"Valerick." She said, letting the name roll off her tongue. "What does that mean?""It means brave. My mother named me that because I stayed."Zezi turned the thoughts over in her mind, his mother must have struggled with childbirth. A struggle she herself could relate to. During her years with George she had tried to have a child of her own but it had unsuccessful. She wondered if that had been somehow related to their lack of fated bond.His mother must have been really glad when she had eventually had him. "You like it?""I do." She answered almost immediately.No. She didn't, she absolutely didn't.His smile broadened, "I like that you like it." With a sense of urgency, he added, "I really must leave now, but I will be back soon, as soon as I can make it. I promise." With that, he finally turned away.As she watched him leave, against her thundering heart, her stomach that was fluttering with butterflies and the goosebumps that laced her skin, she reminded herself over and over a

Despite the fact that Delice had closed the door, Zezi could still hear the mumblings of the people as they spoke in worried tones.She wondered what must be going through their minds right now. If some of them were actually worried right now or just pretending. After all, some of the people were part of those that made up the White Circle and their little dens. She even wondered if someone in that hall right now was responsible for Valerick's sudden and mysterious disappearance.What if some part of the den were already going against the O big White Circle and had done something, feeling that the White Circle was too slow and unprogressive in their so called aim. By the Moon, they had better not. If not she would...They just, better not.Laura was pacing back and forth. They were no longer at the entrance of the hall, but the Bride's waiting room."Where is he?"Laura looked good. Her dress managed to have more slits. Two slits at either sides that started further up her thighs. D

Silas had been trying to keep quiet as much as he could, so much that Zezi had even forgotten that he was there for a second, until he finally couldn't contain his curiousity anymore and he opened his mouth."I wonder. What is a werewolf looking for in Lavida?"Zezi frowned, looking down at the content in her glass, trying to figure out if the spinning feeling in her head was real or she was just imagining it."For a Governor, I assumed you would have heard the news." She chuckled, finding nothing about his presence interesting nor the line of conversation he had picked to communicate on, amusing in the least.Could he just go away?Her anger flared up the more he lingered by her side but she was in no mood for an argument or anything that would require too much explaining from her that she hadn't told him to leave yet. When the time was right, she would just walk away. The only thing she was starting to like and hate about this makeshift bar was that the King had moved away and she

His lips had been cold against hers, at first. Unresponsive. Till they sealed against hers with full possession, harsh, rough, passionate. Like this was an unexpected opportunity and he intended to exploit it in every way possible, savour every last moment of it and ensure not to let even one go to waste. His hands went around her, one around her waist to keep her pressed to him and the other below her head, keeping her in position, so he could ravish her lips as he wished. Her environment had changed in a blur that made her dizzy and cling unto him for dare life. A bang followed soon after, only for her to be pushed against a wall a second later, his body pressing against hers, holding her captive, his lips now warm and even more demanding, the bond between them straining with an increased need.The feeling that crossed through her veins was undeniable. She opened herself to him and let him savor the taste of her lips, while she did the same to him.She tried to push forward, but

Zezi had been taken aback by her outburst as much as Valerick had been shocked by it.Although their feelings had been for different reasons. Zezi had been shocked and confused that she had verbally claimed him and Valerick had been surprised and happy that she had done that. Although, he managed to keep the smile from his face. He was still trying to make her accept his apology here so flashing her a childish grin might not be the right thing to do."I'm sorry."When he apologized to her this time, his voice had sounded like an echo to her, her verbal claim still ringing in her ears. For so long now she had been denying everything she felt for him and casting it upon the mate bond like some burden or any other thing that she could seek shield from.The oblivion had been blissful and anything that came to crack the wall down, she had immediately shut down.To say what she had said in anger meant that her words had certainly held in them, truth, to a certain degree that made her afr