Elaraโs POVWhen we began kissing, I was sure that my brain got fried because I could barely think. And when he placed me on his laps for better access to him, the whole world faded leaving only me and him in a space of eternal bliss.As I sat on his laps, I couldn't help but notice the obvious bulge in his pants that threatened to impale my asshole. Feeling a little mischievous, I decided to wiggle my hips a little thereby teasing his cock which seemed to elongate even more.The hiss that escaped his lips was all the satisfying indication I needed to know that I was doing something right.Naughty girl. The wolf in me was loving the action. She pressed against my skin as if she wanted to get as much of the fun as I was getting.But then Andrew whispered something into my ear and before I knew it, I was face down across his thighs as he hicked my towel up and over my ass.โWhat are youโโ I began when his palm landed across my ass with a crack and I yelped.โWhat was that for Andrew?โ
Andrew's POVWhen I began smacking Elara's ass, I derived some pleasure hearing her moan. Yes, I was trying to punish her but it wasn't my plan to make her cry or anything. I just wanted her to enjoy the whole experience.When I bent her over my knees, I caught the look of surprise on her face, just as the first slap across her ass cheeks got her choking out a cry. That's when I tried to ease the whole thing by massaging her butt. When I noticed the smell of her arousal hadn't reduced but increased, I smiled to myself. She was hard core as I thought.Her ass were no longer pale but botched, a deep red that had me wanting to take a nip at the warm skin. Bringing my face to her butt, I gave it a quick lick and gentle bite before I smacked it again.I won't lie, I enjoyed watching my hands knead her ass. It wasn't too big and it wasn't small either. It was the right size for me.The perfect size.I didn't want to stop but my palms were getting the heat just like her butt cheeks were. W
Elaraโs POVWhen Andrew had kissed his way down the apex of my thighs, I couldn't help but feel my heart flutter. I shuddered when his tongue finally slipped through my wet opening and I couldn't help but cry out his name.As if that wasn't enough, he parted my folds with his fingers to get better access to my genitals and began lapping the love juice that seeped out of me.I could feel an orgasm rising and instinctively, I rolled my hips in time to his magical tongue.When he noticed that I was close, he inserted two fingers into my labia while he used his tongue to stab and play with my clit that was now hard.โOhhh, faster Andrew. Don't stopโฆ.โ I said in a voice I could barely register as my own.I was so close that I could almost taste it. Then he inserted another finger and I came apart as orgasm rolled over me.Unable to take it anymore, I pushed his head away. โLet me catch my breath.โ I whispered as I tried pull myself together.Just when I thought this was it, he finally too
Andrew's POVWhen I asked her to tell me how she got kidnapped, I didn't know what to expect. We just finished having great sex and here I am asking about an experience that is probably traumatic to her.The bed was still warm and ruffled from our time together in it. I didn't want to leave just yet, but I wanted to know what really happened to her.She didn't get angry. She didn't lash out. And that somehow warmed me inside out.Thank the fates. She could be very unpredictable sometimes and it worried no less.โAfter you saved me from getting attacked from behind, I got into a fight with another wolf.โ She began, and I relaxed under her as I began to draw lazy lines on her back.She seemed to enjoy it, because she stretched out like a cat in my arms and burrowed further into me.โHe gave me a bit of a tough time and for a moment I thought I would lose until the scale turned in my favor.โ She said smoothly, her voice levelled. โHowever, I got ambushed again and I wasn't quick to react
Elara's POVI could tell that my question was a touchy subject for him when his hand froze on my back and his body went stiff.I raised my head up again to look into his face. His eyes had gone dark as he stared up at me, his face devoid of any emotion. The way he remained still, not saying a word gave me the impression that he was wondering whether it was fine to tell me or not.The look in his eyes told me everything I needed to know. He didn't want to tell me. But then he let out a breath and eased back into the bed. The stiffness going in a puff.โWell, for what it is worth,โ he began โI didn't want to stay back. I wanted to come and save you myself but I couldn't.โCouldn't? I put my head back on his chest, my ear pressing against his heart just in time to hear his heartbeat skip.That was unusual because up till that moment, his heart had been steady.โWhy couldn't you?โ I asked my head still on his chest as I wondered if his heart will give up more than what his mouth was wil
Andrewโs POVโYou think so?โ I asked as a smile had me coiling my lips up.I had just told her one of my biggest secrets, and all she could think of is the fact that my old man was a jerk.โI know so.โ She stated. โI understand that what he did was to protect his pack. But to his own son? That's where I draw a line.โHmmm. โSo you don't mind if he did it to another person?โ I asked wondering where her morality compass led.โThat's not what I said. I think he went a bit extreme with his whole paranoia thing he had going. He could've done something else like train his men like you do to be better prepared for any future attacks.โComing from her, I felt touched. I had refused to share this story with anyone except Michael because I didn't want to be seen as weak.But Elara didn't think so.โI always thought he was under the influence of the darkness he decided to get entangled with.โ I said looking down at her as she twisted her neck just a bit to look at me.โI don't think we should b
