As soon as Lucianne ended the link with Tate, she felt a strong pair of hands massaging her shoulders as she sat on the edge of the bed. Her head turned to the side, and her mate trapped her lips in a sweet kiss. His hands moved down the side of her body, feeling her perfect curves before his arms circled her waist, and his thumb brushed her skin through the thin nightie.
When their lips parted, Xandar buried his face in her neck to take in her scent before his deep voice rang through her ears, “Who was it, baby?”
“Tate. He said ‘hi’,” Lucianne answered simply, and immediately felt Xandar’s grip around her waist tighten. Her hand reached to stroke his muscular arm assuringly as she continued, “One of the three rogues they caught today was a thirteen-year-old she-wolf.”
She met her husband’s confused orbs and continued whispering in worry, “We didn’t find any minors in Wu Bi Corp, and none of the rogues behind bars said anything about children. Where did this girl come from?”
Xandar was rendered equally speechless before he ultimately asked, “Would a pack kick-out a thirteen-year-old?”
“Never!” There was a pause before Lucianne continued in dismay, “Not to my knowledge, at least. Disloyal members are normally only casted out after eighteen.”
After thinking about it, Xandar murmured, “So, it’s safe to say this one has rogue parents.”
“That’s…possible. But why weren’t they with her? Why would one let their thirteen-year-old daughter run around foreign territory, knowing full well of the risks of getting caught?”
Xandar heaved a heavy, frustrated sigh as his hands moved up to caress his mate’s tense shoulders again. “I don’t know, sweetheart. Maybe they’re dead, already caught, or her parents didn’t know what she was up to? Goddess, it could be anything.”
“I know,” she stroked his hand when she continued, “Before bringing her to lycan territory, I want to meet her. She and her friends are already scared as it is. She’s just a teenager. I don’t want her to be intimidated by the lycan warriors. I’m going to White Blood with the warriors tomorrow to collect the rogues, darling.”
Xandar’s animal turned alert. “And you’re not thinking of dragging me there with you?! Baby, we’ve been through this!”
Lucianne’s eyebrows furrowed as she stated the obvious, “You and your second-in-command are scheduled to check out a suspected rogue supplier site with Chief Dalloway and his police force tomorrow, Xandar.”
“I could sit this one out. Those sites are always a bust anyway!”
“That doesn’t guarantee that this would be a bust as well. You gave them your word, Xandar. You have to go with them,” Lucianne insisted. As she studied Xandar’s expression more carefully, she felt his insecurity through their mate-bond, and saw some fear swimming in those lilac orbs she fell in love with.
Lucianne reached for his face, and Xandar leaned into her palm as her thumb stroked his cheek. She then assured her beast with firm black-and-lilac eyes, “Darling, we’ve marked each other. Tate is not a threat. No one is. I’m only in love with you,” After pecking a kiss on his lips, she whispered firmly, “I’m yours, my indecent beast. Only yours.”
In his head, his lycan cooed and wagged its tail. Xandar sighed before pecking a kiss on Lucianne’s forehead in return before he muttered, “Keep me posted, okay?”
“Okay,” she responded in a shy whisper under his affectionate gaze, which turned flirtatious when he began gently pulling down the nightie straps as his lips traced the warm skin on her shoulder. His lips then moved to her neck, pecking a trail of soft kisses. Lucianne closed her eyes and tilted her head to the side to give Xandar full access, not caring that she was now topless as she sighed in bliss.
After Xandar’s rough hands traced her smooth arms, he carefully lowered Lucianne flat on the bed and continued sucking on her neck like it was honey, enjoying the sound of her moans and the feeling of her beautiful breasts pressed against his hot skin.
They weren’t worried about waking their baby daughter sleeping in the nursery room next to theirs since the master bedroom was soundproof, and if her sleep was disturbed, the baby-sound-and-irregular-motion detector installed on the cot would alert her parents on a complemented device installed on Lucianne’s nightstand in the master bedroom. As long as that thing didn’t go off, little Reida was fine.
In the dim bedroom, Xandar kneaded Lucianne’s breasts before gently squeezed the flesh at her waist and moved down to her firm buttocks. Lucianne’s own hands traced his broad shoulders and hard torso as her feet skillfully pulled down his boxers to bring Xandar’s erection into full view. In between Lucianne’s moans, her body moved in response to her mate’s touch as their lips trapped each other in a deep kiss.
After parting her legs and getting his queen wet, the king entered her and began going in and out in slow paces, focusing on connecting with the most beautiful and amazing creature in the Kingdom now laying right below him as he made love to her. The way they looked at each other whenever they started with slow, passionate sex always ignited feelings of love as deep and fiery as the earth’s core; happiness as blissful as walking along the shoreline; and desire that made them crave for each other even more than they already were.
Xandar gradually increased his speed as Lucianne gasped, whimpered and moaned in pleasure. It didn’t take long before he started moaning with her. When Lucianne’s core locked him in, they both came with irrepressible screams.
Their euphoric eyes locked as they took quickened breaths like they had just completed a marathon. And without pulling out from his mate, Xandar pecked a kiss on Lucianne’s lips before he whispered, “I love you.”
Lucianne’s eyes glistened in joyful tears as her smile widened. “I know, Xandar. I love you, too.”
