There was a slight hesitation in my stance when I walked into the room. A part of me knew I was walking into fire. Veer wasn't like his twin. He was more demanding. More controlling. If his calm twin could go this crazy for his Luna—my inside wavered in an unknown fear—I wondered how far Veer would go. But I still wanted to be close to him. It felt primally instinctive to be in Veer's arms right at this moment. As if the mate bond was pulling me toward him slowly and I couldn't hide that need any longer.

The moment my feet crossed the threshold into his room, my breath hitched.

It was like stepping into a den. The room was darker shaded than his twin. The interior had the same layout as Ved's, but the atmosphere inside smelled of danger and...anger. I could feel the tension in the air, and sensed the presence of his furious wolf.

I eyed around the room. The walls were coated in two colors, deep forest green and espresso brown, giving the room an accent of royal power. The king-sized bed sat in the center with a black sheet pulled tight over it, layered with rich dark green-colored comforters that looked too smooth to touch. There were a pair of lamps with forest green shades on either side of the bed and a chocolate brown fur rug was sprawled beside bed. I lifted my gaze and noticed a painting of night sky hung above the headboard. My eyes lingered on the lone wolf on the picture. It was standing on a hill top bathed in silver starlight and howling.

My gaze shifted to the far right. There was a large shelf, stacked with advanced gears—most of which I didn't know the name of. I noticed some kinds of drones, lenses of various sizes, a few collars that looked haunting, silver chains and handcuffs, and a series of other metallic weapons with gorgeous snarling wolf engravings that took my breath away. A desk paired with a black plush chair sat just beside it.

I took a sharp intake of air when my eyes fell on the thin ray of light coming through the slit of the smaller door right opposite of the main door. I realized it was the balcony.

He was out in the balcony.

I steadied my pulsing heart before taking my first step toward my mate. I winced slightly feeling the stickiness between my legs as I walked closer to him, but I tried to ignore the feeling and focus on the angry wolf now.

I could guess why he was angry. It probably was the encounter with Rhea. The way she claimed to be promised by him to become his Luna had certainly stressed him out. If I could be truthful to myself, I wouldn't deny being afraid of him right now. Because I had witnessed a glimpse of his raw side back at the hospital. I couldn't risk angering him more.

But I couldn't leave him alone either. There was this ache inside my heart that was screaming to hold him close, to calm him down.

He might possess the ability to calm others' nervous system, but who would do it for him?

I stopped breathing as I reached before the door and placed my hand on the doorknob. I bit my bottom lip then before allowing any intrusive thoughts I pulled it open wide.

My heart beat increased suddenly.

He stood before the balcony railings, shirtless, his body bathed in the soft glow of afternoon sun. Just his black jeans clung to him, his back tense and his hands clamped on the railing tops. He didn't turn back even when sensing my presence.

I bit my bottom lip which was still swollen from the previous assaults before taking a deep breath and stilling my heart. I had to do it. I couldn't really run away from my mate. In fact, I must be there with him especially when he's angry.

The heat between my legs hadn't faded, and it reminded me of its presence once again as I moved to him quietly. I hesitated. Then let go of all restraints.

My arms wrapped around his waist from behind as I positioned myself behind him, clinging to his bare back.

His body stiffened slightly as a low growl left his mouth. "What are you doing, Minx?" The words were spoken in a raspy, deep voice. His wolf was on edge.

"Just... needing to be close to you," I whispered, fingers splaying on his abdomen, feeling the warmth of his body beneath my touch.

He didn't say anything at first. Didn't even move.

For a long moment, neither of us spoke. The only sound was the rustle of the trees outside and the magnetic pull of our bond that made me come running to him even when his twin had given me enough for today.

His breathing was controlled until I dragged my open palms from his abdomen to his chest and felt his heart beating wildly. I placed a soft kiss on his back making his body turned rigid instantly. I moved my palms back down when he removed his hands from the railing and placed them over mine making me pause my ministrations. I heard a sharp intake of breath from him before his grip on my hands tightened. His muscles flexed beneath my touch, and then I heard it—the shift in his voice. His wolf. The guttural voice growled low and vicious, "After what Ved just did to you... you still have the audacity to walk in here and...touch me like this?"

