LOGINVALEN’S POVUnder the warm afternoon sun, the pack assembled at the grand outdoor amphitheater. The stage was bare. Usually, I didn’t need the microphone or the speakers. I was sure the implacable anger in my veins was enough to carry my voice as I addressed them.“The Elders and the Alphas got their chance. They failed with Alpha-female Mercedes Femoris, and now they’ve failed with the rogue, Jiya Kaur, who is the masked criminal behind the name Kavya Leone.” I held up two digits as I glanced around the audience. “Twice they have double-crossed me. Twice they have thrown other women at me, and they have both been deceptive.” I shot a vicious glare to my left on the raised platform, thinking about how they tried to play me like a fool.Zeus’ hackles rose as he listened, his warning growl reverberating through my chest. “Grifters!” I roared venomously with violent vermilion slits, feeling my aura unleash with scathing ire. “Insolent wretches.”The Elders cowered, bowed their heads in
RAINA’S POVA laugh rumbled from Valen’s chest, the contented purring of his wolf blending into it.“The name is perfect because you love long things.” He wagged his white brows. “Besides, Hera says you’re going to wear it. If you have any issues, take it up with your wolf.”I rolled my eyes and grumbled, “She lets you get away with anything.”Holding my gaze, he slowly released me. His massive cock tensed and twitched as he gradually glided it out of my core. My mouth split wide open in a gasp at the tingling sensation; heat rushed between my thighs, and I clenched around him.He was doing it purposely, because his eyes glinted with mischief and he grinned at my reaction. “See what I mean. Even your pussy wants to keep my long general in there.”My ears caught fire as I gaped at him.“You…” I slapped at him.Laughing, he caught my wrist as he scooted to the other end of the couch to sit up. His hold on me tugged me there with him. I ended up slouching against him on my side; my back
RAINA’S POVValen grasped my hips and pulled my butt to the edge, still keeping my back on the couch cushion. He then held my legs and put them on his shoulders, and in an instant his mouth attached to my hot pussy.He licked and bit me like his favorite fruit purée, and I kept on moaning. Pleasure coiled fast, too fast. He traced circles around my clit with his tongue, tasting me, teasing me. He mixed combinations by flicking his tongue in and out of my entrance and doing it on repeat.“Valen, baby. Oh, damn, Valen.” His name rolled off of my lips like a prayer.My hands flew to his hair, burying my fingers in the strands as I pushed his head down on my pussy.His tongue went up and down across my folds, and plunged inside. The hotness of his mouth and the coolness of his breath on my pussy were so maddening.“More,” I mewled, arching my back as his tongue kept on giving me that sweet whirlpool of pleasure.Unknowingly, I started to grind my hips around his mouth. I was getting close
RAINA’S POV I blinked up, getting snared by his mesmerizing emeralds.Valen bent over me with his broad shoulders, trapping me under his towering, bulky frame. Suddenly, the couch felt like a cage, and I wondered if this was about me wanting him to stop pursuing the man involved with Jiya.He breathed hard through his nose, his eyes fixed on me. The aggressive black of his beast slowly swallowed the emerald in his eyes, until nothing remained but his predatory stare.“You think I was upset in there because I was jealous over some man?” he asked, his voice low enough to rattle the living room.I opened my mouth to sass him, but he crashed his lips on mine, and my brain packed up my thoughts and left.Sparks erupted as I returned the kiss so naturally, clutching the pads of the couch. I moaned softly into his mouth when his tongue plunged in. Punishing and breath-stealing as his soft lips did their aggressive torture on me, making my core throb.As quickly as he kissed me, he pulled aw
RAINA’S POV“Urhhh! Shut up!” Jiya slid down against the wall to the floor, wailing and slapping her thighs. “I didn’t sleep with anyone. You’re all stupid if you let this come between me and Valen.”Pulling my arms away from around my heavily breathing mate, I took the time to observe the Elders' disappointed faces. Their devastation was something that I would never forget. They knew, just as I did, that this was a plain blip into their plot. It was a humiliating rout to their queenship campaign.“Some queen-in-demand you are.” Vaheed laughed coldly, raucous and heartless, getting his belly full as he eyed her condescendingly. “Didn't you understand that your so-called divinity belonged to the throne? To corrupt it is simply heinous.”In this case, she practically dethroned herself, going from a golden spotlight to a morally gray shadow.My eyes wandered to Tallulah. Devin was at her side, grinning with his eyes pinned to her phone screen.“Nice going, Tallulah,” I said to draw her a
RAINA’S POVValen’s white brows drooped with a frown. He leaned down so close that our mouths were impossibly close, and I gulped.“The mark you have is my unwavering loyalty,” he said lightly, gently cupping my face.I exhaled in relief, smiling softly as we stared at each other.It wasn’t him. How fantastic. Suddenly, every doubt skulked away to the back of my mind. Now, there was only him, his gentle touch and otherworldly emeralds.Questions exploded around the chamber, breaking our trance and wrenching us apart. I turned sideways to observe everyone. The truth gutted them. They exchanged dazed glances, completely bewildered as each one backtracked the account of her heat.My heart soared as I became deeply invested in hearing what they had to say about their beloved Lunairess."Who marked her?" Aughi asked with a blank, disbelieving stare."When?" Poel queried, taken aback, digging fingers up the side of his topknot copper-red hair."How long has that mark existed?" Saaki probed,
VALEN'S POVA sudden sweet aroma descended into the temple. A sandalwood - patchouli incense, rich and overwhelming, clung in the air as though the moon goddess had stepped into the nave and wrapped us in her presence.We made it.It’s not too late.The night must go on.I nodded at Devin and looke
RAINA’S POV“Back off!” I yelled, not knowing what I expected, but the twin flame in my palm erupted, blasting the Vel’sothar back with a furious screech.The second one faltered, hating the light. Hera landed a brutal back kick into him, and he bumped into the other. Heads collided, making them diz
RAINA'S POV“Theo,” I whispered-yelled. My breathing was erratic, and my heart felt like it was stuck in my throat.Forging identities? He's so terrible!Yet this was Valen's magic at work. Just great. My disbelief morphed into anger, and I was ready to combust.In that moment in Valen’s atrocious
RAINA’S POVStiff as a petrified log, I couldn't scream as my world exploded in a kaleidoscope of stars. My heart thrashed a million miles a minute.The agony caught into a knot in my throat. My body tried to curl in on itself – to replicate a spider's dead dusk, but he kept my flailing limbs pinne







