LOGINChapter Five
“Get out,” he barked.
She didn’t move.
Callister’s patience snapped. “I said, get out!”
Eileen flinched but obeyed after the second time he shouted the words. She climbed out of the trunk on unsteady legs. She was trembling, and her arms wrapped around herself in a poor attempt to stay warm after she was out for so long.
Callister barely spared her a glance. 'Not my problem.' he told his wolf when he noticed he wanted to say something. They were in this situation because of him.
He didn't understand why his wolf had forced them to mate with her. That was so unlike him where women were concerned so why and how was she any special?
He slammed the trunk shut and stalked the door to the driver’s seat. He didn’t care where she went. She could wander these roads until dawn for all he cared. She deserved worse.
But just as he reached for the door, the deep rumble of engines filled the air.
His grip on the door handle tightened.
"Shit."
He closed his eyes to count the number by the sounds. 'Several vehicles and they were coming fast.' his wolf informed him.
He immediately told his wolf. 'Shift and Run.'
'No.'
'No? Are you kidding me?'
'I am the son of the Alpha. I am the heir to the throne. I refuse to run like a thief.'
There was the pride again. Callister couldn't believe his wolf. He created a mess and all he needed from him was to shift and run yet, he refused?
What annoyed him the most was the 'mess' standing like she wasn't hearing the cars approaching.
'She's wolfless.' his wolf informed him and Calllister wondered why he must know that information.
He yanked the door open, but before he could even move, the cars skidded to a stop, boxing him in.
A man stepped out of the lead vehicle. Callister wasn't familiar with his face or name but he had a familiar scent. However , Callister knew he was close to his father because he could smell his father's scent on him. He knew he was one of his father’s men.
Callister’s jaw clenched.
“Future Alpha Callister.” The man’s voice was cautious. “Your father requests your presence.”
Callister’s fingers flexed at his sides. “I’m not interested.”
The man hesitated. His gaze flickered to Eileen.
“And her.”
Eileen stiffened beside him.
A beat of silence.
Callister exhaled through his mouth, his patience wearing thin. “Say what you mean.”
"Your father wants you two to come home.” The man repeated with a little bow.
Callister angrily looked over at her, hoping to see a smile on her face since this was what she wanted and he saw us her body shook in fear. He wanted to yank that pretentious look from her.
Was this not what she hoped for when she connived with his cousin?
“I am not going back.” She finally announced but before Callister could yell at her to stop pretending, his father's man beat him to it.
“You have no say in this matter. You are a common sla..." The man swallowed, suddenly unsure. Because now… they knew.
They knew exactly who she could be to the pack. After all, if the man who hated contact with werewolves finally was caught eloping with one after sleeping with her, who was he to call her a slave?
“Sorry.” He apologized, fearing any punishment that could follow.
Callister eyed him as he scanned around. There was nowhere he could escape. His wolf had tuned him out.
With or without his wolf, he would fight them for his freedom. He won't go back. But the moment the needle pierced his neck, Callister knew he had been played.
His muscles locked, and his vision swam as the sedative rushed through his veins. He barely had time to turn, or to snarl, before the world tilted and his body went weightless.
Then… darkness.
