LOGINMarabella POVAnetta frowned a little at that, her step faltering as she stared at me. She looked like she wanted to say something but decided against it and went to the nursery.I thought it’d be scary to see, but it was actually just cute as fuck.Mothers sat in a big room, their babies to their breasts and in their arms. They were talking, laughing, eating. Like a commune or a village.Like mine when I was human.Now I was something different, and I didn’t think I would have anything but my mother from that part of me, but looking at how similar that was to what the wolves had reminded me so much of home I was almost sick with it.My heart clenched, and I smiled tightly. I didn’t need to see any more.“This is where I will come when the baby is born?” I asked, and she nodded.&ld
Marabella POVIt was bullshit, and I was getting tired of it. If the alphas were talking with my father, even about werewolf things, then they should tell me, not wait for me to have a minor heart attack worrying.“I am so sick of being the last to know all the time.” I gritted my teeth, and Anetta shrugged.“You’re not. My mate is on the council. I peek in sometimes.” She grinned, and I raised a brow at her.Now that was my kind of wolf.“Really?”“Of course. How else would I find out all the gossip of the pack?”I laughed. “I had this image in my mind of the council and it was mostly all old people saying things like ‘Back in my day.’”She shook her head with a knowing smirk. “Oh, no way. The council is filled with hot-as-hell
Marabella POVAnetta led me around the side gate of the mansion, across the lawns, and down onto the neat cobblestone path that made its way through the city, spreading off in random directions everywhere.The wind brushed over us lightly, kissing my exposed arms, and I savored the feeling on my hot skin that just wouldn’t stop clamming up.The flutters inside me got stronger, and my shadows stirred. I held my stomach, not sure why it felt like they were trying to give me some kind of message, an instinct or something that I couldn’t interpret.I rubbed lightly as we walked, the slight pressure of my hand on the roundness making a little bit of the ache go away.“Is it painful?” Anetta asked, looking down at where I held my stomach with a frown.I shook my head. “Not with the potion I have to take and the alphas’ toxin. A f
Marabella POV“Check.” Anetta grinned, and I rolled my eyes, looking over the courtyard we were playing chess in out the back of the mansion.I sucked at chess, and I didn’t care for it. Anetta made me play it all the time, and she always won, so I didn’t see why I had to keep suffering just to boost her ego.Her grin was wide as she waited for me to make my move. I looked over the board, finding a piece that could make a move without being stolen, then leaned back in my chair.Everything this side of the mansion was boxed in by trees and foliage that I wanted to explore but was apparently not allowed to.At least it was warm today. With winter coming fast, it was rare to get a morning that didn’t try to freeze my limbs.Anetta moved again. “Check. You suck at this game.”She chuckled, and I nodde
Brax POVI smoothed my thumb over her skin and followed her and Jayden into the house, annoyed when I saw the vamps already seated there with their tea, politely waiting, a smirk on Silas’s face.His chin raised a little, his nostrils flaring, his eyes going over Marabella like he knew exactly what she had just done. He let out a small sneer before standing.“You call a meeting with us and then are late to said meeting? Disrespectful. Where is Jordan? He is the only one I wish to speak with,” Silas muttered, but just as he finished his sentence, Marabella’s hand left mine and she ran into the arms of one of the vamps.I snarled, stepping forward, but Jayden stopped me, holding me back as the vamp wrapped his arms back around her.“Lucas,” she breathed, and he smiled tightly.“Hey, sister. Nice to see you again,&
BRAX POVI followed Jayden back out of the mansion. We climbed into the waiting carriage, and it started taking us toward Tabby’s.We’d only just left the city border when my shadows swirled inside me, something tugging at them until my body filled with the familiar scent of Spitfire.My shadows perked up, and I reached for her. She was right there as I filled her body with them. She sighed, and whatever magic she had been using to hide herself in the carriage disappeared.Jayden snarled as she appeared on the seat, her coat on, a grin on her face.“I knew you’d leave without me, assholes,” she said, smacking Jayden’s arm before standing up and taking her coat off.I sucked in a breath as she lifted her skirts and climbed on my lap, her lips finding mine. I groaned against her, loving the way she felt against me after







