pitch black but I remain put. That will just be pathetic. I hold my ground, stark like a dry fish between Dimitri's warm body and the counter biting into my skin. My legs tremble violently. But lucky me, Dimitri isn't looking down. I shift my gaze to his chest before my legs give out and I embarrass myself. Dimitri earns a gasp from me as his fi
LYNEXIA Seated on a couch adjacent to Dimitri's home office, my legs bounce uncontrollably on the floor as I watch Dimitri and this beautiful woman whisper hushly to each other from across the room. The desire I feel has successfully evaporated like a puff into the air. The woman slides a glance in my direction and leans closer to Dimitri, pushing her chest forward as if to purposely make me angry. It works because something I don't dare acknowledge flickers inside of me. Dimitri's gaze slides to me moments later, lingering three beats too long on me, his eyes trying to communicate to me but I'm too caught up in whatever the hell it is I don't want to acknowledge. Then, he proceeds to close the door against my face. Fucker. My teeth bite too hard on my lips until I taste a coppery taste on my tongue. Who is this beautiful woman to Dimitri and what the hell are they talking about that I shouldn't know about? My mind goes back and forth before the puzzle finally clicks into place in