I didn't flinch this time. Nor did I answer. I didn't need to. I stayed clung to him tightly and inhaled his pheromones which were now flooding my senses.

Then I heard another low growl in his throat. As if he was trying hard not to unleash his wolf and scare me off. But I wasn't afraid of it. It was my mate's wolf and I had already seen him in the forest that night. Why would I fear it?

Veer's hold over my hands tightened even more making me look up. He had his head turned back toward me. I caught the fleeting glimpse of the golden glow burning in his eyes before he looked ahead again.

My heart thundered against my ribcage, anticipating my future. Good thing, Veer couldn't read my mind like Ved. Otherwise, I'd be too ashamed to stand here with him. The way my mind was flashing me various scenes I could end up into made my folds clench together instinctively.

Then Ved's warning crossed my mind like a switch turned on. 'Be careful.' An unknown fear settled in my chest, but so did the heat surge between my legs. Why did he warn me like that? Careful of what? Veer? Or...his wolf?

While I was contemplating like this, Veer's next words came out like a dark and primal challenge. "Are you testing my restraint, Moon?"

I swallowed. Although my inside trembled a little at the guttural voice of the beast, my instinct told me it wouldn't be a wise idea to step back now.

I didn't know how but I could literally feel his wolf's fervent elation.

I whispered, my lips almost touching his bare skin, "You can lose your restraints. I..." I paused briefly before adding, "I want to meet him again."

By him of course I meant his wolf. He was doing some wonderful things to me in the forest, and I could be shameless for wanting them again. But I didn't need to beg for it. As soon as those words left my mouth, Veer turned abruptly, and before I could even blink, I was hoisted into his arms like I weighed nothing. A startled gasp escaped me as he left the balcony and entered the room with two quick long strides. Then he closed the door behind him and stalked toward the bed.

My arms had instinctively wrapped around his neck as I looked into his eyes. They were pure golden. I noticed the dark veins protruding along his temples, stretching straight to his neck. His nose flared when my folds grazed against his lower abdomen making me flush raw and red. His wolf let out an approving growl just before his canines protruded out of his mouth.

I bit my bottom lip again to prevent myself from moaning aloud while his hands on my rump pressed me tighter against him. We maintained eye contact for a heated moment until he leaned forward and his mouth crashed onto mine hungrily. Heat flared through our contact instantly. There was nothing gentle about it. His kiss was wild—demanding. He claimed my lips and sucked on them wildly. I gasped into his mouth feeling his canines poking on my lips. As his grip on my ass tightened, grinding me against his abdomen, I grabbed a fistful of his hair and tugged on them. The coarse scrape of his canines grazing my lip made me whimper into the kiss, but I didn't pull back. The excitement of the danger coursed through me like a hilly river flowing through the valley. I wanted more of him. More of his wolf. His pheromones were driving me crazy. Or was it because my heat was nearing? I didn't know. I didn't want to know. I only wanted to be consumed by the heat of his love.

He groaned deep in his throat, swallowing every sound I made. Then, all of a sudden, he bit down on my bottom lip hard, drawing blood. I shrieked and pulled back immediately. The metallic taste of the blood seeped into my mouth almost instantly.

"Veer!" I shrieked. "Why would you do that?"

Veer leaned forward again and pecked my bloody lips before answering in his guttural wolfy voice, "Because they're mine."

I parted my lips to protest but he didn't give me any time. He clamped his lips on my lips again then soothed the ache on them with a slow, sultry sweep of his tongue. My eyes fluttered closed while my fingers tangled in his hair, desperate to anchor myself as his wolf devoured me.

I was still highly intoxicated by his kiss when I felt the shift below. I opened my eyes as he sat down on the edge of the bed with me still straddling his lap. His hands moved up, one to my waist and the other grabbed my right thigh and squeezed it roughly. I gasped. But he didn't give me time to recover. As soon my mouth opened, Veer's lips latched onto it again hungrily. I pulled on his hair when his hand on my lower back pressed me down hard onto him. He was already rock solid beneath me.

A disastrous moan left me before I could stop it earning a satisfactory groan from the wolf. He released my lips and growled, "You want more?" His nostrils flared. "Soaking insatiable little Minx."

"Veer..." My cheeks flamed while voice turned breathy. I tried to look away in embarrassment, but he grabbed my chin and forced my eyes on his.

