Crimson Island

ums, making the hairs o

ths, I remind myself.

ring on both sides, history

and M

gins that have battled ove

e'll come to

o mate the son of t

matings are all set, and I've secured

e Alpha who will lead our pack

wolf. Kneeling agitates the beast that lives under my flesh

until today to proper

, her enthu

permitted to c

osen partner summons their wolf. The procedure allows us to develop our othe

ive birth

guar

trate on preparing their mo

ght in their most pow

stomach turn. We've been friends for a long time, a

n her way. I can sense her urge to change, to ru

ying her for the

ht, we'll go for a run wi

o walk on four legs. To accept my animal part.

ing her. There's a reason she has claws and teeth.

arge," my mother used to say.

o guy can deprive us of. Even if they attempt to exert influence over us in some

en to fight. All because my mother wanted me t

s worried. It's an irritant on my skin, the nerves o

Alpha and his kid

et the chemistry right. Tonight

his father, cle

he, my shoulders relaxed and

me, his feet naked like mine. The edge of hi

r hand, am nak

dowed with the ability to shift while wearing clothes. My wolf-type lacks that kind of

ot bo

feel my fur and

I longing

ton exclaims, his booming voice reson

hat vibrating tone alone. Alpha Nathan has a comparable demeanor

I've been chosen to father Alpha Clinton's son. The duty would have fallen on Alpha Natha

r, did not g

Alpha's son t

o

ng worse tha

tcher

e Alpha laugh

says. "A mating between my son, Glenn, and the Midnight's highest-ranked eligible femal

me. Glenn is aware that I like to be addre

Clinton lets out a deep growl that makes my gut churn. "The Moon Stone savages are planning an attack on our land and people.

er by howls, sending

as one, the wolves singing in

dies. There aren't many people here tonight. Most have returned hom

come to see me

has arrived to express her

imalistic aggressiveness is like a s

nguish in my heart coursing through my veins and sending electric shocks to my fingertips

have to do

omplying and staying motionless while everyone, including him, howls. It's a sign of my devotion

be the Alpha. Men are more powerful. That's OK

ember my mother's advic

's quiet and the start of t

he'll be able to taste me for the first time tonight. My passion is slicking my thighs. He's an Alpha in

ted as he says, "I can smell your arousal, Garne

not that I don't wan

s brushing against my temp

to move or respond. Despite the yearning gather

wolf and my joy at finally fe

onsuming, with the moon acting as

when he has publicly picked me."I approve," he growls,

laim their females for the pack to see, not merely with their bite, but also with their body

into human shape, I won

witch forms rapidly, clai

ver let me

in human form. However, I believe Glenn will approve of my wolf and allow me to play. Our encoun

s the air as the wolves pre

ton said since my mind has been p

r thigh. He's taller and broader than me, as are the majority of male shifters. I've alw

, his opposite hand caressing my

xious energy. It buzzes in my veins

last

ner wolf to whimper. She doesn't want to be d

isn't how

, and she must accept it or we will

elf to breathe, to be calm, to let him guide my transformation. But his third roar is ha

treaming down my cheeks, my wolf

nd. "Allow nature to take its course." The Alphas desire

sp on my neck, his roa

of the number of

ion of my bones breaking and moving

im? As a moan leaves my lips, my insides turn t

the claim is a lovely ceremony

e myself feeling t

e my tongue to prevent from screaming. Glenn hol

sti

be about to

not n

t. Is he punishing me for my tardiness? Is he h

does he require? I can't… I'm not going to fight him.

at vibrates through every fiber of my body, the wo

t neither of us can

collapse into a ball, my body contorti

et us meet our inner animals unti

to go through the anguish of meeting her. I'm f

tion strike my core, a mewl esca

thing come

he excitement. It simply f

ac

d stretches, rel

brupt intake of air around me. That soun

of my concern. It ruffles my fur, an

Alpha Clinton insists.

k, per

ly ten feet away, glowering at me with a d

ion is unusual since the muscles i

weird beneath me,

where I should pu

in w

my gaz

t to be black. Midnight Wolves all have bl

ves live in the

ves also ha

snow-li

r, simil

ike my

. I'm in b