Mag-log inEdricThe knot held us locked together for a long time.I lay beneath Leon, chest against the mattress, his weight a heavy, living blanket over my back. Every small shift sent another throb through the place where we were joined. The bite on my neck pulsed in time with my heartbeat. It was hot, sore, and strangely alive. I could feel something new under my skin, like a second pulse that didn’t belong only to me.Then the feelings started.At first I thought it was just leftover adrenaline. But the longer we stayed tied, the clearer it became. A low, fierce current of emotion that wasn’t mine kept brushing against the edges of my mind. Possessiveness. Protection. A deep, almost stunned satisfaction. And underneath it all, a bright, rising joy that felt completely at odds with the violence of the last hour.I inhaled sharply.Leon noticed immediately. “What is it?”“I can… feel you.” My voice came out rough. “Not just the knot. Something else. Like your emotions are leaking into me.”Hi
EdricThe message arrived in the middle of the afternoon.I was in Aria’s sitting room helping her sort through a box of old books Leon had ordered when my phone vibrated. The number was unknown, but the preview made my stomach drop.>We need to talk. You’re in over your head with these animals. I can still help you leave. – MMarcus.I stared at the screen long enough that Aria noticed.“What’s wrong?”“Nothing.” I locked the phone and set it face down. “Spam.”She didn’t look convinced, but she let it go. I waited until I was alone in the corridor before I opened the full message. There were three more waiting.>He’ll get tired of you. They always do.>You saw what he did to me. You think you’re safe?>Answer me, Edric!My hands were unsteady when I deleted the entire thread. I should have told Leon immediately. Instead I stood there longer than I should have, trying to shove the old fear back down where it belonged.I never got the chance to decide how to bring it up.Leon found me
EdricAria did not sleep well that night.I knew because I barely slept either. Every time I closed my eyes I saw the fear on her face when I told her the truth, the way she had backed away from Leon before slowly, carefully, choosing to stay. When I finally drifted off, it was to the solid warmth of Leon’s body curved around mine and the quiet promise that we would handle whatever came next.Morning light was already filtering through the curtains when I woke. Leon was gone from the bed, but the sheets on his side were still warm. I found him standing near the window, already dressed, speaking in a low voice to someone on the other end of a call. He ended it as soon as he saw me sit up.“How is she?” he asked.“I haven’t checked yet.” I rubbed a hand over my face. “She took it better than I expected by the end. But she’s going to have questions. A lot of them.”Leon nodded. “Answer what you can. I’ll speak with her again if she wants. No pressure.”I dressed and went to the east wing
EdricAria had been restless all morning.She had color in her cheeks again and enough energy that staying cooped up in the east wing was starting to feel like another kind of hospital. When she asked if we could walk the grounds, I hesitated only a moment. Leon had increased patrols. The private gardens and the nearer paths were supposed to be safe. I told myself a short walk in the open air would do her good.I was wrong about how quiet it would stay.We left through the side entrance nearest her rooms, following a gravel path that wound between old trees and low stone walls. The air was cool and clean. Aria linked her arm through mine and breathed it in like something precious."This place is beautiful," she said. "Even if half the people in it look at us like we're a disease.""Ignore them," I told her. "Most of them won't say anything to your face."I should not have spoken so soon.We had not gone far when a small group of younger wolves, three men and two women, came down the p
EdricI woke to Leon's mouth on me again.It was still dark. The only light in the room came from the dying embers in the fireplace, painting everything in dull red and shadow. His tongue dragged slowly up the length of my cock before he took me deep, sucking with wet, deliberate pulls that made my back arch off the mattress. I moaned helplessly, hips twitching. My body was already aching from the first round, thighs sore, hole tender, neck throbbing with the marks he had left, but my cock hardened for him without hesitation.He pulled off just long enough to speak, voice rough with sleep and something darker. "On your hands and knees."I obeyed on shaky limbs. The moment I got into position, Leon moved behind me. His hands gripped my hips hard enough to bruise, fingers digging into the flesh he had already marked earlier. Without warning he pushed back inside in one smooth, powerful thrust. I was still slick with oil and his earlier release; the slide was easy and devastating. The su
EdricLeon did not speak much after he locked the door.The moment the bolt slid home, something in him shifted. The controlled Alpha who had been planning patrols and calculating threats gave way to something older and far less restrained. He turned to me with eyes that had gone dark, pupils blown wide, and the air between us thickened with pure intent.“Come here,” he commanded with his demeanor taking a three hundred and sixty degrees turn from how he was just a moment back.I barely took a step before he closed the distance. His mouth crashed onto mine, hard and demanding as if he had been starving, one hand fisting in my hair to tilt my head exactly where he wanted it. There was no gentleness in the kiss, only hunger and a sharp, possessive edge that made my knees weak. I could taste the residual anger in him, the jealousy, the need to erase every trace of Luka’s presence from the night before even if Luka hadn't even touched me.When he broke the kiss, his voice was rough. “He st
LeonThe night was already running hot.Luna Noir throbbed with its usual pulse, music vibrating through the obsidian walls, supernatural auras winding through the air like smoke, scents sharp and heavy with desire. My wolves worked the floor, the vampires stalked the balcony, and everyone knew the
My hands wouldn’t stop shaking.I stood backstage at Luna Noir, the low thrum of the crowd vibrating up through the floor and into my spine. Even the air felt alive, humming with anticipation. The music leaked faintly from the speakers overhead, a dark, pulsing rhythm that seemed to sync with my he
EdricWhen I stepped into Luna Noir as an official dancer for the first time, the club swallowed me whole.The air hit me first. It was warm, thick and was humming with something alive. The low pulsing lights washed the walls in dark violets and midnight blues, shadows twisting like they had a puls
EdricI thought Leon had been exaggerating when he asked me why I let the ‘vampire’ touch me. I thought maybe it was a kink in the club.That was the first mistake.After the night he dragged me into that private room, after the bruising kiss, the way his hands shook like he was holding himself bac







