All Chapters of The Alpha and the Rental Luna: Chapter 181 - Chapter 190

[Rudy] Araminta's words fade leaving all of us in silence as the three of us look at the old witch in various expressions of undisguised shock. “Repeat that again,” I ask, not sure I heard her correctly. "Did you just say we need to marry our mates?" Sparks come to her fingertips as she snaps. "Yes, Rudolph Forrester, that's exactly what I said. You will need to marry your mates. Tonight, before we go our separate ways to begin the spell." This is not how I wanted things to happen between Hazel and me. I wanted to work things out with Sylvester, find a replacement, and then ask Hazel to be mine when the time was right and I could prove I can give her a good life, even without being a beta. If I propose to her now, it would be under false pretenses. "Now isn't a good time," I start to say, but the coven mistress shuts me down with a glare. "You will all three need to be mated, married, and fully marked, with both partners bearing the seal of fated mates.” Araminta frowns as she

[Araminta] I owe this young wolf an explanation for my poor behavior. He’s handsome, honest, and a good strong leader. I can see why Sylvester chose him to be his beta, and why Hazel eventually grew smart enough to accept that he is her mate. Rudolph Forrester isn’t Michael Bane. I shouldn’t make him suffer for the sins of another wolf. “Please forgive me,” I beg earnestly as I squeeze his hands and look into his beautiful hazel eyes. There is a charming boyish sincerity and naive vulnerability about this wolf that makes me want to protect him, even though he’s easily twice my size. He isn’t cunning, like my Amy. He wears his feelings on his sleeve where anyone can see them. “There is nothing to forgive,” Rudy graciously forgives me. “I can see why you’d be upset. I should have proposed to Hazel honestly, instead of hiding in my fear and using it as an excuse.” “No, Rudolph, your reasons are just and are a credit to your true honorable nature,” I praise him honestly. “My anger

[Amaryllis] The heat in my mate’s eyes as he looks down at me, caressing each curve and hollow of my body with his gaze as I lay there in barely more than a slip, catches my breath. In my years since my marriage, I have been with a number of wolves, and none of them had this ability to make me feel so wanton and wanted all at once. “He’s our mate,” Alanna practically purrs in my head. “He was made for us to love. Of course he’s perfect.” Pushing my dress up to my hip, he presses his still clothed body into my warm, wet folds and I gasp at the roughness of the sensation as he rubs his hardness against my tender spaces, grinning as my wet cunt paints the front of his trousers with my juices. “You like that, don’t you?” he grins slyly. “Marry me and I’ll give you all this,” he kneels between my legs as he slowly unzips, “every single day. I’ll make you scream my name, Mate.” My nipples harden so fast it almost hurts as his member springs forth. Reaching for it, I stroke him, admir

[Apple] Sylvester’s voice rings through my mind along our shared bond, just moments before I hear a gentle rapping at the door. “Please be kind to her,” Sylvester requests. “She’s trying.” That’s all the warning I get before finding Alexis, her eyes red from crying, standing on my doorstep with her head held high, twisting trembling hands around one another as she waits for me to say something. “Luna Queen,” she bows her head. “I need a word with you.” My first reaction is to shout at her, to tell her to get the hell away from me and my babies. That’s what I always thought I’d do if she came to my door. But I also expected to find her trying to kidnap my children or waiting in the dark to kill me in my sleep or trying to take back my mate–I didn’t expect to see her like this. She’s still as proud as before, but her arrogance seems to have been chipped away revealing something softer, more vulnerable. Rather than seeing an angry alpha demanding her mate and husband, she seems almo

[Apple] The soft hum of the shining net keeping the city safe is a balm to my frazzled nerves as I watch the moon rise higher in the sky. In just a few, short hours, when the moon reaches its zenith and the Goddess is above us, watching her children below, I will join my life to Sylvester’s forever, not just as his mate, but as his wife. “You’re not really nervous about that, are you,” my handsome mate comes from behind me in bed, wrapping me in his arms as his chest warms my back. “You’re already my mate, my luna, and my very beautiful queen,” he nibbles my mating mark making every part of my body purr with contentment. “This is just another ceremony, another moment. You’re already my wife in my heart,” he kisses me just above the ear as he leans into me, “Now you’ll be my wife in name also.” I’m afraid to admit it, but yes, the thought of becoming Apple Sterling is terrifying. And it’s not just the wedding, it’s the spell too. “I just can’t keep worrying about something going wro