LINDEN
Every morning that I wake up and roll over to see her gorgeous blue eyes tracking me, is another morning where all I want, is to give her the world.
I couldn’t sleep, she couldn’t sleep, and even though this isn’t a permanent solution, sleeping in the cell next to hers is the closest we could get as she adjusted.
Each morning I leave her to go make breakfast, bringing it down so we can eat together as we always have, and each morning she ends up sitting backwards on my lap, lazily feeding from me while I eat all of her bacon. It's a fair trade, I think.
We’ve reached a new sense of normal between us, a casual nature to her new one that has her taking the blood she needs from me as she needs it, but something was different about her this
NIXON Linden’s got his hands full, quite literally. I made the mistake of going to check in on Marcy while Linden should have been on his rounds but… never again. His hands were gripping onto Marcy's ass as his bare one was behind it, eliminating any worries I had about Marcy’s level of restraint. I don’t even think he realized I was there for the millisecond it took me to flash the fuck back out of there. I needed to get the visual out of my head, but thinking about Alice wasn't any better, she was off making little dragon babies. It did, however, get me thinking... could their offspring even be two shifters at once? Would one shifter take over, or would they be little Wolf-Dragon hybrids, Wagons? Drolf
ALICE How many knots was this? I couldn’t even guess. My days were blending together and the constant need to satisfy my mates was the only thing on my mind. I gave in after day two and decided to rest in Rian’s arms, although I still feel like it's a forced event every few days. It wasn't really fair when I was sitting in his giant arms, leaning into his chest as he leaned against the headboard, and Sebastian was pressed up behind me whispering sweet nothings to me. Who could resist falling asleep to that? The environment they created demanded sleep. Nothing could touch me here, and I’d hate to see what was left of anyone who dared try. Sebastian’s fangs were nipping at my skin with a feather-like perfection that was both soothing and creating a growing need.
ALICE "You can really find me... anywhere?" I asked Rian as I sat facing him on his lap and he continued to feed me whenever I tried to ask a question. "Yes," he blinked at me, clearly annoyed that this was the fourth time I'd asked him, but did it have a limit? I mean what if I was on the other side of the world? "It might take him time," Sebastian held up some water for me to take, "but he'd really find you anywhere. We're marked," he winked at me without Rian seeing, "just like everything he-" "Sebastian..." Rian cut him off with a warning and a glare. It was meant to be a warning at least, but to me, and I'm guessing Sebastian, it was a challenge dripping with sexy undertones.
ALICE “As far as anyone knows, neither do I,” Sebastian leaned in and barely brushed his lips over mine, hovering there as he whispered, “we have to be careful, little wolf.” When he stood back up there was a seriousness to him that was usually reserved for outside of this house, “It’s why we can’t travel at night and why I can’t be found out in the daylight.” “But Scar-” “Scar secured his own,” his expressions grew rigid, “there are few and far between witches who are able to complete such a task, and that particular one found her death soon after.” He can’t be serious. Have I mentioned Maddy? Have I mentioned the ring I had secured for Marcy? Stupid. Reckless.&n
ALICE There was a pause over the phone, a hope in the form of silence that Nixon would understand what I was saying and just agree, but then his mouth ruined it. I heard the hissing sound first, then came a soft whisper so deadly that it had me on alert, “Ab..sa…fucking…lutely…not. Are you fucking insane?” “You know he won’t be able to res-” “Promise me, Al, promise me right now.” “Always together.” That was the only promise I could make Nixon because I wouldn’t stop thinking that it would be our best chance to use me as bait, and I wouldn’t promise that if given the chance I wouldn’t use it to our advantage, but I wouldn’t go into it alone. We did things together, always
ALICE “No, you didn’t say it out loud,” the impassive tone Rian used matched the look on his face and was almost a challenge. I let my guard down here, for them, and he couldn’t do the same thing? I cocked my head as I closed the distance between us, Amara pushing forwards as she bulked us slightly, sharpened our senses. I had to tip my chin higher because he was so much taller than me that I had no chance of going nose to nose with him, but that didn’t mean I would back down. Nope. I’m an Alpha. ‘You can feel his pain,’ Sebastian linked me and Rian’s eyes snapped to him, ‘he can read your mind… just like he can hear us now because he can also read mine.' “That’s
NIXON An arrow tip pressed into my chest as I caught it. Another half an inch and it would have been rebirth time. It turned to ash as I looked up at the very horrified guard. 'I'm unannounced,' I pressed my finger to my lips for them to keep it quiet, 'so I'll let this go.' I flashed beside him, patting him on the shoulder, "Good aim." He practically swooned at the compliment... what a model Alpha I am. Sometimes I forget what a big deal we are. The Heirs. We act so casually at home, and I wouldn’t want it any other way, but it’s been a while since we were required to interact with another pack and that requires a whole other persona.
NIXON Alderics wolf looked like he was preparing to burst through as Terran scolded me in a string of curse words before trying to defuse the Beta, ‘They are both alive-’ ‘Now.’ I cut him off and the poor Beta’s head looked like it was spinning. ‘I didn’t tell them everything,’ Terran shook his head at me, ‘anything, really, other than that Shadow Forest was attacked and everything was ‘fine’ for a lack of better words when we returned, it wasn’t my place.’ ‘I actually came to speak with Kallan, the council needs to be kept up to date,’ among other reasons to visit your favourite ruthless psychopath. I motioned for Alderic to follow, ‘As long as you can keep secrets, you’re welcome to join.’ ‘If I wasn’t, I’d be lying in
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