My Most Precious Human

I saved Sariel's phone number. I did it automatically, and then I stared at the screen, debating whether I should contact him on my own or not. It quickly turned the night into a sleepless one. I was torn. I wasn't sure if I could forgive Sariel for what he did, but my heart beat faster hearing that he hadn't given up on us. On the other hand, Draven started doing a lot of tiny things that worked on me. He was drawing me into his zone, and his captivation was almost irresistible.

I got up long before the alarm clock rang. Fortunately, I was running on adrenaline, my blood richer in it than ever. Hormones sufficed for the lack of sleep. I got dressed and then walked out of my tent to stretch. As I was standing in the middle of the still dark forest, wearing a pair of combat boots, combat pants, and a black fitted top with short sleeves, I saw a pair of red pupils aiming at me. I turned my head, facing those eyes, and saw Draven appear from the shadows by his tent. He stepped closer. There was no one but us outside their tents. The rest were still asleep.

Draven walked towards me and stopped in a place where the moonlight finding its way through the tree branches illuminated his face and onyx hair.

"Can't sleep?" he asked, his voice sensually low.

I shook my head and gave him a faint smile. He took a few steps closer, keeping his eyes locked on me the entire time. There was little to no light around us, but I could still register him biting his lower lip as his eyes went from my head to my toes and then back to my face. He didn't say a word. He only stood there, thickening the air around us until his stare at me became unbearably hot. Suddenly, he reached his hand to my face and brushed the strands of my loose hair from my cheek, his fingertips stroking my skin. An electric wave rushed through me. I was overwhelmed by the hunger for him, and I hated constantly losing control like that.

"I want you, Lilith." His whisper was strict, as if he was commanding him to submit to him.

I gulped as he took another step towards me. His eyes pierced right through me, undressing me slowly and letting me taste his desire.

"I need you to become the queen, sitting beside my throne." His hands reached out, pulling me close to him. "I know you want me to claim you. Just stop resisting."

The intensity of his gaze made my mouth dry, but still, I managed to find the strength to push him away.

"I can't…" I muttered restlessly, "Not like that…"

you will make the Moon Hill Pack the most powerful pack in the world." Power and confidence soaked into each word he said, but no matter how tempting his declaration was, I knew that

"Draven, I—"

the other groups are already gathering around Sangreville," Ari relieved me from my uncomfortable chat with Draven.

his throat, and nodded, acknowledging Beta's words. Then Ari went

the Scarlet Valley Pack," he stated firmly and walked back to

breath. I wasn't even aware I was holding it. Shaking off my bemusement, I got back to packing the rest of my stuff into the backpack and folding the

pack's territory and the operation center for all the illegal business. We had to be careful because there were humans living in the town as well. It wasn't clear how many of them knew about the werewolves, which put turning into a wolf form right on the outskirts of the question. That placed me in

Our group was aiming at the Scarlet Casino, which was where most of the money went and was laundered through gambling. The casino was the core of the crime town. It was up

all given guns. I was surprised and felt uncomfortable holding it in my hands. I had barely used a gun

I asked, leaning towards Draven's

heavily. "The bullets were filled with aconite to make them deadly to werewolves, but the point of having those guns isn't to kill everyone. We merely want to use

hoping that I would never have to use the gun.

town, we had to move fast. Every second counted since we were spotted right away. Ian drove us at insane speed towards the hill and the casino. Draven told me to stick close to him

blinding the surveillance. A minute later, ten of our warriors restrained the security guarding the place outside.

in the main hall, filled with roulette, blackjack, baccarat, and cash poker tables. Reacting to Alpha's fast commands, we surrounded the place. The main safe and

inside the casino, we could guess that there were almost no humans among them. The security entered immediately, panting with fury and charging at us. Their eyes glowed red, and they were all ready to shift into wolves, making it easy to differentiate them from humans. Fortunately, it seemed that there were only