LOGINShare
Chapter 121: Marinah: Del Rey (Love Island)
Last Updated:
2024-10-29 19:42:56Related chapters
Shifter King Chapter 122: King: The Island (Cuba)
My heavy boots eat up the cool tile floor as I walk the endless corridors of the citadel. Marinah's absence is a dark hole in our daily routine. She's part of the island's lifeforce even though she has no idea what that means. The island and people come alive when she's nearby. The Warriors have adapted to her and her leadership. They have grown to expect her strange warrior ways and work with them for the better. She doesn't see it because she's too caught up in her own head. I've tried taking things slow, giving her time. Maybe time isn't the answer. Warriors understand war. I've been treating my mate like a human woman and not the bloodthirsty Warrior she's become and the men expect. The punch of energy from Marinah's Beast hit me in the gut when she went after Beck. Fury and confusion filled me, mirroring what was going on inside Marinah. I've felt it before, but this was different. Our mate bond pulled me along, and I wanted to kill Beck too. I almost went after hi
Shifter King Chapter 123: Marinah: Del Rey (Love Island)
I miss King. Four days is too long to be separated, and I crave him like crazy. My head is clearer now. The meditation didn't just help, it gave me what's been missing. Cosway and her calm understanding helped too. She has a different way of looking at the world, and now it's rubbed off on me. I know what we need to do. The Shadow Warriors are not ready to attack the Federation on the mainland. The humans at the outposts aren't ready either. We only have one option, and King won't like it. "I pack bags," Cosway says from the door. I never mentioned we were leaving. She senses what's inside me before I understand it myself. I hold up a hand before she leaves the room. "I want to meditate before we go." She gives a smile over her shoulder when she walks away. I pick up her cat and give it the affection I'd rather be giving Callie. King is another story. I need his arms around me. He's a part of me and I'm not whole without him. I put the cat down and hike to m
Shifter King Chapter 124: Marinah
After our large breakfast, Callie cuddle time, and a refreshing shower, I call a meeting of my guard by way of King who remains grumpy. Beck, Labyrinth, Nokita, and Cabel tentatively enter the meeting room, attempting to judge the atmosphere. Alden is new to my guard. He was previously assigned to Beck because he has difficulty with authority, but the problem has been fixed, and he's now vital to our team. He's following the lead of the other men. Axel enters, walks straight to me, and wraps his hands around my shoulders, pulling me in for a hug. He ignores my grumbling and doesn't release me until he's ready. Axel is our doctor and sometimes rules don't suit him such as hugging his leader. Sheesh. He finally steps back and runs his gaze from my toes and up. A low growl leaves King's throat. Axel doesn't bother looking in his direction. "You look good," he says. "Rested," continuing to take his time in his appraisal. Axel thinks it's his personal job to keep me he
Shifter King Chapter 125: King
"We have a submarine?" I question Nokita who just let us in on his little secret. "We may have a submarine. It's not operational right now," he explains. "Three things need to work so we can breathe below the surface. Replenishing the oxygen first, releasing the carbon dioxide second, and removing the moisture we exhale last." He shrugs. "It's complicated." Marinah breaks into our discussion, "How long will it take to be operational?" "If it's operational, two weeks. I need parts." "Are there other toys you want to share?" Marinah inquires. Nokita is not enjoying his time in the spotlight while Marinah drills him. I never realized how fun it is looking at things from the outside while someone else leads. I cross my arms and relax somewhat. "We have a quad mini-sub that is seaworthy once the scrubber is fixed," he says. "That should take a couple of days at most." "What about an update on land vehicles?" she fires at him next. "We
Shifter King Chapter 126: Marinah
I sleep like the dead. King, who got out of bed an hour ago, walks back into the room carrying breakfast. The delicious smell of bacon floats through the room. "Wake up, sleepyhead," he says in a low, gruff voice. I roll over. "Why are you whispering?" "If you were sleeping, I was hoping you wouldn't hear." "Do you have any idea how much work we have in front of us?" At King's insistence, we slept last night instead of preparing the island. "You said it yourself," he challenges. "We're ready and have been for years." I couldn't argue. We won't be sleeping much in our foreseeable future. I toss the bedding aside. King removes the tray covers, and my gut clenches in hunger. I hadn't realized shifting straight to Nova would take so much out of me. I wouldn't mind but no matter how many times I tried to recreate the moment Nova burst out instead of Ms. Beast, I fall short. I have no idea how I did it. "Your half is two pounds of bacon, a doz
Shifter King Chapter 127: Marinah
