I wake up to a finger stroking my cheek and someone is playing with my ponytail. I take a deep breath in, they are all still here with me. I sit up and look out the window. It doesn’t look any different than when we were here the other day. It’s a clearing similar to the one behind the packhouse
“You can touch her, but do not pull her from her spot.” I am having trouble placing voices, but I feel a warmth melt up from where my hands connect with the twins and from Oliver’s hand on the small of my back and the warmth sweeps around my body, up my neck and over my head like a blanket. More c
“Elena and Gentry both started their chanting. I have no idea what they were saying, but it sounded a little like singing. There was a ton of wind, your ponytail actually wrapped around your neck for a little while, I thought you were choking at one point. You kept trying to move, but Gentry told
“You know about me being whipped and the scars it left…” “Details, Tiny. We want to know every detail about your worst moments. Share the pain with you now when you remember because we weren’t there for you when it happened.” He buries his nose in my neck again and tightens his hold on my waist.
“How soon do we need to do the next one and which one needs to go? And when we get done with all of this I have so many questions.” They both smile at me, but I’m not sure if it’s indulgent like with a child being cute or if they actually like that I am curious. “We will do the Oleander next. I b
“She’s not wrong.” “What do you mean? I ask questions all the time. I think I annoy people with how many questions I ask.” “Those are training questions or school questions. This is a boy question, otherwise you would have brought everyone in and gotten opinions.” My jaw drops open. “Stop dera
Elena and Gentry were right, the Oleander patch was not nearly as bad. The magic surrounding it was a soft pink and just like the wolfsbane it appeared friendly and inviting, but it sure attacked when we started to work against it. This time the images I saw were the guys, my brother, my friends a
“Why are you guys being weird?” I call over from the sink as I wash my hands. “What do you remember this time? From the magic release, I mean.” He lets me pass him and puts his hand on the small of my back, steering me towards the bed. Cam and Kota have switched spots. “Seriously. What is go
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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