DavinaI feel like someone ripped a piece of my heart out. I immediately knew something is wrong and I search the ground for my daughters. My eye catches Malayah’s lifeless body and Maliyah killing Enzo. This time I know she is dead, I felt it. This is not a trick, she’s not coming back. I feel the wind pick up as Maliyah’s loses control of her powers. She has created a tornado that is getting wider, engulfing the whole field. I need to stop her or she’ll hurt not only the rogues but our allies. As I fly closer to the ground I see she’s crying out in pain as she holds her sister close. My heart breaks at the site but I can’t break down, I still have a daughter that needs me right now.Derek and Aspen are trying to reach her, but the wind is too much and it’s pushing them back. Lightning begins striking as the winds get stronger. I shift as soon as I land and grab onto my daughter’s. There is nothing I can say to make this better, she just lost her twin. The other half that makes her
Derek I finally convinced Davina to go lay down so I could let the nurses take Malayah’s body for burial. I ordered Dr. Ase to move Maliyah to her room and hook up everything he needs to monitor her in there. Mark dragged Owen to the training field because he was losing control. I don’t blame him. He just lost his mate, we just lost our sister and now I have to go tell mom. I am sure she knows but I also have to tell her about the girls. “Derek! Where is Mark?” I can hear the panic in Daniela’s voice. “He’s fine. He took Owen to the training field, he’s not doing well.” “Why? What happened?” “Keila died,” I choke out, tears brimming my eyes again. “Oh my goddess! Derek what happened?” “I was hoping you could tell me.” “She said she was going to herb storage to help the injured upon your return. I went to nap and your mom has been busy with the kids. We figured she was preparing with the nurses.” ”Someone helped her teleport there. I want to know who brought her on that battl
AlastorI can’t believe my sister and her daughter almost killed me. I underestimated their strength. Unlike the silver dragons I had killed all those years ago, Davina and her daughter teamed up against me. I knew fighting Davina would be difficult given she is the reincarnation of Ryuu but I didn’t expect her daughter and our sister, Katerina, to fight along side her. The rest of the dragons separated, making it easier to pick them off one by one until it was just my parents left. I have spent too many years planning this for it all to be wiped away in one day. We need to recover and regroup as fast as possible. My wounds are pretty bad and my dragon Cain is exhausted from fighting against my sister. It’ll take days for these wounds to heal. I am sitting in my study with the lights off and a fire going in the fireplace. A witch I keep around for personal company enters the room. She thinks one day I will bed her but I hate the mixing of species so it’ll never happen. She lowers he
ThomasI can’t believe both my nephews have the lycan gene. I knew it ran in our family and I have tried to trigger it many times. Killing my own mate to try and trigger it but I had no feelings towards the woman. She had given birth to that half-breed and I refused to accept to raise a child that isn’t mine. Plus she was a wolf and I will not mate with a shifter. I have yet to decide on a chosen companion but I have plenty of wolves willing to warm my bed. My wolf, Kek, also refused to raise a pup that wasn’t his but he didn’t want Josephine to die. He didn’t speak to me for years after I had killed her. He only recently began speaking to me again after I met Breanna and her wolf Mara. I had begun spending more time with and not in a sexual way. I enjoy her company and Kek appears to as well. He wants to desperately wants to mark her but I didn’t want to force her into it.So here I am sulking with whiskey. We lost big time and learned just how powerful Maliyah truly is. I can’t be
