Fighting Darius- A steamy hot werewolf romance

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He looks like he’s in his early twenties…22 at the most. He looks so tough, yet sophisticated. Rugged yet so beautiful. So worldly and cultured. I guess he is all that since he’s older than 22. Genesis’s mate, Constantine looks like he’s only 18 but he’s actually over 300 years old. So I imagine he must be a bit older than that.

Compared to humans, us werewolves age slower, but Lycans age a lot slower than werewolves. That means they live a lot longer. Thankfully, a lycan mate, be it a human or a werewolf would change into a lycan once they’re bonded.

If you’re wondering about how a werewolf could possibly mate with a lycan, then maybe I should begin by telling you a bit that I know about Lycans.

You see, Lycans don’t have mates chosen for them by the moon goddess like us regular werewolves. They get to choose their own mates, either another lycans, regular werewolves, or even humans.

Even though they’re not blessed with mates, each lycan has

“the one” for them. The one that they’re attracted to like no other. That one person can either be another lycan, a werewolf, or even a human. This one being is called “erasthai”. This attraction is governed by their basic survival instinct. It is believed that the erasthai is best suited to the lycan in every way. The stronger the attraction, the stronger their bond will be when they become mates. Lycans are not known to be giving up on their erasthais, even when their erasthais are already mated or married to another. How crazy is that?

That being said, there are lycans who marked and mated with another lycans who are not their erasthais. The bond wouldn’t be as strong, though.

The bond between lycans who mated with their erasthais can be stronger than that of a werewolf mates. Seeing my best friend Genesis and her lycan mate Constantine, I can believe that. She’s definitely Constantine’s erasthai. The level of love and understanding between them is incomparable.

Their chosen mate, no matter if she or he is a werewolf or a human will turn into a Lycan herself after they form a bond.

The mates physical appearance as a human also would change to mold perfectly to its other half, the lycan.

In their human form, lycans are better looking and more attractive than us regular werewolves who are considered to be better looking than most humans…like way more. So, lycans are amazing smoking hot.

My friend Genesis, who’s very beautiful, to begin with, is now drop dead gorgeous, just like all the other lycans.

Genesis cornered me into telling her about what’s going on with me the very next day. My bestie thought that I was Darius Rykov’s erasthai because that’s how she felt the first time she met Constantine.

I’m so confused because I was waiting for my mate. I wasn’t expecting to be an erasthai to any lycans. Not at all. What would happen if or when I meet my mate? I don’t know, but all that I know is, the connection is so strong that I can’t stop thinking about him.

Unfortunately, he’s gone right after the investigation without even saying goodbye or acknowledging me at all.

Chapter 3 – Birds of A Feather

Still Three Years Ago

A few weeks later the school was over, and I still couldn’t get him out of my mind. I had been mulling about this over and over again in my head. I was known to be stubborn and I wasn’t a quitter. I always went after things that I wanted and right then I decided that Darius Ivanovic Rykov was what I wanted.

Genesis fully supported me on this. Right after graduation, Genesis and the lycans were planning to go back to Russia for a little while. They invited me to go along, with a hint that a certain gorgeous blond lycan would be there. Well, that’s enough to persuade me. Actually, they didn’t even have to say that to convince me to go. I didn’t have any plan beyond high school. I was hoping that I would have met my mate already by then and we’d be too busy making babies or something. Not life’s greatest plan, but that’s Penny Ruiz’s life plan.

Anyway, that’s how I find myself standing in the middle of my bedchamber in Banehallow Palace, Russia. I’m all decked up in Sue Wong’s strapless purple dress. The bodice is exquisitely embroidered and beaded, while the gown is a full feather. A pair of four-inch feathered white Jimmy Choo stilettos graces my feet.

The stylist and the ladies who did my hair and make-up just left and I’m standing here by myself staring at my reflection in the mirror.

The lady who did my hair, Olga dried, combed, brushed, and hot ironed my short dark hair till it framed my face in straight shiny cascade down to my chin. She then added a dark purple Great Gatsby’s flapper hair band with shiny beads across my forehead and soft white and purple feathers on the side.

They’re holding a party for Constantine and Genesis, and the return of Caspian, Lazarus, and Serena. I was told that Darius is going to be there. This is going be the first time I get to see Darius again after that first time.

There’s a brief knock on my door and Genesis breezes in even before I tell her to come in. Her wonderful familiar scent wafts in the air along with a light flowery smell of an expensive perfume. She’s looking glamorous and breathtaking in a peacock green and gold dress. Beautiful peacock feathers adorned the length of her long dress. More peacock feathers in her red hair which is swept up into an elaborate updo with a few wispy tendrils framing her flawless face.