Emerald I sat up in bed and that’s when I realized I was alone. I knew they had been gone for a while because the sheets were cold. I climbed out of the bed and went into the bathroom. I looked at myself in the mirror. I was a hot mess. I turned around and slid to the ground. I pulled my knees up to my chest and laid my head on them. The tears started flowing freely. Of course, they wouldn’t want to be around me. They probably both figured that I wanted Ryder and Scott to touch me. I have no idea how long I had been sitting there when I felt a warm hand on the side of my face. I couldn’t even bring myself to look at them. I am sure they are disgusted by me. I froze when I felt myself being picked up and sat on the bed. I hurried and scooted myself back against the headboard. “Kitten, what is wrong?” Devon asked. “I am sorry.” Is all I could say. I felt a hand lift my face and I looked into Nate’s eyes. He wiped the tears away. I had no idea what to do. I was wai
Alpha Jason It had been two days since the kidnapping, and everything was back to normal. Well normal for this pack. Ryan and his bunch were still here. He did mention that he was going to have to go back soon. This also meant that Lyra and Nate would be going with them. I knew Stevan and Jackson were sad. Steven was going to watch his daughter leave with her mate, and Jackson was going to watch his niece, who he had raised, leave with her mate as well. I knew they were both also happy for the girls. They really couldn’t have been given better mates than Ryan and Ian. That didn’t stop Emerald from threatening them. “Only she could threaten an alpha.” Tyler comments. “Not just any alpha. The alpha of the Phantom Shadow Pack and she got away with it.” Gavin remarks. “Well, she is Princess Emerald.” Aiden points out. All three of them vanish from the room. Jackson and I look around. That's when we hear a loud splash. We walk out the back door, and all three of them su
Vaccaro I sat straight up in my bed and ran my hand down my face. I had been having that same dream now for almost three weeks. It starts with my Uncle Vincent and me walking in town. We run into a very pretty woman, and she and my uncle have a fight. It then jumps to him and me as we sneak into a house that I have never seen. The same woman is there. Again they fight, and she leaves into another room. I hear a door slam, and my uncle follows her. I hear screaming and crying, and then my uncle walks out, and we leave. I have no reason for me to keep having this dream. My uncle has been dead now for close to 500 years. He challenged my father for the throne and lost. I have no idea who this woman is, but she looks like one of the fae. I get up and walk into my bathroom. I turn on the shower and climb in. I am going to talk to my parents about this dream. Maybe they know something. “So this dream includes your uncle?’ Dad asks. “Yes, the two of us are in town when we
Ryder It has been a week since the failed kidnapping, and I am still pissed about the whole situation. I know this next time; we need to make sure that we only take Emerald. However, the girl with black hair that reaches past her ass and dark blue hazel-coloured eyes was definitely a nice addition. I know Scott liked her too, and she bore no marks, so she is free to take. Vivian is still trying to locate the guy that she knows that could help us remove the marks from Emerald. We need to make damn sure that the two that are mated with the guys from the Phantom Shadow pack are not taken. I am unsure if that is how they found us, but I know it didn’t help the situation. “Has Vivian found that guy yet?” Scott asked. “Not as far as I know. I have been in contact with a warlock I know and he says that he knows of a witch that can remove marks. He is going to talk to her tomorrow.” I explained. “I am not sure if Vivian is as useful as we think.” Scott points out. I am starting
Nilan I walked out of the bathroom and into the closet. I find a pair of sweatpants and pull them on. I look at my mark in the mirror. Yes, we marked each other, but we have not done much else but some heavy make-out sessions. I was holding back until we got to know each other and then the whole kidnapping thing. I am not sure how much longer I can control myself. I smile when I hear the door to our room open and shut. I walk out, ready to greet her, but I stop dead in my tracks. I watch as she slides the straps of her dress off her shoulders, and it drops to the ground revealing a light pink silk bra and underwear set. “Silk is my favorite,” I whisper in her ear. I walked up behind her. She had no idea I was here. Vampire speed comes in useful sometimes. I run my hands up till I am cupping her full heavy breasts. She is a perfect full D-cup, and I love them. They are a perfect fit in my hands. Her head falls back against my shoulder as I graze one of her nipples with my t
Esme I watched from my window as Vaccaro’s car pulled out of the driveway. He and his parents had been here a week. I somehow kept my identity a secret from him while he was here. Oh, he saw me multiple times, but I had covered my scent with a special spray. I was walking in from outside the day he arrived. As I walked in, I was hit with the hypnotic scent of sandalwood and fresh rain. I peeked around the corner, and that's when I saw him. Right away, I knew he was my mate. I knew I had to mask my scent, so I ran up to my room and found the spray. When I came back down and entered the room, I could see him looking around. I am sure he had caught my scent before I ran up to my room. I couldn’t help but stare at him. He is the most handsome man I have ever seen. Vaccaro is easily a foot and a half taller than my 5’0” stature with wavy light golden brown hair and gorgeous blue-green eyes the colour of the ocean. He looked at me, and I smiled at him, trying to seem friendly.
