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Part Sixty-Three
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Gravityย ย ย Part Sixty-Four
Juniper winced as she shifted her weight. The spot where Christian had kicked her throbbed slightly. She held onto his hand tightly, feeling sorry for him as Kiran emptied the water bottle that was laced with mountain arnica and mistletoe.Christian screamed and cried as she pulled him back inside the warehouse. Juniper dragged him back to the room and he pulled out of her grip the moment she closed the door behind them. Christianโs eyes were red rimmed from all the crying.Juniper moved closer to Christian in an attempt to comfort him. โYou have to eat something, youโll feel better.โโI hate you! I hope you all die!โ He was a brave little boy, Juniper would give him that.The room smelled musty and it was making Juniper nauseous. Christian moved to the far side of the cot and pulled his knees up to his chest. He didnโt look at her and he ignored her attempts at conversation.After hours of sitting in the room with Christian sulking and glaring at her, the door opened and Adrian stood
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-08-14Gravityย ย ย Part Sixty-Five
Juniper didnโt understand the intense hate he had for them, but he wanted them all dead. Especially the Sinclair family. She turned onto the highway and sped up a little. She didnโt want to drive too fast, but she would also draw attention to herself if she was driving too slowly.Juniper reckoned Christian would be knocked out for a few hours at least. She drove to the hospital and pulled into a parking spot, switching the car off. She knew that she couldnโt leave him in the woods to die.She might not be a good person and she certainly hadnโt been a good mother to Adara, but she wasnโt a monster. Christian was still a little boy and he was innocent. He didnโt deserve the cruelty Adrian had exposed him to.One thing she was sure of was that if Adara and or Malachi survived Adrianโs attack, sheโd be a dead woman. Neither of them would let her live knowing she had something to do with Christianโs death.If she took him inside, they would have her on camera. She couldnโt just leave him
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-08-15Gravityย ย ย Part Sixty-Six
In his heart Malachi had known that Adrian wouldnโt be at any of the addresses any of them had. It seemed too easy and he knew Adrian was smarter than that. He was heading back to the house when his phone rang.โAll clear on my side, Malachi.โ Malachi sighed, he shouldnโt be surprised, heโd known this would happen.โIโm on my way back to the house, thank you, Robert.โโIโll meet you there.โโYou donโt have to, Robert. Youโve already been a big help to us.โ Malachi couldnโt help the frustration bubbling up in him.โIโm not leaving until we find that little boy and Adrian Peters. Kiran was right about one thing, Adrian needs to be put down.โ The call ended and Malachi parked his Navigator in front of the garage.Malachi walked into the house through the kitchen, knowing it would take Kiran longer to return since Malachi had given him two extra addresses. He found Adara pacing up and down in front of the kitchen counter.โDid you find anything?โ Adara was worried and chewing her thumb na
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-08-16Gravityย ย ย Part Sixty-Seven
Adara pushed Juniper towards Robert, blood still flowing from her broken nose. โTie her to that chair. I need to take care of Christian first.โRobert looked at Malachi and took out his handcuffs when Malachi nodded. He pushed her down onto a kitchen chair and handcuffed her hands behind her. He didnโt particularly feel sorry for the woman, she was as guilty as Adrian.Adara knelt down next to Christian and touched his forehead. His cheeks were flushed but his face was cold to the touch. โWhat did you do to him?โโAdrian gave him a sedative, he said it would calm him down.โ Juniper was crying but Adara ignored her sobs.Adara focused her energy on Christian. She placed her hands on his chest and concentrated on his shallow breathing and the soft, slow beating of his heart. She felt the poison and her aura started glowing as she pulled the poison towards her.It felt like forever even though only ten minutes had passed and Adara could feel it leaving Christianโs system. His cheeks retu
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-08-17Gravityย ย ย Part Sixty-Eight
