The Intruders in the Dark.

For a week, the Redborne mansion buzzed with celebration. Shaina settled into her new life as Luna of the Redborne pack.

Servants bowed when she passed. Her days filled with learning the layout of the grand house and planning small projects with the funds Matthias had given her.

Matthias stayed busy with mergers and political talks. His new status as the strongest Alpha gave him power over many packs.

Redborne, now stood at the very top.

At the mansion, Matthias's parents, Aurora and Sebas, welcomed Shaina warmly. They gave her full authority to run the household and her own funds for any ventures she wanted.

Shaina's own parents, Pauliana and Mistas, arrived with the same commanding presence they always carried.

That evening, the six of them shared an intimate dinner in the private dining hall.

No guests, just family.

Matthias sat at the head of the long table. Shaina sat at the opposite end. Their parents filled the sides.

Sebas raised his glass with a broad smile. "To my son and his beautiful Luna. This marriage is exactly what our pack needed. I couldn't be happier."

Mistas nodded politely, lifting his own glass. "Indeed. The alliance brings strength to us all." His tone was calm, but not as warm as Sebas's.

He knew exactly how Silvershade's Soothing Luna trait could lift an entire pack's status, and he seemed content with the power it now gave Redborne.

Pauliana smiled softly beside him, adding a few words about the Moon Goddess blessing their union.

The parents soon fell into easy talk about pack politics and future plans, each trying to show their own family's importance in the new order.

Matthias barely heard them. His eyes stayed on Shaina across the table. She looked back at him just as often, a small smile playing on her lips.

While their parents spoke of alliances and status, the newly bonded couple lived in their own quiet world of stolen glances and shared heat.

After dinner, Matthias and Shaina slipped away like teenagers dodging curfew.

They moved through the halls until they reached the quiet cellar beneath the mansion. The moment the heavy door clicked shut behind them, Matthias pulled her close.

Their kiss started sweet, but it quickly turned hungry.

The mate mark on Shaina’s neck flared hot, sending sharp waves of need through both of them. Matthias lost control the second her body pressed against his.

He was always starving for her. From the moment they bonded, he craved her tight heat, her soft gasps, her complete surrender.

And Shaina was always willing to give it all to him.

“Shaina,” he breathed against her mouth, voice rough with lust.

His hands moved fast. He shoved her dress up to her waist and yanked his belt open.

Shaina helped him, her fingers shaking as she freed his hard cock. He was already throbbing, leaking at the tip.

Matthias backed her against the cool stone wall and lifted one of her legs around his hip.

Without teasing or warning, he lined himself up and slammed into her in one brutal thrust.

Shaina cried out, her walls stretching around his thick length as he buried himself to the hilt.

“Fuck, you’re so tight,” he growled, pulling back only to drive in harder.

His hips snapped forward again and again, fucking her deep against the wall.

The wet sound of his cock pounding into her pussy filled the cellar.

Shaina clung to his shoulders, her moans growing louder with every thrust. She submitted so easily, her body opening wider for him, hips rocking to take him even deeper.

Matthias loved how she gave herself over completely, letting him use her however he wanted.

He gripped her thigh hard enough to bruise, pounding into her faster.

“That’s it, take my cock like a good Luna.”

Shaina’s head fell back against the stone, her breasts bouncing with each rough stroke.

“Matt… oh gods, yes… harder…”

He kissed her roughly, swallowing her cries as he fucked her without mercy. His balls slapped against her with every deep plunge.

The mate bond pulsed hot between them, making every thrust feel like fire and pure pleasure.

Shaina’s pussy clenched around him, slick and greedy. She was close already, her legs shaking as he drove her toward the edge.

Matthias felt her tightening and thrust even harder, grinding against her clit with every stroke.

Just as they both neared the edge, a faint sound broke through the haze, the slight scrape of a shoe on stone.

Matthias didn’t stop. He kept slamming into Shaina, lost in her dripping heat and the way her walls fluttered around his cock.

They're both too lost to notice the sound within the very space they shared such pleasure.

But from the shadows deeper in the cellar, two pairs of eyes watched them with the same raw hunger that burned in Matthias’s gaze.

Not one watcher. Two.