Warmth. Softness. Safety. That’s what I feel right now. I recognize the smells here, even before my brain and body fully wake-up. I’m home, I can feel it in every fiber of my being. A smile creeps across my face as I start to blink my eyes open and take in my surroundings. “SKYLAR!” A scream
She takes the bottle from me. “What do you taste?” I ask again. She gulps one big mouthful. “I taste clean water. There’s nothing in it but water.” SHe looks at the bottle like it’s trying to trick her, then back to me. “We are safe. Now, let’s get clean and downstairs before all of the bacon
“There are a lot of people here.” Jena whispers to me. “I didn’t even think about how many warriors there actually are.” I reach behind me and give her hand a squeeze. “These are trainees. We are all in various stages of training, but it’s easier for us to be here when we aren’t on a mission. Some
“We will help you search, but we need to make sure that you are up to the task both physically and mentally.” Osiston answers. She nods again. “What does that mean exactly?” “Well you were both held captive for an extensive amount of time so you will both be evaluated by our psychologists and h
Osiston and I spar for what feels like a long time. I am dodging and rolling just trying to avoid being grabbed by his massive hands or put in any kind of headlock which he seems to be a fan of with me. Every muscle in my body is screaming at the long forgotten movements. Nickolas and I would spa
“Well that sounds ominous.” I say to my wolf and she just purs a little in my chest. “I’m just glad we’re back. We need to figure out what they used on you that kept us apart for so long. We normally can work off anything, even silver after a few hours. I want to know what Mike and his witches w
“I’m sure Alpha Reggie will ask you too, so if you want to wait and not have to tell the story twice, we understand.” I shared a quick look with Mina. “You know she’s more likely to tell you than anyone else. We need to push her to talk or we can’t help. And the sooner the better, it’s already be
“Welcome to training. The instructors sometimes have us go the whole course, sometimes part of it. We work solo and in teams. There’s a lot to do just here. We also weight train and spar as a group daily.” We walk over to the que at the start of the course and Wyatt notices us. “Hey ladies! Y
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Epilogue 85 years later.“There’s no way you’re going to make that happen.” Silas is challenging Mack to a timed speed race. “What’s going on here?” Cam slades up behind me, wrapping me in his arms.“The boys just heard about the challenges we used to do and that I beat all of you guys at one ti
Epilogue 7“You couldn’t just ask one of our warriors for a meeting? You had to interrupt our family dat and demand we see you here.” Oliver comes up next to me.“Seriously? There’s no way any of you would have seen me, and you never would have let her talk to me. If she was my mate, I wouldn’t l
Epilogue 6I was kept in the hospital for a full week after I woke up. Sierra’s parents took all kinds of samples for testing and actually packed a bunch up from me and the girls to take back to their lab to see if they can find a pattern or a way to help our family in the future. Elena and Gentry
Epilogue 5“Yep. On it.” Dakota blurts, momentarily disturbing the tiny girl in his arms. He recovers quickly whispering to her, holding her close to his face and smiling like an idiot, but she loves it smiling at the sound of his voice, or maybe his familiar scent. I'm not sure what they can sens
“I think you’ll find giving us three pups will wear you out a bit.” Oliver says sitting next to me gently tilting his pile of blankets.The tiniest most precious face I have ever seen peeks out. She’s barely the size of his forearm, but looks completely at home snuggled into him. I look at Oliver’s
Epilogue 4“No! Stop that thought right there. Once we start that, I get nothing done the rest of the day.” I put my finger up in his face then move past him to wash my hands, which is another amazing feat since I have to stand sideways. He just laughs behind me. They used to try to hide when th
Epilogue 3“What do we do? What can we do to make this better for you?” Cam climbs behind me, resting against the wall of pillows behind us and pulling me back between his legs. Oliver’s head drops to the bed unceremoniously.“Not okay man.” He half grumbles, half laughs, then crawls towards me t
“We’ll talk more about this tomorrow.” She turns to run at Sam, I’m sure crying again. This hormone sh*t is no joke.Before I can even think about her fast retreat, I am scooped up and carried away. Oliver’s honey scent doesn’t surprise me as I bury my face in his neck to calm my nerves. We obvi