“You really want me to take down Amber?” I was shocked that Torque was agreeing to me drinking blood. I know he had agreed to helping me, but killing his mate was something else.“I told you, I am so sick and tired of surviving in this place. Until recently the last few years have just been a continuous cycle. Every single day was exactly the same but Amber bringing you here, you changed it.”“You will die!”“And I am ready for that.” He lets out a snort.“I have tried killing myself many times, but I never stay dead, every time this cycle with you has restarted. I’m right back here. Wandering around like a lost soul.”“Surely Amber knows?” she had too. It was her creation, how could she not know there was a loop.Torque drops his head with a slight nod.“I believe that she has got so caught up in bringing you here and making you suffer, that she has forgotten me.” When he lifts his head, his red eyes are watery. I felt bad for him.“Ashley, we haven’t got much time. Your breathe is g
I feel the shock to my heart, but I’m still surrounded by darkness. Flashes of light appear with each shock, but that is all they are. Flashes.I hear them, Daryl, Lucian and Tasha. Their voices, shouting over the darkness. They repeatedly shout my name so loud that its almost deafening.They don’t hear me when I call back either. I just want them to know that I am here, wherever here is.“What do you want me to do? She isn’t responding!” I here Lucian shout and it makes so much sense. They were fighting to keep me alive, just like Tasha had warned me. Was I too late, was this the curse taking me?“No, my child, this is your choice.”Looking around in the darkness, I see her. The one other person that I recognised, my mother. Her hair cascading down in messy curls as her amber eyes searched my face.“How are you here?” Did Amber do something to her too?“Daughter, you are locked in your mind. This is not Amber, this is you. Your body is failing, you don't have long left.”“But I kille
“Drop it Daryl!” I mumble, turning myself over in the bed, which wasn’t easy with all the things attached to me.“You can’t hide it forever.” He mutters and I hear the door swing open.“How is she doing?”I was relieved to hear Tasha’s voice. If it hadn’t been for her then I probably would have never made it back.“Maybe you can talk some sense into her!”A few moments later the door swings shut, and Tasha moves around to stand in front of me. Her eyes had changed, they were an amber just like Lucian’s and mine.“You really scared us. I woke from Lucian changing me. You were out cold. They were both trying to shake you awake. Ashley, I have never seen men so scared in all my life. They really care about you.”She looks at me with her bright eyes.“I know we haven’t had chance to speak much…”“Thank you.” I mutter as I try to sit myself up.“For what?”“If you hadn’t come to me, if you hadn’t passed on information from Lucian. I would be dead.”Tasha chews on her bottom lip.“It’s more
It’s quiet, not a single sound could be heard. Reaper doesn’t even speak, like she knows that I needed time to just…just breathe.Hugging my legs to my body I exhale noisily, I was back. I thought this moment would never come but it still didn't take away how I felt, my body had been violated and this was worse than all the times I was beaten. Making my way to the bathroom, I stare at myself in the mirror. Not quite believing everything that had happened. It seemed like a dream and yet it was so real!I was still confused, there were still things that just didn’t add up.Lucian had never been able to find me, but the moment he did, weird shit with Amber started happening. Had he been feeding her information? He wasn't in the world she had created, was that the reason why?I shake the thought from my head and splash the cool running water on my face, but the thought kept seeping back in.“What do you think?” I ask my reflection, waiting for Reaper to answer, to somehow solve all my pr
“You really think it will be that easy?” I stare at Tasha, not quite believing what she was suggesting.“Look, I may be like one of you now, but there is still something that I was bred to be. A hunter. If there is anyone that can find her then it will be me!”“Why do you even want to do this?” It was funny looking into her newly turned amber eyes. Almost like they didn’t fit her.She shrugs her shoulders at me, turning her gaze towards Lucian who was standing with Daryl just outside the dungeons.“I feel his hate towards her. Since he gave me this.” She pulls the collar of her tshirt down, revealing a mark on her collarbone, just like the one Daryl gave to me.“It’s weird, as a human, I never understood it. All the research I did about the mate bond that you lot had, it just seemed like a weird fad but now, this.” She pats the mark.“I feel everything he feels, and he doesn’t even try to hide it from me. When you were in the hospital, his heart was close to breaking. Any mention of t
I make sure to slam the door as hard as I can. To show him how annoyed I was with his statement. A negative with a positive, who does he think I am, a child!Each door I pass through, I somehow slam harder and harder and as I rip the front door behind me, the glass pane instantly shatters. A piece of glass catches my fingers and easily slices my skin, but the wound heals as quickly as it appeared.An omega stares at me with wide eyes before hurrying away. Most likely going to tell Daryl what I had done.I stomp towards the forest, but less than a few metres away, I come to a stop. Reaper was preventing me from moving forward.“He said no.” she growls at me.“Why do you have to listen to him, why do you have to obey his orders?” I snap back at her, trying to move my legs forward. I couldn’t believe that I had gotten to the point of fighting with my own wolf.“It’s your fault!” she mutters to me.“How?” I keep trying to shift my legs but they were stuck solid.“You let him mark us. I ca
