*Barbara* I feel my heart thumping in panic when I see the wolves headed toward me. ‘This is it,’ I think. ‘I’m finished.’ I drop the Breeder with a light thump and look around, trying to assess my best route of escape. The wolves are headed toward me in a close group, so it’s possible I can sneak
‘Let’s try that way for a bit,’ I say. ‘Do you know much about this forest?’ I can see him shaking his head. ‘I know the way I came from my pack lands, and I know where we’re fighting Kane, but I’ve never been in this direction.’ ‘Me neither,’ I say. ‘But we’ll check it out.’ He nods and I walk c
*Barbara*I beat the wolves carrying the Breeder over the castle wall and through the forest to Kane’s line of defense by at least twenty minutes. Considering my malnourished state, I thought it was pretty good. Granted, I could’ve run faster if I’d had some real food in the last few days, other tha
My ecstasy is short lived, as it always is with Kane, when he explodes inside of me only a few minutes after we’ve begun. I suddenly remember his shortcomings as he withdraws himself from me, and I set my feet back down on the bottom of the shower.Taking more of his body wash in my hands, I scrub m
*Reece* We’re running at top speed as Tristan and I race back to the castle. We’ve gone silent in our mind-links because neither of us even want to think about the horrible possibilities that are running through our heads, much less talk about them. We just need to get back as soon as we can. I do
‘I think Barbara took her,’ he says. ‘Barbara? She’s in the dungeon,’ I say. He shakes his head, and we keep following Rose’s scent trail. ‘She escaped,’ he explains to me. ‘We don’t know where she is. We found a syringe on the floor, one like what the guards use to control the prisoners. She must
*Barbara* “You want me to go… where?” I look at Alpha Kane, my alleged lover, a man who is supposed to truly care about me, and I can’t help but stare at him with my mouth hanging open. He’s got to be shitting me. “Back to the castle, babe,” he says with a quick shrug of his shoulders like he’s n
It’s like he’s cast some sort of spell over me! “I’m certain that key will work, babe,” he says, and I love it when he calls me babe. “Now, let me escort you to your waiting escort who will escort you to the tunnel opening.” He gives me a smoldering look, and my knees bend of their own will. I’ll
I look at Shelby. “Shelby… why?” She looks like she’s about to burst, and she finally spits it out. “Because I’m pregnant!” My eyes go wide, and I want to grab her and jump up and down, but I don’t want to squish Reeva, so I do a milder equivalent of that, which involves one arm and bouncing more
Rose It feels strange going back to Castle Dark Forest, and it’s going to feel even weirder being there again. It’s been so long since I first arrived there for the stupid contest… well, I guess without that contest, I would have never met my Alphas, so I suppose I won’t call it stupid anymore. I
Eli seems only half-convinced, and once Kelly and this guy are finally separated, he clears his throat.“I’m going to need the name of the guy who just sucked face with my sister,” he says firmly. “And I need to know where you’re from, and whether you have a criminal record, and—”Kelly slaps Eli’s
RoseI can’t believe how much the Goddess has blessed me. I remember all the times I was hunched over on the floor of the sewage plant trying to force myself to breathe through my mouth to avoid the stench. It didn’t work very well. I also remember all those lonely nights in my high school years whe
After a moment, I remember and quickly free him from the rest of his clothes. He pulls my nightgown over my head and tosses it exactly where he thought it should go and then lays me on the bed, All I’m wearing now is a tiny red thong. He stands at the foot of the bed and takes me in. “Damn,” he mur
Mark It’s my turn to spend the night with Rose, and I can hardly wait. It is a little odd being in this position, sharing my mate with four other men, but now that we have our situation settled, I realize I wouldn’t want it any other way. I’m carrying flowers as I go into her room. I think she’s p
“No, little flower,” says Tristan.The smile on his face and twinkle in his eye made my heart skip a beat.“He’s not allowed anywhere near our precious little pups,” he clarifies. “Just the diapers. Dirty diapers, all day long… that’s his new job! We’ll watch him every second.”“But you don’t have t
RoseI love spending time out in the garden, and now I’m doing it with four little bundles of joy. I’ve heard that expression so many times, but now that I’m a mother, I really understand just how much joy those little bundles can bring. And with all the fear of losing them that I’ve experienced ove
“No.” Alpha Alice crosses her hands across her chest. “I’m staying out of this. If these Alphas want to take you, so be it. I know how the contest was supposed to go, and if one of them had a male baby, then that will be the next Alpha King. I’m not getting on their bad side.”“Appalling!” I shout.