A nice first day of their getaway!
We all get ready for dinner. The girls are both wearing dresses with knee high boots. Lily is wearing a sweater that matches her dress and she has her hair up in a high ponytail. I can’t wait to get back and pull her hair down, wrapping my hands in it and kissing her until neither of us can breathe. Dinner is amazing. We all order the lobster, baked potato and salad. When we’re done, we walk back to the house we’re staying at then decide to go to the Harbor and see it at night. It’s beautiful in a completely different way at night. I wrap my arms around Lily, rocking us slightly in time with the sounds of the waves slapping against the boats in the mooring. The wood on the boats is creaking softly and you can hear the sound of fish jumping periodically. I realize I want to experience so many things with Lily. I want to take her everywhere, the mountains, the ocean, every continent, every place we’ve never been so we can see it together, experience it together for the first time. I re
When Clint walks into the bathroom, I sit on the bed and take my boots off. Every time we’ve been intimate, it’s me that experiences the pleasure and never him. He’s never pressured me to give him anything, but I want to. I want to give him the same pleasure that he’s been giving to me. When I walk into the bathroom, I can see that he’s taking matters into his own hands, literally. I shouldn’t be the only one that is getting pleasure from our time together. When I offer to help, I don’t know what to do, so I pull my dress over my head, before walking into the shower with him. He hasn’t said a word, he’s just watching me. He steps back, letting me in and the water from the shower pours over my back. I look down and gulp at how large he is. His hand fits around his girth, but I can tell that mine won’t. I reach down, replacing his hand with mine. He immediately sucks in air, and my eyes shoot to his face. His eyes have closed and his mouth is open slightly. I begin to stroke him, as I
I’m not sure life gets any better than it is right now. Everything is perfect. My mate is opening up to me, she’s agreeing to future time together and she’s wanting to become more physical with me. I literally thought my head was going to explode last night when Lily went down on me. Well, one head actually did explode. Nothing has ever felt as good as her mouth on me. I could tell she wasn’t experienced in giving blow jobs and that just made the whole experience that much better. She’s a natural, she’s perfect, and she was made just for me. Thank you, Moon Goddess! It's obvious this morning that Anders and Calista had gotten intimate as well. I won’t ask him about it. I won’t share my relationship with Lily, and I know he won’t share his with Calista, but it’s there, and I’m happy for him. It makes it a lot easier to spend time together since they were already close friends and he and I are as well. We’re all so relaxed. The company is easy and fun. We alternate between spending tim
I did it. This weekend has been amazing, and I wanted to give myself to Clint. Maybe I should have waited another couple of weeks to see if he’s my mate. But this weekend is perfect. This place is perfect, our time together has been perfect, and he has been perfect. He is everything I have ever wanted in a mate. He’s funny, considerate, loving, caring. He is constantly making sure my needs are met, that I’m happy. He hasn’t pushed me to do anything that I didn’t want to do and it’s why I finally decided that tonight was the night. I don’t think I could have chosen a better time or place to lose my virginity. Clint made it so special. He made me feel like I was precious to him, he made sure it was good for me and goddess was it good! For once, I appreciate his sexual prowess. I got to reap the benefits of that knowledge tonight. Beyond that, he told me he loved me. I’m not sure he realized that he said it, but I heard it, and it made my heart soar. His head is still beside mine, and
After returning from the best weekend of my life, I drop Lily at her room. I hate leaving her. After just one weekend, I don’t want to be separated from her. I know we will be meeting on the roof soon, but I want to shower with her, go to bed together in an actual bed, not one made up of blankets that I’ve gathered. I’m not paying attention as I head up to my room, my mind still on my perfect weekend with my perfect mate. It’s not until I’m at my door, unlocking it, that I catch the scent of perfume. I turn, seeing Anna stepping out of the shadows. “Anna, what are you doing up here?” “Can we talk?” “Is everything alright?” I ask her. “Can we speak, privately?” She says and moves past me into my room. She may want to speak privately, but I’m not closing the door to my room. I don’t want her getting any ideas. I follow her into my room. “What’s going on, Anna?” She’s turned away from me, so I can’t see her face. I walk over to my bed, putting my bag on it. I hope this won’t take l
I cried all night. I feel so stupid, I fell him. I knew better. I knew his reputation, that he’s a ladies’ man. Cali called it weeks ago. He only wanted me because I was a chase, a conquest. As soon as he caught me, he moved on to greener pastures. I ignored him all night, crying myself out. Before the sun rose, I jumped in the shower, dried my eyes and swore that I would not cry another tear for Clint Nelson. I put on my big girl pants and decided to take charge of my life. I would not be a victim of my father or of Clint. I am a Guardian and it’s about time I started acting like one. First things first, I stopped by Alpha Patrick’s office and requested that Clint be removed from my guard duty. I refused to tell him why, just stating that I would prefer if he assigned someone else. He didn't say anything about my puffy eyes, but he hugged me and agreed to pull Clint off my guard duty. I’m not foolish enough to think that Clint won’t fight me on this, but I won’t budge. I’ve had enou
