That was the longest, quietest, most horrendous twenty-four hours of my life. Never have I been so completely helpless before. Having to watch my beautiful mate, my darling Alexander being stitched up and repaired like a broken toy by doctors hurt me to the core. His skin was a stomach-churning grey pallor by the time Bella arrived.
Kyra had told me to be patient with her but honestly, I had no faith in her abilities. Especially when all she did was rub his stitches a bit. I was so close to telling her to take her filthy hands off him to avoid infection.
But again, and I have lost count of how many times this has happened now Bella has proven me wrong. Every time I think I have her understood and her feelings covered another layer appears. The love she has for the assassin, the fact she could persuade Ivan to release her, the way she threw herself down a ravine to help. She took control of me, walking and calming me all the way back to the castle-like an army veteran
When I woke Alexander was sound asleep but my stomach was growling loudly with hunger. Slowly unwrapping myself from his arm I left him fast asleep, his chest rising and falling uneasily still. My sleep hadn't produced any visions. Fyre suggested I hadn't had a deep enough sleep or my mind was too focused on Alexander. Either way, the only image outstanding was the figure falling from the castle roof. Perhaps that was no longer in the running Fyre mused now Alpha Francis was defeated. It had only been a few hours but I wondered if I could persuade Bella to sit with him again and help him rest. Beta Jackson and Kyra were loyally waiting outside and my heart melted at seeing how tired they were. Once more Beta Jacksons dark brown hair, beard and eyes reminded me of a bear. A ferociously huge and dangerous bear, which could dance a delightful waltz. The afternoon was setting, casting a burnt orange glow around the room. Everything looked as though it was on fire
I adjusted the dining chair back to the sleeping Alexander whilst Lucien looked around the room. He was a fish out of water in the grand surroundings of gold, porcelain and mahogany but had the body of a king. As he walked around the room taking in the possessions I couldn't help watching him slyly. His muscles strained against the white shirt and I longed to just help it over his head and release him. I licked my lips without thinking and he muttered, "doesn't look like much healing is going on there," as his eyes caught me staring at him. I blushed, tucking stray hairs behind my ear and walked towards him. He stood against the fireplace, an elbow resting on the huge stone mantlepiece as the flame danced up the chimney. Approaching him he watched me like a tiger, trying to work out my intentions. I silently placed my hands on his huge chest, finally answering my mental questions of just how that tightly stretched cotton over muscle would feel. On my
Only a few feet of the path around the warring pair was walkable as the guard tower I lurked in stole space from the edge. Helena's huge curls blew across her face, her footing less sure as she backed away slowly.Azalea, another leaping swipe of her blade hissed, "you don't get to judge my choices, Ivan understood, I should have known you'd have poisoned him against me. He failed me!""That's a lie and you know it! You need to spend the rest of your life knowing your choices put you where you are!"Azalea scoffed, "the rest of my life?" With a shrug and another jabbing attempt, she muttered, "the only purpose I have now is to make you pay as steep a price as me"With that, I saw her eyes flicker towards the edges of the castle walls. She dropped the knife, loudly clattering to the floor.Instead, she inhaled deeply and geared herself up to fling herself at Helena who was penned into the far corner. Azaleas white dress looked like a flurry of
She's an absolute liability. Running off to the rooftop like that chasing after that bloody Luna Helena some more. She made me promise to stay, never again. I will never allow someone that precious to be placed in harms way again. I hate the way her guilt overtakes everything. I know she's done a bad thing, a really bad thing but is she not allowed to experience joy ever again? Viktor was convinced she was going to fling herself off the edge with that lunatic Azalea. As the shouting grew louder and more deranged I could trace the location as I stuck my head out of the open window. Fuck Alexander I must have said under my breath a dozen times as my entire soul itched to run up those stairs and scoop her out of harm's way. I saw Azalea fall past me. I felt nothing about it. It's the inevitable end for someone trying to bite off more than they can chew. The only emotion I felt was relief that Bella was still up there safe. And the absolute nonsen
Mate. I never thought I would be lucky enough in a million years to find my mate, let alone it be someone like Lucien. Fate. We are destined, our twisted paths have to lead us to this place. A place where our souls have met and connected. The instant I grabbed his hand I felt it click into place. It struck me so powerfully all I do was try to breathe as I watched his face undergo the same shock. Whilst my realisation was pure joy, desire and happiness I saw in those gorgeous green eyes of his a flicker of fear. He still worried even at this point he could be rejected. The way his face melted and he drew me to him after I smiled and said "mate" will stay with me forever. That was his very last defence falling. I'd climbed the barricades and managed to see beyond the angry pain-riddled torment. There was a caring, fiercely loyal man behind those scars and huge build. And that man was mine. His kisses felt a hundred times more intense upon my ski
When I've got myself back to some kind of normality I see Lucien has laid down next to me on the bed, his eyes taking in my face. His solid jaw and face are unsmiling but his happiness is beaming out of his eyes. He isn't one for giddy boyish antics, everything is so serious and considered. He is so huge he takes up three-quarters of the space but I love it. I cannot stop ogling his size, the protective instinct of his to wrap me up in his arms made me feel like I had my own safe cocoon. I was dying to leap at him, to bring him to a swift, shuddering, jolting ecstasy but instead, he wrapped me up in the crook of his arm. His hand found mine and our fingers intertwined. I softly felt the end of each finger, remembering how each tip cast a different sensual sensation upon my skin. Nestled against that huge body, my breasts pressed against his ribcage I allowed my free hand to rest on his huge pecs. Solid and unyielding muscle, yet the heartbeat beneath
Something snapped deep inside my soul tonight. Snapped and then re-formed as something based completely around Bella and her wolf. Not just a jigsaw piece I was like a piece of metal, melted down and recast into the form of a new man.I don't think Bella realised that as I brought her to the brink of devastation with my mouth I was unable to stop my own release from exploding.It was too much sensation, licking and sucking her soaking, drenched pulsing core. Tweaking those delicious rosebud nipples, her skin in the moonlight did something primal to me. I saw stars as she shuddered into her private world, the connection sending my body into overdrive.Knowing I had a mate, a mate who I loved, who loved me with was sending my head spinning. I couldn't help stroking my own length as she twitched and jerked before me.The mate bond was utterly insane, I'd heard about how powerful it could be but this was wrecking me. It was the exact reverse of the pain infli
We were woken by a sharp rapping on the door. Lucien sprung off the bed in full protective mode. I sat upright wrapping the blanket around my chest. Lucien stood peering through the spyhole in the door trying to ascertain the knocker. It was quite the sight considering he was still completely naked, I got a fabulous view of the back of him. The wideness of those broad shoulders tapering down to hips, every inch of the journey a series of muscular bumps and ridges. After his sculpted rear, he widened again to the thickest, juiciest thighs I'd ever seen. He realised his situation and turned his head back to me. I was busy staring at his thighs he had to cough to prompt me to look back at his face. "Sorry," I spluttered as he grinned, his eyes crinkling in amusement. The door banging again broke our gaze as he quickly shouted to the closed door. "Yeah?" "You are to head to the library immediately, as requested by Alpha Alexander and Luna Helena."