Rush All the breath I had been holding waiting for Mazy to tell me who hurt her leaves my body at once. Somehow, I find myself on my knees. I’ve gone from feeling immense guilt and shame to depression, to anger and now…. I can’t even think of emotion, let alone feel it. “Hey.” She touches my cheek, making me face her, “I’m sorry for keeping her from you. If I had known. Goddess, if I only knew.” This isn’t real. I finally find my Mazy and now I have a daughter. I shake my head and sit on the couch, staring at my mate in wonder. That pain that night was crazy. It went on for hours and hours. “You were giving birth to our daughter for two days?” “Birth was 35 minutes. The Labor went on for two and a half days.” She smiles. “Totally worth it in the end.” I remember the feeling, a feeling of contented happiness. I have a daughter and her name is Charlotte. “Charlotte,” I whisper her name out loud. “Yes, her name is Charlotte. I call her Lotty, she prefers it.” An unfamiliar warmth
Mazelina “I’m sorry Alpha, he isn’t at the hotel.” I don’t bother looking up. Rachel is upset. I can feel it. Her mind is racing a million miles an hour, wondering if I’ll hit her or worse, exile her. Rachel’s last Alpha would beat her if he wasn’t satisfied with her answers, which was 90% of the time. Her thoughts are screaming at me. She couldn’t get the information from the Hotel Concierge. The asshole wouldn’t even tell her when he checked out. I called Blaze yesterday, just in case Rush went to Lotty. How can I blame him for going to her….? My heart aches without her. There isn’t a moment that I don’t think about my daughter. Rachel’s thoughts are getting louder and louder the closer she approaches. “It’s fine Rachel.” I dismiss her. I don’t have time for coddling today. Rachel is not the only white wolf we have who was mistreated, and not the only one that needs coddling from time to time. I usually don’t mind but…. “But what if The Guardians are following him?” Samara say
Mazelina “How’s my girl?” I ask Lotty via mind-link. I can see from her mind that she’s alone in her room, playing with her dolls. “Mommy! Are you here?” she squeals in my head, but to anyone who may be in her room, they wouldn’t notice a thing. “I am, but don’t tell anyone. It’s a surprise.” “I love surprises.” She says, excitedly. “Do you remember your hiding spot?” “Yes, Mommy. Do I go there now?” “Yes, baby girl. Whatever you hear, don’t come out until I come in and get you. Okay?” “Is this part of the surprise?” she asks. “Yes, Mommy wants to surprise Uncle Blaze and Daddy. I’m going to make lots of funny noises, but don’t worry, it’s just to scare them.” “Like that time, we scared Uncle Blaze.” she giggles as she climbs into her hiding spot. “Yes, exactly like that time. You were so good; you didn’t make a peep.” “I’m in my spot mommy.” “Good Girl. Quiet now. I’ll see you soon.” I can feel her smile and excitement. She’s excited to see me and that makes my heart bl
Mazelina My eyes sweep over Aries for the hundredth time since he arrived. My once tall, proud brother is now seething with rage, and it’s all directed at me. When Aries first arrived, he lost it. He lunged at me with his claws out, ready to kill me. I had never seen my brother like that. He was always indifferent about things, stoic I suppose some would say, but never angry and never angry at me, annoyed at his little sister but never angry. Now we are seated in the sitting room of my little brother's home with Aries on the opposite side of the room. Alice is pissed. Blaze is in shock that our brother tried to attack me. Rush is behind me, his hand squeezing my shoulder. Elion is in the center, ensuring my safety from Aries. I don’t know what to do or say. I expected he would be upset, but nothing like this. Where the hell is his mate? She should be here helping him calm down. Rush squeezes my shoulder harder; I caress his hand to remind him to let up. He releases his grip but
Rush We’ve been here as a family for three days. The best three days of my life, a week ago I was fucked up, drugs, alcohol, women…. loads of women and now my life has done a complete 360, I’ve become a family man overnight. I’ll never be able to thank Mazelina enough, but I hope this can be the start. “We have everything in its place. She’ll be here any minute!” Alice beams and springs into action, running back to the house to greet Mazy. “She’s going to go nuts.” Elion laughs. He’s just as giddy as Alice is. Blaze is having a tough time wrangling the kids to stay quiet. Lotty tugs on my shirt. “What’s up, kiddo?” “Mommy isn’t happy that we’re not home. Should I tell her?” She looks at me, worries in her beautiful green eyes. “Remember when Mommy surprised Uncle Blaze, Uncle Elion, and me?” She nods her head in understanding. “This is a surprise for Mommy.” “Okay.” Her eyes widen. She tugs harder and I pick her up. “It’s okay baby, Mommy will love her surprise.” She shakes h
Rush We party until the sun rises. “You and I are going to make the most of the sunrise.” I take her by the hand and lead her out into the forest. “We’re going for a run?” she giggles. “We’re doing more than a run, baby.” I then tell her in mind-link so the nosy wolves can’t hear, “We can’t do what I want to do to you in the house, not with the kids in there sleeping.” She laughs. “I like the way you think.” I take her deeper into the woods so we’re far enough away from the house and the security, so they won’t hear us. We both laugh along the way like young pups until I find the picnic blanket, I had laid out for us earlier. She puts her hands on her hips. “You had this planned!” “Of course.” She laughs again but stops abruptly when I tear her dress apart, “Rush, I wanted to keep that for Lotty.” I look at the torn fabric and shrug. “We can have a new one made for her.” “And what shall I wear when we go back home?” I point to the basket. “There’s no food in that basket, just
Mazelina “What have I done?” someone repeats over and over again and it’s giving me a headache. “Samara shut the fuck up.” “Well, well, well, you’re finally awake.” “Just let me sleep.” The “What have I done?” keeps going. I roll onto my back in a huff. “Would it kill you to give me some peace?” “It’s not me.”, “It’s our dumbass brother. He’s got himself in a bit of state.” I blink up at the ceiling, “How long have I been out?” “About twenty-nine hours.” I sit up quickly and lean against the wall, “Rush must be frantic.” “Landon will have informed him. We have bigger problems.” “I know.” I roll my eyes. Oh, how I know… “Aries thinks he lost his wolf.” “Serves him right.” I pull my knees up to my chest and hug my legs. “He hasn’t.” “I hate when you do this. Were you speaking to his wolf?” “Yep, Lox has purposely blocked him since he rejected their mate.” “Wait…. Aries said his mate rejected him.” “Nope. Lox said that their mate wanted to look after him.
