LOGINI watched the crowd as they dispersed, and even though they seemed to have been subdued by Isadora's speech, only half of them were. The other half remained staunchly against her. “She's such an accomplished liar. What did she expect, that we would feel pity for her and take back our words?” a woman snapped as she walked away, and my heart sank in my chest. “Our Pack is in big trouble as long as she's here. Remember what Felicity told us? She has bewitched Elias and now he is in too deep. He won't break out of her charm if she doesn't leave! She has to go!” another man responded. The third person tagging along with the couple spat on the floor with disgust. “All those tales about Ethan taking an advantage of her! What a lie! She's not pretty enough to be pursued by an Alpha's son. And I know Elias is only with her because of that goddamned bewitching. If not, which man will stay with someone like her? She's a slut!”Anger skyrocketed through my veins and I stepped forward, ready t
I felt, rather than see, Isadora as she turned stiff beside me. Her hand was still in mine, and she wanted to ease it from my grip. But I held on. I wasn't going to let her go. She was my mate, my Luna. And I wasn't going to let some bunch of old, foolish men try to rip my pack into pieces by sowing unwanted discord. And oh, I would kill those council men for what they just did.I stepped forward, taking Isadora with me, and the crowd fell silent again. My voice reverberated down the entire length of people as I spoke. “Isadora is my mate, and your rightful Luna. It is a crime to refer to her without her title, and a bigger one to have the guts to try to order me into releasing a traitor.”My Alpha authority rang in every word I said, and the crowd grew even more silent. They were like lambs they had been led into slaughter by the council men, who was just trying to use them against me. I went on. “I don't know what you heard, but I am pretty sure that whoever told you about Feli
“He's not going to talk. Not so easily, at least,” I stated, my brows furrowed into a slight frown as I concentrated. Elias didn't break my gaze. “I know, but he will.”“How? How do you plan to break him?” I asked. “Why, by unleashing me on him, of course. Mattias would not be able to resist me for long,” Carlos stated, his voice slightly teasing as he twirled his fingers around a spot in the map spread around us. His expression was relaxed, but I could sense the power roiling beneath his skin. He was eager to break Mattias, almost too happy to get started on the task, and I could not fault him for that. That bastard had deceived them for decades. He was going to pay for what he did with every broken bone, every painful punch Carlos inflicted on him. But it still would not be enough. “But what if he doesn't talk? What if he decides to, I don't know, kill himself rather than break down? What if he is incredibly pain tolerant?”Elias shook his head at me. “Calm down, Little wolf.
I didn't mean to kiss her. But when she lifted her face up to stare at me with those doe eyes, I could not hold myself back. My lips latched onto hers with desperation, and Isadora immediately melted against my kiss. She kissed me as fervently as I kissed her, and somehow, her hands had gotten tangled in my hair.Desire shot through my chest like a pang, and a small moan slipped past my lips. I flipped her without breaking the kiss, pressing her body against the bed. My hands found her breasts, and I started to knead them, to worship them with my hands. Our clothes found other places to be, and before long, our skin was sliding against each other. “Elias. Fuck…” Isadora whispered into the air as my lips found her extremely perfect, gorgeous breasts, and I latched onto them, sucking them hard and fast. Short gasps slipped past her lips as I flicked my tongue over them, and the sound sent blood rushing into my head. My groin. My dick was hard between us, snuggled tightly between h
I blinked at those words. “What?!” Elias's gaze turned even firmer. “Listen to me, Little wolf. I need you. The pack needs you. You are the Luna of this pack, My Queen. And I need you to come through for me . I need you to snap out of the fog in your head, and work with me. Please.”There was an urgency in his voice that I haven't heard before, and my brows furrowed into a slight frown. “What are you talking about? I am okay,” I responded, confused at his reaction. Elias let my shoulders go and bent down instead, taking my hands in his. “Listen to me, Little wolf. You might not have noticed it, but you're going through a mental block. Ever since Belle got kidnapped, it's like a part of you just…shut down. You function like a normal human being, yes but your fire…that fierceness in you has dimmed. A lot. I was worried as hell when I first noticed it, but I decided to give you time. I wanted you to rest too, so I said nothing,” he paused, and my heart raced as his words settled a
I have never witnessed this much chaos in a long time. Maybe back in my pack, where Father used to drunkenly shout at me, but not here. Never here. Today though, all the semblance of peace was blown into pieces. After Elias had Mattias and Felicity dragged out of the room and into cells I didn't know existed, the rest of the council members exploded. The room was filled to the brim with layers and layers of rage, and it continued to simmer, raising the tension high between every single one of us. “You have gone too far, Alpha Elias. Mattias is old enough to be your father! He has been a council member for decades, and he served your father, as well as the father before him, faithfully. And you have the nerves to brand him a traitor?!”“Such insolence!”“Your father will be so disappointed in you!”“Your ancestors are rolling in their grave at the enormity of your actions, sorely disgusted at what you just did!”“And that poor Felicity! All that girl wanted was for the good of the
Dinner was tense.It was clear that we were all thinking about Terrence and whatever missing evidence he might have taken with him when he ran.Carlos didn’t join us until we were almost done, and he looked so exhausted that I couldn’t bring myself to ask where he was. I wanted to lighten the atmos
That night, I dreamed about him.I felt his hands on me again, felt his breath on my ear. I heard the sound that his skin made as I stabbed him, and all the while, I heard his laugh echoing in my ears. It was the most terrifying thing I had ever experienced, and I woke up with a scream.Elias was b
I awoke with a gasp.Every part of my body hurt: my sides, my lungs and my limbs. I couldn’t lift my arms. I suppose it made sense, seeing as I’d fallen off a cliff. Memories of last night came rushing back to me and I cursed. I wish I’d died.I couldn’t bring myself to open my eyes. A part of me
Growing up, I never liked my birthday.My father was always too drunk to deal with me because it brought along reminders of my mother’s death. He never failed to tell me how he wished that I’d died instead of he, and it didn’t help that I looked like her.I’d heard stories of my mother even before







