Kai exhaled with his palms plastered on his face. "Drab, just stay wherever you want.""I am sorry to disturb you, Master Kai. I don't want you under any form of stress tonight.""I will be fine." Kai exhaled. He was pouring the accumulation of stress on the wrong person. "Sorry if I sounded rude. I am a bit stressed right now." "You don't have to apologize to me." Drab politely bowed. "You can use me as a tool to get rid of some tension if it will make you feel better." Kai looked at the head of the pack warriors. A small smile morphed on his face. Drab's face looked enticing enough to throw a punch at, and his body looked like something that could withstand a lot of aggression. It was just the perfect body Kai needed. "Thank you, I'll pass," Kai said, smiling. "I don't want the ladies in the pack to see you and run on instant." It was plain sarcasm, Kai knew that, because Drab would heal as soon as the injury was inflicted. "I will stay with the men stationed around the Alpha's m
Hazel smiled in her sleep. She was in a dream of bliss. A picture of Dallan curled with her on the bed repeatedly flashed in her subconscious. She reached out a hand to the other side of the bed. Warm, strong muscles contracted under her touch. She opened her eyes. Blue eyes, bright and smiling, stared back at her. "Good morning, sunshine." Hazel squinted out of the window. Rays of the morning sun streamed in from all sides. She stretched her limbs. "Good morning," she murmured. "What time is it?" The knowledge of her nakedness beneath the duvet was as weak as Dallan's scent in her brain. "Morning. About eight or so. I thought you would wake up much later than this." He leaned forward to kiss her forehead but Hazel tilted her lips up and caught his. Her hands weaved around his neck, pulling him down for a deeper kiss, stylishly reaching for his dick. Dallan didn't complain. He never wanted to. As long as it was Hazel, he didn't mind. He could fuck her all day and no
Go to her... Go to her... Kai fought the urge to pull at his hair or scream into the air. Was he just supposed to go to the vampires and ask for the lady he perceived was his mate? Or was he supposed to sneak in as Albus said? Both didn't seem like a good plan. If not for the fear of what Dallan would do, Kai would have told him about his vampire mate saga and what had happened that night. "Kai?" Dallan walked up to him. "What are you doing?" he asked. Kai had no idea that he had already gotten to the front of the house. He was so lost in thought that he didn't even catch Dallan's voice at first. "Kai, are you okay?" At last, Kai stopped walking. "Hey Dal," he said slowly, enunciating the words slowly. "Hazel was your morning? Were you able to sleep after our hunt?" "Nah, I did something better," Dallan smirked. "Watching Hazel sleep was more enjoyable than I imagined." Kai rolled his eyes. "Don't make me jealous," he whined. Dallan chuckled and patted his shoulder. "Y
"I know. And that's exactly what I am saying. Kai works too hard." Dallan exhaled. "I said the same thing," he said. "That was one of the reasons I told him to take the day off." His back was turned to Hazel as he arranged the sheets. "He needs to take the day off more often." "I will ensure that. Are you sleeping here?" Dallan heard a little shuffle beside him. "It's okay if you—" The words died on his lips as he turned around. Hazel had stripped off, her naked body in full display. When Hazel offered to help him with the sheets and he refused, he thought she went back to ogle at him—or probably see the reason why he didn't call anyone from the pack to do it. He had no idea that... "Hazel..." "Hmm?" Hazel pinched both of her nipples. She rested her body on the door. Her voice dropped low, almost like a whisper. "I was only preparing for bed. I had too many clothes on." And she now had too many clothes off, Dallan thought as he stared at her. He just hoped she would g
Kai did not think twice. He ran after her, taking exactly the route the female took. For a moment, he forgot about everything. All he was interested in was his mate who kept running. Together, they rounded a corner. Kai found himself on a bush path. Vampires had a special attraction to darkness and vegetation—their perfect way to activate complete stealth. The running figure suddenly stopped and turned to Kai. "Are you crazy?!" Kai accessed her. They were at a point in the high vegetative garden where the moonlight streamed in, clearly outlining the lady standing some steps away from him. "Hi," he said, his right palm waving reflexively. From what he could see, the goddess gave him a very beautiful—no, sexy—mate. Even with the little distance between them, he could clearly see her brown eyes that almost glittered in the dark. The lady palmed her face. "Why did you come here?" "I am Kai. Sorry if stumbled into you earlier." Kai knew he was annoying her by ignoring her questions
Hazel sat on the bed facing the wolf painting, watching Dallan pace the floor. That wasn't how she planned to spend her evening—not at all. She was supposed to be in Dallan's arms, fucking or cuddling. Or maybe doing one after the other. She didn't expect someone to suddenly go missing! Especially when Kai was that someone! Hazel could almost see the heat in Dallan. He was trying to keep his cool, she could see that, but the calmness he was trying to portray didn't hide the storm beneath his blue orbs. Rage... Hazel could feel it inside him. It wasn't too much or too little. Just a steady flow of something between rage and concern—something that made him temporarily inaccessible. "Dallan," she called softly. Dallan's heels paused. He turned to her, his brows knitted. "Is everything okay?" "Yeah. Are you okay?" Dallan shrugged like it was any normal night when he would drink and go to bed. "I am fine... I guess." "Nah, you're not." Hazel went to him. "You don't look fine." All
Hazel had always known that the secret about her and Dallan would be in the open. What she didn't expect was for it to be in a situation like this. Dallan was still looking for his brother. The pack had not gotten over the heat Dallan kept pouring on them as a result of his concern for Kai. And in the entire chaos, Dallan decided to reveal to the pack who the goddess mated to him. Hazel felt like pushing his head to the table and repeatedly slapping her footwear on his behind. The people in the office, and even the surrounding, became silent—just as Hazel expected... Glances were exchanged in confusion. Some people were still in great shock to the extent they paused like statues.As sudden as the silence, they started murmuring. Hazel looked at Dallan. There was a crease on his forehead as he scanned the people around him. "I see no reason why anyone should murmur," Dallan spoke sternly. His eyes darted around again. "I did not permit anyone to speak, not you—" He swiped his pal
PAIN... That was what first attacked Kai's senses when he opened his eyes. He groaned... The area he was in was so dark that a knife could slice through it. The air felt moist... He tried to move. The pain came again, this time from his wrist and ankles. That was when he looked at himself. He was chained with silver cuffs in a standing position. His wrists were attached to the ceiling and his feet to the ground. Even the slightest movement pushed the silver cuffs to his skin, causing his flesh to sizzle. A part of his body was covered in blood, battered. Why wasn't he healing? Like a movie recap, the scenes of how he got caught came back. He winced in pain.WOLFSBANE... He could remember someone screaming for the substance. And he could also remember feeling rods on his skin and burning sensations flowing through his body. The realization hit: they poured wolfsbane on the rods and probably injected a very little quantity into him. In all his life, he had never felt such pain, su