“We have a new problem to take care of,” he tells me, making me sigh.“What now?” I am going to have a migraine at this point with all that has happened. “It was overheard, a fairy who is a seer, saw the future of Maliyah and she will end up marrying that stupid elf prince,” says through gritted teeth.“Ha, Aspen? Elves have never chosen a mate outside their species, ever. The previous king forbade the mixing of species and I don’t see Aspen choosing a little girl no matter how special she is.”“Then why is he being her personal body guard? He’s a prince not a knight. He has feelings for what is mine and I want him dead.”He does have a point. Aspen has made our life hell when trying to get Maliyah. I will admit he does seem to have taken a special interest in the girl, but I still can’t see an elf marrying outside their species. There has to be some other reason he is protecting the girl.“Henry!” Henry returns hesitantly to the room. “Find out who this fairy is and bring him to us,
I feel a presence in the room with me but I don’t turn to see who it is. I can feel their warmth so I know they do not mean me any harm. “Davina?”I turn to see Dimitri in the doorway.“Justin has woken up. He’s going to be okay.”I stand and give Maliyah a kiss on her head before following Dimitri. Justin was the last person, besides Maliyah, to speak with Malayah in her final days. I need to know what happened. We walk into the make shift hospital wing downstairs and head straight for the bed Justin is in. As we approach him, I see him wince in pain as he tries to sit up.“Dimitri? Boy am I glad to see you again. I wasn’t sure I would ever return home again. Where is Malayah?”I look at him with sad eyes as he registers what they are saying. His smile falters as he lowers his head, allowing a tear fall down his cheek.“I’m sorry. I failed, I didn’t help her enough,” he says in a whisper.“Do not feel like you failed Justin. You were sent as a spy to gather intel. This was not a res
DerekAfter lunch we head out to the clearing to hand down the punishments to those who were captured. They are lucky we didn’t kill them. Nero has been in a murderous mood since we returned home with Malayah’s lifeless body and then watching Maliyah collapse into a coma. He didn’t want anyone to live and it took all my strength to rein him. Akira had to help me calm him down. Davina walks up to the rogues one by one. They all scream in agony as their animals are ripped from them, turning them human. The witches and warlocks have shackles on that is preventing them from using their powers as Davina strips their magic from them with Dimitri behind her wiping out their memories. Gabriel and other warlocks teleport them out of the state to live the lives they were given. Once the easy part was finished, Davina walks to my side as Carole is led out in silver chains. I can feel her anger rising as we watch Carole. I take her hand and kiss the back of it, hoping it’ll calm her down. As Ca
Maliyah As soon as I see the pack house in view I collapse. Everything has gone dark. Did I die? Did I use too much power and kill myself? I feel like I should be cold as death takes over but what I feel is warmth and love. I look to my left and see a light. I really must’ve died if I am seeing the light. I look at my surrounds and all I see is darkness so I don’t have a choice and walk towards the light. When my eyes adjust to the blinding light I see I am in a beautiful garden and by the water I see Malayah with her wolf, Leila, and my dragon, Terra. My eyes water at the site of her. If this is death and I get to be with her, then I welcome it. “Malayah!?” She turns to face me and smiles. I rush to her side and my body collides with hers as I embrace her. We are both crying as we hold each other, something I haven’t done in ages. “I’m so sorry I didn’t listen to you Maliyah.” “I’m sorry I didn’t go with you. I should’ve been there to protect you against him.” We laugh at eac
Maliyah“Maliyah, the guests are arriving!”“Coming mom!”I quickly finish doing my hair in a half up pony tail style and curl it before doing my make up. I can’t believe it’s been almost five years since the war ended and here we are, celebrating my sixteenth birthday. I stop by my nightstand with my sister’s picture and use my powers to make the flowers in the vase bloom again.“Happy birthday sis,” I whisper as I head for the door.I throw on my Ariat boots, hoping towards the door as I put on one at a time. I almost collide with my door trying to put on my last boot as I grab the handle to open the door only to end up running into Aspen. I nearly fall backwards onto the floor, but Aspen reaches out and catches my arm to steady me.
