I took the reigns back from Rydere as she got up and disappeared behind a door. Sighing, I fell back against the couch. “I don’t know if she should come back.”Morgan chuckled. “I don’t think she could have hidden here much longer. The world is a lot smaller than we think. Eventually, it would spread to here. Someone would ask for help or something might happen that would force her out. I would rather avoid the latter, because that girl has the power to completely destroy the world.”He looked at me, the laughter gone from his face. A more serious look, one that showed just how long he had been alive. “Auri has the ability to reset our world. The BloodHunter coven likes to call her a king killer but honestly, that’s a fucking joke. She killed the Vampire King already before she even was even mated to that asshat Alpha. Then she killed the fake Alpha King.” He paused for a moment, chewing on his words. “I think it would be more appropriate to call her a Goddess of Judgement. Because t
I jolted awake with a start. It sounded like a herd of elephants were rampaging through the house. Auri was gone and I pulled my phone up. It wasn’t even six-thirty. I also had six missed calls. Four from Bryan, two from Vale. Groaning, I rolled out of bed and rubbed my eyes. More thundering and I finally opened the door.What I wasn’t expecting was the chaos that was ensuing. All the kids, in a various state of dress, running around. Some getting their backpacks together, others were sitting at the table having breakfast. Auri and Morgan were in the kitchen with nine different lunch boxes open, putting together food. I was floored.“Ah! Hector! Coffee is here.” Morgan reached over and poured a cup of coffee.Reaching out, I took the mug and took a drink. Sighing, I closed my eyes. Hands tugged my pants and I looked down. Herr was smiling up at me.“Can you help me up?”I set my coffee down and picked her up. She smiled at me and I turned her around. “What would you like?”“There is a
Auri nodded and suddenly the weight was gone, as if it was never there. She reached down and picked me up off the ground.“Sorry. Got a little heated there. Good to know the level that you can take. We will have to work on it if you’re staying for a while. I don’t expect you to be up and running around at 100% but…” There was a mischievous smile on her face. “…20% is kinda of sad.”My eyes widened. Rydere even stepped back a little, shocked as well. She laughed and shook her head.“Shall we?” Her hand was held out to me and I intertwined my fingers with hers.We walked quietly for a while. She hadn’t even looked back at the Alpha. I, however, glanced back at him, my anger rising back up.“Honestly, he’s not that bad. Pushy, sure. But he’s a good Alpha. Especially with the ideas that all supernaturals should be on the same page. Together, learning and coexisting. Not fighting each other.”“Not a bad guy?! Auri, he just threatened your kids!”Auri sighed. “Because you’re here. He’s thre
*** Ezekiel’s POV *** “You sure you’re okay?” Vale asked me for at least the fourth time today.“I’m fine, Vale. What did you want me to do with these reports?” I snipped back without meaning to. It didn’t help make my point that I was okay.His eyes narrowed at me. “Look…if you need…”“I said, I’m fine.” I look a breath before answering calmly. “The reports, Vale.”Vale let the silence hang in the air for a couple seconds before sighing himself and shaking his head. “Just put them on the to-do pile. I’m getting too many conflicting reports to just file them away at this point.”My eyes narrowed. “What do you mean?”“You know the conditions that were signed by the Fey King, Vampire King, and Mother Witch?”I closed one eye and rubbed my chin, trying to think back to anything specific that jumped out as an issue. It had been at least 12 weeks, maybe more, since the meeting between all the supernatural leaders had happened. Somehow, they all had agreed with a little coaxing. It took t
Vale was going to kill me. Okay, maybe not kill me but definitely torture me. Hell, I wouldn’t put it past him to tie me to the bed and shove a vibrator in my ass; forcing me to come over and over against for hours from as far away as the bluetooth would reach. Faris growled, seemingly liking the idea but I shook my head. I gave him the mental image of us, writhing in pain as we were drenched in sweat and cum and seemingly no end in sight. He seemed to back off a little after that image when through our mind.As soon as she had stepped out, I was shocked. Auri had been teaching me and sometimes, through the quiet of our work, she would talk about the old days. Her old days with her crew and how she took up the name Astra back when she was on Nova. I’d tracked down some old songs and even some old performances that had been uploaded online.She was incredible and I fell in love with her sound. Morgan even helped me track down some of her earlier stuff, when she would sing with her frie
I pulled on a leather jacket that I picked up in Germany and with jeans and a black shirt, I was ready to go. My hair was a mess but I didn’t feel like messing with it now. Heading down the stairs, AJ, Jax, Felix, and Lucy were all standing around, ready to go out to the festival. Originally, I had wanted to bring the twins but it was going to be too late for them at this point. So I figured it would be a grown up day for all of us. Simon and his mate were sweet enough to take them for the evening, siting that their bedtime was the same time as the kids and they didn’t want to be out late.“Looking good, Alpha.”Lucy winked at me and I smiled. My brow furrowed after a moment. “Where is Vale?”All of them shrugged and I sighed, turning around and going back up the stairs to his office. Sure enough, he was leaning over his desk, two papers in one hand and a pen in his mouth.“Vale, come on. We need to head out befor