Mazelina Aries’s been in a pitiful state since Asim left us. It’s been hours of sobbing and mumbling apologies to all the people he has hurt. I place my hands on my knees and try to concentrate again. Slowly exhale and take a deep breath. I do this repeatedly but to no avail. “Aries, please for the love of Goddess, be quiet.” He sniffles, “We need to find a way out.” “I know.” A thought occurs to me, “If you saw Daisy again if you had one more chance, what would you do?” He laughs at first but then gets really quiet for a while before answering, “I would grovel on my hands and knees and tell her I’m sorry. Sorry for every hurtful thing I’ve done and said to her over the last few years. I would release her from me if that’s what she wants.” “And if she somehow found it in her heart to forgive you?” “I would spend the rest of my days making it up to her.” He sniffles again. “I don’t know if she will forgive me, Maze. I can barely forgive myself. I’m shocked that you even forgive m
Four months later Landon Nobody knows the sorrow I have for Estelle. Not because I still love her; strangely, I don’t love her at all. I don’t even hate her. Instead, I feel sorrow for my son, who will never know his mother; however, despised she was, Estelle was still Jeremy’s mother. I watch him sleep soundly in his big boy bed. It’ll be our last night at our home. I quietly exit his bedroom and slowly close the door so as not to disturb him. “Are you ready?” Flora asks; this woman has been a blessing. “Yes. Jeremy is sound asleep; I have everything packed and ready to go.” “Good. Let me know if you need anything. I’m on call.” She taps her head and walks to my front door. “Thanks again, Flora.” She takes my hands in hers. “Eva was my only comfort in that horrible place. I will do anything, absolutely anything, to get her back.” She grins broadly, “She’s gonna love you.” “Flora, let’s go already.” Elion gripes. I wave goodbye to them both. I chuckle to myself, remembering E
Rush Everyone is cheering. Mazelina did it; she defeated the bitch. I look down at our daughter. “It’s okay, baby girl. Mommy won.” Charlotte shakes her head and points up at the sky, “Mommy is falling.” I look up and see Maze is shifting into human form and falling fast. “Catch her!” I command the dragon’s; the order is unnecessary as they’re already flying to grab her. One dragon, Brenton, catches her. He swiftly shifts as he lands, holding Maze in his human arms. “Thank you, Brenton,” I tell him as Alice takes Charlotte from me, taking her to Akers with the other children. Fenrir is already on the ground, his brothers and sister holding him down while Landon guards them with a few other guards, keeping Fenrir’s Coven from taking him. Brenton lays Maze slowly, carefully to the ground. Samara comes to our side. “I don’t understand. This should not be happening; the balance is restored.” “She took a dagger to the heart, Samara. We’re not all completely immortal.” I tell her as I
MazelinaSomething hits me hard. Howls, snarls, and screaming are all drowned out by a powerful explosion. My vision turns a blinding white and then dulls slowly until my eyesight goes black. The constant ringing in my ears is what pulls me back; I can’t hear anything else. My heart is racing, and yet my breathing is calm. I open my eyes slowly and see stars; no, not stars, it’s like little white spots. I must have hit my head pretty hard.I realize I am on my back and see the starry dark sky as the white spots slowly disappear. “What the hell was that?” I touch my head; under my fingers, I feel a large lump growing smaller and smaller. Soon it will be gone. I turn my head and see Samara staring back at me, our fingers almost touching. “Samara?” I call for her inside my head.Tears run down my cheeks; I’m so used to hearing her. Please talk to me, Samara. She doesn’t answer. I stare at her glassy eyes. No! She can’t be gone; this was supposed to work. Samara’s eyes blink at me, and sh
Mazelina“He’s close.” I tell Samara, but before she can answer, we see the new addition to the room. A table, not like the pretty dais Samara’s body is currently laying on, except this one has straps. “We aren’t going to make it. I can’t shift.” “I’m sorry, Mazelina. All of this is my fault.” Samara cries.“We will not cry, Sam. We will be strong till the end.” I feel a little bit stronger and decide I’m not going down without a fight. I struggle out of both of the Vampire’s arms.Vamp One’s head slams against the stone wall with a loud crack, his face frozen in a permanent grimace. Vamp Two tackles me to the ground.“She’s going to shift!” he screams out. Another pair of arms hold me as they pick me up. Geri grins at me, his fangs out, ready to bite me.“Do it. I’m sure your brother would love you to bite me.” I sneer.“Be careful what you wish for, little wolf.” His grip loosens, and I knee him in the balls. His breath whooshes in my face, but he doesn’t let me go, “Dirty trick.