"Queen." He knows that irritates me, and I give him a stern side-eye as a reminder. His lips quirk and I realize he's trying to take my mind off the bubble of death. Like that's gonna happen. "Ready to launch?" asks a very chipper Nokita after he flips several switches on the control panel in front of him. When working on planes, he's a pilot. When on a sub, he's the skipper or whatever you call them. His vernacular is that of a man who lives and breathes engines. He's multi-functional when it comes to anything mechanical. King once told me that Nokita started fixing tractor engines when he was young because he hated working the farm fields with his father. By the age of twelve, Nokita had a thriving farm mechanical business going. "Have you ever manned one of these things?" I ask and immediately wish I hadn't. Nokita turns in his seat and reads the fear in my eyes. "Never," he says in glee without hiding it. He and King set me up. I'm finall
Shifter King Chapter 128: King
We leave Marinah's motorbike at the shipyard. She rides behind me with my one arm holding her in place while my other steers the bike. Her skin was pasty white after the strange incident on the sub, but she appears fine now. I'm worried she'll pass out again and I may not be able to grab her, thus the arm for security. I should have called Beck to pick us up. The journey back seems to take forever. Marinah shows no signs of the earlier trouble and my concern is eating up my insides. By the time we reach the citadel, she tells me she's fine, the universal women's code for leave me alone. She stomps grumpily to our room at my order which doesn't go over well with her beast. She actually growls when I try to force her into the shower. I give her a growl back, pick her up. and deposit her inside the tub. She's too stunned to react until it's too late and she's where I want her. "You can turn the shower on, or I will," I tell her, setting my jaw stubbornly. "Ice-cold mi
Shifter King Chapter 129: Marinah
After five minutes of meditation, I take a breath and open my eyes. "Now that our heads are clear, do we have word on the Federation's location?" Beck's eyes snap open impatiently and judging by the tone of his voice, the meditation didn't calm his nerves in the least. I'll do a few private sessions with him when this is over. "Landan notified us about an hour ago that one of his scouting planes located Federation ships about eight hours between Key West and us. Tops, we have eight hours to prepare." Weariness takes over and I fight a yawn. "It's because the hellhounds are already here," I say and finish with the explanation of the hellhounds chained offshore. The horror on each man's face says it all. Even Nokita, who had some time to digest what we saw, appears rattled. "This battle is two-fold," I continue. "They will release the hellhounds first, give them time to cause disruption to our Warriors, and kill as many of us as possible, then send in the troops to f
Latest chapter
Shifter King Chapter 141: King: The Island (Cuba)
I head to the training field and beat up on all comers for the next two hours. My men look at me in fear by the time I'm through. I'm going to be a father and I should be ecstatic. All I feel is fear, and it's not something I'm accustomed to. Strangling my mate might help. A baby. We could have lost our child before I knew about him or her. My thoughts return to strangulation. My men practically fall to the ground when I head back to my room to shower. Thankfully, Marinah found another place to be. I need time before I deal with her. I shower, dress in fresh clothes, and I leave the room. Labyrinth's body is in his quarters. His funeral will be tonight along with the Shadow Warriors lost in the Federation's attack. Beck, Nokita, Cabel, and Alden stand outside Labyrinth's door, their faces somber. "Marinah is with him," rebukes Beck. He's angry he didn't go with us and it's not his death. Marinah made the right decision on who she took on our mi
Shifter King Chapter 140: King
Marinah picks up Labyrinth and tosses him over her shoulder like he weighs forty pounds and not three hundred and forty. The black dress is in tatters, only covering parts of her massive form. Mrs. Barnes opens groggy eyes, and I set her on her feet. I give her one minute to find her balance. "Move," I order when her time's up. She cries and sniffs and squeals, and sniffs some more while she tries to run. Her bravado is gone. The pointed heels of her shoes become a problem. With a growl, I pick her up and flip her over my shoulder the same way Marinah holds Labyrinth. Her shriek is music to my ears, but we don't need the noise so I slam my hand down on the backs of her exposed thighs. She shrieks once before she decides silence is best. We run without stopping and make it to the rendezvous point in thirty minutes. Mrs. Barnes crumples to the ground when I try to place her on her feet. She can rest here and wallow in her bad fortune. Alden doesn't take his eyes from the presiden
Shifter King Chapter 139: Marinah
