Rosa POV.“So, how are we going to handle Aberdone?” Casta asks and I take a deep breath.“The last time a fae king tried to attack was because he was blinded by rage and disgust because of my ancestor Rosalie. You should know the story.” I say and he looks at me and nods his head.“Ok, for those of us that don’t, care to explain.” Brody asks as he sits with his ankle resting on his knee and his arms stretched over the back of the sofa. Giving off an air of aloofness. Which I find funny, considering he is an assassin.“Well, my ancestor was the elder priestess of the fae called Rosalie. She was fated to a werewolf. She was also the first Angel of Death. Anyway, she was happy with her mate and had children. The dream, right? Well, the fae king was disgusted and hunted her and her mate down. He attacked them and in her rage, the angel was released to keep her mate safe. Unfortunately, he was still killed. So the angel turned her fury on the fae king’s army.” I say as I remember what I w
Rosa POV.Casta stands and nods his head and we all stand too and follow him out.“Well, shit is about to get real. I’m so excited.” Bogo says, rubbing his hands together as he skips outside. I look at Charlie and he chuckles.“Ok, that was not weird at all.” I say and he laughs, pulling me to his side.“He is a vampire. They are always peculiar. Besides, he doesn’t look dangerous.” He says as he points at him as he runs towards a child and my heart stops when he picks her up and twirls her around.“That is Matilda.” I smile as Henry explains. I watch him pepper kisses on the little girl’s face as she giggles, pushing him away with a little squeal of delight.“Daaaddddyyy, you slobbered on me,” she says in disgust, wiping her face as we walk towards them when Sunny moves closer to her and kisses her on her head and lifts her into her arms. Wait, are they mates?“Go on, ask the question that is right there on the tip of your tongue.” Brody says and I shake my head and he chuckles.“To
Rosa POV.Merrick! What the fuck is going on?“Why are you here? You are supposed to be dead.” I can feel Jadara’s pain as I look at the man on his knees. Jadara was right. He does have a striking resemblance to Charlie.“I was sent to escort you. It would seem the guardian has a sick sense of humour.” He says with a growl, and I don’t miss the way his fists clench.Bellious. Oh, the fucker will pay.“You are one of the monsters behind the gate?” I ask him when he looks at me and nods his head. Of course he is. Why didn’t I realise it sooner? Some of the monsters behind the gate have betrayed their bonds. Not all of them have, but some.“The sound and vibrations were the gate calling to me?” he shakes his head.“No, that is from those behind the gate calling to you. You followed the sound and vibrations and were led to me. I am here to escort you and your friends to Hell.” He says and I turn and look at the five behind me and they look in shock.“What are you?” I ask as I turn to face
Charlie POV.I walk behind Rosa as we enter the palace. I gulp as I look at the artwork and tapestries that line the walls. I will say this: Fenrir and Gaia have an eye for the arts.Considering this is Hell, I was expecting pictures of battles and gore. But I was wrong. The pictures are of the family. There is one that catches my attention. I walk towards it and smile.It was taken the day Gaia held a meet and greet for the kids of the orphanage at Dark Moon. I look at the kids in the picture and right there at the front are me and Rosa, with big toothy smiles on our faces. I feel her as she moves closer to me.“That day was so fun.” I tell her, and she chuckles.“Yeah, it was, but it was also sad.” She says and I wrap my arm around her waist and bring her closer to me. She rests her head on my shoulder, we just stare at all the smiling faces of the kids.“I wonder where they all are now?” I say, and she moves away.“I don’t know. I think mom has their files in the safe. We could try
Rosa POV.A chance at redemption. I turn and look at Merrick, and he looks down at the floor. Oh gods, that is why he wants to talk to Jadara.“I’m not ready to forgive him, Rosa. Please understand.” She whispers and I can feel the sadness roll off of her. I nod my head at her words as I turn and face Bellious, whose black eyes look at Merrick.They flicker back to me, and he offers me a sad smile.“You need to open the gate, you command them. You will need them to win this war against the fae king.” He tells me and I nod my head. I take a breath and sigh loudly as I move closer to the gate. Ok I can do this. But how?“How do I open the Gate Bellious?” I ask and he walks to me and smiles at me.“That I can’t tell you. You will figure it out. I only assist when necessary. It is my job to keep the Gate shut.” He says and I groan.“But you can open it, so tell me how?” I fold my arms over my chest and raise an eyebrow.“Naturally I would, but I can not. You have to figure it out.” He say
Rosa POV.Walking through the halls of the prison with the horde of monsters behind me. I stop at a door and turn to look at it, before shaking my head and I carry on moving forward. I know who is behind that door, but I have no right to go and see her.Fate, the sister of Karma and Odessa. My pops and mom tortured her personally for years. Nearly thirty mortal years she has been here, but thirty mortal years is an eternity as time moves differently here. A day here is the same as six months to the surface. Or something like that. I never truly understood the premise of time.We leave the prison and walk towards the palace. The vibrations from the footfalls pounds the red dirt as we enter the palace.I don’t stop, we just keep moving forward. Everyone is silent as I try to think of a plan. I need to meet mom who said she would meet me here, and she hasn’t. So much for her being the Goddess of Hell, she is never here.The palace front doors open and we leave. The demons stop what they
Rosa POV.We have found an abandoned pack in a clearing in neutral territory. We have settled there for a few weeks to regroup.My family, no, not my family. They didn’t follow, but the word is that the Dark Moon has vowed to destroy me and my army for me being a traitor by killing a future Luna and Beta. I chuckled when I heard that little rumour. They could try.More and more species and creatures have joined my ranks. We are growing stronger every day.Charlie left five days ago to find Asteria and so we are patiently waiting for him to return. He better get back soon, though.“Don’t worry, he will be fine, Rosa, and so will you be. Come on, we need to go on a rummage.” Angel says, and I know she is right. My heat hit me three days ago and so far it is being held off with the help of magic and potions.I stand and feel dizzy, but I steady myself as I walk into the forest in the search of the ingredients I need to keep it at bay for another day. I walk before I stagger and clutch a
Charlie POV.Asteria is with us. She has already assembled the sirens, and they are on their way to where the camp is. But I wasn’t expecting to come back and find Rosa in heat. When she tackled me to the floor with that feral look in her eyes, I knew I was going to have to hold on tight as the primal heat roared in her.Sirens breed differently to others. But Rosa is not just a wolf, she is a tribrid. She has a small amount of a siren in her thanks to Jadara. But it’s not the siren part or the wolf I am worried about. It is the Angel as a whole.I have only ever had sex with one other, and that was Lyra. Rosa is a virgin and if circumstances were different, I wouldn’t be doing this on the forest floor.I’m pulled out of my thoughts with her sinful tongue licking from my chest to my throat. Her hands grabbing my ass, pulling me closer to her.I need to take control, but I know she will be stronger at this moment.She rolls us her hand to my throat as she pins me to the floor. Her claw
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