LOGINPALT“Mum,” I had said the second I saw that woman. The word came out naturally, and it felt like I had known this woman all my life. I gritted my teeth when I felt another haze. With my hand on my head, I tried to endure it, eyes closed, and teeth gritted together in agony.I heard Drake approach me, then felt his hand under my legs before he hoisted me up. I clung to him for dear life and didn't let go until the pain subsided. When I opened my eyes, the once unfamiliar place became familiar. The details were so sharp, and the emotions so strong, I doubted anyone had tampered with my memories.When I parted my lips, the words that came tumbling out were, “Have you been here before?” Despite my talk with Ryth and how she had made me believe my memories were being manipulated, a dose of my recollections was all I needed to return to how I was before my recent talk with Ryth.“Once, but when I was little. I've flown over it, but the only times my feet touched the soil were when I was a
DRAKESomething is wrong with him. I couldn't tell exactly what that was, okay, when he went to answer the call of nature. After that, he seemed withdrawn, just like he was when we rescued him from the forest. I couldn't force him to tell me what was wrong, since he looked closed off. I just hoped that by the time we got to the village, he would have gotten out of whatever dark hole his mind might have gone into.“Do you know when we first met?”I didn't even know why I blurted that out. I had always been the most detached among the others, always keeping my thoughts to myself and only conversing when necessary. However, my dragon seemed to want to talk to him, to cheer him up.He shook his head. “I don't remember.” His whisper sounded forced. He kept his gaze outside, letting me know he wasn't interested in whatever I had in mind. However, I wasn't deterred by that.“It was during the time Lud and I were captured. We let them believe they captured us, though. But that's a story for a
“I couldn't!” I lied through my teeth. “Drake asked the guards to watch me. I couldn't even escape if I wanted.” Of course, I would have. The guards wouldn't have seen me. Drake wouldn't have known of my disappearance until he got to the carriage. I didn't tell her that, though. Instead, I lied to keep her from suspecting me.“He would have killed the men if they had taken me. I don't know what's wrong with them, but they think I'm their mate and have been guarding me with their lives. The men you sent would have lost their lives if they tried to take me!”I made certain to put desperation in my voice so she would believe my lies.She exhaled. “This complicates things further. If you had gone with the men as I instructed, we would have planned a takeover with you out of harm's way. Not just that, I intended to use your disappearance to make them lose their sanity.”“Oh.”Oddly, the thought of the kings losing their sanity over me didn't sit well with me. I didn't like it at all, but I
I wasn't convinced about the reading of minds. Deep down, I felt he was lying, but looking at him, I realised he might not be. If he knew about my plans with Ryth, he wouldn't have been close to me. He would have told the others and circled the village, laying to waste everything and anything before we could do all we planned. Then after that, they would get rid of me last, for betraying them and toying with their emotions.Drake cast glances at me as we resumed our journey. I knew he couldn't read my memories because I wasn't that loud, but I couldn't help but imagine a situation where he had lied about that so I could keep my guard down and let him into my thoughts.“Are you certain you're okay?” He asked for the tenth time, his gaze wrapping around me like a gentle blanket, soft and reassuring. I couldn't even recall why I had hated him at first. A look from him and I was almost ready to drop my shorts.“Yeah, I'm good.” I smiled, sitting up on the carriage seat. “I'm just… Let's s
Ryth ignored me when I tried to reach out to her. Those men must have returned to the village and told her what transpired in the forest, which is why she refused to speak to me. I tried without fail to get her to take the call, but with no success.It was for the best, though, as I wasn't reaching out to her to give her any intel or update. I just had questions I needed answers to. I couldn't ask Drake, even if I wanted to hear about my life from him. Ryth, I was confident, would know more about myself since I woke up in the village. That was the only vivid recollection I had. Not only that, there were more people in the village like me, who didn't fall under any of the five species.All I needed to know was the gap in my mind, a place I was certain had the answers I needed.“Baby?”I glanced up, smiling. Drake had gone out, after making a tent, to get meat because I told him I was craving fresh meat and fruits. He had left, promising to return with the things I craved. I had doubted
He pushed his cock against me, and his head popped into me, sending a sharp pain up my spine. I gasped loudly at the intrusion, arching my back slightly as I tried to get comfortable. The further he pushed his cock into me, the more at ease I felt. My body welcomed the familiar organ. When he was fully inside me with his balls resting against my cheeks, he stopped and waited.“Are you okay?”I almost climaxed at the sound of his voice. Gripping the tree tight, I nodded, letting him know he had no reason to be concerned. We both knew that wouldn't hurt me.He placed his hands on my hips and brought me closer, my black flush on his chest. The position made his dick slide in fully, impaling me like a sword thrust into the heart from a height.“I wish we could stay like this forever. What do you think?”I puffed out an exasperated breath. “Can you just move?”He chuckled at the request, but didn't do what I asked. When I tried to move, he held my waist at a place to prevent me from doing
The silence returned, heavier now. Dave slumped forward onto the bed, spent and trembling. He heard the soft taps of Leonard's fingers on the phone screen as he sent the video to his husband, one he knew would blow up in anger. With the deed done, Leonard lay down behind him, pulling Dave back aga
Dave came to him for protection. He wouldn't give out his location, not even if Adam begged him. At the mention of the bastard he wanted so badly to forget, a cold spike drove through Dave's chest.“Show me,” Dave said. His voice surprised him. He sounded too calm, compared to that rage that was s
“His mistake,” Leonard said, each word enunciated as if he were speaking to a child, “is his to carry. Not yours. You don’t have to carry it here.”The kind words felt like a blade that sliced through the numb shock he had felt when he got the news, and everything he’d been holding back: the betray
After his husband's betrayal, a man finds a devastating form of revenge: seducing his own father-in-law. At first, it was just a game until it turned into so much more.CHAPTER 1The evidence had been there, on his face for ages, but he ignored it. He didn't want to think of him in that light. He w







