*Rose* “I’m going to die!” I scream as Tristan and Mark lift me in their human forms to carry me up the stairs. Mark has my upper body, and Tristan has my lower body, and I feel like my middle is going to collapse on me as they hoist me up. I want to shout at Reece to support me there, but I don’t
*Eli*‘Eli, you fucking asshole! Where are you?!’The voice comes screaming into my mind, and instantly, my heart races, and my wolf inside howls in pure joy. It takes a minute for me to process it, though. Did Rose just call me an asshole?‘Oh, my Goddess,’ I say back. ‘Where are you, baby? Are you
‘You’re all there?’‘Yes,’ he says. ‘We’re taking her to Mark’s pack since that’s the closest. His healer, Dr. Travesty, is with her. We’ll be there in a couple of minutes.’So that means I have to change course a bit. I’m glad she’s not going to have our babies in Kane’s castle, but now I’ll have a
*Rose* We arrive at Mark’s castle, finally, and as the Alphas are unloading me back out of the deathtrap of a van–not on a stretcher like any sensible people but by trying to carry my bloated body–I take a moment to look up at the beauty of the place. I am in horrible pain, but the moment I look a
*Kelly* “Thank the Goddess,” I say. Cars are headed toward us on the horizon, and Eli has already received confirmation that they’re Mark’s warriors. They’ve come to meet us in some decent cars that won’t fall apart on the highway like this piece of shit is threatening to do with every turn. At lea
But then my head juts sideways suddenly, crashing into the window at the same time that Chris yells, “Oh, shit!” from the driver’s seat. I hear Heather scream, followed by the sound of breaking glass and crunching metal as the entire car flips over. I try to reach over to hold her, but I can’t even
*Rose* “What do you mean you need me to push, you ugly bitch?” Even though I have the epidural, it’s not completely made the pain go away, and whenever I have a contraction, I’m beginning to feel it again. I asked Dr. Travesty if I could have a new button because the one I’ve been pushing recently
With new determination, I bear down and begin to push. I grit my teeth as Reece counts for me, and with Dr. Travesty’s help, I only have to push a few times before she tells me to stop. And then… I see her. Tiny, purple and red with white goo all over her, and mad as hell, she’s holding a baby gir
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.