+CHAPTER 16+ Toying With The Beast

Amber was not the type of person who backed down from her words. She always has a strategy behind every word that came out of her mouth. She was not one of those who don't keep their promises and Amber was definitely not one of those who claimed to be truthful but lie whenever it fitted them.

Once she made her mind to do something, she was fucking doing it at any cost.

But Amber didn't know why she was feeling like she was making a wrong decision by mating with Darach. Her inner witch was telling her to stop her advances towards the king and she was never wrong but her inner lycan was urging her to claim Darach.

Before Darach's arrival, Amber's lycan was weak enough that she considered it dormant but now somehow Darach's presence had made it strong, strong enough that her lycan was putting up a fight with her witch side.

It was like the two fractions inside her had started an inner battle and no one was ready to back down while her Fey part didn't give a fuck about anything which was making Amber distraught.


Amber was a woman of passion and power but she wasn't a stranger to pain. She has been doubted, abandoned, dismissed and even punished. She knew how it felt to be walked all over, thanks to her parents and some dickwads she encountered in the past. 

Centuries ago Amber had refused to lay down for just anyone and now after centuries, she was ready to take her walls down for someone. Someone who was making Amber happy. Someone she never thought she would have, A Mate.


Amber had seen evil in this world when she was only a child. She had encountered creatures in the wasteland that no child should have encountered. She had lost count of how many times she had stepped away from a Bearded Vulture with blood dripping from her fingertips.

She has seen death, witnessed it's victim's screams. She had spent her childhood surrounded by horrors, darkness, bloodshed, and evil but she never for once felt dread in those times because she was a loner.


Today Amber felt dread, not for herself. She was taking a big risk and if things didn't go well than Amber was sure that she will have her life at stake and the life of the people who trust her with their lives. 

On some point Rebecca's concern was valid after all it was Rebecca who had experience with these lycans. Amber knew nothing about them and her instinct was not really helping her in making any decision.


She had never taken time out of her life to build a relationship or to work on one. She had countless flings but she had never been in a relationship before.

Even her flings were from different species, she never hooked up with a lycan maybe because somewhere deep in her heart she hated the fact that her father was a lycan and she has no fucking idea who he was. She just didn't want to end up sleeping with her sperm donor. 

Dark Gods! Even the idea was so gross that she can't help but avoid lycans in bed like a plague and because of this fact lycans were a huge turn off for her. 

All lycans until Darach...

Amber despised lycans but after spending some time with Darach, Amber felt like he deserved a shot. The way he gazed at her made her starve for his affections. She felt connected with him, how and why she had no idea. She just felt that she was related to him and his siblings. 

It was weird but true. . .

This situation was confusing as fuck for her but she was determined to make it work between her and Darach, no matter what her instincts told her.

If things worked out fine between them than they can make a change in the lycan world but if things get a little fucked up between them she was sure that she'll lose her life. Not because of the enemies that will attack her but because of the heartache that she will bear after losing Darach.

Her heart was already broken, she was offering the pieces to Darach with a hope that he will glue them back together.

Aside from her inner witch, Amber's lycan instinct and every other part of her being was telling her to stake her claim on Darach. 

For him, Amber was ready to take a leap of faith. All she had to lose was her life, the only thing that she wasn't afraid to lose anymore. 

And the pieces of her heart that she was offering to him, he can glue them back together and if their relationship failed than he will turn her heart into a rock.

If Darach fucked this up she will never be able to love another. She will be just like Rebecca, a broken doll. Broken beyond repair.

Holding Darach's hand Amber pulled him into her home, shutting the front door, leaving a gaping Rome and shocked Rebecca behind. Rome can doubt her all he wanted. When she will mark Darach as her own and it will automatically shut Rome's loudmouth.

When Darach gave Amber a questioning look Amber explained.

"We need to mate now, like right now." Amber told Darach which sounded more like an order.

"We do?" Darach asked confusion was evident on his face. One minute his mate was introducing him to her family and the next minute she wanted to do the mating stuff. Anyone can feel it a little bit confusing if they were in his place.

"They weren't believing that you are my fated mate. They think that I'm pulling a prank on them." Amber explained while rolling her eyes at his confused look.

"They don't?" Darach asked with an arched brow. 

"No, they don't. They can be pretty stupid from time to time but I think when I'll mark you as my own they will probably come to terms with our relationship." Amber said while rubbing her hand on Darach's arm, giving him a sympathetic smile.

"Mark ME??" Darach squealed. He looked pretty much dumbfounded and a little bit panicked.

The nerve of this man!

If he thought that he will just nail and bail out of this relation than Amber will gladly chop his balls off and hang them on her front door until he came back to his senses.

He should be glad that Amber didn't chop off his head instead. He better not be having Batchelor panic after listening to her marking plans. 

Darach was now Amber's territory and one thing that you should know about Amber was that she didn't leave her territory unmarked.

She didn't know what was wrong with today's men. Why were they so scared of commitment? Here Amber was giving free access to her heart and home to this man and he was panicking.

Fan-fucking-tastic!! 