Chapter Twenty-SixRonan’s lips twitched, though the smirk didn’t quite return. ‘Well, whatever that was, you felt it long before I left a mark on her skin. I only tied the knot tighter. What we did here today… That fire, that hunger, that was ‘yours’, Callister. Yours alone.’His chest tightened, though no air truly passed between them. He turned his face away, glaring instead at the dim outline of the chamber around him, as though the physical world could anchor him from his wolf’s words.‘You wanted her,’ Ronan pressed, softer now, relentless but not mocking. ‘Not as a Luna: we never wanted the throne in the first place, not as a womb for an heir. You wanted ‘her’. You kissed her first. You burned first. Don’t shove it on me because you can’t bear to admit it. She doesn't have a wolf so I don't feel attached to her even though I marked her.’For a heartbeat, silence stretched between them; thick, charged, heavy with truths Callister didn’t want to hear. His eyes darted to the sleep
Chapter Twenty-FiveShe shifted once, a faint murmur slipping past her lips, but exhaustion claimed her quickly. Her lashes stilled, her breathing softened, and within moments she was asleep beneath him, utterly spent.He lay on his side, propped up by one elbow, watching her in the muted dark. There was something unsettling in the quiet, something he couldn’t name as he studied the delicate rise and fall of her chest.He was a step closer to getting an heir.He should have left. He should have pulled away, cold and indifferent.But he didn’t.Instead, his hand lingered, brushing a stray lock of hair from her face, his eyes fixed on her as though some unspoken truth had bound him there long after the fire had burned out.Callister’s gaze continued to linger on her face, soft in slumber, her chest rising in even rhythm. For a moment, the silence of the chamber wrapped around him like a shroud. But he should have known better than to expect peace.From the shadows of his mind, Ronan eme
Chapter Twenty-FourHer cry broke against his mouth, muffled and sharp, her nails raking down his back in a desperate reflex. He groaned into the kiss, a sound guttural and raw, hips pressing flush against hers as if to hammer the truth of it into her bones: she was taken, filled, possessed.He didn’t give her time to catch her breath. His hips drew back only to slam forward again, the sudden force making the bed jolt beneath them. A wet sound echoed between their bodies, obscene, undeniable.Her thighs quivered around his waist, the involuntary clench of her body pulling him deeper, tighter, until his rhythm grew harsher, punishing, each thrust punctuated by the rasp of his breath and the bruising grip of his hand on her hip.“Mine,” he growled against her throat, teeth scraping the delicate skin as his pace drove harder, faster, each stroke shattering her resistance piece by piece.She should have fought. But her body betrayed her with every moan, every arch of her back, every shive
Chapter Twenty-ThreeAnd the moon goddess help her, the worst part was the shiver running through her spine, the way her skin seemed to crave more of the same.His hand lingered one last time against her breast, squeezing just enough to make her breath hitch, before his other hand seized her waist. The shift was sudden, forceful.With a sharp push, he drove her backward.Her knees buckled against the edge of the mattress, and the next thing she knew, her body hit the bed with a soft thud, the coverlet wrinkling beneath her. Her hair spilled across the pillows, strands fanning like ink across pale sheets.He stood over her, broad shoulders blotting out the chamber’s dim light, his chest rising and falling with the same unyielding rhythm that seemed to command the air itself.For a heartbeat, she only stared up at him, stunned, her pulse hammering wild beneath her skin.Her cloak had slipped, baring the curve of her shoulder, and his eyes, those merciless, storm-dark eyes, followed the
Chapter Twenty-TwoBut he had felt it too. He had felt the way she had melted, the way her mouth had given under his.Eileen’s heart slammed painfully in her chest, panic and something hot colliding until she could not name either. She wanted to shove him away, claw the smirk she knew would bloom on his face, but her body betrayed her still, leaning into the heat of him, aching with a need that sickened her.‘What are you doing?’ she screamed at herself in silence. ‘This is the man whose family ruined everything. The man whose bloodline slaughtered your family. You should bite his tongue off, not—’Her mind was screaming no, but her body moved anyway. His lips dragged harder against hers, rough and claiming, and the thought shattered.Somewhere in the blur of his mouth pressing harder, of the fire coursing where ice should have lived, she didn’t even notice when one of her hands slipped free of his hold.It was like an instinct; a traitorous, damning instinct that flung it upward and
Chapter Twenty-OneHer chest heaved, fury and helplessness tangling until she could hardly breathe. His grip on her wrists burned, not just from the force but from the sheer audacity of it: how easily he dismissed her resistance, how little it meant to him that she tried to shield herself.He did not look at her face now. His gaze dragged downward, slow and deliberate, stripping her in ways harsher than the fabric had slid from her skin.“Pathetic,” he muttered, voice low, almost to himself. His hands shoved hers harder against her sides, as though daring her to try again. “As if covering yourself makes a difference.”She jerked against him, uselessly, a trapped bird beating wings against iron bars. His hold didn’t waver.Every nerve screamed at her to spit in his face, to claw at him, to scream but another voice coiled deep inside her chest. It was cold and sharp. ‘Not now. Not like this.’ If she broke here, if she wasted her rage, there would be nothing left for the vengeance she ha