The next morning, Xandar and Lucianne kissed baby Reida goodbye, and left her in the safe hands of the 300-year-old babysitter, Mrs Parker. Lucianne took Xandar’s private jet with three lycan warriors, and they made their way to White Blood. Tate came to pick them up from the open field where they landed. On the passenger’s seat in the car, Lucianne noticed that her friend was feeling uneasy, like he was hiding something. Since he was driving, she didn’t think it was a good idea to bring it up. As soon as Tate parked outside the pack house, Lucianne turned to the lycan warriors in the backseat and said, “Phelton, August, Fiona, could you give Alpha Tate and I a moment, please?” “Yes, my Queen,” they obliged, and got the cue to get out and wait. As soon as the door shut behind Phelton, Tate continued to stare at his windscreen as he blurted, “I let her sleep in my basement last night.”
Tate was already pinching the bridge of his nose in dismay. His wolf wanted to do everything to protect the teenager but how was he going to protect her from the law when he had already vouched to stand with the law when he took an oath as the newly-elected Deputy Defense Minister (Wolf Division) just several weeks ago?Lucianne was careful not to look too ominous when she delivered the truth, “Then she has to be fined or…kept in custody in accordance with the law.”‘Kept in custody’ was a nice way of saying ‘jailed’. Stella knew this, too. “NO! NO! PLEASE! YOU CAN’T! YOU CAN’T! PUT ME THERE INSTEAD! PLEASE!’Lucianne sat closer to her and wrapped her arms around the girl to comfort her with a hug. Stel
Lucianne mind-linked Xandar after everyone was on the plane, telling him what she just witnessed, except for the part when the rogues almost pounced on her and Xiera. Xandar heaved a frustrated sigh at the mention of Tate’s bonded mate. When the king secretly prayed to the Moon Goddess to give Alpha Tate a mate, he didn’t mean a rogue. Wasn’t that an understood part of his prayer?‘Please be careful, Lucy,’ he reminded her, undeniably worried since the rogues onboard outnumbered the warriors who went with her.‘We’ll be fine, Xandar. If it comes down to it, I can always use the Authority on them.’‘Thank Goddess for that. So, how’s Tate taking this?’ Xandar was genuinely concerned. As much as he didn’t l
The vampires back then had no intention to rule over the lycans and werewolves, and this was explicitly stated in black and white in their treaty. All they wanted was to be recognized as the better and more superior species, so that lycans and werewolves of the future would think twice before pissing off a vampire by criticizing their abilities, culture, habits, etc. More importantly, it was to ensure that they weren’t bullied in terms of business and economics anymore. Since the vampires had a better chance of winning, a significant part of both werewolf and lycan populations went on demonstrations in most towns and streets, pushing for the Lycan King and Queen to swallow their pride and give in, threatening to turn against the rulers like many of their kind already had by going rogue if their demand was refused. The lycan
Every government minister, lycan warrior and the highest members of the police force was informed about the meeting, and it was decided that only half of the ministers went, along with ten lycan warriors and the chief of the police force. Lucianne managed to persuade Xandar to let Stella’s mother and the rest of the rogues to be kept in holding units in the police station instead of a prison cell, for the sake of the teenager and her Alpha friend. Stella appeared a little less worried, and Tate was utterly grateful. As the policewoman brought Stella’s mother into the holding unit, Tate followed them in. Stella was brought to another room to be questioned, and Lucianne had to ensure her that everything was going to be okay before the girl reluctantly followed another smiling policewoman in.
Xandar caught up to his wife, and wrapped his arms around her small body, hiding her in his warm chest and pecking kisses in her hair, trying his best to comfort her. After a moment, he muttered, “You didn’t have a choice, Lucy.”In a small, chopped voice, she murmured, “We could’ve waited. But then Stella…”“Exactly. Stella wouldn't have been able to see her mother if you didn’t make Margaret cooperate. You put Stella before her mother. It’s not wrong, Lucy.”When she got a better hold of herself, she whispered, “I know I’m just shifting blame to think this but I wish Tate had stopped me somehow.”Xandar assured her, “Margare
Stella answered her mother in obedience, “They asked for my name, age, your name, your age, where our pack was, and they asked about my birth father.”“And what did you tell them about your birth father?”Stella took a moment, and swallowed a lump in her throat before she muttered, “What you told me to say, that he died before I was born and you’ve never told me anything about him.”“Good girl. And did they believe you?”“I don’t think so,” Stella murmured, her eyes choosing to look anywhere else but her mother.Despite Margaret’s poker face, her eyes channeled only angered disapp
After Stella closed the door behind her, she sniffled once and hung her head low to wipe away her stray tears as Lucianne approached her. Without a word, the queen wrapped Stella in a hug. The teenager was shocked at first but when she registered Lucianne’s scent, her human and wolf parts let themselves tear-up in her embrace for a moment before feeling bad about it and gently pushing the queen away.“We’ll take care of you and your mother, Stella. Don’t worry, okay?” Lucianne assured her with a hand on her shoulder.Stella nodded in obedience and managed a meek smile. Lucianne then continued in a soft voice, “Why don’t you follow Officer Laila and go get some water and something to eat, Stella. We’ll discuss where you’ll stay for the time being to make it easier for you to visit