LINDEN
When Alice let go of Westley and turned around there was a heat to the air that suggested Onyx was out instead, and as I circled around his black eyes confirmed it.
Onyx wasn’t like Ace or Amara, there was never any verbal communication and he could be unpredictably aggressive. For the most part, Nixon kept him under control but when it came to his possessive streak over me and Alice, we learned to placate him.
Alice stood there and waited, knowing that Onyx needed control back as he gripped her chin roughly while he inspected her for injuries before drawing the back of her neck towards him and pressing his forehead to hers. I don’t know how it started because we were too young to remember when it did, but this was one thing that he was extra possessive over and I almost learnt that the hard way
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LINDEN Alice slowly made the walk between us, half shoving me out of the way to get to Marcy. She wrapped her up in a tight hug, slightly twirling her around before putting her down and holding her at an arm's length. “How do you get more and more beautiful every time I come here?” Alice kissed her forehead. “Stop,” Marcy blushed, “it’s you who always looks better. What do you have in Berkton, a fountain of youth?” “And a steady supply of alcohol,” she winked and they both laughed together like they spent their whole lives around each other. While Marcy may not be a wolf, having my mark has opened her up to some things from our world, and it appears that having the love of her Alpha is one of those things. The way her whole face lit up at Alice’s compliments, th
LINDEN The morning air was also so crisp and relaxing that it was hard not to notice when Alice was around. The thick texture her scent brought was like a warning and a blanket of safety all at once. She slipped her hands around my waist, pressing her cheek into my back and giving me a gentle squeeze before I turned in her arms and cradled her head against my chest. Her jet black hair was always pin-straight, and as it flowed in the breeze it never escaped me how at peace she was like this. “I do miss this,” she whispered, “miss you all,” her jaw tensed and she swallowed roughly, “please don’t make it harder than it needs to be to leave tomorrow.” “If it’s hard to leave, that has nothing to do with my actions.”
NIXON Every word Alice delivered to us sent little jolts of pain through me knowing how right she is, but how can I choose between what they want? I can’t. “Hey,” I flashed, pressing my forehead to hers, “we can’t have an eruption within twenty-four hours, little volcano.” No one wanted an actual Alice eruption, last time she almost killed someone and it took mom deep-diving while my dad's all held her down to knock her out of it. Her eyes darted up to mine, searching the depths within them for a way out of her pain. I could give this to her, her eyes on mine, a way to connect with us on this level without the fear of Linden deep diving, although I know she learned how to block that a few years ago. “I can’t,” she half-choked on her words, reaching for Lin
NIXON "Goddess, are you dying or something?" Linden snarked as he rolled his eyes and sat on the grass. "Or something," Terran looked between us, "look, abilities are hard to manage when you're emotional. Sometimes they don't work, other times they do too much damage, or cloud your judgment. Nixon has died and rebirthed, if he dies you both know he's coming back to you," he hesitated, "but what happens when it's Alice, Linden, another sibling or someone you care about?" "What the hell Terran?" Alice half shrieked at him, checking to make sure I had Onyx locked up. "Maybe WE should have this conversation," she pointed between her, Linden, and Terran, "and we can have it with Nixon later," she was whispering but it came out more like a hiss. "No," he stood his gro
ALICEMarcy made sure that my belly was full before I set off after lunch. While it always felt foreign and a little painful to leave, it hurt a little less this time as the anticipation of what awaited for me in Berkton bubbled up inside of me.I tried to suppress the feelings of being away from my mates while I was here, but the urge to close the distance between us was always there, and now that the decision had been made to go back, it was growing painful to stay away.The feeling was so familiar, the pain of being away from the pack and my siblings so similar, and yet starkly different."I'm in town next weekend to meet with a new client," Nixon leant over the door as I lowered into my vehicle, "I'll swing by."
ALICEThere in the tree line is what I’m assuming is another Vamp. He’s lurking in the shadows and not daring to come after me which is fine by me and only has me pressing on the gas faster. I’m not on kill duty today, and my plates will lead them to a mailbox two towns away from me, so if he’s set on tracking me down - good luck.He looked familiar, too familiar even though my brain couldn't place from where. Ugh, maybe I should have stayed and finished him off, it’s not like me to leave loose strings, but Ian has my head all kinds of messed up.Ian.What is a girl to do when her triplets are determined to rid the world of a species you’re mated to? I can’t bring myself to react to Vamps the way I’ve trained to m
ALICE When I opened the door to the apartment, Viv's eyes immediately found mine, and her face relaxed instantly, easing the panic that was all over her face as I heard Ted's voice. "Yes, Mr… no, absolutely there's nothing I'll do first you have my word… I understand but she's not in danger, she's visiting family, of course…. Fuck," I could hear his phone hit the table with an exhausted thump. "What's going on?" "Oh thank fuck," Ted practically jumped on me, grabbing my face between his hands and checking me over, "I'm gonna call your non-official boyfriend and let him know you're not dead in a ditch. He's been calling and showing up here non-stop." "I was visiting my brother," I scrunched my face up in
ALICE With my eyes shut tightly, I placed my cheek next to Rian's and slid the ring off of my finger. Rian’s chest stopped completely and his whole body tensed around me. His fingers were digging into my hips before he took a deep breath like someone trapped underwater that just came up for air. Something inside of him rumbled in a way I didn’t recognize, rattling through my chest and making Amara let out a low rumble of her own that resembled a purring sound. His body pressed closer to me as his hips ground into me gently. “It’s not simple to be my mate,” he growled out. “You have no idea,” my nose slid along his and the need to look into his eyes increased painfully.
