Chapter 1

Chapter I

Freya

“Faster,” he growled, his hands gripping my waist, as he guided me, forcing me to ride on him harder.

I loved the raw sound of his moans. My palms pressed flat against his hard chest, feeling the muscles flex and burn beneath my touch with every thrust.

He suddenly tightened his hold and slammed up into me from below, fast and deep. The sudden intensity stole my breath. I had to pause, trembling, just to savor every thick inch of him stretching me.

Then he flipped us in one powerful motion. I gasped as my back hit the mattress. He leaned down, capturing one of my breasts in his mouth, sucking hard while his tongue flicked over the sensitive peak. A broken sigh tore from my throat. I threaded my fingers through his hair… I couldn’t even tell the exact colour, and then I pulled his blurred face up to mine, crashing our lips together. It felt real and unreal at the same time. His kiss was sweet and filthy at the same time, sending electric shivers racing down my spine.

He pulled back, the energy all over was filled with lust. “Bend over.”

I obeyed instantly, turning onto my hands and knees, ass raised toward him in a vulnerable, doggy-style position.

“Do you like it?” he asked, right as he lined himself up and pushed inside me with one long, powerful stroke.

A broken moan escaped my lips. “Fuck… yeah.”

My left cheek pressed into the soft sheets as he started pounding into me, the bed creaking violently beneath us, threatening to break. Pleasure coiled tight and hot in my belly, building fast.

Then, without warning, a wave of emotions crashed over me, anger, deep sadness, overwhelming worry… the sheets beneath me grew scorching hot, far hotter than any body heat, like they could melt my fur right off my skin.

I screamed. “My baby!”

My eyes flew open.

I was drenched in sweat, chest heaving. My eyes searched the bright room, I only wanted to take a nap after dropping Theo off at school. It had been a dream… yet it felt so real. I was still in that same room — the exact room I had women up in years ago, after spending the night with Theo’s father. I could still feel the mix of pleasure and those violent emotions that weren’t mine. And the heat… that intense heat still clung to my body.

“My baby…” I said quietly, almost like a whisper, heart pounding with sudden terror.

Scarlet came rushing into the room, flour dusting her hands and apron. “What’s wrong?” Her eyes widened with concern as she moved closer, there wasn’t a trace of fear on her face. She had stopped being afraid of me after the day Theo was born.

I bolted upright, snatching the car keys from the bedside stand. “Theo is in trouble. I have to go.”

I pushed past her, heart racing, and ran for the door, heading straight for the door.

“I’ll come with you.” Scarlet said, already closing the front door of the house behind us.

“Scarlet, you don’t have to—“

“Stop it. And I’ll drive.”

I sighed and tossed her the key.

On the way to the School, my head spun, I couldn’t stop thinking. What if the humans saw what Theo really was? What if the case had been reported to school authorities?

I looked at Scarlet as she drove, I could still remember the fear in her eyes the night Theo was born. The moment she watched me shift between wolf and human, while trying to push him out. I had begged her not to be scared, promising I wouldn’t hurt her, and because she trusted me, she pushed past that fear, helping me bring my son into this world.

I doubt most humans are like her.

She side-glanced me. “Theo is going to be fine.”

I knew he would be physically okay, but that’s not my worry, it was the humans who didn’t understand… the ones who might see him as a monster.

Theo was only six months old when I realised something wasn’t right about him. He was so… different. I found old pack remedies and made a herbal concoction he took every morning to suppress his emotions… and powers. But as he clocked 5 last week, the outbursts started getting harder to control.

The school wasn’t far. We turned into the driveway and I jumped out before Scarlet had fully stopped. I sniffed the air trying to find exactly where my son was. Then his scent hit me almost immediately. I walked so fast, an external eye might see me as someone crazy in a rush… which I don’t mind at all.

I found him in an empty classroom, the air around him shimmered faintly like golden heat rising off a flame. His head was bent low and beside him a woman patted his back gently and whispered something.

My wolf grew uneasy, I strained my ears to hear better, “It’s okay, little one. Are you sure your mom will come get you?”

“Get away from my son!” I growled… My wolf was closer to the surface than I liked.

The woman raised her hands in surrender. It was his teacher, Miss. Elara. “I’m safe. I’m not going to harm him.”

Theo ran straight into my arms. I bent down and hugged him tightly as he sobbed against me. I could feel his sadness within.

“I’m sorry, Mom.”

I rubbed his back gently, “shhh. It’s okay. There’s nothing to be sorry about.”

My eyes shot up to Miss Elara, who was watching me carefully. “What happened?”

“You should be thanking me and not glaring at me.” She replied. There was a strange scent on her that made my wolf even more angry.

I shifted Theo so he was clinging tighter to me. “Mom, she’s right, “ he said, voice small. “A boy tried to bully a boy I know and I wanted to fight him, Miss Elara pulled me away before I could do anything bad. I’m sorry…”

He buried his face in my legs.

Fear hit me… I lowered my voice. “Did anyone see?”