Luke was talking to Courtney when his eyes suddenly flashed silver and then stayed that way completely. He growled out loudly catching everyone’s attention. I noted a little shift in Mark’s body. He moved closer to Hannah just in case, but when he saw Luke’s silver eyes, his head bowed down, and everyone else followed.“Having a nice lunch, Vivian?” Zaliver asked using Luke’s body.I looked into his eyes and felt the connection, but it wasn’t the same as having him around and looking into his blue eyes. I looked around everyone who were quiet and in a submissive position.“Umm, Yeah. So . . . What’s. . . ?” I trailed off not really knowing what to ask. Here I was missing him all day and when I finally get the chance to talk to him, I’ve got nothing to say.“Just wanted to tell you that I’ve landed and wanted to know what you were up to,” he said, looking around the table and at everyone.“And you couldn’t call?” I asked, lifting a brow in amusement. I was bit worried Luke would get ma
Darkness.A constant beeping sound could be heard in the room, and I was pretty sure there was something in my arm.My body felt light and my head was a bit fuzzy, but the only thing that hurt the most was my upper stomach; a softer one though. You know that feeling when someone socked you and even after the hit, the pain would still sting and throb—yup, that’s what it felt like.I took in a deep breath through my nose, inhaling something that smelled like chemicals all over the place, including Zaliver’s scent. I felt fine wherever I was, knowing his presence would make me feel secured. The room was cold and I felt like I was on a small bed, but not the bed Zaliver or I slept in. Thinking of him made me recall something, but just as fast as it came, my thoughts were gone . . . Now, what was it?I tried to remember the last time I saw him, but all I could remember was hearing his voice. What was he saying? Something about . . . a gift? Why would he buy me a gift when it wasn’t my birt
Zaliver’s eyes met mine as he talked to the doctor; his face was serious and determined. I looked back at him, hoping my expression would tell him that I wanted to know what was going on, but he looked away. I sighed and kicked my feet. Why wouldn’t they tell me what was wrong? I’d been fine in the morning when he was here and as soon as he left I just . . . Fell into a funk, but I was fine.Hearing his voice had made me extremely happy and then all of a sudden, it felt like I was getting torn apart from the inside. Maybe he was right—I needed to shift more, but I’ve never heard of anything like this. I needed to talk to my wolf, but for that to happen, the drugs had to be out my system first. I didn’t realize Zaliver was in front of me until I looked up, too distracted because of my thoughts.I stared up into his secretive blue eyes, and he looked back at me as well. I noticed that the doctor and the nurse were trying to leave so I hopped off the bed and attempted to stop them, but m
I was running.I was running for my life.I was running for my freedom.I was running for my very own nature.I was running from the last person I’d thought I’d run from in my life.I was running from my mate.I was running from Zaliver.I couldn’t hear him because of the pounding in my ears. The sound of my heart was like a hummingbird’s wings. The twigs and dead leaves echoed in the silent forest.But I knew. I knew he was close by, and that made me push myself harder, my hair whipped around my face as I looked around for anything to gain leverage. I couldn’t run forever, and my body couldn’t handle it. But he could.Because he wasn’t like me. He wasn’t like any of us. I felt tears of fear and panic stream down my face, and my muscles ached for a break, but I couldn’t. I wouldn’t. My vision blurred because of the tears making it hard to see my direction. My emotions were all over the place with confusion, disbelief, fear, betrayal, anger, and hatred. Yes, hatred for my own mate. He
A killing machine? Zaliver . . . My mind went blank.“I have all this power and control, but for what?” He suddenly gave a humorless laugh and backed away from me, shaking his head side to side. I watched him carefully as he gave off an odd vibe.“We were all humans chosen and trained for them, but I didn’t know what we were trained for. They had such tremendous mind control back then. We were all like family with the soldiers, but we rarely saw the all mighty gods. We weren’t allowed to interfere with them unless called upon. We used to worship them. I did worship them. I don’t remember much of my past life, but I do remember one person—my brother.” My head snapped back in surprise.“Brother?” I asked. He nodded.“Yeah, I had a brother and they slaughtered him.” My eyes widened in disbelief. It was horrible and I had a feeling it wasn’t even the worse.“Okay, technically , I slaughtered him.” I thought my heart had stopped for a moment.“They demanded for the loyalty that we had as b
He looked down at me with a sad look on his face, but I ignored the pull that wanted me to hug him, comfort him.“While we aren’t the only couple of mates who haven’t marked each other, we are the only ones with special conditions.”“What do you mean?” What conditions? A crazy mate and a kidnapee?“All in do time Vivian,” he said. “Because of that we didn’t feel what was happening,we were spending almost all day and all night together so the bond was fine. But when I left to go on my trip, the growing distance made the bond strain and with no mark it had consequences. I apologize for that, I should have seen this. Since my body is different from yours, only you felt the pain. I went through a different reaction.”I listened carefully to his explanation, but the more he spoke the less sense isn’t made to me. Sure mates weren’t meant to be apart for long, but they could still be apart without pain. Zaliver hadn’t even been gone for a full day and I almost died because we had been apart.
“Why do you keep thinking someone’s trying to take me from you!? No one likes me Zaliver. Everyone in your pack has stayed away from me out of fear of having you snap their necks. You have no reason to be like this; it makes no sense! I’m surprised you even like me!” I yelled at him, trying to make him see his mistakes.“No, they’ve stayed away from you because I ordered them to. I knew that once they realized how kind and beautiful you are inside and out, they’d want to become friends with you and that would take your time away from me. Honestly woman, you underestimate how much I crave your whole being. I want you; all of you—your time, thoughts, desires and wishes, your body, pleasure, I want all of you,” he confessed, motioning with his hands.I really did underestimate him. While it was sweet, it was also bothersome that it led me to believe Zaliver had more issues than he was letting on. Issues that I wasn’t sure I could help him with.“Okay, but that doesn’t mean they’re going
His large form was crouched, blending in the dark. I could only see its two shiny black eyes that reflected the little light that the night gave off. I could see a white cloud forming as he exhaled out. My chest dropped that I held my breath, hoping he would do nothing.Slowly, he straightened his body to his towering height. His right foot slid over the ground in my direction followed by the other. It felt like I was on my way to my coffin with each step he took. I wanted to close my eyes and wake up to somewhere else. I wanted to run but I couldn’t. My body was frozen in exhaustion and shock. I couldn’t even feel my legs.He was right. He was faster, stronger, and better than a werewolf. No werewolf would be able to run through the forest without making a sound, appearing behind me without even me sensing him. He was the ultimate wolf race. He was powerful.The closer he got, the faster my heartbeat went. I couldn’t breath. He was too much to handle. I was overwhelmed and felt like