[Amya’s POV]"Are you sure about this?"Mykel’s worried voice radiated from beside me as I got into position to begin my battle with Denny.Turning, I just gave a smile and a winked. If he thought that I would do something that I wasn’t confident about, then he really didn’t know me."Don’t worry," I murmured, reaching out and squeezing his hand. "Do you really think that this sourpuss will be able to take me?"For a moment, Mykel doesn’t speak as he looks from me to Denny and back. Despite my assurance, it is easy to tell by the look on his face that he isn’t quite sure."I know you’re worried," I sighed, feeling his tension and unease through our bond. "But I promise you, I’ll be fine."Leaning over, I quickly kiss his cheek before turning my full attention to Denny, who is watching us with an unreadable expression."Jealous?" I smirked, flashing my teeth. "Would you like a kiss too?"At my words, a growl of warning erupts from Mykel that causes me to burst into a fit of laughter. M
[Mykel’s POV]Satisfied that Denny and his idiot squad wouldn’t be anymore of a nuisance, I pulled Amya to me and began to move."Are we really just going to leave them like that?" she whispers, shooting a look over her shoulder. "What if they try?""They won’t," I assure her, smirking. "Denny knows damn well that if he betrays his word, I’ll kill him, no questions asked. Now, stop wasting so much energy on other men because you’re going to make me jealous.""Aw, do you really think I’d be interested in anyone but you?" Amya purred, skipping around to stand in front of me. "Don’t worry, you’re the only one for me; after all, the goddess said it was so."Growling, I reach out and attempt to grab Amya to punish her for her poor joke. However, she easily shimmies out of the way as a tinkling laugh escapes her."Catch me if you can, big guy!"Letting out a sigh, I began to move but stopped as Armal’s presence suddenly pressed against my skin.Shit, did this mean that he was back? If so, w
[Mykel’s POV]I continued to examine the area around me until I spotted what looked like plumes of smoke. If anything was releasing these things, I had a good feeling it was whatever that smoke was coming from.Fixing my gaze on my target, I began to move, leaping across rivers of lava and climbing over clusters of boulders."What the hell?" I hissed, when I finally reached my destination. "What is that?"Ahead of me wasn’t what I expected. Instead of a possible mountain, which I had initially thought was the culprit, it was a large crevice in the ground that smoke and fire billowed out of, and as the smoke grew higher and higher, it shifted and changed into those things we had been fighting in the oasis.Bracing myself, I slowly inched closer until I found myself standing on its edge and looking down at the last thing I expected.Sitting in the middle of a pool of fire was a large black wolf with red markings on its fur that looked almost like fire and that glowed and shifted with th
[Amya’s POV]I hover nearby while Mykel tells Armal and me about his discovery while in the Oasis, but I can’t quite believe what I’m hearing.All my life I had hoped to meet my wolf, but after Mia suddenly appeared within me, I lost all hope and accepted that she was my other half. But now here was Mykel saying that he not only found my wolf, no, he discovered the wolf I craved was the very thing that was trying to kill me."It doesn’t make sense," Armal muttered, voicing my own thoughts. "Why would Amya’s wolf want to kill her?""Maybe it feels that she betrayed it by accepting Mia?" Mykel offered, sending a pang of pain through me. "I can kind of understand its sentiments."Frowning, I eyed Mykel as the clear jealousy he had constantly felt since discovering his best friend was mated to my other half appeared. I guess he was right; he understood, even if I thought it was ridiculous."So what do we do?" I asked, wanting to change the subject. "We aren’t going to destroy my wolf, are
[Mykel’s POV]"Please."Amya’s voice, which begged me, sounded so damn sad that it was taking everything I had not to attack right here and now. Why the hell was I even hesitating?I didn’t understand it myself, but something about fucking her right here and now just didn’t feel right to me. It was so similar to the way I did it with all the other women that I just couldn’t bring myself to do it."Mykel."Dammit. Snapping out of my head, I looked down into Amya’s large, pleading eyes, finding myself getting lost.‘Just do it,’ a small voice in the back of my head urged. ‘Before she decides to leave you.’Leave me? There was no fucking way that I would allow that to happen. Amya was mine—mind, body, and soul. The moon goddess made her for me, and I would be damned if I let any other bastard touch her.‘And what if they do?’ The voice continued. ‘Will you have the right to stop them?’Would I? Yes, I would, and once I did, they would disappear from the face of the earth."Is that a no?"
[Amya’s POV]Blood...It staind everything around me; my arms and my hands; the pristine white sheets that were so meticulously laid for this very night; and even the body of the bastard that wanted to ruin me with his bare hands.It looked so beautiful, mixing in with my off-white wedding gown and covering my dagger that had been used to take the man beneath me’s life."Y-you…" He gasped, his eyes growing wide with the realization that he wouldn’t survive this. "W-why…""Why?" I purred, leaning back on my heels and bringing a manicured nail to my chin. "Because your family took from me the one of the people that truly meant something to me."Armal... Even to this day, I haven't fully forgiven myself for what happened to him. Had I not allowed Mia to show her attraction and connection to him, maybe he would still be here.Closing my eyes, I tried to fight off the images of that night that tried to escape. It was in the past, but it was still so fucking fresh.‘Armal has finally been a
[Mykel’s POV]I stared into the eyes of the woman that I was meant to kill and found myself being sucked into their crimson depths as she licked her lips seductively. What the hell was this exactly? This feeling of wanting to fully possess her and make her scream my name while I…"Are you just going to stare?" She purred, pushing her voluptuous breasts against me. "Or are you going to keep to your promise?"A growl of excitement escaped me as Axel came to life and demanded to take over.'Take her.' He growled in anticipation. 'She belongs to us!'"Are you saying that you’re fine with fucking in the middle of the forest with all the animals as witnesses?" I challenged, deciding to call her bluff. "I'm not opposed if you aren't."I had to admit, that didn’t sound too fucking bad, but I couldn’t take her here. Right now, there were many bounty hunters looking for her, and if I wanted to keep her alive long enough to have my way with her, we needed to get out of here."I mean, I’m not opp
[Amya’s POV]I waited with a smirk as the man who had dared to attempt to call me a bitch waited. Beside me, the sexy assassin that was initially after my head waited with a look of amusement painted on all of his features. Damn, he looked sexy like that and made me want to jump him again."I’m…s-sorry." The man stammered. "I was just...""That’s enough, Lucian." My captor sighed. "We don’t have time to stand around here while you try to redeem yourself.""Y-Yes, Mykel." Lucian stammered, though he was still sheet white from fear."So your name is Mykel?" I asked, turning to my captor. "Can I call you me Mykel? After all, from the moment we crossed paths, you became mine. ""Are you claiming me as a thing?" Mykel countered, amusement flashing in his eyes."And if I am?""Could the both of you stop flirting." A low voice grumbled from where Lucian had come from.Turning, I tried to hide my disappointment over being interrupted again as an older man with wild grey hair and deep wrinkles