Ronan’s POVI watched as Zira as her heart moved steadily on the bed. Sprawled naked with her hair everywhere on her pillow, she looked like the perfect mix between a goddess and a remotest. But I had to admit that she was both. She was my tempest with her clothes all off and the one goddess that my kingdom and I desperately needed. Our mate bond was overflowing with pleasure and satisfaction from the uncountable round that we just had. As I sat beside her, tucking her hair strands behind her ears, she stirred a little, her body coiling towards me. I paused, not wanting to wake her up and it was only when she was fast asleep again that I moved. “Have you briefed the core team?” I said as soon as I picked Dany’s call. At this point, we had no choice than to make a lot of changes to our previous decision and launch plan. “I have told the team. All transactions and processes have been halted and the team would take a week’s break for now.” “Hmm, good. You can go ahead and compil

Zira's POV“I knew you were going to love it there,” Ronan’s words interrupt my thoughts and I flush, embarrassed at being caught having thoughts like these. I loved Eliza. It was my roots. But one week of intense sex, dates, and personal time with Ronan in the human world sort of made me reluctant.It had brought the both of us together in a way that I couldn’t explain even if I wanted to. But that seclusion had been so perfect for the both of us that I couldn’t help but feel some amount of reluctance. “With the thing about humans poking around happening, I would need to make some more frequent trips down here also, we can always come back together,” Ronan said, his eyes bright with trust that had me pulled in very quickly. Ronan stopped the cab driver and we picked up the bags that we had packed to look like were for hiking and stepped out of the cab.“Miles and the men are out there as soon as we are out of sight, they would pick us up,” Ronan explained as he took the bag I had

Ronan’s POV I growled as I watched Killian hobble off. To think the bastard had the guts to come in here and think that he could take Zira away from me. Just knowing that he dared to have the thought had me wanting to rush after him and rip him apart, limb after limb. Zira's scent and warmth wrapped around me just as I felt her hands grab mine. “I’m here. And I’m definitely never going to leave,” It was thoughtful that she used the mind link even when we were standing this close. My Zira, her every move was perfect. “Even if you wanted to leave, I wouldn’t let you,” I bent and whispered in her ears. She shivered from my closeness and I chuckled, the anger from Killian’s action disappearing completely. “I’ll leave you to handle the matters on the banquet.” She squeezed my hands one more time before walking back to where Laura and Sandra were. “What happened out there?” Miles asked the moment I stepped back into the study. We had come out together and he had probab

Ronan’s POV If anything, Killian had come prepared. If he had been given the chance, he would have started the fight right there in the courtroom. “Are you sure you saw things rightly? Killian’s wolf is even weaker than mine back when we used to train” Zira asked with a confused expression. “We can only know when the challenge begins, but you, my darling cannot be used as a measure.” I wrapped my arms around her, thankful that she hadn’t worn the typical dresses that the royal ladies favored. “Your wolf is one of the strongest I have met, and I have met quite my share of strong wolves,” I told her. I had also been surprised by the strength her Lycan held within her frail frame on the day of the coronation. Zira said nothing as she leaned into my embrace while Miles and Laura walked closely behind us. “So when is Sandra leaving?” I asked, remembering the sadness I had felt through the mate bond just yesterday. We didn’t get around to talking about it with Killian’s appearance in

Zira’s POV“The whole thing just felt really weird, don’t know,” I said, shrugging off the way I was feeling right now.Sandra chuckled as she stepped back to look at her work, which was, of course, my face.“With looks like yours, you were destined to be queen by the moon goddess,” Sandra praised and I flushed from inside, the warmth pushing the odd feelings I was having at the moment.“You are right though, Killian could barely fight against you. And his parents had pushed for you both because they hoped you would give them a grandchild they could train properly,” Sandra finally said with a whisper.I bobbed my head eagerly, glad that there was someone that really understood just how I felt.Something was really fishy here.“I couldn’t talk with your two handmaidens before,” Sandra added, expressing her distrust for Sophie and Julia.“You should tell Ronan about it, in between that honeymoon and those cries we hear from your quarters, I’m sure he knows that you can’t have Killian in