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35. Gamble I
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My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 35. Nymeria
NymeriaThere's a fire.I wheeze, grabbing my night robe from its stand and I run, draping it around me. The servants are screaming."The stables!" "The larder!""Water!" I run into Alpha Darrock in the hallway, and his maroon gaze flicks over me, darkening momentarily with lust. I resist the urge to roll my eyes. "What's going on?""An attack from the rogues, perhaps," he murmurs, eyes on my breasts. "You should rest. It is being taken care of, princess."I frown. "The castle hasn't been invaded in forever. How did they get over the wall? Have they being caught?" I ask, inching a step forward, but Darrock blocks my path."Do not concern yourself with these things. It is unbecoming of you. No one likes a nosy woman. Join your mother in the Grand Hall, where the rest of the women are. We'll handle it. Your father and I."I stare at him, lips parted in surprise. "Nosy? Who the fuck do you think you are to tell me where I should be in my castle?""Your father has no sons, and you're mu
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 37. Gamble II
KierJessamine approaches, and I can’t help but suppress a chuckle at the sight. Covered in a tattered tunic that seems more suited for peasants, pants that look one step away from becoming rags, and worn boots that have more holes in them than all my clothes put together, she looks absolutely ridiculous.A brown leather belt hugs her waist, a dagger hanging off it in plain sight. Gloves cover her hands, weathered and stained with Goddess knows what, and a scarf is clumsily wrapped around her hair, failing to conceal a few strands of that luscious hair that frames her face.Yes, at first glance, she resembles a little man. But her violet eyes, there’s no hiding that spark of mischief forever in them. Or those lips that could never be found on a man’s face. Or her pert little nose. Or those dimples that grace her cheeks when she pouts, looking at me like I’m the one who looks ridiculous.“Kier, do you wish to get mugged?” she asks, closing the distance between us in swift, confident st
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 38. Never Forget, Arguments Are Quite Healthy
JessamineWe lost.Not the gamble. I won that. Only, the money got stolen and a huge fight broke out and Kier and I barely got out of the den with our heads intact. My stomach hurts from laughing, and Alpha Kier isn’t having any of it. He glares at me as unties the noose from the trees. “I shouldn’t have listened to you. You almost got us killed.”Rolling my eyes, I inch closer, letting him lift me unto the horse. “Tell me you didn’t have fun. You were cheering the mercenary way more than I did. Pretend all you want, but I know you absolutely loved every part of it. Especially the running part.”He joins, sitting behind me, and it’s an effort to ignore the way our bodies are pressed together. “Not particularly.” His voice is hoarse against my ear and a delicious shiver runs down my spine.“Liar.”The ride back is unnervingly silent, but I wait it out. Never initiate conversations in this sort of setting. Let him make the effort. Let him work to learn even the littlest things about yo
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 39. Don't Say No
Kier"No."The man tips his head back and laughs. "An odd choice, considering how dire the situation is. Do not think for a second that my King cares for this treaty. Or peace. Your father murdered peace, and you have continued in his stead."My jaw ticks. "Your King had my lands attacked. Four maidens, daughters of Alphas died in that charge. Yet, I held back." I lean back in my seat. "If I wished to play games like, burn the castle, I would have sent more men, and your King wouldn't be alive to send this message. So, no. I did not send rogues to Dawn. Perhaps, I should've sent an army right after I buried my dead."Darrock falls silent. "The rogue gave your name."I recall the dungeons, and the rogue I'd killed. His warm blood running down my hands, staining my sleeves. "And the prisoner gave me your King's name."The emissary slices his head left, his forehead creasing. "If I am to believe you, someone is trying to start a war between our kingdoms." A pause in which his lips tug do
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 40. Lose Your Cool
KierMy arms yank her lithe frame up and her legs wrap around my waist, fingers shredding the arm of my shirt as she nips on my lower lip. I taste blood, anger and lust on her lips. Her tongue lashes against mine, stroking softly one second, and violently the next second, and it is my undoing. I hardly notice her legs unwrapping me, until I am shoved into the wall with shocking strength. The tiny witch pulls back, growling as she fumbles my tunic, trying to get it over my head, but she’s too short to reach. A snarl rips from her lips as she grips two ends of the collar and rips it in half. It hits the floor, somewhere on the left…or right. I don’t know. I can’t take my eyes off her.Her gaze rises to mine in that moment and her eyes—they’re fucking silver with a violet ring around them. Zephyr roars, lurching forward, and my lips slam into the skin of her neck, kissing, nipping, and I sniff deeply. She’s mine. She’s fucking mine.I grip her waist, pushing her onto the desk and things
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 41. Look For Answers
JessamineDrawing the hood tighter over my head, I weave through the woods, my eyes adjusting to the darkness. My stomach flutters as knotted nerves unravel. A loud roar splits the air from a distance, sending the birds perched on the trees flying.I haven't been back in these woods in years, but it is almost the same. The paths I created when I was a child have all closed up, but the markers mother put on the trees are still here.My fingers trace each as I walk past, and my heart clenches at the sight of the familiar boulder that had served as a gate for my home.I halt in front of the little mud hut I grew up in. Memories assault me and I shove them down, deep into the box of things I don't like to look into. Each step is heavier than the last as I approach, and I convince myself, again and again that this is important. I need to find the truth and while I can't ask my mother anymore, I know where to look.Towards the end of her life, she could hardly recall details anymore. She wa
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 42. Hunter's POV I
HunterOne night became two, and then countless. Hunter couldn't get enough of her, and he did nothing to hide it.Soon, his affair with Madeline spread, much like wildfire, and he had to face his parents."No.""Father, please," Hunter pleaded, but his parents were adamant. He'd known they would never accept Madeline, but considering the fact she was his mate, he'd thought it could be fixed.He'd succeeded over the past months in getting her out of the brothel. He built them a tiny hut in a village far from the castle, and she seemed content being there. She seemed happier, younger, a savage innocent beauty. He wanted to keep that, and her. He didn't want to be king if it meant she couldn't be his queen.He told his parents that, and they had him confined to his chambers for months, heavily guarded. Not even his prowess could get him out when more than a score elite guards were positioned at every entrance of his chambers.Every day apart from her tortured him, and the distance betwe
My Alpha Mate Wants Me Back 43. Hunter's POV II
“No,” Madeline sobbed, scrubbing off the blood on her skin until she bled. “I didn’t—I wouldn’t hurt you like that. I love you.”It was the first time Madeline ever admitted to him that she loved him, and though he’d waited for those words for a long time, he barely heard her. The windows and entrances were shut, as they usually were when the King and Queen of Dawn were having private conversations that couldn’t afford to be leaked to outsiders. There was no way anyone could have come from outside.Still, she inched closer, reaching for his hands with her fingers that still had his mother’s blood on them. Hunter flinched, and Madeline let her hand fall. “I didn’t do it. I swear it, on my life, though it’s not worth much. Tell me you believe me.” A tear slid down her cheek. “Please.”Perhaps, had it been someone else, he might have considered the possibility of it all. But his mother was dead, and Madeline had wielded the dagger. In that moment, all he saw was her body, and the blood o
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