Se connecterVALEN’S POVOur mouths shifted sensually over each other's. My tongue moved around the tender moistness of her mouth, dancing with hers, tasting and tantalizing. The feel of her soft lips washed away all the fears and worries that had been on my mind for the last hour.Tingles shot through my entire body, craving everything we were. Our pull, the connection, everything that made us perfect for each other. I slid my hand down over her buttocks to draw her pelvis up against mine.After a few moments, I could feel her relax into me. Her arousal hit me hard, which made me want more of her lips, but I knew I couldn't do anything.Seconds later, I pulled back with a pant and made sure she had her eyes locked on mine. Even wet and sad, they still captured my soul.That pull. The attraction. The devotion. I’d be mad to screech out to another woman.“Bluebella, I haven’t had any other females in all my life since I found out you were my mate.” My hand moved to the side of her face, smoothing o
VALEN’S POVImpossible.My eyes narrowed, searching Raina’s face.She had expected an immediate answer, but my mouth tightened as I remained silent.She creased her forehead in disappointment as we held each other’s gaze.Then a pained expression crossed her face, and her breathing picked up, chest heaving. She was angry.My heart squeezed, feeling all that emotion firing through the bond.When she could not stand the silence, she crossed her arms. “Why are you making that face? How bad is it? You want her, is that it?”“No, baby, it’s not that,” I began, edging closer to her, reaching out a hand. “It’s just, oww…”I rubbed the area that she hit when she twisted around to grab a pen from the table and threw it at me.“Like seriously, you almost gave me a heart attack,” she snapped, letting out a shaky breath.I closed my eyes and heaved a sigh, irked by that grave-crawling parasite, Jiya. I knew she’d be a problem, and I had a feeling that this was just the start of our troubles. I cu
RAINA’S POV“Are you ready for the first one?” Heidi beamed. She was more excited than I was.She picked up one of the exquisite notecards. It was from the pile of gifts I received from the Bolivian and Ugandan Alphas and pack members.As soon as I woke up, Meera drew my attention to the receiving hall downstairs. Azara and Heidi were there giving orders on where to place all the gifts they had sent me.I wasn’t sure how long I stood in shock before I actually believed those wolves could still support me. And now here we are in the formal, modern-style parlor at the pack house.Heidi waved the card over the black tulip table where we sat by the window, saying. “It’s from Alpha Kaelican of the Salvajes Dientes Pack in La Paz.”Sunlight slipped through the tall, black, parted, curtained windows that ran along high white walls.Omegas moved around us, dusting and tidying up the black and white furniture that occupied the room with soft couches, cushioned chairs, and a dark wooden table i
VALEN’S POV“Hey buddy, what you got going on here, hmm?” Devin’s low, gravelly voice poked through my sleep haze. “I don’t think sleeping out here on the pavement outside your parents' house was a good idea.”My freshly awakened eyes blinked, squinting from the subtle rays of the morning sun that peeked through the tall tree between the two houses across from me.“Urgh,” I groaned, turning my face to the side from the blinding light.Devin was bent over me in a white tee and green trousers, nudging my bare shoulder. Thank the goddess he woke me.After Dad threw me out in the wee hours, I stood out here shirtless in gray, ripped joggers, and watched him and Mom rush out to go find Venus.Seems I really did black out after that.“You know, normal people don’t abandon a warm bed and a gorgeous Luna to be beaten up by cold concrete. That’s tragic, Val.” Devin reached down to grasp my bicep, helping me to stand. “Argh. You’re heavier than a truck.”I pushed myself off the hard ground with
VALEN’S POV“Help you with what?” Devin sneered down at her. “You dug your own grave. Do you want a faster deportation back to hell? Because I can do that. We both know all this pleading is just like a rainy day ring.”“You can't let me die. Save me,” Mercedes’ words begged, but her tone was demanding. “I'll let you mark me. It's what you wanted, isn't it? We’ll finally be together.”Devin aggressively tugged his foot out of her grasp. “You framed Cher. You could have gotten her killed. You made me hate her. All you think about is yourself. I'm over this bond.”Jiya let out a dry, pitiful laugh. “My Alpha, and members of the council, Mercedes used blood magic to infuse Raina’s blood and the sacred dust from the relics into her body. She thought it would make her shine, but as you can see, she flopped her own show.”“And you didn't?” Grandpa Victor asked suspiciously.At least one of them was sensible.“Of course not,” Jiya vouched solemnly, her tone cautious, “I came to make things rig
VALEN’S POVJiya’s chin-length auburn hair turned snow-white, wafting and gliding around her face as her elevated body shone like an awakening calamity. Respawned.Transfixed, I gulped and ignored the hard slap from Devin that hit my chest.Soon, every voice around me had faded. When Jiya’s blue-lit brown eyes hit mine, she sucked the breath out of me.I clutched my chest and sank my teeth into my lower lip, drawing blood and swallowing that one word that was fighting my being to be uttered.The crowd had gotten larger. Everyone fell to their knees, bowing to her in obeisance to the moon goddess. Everyone except the royal clique, who stood baffled with skepticism."Faking her death wasn't dramatic enough, she decided to come back with a viral glow," Theo grumbled, scratching his head.“We accept the chosen Luna Queen,” a dominant Alpha yelled, and the others repeated it.“All hail Queen…uh…” One Alpha fumbled with his praise, his voice lowering in uncertainty. “Um…your name, my queen?
VALEN'S POVA dark, menacing harlequin flooded each iris. There he was, grunting, thick with scorn. “Well, if it isn’t the realm’s treasure.”Scanning over his appearance, the dirty pants that he wore were threadbare. The afternoon's cool breeze blew open his unbuttoned shirt, billowing at the soot
VALEN’S POVThaines brushed the rubble off Theo’s body as the cloud of dust around them slowly cleared. Footsteps of the emancipated clergy pattered behind us. I held up a hand to stop them from drawing closer. Alarmed, they muttered some prayer and made the holy sign across their bodies, watching
VALEN'S POV-Zeus' volcanic rage was swarming me. It was hard to control him like this. I never expected Devin's revelation to propel my wolf into a hissy fit. Vaheed's attack on my best friend left a bitter taste of betrayal.Not to mention, his actions with Raina were incomprehensible because he
RAINA’S POVTo dampen my fear, I swallowed tightly.“You should have listened to your witch,” Valen’s doppelgänger hissed, emeralds glittering with ire. “Did you think coming here would impress me?”From ground level, he resembled a mighty hunter with hands ready to draw…to snipe and shoot me when