“You’ve met my wife before.” Hector stated and looked over everyone.“Estel Storm is your wife? She’s incredible! I’ve heard some of her stuff over social media!” Lucy grabbed Hector’s forearm. “I mean, Z got to meet her and talk to her!”His smile widened even more. “He did. She told me about it.”Bryan elbowed him. “Couldn’t get her to change her last name to yours?”Hector shook his head. “Nah. I changed my last name to hers. It was better than having to do the paperwork for all seven kids.”Everyone snapped their heads to him; even my eyes widened. I hadn’t heard she had kids. It wasn’t in any information about her. Though, there wasn’t much I could find in general. I’d tried to do a deep dive on her once I found out Auri was using the name Estel Storm. In the middle of digging around, a little fairy flew across my screen and dropped a note.‘Nice try, Ezekiel. You aren’t going to find anything.’Pipsqueak had struck again and I knew I wouldn’t find any information on her based on
Oh shit. It was the only thing I could think. Looking back at Hector, his face no longer had the smile as he looked over at Vale’s father and brother. Swallowing, I turned back to the two wolves.“Nice to see you again, Mr. Everfell.” I held out my hand to him.He nodded. “Nice to see you again as well, Alpha Ezekiel. You can call me Logan, no need for formalities when you are my son’s mate.”My smile was strained as I turned to his brother. “I don’t think we have ever met. I’m Alpha Ezekiel.”“We haven’t. Alpha Týr, Vale’s older brother. I’m glad I get to meet you, finally. Vale talks about you often.”I chuckled awkwardly. “Yeah…I hope it’s all good.”Týr chuckled as well. “You would think you were handed to him by the Goddess herself. Nothing to worry about.”All I could think was that it wasn’t going to be for long. I looked back at Hector who was still stoney faced looking at the two new additions that no one knew were coming, expect for Vale I’d guessed. Part of my was a little
Hey everyone. I can't believe we are here. We made it. This is truly the end. This journey has been an epic one and I am both happy and sad all of you could ride this crazy ride with me. It took a long time to get here. Much longer than I wanted, felt needed to, but here we are and it's done. The King's Alpha has finished. I'm sure everyone has the STRONGEST of opinions on my choices of where to go but in the end, I think, I always knew where it was going to end up. And it was here. It just was a struggle to find the right roat to get there. I want to say thank you. To all the mad ones. To all the sad ones. To all the happy ones. To the ones who have stuck by me and given me notes of encourangement through this. To the ones who have left comments telling me that they won't ever read anything of mine again because I haven't finished this story. I thank each and every one of you. Because it means that at some point, my story made you feel something. Made you fall in love or hate
I sat on the balcony overlooking the plains and forest behind it. I’d taken a liking to getting up early, smelling the morning dew as the world slowly woke up. A shot of cappuccino and a bowl of yogurt with fruit and just a drizzle of honey was on the table in front of me. My tablet also was sitting but there wasn’t much in the way of news to capture my attention away from the view.Rowan had called me yesterday from Egypt. He moved there after he found his mate. At first, I thought they might want to both step up as Beta, much like AJ and Jax did back in the day but they started to follow their own paths. Rowan was far more subdued. Taking after the bookworm side of Vale and maybe my introverted side. Reagan didn’t. Reagan was a fists first fight the world kind of girl. She stayed with Golden Moon, though she dragged her poor mate with her wherever she went.She was the Alpha King Nathan’s, Beta and had been for many years now. I had four grandkids and I got to see them as often as I
“Mom!” Syf and Freya both threw their hands around me and I held them close.Týr stood but didn’t say anything. Logan stayed seated next to him, his eyes unfocused as he looked ahead. I wiped the cheeks of my two girls and smiled.“Come on, Vale would be mad that we cried this much over him.”Freya chuckled. “He would say we are being over dramatic about it. Or that we were thinking of other stuff so we would tear up and make him feel better.”I nodded. “We all know it was you two who made him cry most of them time.”“I…we…” Syf looked at her twin before the two of them chuckled. “You’re right.”“I know, I’m right. I’m your mother.”Freya snorted. “Not looking like that you aren’t. I can’t believe you’re de-aging. That’s crazy, Mom. If I didn’t see the effects in you and Hector I would say you were lying.”I tried to smile but it just couldn’t get there. Admitting how much pain I went through wasn’t something I was going to dump here and now. They didn’t need to know. It was the same
