The Black Alder Series (Books 1-3)

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I had been walking around the castle when I felt Endymion come behind me. As usual, I felt the chill I usually feel whenever he is near or close.

“Hello, my beloved,” he said, putting his arm around me and kissing my head.

“Hello, babe,” I replied. He picks me up all of a sudden, and I gasp.

“I want you right now,” he said, walking fast to our room. He laid me down on the bed and proceeded to take off the black dress I was wearing. After my dress was off, he trailed kisses from my neck to my stomach, planting soft kisses on me. I could feel my body respond as I let off a soft moan. He chuckled at this. The way he kissed my body stirred something inside me. In my head, I actually saw a figure of a man with blue eyes and jet black hair doing the same thing. He was incredibly handsome. I felt like I knew this man, though I wasn’t sure from where. I decided I’d tell Endymion about it later.

Endymion then jumped off the bed and grabbed a belt. What the hell is he about to do? He raised my hands in front of me and tied the rope around my hands. He then took another belt and looped it with the one in my hands, then looped it to the bed. I was brought in again with another vision of this same scenario, as the same man with jet black hair is tying me up, but his eyes are hazel. He is equally as handsome as the first man, but who is he? I shook my head as I came back into focus. I hadn’t even understood what Endymion was doing.

Once I came back to focus, Endymion was inside of me, pounding into me, and suddenly I was not into this at all. I didn’t want to disappoint him, though. My thoughts drifted back to the two handsome men I had just seen. I could feel my body start to respond to the thought of them, and I was turned on. But why? I was snapped out of thought when Endymion slipped out of me and untied me. He then laid on his back and motioned for me to get on top of him. I did as he asked. His eyes closed, and his head rolled back as I bounced on him.

This, too, somehow felt familiar. My vision was clouded again, and when I looked down, I saw a man who looked exactly like the two men from earlier, but this time, his eyes were both blue and hazel. They were so unique and beautiful to look at. So beautiful. I continued to ride the man in my vision, unaware I was still riding Endymion. This beautiful man before me, with his beautiful eyes, growled in passion, and I felt myself going faster. I felt like such a whore, imagining doing this to a man I don’t even know, but I can’t stop feeling like this is pure bliss for me.

I was close, and so was he, and he sat up, wrapping his arms around me, and pounded into me, and I wrapped my arms around him.

“MOTHEFUCKER!” He yelled and sunk his teeth into my neck. I was brought back to reality as the vision of the beautiful man shattered and was replaced by Endymion with his teeth buried in my neck. The pain was excruciating, and I screamed from the white-hot pain that was filling my whole body, starting at my neck. Endymion pushed me onto the bed off of him and called for Cami, who came in and took one look at my neck. Her face became pale as she ran out of the room and came back with a bottle of some sort.

I didn’t pay her much attention after that. I saw black spots as I tried to fight the pain, but my whole body was on fire. The last thing I heard was a popping sound inside my head, followed by a very angry growl, before I was consumed by complete darkness. Endymion Pov

Why the fuck did it not work? I ask my daughter Cami this question as she sets Arabella on the bed. The mark I tried to leave had turned completely black, as it looked like some animal had attacked her.

“I believe it is because she already has those three alphas for her mates,” Cami replies. I grabbed her neck and threw her against the wall. Daughter or not, she will not address those mutts as my beloved mates. Cami grabs her throat as she tries to fight the pain from it.

“I apologize, my dear. I only mean to say it could be because your beloved has already set up a connection with the three of them. If that is the case, it will make it impossible for you to claim her,” she says while getting up.

“This is no doubt what my bitch of an ex did. Her fucking bonds over the wolves block me from marking once the bonds have formed,” I tell her.

“I agree. If that is the case, what do you do about Arabella? We both know she is not at full power yet, and we have figured out what the cause of it is. The tea I give her represses her memories and makes her fall in love with you, but due to the failed marking, her body may reject your blood in the tea, which could be fatal,” Cami explains.

“So, what the fuck are you saying?” I spit it out at her.

“I’m saying you have two choices, sir. You can stop serving her the tea, in which case her memories will return and she will feel nothing for you. It is also possible that her powers may return, but we do not know yet. Your other choice is to continue to feed her tea with your blood. It had been a while since she had been given the tea, and her memories could start coming back at any moment. If we are to resume giving her the tea, taking more of your blood when her body has rejected your mark may kill her, and we need to make sure your blood is mingled with hers when she is at full power, so the spell will free you from this place.” Cami explains.

I try to think it over. It’s not like I’ve fallen for the little minx anyway, but I need to consider my options. My blood should already be in her veins, but she has not reached full power. With my blood in her veins, it should have been easy for me to mark her and completely separate her bond from the wolves, which was my intention. On the other hand, giving her the tea continuously may result in her death, which is what I don’t want. At least not yet. For it was foretold that by draining up to the last drop of blood, but not all, from a full-powered elemental while it is mixed with my blood, it would lift the curse I have been made to suffer with. The curse that keeps me trapped on this fucking island. A curse was placed on me by my bitch of an ex. I will leave this place. I know it, but how do I continue? Decisions Decisions.

“Do not continue to give her the tea,” I commanded. “If her powers haven’t settled in naturally, then we will force them out. Capture her mutts. Kill anyone who gets in the way.” I tell Cami, and she bows, then leaves. I looked at the passed-out body on the bed.

“So sorry, my beloved, for what is coming to you, but I will be released from here,” regardless of the cost to you.