Hey! Now all three of our mates are starting to go in the right direction. Time for something bad to happen...
It’s about mid-morning when I get a mindlink from Tomas. I’m in the middle of some paperwork from my area. We’re trying to get permits to break ground on a new elementary school. Le’s just say that the dry language of government red tape is not my happy place. Because even though this is pack land that we’re developing, we still have to play nice with the human government. Hearing his voice is welcome respite. Hey! Are you two available to talk this afternoon? I have something important to tell you, he links to me and Kaia. I’m free after 1:00 if you two want to do lunch, I respond. Same, Kaia responds, her answer terse and a little breathy. She’s starting to ramp up her training for the competition circuit again and has been at the gym since 6:00 this morning. She’s gotta be exhausted, but I can feel the little jolt of happiness that goes through her at the thought of seeing Tomas. Pizza? she adds through the mindlink. I’ll get from Bobby’s, I link, mouth already wate
I didn’t mean to explode on Kaia like that. She and I seem to rub each other the wrong way a lot of the time. But there’s always an underlying chemistry beneath it. We’d actually been making some headway with our relationship, especially after I devoured her pussy when she sat on my face the other night. And then when she walked in tonight, she basically ran into my arms and we had the hottest make-out session that I’ve had. Well, maybe tied with the one that I had with Zoe in the park. But then she got pissed. And in my head, I was telling myself not to react. I was telling myself that this is probably just Kaia reacting to her heightened emotions. And then she said that sexist shit and I lost my cool. Obviously it was due to my heightened emotions as well, but I should have said it. Especially that last thing I said, because that didn’t only just hurt Kaia, but it hurt Zoe, too. I was literally on my knees in front of her apologizing when all of a sudden, she rips m
I am so angry. Livid even. How dare he talk to me like that! Does he even understand what I can do? The kind of warrior that I am? I was invited to be one of the Elite and declined to keep my Luna position. But that didn’t mean that I was some kind of liability in battle! And like I always do, I find it easier to deal with my emotions and how arguments played out better in my wolf form. So, I head for the forest. The place where I do my best thinking. I quickly transform into my wolf and start to run the territory. And then I allow the argument to replay in my head. This time, though, I hear it a little differently. Instead of the angry and almost smug “NO!” that I thought Tomas had screamed at me when I suggested that we go with him, I remember the look on his face. The protectiveness and fear. Is it possible that I misunderstood his intention? It makes what he had said next sound more like a plea than anything else. “No! I won’t let you come with me. I can’t ris
By the time the sun is starting to go down, I get a mindlink from Gregory. The potion is ready. Alright. We’ll get everyone together and prepare to leave in the hour, I link back. Turning to my mate, I tell him, “They’re ready with the potion. Told Gregory to expect us in an hour.” He nods and I can tell by the absent look on his face that he’s mindlinking everyone. Huitzilopochtli looks at us, his hands held out at his side in a helpless gesture. “I wish there was something else that I could do for you, but I cannot enter Selene’s realm at all. Not unless she is there to extend the invitation. I truly think that the only reason that this spell will work for you is because you belong to that realm. That’s where you go when you die. And your mate’s soul will go there as well.” “Do you have any advice that will help us?” I ask. “She’s cocky. It’s with good reason, but it has also made her over confident. She likes to play with her meals. And it can make her…inattentive t
The plan is simple. Distract Ītzpāpālōtl with magic from the witches and attacks from the wolves. No one but those that already live in the Goddess Realm get close to her. They are already did and, while they can be hurt, they can’t die again. Arya and I are the only ones that go after her to stab her with the diamond swords, since we’re demi-gods. But everyone has a diamond sword just in case. Simple plan. Let’s just hope that the execution works just as well. Right before we leave, Hermes stops us. To tell the truth, I had forgotten that he was there. There was just a lot going on and I think I could be excused for forgetting that there was a Greek god in the room with us. “Wait. Let me bestow a gift on you all before you leave!” Hermes calls from the chair that he looks like he’s still having trouble sitting upright in. I look at him, confused. “Why are you still in such bad shape? Shouldn’t you be healing faster than that?” Hermes rolls his eyes at me. “If I coul
Seeing Arya fall from that height would have made my heart stop if I still had one that beat. I run towards her, trying to get there in time, but she crashes to the ground in a bone jarring thud. Still, I grab her, pulling her out of the way of the goddess’s sharp taloned feet. She’ll heal, she’s a werewolf and a demigod. But that’s only if she doesn’t die in the first place. Once I have Arya clear, I look up to see Devin still hanging on to the death deity’s hair, clinging on with all that he has. “Do it, Devin! Strike!” I scream to him. It’s now or never. We’re not going to get a second chance. She’s already acclimating to the magick that is being thrown at her and she’s knocked several of Arya’s family members on their asses when they go too close. I watch Devin pull his arm back and strike hard at the flesh between her back and her wing. Ītzpāpālōtl shrieks. A high, unearthly sound that pours through the air around us, seeming to surround us with more than just so
Zoe and I are dozing in each other’s arms after our truly amazing mating when Kaia’s voice filters into the mindlink. Can I come in? she asks. Of course. I’m on my way, I tell her. Zoe murmurs something unintelligible when I extricate myself from her, but I shush her with a kiss on the forehead and she settles back into sleep. I pull on my pants and a t-shirt and go to the door. When I get to the door, Kaia’s standing there in an oversized pair of sweets and a tank top that is about two sizes too small. Her hair is a wild and tangled mess. All of this shows that she has been in her wolf form for a bit. She looks wild and beautiful. “Hey,” she says, her voice really quiet. She’s obviously embarrassed by our argument earlier. The fact that she’s here, though, isn’t at all what I was expecting. From what I’ve seen of Kaia, she wears her anger like armor. Anything to keep herself from getting hurt. I played into that unfortunately, but I’m hoping that we’ll be a
Nathan’s words from last night keep playing over and over in my head and the fact that I don’t know whether or not to believe him is keeping me awake. When he pulled me away from Bella, he took me into one of the bedrooms on the plane, hoping to get a bit of privacy, but it felt way more intimate than it probably should have. I thanked Hecate that I thought to wear my descenting panties and packed a week’s worth in my suitcase. Because being in close quarters like that, in such a suggestive setting, put all kinds of thoughts into my mind. “Nyx, I, um…I wanted to talk to you about our bond,” Nathan said and my heart dropped. I knew it was too good to be true. “I understand, Nathan. I get it. You would never have picked for the two of us to be together and you want to get out of the matebond as soon as possible. It’s part of the reason that I’m working so hard to help us find a way to get to the gods and goddesses. Once we get Selene out, you and I will be able to fully reje