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Heart of the Bayou Beasts Chapter 68
BeauSunday turned out rainy all day but I put Bastian to work far away from the house where Bri was taking her time with a big pot of something. He was quiet for a while as we sorted through a shed setting things aside for the coop. "You know Bri didn't deserve that last night," I finally said. He grunted as he lifted a big metal sheet and set it aside with the other materials we had found. "I know," he said, shifting it into place with the rest of the material. "I aim to apologize," he said before turning around and facing me. "Why do they always leave?" He asked. "I mean our Mas they obviously weren't ready for this life but Bri? She's wired differently. I just want to hate her, but I can't," he admitted honestly. "And I don't know what to say," he added. "How bout the truth?" I offered. Bas sighed. He was like me, I got wrapped up in my feelings and it made me say stupid shit before I knew what was what, or why I felt that way. "Whatever it is y'all ain't telling us, it's bad i
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WyattI was already driving towards Lafayette, the closest big city where I could get lost in a Superstore and not look suspicious. When Beau called. "What's up, Beau?" I asked."Nothing out of the norm," he said and I heard some commotion in the background as he moved around. Just so you know Boo is doing fine but if you happen to find her a friend that would be great," he said. "What do you mean by that?" I asked"Oh, nothing Mabel overheard you brought Boo home, thinks she could use a friend you know the four-legged kind," and emphasized Boo and four-legged. I groaned."Where are you at right now?" I wanted to know where he was."I'm up the road from town returning the library books we got for the boys project," he said as I pulled into the Walmart in Lafayette."Well, I'm at the store. What does she need?" I grumbled. I hated crowds, I didn't like large swarms of people, it made the wolf in me uneasy and The Beast entirely irritable."I don't know, go in, see what they got, I'l
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Wyatt"You are really thinking about sending her then?" his voice echoed a form of grief and disappointment. "Sug's been keeping busy, been helping the boys with their homework, even made a truce with Bas over his piss-poor attitude. They have been working hard on Louis' project and Claude's paper." he filled me in. I closed my eyes, gaining control over the swell of anger and disappointment that bubbled up Beau holding his breath on the other end."What did he do Beau," I growled muffled as I grit my teeth and force my claws to obey me and remain within."He forgot his place is all," he attempted to sugar coat it."He's too old for you to be coddling him Beau," He sighed on the other end."Truth is I forgot my place too, and he overheard Bri say she wasn't staying permanently, and you know how he's got that chip on his shoulder. He didn't direct it at her specifically , but I know it bothered her, so she set the record straight and he paid his penance on his own, after I made him bus
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BriWhen Beau went to get Wyatt I was cooking up a storm. My stomach filled with butterflies and my anxiety left me perplexed. I'd taken a few more liberties than I probably should have. Though if I have to say I never anticipated Beau bringing the chicks home. We had gathered enough supplies to create a coop for them. I just hoped he wasn't angry with me. My nerves had me battling my discomfort, that reminder just making it even worse. The heat of the day was amplified in the small house by the heat of the stove and oven. After Beau left I had tied up my tee, exposing my midriff, in an effort to seek relief. My hair was thrown up in a high ponytail, sweat ran down the center of my back. The old pair of cut-off shorts did little to properly cover my 'assets' however, any more coverage on the unbearably humid late September day and I'd be wilted beyond functionality.Tonight was catfish etouffee. I'd been working the beans and rice from scratch since this morning, fresh bread was cook
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Bri"Wyatt, put your things in the bedroom," he said quietly."Thank you, Beau," I answered in the same tone, incredibly thankful for the tactfulness of the transactions between the two of them. He kissed me on the cheek before meandering down his hall. I pulled out the bread and moved the pots off the burners. I sent my magic out, giving each boy a soft nudge to come and get it before I went to face the Alpha in his room. It was one of the new things I had found. I could reach out to them without digging too deeply. Just a nudge to the surface of the mind. Beau and I had practiced it after he admitted he was innately curious about it. I rapped on the door jam."Dinner is ready," I said softly."I tried to get whatever you needed, blame Beau if I'm missing anything, he told me what to get," he said, as he pulled off his shirt, exposing the heady display of solid muscles, I tried not to count the ones that traveled down into that V that disappeared into his pants. Goddess save me from
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Wyatt I had planned on maintaining a sense of distance when I got home but that all fell apart the second I'd seen the emotion on her face over a dog. I didn't care if it destroyed me. I'd let her bleed out my heart and walk away. Beau had told me what she had told the boys and now we knew some of what she hadn't said. Now aware of how detrimental leaving a coven of that size without a compass, let alone a council seat. New Orleans and the surrounding area would be in complete chaos without someone focusing and policing that power. It would be bad for all the supernaturals in the area. She had to go back, no matter how well she fit into our world. Even though she may very well want to be a part of it and we wanted her to be here with us. Brianna had to rule her world just like I had to rule my own. Fate was stupid like that. Until she was ready, we would be that family, we would let her love us, and we would weather the loss of that love when she was no longer with us. The hard part
