Felixe’s POVI stilled, feeling her touch burn my skin even through the fleece jacket I wore. A shot of electric current shot up my body. How could that be possible? I turned slowly to face her, roughly extracting my arm from her grasp. It was getting difficult to restrain myself from slamming my mouth to hers if she touched me. Didn’t she realize it yet? “I’m not answerable to you. If you escape, you know the consequences. Go to your room, Hera!” I knew she couldn’t escape even if she wanted to. The door was locked, and I had the keys. Not wanting to cave in, I whirled around abruptly and I walked away to my room. I didn’t want to tell her about my ordeals. My step-mother was still alive and keeping tabs on me. I sensed her presence in the house before finding Hera talking to her. What disturbed me was she knew about Hera. I just hoped she wouldn’t harm my relationship with my mate. I didn’t need her interference in my life anymore. After the fire, I had felt relieved to know she w
Hera’s POV I couldn’t help but stare at him, my mind reeling from his admission. Did he just accept me as his mate? There was an intensity in his eyes that I could not decipher. It made me feel exposed as if he could see through me. I didn’t want him to read me. His confession confused me. Why did his actions prove the opposite? If he considered me his mate, why didn’t he react to me? Why didn’t he kiss me? Why didn’t he mark me? Would I have to wait all my life for my mate’s loving touch? I felt disappointed in the Moon Goddess. All my life I had looked up to her, and prayed to her for a loving mate. I never imagined I would be tied to someone who would always hate me. I wanted to protest.“No, I’m just your enemy. I’m not your mate. You brought me here to punish me, to kill me. I know you hate me. Let me go, Felixe,” I screamed, feeling unwanted and unhappy. I tried hard to wrench myself free, but he just grabbed the back of my neck and pulled me towards him. Before I could real
Felixe’s POV I clasped her tightly to my body. It was strange how she molded perfectly into me as if we were the missing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle united at last. Maybe that was what a mate was! My better half! Now that I found my better half, I didn’t want to let go. A fierce need to protect her from my stepmother’s clutches started gnawing at me. I had to keep them at bay! I could feel her retreating and gripped her tightly, not willing to let her go. The kiss we had shared earlier had me shaken up to the core. I tried staying away from her, yet it didn’t work. Dan’s call to warn me of my stepmother’s presence in Yellowknife had me worried. I went to meet Dan and find out more about her. How would I know she was planning to attack Hera right at my apartment? My threats and the biological weapon I possessed scared them away, but for how long? I know they would be back again. My stepmom wanted the company and the money I earned through sheer hard work. She might have depleted my f
Hera’s POVFelixe stood leaning against the doorframe of his bedroom, watching me walk into mine. I had no idea why he completed the cleaning up in the blink of an eye! Now, when he was done, he just watched me like a hawk in silence. I knew he wasn’t happy that I didn’t sleep with him. How could I? We might be mates, but we weren’t exactly close. One heated kiss wasn’t enough to make me sleep with him! He was still my captor and I, his captive. “What if they return?” A shudder went down my spine, but I put up a brave face before him. “They won’t. Dan is there on guard.” He rolled his eyes at me. Maybe he thought I hadn’t overheard him talking to his bodyguard. “Are you sure you won’t be scared?” I nodded with a brief hesitation. Did he think I was a helpless young wolf who needed the protection of a male? I was a capable warrior who fought alongside my twin. I had royal blood coursing through my veins. “You underestimate me.” He shrugged, looking a little crestfallen as if he wa
Hera’s POV The feel of his warm tongue on my neck felt so good, I couldn’t stop the moan from escaping my lips. Now was the time to satisfy our burning needs for each other. For days we had been restraining ourselves, but not anymore. I knew this was the moment I had been waiting all my life when my fated mate would mark me! I would belong to someone for life! “Tell me what you want, Hera!” His voice was low, vibrating, close to my ear. It made the world stop moving around me. At that moment, all I could feel was the way his massive c*ck was pressed to my dripping-wet entrance. The thought of him marking me had me aroused. “You, Felixe! I’ve always wanted you.” A raw sound of need escaped his throat. He held my heated gaze with his fiery one. My heart skipped a beat, and I couldn’t look away. “And I’ve wanted you!” He dipped his head and claimed my lips in an earth-shattering kiss that made my head swoon. His tongue plunged inside my mouth and I tangled my fingers in his hair, alr
Felixe’s POV I stared at the beautiful creature the Moon Goddess had blessed me with. She was my life now. I never expected I would have a mate. All my life, I stayed away from females as they disgusted me. Not one of them had the guts to face my feral aura. But my Hera was so different. She had the guts to fight me even when I had abducted her, terrorized her, and kept her imprisoned. Her innocence bowled me over. She wasn’t much younger than me, yet she had saved herself for me, her mate! With her good looks, she could have chosen anyone, yet she didn’t. Her nature, her simplicity, and the purity of her soul floored me. The moment I was inside her, I knew I was home. I never felt so aroused in my life as I felt every time I was near her. Tonight my c*ck felt so painful, as if it was being ripped apart. After an excruciating sensation of pain, I started knotting her. It was the most exquisite moment for me.I knew she was mine to knot forever. I was addicted to her and the knot re
Felixe’s POV Reluctantly, I took Dan’s call, knowing I would have to leave Hera alone here and rush to the office right away. I couldn’t trust my stepmother at all. She could do anything. I had no idea what she had against me! A confrontation that had been simmering under the surface for so long would finally find a vent today. I had always avoided a one-to-one interaction with her in the past, but not anymore. Unless I met her, she wouldn’t stop tormenting us. “Yes, Dan.” “Ebony called me, Felixe. She wants to meet you urgently now or she’ll drop in at your apartment.” My heart filled up with dread. No, I wouldn’t want her here. If she could set her home on fire, she could do anything. “Call her and inform her I’ll meet her at my office in twenty minutes. In the meantime, tighten the security around here, Dan.” Dan grunted in frustration yet disconnected the call to do my bidding. With a helpless sigh, I served the breakfast I made and carried it to Hera, only to find her fast a
Felixe’s POV Everything fell into place. I found most of the answers to the questions that had been hounding me for the last thirty-two years of my life. But after hearing Ebony, new queries started flitting across my mind, driving me crazy.Ebony’s revelation was shocking! I hadn’t expected my life to be under such a serious threat. The Flame Hounds burned whoever crossed their paths. They were a force to be reckoned with while I was just an Alpha Shifter wolf! I hardly had any special powers to counterattack them. All I had with me was the biological weapon my only friend, Derrick Staten, had given me.“Can’t we negotiate a way out? What if I offer them extra money for my life?” Ebony scoffed and paced the floor. It didn’t seem she wanted me to be free. “You will have to pay the price of your mother’s misdeeds. There’s no way out, Felixe.” Darkness came down over my vision and clung to the side of my desk for support. “Then why are they after my mate?” She laughed, but there was