Robert braced himself in the car as Malachi drove to the edge of town. He was going well over the speed limit and the Navigator skidded to a halt on the dirt road some few yards away from the warehouse.โKiran!โBy the time Robert opened his door Malachi was already running and it took him a few seconds to see Kiran stumbling out of the warehouse. Kiran slumped forward, hitting his head on a rock just as Malachi reached him.โKiran โฆโKiranโs eyelids fluttered but didnโt open as Malachi grabbed his shoulders and lightly shook him. His shirt was torn and covered in blood. Robert reached them and noticed the handcuffs around his wrists, the chain in the middle broken. He had no idea why, but he unlocked the cuffs from Kiranโs wrists and drew his gun.Robert walked carefully into the dark warehouse and rounded the corner with his gun raised in front of him. Adrian was on the floor, lying on his back, his face almost unrecognizable. He didnโt have to check for a pulse.He knew Adrian was
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-08-18Gravityย ย ย Part Sixty-Nine
Kiran smiled weakly at her as she let go and pushed herself off of him. Malachi stood right next to him and pulled him into a sitting position and enveloped him in a bear hug. Malachi held onto him tightly, his love pushing from his aura onto Kiran as he rested his head on his fatherโs shoulder.โI agree with Adara, donโt ever do that to us again.โ Malachi wiped tears from his eyes as he let Kiran go and he saw Robert wiping his face as well.โIโm not sorry about what I did.โ Kiran looked Malachi in the eye and got up slowly from the couch.โI know.โ Malachi had a sad smile on his face but relief was evident in his eyes.โI really thought you were a goner, Kiran.โ Robert patted his back as Kiran pulled him in for a hug as well. He was truly part of the family now.Kiran turned and saw Juniper slumped forward in the seat, her arms behind her and handcuffs sporting around her wrists. โKidnapping โฆ again? Didnโt we agree that the last time was the last time?โKiran winced as he moved, th
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-08-19Gravityย ย ย Part Seventy
The pain in Juniperโs head was sudden and sharp. It felt like someone had split her skull open with an axe, a blinding pain she had never felt before. It lasted for all of five minutes before it ebbed away only to start again half an hour later.โKiranโs alive,โ she thought to herself. If Kiran was alive that meant that Adrian was dead and she was free.Juniper hadnโt thought twice before running out of the front door as fast as her legs could carry her. She had stopped just as she reached the dirt road and turned back towards the driveway. She walked back to the Jeep, watching the front door of the house intently.She grabbed her handbag and the phone and then ran until she reached Lowell Canyon Drive and slowed to a walk. She pulled her jacket closer around her body, wondering what the hell Adrian had given her to make her feel so weak.Every time a car drove past her she froze in fear that Kiran or Malachi had changed their minds and were coming for her. Kiran had let her go with a
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-08-20Gravityย ย ย Part Seventy-One
She stood in the queue and booked a ticket to Honolulu, Hawaii. She didnโt know anyone there and that seemed like a good place to start over. She sat down close to the boarding gate and closed her eyes again.With the fence sending her the money, she didnโt need to go to Texas and beg a friend to let her sleep on their couch. She could head straight to Hawaii, drink a cocktail from a coconut shell and relax in the sun.She had a few hours before the flight left and mentally she replaced her wardrobe, found a little place near the beach and stretched out on a sun chair, listening to the waves and holding a cocktail in her hand.Her eyelids grew heavy and another stabbing pain made her breath freeze in her chest. This one wasnโt like the rest and she could feel the rupturing pain behind her eyelids, inside her brain and even through her skull.The darkness was infinite and Juniper turned in a circle slowly. Her heart was beating rapidly in her chest and she felt like she was suffocating
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-08-21
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Gravityย ย ย Epilogue