Over the next few days, I stuck to places where Daryl could either easily find me or the bedroom. There had still been no change between Daryl and I. I had tried but it was like my body was going against me in every way possible. I really liked Daryl, but I just couldn’t stand the thought of him touching me and I often found myself wondering if this was going to be my life now, because it wasn't his fault.Talk had spread among the pack of how it had been me that had killed Christian. Some of Daryl’s pack would look at me oddly, probably because of my small frame. Others were keen to speak to me. Hence me spending more and more time in the bedroom.Daryl had even brought a television to keep me entertained. I had tried to read in the library, but I just couldn’t concentrate properly. Mind numbingly boring tv seemed to work better.He had started checking in with me regularly, which was annoying at first but had become comforting by the third day. He had asked me each night if he could
I hear her mumble a few more pleas until her eyes roll back in her head and Amber loses consciousness, she couldn’t fight this. Her vampires struggled too, some already torn apart by the roots holding them, others still determined to get free.A hand slips into mine, but I was surprised to see that it wasn’t Daryl. Instead, it was Tasha.“I am here for you Ashley.” Only words that could be spoken by a true friend.Amber's body splits, the limbs being torn from her torso like she was nothing. Her head is the final thing to be severed. I needed to make sure that there was no way she was coming back.Her vampires crumble around her, their bodies slowly turning to ash and drifting away in the night breeze. I hear cheers from the other side of the packhouse, but there had still been many lives lost.“You did it.” Tasha speaks with a smile and all I can do is nod my head as I stared at the remnants of Amber.When I look to Daryl, he is still staring at me.“I did it Daryl, she is dead.” I m
A few months has passed since all the craziness with Lucian. Things had settled down massively, well, apart from being thrown into motherhood and raising triplets. I was just glad I wasn’t doing it on my own.Daryl was still getting used to having a smaller pack. Although he had already been out trying to recruit other packs that were smaller than ours. Some had accepted whereas others had told him where to go. The pack was still much smaller than the average wolf pack with less than a hundred people now after many had lost their lives in the fight against my brother, but he was certain he would make it great again. After all, he really wanted to pass on an almighty pack to Daryl Junior, the eldest of the triplets.In just a few months the three of them had grown quite quickly, instead of being like three-month-olds, they looked more like eighteen month olds and certainly liked to keep me busy and on my toes, especially since they were already walking and running. I assumed they were
More bullets come as I keep low, the stench of Lucian’s blood filling the air as he hovers above me. With each bullet, I am splattered in his blood, but it continues to do little more than slow him down.“You have not learnt a thing!” he roars at me as his claws wrap around my neck, lifting me from the ground.I should have been afraid, scared for my own life as I faced death when he suddenly stills. My feet dangling in the air at least ten inches from the ground. His deep amber eyes staring into mine, but he was quiet, no sound was coming from Lucian and yet everyone around us was yelling.His claws pierced the skin of my neck, my own blood trickling down over my cool skin as I watched Lucian’s nostrils flare. He was enjoying my scent, like it was something he had been longing for. This was not in my plan.His teeth sink into my shoulder as I let out a scream, and I see people charging towards Lucian. Daryl was shouting out something about protecting the Luna.Lucian’s jaw refuses to
“I will stop this.” I try to reassure the tiny beast in my arms, but I still didn’t know if I could even kill him, if it was even possible.“She will never be yours!” Lucian’s voice howls around us making Natasha’s little beast cling to me harder. Her tiny claws piercing my skin as they dug into me, her body trembling as his voice echoes around us.“Drop the spell.” I whisper to the small beast. Lucian was using her to put the spell around the dungeons, to stop others from getting any closer, but she was still a baby, could she even understand what I was saying? Could my reassurance be enough?Her small furry body continues to tremble against mine until it suddenly stops, momentarily scaring the crap out of me. When I hear soft snuffles coming from her and gently turn her head. She had fallen asleep on me. She had gone from a terrified little beast to one in a deep sleep, she had needed me so much more than I had ever known, and I feel a shift inside of me. The need to protect her, no
