The big blonde wolf walked confidently next to his goddess. She was the mother of everything. She was of medium height, fit for a woman her age, and always plump carrying new creations. Her skin was a golden peach color and she had long hair that consisted of plants. The green foliage twisted and turned in and about itself with a leaf or flower popping out here and there. Her eyes sparkled like emeralds and her elfish face glowed with the love and passion she felt for life. After halting Uranus' latest scheme to control his destiny, she walked gracefully and stood in front of the two men on the ground. She gestured to the wolf to sit. He did so with the grace of an alpha. He sat eyeing each of every person or thing around them. He was daring any of them to move against his goddess. He stopped when he saw the one person he had been looking for since his demise in the earthly realm. He sat waiting for her to notice him and realize who he was. He was hopeful she recognized him although h
Uranus watched the exchange between the wolf and Gaia, his wife who is still causing him trouble. He should have known that the little castle he hid her in would not hold her. Honestly, he is surprised she had stayed there for as long as she did. Uranus was curious as to why she had not shown herself before now. He figured she would get to him eventually and then he would have to stay on his toes.Gaia was not only beautiful but she was shrewd and very little got past her. When she did discover someone had played her, there was no telling how she would retaliate. He knew that she loved her grandchildren and he had been using a few of them for revenge. She was not going to let him get away with that. Hell, the reason she is here is because of the things he has done to her and their family. None of this would have happened if she had been a little more understanding of his peccadillos.Movement caught Uranus' eye and he looked back to where his wife now kneeled, once again, next to Zeus
Lorna stood with singed wings and stared at the destruction of the packhouse in front of her. The acting Alphas barely had enough time to get the young, old, and disabled, out and to safety. Once the building caught fire, it burned quickly. Thankfully the two men had thought it best to not put those individuals in safe rooms and kept them together on the first floor of the packhouse. It made it easy to move everyone quickly and they lost no one to the fire. As for those still fighting, so many lay on the ground injured and dead. At least they looked dead, Lorna had never had to fight in a war and did not know what death looked like.She saw Chip running toward her carrying what looked like a wet sheet, as he got close enough he threw the sheet around her. "Your wings!" He sputtered at her. She looked at what she could see of them and noticed the smoke curling in the air from the bottom area of her wings and the small burn on her leg. She smiled and nodded her thanks as she took off in
Evelynn gave a muffled cry and stood holding her hand over her mouth. Tears were shimmering in her eyes as Cronos put his arms around her waist pulling her back against his chest. He whispered in her, "What is it my heart?" She leaned her head back gazing up into his eyes, hers still shimmering with tears, "Leo, something evil has him.""Stay calm, Evelynn, we cannot let Uranus know anything of Leo's whereabouts. Your mother will make sure he stays safe." Cronos tried reassuring her. He could feel the fear coursing through her with the knowledge of their son being in danger. She gave in to the urge to reach out to Leo and make sure he was not scared. She relaxed and smiled while she linked Cronos letting him feel the anger coming from their son. Cronos smiled back and whispered, "See, he is not even scared of whatever has him. That means he can take care of the threat himself when he is ready."Cronos thought the woman had to have more faith in Leo. He was powerful a
Hyperion knew he had to stop them before his mother lost her temper completely. The last time she lost her temper with their father the earth realm went through a frozen era and his father was left frozen on one of the higher mountains. It took almost a century for him to thaw out. Luckily when he did finally thaw and return to the god realm both of them had calmed and forgiven one another. His younger siblings came about from that reunion. It didn't take long before Father was back to his old ways and Mother was furious again.Hyperion took a deep breath and let out a high-pitched whistle to get his parent's attention, "This arguing is solving nothing between the two of you and my daughters are dying slowly."Gaia looked to her son and then at her granddaughters, "He is right Uranus, you are never going to change or try to understand.""There is nothing to understand, I refuse to fade into nothing and let new deities take my place. It is that simple, Gaia. I
Crael and Lorn stared at the devastation that was Starlight pack lands. Almost everything had been burned. The houses, fields, packhouse, hospital, schools, and a good part of the forest lining the land's borders. Cade, Lorn's father, was walking through the debris of the packhouse looking for anything that could be saved. Lorn heard his father exclaim, "Well I'll be damned."Heading in his father's direction Lorn inquired, "What is it, father?" As he approached, he saw that his father was staring at what looked like an old trap door in what used to be the floor of the library. His father reached for the metal handle and pulled. The door opened, Crael had just reached them and was trying to see into the dark of the hole. Some stairs lead down into the darkened hole. Ma came running with flashlights and was almost dancing around, "It's real. You found it."The three men turned and saw she had tear streaks on her face but was looking into that black pit like it was the most wonderous t