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BeauAfter waking up to Boo licking my face, I was already 10 mins late when I realized Wyatt wasn't up. I could only guess what I would be walking in on and how awkward that would be for Bri and my Alpha.When I made it to the doorway I found them basked in the light of Sug's moonlight, one of the new books I picked up at the library on the nightstand. He was curled around her, the cover kicked back, his nose snuggled into the croc of her neck. In 10 years I have never seen him more peaceful. Her arm tucked around his, Wyatt's hand engulfing hers. His leg tucked between hers pressed up close and personal to the most intimate parts of Bri's being. I swallowed, but if I didn't wake him, Landry would have my head and our jobs, it was the deal that afforded us the flexibility we needed to be present with the boys, one of us would always promptly replace the other. I poked him, trying not to disturb Bri."Wyatt, we are late, you gotta get up." he groaned but didn't move, but a golden eye
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Wyatt I had planned on maintaining a sense of distance when I got home but that all fell apart the second I'd seen the emotion on her face over a dog. I didn't care if it destroyed me. I'd let her bleed out my heart and walk away. Beau had told me what she had told the boys and now we knew some of what she hadn't said. Now aware of how detrimental leaving a coven of that size without a compass, let alone a council seat. New Orleans and the surrounding area would be in complete chaos without someone focusing and policing that power. It would be bad for all the supernaturals in the area. She had to go back, no matter how well she fit into our world. Even though she may very well want to be a part of it and we wanted her to be here with us. Brianna had to rule her world just like I had to rule my own. Fate was stupid like that. Until she was ready, we would be that family, we would let her love us, and we would weather the loss of that love when she was no longer with us. The hard part
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WyattOn the ride to the truck, I found myself gripping my chest, Beau with his head leaning against the window did the same, the pain scorched and burned and though I knew the heartache would always be there this was more than my own. Beau’s eyes squeezed shut and a tear fell. I glanced at Zoey keeping quiet in the passenger seat leaning forward as she wound her way around narrow streets.“Promise me you will watch over her,” I asked. Zoey glanced at me as I gritted my teeth against the pain blooming in my chest.“You have my word,” Zoey answered quietly. I gazed out the window unseeing as the streets of New Orleans passed by.“I know she loves you both, very much,” Zoey said, swallowing hard. This had to be hard for her, knowing what Bri was sacrificing, what we all were, and being the only one who knew it all. A lump had grown in my throat as I gritted through the emotions of this “separation” and took a steading breath.“If she ever needs us, we will be there,” I let her know as Z
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BriI woke to a rapt at the door moving felt wrong as the men growled in slumber and I pulled away, throwing one of their shirts on to answer the door. Thankfully it was Zoey as I leaned against the door jam not bothering to button the shirt and she handed me our bags. Her eyes scanned me as Wyatt came up behind me growling but I pushed my ass out to block him before he realized he was naked. Typical male Alpha bullshit dealing with his possessive female.I just passed the bags to him before I gripped Zoey’s hand like a vice as my emotions rose. “Give us some time, don’t leave me yet.” I bit my lip, emotions coursing through me.“I'm not going anywhere ma ami,” Zoey said, her eyes sad as they met mine. She knew the toll weighing on my heart perhaps, but not the one tethered to my soul. I nodded to her before ducking back into the room. My face fell as I faced them.“This is it,” I said, as both men approached me, my back leaned against the door.“We are only a few hours away,” Beau s
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BriBeau placed slow-moving molten kisses down my back when he came to the dip in my backside where the dress covered my ass his fingers deftly began unclasping it when the skirt finally fell open, Wyatt undid the clasp at my neck and the entire thing slid into a glimmering pool of glittering fabric at my feet. Beau collected it and I stepped over it in my heels before he laid it out over a chair in the corner.Wyatt growled, “You went into that room without any underwear?”“Did you not see the dress?” he looked about to go feral on me and I was glad for it. Beau returned only to sink to his knees behind me as Wyatt's large calloused hands began to work my breasts as his tongue warred with mine. Beau’s lips pressed against the small of my back and descended. When he reached the seam of my ass Wyatt yanked one leg up high on his hip, steading me with an arm around my waist. The air hit my damp core and caused me to shiver. The next thing I knew Beau's mouth had found a mission. My dr
