NATALIEI sigh, my shoulders sagging. “ Take them out. ” I whisper. “ Zio. ”“ Natalie! ” Anne hisses as a warning.“ I am sure Alpha Ryker…” My eyes trail off to Ryker’s cruel face as I utter. “ has thought of giving them a place to stay. Take both my friends there. ”“ You don’t understand. ” Anne huffs, folding her arms over her chest.“ I understand. ” I glance her way. “ But, it’s between me and my mate now. ”I am saving you from his wrath, idiot! I don’t think she can see the deranged look in Ryker’s eyes right now. It’s almost as if he is on the verge of losing control and snapping Anne’s neck. I don’t want that. And if things escalate…I am not sure anymore if Ryker will listen to me and spare her life.“ Come on, ladies. Let’s leave them alone. ” Zio gets up, chiming as if a bomb hasn’t been dropped in the living room a few moments ago.With my blazing eyes, I try to convey the silent message to Giana who is staring at me, her mouth agape.“ Go. Rest. ” I whisper assuringly
NATALIETime seems to have slowed down a notch. I sniff, staring up in his peering ocean eyes. Ryker looses a dry breath and plants a kiss over my nose. “ You don’t hate me. ”Arrogant Bastard!I continue glaring at him. Tears stop flowing down my eyes and rage takes over. I hate how he knows about my emotions and still plays with them.Ryker caresses my navel from over my dress. Jolts of electricity rush down my body, heating my blood.“ I won’t forgive you for this. I will hold a grudge and I will stab you in the back when the right time comes. Don’t expect me to be loyal after what you have done to me. ” I rant, feeling his hands all over me.Ryker presses a firm, lingering kiss over the left corner of my lips and smirks down at me. “ Will this be enough to make it up to you? ”“ No. ” I deadpan. “ Tell me the truth…It’s the only thing which can make me forget what you did. ”I know he has a reason. A reason he is reluctant to share with me. Because he doesn’t trust me.“ Like I s
RYKER“ I told you. It was a horrible idea. ” Zio sighs.“ I don’t recall you saying that. ” I shrug my shoulders, glaring at him from the corner of my eyes.“ Okay. But we risked Luna’s life and didn’t get anything. ” Zio lifts his hands in surrender and complains again.I know we got nothing. I want to bark at him but I am not in the mood.My mood is ruined because of what my little miss pesky said. She will reject me? Fucking reject me? And then what?My nose flares when I recall the determined look on her face. I made her doubt herself when I said she didn’t mean it. But the truth is that, I could see the promise in her burning eyes. She meant every word of hers and that’s what made me want to snap her neck but…I like her cute little pussy too much to kill her.On the other side, Something had tried to escape out of her body again. Her wolf is surfacing and I don’t know why she can’t just shift yet.“ What about the witches? ” I question, staring at the North Forest Pack’s border
NATALIE “ If you need something, do let me know. I will be right outside, Luna. ” The man in his thirties tells me politely.I sip on my coffee and glare at him from under my eyelashes.The whole day passed and that jerk finally decided to have the house unlocked. He sent the same two men to look after me or more like keep an eye on me that he sent when Enzo took me. “ What’s your name? ” I question, putting the mug down on the coffee table.“ Jake Houston. Luna. ” He replies curtly.He is trying his best to not look at me and stare at the wall instead.“ What happened to the warriors from the North Forest Pack? I know you two were only pretending to be losing. ” Folding my arms over my chest, I ask.Jake glances my way and abruptly averts his gaze when he finds me glaring at him directly now.“ I am afraid I can’t tell you Luna. ” His voice is firm.“ Okay. But they are alive, right? ” He sneaks a peek at me. His Adam’s apple bobs before he looks away once more.“ I am afraid I ca
NATALIE“ Oh my Goddess! Is your wolf finally coming out? ” Giana grabs my shoulders and jumps in excitement.I don’t think so. But my heart is beginning to beat fast again.My gaze meets Anne’s face. She is standing on the same spot, watching us with confused eyes.I can’t help but notice something strange about her expressions. I can’t pinpoint why she looks so sour and lost. Maybe, she is happy for me or just wondering about what Giana has said. She is always the most rational out of us all anyway. She must be wondering if what Giana is saying true or not.“ Luna. Please come back with us. Alpha will kill us if he comes here. ” Jake pleads from the doorway, reluctant to step inside the Beta’s house.“ Tell me. What else are you experiencing? Is your hearing getting enhanced? And your eyesight? Did you experience any strange pains too? ” Giana throws questions after questions, wanting to know everything.It’s scary how she is defining every single symptom.Is my wolf really coming
NATALIE“ Ryker…I swear I won’t hit you again! ” I huff.He tightens his grip around my waist and pulls me flush against his front. His hard boner pokes my butt. Heat flares in my cheeks and then shoots down to my core.“ Baby Love. ” He breathes down my neck fiercely.I stop struggling against him and rest my head on his shoulder, taking a deep breath.Ryker carries me to the couch, still holding onto my waist and keeping my feet hanging in the air.He puts me down on my feet when he has reached the couch and then, sits down. I take this chance to make a run for it again but he is quicker this time too.Pulling my wrist, he makes me drop on his lap before he flips me to my stomach. I gasp when the floor comes into my view, my stomach lying on his thighs.I crane my neck and catch glimpse of his dark gaze. A lump lodges in my throat just seeing the way his eyes shine with the famous evil glint and his lips form the same smile which terrifies me and turns me on at the same time.Smirki
NATALIERyker’s lips clash with mine again. The little restraint he had over himself to stop and apologise first seems to have snapped. He forces his tongue in my mouth, exploring every inch of it before his tongue finally strokes mine. Fire explodes behind my closed eyes. I moan in his mouth before pushing my body into his again.All the things he says and does to me…Fucking Goddess! I would never be able to reject him even in a million years.His hands find their way to the zipper on my back. He unzips my dress and slides it down my shoulders. The cold air brushes against my skin, making me shiver against his body.Detaching our lips, he moves down to my exposed neck. His lips harshly suck, bite and lick my skin. I groan with every stroke of his tongue, every kiss of his mouth and every brush of his teeth over my sensitive skin.My mouth falls open, his name slipping past my lips. “ Ryke… ”Ryker groans against my neck and pushes my back into the couch, hovering above me. My hands
NATALIE“ For what? ” Ryker hums and stills over me, staring at me with interest shining in his eyes.My heart races in my chest. I continue tracing his lower lip with my forefinger, going back and forth slowly.“ I know you said I shouldn’t play the brat role with pack members. ” I sigh and pull my hand to myself.Ryker nods his heads and pushes himself away from over me. I suck in a sharp breath and watch him.“ It will be fine. ” He is lenient. Too fucking soft.“ Really? ” I sit up on the couch as my eyes trail down his tattooed back.Fucking first time that I am seeing his back with so much curiosity. There is a wolf tattooed on his back. Its head starts from the back of his shoulder and the tail ends at the start of his hip.“ Consider this the last chance. ” Ryker picks his pants from the floor and turns to face me.“ I was…not feeling well. ” I blurt out.My hands reach out to my tattered bra when I realise I have been shamelessly sitting exposed in front of him. Oh My fucking