"Minx," he breathed. His eyes burned golden while the dark veins had spread across his neck and chest making him look ethereal. Then his wolf's guttural, rough voice came out, "You're ours, Minx. Both mine and Ved's. We didn't decide to share you to give you heightened pleasure. We decided to share you for our convenience. You're here to serve us. Aren't you, Minx?" I wasn't sure if he was teasing me to get on my nerves or actually meant every word he said just now. But I was too flabbergasted to speak. So, I just stared at him in disbelief while he continued, "He didn't finish with you, because he knew you'd come here, soaked and ready to be ruined once again. And now... you're mine to finish."

"Veer..." An inaudible whisper left me. I was too stunned to speak anything else. Did that mean Ved already spoke with Veer telepathically before I even discovered Veer wasn't in the room? These brothers were driving me insane. So infuriating!

Veer leaned in, dragging his nose along my jaw, inhaling me like he'd waited an eternity. "Mmhm...Moon. You smell delectable. Ready to be devoured." His hands grazed all over my body. From my rump, to my lower back, my waist, my stomach, until they stopped on my thighs—half covered by the red dress.

His grip on my thighs tightened. My breath hitched as I watched the dark veins along his chest thickening, crawling up his neck like wild roots, and then I saw the black fur coating his skin with precision. Short, dense strands sprouted along his shoulders and forearms, as his muscles bulged under my arms still wrapped around his neck. My chest wavered for a beat as I felt his hand on my thighs, digging on my skin.

His nostrils flared suddenly—twice—like a feral beast catching scent mid-hunt. I could sense his wolf's hunger rising within him.

"You're dripping under this pretty dress, Minx. Just begging to be devoured. Aren't you?" he growled low, the sound raw, animalistic. His wolf approved. "Want me to check how messy you've gotten for me?"

I whimpered.

He chuckled darkly. "So needy already?"

Then abruptly, with a savage tug, he grabbed a fistful of my hair with his left hand and pulled my head back, exposing the curve of my throat. I gasped at the suddenness while he leaned closer, his wolf growled low. Then he planted a tender lingering kiss on my throat melting me into a puddle. I moaned his name as he dragged a trail of kisses until his lips paused between my breasts, over the thin fabric of the red dress.

His grip on my hair tightened as his head dipped lower, lips ghosting over my navel. I squirmed on his lap, barely holding onto his furry arms as my eyes fluttered close. Then I heard that animalistic sound of inhaling, raw and primal. My eyes flew open as I looked down and saw his nose pressed against my lower belly, just above my soaked core. A deep and approving guttural sound rumbled in his chest. "Your scent's maddening the wolf, Moon," he growled roughly. "Sweet, shameless, and meant to be tasted." His eyes rolled back briefly, nose dragging slow across the heat of me again as he growled low, "Mine to ruin."

Before I could muster up the courage to speak, his right hand flexed and turned into a claw. A low rumble vibrated through his chest. Then with a swift twitch the elongated nails slashed up the thin fabric of my dress in one brutal motion, tearing it in two halves from the middle. My eyes widened as I jerked under his grip, but his hold only tightened.

"Wicked little tease," he growled. "Walking in here soaked for me, already ruined by my brother."

I shuddered at the intensity of his words. A complaining whine left me as I wiggled to sit straight. "Veer...please. Don't say such words."

He chuckled in a low rumble. "Such words? You're meant to be praised with such words. And I'm never holding back."

I hyperventilated as my eyes examined the shredded fabric hanging off me for half a second. Then he yanked it off swiftly and tossed it aside like it offended him, baring me completely—except for the bra still clinging to my chest.

I felt too exposed. My face reddened and whole body burned. I tried to cover myself, but he gripped my wrists and forced them behind my back with one hand. His claw's elongated nail flicked over the already hard peak.

"Veer!" I whimpered at our situation before my gaze shifted to his eyes. The dark hunger of his wolf surfaced in them as they dragged over my bare body while his nostrils flared like he was about to lose control. His eyes gleamed golden, wild, wolfish—locked on the bare heat between my thighs.