Nathan sat next to Lucifer, who was still holding both Katia and her sister Selene. He wanted to grab his mate from the fallen angel's arms and hold on to her body. Maybe he could anchor her here somehow if he was holding onto her. He knew that was impossible that she and her sister was gone. Lucifer just sat holding and rocking them. Someone had moved Aza so she laid across the sister's laps and could be close to her human and wolf sister. Theia was yelling at her mother Gaia to do something to save her daughters. Hyperion was holding onto his wife as she cried and screamed at their mother.Cronos was pacing and mumbling something about the m'effer better be dead for good because if he isn't he will kill the son of biatch himself. What was the point in taking the twin's lives if Uranus was not here to reap the benefits? What was he missing in all of this? There had to be something, Uranus knew something that they had not figured out. Cronos knew he was up to something but could never
The demon standing just inside the cave was holding the little boy who had healed part of Lorna's wings. Everyone looked in shock to see something so evil holding a small child as gently as he could. The demon stood holding the child, looking nervous he tried to explain but he spoke in another language. His voice was extremely deep and gravelly. The witches, Rose and Gammy walked toward the creature, gammy a signal for everyone to remain quiet as she muttered what sounded like a spell, "From darkness to light, give our demon protector the ability to speak so we may understand, but to do so without giving all that surround a fright." She patted his ears and gave him a touch of a kiss on his lips."Stepping away, Rose took her place asking, "Sir demon, would like to hand my nephew to me? It is okay no one will hurt you here."The demon stood a few minutes more holding the child and swaying back and forth with his feet. He spoke finally, 'I will tell what happened first and then you have
The next morning, the women were in the kitchen cooking breakfast as the men were outside working with the warriors. Katai and Selene had an eternal blush on their faces, and Talon could not help but tease them. "Found out what all that sticky goodness could be used for other than a sweet dessert for the children, did you? I expect every couple involved in that ice cream fight had the best sex of their life last night. I know I did." Talon laughed at the look of embarrassment on her fellow Luna's faces. She loved watching the goddesses learn to live like normal wolves, but she had many questions about how they performed their goddess duties.Selene was the first to respond to Talon's gentle teasing, "I didn't know that a tongue could do the things Lorn did last night." a shiver went down her spine at the thought of a particular spot Lorn's tongue kept hitting last night. She heard him in her head, "Behave Luna. If you keep thinking like that, I will have to leave practice wi
Katia did not decide until Nathan gently pushed her down on the bed that she was ready to begin their physical relationship again. She was still frightened that she would never be as normal as the rest of Nathan's family and friends. This thought worried her constantly that he would regret having her as his mate. Selene could have matched him with someone who had not been broken so often. She couldn't help herself, though when he had undressed her and slid his tongue along her slit, she had desperately wanted to feel everything she knew he could make her feel.Nathan stopped his feasting on her plump peach, as he called it, and looked up at her with worry, "If you can worry about me not wanting you in the future, then I am not doing something right in the here, and now, little one." He nipped the top of her mound lightly, and she jerked while letting out a barely audible moan. "That's more like it," he mumbled from between her legs. The man must have felt her slight giggle be
Katia sat watching those she cared about, laughing about the tag game this morning. She had listened as their mates accused them of interfering and as they continued to throw shade at them every chance they could. They simply could not believe that the luna's remained innocent and had not helped in any way. She saw her sister walking to the ice cream table to her left. Katia did not know that Selene liked ice cream so much. This would be her third helping. She was about to ask her sister to bring her some chocolate ice cream with chocolate fudge and whipped cream when she realized her sister was not helping herself with more of the dessert.Selene stood with a bucket of vanilla ice cream directly behind her mate. She asked him sweetly, "Why do you believe we interfered again, mate?"Lorn did not bother to turn around when he replied, "Sweetheart, it is okay; we are not mad. We knew that as a woman, your heart would not allow you not to interfere and help the children cheat."Selene's
