AmandaI waited until Zale left me before I let my tensed muscles find any relaxation. This was horrible. It had to be the worst possible thing that could happen.I paused, frowning at my thoughts. But, was this the plan? The Goddess was the one that gave us our mates. She knew who I would be destined to be with...No! I couldn't let my thoughts slide like this. I was loyal to the Goddess. She'd saved me from a horrible situation. Without her... my fate would have been worse than death. A never-ending cycle of agony.The door cracked open and I glanced up. But instead of Zale, it was Javier and that other woman."Hello?" she greeted me, almost hiding behind my mate. I didn't like how close she stood to him. "Hi, Clara," I greeted. It came out rougher than I expected. She didn't bat an eye from it. "Mom," she greeted. "Looks like your Alpha has to do some training, does that mean it's just us?""And me," Javier interrupted. I'm not leaving anyone alone with Amanda."Clara wrinkled he
Bo Zale joined me, and all I could focus on was the scent of Amanda all over him. In normal circumstances, such a thing would just make me want him more. But right now, saddled with the majority of the pack watching my every move? I wanted to throw him into a furnace or two. "How's it going?" he questioned, eyeing my recruits. "It's... going," I replied with a sigh. Our warriors weren't slouches, they were strong and fast and worth more than a normal pack member five to one. But the problem was, they still weren't enough to fight what we needed to. "Is this really going to work?" Zale stared at his open palm, squinting hard at it. "It has to," he replied instead. "I'm not the type of ruler to use my people like meat shields. They will get stronger and we will take out the demons. By that time I should have control of my powers and be able to share them with my mates. Until then, this is our only course of action." I stared at the rows of warriors. Sweat dripped from their bodies.
AmandaTugging Clara by her wrist, we ran through the snow. "Faster," I ordered her.She huffed. Her steps were uneven. She hadn't been cared for very well. She was criminally thin and had the stamina of a baby sloth. "I can't," she wheezed at me."You can, you have to. You don't know Javier as I do." I looked back in the direction we'd fled from. How long would it be until he checked on us? I was doing all I could to not alert them through our mate bond. Even Ares was distracted by something."Do you have a plan?" My wolf questioned with a judging sniff. "Once they catch you it won't be a laughing matter. You know what happened to you last time you ran from anyone."She didn't have to remind me. I knew better than anyone what happened to runners. "We can't stay here, you know that. If we do we won't be able to carry out the Moon Goddess' will. We promised.""You promised, Amanda. I only went along with it because you were desperate. Granted, we probably wouldn't have survived without
Zale "Ares!" I roared in my mind at my wolf. For his credit he didn't cower from me. He simply nodded in acknowledgement. "I know what you're going to say." "Then why the fuck did my mate run? What happened here? Explain it to me, right now. You can walk through the minds of my mates, you're not a normal wolf. Why didn't you stop her the very second she had such a stupid idea as to run from us?" "I was blocked." I snorted. "You're a Prime wolf, Ares. How the hell were you blocked? She's our Luna, but she doesn't have power to rival us." My wolf went silent. "Useless. But it doesn't matter. Even without you I'll find her again. But damn it, Ares, now we have another damn wizard to fight. One was bad enough, you know that." "Zale!" I looked up from my internal argument and scanned the area. Javier and Bo had both caught up. Javier was tugging along Amanda's kid. The woman fell to the ground and threw her hands over her head, shivering so hard her teeth rattled in her damn head
Amanda My captor didn't speak to me as we floated through the air. I tried to keep track of where our bubble went, but the thing swayed to and fro like it was zig-zagging through the plains. But we weren't heading north as I'd assumed, and we weren't heading south either. Instead, we were heading West? I couldn't take it any longer. "Who are you?" I demanded. He glanced over his shoulder at me, his long blonde hair flowing behind him like a banner. "Luna, there will be time for niceties later. We are together forever after all." "You're not my mate," I growled at him. My wolf added her growl to the mix as well. There was no way we would just agree to what this man said. "You smell like a demon." He twisted around again and the bubble we were in dipped low, its bottom almost skimming the trees. Squirrels looked up at me and scolded me with their little chattering voices before scampering to safety. He proceeded to sniff the end of his hair and frowned. "I see. I apologize about tha
AmandaThe instant our bubble landed on solid ground it popped. I darted forward but Aren grabbed my arm, hauling me back against him. I struggled, pushing against him with my free hand. My wolf was almost asleep. She was there but the more I called to her, the farther away she seemed to be. "Let me go," I screamed at him.If I followed him into that castle I might not be coming out. "Alessa," he scolded, his fingers tightening around my upper arm, his fingernails digging into my skin. "You're not being a good girl."I shuddered. It wasn't the same kind of delicious shiver that worked its way through my body like when one of my mates said it. No, this was pure terror. I whimpered deep in my throat, eyes darting around. The forest all around us was dark and red-eyed creatures stared back at me. Wicked cackles and cries rose in volume almost drowning out every other sound."Silence!" Aren roared at the forest. The trees swayed with his scream and the shrieks went quiet like a mute but
AmandaMitsi had gotten me dressed in record time. I had no idea how she managed to put so many pieces of clothes on me, that barely covered anything really, in such a short amount of time. What was the point of all of this if the vast majority of it was see-through?"This way," Mitsi informed me with a bob of her head and she darted down the opposite end of the hall. I had to jog to catch up to her.I glanced back at the way we were running from. I didn't see anything, so why did she look so worried? Was she expecting us to be chased or something?"Here," she tugged me into yet another room and pulled me to a stool. "I'll be quick. He doesn't like a lot of makeup, but your eyes are puffy. We have to fix them."We seemed to be alone. I leaned a little closer as she sorted through an assortment of makeup on her table. "Who is this guy anyway? What does he want?"Her eyes darted to the door then back to me. She held a finger to her lips and then rushed over to the door, closing it secu
AmandaCee inclined her head to me. "A Prime Luna? Do you know that we have been trying to kick your kind off of our land for the last twenty years or so?"I shook my head. "I'm not born a Prime, I'm just mated to one."Cee gave me a sad soft smile. "Were mated to one," she corrected me."No," I replied. Rage simmered in me at her words. "I'm not staying here. I don't care if you're a favorite or if you plan to give me up. When I've gotten what I need, I'll find a way to escape. If you want me to get my people off your land, we'll try to figure out a solution."Cee clucked her tongue. "You're quite young to my people. You'll never escape from Aren. He is favored by the Moon Goddess. She's given him so many of us." She brushed the crook of her neck with her fingertips. "Do you see a mark here?" I peered closer. But there was nothing. The only mating mark I could see was on one of her shoulders as it peeked out. Even Aren's mark had a strange beauty to it. The twists and twirls of hi