~ Jace ~ “Here, let me take your things Auntie Rosa.” I move around Jaxon, ignoring his sudden issues with Ares as I retrieve the bags from the floor to take inside into their guest room. “Jace.” She almost jumps aside at my closeness, her eyes concentrating on Ares as he meets Jaxon’s scrutinis
But I know for a fact, her relationship with her mother hasn’t been as rosey as Auntie Rosa might want to make out. “What’s going on?” I move to stand next to Jaxon, just as Josie and Knox move through the house from the back door, towels wrapped around their bodies from swimming in the lagoons.
~ Jace ~ “I promise…it’s not what you think!” I hear Jaxon grunt out as he tries to push me off him but I’m too busy pummelling him with punch after punch. How dare he even try to take advantage of her in that kind of way. “Why else were you in her bedroom?” I’m like a man possessed as all I
“Why is she vulnerable?” My low rumble snaps both of their heads towards me. “My car…” Jaxon shouts out. “What?” “She took my car the night she left…she was so desperate to leave. I’ve regretted letting her use it since, but maybe…” “Jaxon!” Josie roars out in frustration. All of us were o
~ Jace ~ “Baby, what baby?” “Of course…” Mum gasps out but I can’t keep up with everybody else’s words, all I can concentrate is on one image…Cleo having a baby. “What baby?” I roar out again, surely, they must have it wrong. She can’t be with child, she would have told me. “Cleo is pregnan
“No…no…I wasn’t willing.” Her voice is firm yet quiet in volume. I wish I had misheard, I wish I had this wrong…is she saying what I think she is saying. “You mean?” “It was a long time ago..” “Mum…” Josie starts to sob out, as she tries to take a step closer to Mum. “You knew about this?”
~ Jace ~ “Grandchild?” A few voices ask at once, all eyes looking to Jaxon in replica astonishment, myself included. “Jaxon, what are you talking about…” Josie calls out, but my eyes are locked on my brother, whose hand…that has remained on my shoulder for some time, suddenly has some weight to i
I need to right my wrong, before it is too late and I have lost her forever. “You stay here.” Uncle Orpheus finger is pointed aggressively towards my face, his face twisting with anger. “Not a chance in hell.” “You’ve done enough damage. I don’t want you anywhere near my daughter.” “No, she is
“No Cleo, they live for you and Ares.” “Perhaps, I also didn’t want Ares’ alpha title to be affected.” I sigh out, truths were being spoken that should have been said a long time ago. Death creating a time to ponder on the past, on the mistakes made. “Is that what you think of us, that we would
~ Cleo ~ Mum was just tired and for some reason being here wasn’t good for her. Just like she would sometimes struggle when we returned to the Dark Phantom pack..or when Dad wasn’t with her. Yes it was her family pack…where she grew up but even then it was like a darkness took over her. The sa
This isn’t the first time Rosa has lost control of her wolf and Cleo has had to pick up the pieces, had to protect Ares even as a child. We were all grieving, we were all exhausted…but we don’t let our wolves take on full control and block out the human side. I let my aura roll off me and direct
I was never meant to have the Clear Waters, I was always meant to take on Dad’s original legacy…the Amber Desert. With Cleo by my side. We would be close to her family pack, which is important to Cleo…she is extremely close to her Dad and brother, and she would want to support Ares in the years
~ Jace ~ It was vitally important that we plan out our next steps. I couldn’t afford to make a mistake. We were all gathered in the living area, it can’t be past 3am. We were all still awake, Mum refusing to leave Alora’s side…it won’t be long before cars from Clear Waters arrive to take her home
~ Cleo ~ I move his hands off my face…I can’t look him in the eyes. My mind was spiralling and I couldn’t stop it. Freya. Borders. Alora…. Supplies. My mind was making lists of things that need sorting…things that would keep me going right now. If I stopped for a second I fear I would crumble
I know exactly what she is thinking, how she is blaming herself for everything that has transpired just now. She is blaming herself for Alora’s death, for his death, for me being the new Alpha. “Cleo…” “I should go inside…” “No…” I grunt out, only for her to turn to look directly at Knox. “Ca
~Jace~ “You all need to go back into your homes. I’m setting a curfew until tomorrow at 10am. My warriors will patrol the grounds tonight. There will be no training at dawn, nothing until I say so. Anybody…and I mean anynbody caught out will be imprisoned …do I make myself clear?” I open the pac
Jace I’m toying with him, I could have killed him by now. But that would be too easy, he deserves a slow…painful death. A death that has come from him losing…from being defeated. I want him to bleed each drop of blood before I take his life. He dared to think he could have what was mine, to ta