LOGIN“And you have been a tough nut to crack,” he growled as his hand cupped her ass possessively.
The music changed to a fast tempo, and the guests matched the frenzy all around them.
Still, the couple stayed, barely swaying in place, lost in their own music.
“I told you I can do it,” Athena said cheekily.
“Oh, you did it alright. Damn near killed me with longing too. Now I can do what I want with you. And you are going to let me,” he said huskily.
“You are damn right, husband. I am going to let you, and by the time I am done with you, maybe you will be the one finding it hard to walk at all.”
“Wanna bet?” He grinned as
She stumbled backwards as if he had struck her as she wobbled and said, “Alpha consort, I know you would not want to believe me because she is your mate. But I swear on the souls of my family too that I am not lying.”“You said you did not have a family, did you not?! Keep up with your fucking lies,” he snapped at her.“I meant my coven members. The ones I was in search of before I got into the queen's snare. We are a family.”“This is some incriminating shit, Alpha,” Alpha Rohan, who still had her phone in his hand, said as he finally set it down on the table. “We need to handle these allegations carefully. And we need to have the queen here.”“You think I do not know that?” Raymond retorted. “My mate suddenly went missing. Those rumours started circulating. And here is a goddamn witch saying things she would not have dared cook up if Athena were here.”“I can prove that I am saying the truth,” Lilith immediately spoke up, her voice strong once again and devoid of shakiness.“The fuc
“I… I tailed the other woman and used a masking power on her. From that day, anywhere she was spotted, she looked exactly like Queen Athena. Queen Athena was always close by too, waiting for the perfect opportunity. It came when the powerful wolf cornered the vampires and wiped them out. Athena, the queen, made me wipe her memory and cast a spell on her that made her leave the packlands without any thought of ever returning.”“That is absurd! How could anyone do that?!” Alpha Kane slammed his hand on the table as he jumped up.“Really?! You are going to believe a probable con artist over a leader you have known since when?” Alpha Rohan quipped, and some of the other alphas nodded.The gestures slightly put Raymond at ease. This bitch was not getting away with this. Once she was done with her drama, Raymond would make sure she revealed who had actually sent her there to cause chaos.The witch nodded slightly to herself as she said, “She counted on this right from then. She knew you wou
Raymond sat back, glad that the meeting was restricted to just the council members. If the pack members had seen the stunt she had just pulled, that would have reaffirmed their belief that she was a walking disaster among them. Causing panic within the pack was the last thing Raymond needed.“But what did she mean by the queen's order?” he wondered suspiciously.He looked straight at her as he said, “I do not care about your soul, nor do I believe that you would not lie if it suited whatever purpose that brought you here. One thing you should know is that I do not trust you, and I am sure that goes for the others too. If you are here to cause trouble for us, you will wish you were never born when I find out. Your parlour tricks mean nothing here.”Her eyes were firm on his as she said, “You are a wise man not to trust me, alpha. But I am here to say the truth. Because it will set me free too. Because it will right the wrong that has been done to another.”“Go ahead,” Raymond said tig
Raymond could feel her long before the door opened. Not just because of her witchy scent, but something… more. Despite how she practically glided over the floor like she was barely touching it, it seemed like she was taking vibrations from the ground too. Raymond did not know how to explain it, so he did not bother saying it out loud as the other alphas exchanged glances when they caught the scent too. The tension in the room increased. Some of them became so stiff in their chairs that a nudge could break them. Alpha Kane’s jaw looked stiff enough to slice bread, and they all turned around to look as the door opened.She glided in, the silent movement only marred by the iron shackles on her hands and ankles. “Not bad, Dominic,” Raymond thought. Even though he had not told Dominic to do that, he agreed with the soldier’s logic. Being shackled would give her less opportunity to cause trouble, for sure. She stood meekly as Dominic pulled off the head blindfold.Someone gasped. S
Raymond organised the meeting, and the alphas arrived promptly the next day.“Is this for real? We have a fucking witch here, and nobody thought to stake her yet?!” Alpha Kane snapped the moment the pleasantries were over.“Language, Kane. Or the witch might think we are all barbarians,” Alpha Rohan said in his customary lazy drawl.He was seated, slouched in his chair, like he was there for entertainment. But Raymond could see the tightness in his frame.“Mind your business, Rohan!” Alpha Kane bellowed, like he was about to throw punches.“Always the same thing with these two,” Aeth drawled within Raymond, the tension from him tightening Raymond's muscles despite his calm look.“Gentlemen, let's calm down, please,” Raymond quickly interrupted before Rohan could say something else that could actually turn the whole meeting into a mess.Despite being on the same side as council members, the men had brought their long-term feud into the fold.They respected Athena enough to keep their b
Lane clomped self-importantly at the lead, while the red-clad woman walked...no,...glided between the two patrol guards at her sides.She was tall for a woman, and there was something about the way she carried herself.The black blindfold over her head clashed starkly against the blood-red, ankle-length gown she had on.Her sandalled feet peeked beneath the folds of her gown as she moved like she belonged there.“Yes, that's it,” Raymond thought, his eyes narrowing as the right words came to him.Like she belonged.Despite being sandwiched between two men who looked like they were looking for the smallest excuse to snap her head off, there was confidence in her movement.Like this was a land she had walked many times before.Like the blindfold on her head and the men at her sides were no threat at all.Raymond could almost believe she would find her way easily enough around the pack with the blindfold still on.He shrugged off the uneasy thought as he focused on Lane.The delta steppe







