Charlie POV.It has been two weeks. Two weeks since Rosa lost control, two weeks since she was put in a drug-induced coma and placed in an enchanted glass cell underneath the Supernatural Council Headquarters.I keep replaying that night over in my head. Gaia was convinced that it was Jadara who killed both Paige and David. But I know different. It was Rosa. Her eyes never changed colour as she looked at me before she ripped Paige’s throat out.Even when her uncle tried to tackle her, it was still Rosa. But then Gaia tried to bind her. The Angel of Death took over and boy was it both terrifying yet beautiful to see.With her white flaming sword in her right hand and the ball of energy in her left. I stood there in shock. She is truly breathtaking, but right now, she is the most powerful being on the planet.When she collapsed and hit her head. Asteria sprung into action and had her moved to the enchanted cells. There is enough sedative running through her to kill a rogue dragon. The s
Rosa POV.“I love you Rosa.” I hear the voice and I know who it is. Charlie!“Charlie, please, I’m here. Don’t leave me. I need you and love you too. Please!” I scream in my head, but I can’t move. I can’t feel anything. Not Cece, not Jadara, nothing.It is like I’m floating in the darkness. I try to move to show him I can hear him. But everything feels heavy. Wait, I try to move, but I’m restrained. Damn them!“Charlie, please. I’m here. I can hear you. Don’t leave, don’t go. CHARLIE!” I scream again as I thrash, but I’m exhausted. I sob as I lay still, looking into the dark.More voices, voices I can barely recognise. My pops and queen Asteria.“They will kill her for what she has done.” I shake my head. No, what I did? What did I do? I know I killed Paige and David. But they have to understand I did what was right. But we were being threatened. King Aberdone. He triggered me. He triggered her.“We won’t let that happen, Fen. There is more to this than meets the eye. Rosa is too pow
Rosa POV.Wait, Rosalie! What the fuck is going on?“From the look on your face, you haven’t read the blank black book yet. Well, I will save you the trouble. It is nice to finally meet you Rosa.” She says with a chuckle and I just blink, staring at her with my mouth open like a damn dead fish.“Rosalie? Rosalie? My great grandmother. That Rosalie?” I ask and she nods her head, giggling.“Yes, the very same. I am sorry this is happening to you, my child. There are powers in this universe that even I don’t understand. But this right here is a gift. It took a lot of power to bring you to me. So I won’t waste our precious time together.” She says, giving my hand a squeeze.“What am I?” I ask her and she smiles before she looks out over the stream.“You are a very powerful being. Your birth parents were alphas. Your father was my great grandson. He had similar gifts to you. He and your mother lived in peace. However, my line has been executed for my sins. The fae king at the time was ruth
Rosa POV.I look around the prison and see the prisoners and smile at them. They all bow their heads as I’m led out in obsidian chains.“Rosa, we have a plan.” I look at my pops and shake my head.“No, I will deal with this, pops. Don’t be doing anything that will get you in trouble.” I say to him and he sighs as we are flanked by guards. I pass the glass cells and look at the dragon, who is smirking at me when I stop and turn to face him.“What is your name?” I ask him, and he steps forward, and he is big, huge even. Asteria hisses, but I ignore her.“Casta.” I nod my head at him.“Very well Casta. It is nice to meet you. We will meet again.” I say to him and he nods his head at me with a smirk as he steps back. He turns and walks to his bunk and sits down, his fists clenched. His black hair tied at the back of his head. Golden scales ripple under his skin. His orange eyes like fire look at me.“Come on.” My pops says, and I look ahead and continue walking.“What was that?” he asks m
Charlie POV.What the fuck was that? I think as I watch the golden dragon carry her further away from me. This is not fucking happening.“Someone, find where they are going.” Aberdone screams when I turn to look at him and stalk him. My fists clenched when I rear back and punch him in the face, and he staggers before falling to his ass in a pile of rubble.“You will do nothing. You go after her. I will kill you.” I let my siren side shine through and he scoffs, spitting blood at the ground.“You and what army boy? I will destroy you all for this,” He says when Fen walks up and grips him.“You declaring war Aberdone? That isn’t very wise.” He says when Gaia chuckles as she moves forward. I step back as she looks at him.“You tried to kill my daughter. You tried to attack my brother’s pack? Well, that is an act of war. Be ready for it, Aberdone. Right now, you are at war.” She shoves him away before she turns and opens a portal and walks through. We all look at him before we follow behi
Rosa POV.“Wake up, little angel. We are here.” I hear the gruff voice of Casta as I open my eyes and look around. The clouds part as I see the mountains on an island. The Waning mountains.“How long have I been asleep?” I ask him as I rub my eyes and stretch. He chuckles.“Not long little angel, but we are here now,” he says and I grab his little spiky horns and lean forward again as he flies down and my stomach flips and I squeal as we fly over the mountains.I’m in awe. The ground is so green and lush, palm trees, and animals run in herds. Cece perks up in my head. For the first time since I climbed on his back, she has calmed down. She was freaking out, screaming like a little girl while Jadara was laughing and cheering.“Well, at least we will have food wherever this place is,” Cece whines in my head and I roll my eyes as Casta circles looking for somewhere to land. I point to a clearing and he moves towards it. Pulling up as he hovers in the air as his huge paws touch down. I wo
