Mated To The Cold Hearted Alpha – Chapter 40

Ever gave a hard nod to Alpha Cyril and stepped back. My father’s deep baritone voice was easily heard as he spoke to Sydney, “Your sentence is fifteen. Count each one out loud. Is that understood?”

“Yes,” she whimpered.

Fifteen wasn’t bad. It shouldn’t take too long. I was more than ready to move along to the next step.

ame down, the slap against her bare skin resounding loudly in the air. Sydney flinched hard but made no sound other than to gasp, “O

ly reserved during public punishment, and I wondered what their conversation amongst themselves consisted of. It was hard to hear over the constant slapping of the paddle against Sydney’s a*s.

Spank!

tly poised during Sydney’s sentence. I wished I could ask her what she was thinking.

Spank!

ing down her cheeks.

Spank!

e to catch her breath. Her butt cheeks were bruised and flaming red. Nope, my father hadn’t held back. She wouldn’t be sitting down for several days even with h

yil placed her on her feet, facing the crowd. Sydney stood unsteadily, like

wittering in the crowd, various hissed conver

d Asher planted himself on the bench, growling for Sydney to submit to him.

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ession didn’t change, othe

e lay down.

to touching her. And if Willow’s fierce exp

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t began again.

with this severity, and I wouldn’t stop them for as long as they wanted to keep going. I had agreed to let them decide, and I wasn’t going back on my word.

lessly communicating what I already knew her anxiety. I did my best to offer her reassurance through my own eyes. She relaxed a little.

wrapped a robe around her, and they both helped her hobble back to her room in the pack house.

ook a few minutes to transition into the Announcement Ceremony, changing places and readjusting the seating. I looked down at Hycinth to find her deep in thought. “Are you okay?”

d, “Do you have another jar of that c

dded. “I can get one, yes.”

ting with her severely spanked backside. Once again, it was quintessential Luna behavior- to bring the she-wolves back into accord. Hycinth understood punishment had been necessary, but she also hadn’t written off Sydney’s future value to the Pack.

at all of the familiar faces in front of me. These wolves were my family. I would fight for and avenge and die for anyone of them.

so desperately for all of this to be real. I didn’t want an end date. But I pushed those painful thoughts away. I had four more weeks to convince her to stay. I couldn’t control the future, but I could control this moment in time…and I would give her an Announcement Ceremo

smoothed one of the bright red strands of her hair behind her ear and held her gaze as I began, “I am a lucky Wolf…that a female so vibrant and bright and smart…a*s,” I couldn’t help adding the l

truth. She had quite a mouth on her, which I loved. I continued, “as you, has agreed to not only let me Mark you…but also to Claim you.”

r chest. Her eyes were wide and bright, swirli

“Tonight represents a new beginning a new future, full of hope and life for the Pack.” Even as I said the words, my heart ached because I knew it wasn’t a new beginning for me it was

if I didn’t stop thinking in that vein. Instead, I focused on the one thing that mattered most. I cupped Hycinth’s face with my hands, feeling the electricity in the tingles of the bond flowing through both of us. She felt it too. Trembling.

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ds of adoration. Tears clouded her eyes.

ark you…and in four weeks, will you let me Claim you?”

r eyelashes. I gently wiped it away with the pad of my thumb. Her mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out. She swallowed thickly, and then nodded, raspin

ad been ready. My canines descended, they ached and throbbed, unlike anything I’d ever felt before.

s.

ed, she whimpered, “Leander…please.”

my teeth deep into her neck.

wn personal heaven.

clutching my back and shoulders with her claws.

ed the connection of her, leaving my canines embedded deep, sipping on the very essence of who she was. She was also in no hurry to pul

ble.

hands found their way down to her a*s, and I rocked my hi

n’t going to be able to stop at just a kiss. And while I didn’t mind the thought of lifting her onto my c**k right that moment and f*****g her silly in front of everyone, I highly doubted my little mouse would be equally keen on the idea.

e mouse,” I whispered my words from earlier.

ore she could respond, the Wol