We stood gathered on the Italian countryside. It was cloudy but there would be no rain. For the first time in a long time, everyone stood together. Werewolves, witches, vampires, and fey stood side by side to pay their respects to the Alpha King. Vale was encased in stone now. A sarcophagus that stood on the hill of the memorial spot we had chosen. It was carved with running wolves following the one wolf, their king. People came forward and spoke. Spoke of how Vale touched their lives in some way or another. Not just for him though. For Jax, for the wolves we lost in the battles and the ones who went back to their own packs. For Wendy and in my heart all the ones who had lost their lives to Oran’s sick and twisted desires.Hector was sitting on my right, his hand on my knee. Both my hands though were clasped in Zeke’s. Reagan and Rowan were sitting behind us with our kids. Luckily, all four of them made a complete recovery. Only certain things came up, sometimes being alone in a dark
Hector and I stayed by Vale’s side for a while. He held me together as I threatened to fall to pieces. After a long time, I finally spoke. “Oran is dead. Vale incapacitated him and I dusted him. He’s ash in the wind.”“He’s gone. For good.”“But at what cost, Hector? Was the cost worth it? Jax is dead. Wendy is dead. Vale…my son…my king…”Absently, I leaned down and moved a hair out of Vale’s peaceful face. My jaw clenched as I held back another wave of sobs, trying to keep myself together. My body started to shake and Hector turned me away from my son. I looked at him, his eyes as dark and stormy as the clouds above, raining tears down his cheeks. It broke me. Broke my control and I cried out.He put both hands on my face and held me, my hands covering his. It was my fucking fault. It was my fault. My Vale was dead. Our Vale, was gone. Joining the list of ones I loved who left me alone. Absently, my mind thought to the pain of living painfully long and outliving your family. I had co
*** Auri’s POV ***I had killed nine of the monsters that Oran kept in the arena beneath the castle. Nine of them, each one as mutilated and grotesque as the next. They were powerful though and it had taken me too long to kill them all. Too long put them all out of their misery as their minds begged me over and over again to do. Uriel had reached out to me and told me that he had the pups and had left the castle. All that was left was the battle Vale and Zeke were currently fighting.Running as fast as I could, I slid down the hall. I knew the High Council intended that Vale was going to rule inside the castle with them, but I didn’t know they had already built the throne room for him. When Vale first mind linked me about the room and that Oran was waiting for them, I wasn’t necessarily surprised. He was, if anything, a dramatic asshole.I stopped in front of two huge doors that were on the north side of the castle. Using my power, I touched the wood and it turned into a pile of wood
I wiped the blood out of my eyes, trying to focus on the where Oran was in the room. Vale was standing near the center of the room. He didn’t look nearly as bad as I did but that wasn’t saying much. Oran was playing with us but we still couldn’t compare to his strength. Holding up his broken sword, Vale parried Oran’s knife but was thrown back with the power behind the hit. Staggering up, I ran, only shifting my claws since I couldn’t shift my whole body anymore. I caught Oran’s arm as he was making a stab for Vale. My claws dragged across his skin and he dropped the knife.“Well, aren’t you the useful little mate.”I put up my arms to cover my face, sensing an attack either by his fists or foot. Vale though, grabbed the knife and me, pulling us back away and out of reach of the strike. We both were breathing heavily and on our knees. “Vale…we need…”He nodded. “I know. I know, Z. Just hold out a little longer.”Vale lifted up off the floor before brandishing the knife as his own wea
The castle looked empty. At least walking into it from the now ridiculously large exploded hole. Auri, King Uriel, Vale and I stepped over the rubble and the dead bodied of the witches to enter it. Everything was eerily quiet, as though no one had been in here at all. Had all the forces emptied out the different exits just now? Or were they lurking somewhere deeper?“The castle has an underground area as well, correct? If I saw the building plans correctly.” King Uriel looked at the three of us.Vale was the one who answered. “Correct. It has a full underground stadium area and most likely where they are keeping the pups. Or in one of the catacomb areas. It’s a huge labyrinth down there.”He hummed. “We should split up.”Auri frowned. “I don’t know. We don’t know what’s ahead. What we are up against.”“I think he is right, Mom. I think we need to do this. Uriel, if you would take the upper floors. I have a feeling there will be more witches and some other vampires who are able to deal
As expected, the wolves came first. Their snarling and pounding of their paws drowned out every other sound in the forest. Our side had quieted as we waited for their attack. Auri stepped up though, out of the line. Her fur rippled like water as an immense flow of power left her, filling the forest. She barked out a single command and all the wolves we could see coming towards us shifted to their human forms. The sound of their bones assembling back into their body on a massive scale reverberated through the forest.Hector raced forward ahead of her, chomping the closest wolf’s, now confused human’s, head off. It was all that was needed. Our forces surged forward and around us. Vale started to go with them but my paws were planted firmly in the ground. Stopping and turning, Vale looked at me with his gold eyes.‘Can you do this, Z? It’s okay if…’My eyes widened as a wolf came from behind, leaping right at Vale as his back was turned to me. I stepped forward, one step, then another. S