The alphas, lunas, their close friends, and family remained at the firepit. They say around the table, talking into the night about ideas for the elite werewolf force they wanted to create to focus on rescuing trafficked and kidnapped victims. They are different ways. They wanted to move the race forward but held onto their beliefs and ways. All of them agreed it still was not the time to come forth and let the human world know that supernatural beings existed. The humans could not help it, but they just would not handle that kind of information well. Some humans would have no problems with the supernaturals, but as with any race, they are those who would do evil terrible things to those they did not understand. So, the supernatural world could help the human world while trying to protect and keep its own. They could do the same for humans when needed.Zeus and Hera had excused themselves, saying they were needed in their realm. However, they met Gaia in the forest and listened to the
Once again everyone was seated around the huge tables that surrounded the fire pit. It was something that had become part of the daily meals; very seldom did they eat inside. If the weather was bad, then the portable walls were erected so they could still all eat together. Wolves from three different packs have begun blending themselves together into one gigantic pack, and they did not realize what they were doing. Working together and being there for one another was part of pack life. It was as natural as breathing, and the packs were only as strong as the weakest member. So they all band together to make each member of the pack strong. The eyes staring and watching them from the forest were in awe of the two halves of the moon and what they were accomplishing without realization.Hades watched as his heir sat amongst the wolves, gods, and other supes like the prince he was. He did not understand his son's unwavering love for the two moon halves but had learned not to question it. Th
When the game started, the women laughed so hard that they were afraid their pack mates would think they lost their minds. When the smaller ones discovered that they really could disappear and reappear they were blinking like crazy. Children were disappearing and reappearing everywhere. Eventually, the older children got, the younger ones under control, and the game really got going. The look on the men's faces was priceless each time a kid disappeared on them and then reappeared elsewhere. Katia could not stop laughing over the look on Nathan's face each time it happened to him. Once he saw where the children reappeared he would look to see what she was doing. Of course, she was sitting innocently watching the game. When she saw him looking over at her she would sweetly wave to him and go back to speaking with Rhea or Amara. She was helping to hold the little ones that were not old enough to play but their parents were volunteering. A bathroom break had just been called because some
The children had gathered at the center clearing in the middle of the forest, they were full of energy and excitement after the big breakfast of pancakes, bacon, sausage, cereal, orange juice, and as much syrup as they wanted. The smaller children were paired with an older child to ensure no one got lost or wandered too close to the waterfall and lake.One of the little boys standing with Leo chattered as fast as he could: "I would have liked to have seen the alphas' faces when they discovered they had mud and worms for breakfast." The others giggled in agreement: "I bet they are pukin' their brains out." another child mocked throwing up and falling to the ground.Selene widened her eyes and mouthed, "Pukin' their brains out?"Dalia rolled her eyes, answering the goddess, "They're kids; just roll with it.""Roll with it?" Selene repeated. "What am I rolling with?"Dalia laughed, "It means just agee with whatever they say. Kids make believe things that make sense to them but not us. If
Selene smiled admiringly at the new mark on her neck. She was inspecting it while looking in her mirror; as she turned her head slightly, she noticed the moon with a wolf resembling Lorn's looking lovingly up at it. They were surrounded by stars. If she remembers correctly, her mark was very similar to her sisters. Katia's had a wolf resembling Nathan's staring lovingly at the moon while snow fell around them. Lorn had been so gentle and loving when she admitted to him that she wanted to seal their bond. She blushed thinking about the things they did last night. She had no idea that it could be so wonderful or that it would feel so good. The memory of Lorn's hands stroking and rubbing between her legs before his tongue went there had her shivering and she noticed a wetness between her legs. Lorn came into the bathroom and pulled her against his chest. Leaning down into her neck, he took in her scent and spoke gently in her ear, "I can smell your desire, my tantalizing mate."Blushing
Nathan lay next to Katia, watching her sleep and thinking about the last week. She had not come back from near death the same. She and Selene had come back less emotionally damaged. They still had physical and emotional trauma, but it was different. Katia no longer acted like a spoiled child testing her new boundaries. Nathan did not know how to explain it except to describe it as a puzzle piece was shoved in the wrong place and someone had removed it, putting it where it belonged. Shaking his head, Nathan grimaced at himself; he was no doctor or anything; he was just another male wolf trying to figure out how not to ruin this new start with his mate. He had noticed that Lucifer did not come out of the incident the same way. Something had happened with the three souls intertwined during that time. Nathan still had no hard feelings for Lucifer, he loved both girls equally and would do anything for them. He and Lucifer had nothing but time while Lucifer held on to their souls, and Nathn