Charlie POV.I dive into the salt water and shift quickly. I swim at speed towards the Waning mountains. It won’t take long to get to the island because I know where I am going. If you don’t know where you are going or are not in need, the island is impossible to find.“Charlie, keep her safe and tell her we are not mad at her for anything. Also, please apologise to her for my attack. I needed to make it believable.” Queen Asteria’s voice is in my head.“I will, my queen. Thank you. Keep me informed on any developments. I will find her and keep her safe.” I reply to her as I swim under shoals of fish.“Go, be safe, my boy. Tell her we are all awaiting her return and we are preparing the armies.” She says and I reply with I will and shut the link down.The fastest way to the island is through the singing stream. This stream is an underwater current like the EAC East Australian Current. But this has currents that run off it like a highway. If I don’t take it, it will take days and miles
Rosa POV.Charlie looks at me, and I give him an awkward smile. Casta chuckles next to me. I look at him and smile at him; he knows what I am talking about. Oh, gods, I’m in deep shit for releasing him and the others.“We will fight with you. We are bound to you.” I turn and see the others from the prison as they stand there behind a woman.“I can’t ask that of any of you. Casta, thank you for helping me, but I can’t allow any of you to die for me.” I say, and he smiles at me. It is warm and understanding.“Little angel, you are the one to stop him. Aberdone is like a ravenous monster, consuming everything in his path. He needs to die. We know what you are. I knew the moment you were brought into the prison. The power coming from you is nothing I have felt before. You need to learn to control it.” He tells me and I look down in embarrassment. How do I control the angel when I couldn’t even make a ball of light? How do I control her when I couldn’t control Jadara and Cece? Gods, we are
Rosa POV.It has been eight long years since we last saw Asteria, and we all mourned the loss of Shanti. Charlie went into himself and I pulled him out of the spiral he was in. It wasn’t just me who pulled him out; it was Roman and the arrival of our little princess. She is, of course, named after her aunty. Shanti. She is beautiful; she has my red hair and her father’s blue eyes.Roman is ten now, and he is a good boy. Even when Shan was born he was her little shadow, always helping and even now he still does. He loves her so much, just like everyone else does.Over the last eight years I have been having more and more visions and Jadara has helped interpret them, but the strange thing is she has had the same ones I have. So this means something big about to happen.Life at Waning mountain has been peaceful, but then again, when you are on an island that only shows itself to those in need, it will do that. I look at my husband as he teaches the kids how to spar. I laugh when they all
Rosa POV.It has been two years since Roman was born and boy is he a little spitfire. He has everyone wrapped around his little finger. He is on the go and never stops. It doesn’t help that I can’t chase him, as I am expecting our second child. We got married six months after Roman was born and moved back to Waning mountain.There is still no word on where Asteria is, but we haven’t given up hope. Charlie is still searching for her. But he hasn’t made the same mistake again. Jadara had a beautiful little girl, and she is like her, with the long white hair, but she has Merrick’s brown eyes. She is stunning.They named her Rana. After Jadara’s mother. Her and Roman are the best of friends and they cause trouble together. Casta found a second chance mate and sunny had twins. Is it wrong that life continues on even without Asteria being here?There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t miss her.“Roman, put you pants back on little man.” He giggles as he streaks through the living room. J
Rosa POV.It has been two weeks since Charlie returned. I know he is still working on finding Asteria but he hasn’t left the packhouse, but each lead is leading to nothing. We have been slowly getting back on track. He is right behind me like a lost puppy.He works when he thinks I’m sleeping, but I don’t mind. I know how important Asteria is not just to him, but to us all. She needs to be found safe and sound. I can’t think of what they are doing to her.We have been preparing for the arrival of our son. I have been able to nest properly now that he is here; he watched in fascination as I built my nest and helped by handing me things. It may look a mess to others, but it is perfect for me and Charlie. So that is where we are, in my nest.My family comes to see me every day, but once it gets too much, they leave. I apologised to my nanna. But she waved it off, saying she completely understood. Mom and Jadara have been helping with preparing for our son’s arrival. Jadara shared her own
