AVERY
“ N—No. ” My back arcs.
“ Ask my name. ” He demands in an amused tone.
I can’t focus on whatever he wants. I can only feel his hand in my hair and on my breast. Calloused fingers kneading my skin, and making me breathless.
“ Ask me. ” His lips press onto mine again, just enough to make me yearn for more.
If I know his name, will I…seek him again?
I…can’t.
“ I don’t want to know. ” I shudder helplessly.
“ What do you want, Princess? ” His breath hits my cheek before sliding to my exposed neck.
He pulls at my hair, making me arc more for him. His lips press into the crook of my neck, sending chills down my spine.
“ I just want you to, Ah…make me feel good. ” I blurt hesitantly.
He chuckles against my skin. My fingers dig into his muscles, feeling the hardness and imagining his body over mine.
The tingling sensation between my thighs is driving me crazy. I open my mouth to demand him to hurry up but his hands behind my back stop me.
With a tug, he rips the back of my dress. Buttons fly in the dark, as the dress helplessly falls to the floor.
Now, I stand in front of him, naked and flushed. His hands claim my skin possessively and drag down my sides.
I bite the inside of my cheek, trying to fight the moans threatening to spill out of my mouth. He runs his fingers under the breasts, tracing the exposed lining.
His lips meet mine again. The bruising force behind the kiss makes me stumble but he catches me and tugs me back in. My naked body presses into his clothed one as he parts my lips and dives in.
All thoughts drop out of my head and the sensations take charge. One kiss leads to another, then his lips are on my neck—Kissing, sucking, nibbling, and leaving marks on my skin.
I can’t stop the moans anymore. The hot sounds echo in the room, and my hands grip his shirt tightly.
Abruptly, I am pushed into the bed and he is hovering above me. My eyes blink open to find his heated gaze fixed on me. My heart jumps into my throat.
Under the dim lights, he looks like the definition of masculine beauty. The darkness he radiates is unique and tempting.
My thighs clench harder as his gaze drops to my hardened nipples. He places his hands on my thighs and spreads my legs. My back curves and my nipples brush his shirt.
Instantly, I moan and then close my mouth. His dark gaze sweeps over my body and meets my eyes again.
A warm hand slides between my panties and another moan escapes my lips. My toes curl as the pad of his middle finger presses into my core.
This is happening.
Oh, Goddess.
Without a care, he slides the finger inside me. The uncomfortable feeling spreads in my lower half, but it goes away the moment he pulls it out and then plunges it back in. I don’t have the time to be surprised by the ease with which his fingers slide into me.
He pulls them out and leans away. Instinctively, I squeeze my eyes shut. My core is throbbing and aching with the need to get something inside me.
It’s like my body is betraying me completely. The alcohol has made me blind and the strange sparks only aid whatever this man is doing.
He slides my panties down my legs which have a mind of their own. His muscular frame settles between my legs again before he leans in and kisses me roughly.
The movement of his lips is aggressive and demanding. It’s different from the previous kisses. It’s more intense, and deeper. His tongue explores my mouth, as his fingers slide between my folds once more.
Like a brainless fool, I moan into his mouth and spread my legs wider for him.
We part for a moment and he removes his shirt hastily. I pant as I reach for his neck and tug him back in. Our lips meet with the same intensity that knocks the breath out of my lungs.
His hands fumble between our bodies. I hear the noise of the zipper, then feel something hot and hard sliding between my wet folds.
Pleasure courses through my veins, making me unable to register anything else.
His teeth tug my lower lip harshly before he pulls away and sits on his knees.
“ Look at me. ” He commands in a powerful tone. Warmth pools in my belly at the way he speaks.
My eyes snap open and meet his gaze. The corner of his mouth quirks up but I find myself staring into his eyes that hold a hint of fury.
Why is he angry? Is he mad at me? Does he not like it?
“ Keep your eyes on me. ” He orders, and breathlessly, I obey.
I have never—
My train of thought comes to a halt. He pushes inside me roughly. I hiss and clench my teeth. My lower abdomen throbs with pain as if something has split me in half. Unconsciously, my eyes roll back into my head as I struggle in agony.
“ Eyes, Princess. ” He says hoarsely.
Immediately, my gaze finds his face again. A wave of electricity goes down my spine and makes me squirm to adjust him.
I want this, I want him. I need this desperately.
