LandonBlood lingers heavily in the air as I walk down the long hallway of the small prison to where the captive is being held in the cell. I told Rush to stay with Mazy,One to comfort her and, Two, I’m certain he would kill this guy for touching his mate before we get any answers from him.As I approach the door, I can already hear Elion using our captive as a punching bag. I watch from the small window in the door before entering, it’s true what they say about your firsts, you always remember them.I remember the first time I hunted with my father, the first time I rode a horse, the first time switching on the light, using the telephone and the first time touching a woman…. It also means I remember the first time I tortured a man, the first time I killed, the first battle, the first loss.I’m 452 years old and still, I remember all the firsts like they were yesterday, the scenery may have changed, but it’s all the same, torture and killing is never easy when one has a conscience li
Elion We’ve been travelling to Hollow Mountain for several hours. The witch says we can’t travel by magic, we must go on foot. I would much rather shift and go as my wolf, but I’m not allowed to do that either. “So why Danni? Why an Elephant?” Landon breaks the silent, monotonous trek with his curiosity. “I’ve been wandering around the pack searching for my mate. I figured maybe an Elephant.” I shrug. “And how did it go?” “Well Danni’s quite feisty and super intelligent but the vibe wasn’t right.” “The vibe?” “Yeah, you know the mate vibey thing.” Sally chuckles to herself, ignoring her I continue “Anyway, I saw a couple of beautiful hyenas the other day but all they did was laugh at me. At first, I just thought well it’s a hyena thing, but it turns out they were truly laughing at me.” “Hyenas are a better option than Elephants that’s for sure. But aren’t exactly K9 related, they usually stick with their kind.” I nod, “Yeah, I found that out real quick.” I’m not going into th
Mazelina Pacing, pacing more freaking pacing.“Please Mazy for the love of Goddess please sit down!” Alice shouts making me jump.“Sorry. It’s just this waiting.”“I know, I’m sorry I shouted. I can’t stand it either.” Alice stands and paces, “Shit now I’m doing it.” She flops down onto the couch next to me.“Why are they taking so long? Can’t Sally just twinkle her nose and poof, they appear?”“Oh, please stop this poor girl from watching terrible television.”A young-looking woman with beautiful dark golden-brown skin, brown eyes, and wild curly dark hair.“Sally Myers,” I murmur. I recall the images of her in Landon’s mind.“I do wish a twitch of my nose could teleport me, but I don’t have that ability.” She winks at me.Elion and Landon both walk in with Charlotte happily skipping between them, holding both of their hands.“MOMMY!” She squeals running towards me. I open my arms as she jumps holding her close to my chest, “Lotty! I’ve missed you so much.” I bury my nose in her ne
LandonJeremy looks so peaceful even while awake, it’s times like these that I miss my father, the man he used to be. Now he’s dead. Reconciliation was never meant to be. All I can do is keep looking to the future, a future of whether Stella will be in it with us.I don’t understand her hot and cold tendencies, her jealousy, her lack of nurturing our son. All of this is baffling to me, in all my years I’ve seen mates come together with an instant connection, the unconditional love for each other and their pack.Never have I seen something so unusual as our pairing. Did the Moon Goddess get it wrong? Has she ever got it wrong? Was I wrong? I could be…. Maybe I thought I felt those powerful emotions, that overwhelming connection to Stella and thought it meant she was my mate given by the Moon Goddess.I scrub my face with my hands, fucked if I know anymore.Mazy and Rush make it look easy. Alice and Blaze make it look even easier. Aries and Daisy had their share of heartache, but even n
Mazelina Surprisingly dinner went well, with little to no arguing. Amelda was very quiet, taking us all in, which was unnerving in itself. I’m wondering if a bit of Landon’s paranoia is rubbing off on me. I know something’s a little off with her, but since sitting down together for tea earlier today…“What’s got you thinking so hard?” Rush whispers against my ear.I grin and look up at him through my lashes, “I’m thinking about how we are going to get Lotty to sleep in her bed tonight.”“You don’t have to worry about that. She’s sleeping with her cousins this evening.” He winks, smug bastard.“Shall we move to the sitting room and have a drink? Daisy and I have something we would like to share with you all.” Aries announces.We all exit the dining room and enter the sitting room; the kids are already upstairs with Akers and a couple of other guards monitoring them.“You know, don’t you?” Rush whispers as he takes my hand and places it on his arm, leading the way.“I don’t know what y
ElionSix hours later and Sally enters my room with the potion.“Here you go little one.” She winks, handing me a small glass. I pull the glass up to eye level and stare at it. “Don’t worry, it’s not going to kill you. It’ll just stop the potion Lydia made for Amelda.”“I guess I have nothing to lose. Down the hatch.” I say raising the glass and taking it in one shot, surprisingly it doesn’t taste like anything.“Do we know how she came to make such a potion, to lead Elion to believe he found his mate?” Rush asks.Sally shifts uncomfortably, “I have an idea but it’s not good.”“None of this shit is good,” I tell her, sitting on the couch in my room. Rush sits in the single chair, but Sally paces her brows furrowed in concentration.“I believe the scent marker she used for this potion is your mate.” I jump up. “What do you mean?”She sighs heavily. “Many, many years ago, we used to cast spells to find one’s mate. It was in a time where some of your fellow brethren were becoming extin
Mazelina“Mazy.” someone whispers. “Mazy.” I groan and roll over. “Please let me sleep.” My head is pounding. I didn’t think I had that much to drink last night, but it seems I was really on one.“Mazy wake-up, we’re in danger!” I sit up and groan again, holding my head, “Samara? Where have you been?” “We’re in great danger, Mazelina. You need to gather yourself.” “For what?” “Well, hello, Mrs Winslow.” A tall pale man with hair so dark it almost blends into the darkness itself surrounding him. If it wasn’t for the little piece of hair that has fallen across his face, I would have said he’s bald.“Where’s Stella and Aries?”“Stella is safe and unharmed.” He grins down at me. “It’s been quite the task, capturing you.”“You should have given up. My people will come for me.”He shrugs. “Your people are nothing to me.” He eyes me thoughtfully and moves closer. “Is Samara in there?” he taps my head. I shy away from him, but he grabs my chin and makes me face him. “I’d like an answer,
RushWe’ve been working on Amelda for six hours, but she’s not given an inch. She wants Samara to meet her untimely end and doesn’t give two shits about Mazy.“It’s no use unless we had the dagger; nothing we do will be of any good.” Landon grabs at his hair, angry at himself for not going to the coffee date with Stella. He believes if he was there that this wouldn’t have happened.I don’t think it matters whether or not he was there. Eventually, Fenrir would have made his move one way or another.But… “I think you’re right. Amelda’s far too stubborn to give in.”“Amelda has been through far worse torture than this.” He scoffs, “Still. I can’t bring myself to be so brutal to a woman, let alone her.” “Hopefully, Sally will come up with something useful.”“Sir?” I glance behind me to find Bobby, one of my pack members. “You have visitors.”I growl, “Now is not the time.”He clears his throat. “I think you might want to see these visitors for yourself.”“I’ll come with you.” Landon get
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