“Damn, Ayda, your fingers are magic,” I say, as her thumbs move down my spine and then out to my sides.“You like this?” she asks.“It feels fantastic.”“Mmm, you’re very tight. Your muscles are very strong. I’m not familiar enough to know how much of this is tension and how much is strength.”“Righ
Ayda“What kind of a mother sleeps while her son dies beside her?” Masuzyo’s angry, hateful words fill my mind.“I didn’t mean to! I didn’t mean to!” I cry. Somewhere, deep in my mind, I know this is a dream, but I somewhere much closer to the surface, I feel like I deserve his punishment because I
“What? Who told you that?” he says, pushing me forward so he can look at me. He’s frowning and looks appalled at what I said.“I just…you should have a Luna who is stronger than me.”His eyes narrow and he moves, taking my face in his hands and holding me face so I’m forced to look at him.“Now you
DimitriI watch my mate and pup leave the packhouse before turning to find Gamma Nico. I let him sleep earlier while Sergi and I helped to clean out the packhouse and bury the dead, then Nico got up when we went to bed.“Nico, is Sergi up yet?” I ask, walking up to him.“He just mind linked me to as
“Thank you, Alpha.”When they step out of the room, I pull Ayda into a hug with one arm and Cathal with the other. “I hear my two favorite people are going around and spreading cheer to the warriors.”“It was Ayda’s idea, Dad, and they’ve all really appreciated it.”I kiss the side of her head befor
She swallows hard, refusing to look at me or Ayda. “I’m going to close this some, let me know when the pain is bearable,” she says.I watch as Ayda begins to breathe again. “There,” Ayda says.“Okay, Luna. I’m going to move this around. If anything becomes too painful, you let me know.”“Okay,” Ayda
AydaI’m not sure what the doctor told Dimitri, but when he returned to the room, his lips were pressed tightly together, and his hands were in fists. Well, at least until he took my hand and began leading me back to the packhouse, then he was gentle. He's always gentle with me.I know he thinks he
When dinner is done, and Dimitri has eaten everything that Cathal and I didn’t, Cathal begins to pout and I’m hoping he'll be allowed to stay so I won’t have to talk to Dimitri.“Alphas don’t pout, Cathal, especially to their Alpha fathers. You had all day with Ayda again, and you two can continue l