Charlie POV.Every day I have entered the room and stay in the same space as her and each time she watches me, I know she doesn’t believe I’m really here and I’m a threat and I have no-one to blame but myself.But today is different. Today I am sitting by the door reading a book. When I see her out of the corner of my eye as she moves closer to me. I don’t look at her. I continue doing what I’m doing as she moves to sit beside me.She has started to eat again, little and often. So that is progress. She isn’t vocal, though. She is watching me and I continue to read, keeping my heartbeat steady. Valour purrs and it rumbles in my chest at how close she is.She doesn’t flinch; she blinks and watches my face. I turn slowly to look at her and smile at her. She blinks her beautiful green eyes at me and moves back, but she is still looking at me.“Rosa, are you ok?” I ask her gently and she gulps and tilts her head. I know she is in there somewhere.“Cece, are you ok?” she pulls her face away
Charlie POV.It has been three months since Rosa told me about Asteria being captured and Shanti and I have been searching every lead we have received and, so far, nothing. I have not spoken to Rosa and I know if I did, it would hurt her more.Valour has been telling me we need to get back to her, but I can’t when I don’t know where Asteria is. Rosa will understand. Asteria is my mom, just like Gaia is hers.“Wrong hooman, mate needs us. She is in distress.” He tells me as I stop reading the latest report from the shifters on Waning mountain. I have asked Brody and the others to help. After all, they are bounty hunters.“She is safe Valour, please. We will go back to her soon, I promise.” I tell him when he huffs and disappears further into my mind.Hours later, I stand up and stretch my back and it pops and cracks. The door to the house bursts open and I growl as Gaia and Fen stalk inside and look right at me. Both look pissed.“What’s happened?” I ask, and Gaia walks to me and punch
Rosa POV.It has been a month since I found out Asteria was captured by the humans. Since then we have found out it is the human military that captured her and we have searched the earth looking for her, but nothing it is like they have completely disappeared. I told Charlie the day I found out.He didn’t blame me; he told me that the humans have been after her for a long time. But that doesn’t make it any better. He went to Moonlight Cove and spoke to Artemis and Shanti.Artemis has evacuated the underwater kingdom and fled with the sirens. Charlie and Shanti have been following leads and I am here on the ground finding anything that could lead us to her. Pops was pissed, but he said he would help in finding her.So we are all looking for her or any sign of these military scumbags who have taken her. But so far nothing.All we know is that they would have to be keeping her near water. They won’t be out in the open that would cause a war with the sirens. If we find her, then it will b
Rosa POV.I’m numb after what we have been told. That experiments have been performed on shifters. How could the humans be so cruel? I wander the pack grounds deep in thought as I try to understand why. But nothing is coming to me.If they are studying each different species, then who is to say that the hybrids won’t be on their radars in the future? We need to keep everyone safe. But how? How do you keep each and every shifter species safe from an unknown threat?Simple answer is you can’t. You can prepare, but it would be easier if we knew who it was we were preparing for. Do we say something and create mass panic and force the shifters back into the dark? Or do we let them live, not knowing what kind of danger they are in?I have a gut feeling that all this is no coincidence. The humans were fine and the human governments were fine with us all living in peace. But to pick out shifters that is premeditated, and they knew who to target. They have had years to put this together. So wh
Rosa POV.Waking up, I stretch and realise we are in our room in the packhouse. I reach across the bed to find it empty; I roll to my side and stare at the empty space beside me.Rolling on to my back, I look up at the ceiling and smile to myself. Charlie shifted last night. We ran in our forms; we played and we fu … mated in our forms, but I do remember falling asleep in the forest. So Charlie must have woken up and carried me back here. He is a sweetheart.The bedroom door opens, and in he walks carrying a breakfast tray. He is a sight for sore eyes. With his chest on display and shorts hanging low on his hips, showing off those rippling muscles and the deep V line that makes a girl hot with need.But I’m sorry ladies, this hunk is mine, all mine, and will be forever.“Morning, baby girl. I thought I would make you breakfast.” I hear Cece swoon. She is a hopeless romantic when it comes to this kind of stuff. I will admit I am too.“You didn’t need to do that. I’m surprised you are u
Charlie POV.Every nerve ending is on fire. Every cell is burning and changing. My eyes hurt and things sound sharper and I place my hands over my ears as I double over in pain. My insides feel like they are being torn out.I have no idea where I am. I feel the sparks and open my eyes to look into the calm green eyes of my mate as I try to reach for her when I whimper, but roll onto my back as my spine breaks and I scream out.“Breathe Charlie. Imagine Valour. Imagine his coat and his eyes. Let him take control, baby.” She tells me, but right now I’m too focused on the pain and the sound of blood rushing into my ears.“Let me forward, hooman.” Valour’s calm voice is louder than before and I whimper again my spine rearranges as I arch my back and I vomit on the floor.“NOW HOOMAN, LET ME FORWARD!” I try to speak, but my jaw snaps and blood coats my tongue. I would not recommend this at all.All I can feel and focus on is the pain and my cheek bones snap and my face burns as it grows lo