RushChaos, it’s all fucking chaos.Sally and I are blocked from the stairs once again. Sally pulls me along to look for another route only to come against more men and women of the Coven.Everyone is fighting, and I’ve snapped more necks than I care to count. I just want to get to Mazy.“We’re surrounded,” Sally yells: we move back-to-back, waiting for one of them to attack.“Take it easy. Wait.” I tell Sally we need to wait; Blaze and his people are coming. “Wait for it.” I change my stance, ready to strike when out of nowhere vampires jump from the windows above, something dark flies in front of me, “Blaze!”I watch the Vampire grin with satisfaction, holding Blaze’s heart in his hands before crushing it. Rage so hot bursts through my veins, I don’t know how I got in front of the vampire so quickly, but one minute he’s six feet in front of me and the next I have his own heart in my hands, his eyes widen as he stares at his own heart before his body slowly turns to ash.Sally is sit
Rush“Everyone’s in position,” Elion tells me via mind link.“They’re taking her to Samara’s body. Mazy’s body is weak from the potions. She cannot shift.”“Where’s our bloody Moon Goddess?” Elion growls.“We have never relied on her before. We can’t start now. As soon as Loki gives the signal, we pounce.”“Aye, aye, Captain.”Always and forever the smartass. I have Landon and Elion at two different entry points. Skoll and I are at the other two. I can feel my pack’s energy rise, making my hackles stand on end. I glance up at the full moon.“I don’t know where you are, Moon Goddess. We need you.” I pray at the Moon.“I hope she heard you,” Bain growls: he has been even more restless than I have, eager to bring our mate home to our baby girl.“We can’t lose faith now, Bain.”I glance around at our pack; some have shifted into their animals; others are still in human form. Those still humans have powers they cannot summon when changed into their animal. Fenrir and his Coven have no i
MazelinaSamara is quiet again. Fenrir remains unconvinced and started ranting for hours about bringing her back. He kept going back to her body and shouting at her as if she were alive. It took him a while to realise that Samara had stopped communicating with him. That sent him off the edge again.Fenrir went into a rage, pounding at the walls, screaming things in a language I don’t understand until finally, he dragged me back to my room.It’s been hours since I saw him, or anyone for that matter. But now there’s a flurry of movement outside my door and noise outside my window.“Rush,” I whisper into the darkness.The cell door swings open, and two vampires rush at me, “Come on.” Vamp One grunts as I struggle to get my arms free. I will not go willingly.“You will have to kill me before I let you drag me back down there.”Vamp Two chuckles and tightens his hold on me. “I could arrange that.”“No. You will not harm this woman.” Fenrir commands, making all of us freeze in our place.“Y
Rush “We have the numbers. We will get her back.” Landon reminds me again. He and Elion have been taking turns making sure that Lotty and I are alright and reminding us that Mazelina is okay, and we will get her back. But I’m struggling. It’s been a week, and every day Lotty is crying because she can’t talk to her Mommy. For the first time in my life, I’m scared. I’m afraid to lose my mate, and I’m fearful for my daughter and what will happen to her; if one of us dies, the other will follow. I watched it happen to my mother right before my eyes. I don’t want this for Lotty. “Stop doing that. Lotty will have both of her parents.” Elion claps me on the back. “You remember when I had to kill my father, and my mother immediately died after,” I tell him. He nods solemnly. “I know, brother, but it’s not going to be like that for you and Mazelina.” “No?” I look out over our pack. We selected the perfect spot to rest for the night, tomorrow will be the battle, and all I can hope is that
Fenrir The girl is infuriating. I know she’s lying to me. Samara is telling her so much more than she’s letting on. But I have another card up my sleeve, one that will even shock Samara. They will both see how deadly serious I am about bringing my beloved back to me. After three flights down to the underground, we come to the most secure part of our home. There are no guards down here. It is that secure. Only two people in this world will know what is beyond this door, me and now Mazelina. I enter the encrypted code, the retina scan slides out and scans my eyes, next is a pinch of my blood, another code, and the door unlocks. The entire castle could blow to smithereens, but, this room is impenetrable. It could outlive me if I weren’t immortal. Mazelina shivers behind me, “My apologies, I sometimes forget how cold it is down here.” I take my coat and drape it around her shoulders. She smiles appreciatively, likely thinking that I’m kind. She is only but the vessel of my beloved. I