Adara and Kai were discharged the next morning, and I was eager to take them home. Her healing had kicked in and they were both doing really well. The baby room had been ready for weeks and my sense of duty and responsibility toward them came naturally.Our first night at home was spent in Kaiโs room. Adara and I stood by his crib and just watched him as he slept. He was absolutely perfect.โThank you, Adara. I hope he got the best parts of both of us,โ I said.โIโm sure he did,โ she said softly.I kissed her and kept my arms around her. She yawned and I nudged her toward the door. She needed sleep more than I did and she sighed with contentment when I pulled her against me after we got into bed.โIโll always love both of you,โ I whispered.The pack had gone overboard with their congratulations and Malachi had instant love in his eyes the first time he held him. I could only imagine how heโd felt the very first time heโd held me.It was a love so instant that it scared you, the fear w
Gravityย ย ย Part One Hundred and Twenty-Five
Life was as it should be. Normal and boring. I finished up in the study that Malachi had now handed over to me, but it felt odd to say that it was mine. It was almost midnight as I checked the doors and windows. I did this every night, it still bothered me how Bryan had so easily entered our house, twice.I climbed into bed next to Adara and she automatically moved towards me. I put my hand on her stomach and I felt little bumblebee kick in response. I smiled as I closed my eyes. I must have slept for three hours when something woke me.I sat up in bed and listened. The house was quiet. I got up and ran to the bathroom and vomited into the toilet. My head pounded and I felt dizzy. Something was wrong somewhere. I sat on the bathroom floor and after ten minutes the nausea went away. I splashed water on my face and went back to the bedroom. I was just getting back into bed when Adara sat up, she was in agony.โWhat is it?โ I asked her suddenly.โThe babyโฆ it hurts!โ She screamed loudly
Gravityย ย ย Part One Hundred and Twenty-Four
John looked disapprovingly at me and Malachi was in my head instantaneously. โWhat the hell did you just do?โHe was anxious and nervous. I looked around me, the whole den was quiet, and everybody looked at me because I had killed a man that had tapped out. John walked into the circle.โKiran! Do you care to explain? He tapped out and still you killed him!โ Johnโs voice was stern as I still stood over Alexanderโs body.โWolf law nine, no claim shall be made on an Alphaโs position without due cause.โ Malachi frowned slightly as I spoke to John.โThatโs your excuse? An unlawful claim?โ John shook his head as I smiled.โSubsection nine point twelve, any unlawful claim proven to be false shall be reverted back to the original pack with immediate effect without the Alpha having to defend his position, should a claim fight be the result, it shall be a fight of dominance.โ John started laughing.โQuite right, that law hasnโt been used in many years.โ John stated, and looked at me.Bryan look
Gravityย ย ย Part One Hundred and Twenty-Three
I didnโt tell James or Adara about what had transpired in the kitchen in the late hours of that night. I wasnโt even sure that I believed it myself. Could it really be possible to get our pack status back?Malachi had also kept quiet and nine days later we received the summons to gather our pack at the den. John had informed Malachi that The Council would be present at this claim and that he would take charge of it himself.This time Adara and Shoran and Christian went to the den with us. Our whole pack gathered with us there and I was nervous. I hadnโt told her yet that I would be the one to fight Alexander and become Alpha of our pack. I didnโt think anybody besides us four in the kitchen that night knew.We stood in the den as Bryan brought in Alexander. He wasnโt pleased at being brought in by The Council. John Whitcombe and the other members were seated behind a table pretty much in the same way they had when we had been accused of murder. The difference this time was that we wer
Gravityย ย ย Part One Hundred and Twenty-Two
Malachi had returned to work and there was a new energy around him. He smiled more until I had to sit him down one evening and have a talk with him. Adara had read Christian his story and they had both fallen asleep in his bed. I had carried her to our room when I went to check on Christian.Now I sat in the kitchen and waited for Malachi to return. It was eleven pm when his car finally drove into the garage. He walked into the kitchen and looked at me and I nodded at the chair next to me.He sat down and started laughing. โWhy does this seem so familiar?โ I laughed as well as it brought back memories.โI want to talk to you about drafting a will for me.โโYes, itโs a good idea to make sure everyone is cared for should something happen to you.โWeโve had too many run ins and one day my luck would eventually run out and I wanted everything to stay in the family. I wanted to ensure that the children especially were looked after.โWe should do it as soon as the baby is born.โโThanks, Da