He is watching me, writhing in pain and the subtle pleasure. I clench the sheets while trying to not make it so obvious.
“ First time? ” He lowers his hand to my stomach, feeling the tensed muscles.
I bite my lower lip but refuse to answer him. His eyes flash a threatening black, making my eyes widen in horror. Slowly, strange dark red veins pop under his eyes and in his cheeks.
This can’t be. Only the eyes of Lycans ever flash black. And what are those veins? I have never seen this before.
Roughly, he pushes his length inside me. I wince, as my head rolls back into the pillow. This hurts like hell.
“ Princess. ” He pushes further in.
I try to squirm away but his hands close around my waist and pull me to him.
“ You will take all of me tonight. ” He groans, pushing all of it in.
My insides cling to him while pain makes me shake my head repeatedly. I should ask him to stop.
I should ask him to stop—I repeat to myself, but the pleasure that his throbbing cock inside me brings surpasses the pain. The sparks that surround my body and make it tingle make me numb to the world.
“ P—Please, move. ” I grumble through my gritted teeth as he stays still.
“ So tight. ” He pulls out.
“ And wet. ” Thrusts back in. I grip the pillow and moan recklessly.
“ And eager to get fucked. ” Another thrust and the gravity of his voice makes me forget about the pain.
His hands move to my breasts, squeezing and pinching my nipples. I turn my head to the side and bite the pillow but it’s not enough to keep me quiet…or sane.
The slow thrusts become hard, and fast, and then quicker. His groans become an aphrodisiac, giving me a satisfaction I never felt before.
Every sensation heightens the moment his lips find the skin of my neck, my shoulders, my breasts. His lips are everywhere, and his hands are holding me down as he takes me mercilessly.
The moment I forget the pain, it becomes all about the hot pleasure that buzzes in every inch of my skin. Something builds deep inside me—Something that threatens to leave me shattered underneath him.
And then, I come undone with a shallow scream in his neck but he keeps going. My mind tells me to stop this. I am done.
But the thought of his pleasure, the pleasure he will take from my body…is intoxicating. I want him to feel the same. I want him to shatter and lose his mind.
Every desperate thrust and every desperate sound of pleasure brings me closer to another orgasm. He flips me to my stomach and slides back in before he takes me in the familiar quick strokes.
The stretch burns, and he goes deeper. But it feels so good.
Somewhere during it, I forget my name, and my identity and only remember the man who is inside me like he owns me.
I only come to my senses when I feel his teeth over my neck. He bites a little harder than necessary, and a force sweeps inside my head. I scream due to the pressure before I feel the warm liquid inside me.
What did he do?
I struggle to grasp the reigns of sanity but it’s impossible when the pressure in my head grows.
The thrusts come to a halt as he pants close to my ear, his heavy breaths making me dizzier.
“ What…did…you— ”
My tongue loosens in my mouth. I press my forehead into the pillow while trying to understand what just happened.
He sinks his teeth in the lobe of my ear, sending a sharp pain in my flesh. I try to grab the pillow but it slips from my hold. I feel so weak.
“ You… ” His deep, angry voice whispers something into my ear. “ Mine. ”
I gasp a final time and desperately try to hold onto my consciousness but I am already slipping. I am so sleepy and tired and—
“ Princess. ”
I think he is laughing to mock me. I try to blink my eyes open but it’s impossible.
“ Remember. My name is… ” I hear him say and then feel him pull out of me.
I try to make out what he said, but everything goes black.
