Awakening The Silver Wolf

DARIUS POV 

If I continue to tap this particular spot on my desk I might tap a hole into it. But I couldn't bring myself to stop. 

I glanced at the clock again for the hundredth time in an hour and it was already noon. 

Where the hell were they? 

Had Mia betrayed the pack and helped Ravenna escape? No, she wouldn't do that. I have known Mia right since she was just a pup. She loved her pack, despite them not returning that sentiment, despite what her father did. So she wouldn't betray me like that.

But what if Ravenna had overpowered Mia and slipped past the border? Mia was strong but Ravenna was stronger.

My foot joined in the tapping, and I glanced at the clock again. 

"For fuck sake, Darius, calm the fuck down!" Lucian snapped, his hands thrown up in frustration. 

I leveled a flat look on him. "Lucian?"

"What?"

"Leave me the fuck alone."

He got up immediately. "I thought you'd never ask." 

I resumed my tapping once he was out the door. 

My wolf has been restless during the longest twenty-four hours of my life. He howled and whined and growled, confirming what I already suspected.

Mate. 

Fuck me. 

I had known this since my growing attraction for Ravenna, but I had dismissed it. Now there was no longer dismissing it.

Ravenna was my mate. 

Just a day away from her had opened my eyes and brain to that fact. And how stupid would I be if my mate has been under my nose all this time and I just let her slip away? Really fucking stupid. 

But if she didn't return I would find her though. From whatever corner of the world she runs to, I would find her. It was too late to escape from me now. 

The door cracked open and Lucian's head came into view. 

"They're here."

I shot out of my chair, knocking something off the table to get to the door. But I stopped myself. 

I was an alpha for fuck's sake, not some love-sick moron. I couldn't just go running to her. My pack will see me as weak, mad even.

I cleared my throat and walked back to my desk, adjusting my tie even though there was nothing wrong with it. "Tell them to come see me. Immediately."

Lucian nodded, and before he closed the door I saw a smirk on his stupid face. The fucker might be irritated but he was enjoying my distress. I was going to kill him one day.

After what felt like an eternity, a knock came and I ordered them in. My heart skipped a beat when my eyes landed on Ravenna.

God, it seems as if she got more beautiful every time I saw her. Was that even possible?

The world faded and Ravenna was all that was left.

She looked like something carved from myth—untouchable, fierce, and wild. The silver strands of her hair shimmered in the dim light of my office, tied back in a messy knot that somehow only added to her allure. 

Her skin, kissed by the sun, carried the marks of her journey—dirt smudges along her neck and face, a testament to her time in the wild. Yet, to me, it only made her more striking, more real.

She stood there in a sleeveless shirt, unfazed by the cold, as if nature itself couldn't touch her. 

She was strong, untamed, and so effortlessly beautiful. Her presence commanded attention without a word, and I couldn't tear my eyes away. 

I felt my heart racing from the sheer magnetism of her. She wasn't just a woman to me—she was a force of nature, and I was powerless to resist her pull if I ever tried. I'll never try. 

I had always admired strength in others, but Ravenna… Ravenna was something different. She was a goddess, a wild spirit walking among mortals. 

And I wouldn't be able to thank the moon goddess enough for giving me this wonderful woman as a mate. She was perfection and everything an alpha needs in a Luna.

And in that moment, I wanted to be near her, even if just for a moment longer. Every glance, every breath, every part of her seemed like it was made to pull me deeper into her orbit.

I wanted to feel her lips, her body, everything her. 

"Mia, would you be so kind as to excuse us?" I commanded without taking my eyes off Ravenna. 

"Yes, Alpha," she replied immediately and then she was out the door.

I sat for a while, trying to get myself under control. If I stood now I would pound on her. My wolf was already at the edge.

Ravenna held my stare, not once backing off. But I saw how nervous she was when she licked her lips. 

That single moment was all it took for me to lose what little control I had.

Before either of us could breathe, I surged forward, pinning her against the door with a force that left no room for hesitation. 

My body was pressed against hers, the heat between us overwhelming, every inch of her burning through me. 

Ravenna's breath hitched, but she didn't pull away. She met me with equal ferocity, her hands gripping my shoulders as if to keep herself from being consumed.

She stared at me with her eyes lowered and her lips parted. The perfect picture of beautiful.

"Darius," she whispered, and I lost it. 

Our lips collided—hard, desperate, and starving. It was no soft meeting, no gentle exploration. It was a crash of hunger and need. 

My hands tangled in her hair, yanking her head back as I devoured her mouth. Ravenna gasped, her back arching against the door, and I took that moment to press my body even harder into hers, the sharp edge of the wood against her back only spurring us on.

She kissed me back with an intensity that stole my breath, her tongue sliding into my mouth with abandon as if she too had been waiting for this—waiting to tear into me just as much as I wanted to tear into her. 

I growled low in my throat, the sound vibrating against her lips, and her hands roamed down my chest, eager and impatient. 

My grip tightened on her waist, lifting her slightly, my knee wedged between her legs, and Ravenna responded by pulling me closer, urging me deeper, a needy, frantic urgency in every movement. 

She bit my lip hard enough to draw blood, the sharp sting pushing me further into the madness of the kiss, making me lose control.

My other hand slid down her side, gripping her thigh, pulling her up against me until we were pressed even tighter, our bodies crashing together in a furious, chaotic rhythm.

Did she feel this too? This hunger, this consuming desire? This need to claim her, to mark her. Is her heart beating as widely as mine was? What would she do if she knew we were mates? Would she accept me? 

Every second felt like an eternity, and still, neither of us could get close enough. We were lost in each other, our breath coming in hot gasps, the sound of our frantic kisses the only thing that filled the air. There was no room for hesitation, no space left for anything but this wild, consuming need.

When we finally broke apart, gasping for air, our faces were flushed, our lips bruised from the intensity of it all. 

My hands were still on her body, my chest heaving, my heart pounding in my ears. 

Ravenna's eyes were dark, wild with the same hunger that had set us both on fire. Neither of us spoke. Words weren't necessary. We had just kissed like we were going to burn the world down.

But I couldn't push aside that question from the back of my mind. "Do you feel this too, Ravenna?"