Please be sure to read Epilogue 2 - coming up!
-KEISHA’S POV- My foot pressed the throttle pedal to accelerate on the state highway with the scenic Cascade Mountains in the distance. I was in a hurry. This was an emergency. It was now or never. My pulse quickened from the anxiety. Ten minutes away from Tara’s café. I’m tapping my index fingers on the steering wheel and whistling to the tune of ‘You and I’ by Lady Gaga. Glancing at the time, it was around one o’clock now. The phone screen lit up on the dashboard, chiming ridiculously non-stop. I took it out of the holder. It was Andrew, Duke’s father. Oh, goddess. My breath hitched. Letting it go to voicemail was a better option. I’ll call him back soon. I managed to lose the warriors who were assigned to be my bodyguard. Even knowing how worried they were because I was not at the pack house would not deter me from my goal. I had to be quick about it before going home. Therefore, I drove adequately fast. This was a secret that solely Tara would know and I just might get away
-SIANNA’S POV-“Ugh! I cannot support this!” I argued with cracks between my brows. Contorting a perfectly glamorous face. “Why do you force me?”“Firecat,” My mate extended a hand and helped me from the silver-grey limousine in front of the grandiose hotel at RoseWater Prowlers Pack. “This is no different from when a werewolf rejects his fated mate to be with another who he might choose.”Lightly, I bit my bottom lip because I wanted to be angry at this man. However, the gorgeous sight of his chiseled jaw and nose, lush soft lips, and piercing green eyes that gleamed in delight of my outfit, made it impossible to hold a grudge.He’s been raking his lustful eyes over me since I got dressed for the event. I wore a baby pink floor-length one-shoulder sequin mermaid dress with frills and crystal embellishments that zips up the back and has a long split up to the hip on the left.You’d think that I was naked because of the way he licked his lips a thousand times, with eyes narrowing and n
-SIANNA’S POV-A pin-drop silence hovered throughout the building. Everyone cowered, trembling like they were standing on awfully cold ice, enveloped in trepidation.Vance’s pitch-black eyes search for the grimy, disrespectful Alpha, clenching his fists and ready to wipe the floor with his blood. His nostrils flared, diligently trying to detect his scent. Small stubble of bristling fur began to protrude from his pores. He was about to shift.As his Luna, his lethal aura did not negatively affect me. Instead, it brought me warmth and an urgent need to embrace him. Although to others, it was strangling.Stepping in front of Vance, “Baby, he’s gone.” I palmed his face to eliminate the cold baleful features that settled in his expression with sparks from my touch. Gradually, pristine emerald green swirled into his eyes. My hands dropped to his tensed shoulder blades which abruptly hung loose. To break the ice, I glanced at the slice of sachertorte cake on his plate and coquettishly uttere
-SIANNA’S POV-Emerald eyes shifted to black, flaming with desire and wild hunger. Grabbing my nape, his insistent mouth captured mine, warm and moist as a thick sneaky finger slipped into my dripping pussy. His plump full lips dominated mine.The threading of his free fingers through my black wavy hair with curls will surely leave me as a disheveled mess, since he fisted a bulk of it so that I met his steamy orbs as my face contorted with pleasure.There was no stopping him. He craved for his pleasure and he was going to binge-eat. I reached out and ran my fingers up his torso. His heart beat fast and hard under my palm.“Let me…..,” he moaned inside the kiss, “….dive inside…..,” roughly molding our mouths, “…..of what……,” he plunged in his tongue and retracted it, “…… is mine.” Untamed fingers caressed the walls of my pussy. “I’m ready to fuck you.”He is so horny that he has slipped into that perverted urgency of ‘I want what I want and I’m taking it’ mode. He doubled the fingers h
-VANCE'S POV-Chills prickled my skin as my wolf realized the danger. The sharp, gray dolomite spearhead sliced my hand as I caught it inches from Sianna's face and my blood spilled.Sianna froze in shock, breathing fast, shallow breaths, staring aimlessly. Confusion and alarm washed through Sianna as her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open.Red rage. A thunderous growl vented from my chest, shaking the ground so that even the building trembled from my wrathful outburst.“Elites, your Luna was attacked from the west end of the forest from the ballroom. Find the assassin now!” I commanded through the mind-link. “I want him alive.”A million things ran through my mind that caused me to curse several expletives. The attacker had been in position for a while on a tree branch since the balcony was numerous feet high and it was a straight shot, not slant or curved. He watched me fuck my mate as he waited for a clearing to fire the Dolomite spear.The target was Sianna, not me. With my b
-VANCE’S POV-Shuddering gaps from her mouth caused blood to dribble down her chin. She was so fragile considering that I hadn’t applied a full method of torture to this mermaid. The saline water was a requirement for her healing. Therefore, staying hostage on the shoreline was certain to enhance her injuries to a critical state. Prolonged time on land was their number one weakness.In the shallows, the choppy waves broke around the rocks and their foaming crests formed erratic tracery over the azure. Sianna's apprehension was rising through our mate bond. Suddenly, I missed her scent. My rage seared. A perfectly good night with my mate was ruined by this vile sea creature.“End this now.” My wolf wanted her blood now. I hated to repeat myself to this half-fish. Still crouched in front of her, all my nails became claws as I flashed them in her face.“Don’t mermaids make good tuna rolls?” My wolf wondered amusingly.Chad scouted the left end of the coast while Wade covered the right si
-VANCE’S POV-It was Sianna who charged at Ezekiel this time. She blew a fuse at the mention of our pup. Rage consumed her. I held her around the waist to stop her cute little attack. She fought against me but my robust strength kept her feet from moving forward.He was the creepy Alpha who had been stalking Sianna with his presence all night and was very much an accomplice of the mermaid.“No-no,” Ezekiel cried in desperation. His face was stained with tears. “I would never go against you, my king! It was her, the fucking mermaid!”“Foolish son of a bitch.” Gong spat out in hatred.“He’s good as dead.” I heard Basil say.Several other murmurs sluiced and I silenced them with a fierce growl. “Enough!” The crowd went immediately quiet and still as a statue, and I continued, “Do you know the consequences of what could have transpired tonight? Do you think that if I had lost my mate that there would be any excuse in the world that you could have given me?”My arms tightened around Sianna
-VANCE’S POV-“That is no way to greet an old friend.” She pouted. As her flirty brown eyes flickered to meet mine, she tried to brush her fingers through the messy ponytail of my black hair. “We were lovers, Vance, and I’m sure that you don’t want your precious Luna to know that I’m back.”I scoffed.Esme paled. She seemingly expected a different outcome. I would never welcome her with warmth after the fact that she was exiled from Dark Wolverson. Was it Blayne or Duke who allowed her in the pack? I’m about to bust off their asses today.A ray of anger morphed into her features and she scowled at me. “Don’t forget that I also was carrying your child until….”“Don’t waste my time!” I warned her, not touching my meal. “Whatever you want, say it before today is your final day of breathing.”Suddenly, her face converted into a familiar seductive look. One that she had used plenty of times in the past to get what she wanted from me. I wanted to heave and vomit.“Vance,” she purred with a