MasukMagnus
What sorcery was this? Surely this was a plan devised by the hunters to kill me. Sending this superficially innocent temptress to entrap me, to make me weak. Look at her! Claiming to be so fragile and she dared touch my face and my beast loved it. Loved it!
Those huge almond-shaped pale blue eyes, swimming in tears. Fake. Oh, she was good.
But why does she smell like summer rain in the black forest? I breathe her in, feeling her tremble in my hands. My canines scrape along her soft neck, the urge to bite into her, to taste the deception in her blood. But no, I resist.
“I will use your body, huntress, for my pleasure. Until I am tired of it.” her pathetic attempt to hide her breasts irritated me and I grabbed her wrists and pinned her arms to her sides. “But you will not touch me.” Her touch made me feel things I shouldn’t.
Her quivering plump lips were crafted to make men sin. It was enough to make me hard just looking at them. I’ve wanted her since I saw her on that stage, looking like a newborn colt on those fuck-me heels, and I walked straight into that trap. But I couldn’t bear to let any of those wolves have her. She was mine.
Lifting a handful of her honey-colored hair, I wound it around my fist. While she stood, not daring to move, hardly breathing. At this rate, she will pass out again.
I’d wager she’d put a silver dagger through my heart the first chance she got. She wasn’t fooling me with this innocent act of hers. The hunters were a crafty breed. I couldn’t imagine Ignatius Saul would let us capture one of his offspring without a plan. Oh, he will come for her. I am certain of it.
“Are you pure?” I asked. “Or did the auctioneer lie?” In the meantime, I will use her for pleasure.
Tears streamed down her pretty face, like she thought that would make me feel bad. I no longer have that organ.
“Please don’t.” She choked on her words. “I’ve never… He didn’t touch me.”
“I’ll just have to find out for myself then.” Lifting her over my shoulder, I carried her to my bed, where I threw her down.
Maybe I should turn her, sire her to me, and let her tear her father limb from limb. That would be justice for what he did to my kind. The longer I thought about it, the more appealing it sounded.
She scampered across the bed until her back hit the headboard. Her long, shapely legs were drawn up to her chest, giving me an ample view of her damp pussy. Was she turned on by my rough handling of her? Interesting.
“Nice show you’re giving me, Erina. You can stop the act now.”
“Act? I-I don’t understand.” The sound of her erratic heartbeat woke the beast in me. Hunt and devour.
“Come on!” I sneered at her. “Don’t be so coy. You’re already soaked.” I pulled the corded belt from my robe and let the garment slide down my arms to the floor. Letting her have a good look at what was in store for her.
I saw her expression change from fear to unmistakable terror as I fisted my cock. Either she has never seen a man’s phallus, or the sheer size of mine is scaring the shit out of her. She wasn’t that young, early twenties, I guessed. So how was it possible that she was still this innocent?
She shook her head, hair flying about her face. “No, no, no… Please Master.” If she could, she would have become one with the carved headboard. She grabbed onto it like it would prevent me from dragging her to me.
“Am I a monster to you, Erina? Would you like to see a monster?” My tone was soft but threatening. “Keep on carrying on like a hysterical child and I will show you the monster.” I pried her clawed hands off the headboard and yanked her to me.
She collided with my chest, and my beast rumbled with pleasure. It wanted her wrapped around us, with my cock deep inside her.
“What did you think I bought you for?” I asked, pushing her down, keeping her wrists captive above her head. “Did you think I would pay so much money just to kill you?”
She couldn’t look at me. Her face was awash with color. My eyes roved over her pale, unmarked skin. Her rosy nipples stood to attention, begging me to take them in my mouth. She clenched her thighs together, trying to hide the alluring triangle between them. Nothing she did could hide the musky, floral scent of her arousal and it was driving me insane.
“Answer me, huntress. Why do you think I bought you?”
She looked at me. “You want to punish me because of who my father is?” There was sadness and something more in those pale blue eyes. It was a look I recognized - resignation. I had often seen it in my prey’s eyes when they knew there was no escape, and suddenly I hated seeing it there in Erina’s eyes.
“You’re not entirely wrong.” I said. “But when I saw you, I knew you belong to me, huntress. Mine to fuck, mine to possess. Mine.” I couldn’t resist tasting her skin, sucking the place where her neck met her shoulder. She gasped and tensed as my teeth grazed her skin, leaving a purple bruise against her white skin.
“How can I be yours? You’re not even human,” she cried, twisting her body to get away. “My father hates me. He won’t come to get me, if that’s what you think.”
“So, you want me to believe he will just leave one of his own at the mercy of the wolves?” I palmed her breast and twisted her nipple until she screamed. “Then you’re even more innocent than what I thought. Or you’re just ignorant.” I wanted to draw a confession out of her that this was all her father’s plan to seduce the Lycan. That she knew all about the prophecy.
“Believe what you want,” she sobbed. “It doesn’t matter. Take what you want and be done.” she closed her eyes. Resignation. It wasn’t what I wanted.
I stared in wonder at the tears clinging to her dark eyelashes, her pretty mouth twisted in sorrow. Saul sacrificed her to destroy me. I was certain of it. She was the youngest of his children and he kept her pure all this time for this. Evil bastard. Well, I will turn the tables on you, Ignatius Saul. She will be your undoing, not mine.
Leaving her on my bed, I wore my robe and stepped out of the bedroom. I went to Elise’s room, one of my mistresses, to get the relief I so desperately needed.