Alpha Jackson Well, here we are again, sitting in Jason’s office. Vaccaro was not due back for another week, but he called yesterday and said he had some information that needed to be shared immediately. He told Jason that he would be back tomorrow. Hence why we are here today. Vaccaro should be arriving any moment. He wouldn’t say what it was pertaining to over the phone. I am sure it is pertaining to Ryder and his bunch. We did tell him and his parents everything that had happened with Ryder and his pack while they were here. They were not very happy to hear that someone sold Emerald to Ryder’s dad and they were not happy to hear that they had kidnapped and tried to rape her either. “Sorry that I am late. There was heavy traffic as we were coming into town. Some kind of event is at the local arena.” Vaccaro says. “Shit I forgot there was a football game here in town tonight and I think the local fair started today.” Devon states. “I wanna go,” Emerald whines. “To
Vaccaro I couldn’t believe what I heard when Esme told us about the alpha that rejected her. I definitely noticed her the last time I was here, and I thought she was beautiful with black hair that shone blue in the light and dark blue hazel-coloured eyes. She is taller than the other girls. She comes up to my shoulders which makes her around 5’8” to my 6’5” frame. Esme has curves in all the right spots, and I want nothing more than to grab her hips and pull her against me. I called my parents after I had talked to everyone about that Vivian woman and finding the bodies. They were both very happy until I told them what she had been through. I heard my father let out a growl. Mom went silent, which is never a good thing. I looked for Esme all day after the meeting but was not able to find her. I think she is covering her scent somehow. She wasn’t present at breakfast this morning, either. “Alpha there is a woman here to see you.” One of the omegas says. “Please show her
Epilogue 2 Chris “Are there any more children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren we should know about?” Aphrodite asked. “No.” All the men say. “Thank god.” Athena states. “What about all you women? Any of you have any offspring we should be aware of?” Poseidon asked. “Nope.” They all answered as one. I watch as my sisters roll their eyes. After the recent events and all we, the three of us, decided that a family meeting was in order. This is the first, and I am sure it will be the last time that my sisters willingly schedule a family meeting. Mykayla and Emerald are both here as well. It has been a year since all that shit went down, and the three of us decided to take a journey to all the realms and make sure everyone was behaving. We visited the dark fae, and let me tell you; they were scared shitless. While my sisters take a great thrill in scaring people, I don't, but after this, I even enjoyed scaring the dark fae. The three of us have pretty much left the
Epilogue Devon It’s been six months since that day and everything has returned to normal. Well as normal as this pack can get. I guess Dustin was right when he said crazy shit happens within this alliance. I look down when I hear a small cry and smile. I am holding my one-week-old daughter. Emerald was pregnant when she took on those fuckers. She had no idea since she didn’t have any signs or symptoms. In fact, she had no idea she was pregnant until we rushed her to the hospital a week ago and she gave birth to our second little princess, whose name is Katyryia. She has mine and Nate’s eyes and hair the colour of the night. It is also extremely curly. I have no idea where she got the curly hair. A few of the guys joked that she wasn’t ours, but Nate and I know that Emerald would never cheat on us so we aren’t concerned. “I would still like to know where this dark curly hair came from.” Mom said. “That’s easy from me.” A man says. We all turn around to see the triplets
Malachi I had no idea what we should do. We had a dozen women, not including Payton, Pytheria, and Violet, from several different species in the truck. I knew we needed to get to the main part of the complex now but we also couldn’t leave these women. Not with what they had been through. “Well take them, go help, Emerald,” Jailynn yells. Jailynn, Daniylla, and Leah had appeared and were dealing with the women. The five of us started running towards the complex. I knew with everything happening that they wouldn’t even notice us coming. I knew that Emerald’s powers were starting to come out when the weather started getting shitty. The air was getting more electric as well. I look back and all of them are gone. As we get closer the air around the place complex becomes thicker and colder. I also noticed that the ground was getting soggy. I smile because I know that Emerald has an affinity for water. I am not surprised that she is making the ground melt and become soggy and