“It’s not that simple is it. I may have some magical abilities, but he still has years over me. Years of training, years of knowledge, years of planning what he calls his redemption.”“But there is something he possibly didn’t account for. A mother’s love, a mate’s love. The fact that a whole pack will be right behind you.”It just didn’t seem true. Maybe I had been looking at this all wrong and it wasn’t just my fight anymore.“Then how am I supposed to make myself stronger?”“You already know Ash, look at the things you have been capable of. Personally, I don’t think you give yourself enough credit.”I was completely soaked from the heavy rain as I stared up into his amber eyes, the blue flecks shining brightly through the storm. It wasn’t just me that had changed but it seemed like he had too. His once sulky and moody self had mellowed out.“What ever happens Ash, you have three babies that need you.”I slowly bob my head, he was right, but I had still left them to check on my best
No one stops me, no one even comes after me as I race through the forest towards her house. She had to be here, it was where it had all started.As I break out of the forest, I see it, her small house sitting on the opposite side of the road. A trail of blood leading up the few steps as the door sat open. Anyone could walk in here, anything could have found her.Creeping towards the house, I knew the trail of blood belonged to her. It was dry though and had been sat here for a while, but it didn't remove her scent.“Tasha?” I call out her name as I step in through the front door, hoping for some kind of response but I was met with silence and what was worse is the trail of blood ended in the middle of the room. There was nothing, no body, no pool of dried red, but more importantly there was no sound.The floorboards didn’t creak like I was used to, no weird smell from all the herbal teas she had scattered around.“Can you hear her?” I mutter to Reaper. I didn’t even know why I was ask
The omega keeps her head low, not speaking as she remained in the room. She was our biggest risk right now; she was the only one to know that I had had a third baby and I couldn’t have her revealing that information, not to anyone.“You can’t say anything!” I plead with her, hoping that she would understand.“They need to be checked over.” She mumbles back at me and Daryl shakes his head“Kiera, you cannot tell anyone, you cannot share the news of Ash having a third child. Do you understand?” He was using his Alpha tone, a tone that I was only to familiar with.The omega gulps, her eyes wide as she slowly nods her head.“I need you to say it Kiera!”“I won’t tell anyone, but how are you going to hide her, what if she is a poorly pup?”Daryl looks between me and the omega as I gently rock our little girl.“Kiera, you will become Ashley’s personal maid. You will do nothing else in the house except for helping Ash and tending to the children and monitoring any changes in them!”“But the
“For you!” Lucian punches the stone wall of his cell, splitting the skin on his knuckles which heals instantly.“I don’t understand”“Of course you don’t sister.” He laughs manically as he tries to pull the bars apart. I was glad Daryl had reinforced them.“You weren’t to know I was going to have children.”He looks at me from the corner of his eye. I was so stupid, I had told him of the vision, the one where I was left alone with twins, the one where Daryl was not in the picture. How could I have been so stupid?“You told me that not all visions were correct that some were just created in my own mind!”“Yes, but I saw that vision too, sister. Getting into your head was much easier than you trying to get into mine. Any time your wolf was dormant, it left an opening. A chance for me to see everything!”“Just kill him Ash” Daryl links me"Whicjh is why you wanted Amber to trap me?"He starts clapping."About time you figured that out."“You would never have found me without Daryl!” I ye
The omega hands her to me, she was much smaller than the boys with tufts of dark hair that matched Daryl’s, bright amber eyes peeping out under her eyelids.I still didn’t understand, the doctor had shown me the monitor, pointed out the two boys, how could he have missed a third baby or even a third heartbeat.Silent tears run down my face as I look at the three of them, how could I protect them? How could I protect my daughter from my brother? He was so set on taking her.“You did well.” The omega smiles at me as she drapes something over my legs, but I glance at the door. I had a bad feeling growing in the pit of my stomach.“He’s coming.” I mutter.There is fear on the omegas face as her eyes widen and her body stills.“You’re scared of him?”“Every omega is.” She sits next to me.“You know I’m not talking about Daryl, don’t you?”She nods her head and mutters Lucian’s name back to me.“What did he do to you?”He didn’t have anything to do with the omegas.“You don’t know?” she que
It was strange after experiencing Amber's world!Being able to run through Lucian’s mind with his beast chasing me was something I had never considered happening, nor did I think it was even possible and yet here I am. To be in someone’s mind was almost disgusting, you never know what they might be hiding and it was apparent that Lucian had been hiding alot.I had never bothered to ask the name of his beast, but something tells me it’s up there like mine. Reaper, another name for death and she certainly did have a dark side.“Tell me where she is!” I scream as I continue to run.“Give us your daughter!”“I have already told Lucian, they are boys, no females.”“You lie! I can smell it. You are carrying a girl!”Here I had no bump, if anything my stomach was flatter than flat. Was this how Lucian really saw me?He chases me through the greyness of Lucians mind. There was no colour, like he only saw things a certain way. Anytime I get a chance to grab something to throw, I do. Lucian con