"Good. He left you bare for me," he rasped, voice thick with approval. His claw left my breast and moved down. Then it pressed on my core in a claiming gesture. "Look at you Minx. You're sitting on my lap, arms bound, legs wide—literally begging me to take you. Isn't it... my Moon?" He drawled for a brief moment before adding in a low growl, "I want to see your whole body beg for me."

"Veer..." A small moan left me helplessly.

That was the last restraint his wolf was waiting for. His claw moved and clipped the joining of my bra and it snapped open and soon joined the ruined dress on the floor.

He didn't even wait to admire my breasts as his mouth latched on one of them without any warning. I jerked. My head fell back as he kept on sucking, biting, licking the entire length of my right breast. I felt his fingers slid between my thighs while his other hand kept my wrists locked behind my back. His claw had shifted to his human hand again. I moaned his name so loudly that I feared others might hear it. But I didn't care. Not when my mate was giving me something I never thought could pleasure me. Veer growled the moment he touched my heat. I was aroused all over again. I couldn't believe my body was able to withstand those things Ved did to me earlier and still was yearning for more from Veer.

His mouth finally claimed my left nipple sending me reeling with primal need. His finger left my folds just to grab my right nipple between his thumb and index finger as he rolled it sensually. My back arched hard, the sounds that left me were shameless. His tongue circled on my left nipple, then he bit it earning a gasp from me. It wasn't hard—just enough to sting—before sucking so hard I could feel the throbbing between my legs.

My arms ached from being held for so long while he continued his ministrations. I whimpered, trying to free my hands. But as a result of my wiggling, he pinched my right nipple suddenly making me lose my composure. Not that anything was left!

We both spoke almost at the same time.

I shrieked, "Veer!"

While he growled, "Sit still, Minx."

As I was straddling him, my slick folds pressed over the thick ridge straining beneath his jeans. I could feel it—every throb, every twitch of his arousal—right against where I needed him most. But he didn't move. Neither did he let me move. He grabbed my hip and restricted further movements. He only made sure my body absorbed the fact that I was restrained, bare, exposed—and seated right over the very thing I was silently begging for.

Unlike his brother, Veer was more into action than words.

As soon as I stopped wiggling, his mouth switched breasts, a low rumble vibrating in his throat. His tongue dragged up the swell of my right breast, before curling around my nipple—like he needed to memorize the taste of me. His lips latched onto it—the one that was already mildly burning from the pinch. Hot and wet and... brutal. My head fell backward with a strangled sound... in pure ecstasy.

My eyes rolled back as I started hyperventilating. I moaned his name countless of times that I forgot the time and place. My hips bucked instinctively, grinding down on his hardness. This time he didn't stop me.

He released tormenting the nipple with a wet sound, then blew a cold breath against it. I shook violently.

"Sensitive," he murmured, no more than a growl. "Is it now, my Moon?"

He had paused his wonderful ministrations to give me some time to adjust. I was a pure mess by now. I opened my eyes just to see his lava like predatory gaze on my face. His skin was now covered in a thin coating of fur, his canines bared and ready to devour.

I forgot how to move for a while. My inside quivered for a moment when his wolf examined my face closely... very keenly that I feared he could read my soul. Then his hand moved between my legs and checked my dripping arousal. I shook at the contact as my eyes dropped.

I looked up met his unwavering gaze.

"Moon," he murmured in his deep voice. "Your eyes... have changed their colors."

I whispered, "Have they?"

"Mmhm." He dragged his fingers over my slits, coating his fingers with the slick mess before adding, "They're silver... just like the moonlight." He chuckled. "Fitting to your name. So beautiful. So mine."

I blinked and inhaled as he said that. My chest tightened in an unknown ache I didn't know was possible. The inhuman look in his eyes almost looked tender. As if his wolf was asking permission for worshipping his mate. I didn't know how I sensed that. Because his actions definitely didn't reflect that observation. But still I wasn't ready to accept it otherwise.

Veer spread my arousal on my inner thigh deliberately, his eyes never left my face. Then he dragged his hand along my stomach chest until reaching up my face. I squirmed under his teasing touch but I wouldn't lie that I didn't like how he was treating me. I was so glad that he couldn't read my mind like his brother. Otherwise, it'd have been difficult for me to survive him.

