Chapter 94


    Jesse


    Our pretty little Luna shivered beneath my every caress. The more I touched her, the more the warmth


    of Raul reflected in her touch. "It''s your choice."


    She swallowed and looked away from me.


    The knife that twisted in my guts would normally be enough to take my breath away, but I wanted to


    hide it from her. After everything that she had gone through with Aren, I wanted to be able to give her at


    least one choice. Funny, normally I''d be the one that pressed things but I couldn''t find it in myself to do


    it. Every second that dragged on made the wounds inside me widen.


    Hell hounds rarely took mates for just this reason. We were a species created for service. This was our


    punishment for daring to step up from our position. We were meant to always serve, never to care.


    Hell hounds were shit at actually listening to what we were supposed to do. Even if this ripped me apart


    in time, I wouldn''t force her to ept me.


    "Yes," she whispered so soft the wind almost stole the words from her lips.


    What? I blinked. I had been ready to ept this pain as a punishment for everything I had done in my


    life. "What?"


    Slowly, Amanda turned to look at me. Her eyes searched mine. "I won''t let any of you hurt because of


    me."


    I chuckled beneath my breath. What was with this woman? I pointed over at the watching Raul with my


    thumb. "We''re hurting because of him, not you."


    She shook her head and lightly touched her forehead. "He did it to stop this, right? I got this because-"


    I had been patient, but she had already told me to go ahead. I stepped forward and pulled her into my


    arms and against my chest. Her softness and sweet chocte scent was enticing. It woke my beast


    and made me want to toss her to the ground and take her in the snow.


    Raul growled at me and gave me the look.


    Damn. I was letting my beast take control. If I didn''t reel it back Raul was going to jump my ass. I held a


    hand up toward him until the darkness left his eyes. I hadn''t even noticed his fire springing to life


    around him.


    No wonder I couldn''t control myself. He''d fallen for her, and his feelings were oveying mine.


    "Jesse?"


    I could get used to that. Her soft husky voice saying my name. What would our poor Prime do when he


    sensed what was going on? By this point poor Tyler had to have been suffering though not to the same


    extent I was. "Yes?"


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    "I''m ready," she breathed the words and her eyes fluttered closed.


    I didn''t waste anymore time. I tilted her head to the side and kissed her smooth throat before kissing


    her right earlobe. Poor Tyler would be left finding his own spot to im her if he decided to try to


    escape his own pain. My hound surged to the surface, my fangs expanding my mouth and I gently took


    her earlobe between my teeth before biting just hard enough to leave my own mark.


    Amanda''s eyes widened as my power funneled into her. She swayed and I wrapped my arm around


    her shoulders before she could fall. The mate bonds she had with the others pressed against my mind.


    The one with Zale was the strongest, for now. His wolf stalked on that side, golden eyes full of malice


    stuck on us. If his wolf was this hostile, it wouldn''t be as easy as he imed for him to ept us as


    he''d once stated.


    Her wolf came forward, touching noses with me and wagging her tail slowly before licking him. My


    beast purred like a damned cat, not that I minded. The eptance did wonders for us.


    "What is this?" Amanda whispered. She stared at me.


    I gave her a crooked smile and brushed her bangs out of her eyes. Had she always been so beautiful?


    She was the first light after a long stormy night. The first spring flower that battled its way through the


    snow and bared its delicate head. "This is the power of having the hounds as mates."


    "Did you guys really have to do this?" Tyler groaned as he walked into view followed by Zale.


    The aura of my Prime made me take a step between him and my Luna. "Yes," I replied coolly. "That


    bastard was doing everything he could to make her suffer. With Raul''s power, we can at least drain his


    effects on her so she''s not suffering."


    Tyler leaned against a tree for support and ran a hand through his hair. "Still," he groaned. "That''s not


    something you should have done without talking to us," he snarled. "And both of you did it," his words


    came out cracked and broken. "Bastards."


    Amanda moved me to the side and walked past me. She didn''t go to Zale, but instead she went to my


    suffering pack member and put her hands on either side of his face, forcing him to look into her eyes.


    "Tyler," her whisper did the same thing it had done to me. I could see him lean forward to listen. "Just


    like the other hounds, I ept you."


    "Amanda," Zale whispered her name too but there was a difference in the way she whispered.


    She barely nced his way. "im me. I know what denying yourself will do to you."


    Tyler shuddered. "Prime?" he questioned.


    Zale grunted. "Fine, do whatever. I already gave permission earlier, I just didn''t expect you to carry it


    out so quickly."


    Raul bowed before Zale. "I had no choice, Prime. It was to protect her."


    Zale nodded, but his eyes were locked on Tyler. The hound kissed the mark that made her suffer so


    much before traveling behind her and kissing the spot between her shoulder des before letting his


    hound''s selfe forward and im her as ours andplete the circle.


    And just like that, our protection of this amount was cemented. We would die protecting her if we had


    to. She''d be even more precious, more important than our very Prime.