DavinaI wake with a start that it startles Derek. Sweat is dripping down my face as Derek gently cups my face.“What’s wrong love,” he says looking around the room for an intruder.“I got to say goodbye to Malayah,” I whisper. He looks at me confused.“Okay, but what has you so scared?”I turn to Derek, making sure he is listening carefully. Worry is evident on his face as I take deep breaths to calm my racing heart. I need someone else to know what she told me.“Malayah said, ‘Beware of the new comer, darkness will come for her’.”“What does that even mean?”“I don’t know. I don’t even know exactly who she was talking about, but I think it’s Maliyah. I think she was talking about Maliyah and whoever Maliyah saw in t
DavinaThe twins have fallen asleep, Thierry on Derek, Accalia on Calista and Aiden in my arms. Everyone begins going home and we had back into the pack house. We lay the kids down for bed as does Mark and Daniela. It’s nice to see the children together, safe and sound and back to what was once normal. Things may not go back to what they were but we can find a new normal for our family.The last thing I do is prepare a room for my mother with the help of Kat and Daniela. We put her next to Calista as they seem to have hit it off and have become fast friends. I am over the moon that I get to have this opportunity to get to know my mother and learn more about my family. There is so much I don’t know.With mom back in the picture, it seems to have changed things for Kat. Now that Kat has been spending time with our mother and her granddaughter
DavinaWhen we all heard Derek and Maliyah playing I immediately mind link the whole pack to meet at the memorial. Our family gathered at it’s entrance, tears forming in our eyes. I haven’t heard her play in a long time. As pack members began arriving I open the back doors so they can hear too and started passing out candles and lighting them. Once everyone has a candle, I teleport Maliyah and Derek next to the memorial and they don’t miss a note. Families begin stepping up to the memorial and placing beautiful flower arrangements at the base.Dimitri utters a spell under his breath and tells me the flowers will never die, they will remain frozen in time. Celestia and Calista help pass out the Chinese sky lanterns and pens so everyone can write a message or just the name of a loved one that has been lost. I make one for my uncle Gabriel and parents that raised me as they now have no one le
MaliyahI can’t believe what I woke up to. Dr. Smith has been examining me and taking MRI’s of my brain. I am still in shock at everything I am being told. Mom and dad tell me everything I appear to be forgetting. We take several breaks as I am constantly crying over things I have forgotten.I remember some of the information they are telling me but not all of it. After a while I did start to remember the day my sister died but it still doesn’t feel real. I don’t remember being in a coma before and waking up to having another little brother. Uncle Kale died as well as uncle Gabriel and I haven’t been able to accept that yet.Uncle Gabriel has been around all my life, even before I learned what I was. I never imagined I would have to live my life without him.“Ma
DavinaWe’ve been in the dragon realm for the past week; going back and forth to the forbidden realm to explore it more. We want to ensure we had all he details, which Dimitri has written down so we won’t ever forget this day we now call The Day of Retaliation. It’ll always be a day we will mourn as many loved ones were lost that day, but we fought back against my brother and won. I wish there would’ve been another way, but my brother was too far gone. Once we were sure we didn’t miss anything, Dimitri and his coven sealed the realm away forever. The shifter counsel all agreed that it will be against our laws to step foot into that realm so it was best to seal it away to stop temptation.The horse shifters have been learning about the human world as it has changed a lot than from what their ancestors had told them. Technology is a new thing for them and they will remain on bear
DavinaIt’s finally over. It’s been six years since Derek came into my life and my world was turned upside down. Six years after finding out I was not at all human. My heart mourns for those that I have lost in all that time. The parents that raised me, my uncle Gabriel, Thierry who was like a second uncle to me and my biological parents though I didn’t even know it yet.My heart hurts for my sister. She has been an empty shell since we killed Alastor. She remains at Kale’s side though his soul is no longer attached to his body. He’s gone and there is nothing I can really do to comfort her.“Mom, let’s get you something to eat and drink. Please,” begs River but Kat doesn’t respond.She continues to stare at his body and grasp his hand. I think
Davina The minute Maliyah became unconscious her swirl of power dissipated. I drop the sphere of wind and see the zombie creatures are dropping one by one. I rush to Maliyah’s side in a panic with Kat right at my heals. “Maliyah!” Her head is bleeding badly and she is not responding at all. I quickly teleport her to Dr. Smith. “What happened,” asks Dr. Smith. “She hit her head on a rock and I am afraid she used more power than she can handle.” Kat pulls me away from Maliyah to give Dr. Smith room to work and I reluctantly back away. “Davina!” I look up and see Mark and Derek running into the tent. I can feel he is just as scared as I am right now. “Thank Ryuu you are okay. What happened to Maliyah?”
Davina “Maliyah we need you,” I yell through the mind link. Kat and I are trying to finish this once and for all but we both know we won’t win without Maliyah. Alastor creates a sphere of wind around him, pushing Kat and I off of him. I quickly search the field for Maliyah and instantly see what she is doing. Her vision of Derek and Mark dying, it’s happening. “We need Maliyah,” says Kat through the link. “She is needed else where right now. We need to keep him distracted long enough for her to accomplish what is needed and return to us,” I reply. Kat doesn’t question what I mean. We trust each other completely and I know we can hold him off until Maliyah comes back. “You two are a thorn in my side. It’s time for me to be an only child,” growls out Alastor. I know we a