Amber narrowed her eyes at Darach. "Don't tell me that you just want to get laid and then bail out of this." Amber growled at Darach. She had already reached the limit of her patience while dealing with Rebecca and Rome, Darach better not test her.

"No I was just surpri__ " Darach started only to be stopped by Amber when she didn't give him a chance to explain.

"You should be thankful that I'm giving this mate thing a shot and not making you run away with your tail tucked between your legs." Amber said with a glare which was enough to tick off the beast inside her mate.

In the next moment, Amber was plastered to the wall with a very angry looking Darach pinning her hands above her head.

Amber looked into his eyes, molten gold stared back at her. His beast was in play~

"My wee mate. . . You belong to me and the more you'll try to dominate me the more thoroughly you will be fucked when I'll mark you." The beast growled back at Amber.

"Than why are you running away from even the thought of me staking a claim on you?" Amber snapped not backing down a bit.

"There is nothing that will make me run from you lass but there are plenty of things that will make me take you from here and run back to my kingdom." When Amber gave him a look of disbelief he continued. 

"Believe me on this mate, you're tied to me and nothing in this world can make me abandon you. My human is kinda boneheaded but I know what we both need and currently we need you naked on our bed, ready to be marked and claimed by your mate." Darach's beast growled, playfully nipping at her ear.

His one hand was pinning her hands above their heads while he slowly snaked his second hand towards her lower region, roughly cupping her where the sun doesn't shine as if proving his point.

Holy FUCK!! 

At this moment Amber wanted nothing else but to follow the beast's command. She was definitely loving the beast more than the human side of Darach.

"I think I like you more." Amber didn't realize that she said her thoughts out loud.

"More than my human?" The beast gave a wolfish grin at her words like he was having an inside joke.

"Yes." Amber gave a breathless whimper when the beast applied a little pressure on her lower region. How the fuck was she supposed to pay attention when he has his hands on the most intimate part of her body.

But did she liked this distraction? Definitely YES!!

"Be careful little lass you might hurt my human's ego with your admission but you couldn't make me happier." The beast gave a throaty laugh. It was the first time Amber saw him laughing. Her heart swelled with mirth, she felt ecstatic.

"I'm trusting you." Amber said all of a sudden. She didn't add that she was trusting him with her heart. She just let the incomplete sentence hang between them.

"You won't regret it, lass." He replied.

"Will you be able to keep your promises in the future? You want to take me and run back to your kingdom while you know nothing about me. Why would you want me this much?" Amber whispered her insecurities. 


He knew nothing about her. He has seen nothing. How will he react after seeing her scared back that was hidden by her clock? How will he react after finding that she was the Queen of the territory he was living in.

How will he react when he will know that Amber was Queen Eva? Will he hate her for giving his people protection which he was unable to provide them?

"You are my mate, a blessing bestowed upon me by the Moon herself and that's enough for me. We have an eternity to know things about each other and there is nothing that can make me hurt you or forsake you if you don't count the punch that was meant for Rome." He said while gazing at her with affection.

"Mark me than." Amber whispered, ignoring yet another reminder of that awful punch.

"Never tempt a wolf, little mate, not until you are prepared to be taken by him on your hands and knees with your round ass in the air ready to be marked by him. Bound to him for an eternity." And to emphasize his point Darach roughly squeezed her ass with the hand that was cupping her core a second before. 

Amber sucked in a breath.

"I may know nothing about you Amber or about your Queen or about this hidden Queendom but the thing that I know is that you belong to me, you are my lass and that's enough reason for me to cherish you. To love you with all I have." Amber melted at his words.

He said he loved her.

Dark Gods!

When Darach gave her ass another firm squeeze, a breathless whimper escaped from Amber.

Darach's lips curled into a smirk. 
"My lass is a naughty little creature~" And just like that Amber was turned into a puddle.

His lass~

"Tell me, my Queen, why would your friends believe that I'm not your fated mate?" Darach asked pulling Amber towards his chest releasing her hands, tucking a loose strand of her hairs behind her ear.

It was a small gesture but it was extremely intimate for Amber more intimate than the position that they were in just a few moments before.

"Maybe Because you are not the first man whom I claimed to be my mate..." Truth slipped from Amber's lips while gazing into Darach's eyes. At this moment it dawned upon Amber that she can't lie to him. Not when she wanted to build a life with him. 

At Darach's possessive growl Amber explained. "He was just a silly crush, nothing serious. They all were just meaningless flings." 

"Who was he? And they?" Darach gritted. The affection that was shining in his eyes a few moments before was now shadowed by jealousy and possessiveness. His eyes kept flickering towards her exposed and unmarked neck.

"A male?" Amber replied while nervously looking at Darach's flickering golden eyes.

Amber can watch his eyes all day. They were mesmerizing to her whenever he was on the verge of losing control. She loved the power she has on him.

She loved to see him lose control because of her~

"Tell me, my Queen. Do you want me to fuck the right answer out of you or do you like to drive me crazy?" Darach whispered, his lips grazing Amber's ear. His breath raising goosebumps on her skin. 

Warmth pooled in Amber's core, her nipples stiffened. 

Fuck!! It was hard to point if Darach was suggesting pleasure or punishment. His threat felt tempting...