AVERYLife is unpredictable, they say.I caress the cheek of the newborn, my finger trembling softly. I am awed and reduced to a teary-eyed, half-conscious woman with nothing more meaningful in life than the bundle lying on the bed beside me. So, I believe now…Life is unpredictable. If someone had told me that I will give birth to a beautiful girl, with glassy grey eyes and a sharp cry…I would have told them that I didn’t need them to fool me into believing things that would never happen.But it has happened.“ You have the right. ” Aleister lays on the other side, watching the girl lying between us with similar expressions. He looks dazed as if he is in a dream and scared of touching this beautiful creature.“ We decided on that. You will get to name her if it’s a girl. ” I pull my knees to my chest, trying hard to forget the pain I felt during labor yesterday. People say something else too—they say giving birth is no easy feat. It’s like dying and coming back to life after seei
AVERY“ Was this really as necessary as you make it out to be? ” I ask, moving across his room, smoothening down the non-existent creases in the dress.It’s the same gown that I wore to the festival. Back then, Aleister sent me away without even looking at me but he carried this dress with him wherever he went when I left him.Now, he wants me to wear it on my initiation. I told him it’s unnecessary, but he insists that I must wear this.“ I can get you a new dress if you want, my Princess. ” Aleister says, stepping out of the dressing room and pulling me into his arms immediately. I notice the dark suit he is wearing, the material fitting every bulging muscle and making him appear bigger than he already is. Our eyes meet and warmth spreads in my insides—It’s instant and soothing. “ How do I look? ” I whisper, reaching up to press my lips to his mouth gently.“ Like my Princess. ” Aleister tilts his head, connecting our lips again. “ Like the greatest star in the sky or the beautif
AVERYIt was not as bad as I imagined it. Aleister did stick out from the others, but no matter how wary they were, they couldn’t say anything about it or him anymore.We had breakfast together, and then I showed Aleister around. As expected, Dustin gave us a side eye whenever we stumbled across him but he couldn’t do anything about it which left me giddy.For the first time in my life, I have my own team. Aleister and I are together, and I don’t care if the whole world is on the other side. He is enough for me.But I like that my former friends and acquaintances have accepted him as my mate.“ You have been smiling from the morning. ” Aleister mumbles, pressing a kiss to my neck from behind.“ Do you not like it when I smile? ” I inquire playfully.“ Of course, I love it, Princess. ” He trails a path of kisses up my neck as his hand rests on my stomach, caressing it softly. “ I want you to keep smiling like this forever. Will you do that for me? ”“ If you don’t make me mad, I will. ”
DUSTIN“ What are you thinking now? ” Lenora asks curiously.“ That’s not the right question, Lenora. ” I tell her and place my palm over the edge of the window. The sea appears calm today, or maybe, it’s just me. I am calm, inside out. There is no noise inside my head right now. After seeing Avi genuinely happy, I think I will be better for some time. “ Did you always know that King is her mate? ” She inquires and stands beside me.“ Does it matter? ” I wonder. Why does everyone make a fuss about it? If I know, so what? Does it change anything?The loser thinking makes me want to roll my eyes. If you jump into the ditch after knowing that it’s not deep or you jump without knowing it’s not deep…it’s all the same. In the end, you still have to jump in the ditch. “ How did you know? ” She turns her head and studies me curiously.“ Moon Goddess told me. ” I vowed to not lie to Lenora before, so she gets all the honest answers.She snickers. “ I am serious, Dustin. ”It’s another thi
ALEISTER“ Levian…can tell when someone is lying. If you had stayed back, he would have found out about your child. You don’t realize how brutal he can be when it comes to getting what he wants. And right now, it’s not the time for the war. It’s time to hide that you are pregnant, Avi. ” Dustin explains to her.“ You want to hide my child? ” She huffs. “ that’s not happening. ”“ That’s why I didn’t tell you before. Now that your mate here has told Levian that you are not pregnant and that he is not allied with the other three Kingdoms, Levian is not desperate to snatch your child. He will wait. Because he believes we are weak when we are not united as the four Kingdoms. ” He says and wipes the dried blood from under his nose again. “ He will wait for you to find your mate. ” I conclude neutrally.“ He will wait for me to break and join him. Or he will wait for a mate to come to break me and get me to lose my mind like the rest of you. ” Dustin replies, and smirks. “ but that’s never
ALEISTERI have a hunch that Dustin Landric—the twat let me hit him intentionally. I would have preferred if he fought back. I don’t enjoy hitting those who want to get hit.“ Aleister. ” My Princess nuzzles into my neck, and peer at me with her puppy eyes.My throat feels heavy as I stare into those eyes. I came here to be mad at her. Her friend sent me a letter and informed me that my Princess hadn’t left me and it was all her brother’s plot. He drugged her and kidnapped her.But she could have let me know about it.And she didn’t.I was mad, but what do I feel right now? The heaviness in my throat increases. She loves me, she is carrying my child and she is showing me that she cares about me without giving a fuck about the watching eyes.It’s like I am in a dream. Maybe, I lost my mind back in the South and this is a part of a beautiful imagination.If it’s that…I slide her stray hair behind her ear and watch as she smiles at me brightly. Her blue eyes are moist, and they still l