Struggling not to sway in the saddle, Skye desperately tried to pretend everything was fine.Linus seemed to be keeping a close eye on him and it was making it so much harder to act normally but he recognized the symptoms he was beginning to experience.The tiredness, the heavy limbs, the need to be pressed against his mate, the need to be tucked up in a warm, safe nest.He tried to push the feelings away. Now was not a good time for his heat to hit but he knew he couldn’t fight it off forever.Still, if he could somehow hold it off until after their contract was complete, that would be best.His healing ability meant that he could heal himself unconsciously of any sickness or injury and since heat was never a disease or injury but a normal physiological function of an omega, thus it cannot be healed. Though he had found out that he could hold back his heat using it.It was a conscious effort that took

 The first light of dawn streaked the sky in oranges and reds when Linus finally carried Skye back to camp.The omega’s heat had quickly eased but the last dregs of it had lingered for many hours. They both stink of sweat and sex and Skye had been very clingy with him even once the last of the heat fled his system.The alpha had put little thought into it before but his mate was always independent, so it had surprised him when he wanted to be carried back.It made a nice change though and it soothed his alpha instincts to hold the omega in his arms, especially after his heat. His scent hadn’t changed after the heat had fled so Linus assumed that his mate hadn’t fallen pregnant this time and he wondered how his alpha side would have been affected if he had.Not surprisingly, most of the band were still sleeping but Brite and Lejend were already up like usual.Brite gave him the b

  Two and a half days of watching and waiting had come to an end. They had spent hours discussing the plan and the layout of the guard patrols around the manor. Damning evidence had been found against Chisaki in the form of a body of a young woman being disposed of in the forest surrounding the manor. Worse still, it had been left out for the wild animals instead of properly buried. The woman had been in bad shape and the tell-tale whip marks across her exposed flesh told a grim tale. Brite had been seeing red since he found out and Linus and Urkane had to physically hold him down at one point lest he takes off in search of Chisaki’s head on his own. Now here they were, a short walk from the manor and all armoured up. Well, as armoured as they could be for a stealth mission. It was one of the risks of their plan- plate and chain mail were noisy and would alert the guards of their presence before they’ve ha

 “Come on, Cherub. Wake up.”Skye grumbled, trying to push away the hand that roughly shook him from his slumber.Exhaustion weighed on him and he couldn’t remember ever being so tired before. He wanted to snarl at the person trying to wake him up even as he wanted to cry at the sheer overwhelming tiredness that tried to claw him back into peaceful oblivion.Groaning, he opened his eyes as the person wouldn’t leave him alone.Dyllen’s grumpy mug stared down at him and he groaned even louder before trying to roll over.“Oh, no you don’t,” Dyllen said as he bodily dragged him into a sitting position heedless of his protests. “You need to eat and drink before you go back to sleep.”A cup was held to his lips, and that was when he realized just how thirsty he was. Greedily, he drank down the sweet water, his awareness coming back.He gla

  It took nearly a month for the Silvermist Company to reassemble in Athelney. Linus was fully healed with another scar to add to his collection, all the freed slaves had found their homes, and Eri had been returned to her mate. Brite had accepted the contract coin but declined any further work as they waited to regroup. It was a noisy morning in the inn when they finally joined up again, many of the band pleased to see their leader well. “Boss!” Brite called as everyone settled down around two round tables pushed together. “Fucking hell, have you seriously been keeping that much gold the entire time?! I nearly choked when I heard how much the contract was worth, then I took the liberty of going through a few of the bags on the pack horses, figured you wouldn’t mind. If you had told me we had that much coin lying around, I would have said we could follow your dream to set up our own base ages ago.” “I