ALICE **6 months later** Sebastian held me from behind, sitting up on the bed with his hands carefully tucked under mine, holding Tiernan up to feed as I slept against his chest. It always woke me, but it was adorable that he tried to let me sleep through the feedings. His lips lazily grazed my shoulder and neck, sensing I was awake, as Rian’s stronger scent announced his arrival with the sweet notes of fruit. 'Always scanning my thoughts for movements,' I teased, and when I opened one eye slightly to look at him, he was standing there with a smug smile on his face, not caring in the least. I looked down at our little greedy bundle of love and with each look, somehow the pain of the longest pregnancy in life subsided.
NIXON **6 months later** Rest in peace, Ian. You had a nice life. A fine life. One you clearly don't value too much when you're trying to argue with the woman carrying your offspring and my mate. A strong shiver crept up my spine at the thought. Nope. Even I'm not that crazy. "She does what she wants," Bridget announced, the rose notes in her scent rising as if to remind you that in her beauty is also thorns. My mate was correct, even in her oddly robotic
NIXON Alice's hand was tucked into mine, her other arm reaching across her body as she pressed into my side and lazily stroked my arm. This was the conversation I'd been waiting for since my parents left. Linden was standing on my other side, his arm pressed up against me as he showed his version of support. He wasn't as outwardly affectionate as Alice, and while he hardly initiated contact, he also wouldn't stop me if I reached for his hand right now. Their mates had given us this moment alone, Mountain and Ian were learning to give Alice some space the more they were here, but they never went far, always hovering in the background like she'd disappear if they took their eyes off of her. Well, she might. But it was drawi
LINDEN I still can’t believe the giant monster curled up casually outside of the house. Alice has been home for over two weeks, which was also so unheard of that I was beginning to wonder if I was dreaming. The blue scales on his body rippled as his lungs expanded, the horns coming back from his face shaking a bit as he seemingly got comfy and pups crawled all over him. They were sliding down his tail, where Sebastian and Nixon were on watch in case they needed to flash to catch anyone who fell off. Patient, yes his beast was that. Careful, cautious, really any kind of safe, he was not. ‘I don’t think I ever want to leave,’ Alice leant her head on my shoulder and I wrapped my hand around her as we watched them and she ate some… kale? She’s always eat
ALICE Rian's knot was nestled into me, the feeling of just how much it stretched me out being accentuated by the way my body was stretched up, slightly tugging at my entrance. My hands were tied together with a soft silky type of fabric that looped through a ring on the ceiling as Sebastian circled around me. He flashed to deliver little nips of his fangs all over my body, while Rian laid back and watched us like we were his entertainment. Sebastian loved knot time almost as much as I did... this was his time to take my submission that he craved freely. Rian let me play with Sebastian alongside him once, and oh was his perfect ass red, but I preferred handing the control over to them. He continued to edge me until I was a vibrating mess, begging him to let me find my
LINDEN Later that day, after a well-deserved nap, I came back out to check on Nixon but found Alice’s mates sitting in front of his fire with her. She was sitting backwards on Rian’s lap as he sat cross-legged on the ground and sideways to the fire. Her cheek was resting on his shoulder and her face pointed in the direction of the fire, although it didn't surprise me that she would be keeping an eye on Nixon. What did surprise me was when I rounded her and her eyes were closed. Was little volcano finally sleeping? She hardly ever slept when Nixon rebirthed, only admitting defeat after several days if his episodes lasted long enough. Al was always afraid that she would miss something, that he would wake without her and she wanted us to be the first thing he saw when he did.
LINDEN Terran confirmed his support of the two coupling and offered to help build Nixon a nest, but it had to be me and Alice, no one else ever has, or ever should, although we did allow him to construct a platform the nest would go on top of for us to be able to carry it easier. Once Ayana was let go, she left with Cato and Terran to solidify the truce with the other Fae bloodline holder, Baylin. Alice's mates were getting increasingly handsy, but her attention was solely on Nixon. She always had the natural ability to manage people without them feeling managed, Goddess knows she's managed us our whole lives, and she knew what her mates needed in order for her attention to be elsewhere soon. As I started to collect the bigger logs Alice began weaving some smaller bra
ALICE My chest began to heave up and down as I stared at Sebastian, the pain of him leaving me in the middle of the night flooding back to me. “Why didn’t you come back to get us so that we could have done this together? You let me think you left me? That you’d betray me?” Sebastian’s eyebrows scrunched together, his jaw flexing with tension, “I had to get us close enough with minimal risk, I was working on a way to get you here alone-” “Nixon is dead,” I interrupted him, cocking my head as I took a step towards him, “Terran could have died… Linden could have died… again!”
ALICE Jasper looked to Sebastian behind me, but his cruel red hues narrowed like he didn’t find what they were looking for. His anger turned to surprise and a slow ember type of light started to shine through his veins, turning the skin above, and then around them, to ash as he fell to his knees. My blood, and anywhere it touched, was burning him alive. The few screams of agony that he let out were like ecstasy wrapped in more ecstasy, drawing the attention of the very bloodied and probably broken prince’s. Linden’s eyes started to bulge not because of what was happening with Jasper, but because of the water that was filling his lungs. Panic filled me as my body tried to leap into action but Sebastian’s hold hadn’t let go of me yet and his voice boomed out