“What happened?” Anders says as we watch Lily walk out the door with Lucas. I can’t believe that douchebag is taking my mate to school. I can’t believe any of this is happening. Donovan is pacing angrily in my head, and I want to hit something or someone so bad my fists are twitching. Anders hand comes down on my shoulder, forcing my attention to him. “What. happened?” He asks slowly, forcing me to focus on him. I take a deep breath and we walk out to his car. I wait until I’m inside before telling him about the events of the night before. He whistles low. “That’s a fucking mess, Clint.” “No fucking kidding, Anders. Why do you think I’m about ready to explode?” “What are you going to do?” “I don’t know. She won’t even speak to me. She has agreed to train with me in the afternoons and your dad recommended that I not say anything about this and focus on training. After this morning, I think he’s right.” “My father usually is.” Anders says, as we pull up to Calista’s house. She does
After leaving Clint, I decide to grab food and head to my room. Cali said she would join me tonight so we can talk some more. I filled her in on everything that happened this weekend and then finding Clint and Anna wrapped in each other’s arms. Cali, being the amazing friend that she is, is surrounding me in her armor and supporting me in my decision to ignore Clint. Lucas walks up behind me as I’m getting my food. “Hey Lily. So, now that I know that you are Clint aren’t together…you aren’t together, right?” I look at him over my shoulder, adding more food to my plate. “We are definitely NOT together.” “Then, I would love to take you on that date that we never got a chance to go on.” The last thing I want to do is go on a date with Lucas and I’m about to say something like that to him, when Clint walks up, acting like he still has a say in my life. His immediate dismissal of Lucas has my hackles going up. I turn and put myself between Clint and Lucas. “You don’t have a say in wh
Hello everyone, Thank you for taking this journey with me. As many of you may have read, Lily was adamant that I tell her story. And while it took longer in the beginning than I expected, I hope you got to see what a great person she is. Many of you have asked for a continuation of the series and your wish is granted! My first book about the Guardian's children, Shattered Bonds, is out now. This is Richie and Emlyn's story but will touch on many of the Guardian children as they have all grown up together. You will also get glimpses of Lily's story, which is scheduled to be the second book in the series and Alexander's, or Xander as he's called by his friends and family. Xander's book is scheduled to be third and Leana's book is scheduled to be fourth. I'm trying not to get far ahead of myself, my brain starts writing books long before I'm ready to put them on paper. But, I do have a tentative story line for Xander and Leana and Lily's book has already start writing itself in my head.
We watch as Angel and Cara explain the best that they can what Grace did to save the packs. She probably could have done it on her own, but I was concerned for her child. Having whatever strength she pulled from everyone was great, but she wasn’t reserving any for herself. She would have given everything to save them. That is something I understand very well. I would have done the same in her position. But Clint and I had the ability to save her, to make sure that she had enough reserves to survive. “You were never meant to be this strong.” Selene says, coming up behind us as we watch everyone wakes up, or, come back to life, because that's really what they are doing. They were dead and now they are alive. “What do you mean?” I ask her. “I created the Guardians to strengthen the packs. You were always meant to find your fated mates and birth a new generation of stronger wolves. I guess I should have known that the Alphas would not want to part with the strength and power that the Gu
At first, when the vampire sank his teeth into my neck, I fought. I probably could have defeated him, even in my disadvantaged state. But then, I realized if I died, I’d be with my Lily bud. I feel my tether to everyone in my life break and I tell Lily I’m coming as everything goes dark. When I open my eyes, I’m back in the meadow that I found myself in right after Lily died. I sit up and look around. All I care about is finding my Lily bud. I’m going to hold her and kiss her and remind her of what being my mate means. I’m happy when I realize I can stand. It takes me a moment to readjust to being able to walk again. “Look at this Donovan!” I say, wanting to share my excitement with my wolf. I’m met with silence. “Donovan?” I say, looking around like I’m going to find him in the meadow. What I find instead is my heart, my soul, the love of my life. “Mate.” She says and it makes my heart sing again. It’s just like it was that day beside the lake and I have to let her know that I st