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WyattBri had been magnificent, the amount of power that had poured through her, that she had siphoned into us for our wolves to take shape outside of ourselves had been immense. I could have said it shocked me, but that would be a lie. Our Moonbeam was more than a common witch. She hadn’t hesitated, barely batted an eye as she became judge, jury, and executioner to the Vipers who had done such unspeakable wrongs against her. She wore her scars for all to see and I loved her more for overcoming it all. It hit me then, this was our last night. Her very power marked her as the rightful head of this seat on the council. When she had claimed it, no one had dared to oppose her.When the doors had unlatched a few cowards took off. I watched her note them. Analyzing who they were and how she would have to manage the aftermath, those who would oppose this spectacle. I stood prone and mute as did Beau. Her father's supporters and those brave enough walked before her and bowed low expressing th
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beau182He had a cocky smirk on his weathered face, his silver beard mirroring his hair. He looked too strong for his age as he filled out the light grey tuxedo, a plaid handkerchief tucked ornately into his pocket. He nodded looking around at the now vacant dias.“Seems like it’s ma turn Little Bird,” he said, his accent thick and not any I recognized. Bri scowled at him. “You can try tae kill meh, lass but it wulny work. Yae urny ready for aw the answers yae seek. It’s still tae be seen if yae earn them.“What the fuck is that supposed to mean,” Bri spat. “You were always a strange one, I could never quite figure you out,” Bri admitted. “That you weren’t the worst of them, doesn’t get you out of this Silas, you will be judged.” Bri pointed out.“Judge me aw yae wish, I care not. I did wit I needed tae dae, by you and I’ll stand by it. I never molested yae, I didny beat ye. In fact, if it wisny fur me, they wid hiv taken ye years ago. I stopped that, just like I stopped them from s
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Beau“Fucking disgusting pedophile freak, and a necro to boot,” Brianna tutted, she looked at her fingernails and shook her head, “I wonder if I took more than your ability to walk when you came looking for me. Do you know how hard it was to not kill you on the spot every time you touched me? To endure it so I could get out? Just so I could gain my full strength to come back and seek retribution for everything? She smiled towards her mother, “You don’t get to go to hell for killing my father. You wanted purgatory and I have someone here that can send you somewhere better. And you won't have any power there, will she?” She turned casually to Wyatt in question. “No,” he growled out, his canines showing his face shadowed in the angles that marked him as a predator, as he sat precariously in the lane between shifting and humanity. I wasn’t any better off as I struggled to keep my claws in. Brianna set loose her mother.“You little bitch you ruined everything! From the day Pierre brought y
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BeauWithin Bri lay the power of the moon, pure and clean and good. Their cruelty had created something far darker and more sinister within her. They didn’t anticipate how that darkness would protect the light. How Bri’s mind would find a way to survive everything they put her through, and how the mysterious girl would fuel the light with hope.Andrew smirked as the crowd gasped in awe. He bowed low. “I, Andrew Carlson, offer you my allegiance and my loyalty. I bid for your place as high priestess of the North American Council of Witches. I am a son of both the eastern house and the western, may they see the strength you have borne in your oppression, and the vengeance I know you will cast as a testament to the tides of change. ” He stood and his eyes locked on Sug’s, she held that stare. “Brianna has shown me the world of witches her father sought to join together. I for one share that dream, that all sects of our kind and humans can preside alongside each other in a natural harmo
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Bri“So we have established that a rite was intended to take place, that my mother ordered my familiar killed, and Beckham dealt that blow. Andrew.” Andrew took a tentative step forward. “I ask that you speak only the truth, Andrew here is a victim too, he didn’t have a choice in this either, he was forced to follow his father’s wishes.” Andrew’s gaze looked over the crowd of fearful faces before looking straight at Bri.“I always knew you’d never walk away without justice being served, I am sorry for my part in this and how I treated you over the years. You were once my friend and I hope you can forgive the things I did and overlooked while under the same roof as you.” His eyes raised to the crowd, “I wasn’t much older than Brianna when my father started acting strange and fell under the seductive spell of Lorrain’s promises. Power and dominion. She wants this seat on the council so that she can worm her way into the highest position possible. She’s a compeller and weaves that into h
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Bri“On the contrary Lorraine, I am very present,” I said, striding before the dais. “I have come to see to it that you do not steal my father’s legacy and poison New Orleans as you did my Papa.” My voice was cold, hard, resolute. In this moment I let the warmth my heart had grown accustomed to leach into the men at my sides. Let her try to get out of this farce she made for herself.“Daughter, you are well,” Lorraine hid her surprise and I laughed darkly.“You do not get to call me daughter, after what you did to me. Allowed to be done to me. The abuse you exposed me to, in hopes you could wield the power I bear.” Beckham stepped forward gritting his teeth, eyes livid.“Child, enough of this nonsense,” Lorraine tried to reason.“You girl, owe us all a debt,” Beckham growled out. “I owe you nothing, if you ever thought I did that's on you.” I seethed. “Your little den of snakes stole everything from me,” I shot back. “You don’t get to pin a scared 14-year-old girl down and force her
