Here is a longer chapter for you all. Tomorrow I will be uploading more on "Dreamworld Escape."
EMMA Papa led us into the ballroom, and my breath was taken away. There were silk drapes and orbs floating high above the floor. The moonlight shone through the ceiling and illuminated everything in a white glow. I loved how white the moon was here. Music filtered throughout the room, but I had no idea where it was coming from. “May I have a dance, Emmaline?” Papa asked with a smile and an outstretched hand. I grasped his hand and let him lead me to the middle of the floor. He was taller than me, but the heels I wore helped even us out some. One hand was on my waist while the other clasped my hand. He moved me around effortlessly, and it was like we were floating. He spun me around and smiled when he dipped me. It was just like when I was little, and that brought a smile to my face. “My precious daughter, you are the most amazing gift I have ever been given,” he said, twirling me in a circle. “This is where you belong, but never think that you have no choice in anything. You are ou
EMMA The time came for us to put our plan into action, and we were all feeling the stress and worry of it. My magic was back, but I did not fear it as much this time. The necklace really helped to dampen it, and I spent all day practicing control. It was not very long, but it was the best I could do. Macario and Q had both been great helps when it came to a very brief lesson on control. It made me realize something as well that I should have known all along. It was not just me anymore. I had others to rely on, to lean on, and to walk through all of this with. “Remember, you are tethered to all of us. We will not let anything happen. You need to activate the sigil on your hand with your blood, and that will allow you to take the sample. Then pull on the mate-bond, and we will pull you back. Very simple,” Macario reminded me. Yeah, super simple. Nothing could go wrong. At least, that was what I was telling myself. In reality, everything could go wrong. I knew so much more about Asry
EMMA My body looked like it clawed its way up from hell. There were burns, cuts, bruises, and those veins looked even angrier than ever before. The bastard slapped my face, which was not healing as fast as it should. I looked at my boys and could tell that they were thinking the same things. I knew they were both trying to keep their anger in check for my sake. “How is this blood thing going to work?” I asked, looking up at Kai through my eyelashes, and biting and lip. “Damnit you’re so fucking tempting. Don’t bite that lip,” Kai said as he kissed the tip of my nose and took a breath to steady himself. “Macario and I were discussing it, and we figured we could just try directly applying my blood to the veins. We’ll see an immediate change if it helps at all. We’ll come up with an alternative if it does nothing.” Xander brought some wet wash cloths and dry towels over to the couch we were sitting on. I pulled my shirt off and put my hair up in a ponytail. The veins were worse than
EMMA “Should I call you Carrie now, sweets?” Ethan chuckled, but Nae elbowed him in the side. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her temple. “I was only kidding,” he whispered in her ear. I knew she would not let him get away with his crap. I just smirked at him. There would be nobody better suited to keeping him in line than her. Hell, they marked and mated the day they official met as mates. I had never seen those two as happy as they were when they proudly showed off their matching marks. Macario came over and looked over the front and back of my body. “I see that the blood helped with the veins,” he said. He ran his finger over some of the cuts and pulled his hand back when I hissed. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to hiss,” I said apologetically. “These are actually quite a bit better than they were before he applied the blood. I think it’s helping heal them as well. Ethan, do you have your files backed up that has our blood results in them?” I asked, heading to the console. I did
EMMA Kai had a fair point about me hiding my pain, so I decided that I would do my best to try and fix that issue. First of all, I would start with my Dipshit. That was why I stood outside their suite before breakfast. Opening up had never really been my strong suit, but even I could evolve. I hoped at least. Nae opened the door right before I brought my fist to it. She winked at me and waved me in. She knew that I always hated never getting the jump on her. Oracles did not see everything, but they were more likely to pick up things regarding those they spent enough time around. We spent centuries together, so she picked my shit up easily. “So, I’m going to go wake Brian up,” Nae snickered before leaving Ethan and I to talk. His eyebrows drew together and stared at the door. Yeah, he would love being mated to an Oracle once he got used to it. He loved always surprising people, but he would not have an easy time surprising her. “Do I need to worry that you will murder me?” Ethan j
EMMA We ate breakfast, and I knew it was time to talk to Papa. What could I say? Kai was right. Papa led me to the third floor which had such incredible works of art. I recognized some famous ones from different points all throughout history. Many were ones that were said to have been lost. It was interesting that they ended up here. I pointed that out to Papa who just chuckled and told me that he had been friends with the artists, so he was given a duplicate of the same ones. History only ever just assumed there was only one created. Papa sat down on a bench that overlooked our beautiful kingdom. I could not believe that I was now their Princess. That was something that I could not wrap my head around. However, I already felt the innate need to protect them and provide for them. Xander had been right before that an Alpha had that need. It would only make sense for me too. “What is on your mind, Emmaline?” he asked, offering me a soft smile and a pat on my hand. I was about to hur
EMMA We all had the plan put in place within the hour. The entire squad eagerly agreed to join us. They also agreed that we needed to have a show of power. Thus, they would be gathering our patrols and the seasoned fighters who were typically used for special missions. With the Royal Guard, the Ancient Spirits, and our pack, there was a total force of nine hundred and sixteen souls on our side. Papa said that he would be sending an additional three hundred guards to look over Blood Moon while we were all gone. That helped relieve all our stress since we would be removing the safety net of the patrols while we were dealing with Blacktree. Once we were done with Blacktree, we would be heading straight to Blood Moon to come clean about who we were. Xander and Kai were incredibly proud to show off the strength and power of their Luna. Yes, they convinced me to officially do the Luna ceremony as well. It would be a very packed day indeed. Ethan was ecstatic to show of the new Beta fema
EMMA ‘Papa, how are we going to make sure everyone is gathered?’ I had not thought about that until now. I wanted to slap myself because this had been my idea after all. It was a plan quickly put together, but that was no excuse for not having all the details planned out. ‘All of us with the power to issue an Alpha command will issue it all at once. It will resonate throughout the entire pack, and they will have no choice but to comply.’ Holy hell that would be very effective and efficient. It would also be fairly amusing as well. ‘Did I ever tell you how brilliant you were?’ I asked, smiling over at him. ‘Hmm. I do not believe so. Feel free to write it on a card so that I can have it framed,’ he teased. I just stuck my tongue out at him. I caught some of my pack’s looks of horror when I did that. I was sticking my tongue out at the Alpha King, but they had not fully comprehended that he was my Papa. It was not the same as them doing it. Oh well, they would get used to it or wou