*** 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
We all froze as Auri was smiling at the group of us. Logan slinked behind her like a sad puppy, his hands shoved in his pocket. Behind him, Felix was holding Lucy around the waist. However, everyone waited as Vale struggled to get out of her grip.“Auri!” Jax was the first one to move and he stepped forward.She let go of Vale’s wrist as he hugged her. His face fell to her shoulder and from where I was standing, I could see his hands grab her shirt tightly. Leaning her head against his, Auri rubbed his back and hushed him quietly.“It’s alright, Jax. I’m okay. I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you when you needed me. I’m here now though. I’ve got you.”I couldn’t help the smile on face as I watched my Beta’s shoulders shake. It was easy to see the pain and the tear that Auri’s leaving had on Bryan, Hector, and Vale. But AJ and Jax were as much affected because they had called her mom as much as any of her biological kids. AJ joined the hug and Auri laughed, moving to stroke the back of his
“That’s a bit broad, sweetheart. You mean in the past year or before that?” AJ rubbed the back of his neck. “I guess in the last year.” “I live in a house outside Lauwil, in Switzerland. There are times where I take a weekend or so and go to Germany to see an old friend but my home is in Switzerland. I’ve been there for a little over two years.” The tension in the room made it hard to breathe. When no one else asked another question, I spoke up, hopefully trying to get everyone to open up. “Nine kids? Hector said he was marrying someone with nine kids and we didn’t really believe him.” Hector chuckled. “Good to know no one believed me.” I shook my head and a few of the guys laughed. Auri nodded as she smiled. “Yes, I have nine kids.” She put up her hand as I started to open my mouth to ask another. “I know the follow up and I can answer it as well.” Taking a sip of her drink, she placed the bottle down on the table and stared at it for a moment before answering. “As I made my wa
I don’t know how late it was when Vale stumbled back into the bedroom but I was already laying in bed. He slipped into the bed but curled up on his side, making sure to keep a canyon between us. Flipping over so I was facing the balcony doors, I laid there for a while before finally getting up. It was still dark and I took a pack of cigarettes out of my drawer and sat on the balcony, smoking as I watched the sun rise.Part of me wished I hadn’t stormed out of there. I would have liked to listen to what Auri had to say and see what other questions we were able to get out of her. Still though, Vale was way out of line. Chuckling, I wondered how much time I would spend in the cell. I’d built them myself so I knew they really weren’t terrible. How to explain it to Reagan and Rowan though. That would be a tough one. Maybe just that I was going to be gone for a little bit for work.Letting out a puff of smoke, I sighed. The feelings and the look Vale gave me was exactly what I was expecting