My breathing was coming out in pants when he cupped my face, and before I could process what he was going to do next, he pulled me closer to him, my hands were still locked behind me by his left hand. As I crashed into him, skin to skin, I felt his lips kissing my eyelids. The touch so gentle, yet so possessive. He pressed another kiss on my forehead before murmuring against it, "I'll devour every part of you, Moon. Your body, your soul, everything. You belong to me, don't you...my Luna?"

I couldn't form words, my body already betraying me, burning for him. His head dipped and placed a kiss on my neck. It was gentle at first, then he started sucking on the spot possessively. His fingers dropped, finding their way back to my folds. As they dug deeper, teasing with every stroke, pulling out the most desperate sounds from my chest.

I squirmed and moaned his name. Mate. The word kept repeating in my head as I lost myself amidst the tormenting sensation my body was experiencing.

Veer toyed with my soaked folds—slow, deliberate strokes that had me whimpering and gasping until I was so close to unraveling. But just when my body started to tense, ready to break, he pulled away. My eyes flew open and shifted on him in disbelief only to find that damn smirk tugging at his lips.

"You really thought I'd let you have it that easy?" he murmured, voice a velvet growl laced with dark amusement.

I breathed in disbelief, "Veer!"

He chuckled as his hand returned to my right breast again, rolling and tugging the already sensitive nipple, while his mouth dragged back to the left. His tongue didn't tease this time. It devoured. Lips closing in tight, sucking with firm pressure that made my toes curl.

My spine bowed.

"Veer, I—oh God—" I choked on my own voice as his tongue and fingers played with my tender nipples again while I was still seated on him. The friction of his jeans against my slickness only added to the ache, torturing me with everything I couldn't have. He groaned against my skin. My wetness soaked his jeans as a proof that I belonged nowhere else but here—right on top of him as his Luna.

His hand behind my back flexed, tugging my arms tighter, arching me so far back it left my throat completely exposed. I trembled, tears stinging the corner of my eyes from the overwhelming intensity.

He paused and stared at the mess he had made of me.

"You look like mine...Moon," he drawled in that guttural voice of his wolf. "My wolf approves."

I whimpered just for a second before his lips crashed on mine and his fingers dipped between us, then rubbed up and down between my slit—not fast, not slow, just enough to keep my body shaking, my thighs quivering. My hips rocked involuntarily, my nipples were throbbing now, overstimulated from his mouth and fingers. My core clenched around his finger greedily.

He kissed me so thoroughly it almost felt like a rough way of worshipping. His lips, his tongue, and his elongated canines—claimed my mouth mercilessly, while his finger jutted in and out of my slits with calculated precision. Then he added another finger and I screamed into his mouth.

I didn't last long after that.

I convulsed and my whole body burned desperately through the aftermath of his thorough worship while he held me there controlled and claimed. My lower back ached while all my sensitive areas burned.

"Look at you," he rasped, lifting his mouth off my swollen lips. "Can't even breathe without whimpering."

His hand moved out of my still spasming folds back up, spreading my slickness over my stomach like it was sacred. My whole body jerked at the sensation. It was deliberate and torturous. I was crying, panting, open and wrecked.

The wolf growled in his guttural voice. And then—finally—he loosened his hold on my wrists. My arms fell out of his hold as he steadied me by placing his palm flat on the small on my back. I collapsed forward into his furry chest which vibrated in approval.

He wrapped both arms around me, one on my lower back, other on my nape—holding me against his chest as if nothing feral had just happened.

I felt his lips press a reverential kiss on my shoulder. And his hardness still beneath me.

"My Moon," he murmured. "My Luna. Always mine."

I whimpered when Veer teased me again. I knew he was teasing me but I was too far spent to speak. "You're gonna come for me again," he whispered against my ear. "Won't you, Moon?"

My eyes were closed. As soon as he said that, I blinked open them in alarm, my heart catching in my throat. I shuddered when he dragged his hands on my back in circular motion. The fleeting sensation stayed like that for only a few seconds, until he lifted me from his lap and tucked me in his bed and crawled over me.

"Satiate your Alpha, my Luna." Veer's burning gaze dug into my eyes before he added in a low, guttural rumble, "The wolf wants a taste."

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Author's note: Damn I couldn't finish the chapter, it was getting too long. *sobs* Wait for Part 3!