Elara's POVWhen I asked him to promise me that he will bring me on board in matters that concerned the pack and I, he hesitated.I didn't know what to expect when I made my request but that has always been what I wanted since I came into this pack.For a moment, I looked out the window. The sun was already going down and within a few minutes it will get dark.I hoped he didn't plan to leave anytime soon.โDon't you think that's like biting the gun?โ He asked. โI mean isn't it too early to get you involved in such matters. Why don't you let Michael and I to handle things.โLike hell. There was no way I could do that especially after getting kidnapped because if who I was. It was time to take matters into my hands as well.โNo. I will appreciate it better if you just allow me to get involved. I've always wanted to know what's going on but everytime, you just tell me I won't understand and then disappear.โA tactic I found annoying and tiring. How would I understand when he refused tell
Elara's POVWhen he was done telling me about the man involved in trying to kill me, we settled in a companionable silence. Each of us lost in our own thoughts.What mistake could he be expecting them to make at this time? I wondered as I burrowed further into him.Couldn't help but take a little sniff at him as I twisted a little to bury my face into his skin. He smelt the same as always. A tang of woodsy and manly scent that I had come to associate with him.Over the course of the few hours we've spent together, I had come to know him more on a deeper level. Especially when he spoke about what his father did to him.For what he put Andrew through as a kid, I despised him, but I couldn't help but see things from his point of view as well.But in that moment, I couldn't help but feel guilty. I just told him no secrets between us, yet I had enough to probably throw me in a dungeon.I'm sure after what his father did to him, trust will be one of the last things on his mind, yet he was a
Andrew's POVThe moment I whispered those words into her ears I was greeted with goosebumps on her skin where my lips were and a shiver.I smiled at the effect that I was having on her. I can't believe I managed to survive so long without spending every waking moment beside her.With a hunger that rose deep from my stomach, I shifted and captured her mouth with mine eliciting a moan from her as she adjusted practically climbing into my lap.Without any much resistance, she opened her mouth to me as my tongue slipped into her and I groaned my delight as I enjoyed the taste of her.Her hand rested on my shoulder while the other wound around my neck drawing my head as she intensified the kiss almost making it bruising.But I loved it. Every single fucking moment. I nipped on her bottom lip and sucked it into mouth as she grinded against my hard on.โYou're going to be the death of me Elara.โ I muttered as I broke the kiss for a moment to catch my breath as I leaned my forehead against he
Elara's POVBy the time we all made it back to the cabin, it was well into the day. Bone tired, we all fell into position on a piece of furniture or the floor as we thought back to how the night had gone.I sat in the the couch with Andrew beside me. He drew me close to his side as he was scared that I would evaporate from his side.Michael and Lora took the other sofa in the room, practically sandwiched together. Greg chose the floor close to the wooden walls.โI can't believe we actually survived that.โ Michael muttered as he looked between me and Greg.โWhy will you say that?โ I asked โI didn't know you had little faith in us.โโOh cโmon, that's not I meant and you know it.โ He replied giving me his full attention.I knew that wasn't what he meant. It was just that the look on his that still held disbelief just unsettled me and I wanted to tease him a bit.I sighed. โI know exactly what you mean.โโAnd?โ He urged.โIt was a miracle. What with the god rising and the way he was deter
Elaraโs POVThe first breath I took was like drowning in light.Not airโlight. Thick and sharp and everywhere. It filled my lungs, my veins, my mind.Then I came back.And everything hurt.My eyes snapped open. The world rushed in too fast. The ruins. The silence. The blood on my hands. The echo of Andrewโs voice still whispering my name.He was holding me.His arms were wrapped around me like he was afraid Iโd disappear again.โAndrew,โ I croaked. My voice didnโt sound like mine. It was softerโricher. Like something else had laced itself through me.He jerked back just enough to look at me, his face streaked with blood and ash and tears. His lips parted in a shaky breath.โYouโre awake,โ he whispered. โElara, youโre awakeโโโIโm okay.โ I wasnโt. But I had to say it for him.He exhaled and pressed his forehead to mine. โYou scared the hell out of me.โI touched his jaw. โYou offered your life.โโIโd do it again.โHe kissed me, quick and desperate. It wasnโt gentle. It was real.I clun
