Mag-log in***MiaHand in hand, we walked to the nearby lake. It glistened, invitingly, with a calm blue stillness under the afternoon sun. Bare from our shift, we waded into the warm water. Being naked in front of him, I felt no shame. No need for modesty.He drew me into his arms; my legs immediately curled around his hips. The thickness of his shaft brushed along the inside of my thigh, driving tortuously close to my center. My arms wrapped around his neck and in an instant, his mouth devoured me. Delicious heat ground down my core as his tongue pressed into the inside of my mouth, flicking playfully against my own.How had I lived before him? I loved him before I knew him. He was everything I wanted and all that I needed. His fingers traced my mark and tender sparks of sensitivity blossomed. I wanted to give him that. My mark. I wanted all the world to see that he, too, was mine. Claimed. Possessed.I lowered my head and began to suckle his neck, tickling the plane of his throat until I foun
***MiaWe drove for hours, switching cars at various stops. Lucas drove while his men followed in black SUVs. I couldn’t believe we made it out alive. The last month of captivity was a nightmare I thought would never end.I gazed out the window and I allowed my nerves to settle. The forest devoured us as we ventured deeper into its territory. My hand soared into the wind from the open car window and I closed my eyes and released the breath I had been holding. Nothing would ever feel this amazing... to be free.But I left those girls. I left Greta... didn't even say goodbye. She was the one person that genuinely cared for me while in captivity... other than my mate.Lucas reached across the seat and held my hand, bracing against my thigh. I turned and gave him small smile.His hair fell just below his jaw, still clenched. His biceps and firm chest pressed achingly through the white t-shirt. How had I ever doubted him? His hand was warm around mine and I squeezed it tenderly. I ran my f
***MiaA thunderous growl roared through the cell, the bars beginning to quake. Lucas jumped up, only now realizing he had fallen asleep beside me.Goddess, how could we have been so foolish?“YOU!!!” the King yelled with an accusatory finger directed at his son. “Traitorous bastard!”His hands clasped around the cell door and hurled it down the hall. Fiery hell burned in his eyes as he glared down at the two of us. His brows pinched and I couldn’t help the guilt that panged my chest. This man was horrid... brutal... but there was pain far beyond his fury. Did he believe I would one day come to love him? Even after everything he had done to me?“She’s my true mate!” Lucas barked back, attempting to get to his feet. But the King was on him within seconds.“She has no mate, boy. She has ONLY ME!!!”The fur sprung from the Alpha King's arms and chest. A scowl shot from Lucas then to me. Then his gaze shifted to the mark, flaunted openly for all to see, and my blood ran cold. He was murde
***LucasMia’s agony pang through my chest. I raced to her, without thought. The closer I got, the stronger the aroma of her sex grew. My feet were frozen as I caught sight of her through the cell door.Her eyes were gone. Black lust filled shells replaced what was once my mate’s enchanting gray embers. She was on all fours, naked and ready to pounce. Her expression was wild... ravenous. She licked her lips, hungrily, waiting for me to draw closer to the bed. Her ivory hair was crudely tangled; unfurled curls draped over her skin. This was no longer my innocent mate but a demon possessed. I smelled the sweat and carnal desire, charging the air in her tiny cell.Guilt plagued me. I had left her too long. This was my fault. I was working on preparations with the neighboring packs but I took too long. I should have rescued her earlier... or hid her away somewhere he could never find her. And she knew it. She warned that he was about to do something despicable ... horrid.But I gave her t
***MiaMy head felt groggy. I turned over and realized I was on lying on a mattress, but not the same one from my bedroom. Hard with an old musk that rose from the tuffs. I smelled stale sex and death... perfumed with fear, ridged deep in the seams. Other she-wolves. Chains clanked together as I moved my legs. One shackle was fixed to my right foot and attached to the steel bedframe that ran across the foot of the bed.Goddess, where was I now?I scanned the cell. Metal bars enclosed me in my new prison and I saw another empty room across from mine. But how did I get here? I thought back on my escape... my attempted escape.Fuck. It was that bastard, Lucas! He drugged me. Was he working with the Alpha King? I swear if I ever saw him again, I was going to tear out his throat and watch him suffocate on his own blood. Him and his father.And this fucking bond! Oh, how it made my knees weak at the sight of him. Every moment he was near, my insides fluttered like an insipid schoolgirl and
***Mia“Mia! Come out!” Lucas scolded in a hushed growl. His familiar scent slid through the frame. I rose to my feet and opened the door slightly as I peered out. There was my mate, furious with me. But oh, even as his chest heaved and the veins bulged along his temple, he looked absolutely delicious.“What were you thinking? There is nowhere you can hide that he won’t find you!” he sneered as he pushed his way in, locking the door behind us. Disappoint loomed over his face. I turned my head away; he didn’t understand. He had no idea what I had endured last night. What the King forced me to watch. Did he know the things that happened in the witch's lair? Why no one ever saw the slave girls once the Alpha King was finished with them?“You don’t get it. He’s going to kill me. What do you want me to do? Just lie down and accept my fate? Then once he’s used me up, wait for him to give me to the Red Witch? The things I saw last night... You have no idea what I went through." I turned my b