Gravityย ย ย Part One Hundred and Twenty-One
Jessica was good for his soul. Malachi found that he really liked her, all of her. She didnโt block anything from him and she was brutally honest. They spent as much time together as they could and after two months Malachi realized that they were a couple.โYou do realize that technically weโre a couple.โThey were laying in her bed one afternoon as Malachi played with her hair. Jessica laughed and turned her head to look at him.โDude, weโve been a couple since that day in your office.โShe made him laugh and she made him feel good about himself without asking anything of him in return. She was just there, and he started laughing as he realized that he was in love with her.โWe should tell Kiran.โ Malachi sat upright in bed and checked his phone. It had been on silent the whole afternoon.โWhy? Do we need his permission?โ Jessica licked her lower lip and Malachi smiled.โNo.โJessica pushed him back down on the bed and bit his earlobe. โYou are way too serious, Malachi.โโWhy hide it
Gravityย ย ย Part One Hundred and Twenty
Malachi and Jessica held hands all the way back to Seward and she directed him to her house. He stopped the Navigator in front of the house and Jessica turned towards him. Malachi wanted to kiss her, undress her and touch every inch of her skin.โI like you, Malachi, but there is one more thing I have to tell you.โ Jessica swallowed nervously.โIt canโt be that bad.โ Her nerves had him on edge. She didnโt come across as someone fearing anything but he knew whatever she had to tell him, it was important and likely to change things between them.โI slept with Kiran.โ She watched Malachiโs face intently for some sort of reaction.โOkayโฆโโWe were seventeen, he had just broken up with Sarah. We were both wasted and it just happened.โMalachi looked at her, listening; it was the truth he heard. Jessicaโs mind was so open and she hid nothing from him, certain things were off limits, he could sense it and he didnโt delve deeper than what she was ready to tell him, but what she did show him w
Gravityย ย ย Part One Hundred and Nineteen
Malachi smiled as he walked out of his office and found Jessica leaning against the front of the Navigator, looking care-free and young. She was young and he wasnโt so young anymore. She was also beautiful, intriguing and intelligent. She was still too young for him.โTook you long enough.โ Jessica removed her sunglasses and smiled.โYou are something else.โ Malachi unlocked the doors and Jessica climbed into the passenger seat.โYou can take me to dinner or a late lunch or whatever you want to call it.โ She made herself comfortable in the seat and put her safety belt on. Malachi felt at ease, calm and happy. That emotion shocked him a little because he never thought heโd feel that again.Malachi could only smile as he drove out of the parking lot and headed towards the highway, heading out of Seward and in the general direction of Sterling.โWhere are we going, handsome?โ Malachi laughed as Jessica winked at him.โYou know, Iโm much too old for you.โ Malachi glanced at her. She was d
Gravityย ย ย Part One Hundred and Eighteen
Malachi sat in his office and thought of the events that had happened the last two weeks. He still couldnโt believe that they had escaped unscathed. If George Haynes had been a different Alpha, he and Kiran would both be dead.Malachi wiped a hand over his face. He had wanted to die that night; heโd wanted to die ever since Karani had died. She had been the other half of his soul and he saw no reason to go on without her.Even though he was an outcast now he knew that their pack would always remain intact no matter what status they had. He didnโt want to die anymore and he didnโt want to be Alpha either. He only regretted that Kiran would suffer the same consequences. He wouldโve made a terrific Alpha.โSorry Malachi.โ Tim Oakes had been on his phone, leaving Malachi alone with his thoughts.โNo problem. We can finalize the contract next week and youโll be the proud new owner of the beach front cabins.โโThank you. I really appreciate all the hard work youโve put in.โMalachi and Tim