Loraโs POVThe world cracked.Not metaphorically. Not in the dreamy, nice and poetic way people say when things fall apart.I mean the altarโcenturies old, cursed by blood and timeโsplit down the middle with a sound like the earth itself had screamed.I flinched as shards of stone flew past my face. One grazed my cheek, warm blood sliding down before I could even register the sting. But I didnโt stop moving.โElara!โ I shouted, weaving between the broken stones and bodies. I saw her in Andrewโs arms, limp and deathly still, and something in me nearly shattered too.Not her. Please, not her. She was my best friend and the last thing I wanted was for her losing her life in this wretched place.Then Gregโno, the thing that had been Gregโturned toward me. His eyes werenโt his anymore. Red and empty. His smile too wide, very wrong and completely twisted.My heart pounded, fists clenched. The god had taken him. It had used him.But now?Now even that thing was looking like it wanted to devo
Andrewโs POVThe moment Elara expended her power trying to keep the god locked, it seemed like everything had stopped to focus on this particular moment. I stood screaming her name as she tried to do the impossible. But when I watched her falling, I couldn't take it anymore."Elara!" I tore through the red-glowing haze that had blanketed everything. My feet slammed hard into the ancient steps, sliding as I reached her. She was limp. Her skin had gone pale, almost gray, and her eyes fluttered like she was on the edge of leaving me. โStay with me, dammit. Elara, breathe.โShe didnโt respond. Her lips trembled, breath catching in shallow bursts.The air cracked above usโthe sky splitting as the Blood Moon hit its peak. I looked up.And saw it.The gate was open. Not just some door or portal. This was ancient, raw, and alive. It was jagged light framed by black mist, spinning slowly in the heavens above the altar. And from it, something moved, a hand reached out.The forgotten god.Did
Elara's POVThe scream that tore from my throat didnโt feel like mine.It came from somewhere deeperโbone-deep, soul-deep. My back arched against the pulsing altar, and the red light crashing down from the Blood Moon carved through me like I was paper. Everything inside me felt like it was breaking apart. Shattered pieces of a girl who used to be Elara.Then I heard him."Elara!" Andrewโs voice cut through the chaos.I clung to it.The pain was still there, like I was being ripped from the inside out, but I clung to the sound of him. It grounded me. Reminded me of who I was. Of the nights we used to spend togetger as a couple. As mates. Of the way he whispered my name when no one else was listening.I blinked through the red haze and found him kneeling beside me, hands cupping my face. His eyes wide. Terrified. His thumb brushed the tears off my cheeks, and I leaned into the touch like it was the only thing keeping me alive."Youโre still here," I choked out."Iโm not going anywher
Andrewโs POVThe world went quiet.It shouldnโt have. There was chanting all around me, the sky roaring with thunder, cultists pacing like wolves ready to tear the altar apart. But all I could hear was the sound of her heart breaking.Elaraโs eyes were locked on meโpleading, desperate, furious.And Iโd faltered.Fates, Iโd faltered.The girl beside herโthe replacementโwas glowing now. Not metaphorically. Literally. The altar pulsed under her knees, and I could feel the magic reaching for her like it had once reached for Elara.This was the moment.One path ended in her survival. The other? Salvation for the rest of the world.I didnโt move.My chest felt like it was splitting in half. The prophecy I didn't know much about seemed not to care who she was. It just needed a vessel. And now it had one.But she wasnโt Elara.โYou said you loved her,โ Michaelโs voice tore through the tension, sharp and shaking. โSo act like it.โI blinked.โSheโs dying,โ Dorian said again from behind me. Cal
Elaraโs POVI couldnโt feel my hands.Not because of the chainsโtheyโd long since numbed my wrists. It wasnโt even the dark magic humming through the stone under me, or the pulsing weight of that fake moon bleeding into the sky.It was the woman.Her.The one Dorian dragged in like an offering. The one who looked like me. I didn't know how he managed to do something this sick all on his own but it had my hackles rising.She stumbled, dirt in her hair, blood down one arm. Her eyes met mineโand I saw myself.I froze.My mouth went dry.No.No, no, no. I have to get to the bottom of this.โWhat is this?โ I croaked. My voice was rough, scraped raw from screaming earlier. โWho is she?โDorian smiled, cold and smooth. โInsurance,โ he said. โA vessel the altar will accept willingly.โโSheโs not me.โ I pointed out trying to figure out exactly was going on.โSheโs enough,โ he said. โThe Blood Moon doesnโt care for names. Only bloodlines. Only sacrifice.โBehind him, Harrow stood silent, arms f
Michaelโs POVIโd seen hell before.Iโd seen blood-soaked battlefields, the ruins of old packs cursed by forgotten gods, and the aftermath of hunts gone sideways. But nothingโnothingโprepared me for the madness that unfolded once Elara vanished into the altar.One second she was there, blood burning on the stones. The next, the ground split and swallowed her like sheโd never existed. Andrew dove after her, but the crack sealed fastโtoo fast.We stood frozen. Just for a beat.Then the sky changed.A deep rumble rolled across the cloudsโslow and hungry. The black above us began to shift, bruising over with a sickly red hue. The true Blood Moon was still weeks off, but what rose above the mountain now? That was no moon. That was an imitation. Something summoned.Kieran raised his hands, shouting incantations in a language Iโd only ever know can be found in hidden scrolls and dark books.The cultists around him echoed the words. Voices rising, and twisting like one. If it wasn't for sac