The following chapters will be ten years later. It will be the same for Design of Fate. Whose perspective from the Fated series should we start with?
ELLE(Ten years later)I shut down my computer and made sure everything was in order before leaving my office. Today was the first day of school, so I made my way over to the elementary school to wait for our kids.Besides our twins, we also had Scarlett and Ace. Scarlett’s middle name was Millie after Mrs. Millie Croft of Blue Crest. Ace’s middle name was David. We used Apollo’s middle name to pay tribute to another uncle of our pups. Plus, Apollo hated being left out, and we did not want to hear him complain about it for the rest of eternity that he was not a namesake.Kade currently had Ace since he was still an infant and had years to go before school started for him.Kade and Tyre were both still hands-on fathers just like they were with all of our pups. They were the perfect fathers. Our three older pups loved running with Tyre and having him ‘hunt’ them. It was super adorable.I smiled, thinking about all of the changes that had occurred over the past decade.The Supernatural Co
ZIYAHThank fuck that I had set up the magical messages. They were the equivalent of the big red button that was always used for an emergency in any movie ever.After two weeks of trekking all over, we had finally found them outside of Cle Elum, Washington.Sadly, there were only twelve of them left. A clan that had been over a hundred was reduced to twelve. It broke our hearts to hear about the horrors that they had been through. It took a lot of convincing to get them to come back with us because they have lived as nomads for five decades. Staying sedentary was equal to a death sentence. However, we were able to convince them by explaining all of the safeguards that we had in place and how that would help protect them.They decided to come to Shadow Falls because we had other Fae who lived here. There were a cluster of empty houses that they divided themselves into. They had spent so long together that they were most comfortable that way. We had even offered to have a communal hous
DANTE “Dad, can I ask you something?” Asher asked me on the way to school. Ziyah did not sleep well, so I insisted on her trying to get some rest before we headed over to the meeting at Nightshade. She did not even fight me on it, which told me just how exhausted she was. “Always, son. What’s up?” I smiled at him and squeezed his shoulder. Asher looked at Blakely and Grenza for a moment before turning his attention back to me. It seemed that he was the designated speaker for whatever this particular conversation was about. They often switched it up depending on the topic. “What’s going to happen if we don’t have wolves? Who would become Alpha? Like, would it go to Leo?” I stopped walking and turned to the triplets. Asher had his hands fisted in his pockets but had a blank expression to hide how much this answer meant to him. Grenza was biting her lower lip, which was a telltale sign that she was nervous. Blakely was the one who had perfected hiding her emotions entirely. “It d
ELLE It was business as usual for now until we had more clues to go on. Dahlia had not found anything conclusive in our database yet, but it would be her who would get it done if it was possible. Having the threat hanging over us was not fun at all. It was either me or Brynn that would be kidnapped and used as leverage. I was kind of done with the whole kidnapping thing. Been there. Done that. Did not shell out money for the t-shirt but DID have fun fucking with my kidnappers. Anyone involved in whatever was going to happen would feel the painful consequences of being idiots. ‘Mmm…Moon Fire BBQ!’ Faye said, licking her chops. I actually chuckled at that. Thankfully, my wolf was the best. Goddess, there had been times when she was the only thing that kept me sane. Aldan and his mate were due to arrive soon. They would be spending the entire weekend at the pack. He had sounded tired when I spoke to him last night but also hopeful that this trip could end up helping her. Me, on the
ELLEImeela attempted to utilize her covert vampy ninja skills to sneak into the room, but she stubbed her toe on the way in. She might be a Queen, and she was definitely royally clumsy alright.She plopped down on the couch beside me, stealing part of the throw that I had over me.Then I introduced them before I answered Kellis’ question. I tried to picture myself in her position, and I could admit that it would be an odd one.“I was part of a pack called Blue Crest. The Omegas in that pack were treated like slaves and were there for the sole purpose of whatever the leadership, warriors, or visitors wanted. The Alpha heir was a sadistic piece of shit. His wolf, however, was a pure soul. He fought against his human as much as possible, to the point that he was never given control. The human, Eric, made it his mission to torture us. Grant was his wolf, and I saw how much he suffered because of what Eric did. The bond snapped into place on his birthday. However, it broke within a minute
A couple of readers expressed interest in a family tree to keep names straight since they all blur together over time. Here is a basic one that I have on hand, but I will work on a more detailed one in preparation for the next books. Please let me know if there are any characters in particular that you would like to know about. --- AS OF THE 10 YEAR TIME JUMP --- - NIGHTSHADE PACK - Alpha Kade Steele – Luna Elle Rosenthall * Grant Dante Steele (Twin one) * Gabrielle Reece Steele (Twin two) * Scarlett Millie Steele * Ace David Steele= Beta Apollo Hayes – Vienna Rosenthall * Zade Hayes * Gianna Hayes= Gamma Dayton – Tayna * Aria= Gabriel Snow – Ansley Rosenthall * Anya Nessa Rosenthall * Axel Ray Rosenthall * Roxanne Mae Rosenthall * Grayson Nix Rosenthall= Caiathus Trelinin – Nailah * Darius Trelinin * Sera Trelinin * Rylahn Trelinin * Bayleri Trelinin= Paula Vester – Jesse Vester * Denny Vester * Angel Vester * Willow Vester= Lamia Bronx – Thalia * (Pr
ZIYAHKellis was a gorgeous woman inside and out. She was strong and resilient despite everything that she had been through in life.The more that we got to know her, it was easy to see why she and Aldan had been paired together. He was patient, filled with kindness, but would also rip through any foe that threatened his people and loved ones. She was definitely similar, but she was still in the stage of being unsure about herself.Kellis had been hurt by people she trusted as well as people she did not know. Betrayal singed part of her heart to the point where she was afraid of opening up fully to Aldan. She was afraid of what he would see if she laid herself emotionally bare before him.The bond was a strong force that was entwined with magic. It connected two souls together and could be the most incredible thing in the world.Honestly, my bond to Dante and Byron changed my life for the better. I never would have felt a love like I did for them towards anyone else.“Honest communicat
ELLEKellis and I had both been caught completely off-guard when Ziyah collapsed and started screaming in pain. Her visions had never done this to her before. There had never been this type ofIt killed me to watch it happen and not know how to help her. That was why I reached out to Celeste and Desiree. If anyone could help her then it would be them. Imeela would have been my first thought, but she took off with Jackson after she identified what was going on with Kellis.“Let’s take this back to Kade’s office where it’s soundproof,” I suggested after Ziyah told us what the vision regarded.Dante swept her up into his arms despite her protests. He simply told her to suck it up and enjoy the ride. That had us all snickering and us being stuck with glares.Everyone filed in and took a seat. However, she suggested that alcohol might be a good idea for this conversation. It was a damn good thing that shifters and Fae had high alcohol tolerances then because we had already had drinks.Caiat