301 EpilogueErinaFive years flew by like an afterthought. Five busy years of ruling a kingdom of wolves while raising our children and managing a fragile peace between packs. It hadn't been easy. I never expected it to be. My life has always been one of challenges. But lately…I’ve been avoiding the mirror after I noticed a few strands of silver in my golden braid and a few lines around my eyes that weren’t there before.“Erina, come to bed. What are you doing way over there?” Magnus’ deep voice pulled me out of my disturbing thoughts.I laid the brush down on the vanity, facing my reflection. “In a minute, my king.”The bed protested under him. The carpet swallowed his footsteps, and then his warm hands landed softly on my shoulders. His lips brushed my neck, sending the old familiar shivers down my spine. After all these years, his touch still left me tingling and aching for him.“I miss you, my queen. We’ve both been so busy lately.” He caressed the nightgown’s straps down my shou
ErinaHe was alive! That was the important part. But the difference was plain. Something had changed.There was heaviness, a sharp tang in the air of charred bone and ozone as if lightning had struck the place.No explanation. He just stood there with the crying infant, the piercing wails echoing against the cold, stone walls, an unreadable emotion in his stormy, clouded eyes.“She needs a mother, Erina,” he said, offering the baby to me. She couldn’t have been more than a few hours old. Still covered in slick placenta, the umbilical cord dangling limp and wet between her upturned, shivering legs. Her helpless, thin-voiced cries tugged at my heart, the tiny face screwed up in a red, wrinkled mask, little fists raised in soft defiance.“Magnus…” I had a thousand questions, but the baby needed care. A mother.I took her from his hands, and she stopped crying, snuggling into the crook of my arm, her mouth searching desperately for my breast with a soft, hungry whimpering.“Oh!” I didn’t e
MagnusGisela! How could she do this to me? No matter how hard I yelled, they didn’t hear me. My ghostly hands passed right through them. I didn’t want this. No.I wanted to grow old with the woman I loved, see my pups grow up strong.Helpless. Betrayed. Furious.My beast was still in there in my husk of a body. Alive, but stuck. What the hell was she thinking? I shuddered to think what would have happened had Erina drunk that wine. Oh, she wasn’t getting away with this.I loved Gisela, but this was unforgivable. I didn’t want to die, but I sure as hell didn’t want this. To be the Immortal Lycan, the beast without conscience or compassion.Erina gave me my soul back, and now I was about to lose it again.I watched as Gisela prepared my body, cursing her for doing this to me. But she couldn’t hear or if she did, it didn’t matter. For the kingdom.Screw the fucking kingdom! I never wanted it in the first place.I made the mistake of falling for the wrong woman, and I paid with my life. G
Erina“She’s the one!” the girl shouted, her voice shrill against the ballroom’s acoustic echo, grabbing the astonished girl by the arm with a bruising, frantic grip. “You gave the boy the poisoned wine! I saw you.”Shock and horror flitted across the girl’s ashen face. Her mouth fell open, dry and trembling, but no sound escaped. The other servants recoiled, leaving the girl standing alone under the revolving crystal sphere, which cast dizzying, splintered light across her skin.Guards rushed forward, their heavy boots thudding against the marble as they gripped her arms firmly.The room erupted with enraged, guttural shouts, clamoring for her head on a spike. The elders had their hands full trying to calm the guests, their movements frantic and strained.My bodyguards formed a protective barrier between myself and the rest. Tension made tempers flare, and keeping a room full of alphas at bay—their heavy, musk-laden aggression thick enough to choke on—was no simple task.Despite havi
Sabelle“Quickly, girl! Time is running out. It won’t be long before Erina finds out what I’ve done.” Gisela ignored all my protests. From within her apron pocket, she produced a small glass container. “Ash from a wolf’s pelt,” she explained as if I had asked. With it, she drew a circle around the table where Magnus lay. “Seal the doors. We can’t have them barging in on us.”“Ordering me around in my own space,” I mumbled but did it anyway, sealing the doors with a powerful spell. Not because I needed her approval.I watched her form runes in the ash, intricate forms most of which I’ve never seen before. “What were you thinking?! Did you do this to cast suspicion on me?” I wouldn’t put it past her. “You never wanted me here. And you would do anything to get rid of me, wouldn’t you?” The words tasted bitter in my mouth. She never wanted me. I was her mistake, the product of her foolish love.Didn’t I do the same? No, my situation was different. I wanted a child, a magical child I could
ErinaFrom the nursery I hurried to our bedroom to change out of my wedding dress. It was too cumbersome to walk around in all the heavy silk and jewels. I removed my crown and jewelry as well and dressed in plain black slacks and a blouse. Exchanged the high heels for comfortable shoes.My bodyguards followed me down the empty hallway and out of the castle where Hein waited for me in the dark. The moon hid behind thick clouds, and the fireworks were long gone. The celebrations had died down to an oppressive silence. Even the nightbirds were silent.“You found him?” The wolf pricked her ears, growling low in anticipation. She was out for blood.Hein bowed curtly. “We’ve rounded up the caterers, my queen. I have them detained in the dungeons.”“Then let’s not waste more time.” I fell into step with him, our footsteps echoing through the stillness of the courtyard. We walked past the pavilion where Magnus and I had stood just a few hours earlier, pledging forever to one another. The blo