I’ve continued to watch the life of my family. I’ve watched my daughter grow into a beautiful woman. She is not only beautiful on the outside, but she’s also beautiful on the inside. Clint has done such a great job raising her, as I knew he would. And I love that he still talks to me at night, as if I’m right beside him, which, of course, I am. I’ve watched as Cara developed a sweet romantic interest in Liam, watched while Rik finally realized who my daughter is and began laying his claim to her and I never left her side when Eli kidnapped her. Andra had snarled and snapped at him every time he came in to try and mark our daughter. Not that it made a difference, but we were there, trying to protect her. So, I was there when they went to Araphyra. Donovan wasn’t the only one that seemed to remember King Ailduin’s name. Andra sat up when they mentioned him. “Do you remember him, Andra?” She looks at me and chuffs. Her memory seems to be stronger than Donovan’s. When they arrive, Andr
For the next few years, I get into a pattern of training Cara. We train early in the morning, then while she is at school, I work on my upper body strength by building and testing the training facilities I’m building for her. It’s a work in progress, but I feel closer to Lily while I build this for our daughter. In the afternoons, I train Cara again, sometimes joining her, and then it’s dinner, homework and bed before we turn around and do it again. Cara is the absolute best daughter a parent could ever want. I don’t know if it’s because we had those years after Lily’s death where I struggled to be present, but she never tests me. She is smart, and we talk about her schoolwork, her studies, and I give her extra Guardian studies during the weekends when she’s training her endurance in the pool. The older Cara gets, the more she looks like Lily. She’s gorgeous and I’m thankful that she has listened to everything I’ve told her about the mate bond and that she’s waiting for her mate. I t
My Lily bud is always here, watching over me and Cara. It changes things for me. It makes the days easier. I have no intention of letting my mate down, so I begin to plan what needs to happen to train my daughter and make her the strongest Guardian alive. That does give me a moment of pause. Guardians are reborn, so where is Andra's Guardian spirit? I would look after her too, make sure she is safe. I need to talk to Anders about that, see if she’s popped up somewhere and I’ve just been so lost in my grief that I didn’t pay attention. The next couple of days, I make a plan to build a training ground for Cara. I make a list of all the materials I'll need and what I can do in the interim while I’m building. When I go to the store for my dinner with Anders, I grab some steaks, potatoes and green beans. I pick Cara up from school and send her to the table to do her homework while I start dinner. It’s Thursday and I have a lot to prepare before Anders arrives. “Dad, what’s going on?” Car
Time moves differently in this place. At first, it moved slowly. I spent a lot of time with Cara and Clint as they were hurting so much. Most nights, I would sleep beside Clint. But if I heard Cara crying, I’d go lay down with her. Sometimes I would spend time with Calista who holds a lot of guilt for my death. No matter how many times Anders tells her it wasn’t her fault, she still blames herself. I listen to my daughter when she calls Liam, crying on the phone, or telling him something funny that happened at school. She’s afraid to tell her father, although he usually already knows. But she doesn’t want to upset him because she is finding small moments of happiness. Liam is always a good friend to her, supporting her and validating her feelings. I’m not sure I realized how important it was for him to have me, until I watch how valuable having him is to Cara. I watch as Clint slowly begins to live again. I like sitting with him at my memorial. It’s like he’s really talking to me. An
When I returned to the packhouse after being in the hospital, Anders had moved most of my things to a room on the first floor. It was just another reminder of how far I had fallen. The name stuck and I could hear people whispering about ‘the broken warrior’. I waited until after Lily’s funeral before approaching Anders. “I’m leaving Anders.” “Where are you headed, Clint.” He asks me as we navigate through the packhouse. It was never meant to house a wheelchair. Anders has made accommodations for me, but it’s not how the packhouse was built. “I’m taking Cara and we’re leaving. I can’t stay here.” He stops, turning to look at me. “No.” “You don’t have a say in it. I’m no good to you anymore. I’m not even capable of being your Guardian.” "You're still a warrior in this pack." "But a broken warrior, right? Isn't that what everyone is calling me, the broken warrior? I can’t live like this. I won’t live like this." Anders snarls and he immediately sends out an Alpha command telling
I wake up in a beautiful meadow. It feels like spring. The air is warm, but not hot. There’s a stream gurgling nearby and birds are singing all around me. I sit up, looking around. ‘Andra?’ My head is empty. Andra is gone. Is this death? I’m in a beautiful place, but I’m alone? “Andra!” I yell, looking around. And that’s when I see her. Selene. Beside her is a beautiful brown wolf. “Andra?” She comes bounding over to me, tackling me to the ground. “Andra. Oh Andra!” I say, hugging her and running my fingers through her fur. I look up and stand as Selene walks up. “Lily.” She says to me before looking around. “Is this your realm?” I ask her, following her gaze. “No, it isn’t. It seems you Guardians continue to surprise me. You’ve put yourself in a place where it appears you can choose.” “Choose?” “Choose to come with me to my realm or stay and watch over your family and friends.” She gestures in a direction, and I see what looks like a pack gathering in the distance. “Why ca