Rameric's POV:"So," I said as I pondered this thought out loud so everyone else could hear it and interject their comments when necessary. "Somehow Zakari had his hand in these dealings the entire time he was a part of this pack, and we are just now finding out about it? In other words, you are saying we somehow managed to miss out on all of this information!?""From what I understand about the news we received today from the migrant, that sounds accurate," Galien responded reluctantly and then continued using a deary tone. "Why else would his first move be to go immediately to one of these villages first thing?" I had to say I was not quite pleased about everything that has been brought to light in the wake of all the events as of late. With the news of these new findings, there was no way I could let this kind of act go unchecked by any means, even if it transpired in human villages. Botau was not a human but he sure used them. He was entirely too old to be a

Rameric's POV:“What makes you say that?” I asked as I knelt beside the padded slumber. She was still lying there on her back with her eyes looking up as I reached over and gently yet delicately took her hand in mine. I rubbed the top of her hand as I turned to look back at Raiven who was pacing back and forth. "Have you ever seen anything like this before?" I asked him as I stood up and turned to sit down on the edge of my padded slumber.I did not know what to do seeing her in this state. She has already had so much happen to her while she was here. First, she was taken from me and nearly lost her life because of it, all while I was figuring out what I wanted to do with her. Then after her return, she experienced the most painful thing by getting stitched up without having anything to drink before that which might have helped to dull the pain even a little. Later, Merial was no help in making her feel wanted here so I ended up exiling her. She came into her first h

Alasia's POV:Rameric was holding me in his arms as I held him tightly by the neck. I don't know how to describe it, but something about his touch seemed to help soothe whatever mood I was in. I knew I was fearful about what had happened in my past. However, I also knew the kind of evil man that Bo was. The more I thought about this, the more I wondered if he truly knew how afraid I was of Bo. He was not there when Bo and my stepfather would talk about all those horrible things on top of what they wanted to do about me. It still makes my skin cringe when I think about it. The one feeling of being repulsed by that man every time he looked at me. At the time, all those years ago, I did not know what they were discussing, but I am beginning to have an idea now. They would take those women and young girls from their homes late in the middle of the night to a place they would call, Rayless Keep. I heard a few times that it had a black door. Those young girls would be t

Rameric's POV If there was one way I knew how to help my mate relax, I would surely try to do just that. She looked at me while she was supported on her elbows as I held the back of her knees. At that moment, I slowly lowered myself until I was positioned on both knees. She watched my every move as I kept my focus on her facial expressions. I could tell that even though she did not make a sound, her lips were giving her away as if she did. I continued to look at her as I laid her knees down to the sides and I moved my body closer to her. My member flexed as it wanted to be released. It knew what I had in mind, but this time, it would have to wait. This was her turn to relax, not its turn. Every so gently, I moved my hands along her skin from the inner side of her knees, along the inner side of her thighs, and stopped just shy of the gentle folds of delicate skin. With the tips of my fingers, I dragged them along the edge of the delicate skin till I was right below her navel. I looke

Alasia's POV:I continued to lay there on Rameric's arm as I slowly drifted off. He was right after all. I did need to stop overthinking about everything that happened to me and get some rest. I guess I could rest a bit more soundly tonight as I did not have to worry about Brazen being in the hands of that man whom I used to call my stepfather. I know what he was like when I was around, so there was no telling what else happened to Brazen after I was not there to help protect him anymore. Or, at least for the last few days while I was not there. As I lay there with my eyes closed, I thought about what Rameric had done earlier for me and how he was just trying to help me relax. It was hard for me to relax after all. After everything that I have been through, it was honestly hard to even do that. At least I knew Brazen was going to be safe, so that helped some.Before I knew it, I was dreaming some strange sleep dream. The next thing I realized was that I was sit