Alpha of the Millennium Book 2

RAPHAEL

I looked into Eve’s mesmerizing purple eyes as she clutched the belt loop of my pants.

“Take them off,” I growled sternly.

It was always a request but spoken as a demand.

I was Alpha.

She was my mate.

But we both knew she had me wrapped around her finger behind closed doors.

She unbuckled my belt, then tugged, pulling it through each belt loop swiftly. With a final whip of worn leather, she tossed it to the floor.

“Evangeline,” I whispered softly in her ear.

She’d gone by Eve for so long that speaking her original human name brought shivers down both of our spines.

It was a memory Barron von Logia had stolen from me, but he couldn’t steal what we had now.

She unzipped my pants and shoved her hand beneath my waistband, holding my cock firmly. I was already hard and ready for action.

I started to pick her up to throw her on the bed, but she stopped me. “Stay,” she ordered, “I’m on top.”

I did as she said and sat on the bed. I held onto her waist as she climbed onto my lap. All she wore was her white tank top and cotton panties, no bra.

My head nestled between her perfect breasts. She let her long black hair down, and it floated along her back, tickling my fingers.

I felt along her ribcage, pressing gently into the spaces between.

Her frame was so small, yet, still, she was one of the most powerful creatures I’d ever met.

And she was mine.

“You’re the most beautiful creature to ever walk this earth,” I said, kissing her collarbone as she carefully sat on my cock.

She moaned with both pleasure and pain as she took all of me inside her. It was no easy feat.

I could feel her wetness on my cock as she writhed on top of me.

“Keep going,” I growled. “Ride it harder.”

She increased her speed, and my eyes rolled back as her tight pussy pulled at my throbbing cock. The friction was almost enough to make me cum.

I was getting close. I was about to…

Bzzzz. Bzzzz.

Eve’s vibrating cell phone pulled me out of the moment.

“Don’t answer it,” I said, gripping her hips.

“It’s Reyna,” Eve said, already crawling off of me. “Why would she be calling at this hour?”

“Reyna?” she answered. “What’s wrong?”

Her eyes glowed with rage as her body started to shake.

“You’re fucking WHERE?”

***

We pulled up beside Reyna’s parked car. Dust and gravel spit out under my truck’s tires.

Without closing our doors, we ran full speed down the hill and into the forest.

I scented blood first. Then I saw the circle of onlookers, including several of my Millennium Wolves.

“MOVE ASIDE!” I roared, my eyes anxiously searching for Snow.

As the crowd parted, I saw Reyna sitting on the ground, holding my daughter.

Next to them was a dead body, a girl near Reyna’s age.

Her head was detached from her neck. There was blood everywhere.

Eve shot past me and cradled Snow in her arms. “Tell me what happened! Who did this?” Eve shouted, looking accusingly at Reyna.

Snow remained silent, and all eyes shifted toward me; everyone suddenly aware that they were in the presence of the Alpha of the Millennium.

“Somebody answer!” I snarled. “Who did this?”

Reyna’s voice cracked as she looked up at me and spoke. “No one saw. No one except…Snow.”

EVE

Tension filled the air the next morning as Reyna avoided my gaze when she showed up for training.

Last night, all I cared about was getting Snow home safely.

But this morning was a different story.

I wanted answers.

“You’re looking a little under the weather,” I said as Reyna set her gym bag on the floor. “Did placing my daughter in danger wear you out?”

Reyna didn’t respond, and that only made me more angry.

I asked you a question, I said, entering Reyna’s mind.

Her eyes snapped to me and she glared. “Eve, I already told you… I didn’t know Snow was in the car.”

“You should have brought her back immediately,” I seethed.

“You’re right, I should have. But sometimes I make fucking mistakes. I’m only human!” she responded, meeting me in the center of the training ring.

“Except you’re not human!” I shouted. “And neither is Snow. There’s no room for your childish mistakes! What if something had happened?”

Reyna shook her head at me. “Something did happen, Eve! Did you forget that a girl was fucking decapitated? She was my ~friend.~”

Teenagers and their angst.

“If you’re going to be emotional, then…”

“Don’t talk to me about emotion,” Reyna spat. “You’re the most emotionless, unfeeling person I’ve ever met!”

Part of me wanted to take that as a compliment, but I knew she was trying to hurt me.

“Calm yourself, Reyna. This is a training session, not therapy,” I said, feeling a headache coming on.

Reyna scoffed at me as she scooped up her bag. “You know, Eve, you really are a cold-hearted bitch. I hope that’s not hereditary.”

As Reyna stormed out, I felt a twinge of unease. Her last comment had stung.

What did she mean by “I hope that’s not hereditary?”

I might’ve been lacking in the empathy department, but was she implying that Snow could be too?

An image of Snow stoically sitting next to the decapitated body flashed through my mind.

Before I could go any further with that horrid line of thought, my phone began buzzing.

RAPHAEL

With Gabriel gone on a mission to locate and dispatch the Divine Hunters that were targeting our kind, I had stepped in to oversee Lumen and its residents.

Truthfully, I only did so to stay close to Eve and Snow.

But now I was dealing with the real ramifications of this position. My responsibility to keep the city safe.

A girl was murdered last night. And the killer was still out there.

Worse yet, my daughter was apparently the only witness, and she wasn’t speaking.

Not that she ever spoke much, but still…

I was up to my neck in shit.

Normally as the Alpha of the Millennium, I just dealt with the bigger picture, confronting broad issues that affected the werewolf realm as a whole. This day-to-day stuff was new for me.

If there was a problem in Lumen, then it became my problem.

Eve suddenly pushed through my office door, looking agitated.

“Raphael, we need to talk.”

Great, more problems.

Before I could respond, my phone started ringing. I pushed aside piles of documents, finding it underneath the clutter.

“Hello,” I said, answering the phone on the last ring. “What is it?”

Eve gave me a puzzled look as she saw my expression.

“Another one?” I asked. “Where? Okay, I’ll be right there.”

I hung up the phone as Eve approached my desk.

“Who was that?”

“Shade. He said they found another body,” I replied, rubbing my temples.

Eve looked more affected than I would’ve expected. This type of thing never fazed her.

“Was it the same as the last one?” she asked.

“Yeah. Head ripped from the body. It looked like her blood was drained, too.”

Eve’s already pale skin turned even whiter.

“Did you have something you wanted to talk about?” I asked, concerned.

“No,” she replied quickly. “Everything’s fine.”

EVE

I stayed behind as Raphael left to investigate the scene of the crime.

I had to be alone.

I had to think.

If what was going through my head was actually true…

Raphael couldn't know.

But I was being completely irrational. There was no way that she could be responsible for this.

Was there?

Her behavior was unpredictable at best, and she didn’t really understand right from wrong. She had a childlike mind despite looking like a normal fourteen-year-old.

But still, this was murder we were talking about.

As I paced the length of my bedroom, I saw Snow peeking through the slit of my door. When I noticed her, she immediately slammed it shut.

“Snow, what are you doing?” I asked as I went into the hallway and closed my door behind me.

I felt something wet and sticky on my hand as I released it from the doorknob.

I looked down at Snow as she stood in the hallway, holding out her hands.

They were covered in blood.