The walls had ears and Zezi had listened through the fours of the training room. "I think our King should mate with Lady Iriysi, she is a PureBlood and not a pest or a dog."One of the castle's servants had said. It was a group of people a good distance away from the training room, but now that Valerick's mark was on her, this very heightened hearing was one of the "perks" that came with it. "Lady Delice, I prefer." Another had chipped in."Or put all your concerns to your business, how about that? I heard you still haven't found your mate yet, that should be enough to occupy your mind, do you not think so?" A voice she knew all too well, snapped. A slight chuckle and another voice rose to the occasion to continue what they started. "Don't be like this Gwen, you know how it is.""No, I do not."Zezi wondered where Gwen had found all the people shipping her with the King, so far so good, she had been able to confirm that she wasn't widely liked by the vampires. She didn't care."
It had been futile to fight against Valerick and soon enough, the dress had been gotten rid of.No, ripped. He had ripped it off her, then led her to the sofa when she complained breathlessly that the table was too hard a surface to lay upon. His tongue collided against her skin, and electricity sizzled in her veins, as he pressed her into the sofa to steal her pain away, replacing it with something more demanding. The need that coursed through her veins wasn't just hers and the way it consumed her stole her words away. She couldn't tell if Valerick was intentionally leaving the bond between them open or if control was just slipping from him too. She wondered if he had been feeding, wondered if he had been getting enough rest, he didn't look much like himself, so she wondered if---"Ah," a sound vibrated through her chest, and slipped past her lips, when she felt his tongue flicked over her nipple.With an involuntary shiver, she realized that she had no cuts there. By the Moon,
"The King is back."That had been about over thirty minutes ago, when Gwen had brought the news to her with absolute excitement. Now, Zezi stood in front of a hefty guard who wouldn't let her go into the room to see him. A gun would have been good right now, just so she could shoot a bullet right through his head."Get out of my way." She snarled. "That is an order!" But the guard stood rigidly at the door, looking straight ahead like he couldn't see her. Like she wasn't even there.Zezi gritted her teeth, as the running around of physicians in the room, slipped into her ears, their chaotic mutterings and Valerick's groans of pain tugging at the strings of her heart. From his side of the bond, she could feel nothing. Guilt dug a grave in her mind, and regret laid in it. Buried, deep, deep down. Her breathing was ragged with the conflict that tussled her around without mercy. Wasn't this what she wanted? Why was she not content with it? She should be happy. She was saving her
"We finally found one!""Shhhh." Zezi said as she laid down her six-year-old daughter on the bed. Mira was a beautiful chubby girl with brown curly hair. She stirred lightly in her sleep before smiling peacefully once again. A smile that wiped away the frown that had crossed her face when her father barged into the room.Zezi smiled then too, before she turned to her husband who still stood at the door. He was quite muscular and his grey uniform fitted a little tightly against his skin as usual. He looked tired, his brown eyes that were usually filled with optimism now had frustration swindling in them.He walked across the room and hugged her, relaxing into her arms. "We finally found a body.""We did?" She pulled away so that she could see his face. That was great news! For quite a while now, werewolves had been mysteriously disappearing from different packs in Teeland. When the packs' alphas discovered that it was getting out of hand, they came to their King, Alpha Gery who was
"We need to retreat, Alpha Gery." Zezi said again."We don't.""They are Vampires, Gery." The Luna, Sky, stated the obvious. Even as she tried hard to hide it, fear was clear as day in her voice."Doesn't mean they can't be defeated." He smiled weakly at Sky and she looked away, worried.It was midnight and they had all been forced to come down to the meeting room because of the terrible reports reaching them from the Borderlines. Everyone felt tensed as they all stood at the round table, discussing about the next course of action. They were desperate for a safe way out.Alpha Gery wanted to say something else but he caught the empty seat next to Zezi and he snarled. "Where is your mate?" Zezi bowed her head in respect. "He will be here soon, Alpha."Gery clenched his fists and Sky patted his back a little before giving him a smile. He relaxed immediately and Zezi looked away. They were real mates, blessed by the Moon Goddess. Looking at them reminded her of what she was...or wasn't
Fear ran even faster down his veins and he rushed towards her but before he could reached her, she stood up and side stepped him. This wasn't the first time something like this was happening. It was always boiling down to the fact that they weren't real mates.The Luna and Alpha Gery spoke in hushed tone at the far end of the room, while Zezi made sure to stay far away from George as much as the small room could allow. George leaned against the wall, tugging at his hair and sighing while he thought about the consequences of what he had done. He mostly definitely didn't want to turn rogue once again.When the Alpha and Luna were done arguing, they came back to the table."I will sign the deal."There was silence. "You will take a message to where we found the body to alert them that we are ready to submit." Zezi nodded. She would have to go to the border of the Capital of Teeland, the Capital being where they were."I will go with her." George started walking towards the table."Th
"I beg you to reconsider." She heard her Alpha say, frustrated. It looked like there was no head way in the argument. "I have already done that and I say 480." The uneasiness set in again in Zezi's veins. It was like there was something about his voice that made her feel strange, something that drove her to a certain edge that she couldn't explain."I will give you more territories." The Alpha said in defeat and the Luna looked at him sharply. Everyone did but he didn't look back at them. "All territories." The King started point blank and silence settled across the hall.The first deal had left only five small packs under the Gery's command. Unless he was willing to sacrifice the lives of 480 werewolves, then he would have to surrender totally to the King. He was caught in a tough place and he knew it.George looked up at the Alpha and he knew he was considering it. He swallowed a lump in his throat, he might have been wrong about Gery after all. Maybe he did deserved to be the Al
When she got to the First Borderline, the warriors had found it a little strange. Why would the Alpha send the Zeta here if they were meant to sign a deal to put an end to the bloodshed? Yet they had seen the stamped pass and they couldn't question any further. Besides, she was the Zeta, the war general, fourth in the rank of power. Too much questioning was a challenge to her authority. While Zezi settled in the tent that they had built up for her, different thoughts kept running across her mind.Maybe she had been wrong. Maybe he didn't know they were mates. Something about the way he looked at her made her feel like he hadn't known, like he had mistaken it to be some passing feeling.Yet a part of her told her that was just wishful thinking and she very well knew it. Or maybe he did know and he decided he didn't want her, an enemy just as she had decided that she didn't want him. Something told her that was impossible but she prayed with all her heart for it to be that. She drea