Emerald Seriously this still looks like the same dump as last time. The whole area looks like shit. Well, that is what they want anyone who comes snooping around to think. I know it is a bunch of bullshit. I close my eyes and say a few words then open them. Just as I thought, they were using magic to conceal the fact that they have rebuilt this facility and what they are currently using it for. I roll my eyes. As if their magic works on me. Please not even close. I sit on a rock that overlooks the whole area watching what is going on. I have been here since last night and noticed that they seemed to disappear once they got close to the broken-down fence line. That was their shitty magic at work. I have decided to watch them for a few days and see what they are up to. There are several of those creatures lurking around as their guard dogs. Of course, none of them knows that I am here. I also know that they have recently moved the girls to a new location at the centre of
Pytheria I feel like shit and have for the last two weeks. That is how long that Payton, Violet, and I have been locked in this fucking place. They are moving us today for some unknown reason. I had seen Vincent and his wife when I first arrived so I knew what I originally thought was true. I also noticed that she and the head hybrid were exceptionally close. I have a very high suspicion that she and Vincent weren’t really mates. I think she cast some sort of spell on him to make him think that she was his mate. I noticed that Payton has been looking pale the last week as well. I am beginning to think that the two of us might be pregnant, but until we can get out of here and pee on a stick we won’t know for sure. I don’t want to bring this up to her. I also don’t want any of these slimy fuckers even thinking that we might be pregnant. Who knows what they would try and do to us then? “What if they come back?” Violet asked. “Then they come back. They can’t touch us for wh
Emerald I knew once I got them back in Europe this would be easy. I have spent enough time here that I know his whole continent by heart. I have been to every little town and corner, from coast to coast and north to south. There is literally nowhere in Europe I haven’t been. I knew exactly which compound they were talking about the minute Zavian described it. I had followed a few guys that I had seen slinking around France back to it. I had noticed them watching one of the local packs and covens closely, so I knew they were up to no good. I was right. They tried to kidnap the alpha’s daughter and the coven leader’s, son. I stopped it and followed them back to the compound in Russia. I knew they were supernatural creatures back then, but I couldn’t figure out what kind. Of course, that was when I was 18, and I had no idea that elves were even in our realm. I had heard some terrible sounds coming from one of the smaller buildings, and I am guessing that was where they were m
Nate I should have known she was planning something but with everything going on this last week or so. Looking back now nothing was out of the norm for her to do. She was taking care of our three little terrors and running the shop along with Nalena. Devon did make the comment that she and Nalena had been doing a lot of shopping lately but I thought it was for the shop. I sit here looking through the credit card statements but there is nothing. She must have paid with cash for anything she bought. “How long has she been gone?” Ryan asked. “We all went to bed last night. I hadn’t seen her this morning after getting up before her.” Devon says. “We thought that she was just at the shop. When Tyler came back and asked where Emerald was we both thought he was crazy. We figured that she was in the back doing something and that he just didn’t see her.” I add. “I only noticed about an hour ago when I went looking for her in our room that her backpack was gone. I also found a
Jax These last 24 hours have been a total shit show. First Payton, Pytheria, and Violet were taken. Then we received a letter stating that they would be returned if we gave Emerald to them. This of course pissed off Devon and Nate. I mean we are all pissed that they are trying to negotiate with us. We will get the other girls back without handing Emerald over to them. “How fucking stupid do they think we are?” Nate growls. “They must know that there is no way in fucking hell that we are going to negotiate with them,” I add. “They think they have the upper hand because they have three women that they know we will do anything to get back. Remember they wanted Violet from the start and Payton for who her mother was and where she comes from. I still can’t fathom why they want Pytheria. She really holds no real meaning to them.” Xindi points out. “That is not true,” Marcus says. We all turn and look at him. He has his computer in front of him and is typing away. “I did
Dax Emerald is up to something. She has been acting weird for the last week ever since Zavian was here. That meeting was hilarious. I kinda felt sorry for Zavian, but I can admit that those two scare the fucking crap out of me. Rye even told me and Jax that was just a sample of what they can be like when they are pissed. Chris and the guys told us about and showed up what can happen when his sisters are pissed. We saw what happened to those fuckers that kidnapped Jordyn, Dominick, and Xaydyn when they were little. Those assholed deserved everything they got but to see it made me realize that there is a very valid reason to be terrified of those two. I watch as Emerald hands the three terrors off to Tylynn as she and Nalena leave for their shop. “Do you think she is planning something?” Jax asked. “Yes, I do think she is planning something. I wouldn’t be surprised if Nalena knows what is going on.” I answer. Jax nods his head in agreement. After several long talks Emera