LOGINARESThe sharp smell of rot permeated the air, coming from the body lying still next to me. I couldn’t leave. I didn’t want to bring myself to. It’d been three days since she was first pronounced dead. Three days since the High Priestess and doctors proved themselves useless. Three days since I shut down the entire palace to everyone. No one was getting in the palace without my fucking approval. Except Eros. The bastard had forced his way in here, but was seated all the way at the other end of the room.Good for his safety because I wanted to do something terrible to him after he hurled words at me, blaming me for the death of our mate, saying if I’d marked her, perhaps her wolf would have been able to withstand the poison. I looked to the shards of glass on the floor, then the crack in the wall where I’d smashed the vase against earlier, aiming for his fucking head. All of that, yet the truth was glaring. Eros was right. If I hadn’t been such a dickwad to her, she’d still be h
EROSRight after the meeting, I dropped by the temple to gloss over some plans with the High-Priestess. Plans that led up to my leaving the role as an Oracle. Someone else trained by her could fit into the position. I, on the other hand, had far important obligations to handle. Such as the woman in my quarters. As I made my way into the palace, I didn’t realize the grin on my face was impossible to miss. It was going to be a good day, today. I could taste it. Stepping into the hallway had me rethinking my conclusion. It was completely bereft of anyone. No guards. Nobody. No, something was amiss. The further I went, the harder it was to keep up with the mantra that everything was fine. That I was probably anxious for nothing.I consumed my mind with active thoughts like how Ares’ had taken Diandra’s solution. It could only mean he’d accepted her, right? What if? What if he was on his way to making her his fully, throwing me to the side?The moment I stepped into my wing, a s
ARESOnce again, I had to maintain decorum, had to force myself to sit still whilst surrounded by people I didn’t want to deal with now.“We should have…” Everytime someone spoke, I counted the seconds. Everytime they branched off to another topic of discussion, my thoughts strayed to her.“Impossible! We were just attacked…”I couldn’t say how it happened. Nor was it the sex that made it so. Whatever had gone down between us this morning wasn’t my intentions. Gods knew I wanted her to slip in the bathtub with me, so I could wash her hair until she melted against my body. I would do anything simple long as it involved being with her. A lump stuck in my throat. But then stupid me had to ruin it. My Diandra. My sweet mate, Diandra. Someone leaned into my right. “Your Grace, I think it’s time for you to say something.” Slowly, I raised my head, staring at everyone seated at the long table as they stared back. I leaned back to Xena, in a low voice asked, “What was it again?”“The
DIANDRA Eros stared at me with remorse lining his features. His silent admission hammering into me the truth that I hadn’t known was in plain sight. All this while, I thought…He reached for me but I slapped his hand away. “It’s not what you think it is, Diandra.”My head turned to him, unable to believe a anything else coming out his lips. “It’s not what I think? You said she was just his beta! And I believed you.” The last sentence spilled out in a shattered whisper. “You just lied to me to protect your brother.”He didn’t say anything else, keeping his eyes fixed on his plate as both our appetites were gone. Finally, with a sigh, he opened up. “Ares would kill me if he knew I told you this.” He paused, dragging another inhale. “Xena and Ares sort of made a pact to be with each other in the off chances they couldn’t find their mates. While, I didn’t stop holding out hope that I’d find you, he gave up.” Anger exploded in my chest without a chance for me to rein it in. “You lie
DIANDRA I woke up to find the sheets on the right side of me empty and cold. Soft snoring sounds filtered into my ears from the left, where Eros still slept. He had a hand hooked around one of mine as though to keep me from leaving his bed without stirring him. On reflex, my fingers brushed away the dark locks on his forehead. This beautiful man was mine. Naked, but all mine. A whimper escaped my lips when I tried to move and like rain, the memories of last night poured into my mind. The savage way the twins had taken me in both holes, pleasuring me, using me for hours, leaving me completely sated before we finally fell asleep. That wasn’t even all. Ares had woken me up in the middle of the night and slipped into me from behind, grinding against my ass as his cock stroked my slippery walls. The climax that swept though me had been silent as though mindful of what time it was. I bit my lip at the memory, fighting the blush that crept into my cheeks. As de
DIANDRA Ares’ eyes had turned hooded with lust as he watched me. I almost sat up in shock when began stroking his cock back to full hardness. Eros’ hands wrapped around my midriff kept me from moving. “Don’t be alarmed, little lamb.” Finally, he withdrew his fingers completely and looked to Eros. “She’s ready for you, brother.” Eros lifted my hips and positioned his curved cock at the entrance of my ass where his twin just exited. I could feel my body tensing but I forced myself to relax. It would only be a mere stretch. “Are you okay? Do you want me to stop?” I nodded and shook my head to both questions, stroking my clit a little faster as I stared into Ares’ eyes. Despite the calmness on his face, I could tell it was a facade masking his impatience. He couldn’t wait to fuck me six days into the next full moon and I couldn’t wait to let him. I bit my lips when pleasure surged into me at the thought of Ares’ thick cock battering into my womb. Inch by sweet inch, E
DIANDRAThe room was empty by the time I sat up in bed. No signs that I’d been with the men the night before.It was almost like I’d imagined my time with them. When I tried to move, it was the ache between my thighs that reminded me it was no dream. It was as real as the sunlight burning into my
FIVE — PLEASURED BY THE BIG BAD ALPHASDIANDRA My fingers slid in, drawing out a pleasured sigh from me. As I pumped in and out, the heel of my palm rubbing my clit as I did so, Eros body burned hotter against mine. I heard a soft gasp from the shadows, then the bed dipped with the weight of Ares
DIANDRAMaybe I didn’t hear that correctly. The Oracle just called me his—scratch that—their mate? His and the Alpha’s?Was this a cruel joke? Or did the Moon Goddess enjoy fucking up my life too?I stared up at the newcomer, my breath hitching as his raw predatory aura collided with the remnants
ARESThe council meeting was in total disarray as the members tabled various requests of the needs of the regions of wolves they governed on my behalf. One was talking about the unfair state of his region and how resources almost never got to their people. “Well maybe that is because you have lit