The room turns my stomach. Starvation, death, and helplessness fill the world while these people hold parties, laugh, drink alcohol, and pretend they live in a different time. Several men smile at me inquisitively as I slowly stroll around the room. I give them assessing smiles, meeting their eyes. "You belong," I repeat internally. It's twenty minutes before President Barnes enters-his wife on his arm. I'd forgotten about her. She's a scientist as well as first lady. Her hair is perfectly manicured, her head held regally as if the world belongs to her. Diamonds drip from her throat and her wrists. She lives in a different world. I never liked her and for the most part, she stayed far away from the government's workings. For some reason whenever I saw her, I felt like a lab rat. I can now put my finger on my feelings. I respected them back then. I'm disgusted now and detest everything the Barneses stand for. No, I don't like the woman. A small ache goes through me
Shifter King Chapter 138: King: Federation Territory
Six hours later, minus braids, and practically bald, we're settled on the plane. The look on Alden and Labyrinth's faces match mine. We are unrecognizable as Warrior with our shaved heads. I'd rather dress in pink. "You would think your power was in your hair the way you whiny babies are handling this," were Marinah's exact words. Personally, I was resigned to my fate and remained stoic, hoping one of the men would talk her out of it. Her alpha stare came into effect, and she chopped a section of her braids off with her sword. The men followed suit, giving me sad puppy dog eyes while we sheared our heads. Beck kept his mouth shut from that moment on. If Maylin hadn't saved the day and trimmed up the mess we made, the lot of us would have needed to go completely bald. I run my hand over the prickly stubble. Cutting our hair was necessary for Marinah's plan to work. Her hand lands on my opposite arm. I pull her close so she rests her head on my shoulder. "Sleep," I whispe
Shifter King Chapter 137: King
Seven Warriors lost their lives. We have several humans in uncertain condition but so far none have died. I locate the wives of two of the men. They know their mates are dead, but I want them to understand as the wife of a Shadow Warrior, they will be cared for. The looks on their faces say it all. There is nothing comforting about death. "Will it ever end?" I think to myself after leaving. I don't have answers. When we came to the island, our plan was to take over for a short time. The people put up little resistance. Starved and short on medical supplies, they needed us as much as we needed them. Once the world was settled, we would give the island back to its people. On days like today, I don't see it happening. Beck finds me as soon as I return to the citadel. "We have a problem at the shipyard, and Nokita is asking for you." Of course we have a problem at the shipyard. I change course. The sun blazes down on us as Nokita explains what parts he ne
Shifter King Chapter 136: Marinah
I wake up in the warm cushion of King's arms. He's awake and staring at me. "How is the soldier?" I ask groggily. He knows who I mean. "She survived. Axel performed surgery on one wrist and put both in casts. What do you plan on doing with her?" My heart is heavy. "I'm not sure." I roll so I'm facing King. "I couldn't kill her. Even Ms. Beast couldn't do it." "Hmm." He almost has me smiling, but then I remember the pain of losing our men. "How many of our people died?" "Your people. Seven Warriors, no humans." I ache at the news. "Who?" King recites the names. It hurts. Two of them have families. One just became a new father. I sit up partially. "The men need us. What are we doing in here?" King locks his arms around me again and pulls me back into bed. "You can read your grandmother's journal, but you are not leaving this room until you're healed. It's not up for discussion." I want to argue. His hard, calculating e
Shifter King Chapter 135: King
I pace outside Axel's office while he treats Marinah. He kicked me out and blocked the door an hour ago. Mate, Beast rumbles. I glance at the door in anger, deciding if I should break it down or not. I'm sitting in the infirmary while medical teams work on Warriors and islanders. I should care but my focus is Marinah. Earlier, when the fighting stopped, Marinah held her Nova form and didn't revert to her Beast. I approached her slowly. It took a few minutes before she stopped ripping the soldiers apart. I saw when awareness entered her eyes. She had no idea what she'd done. A moment later, she toppled over. I thought she would change form, but it never happened. There was so much blood from the soldiers she killed, it took a few minutes to figure out she'd been shot. I rushed her to Axel's infirmary. Before throwing me from the room, he found two bullet wounds, one in her shoulder, one in her side, and an additional knife puncture in her other side. I came
Shifter King Chapter 134: Marinah
A shadow falls over me, and I look into King's huge jaws. "You need to shift. I'll loosen your straps." His clawed hands are slightly clumsy when he unfastens the buckles. He runs a sharp claw along the bare skin on my back when finished. "One kiss and we'll take up where we leave off when this is over." He says it like we're going on an excursion through the park. I appreciate the light comment. I'm wound up so tight, I don't think I can breathe. Now he wants a kiss and I can't think of anything more delicious. I morph in his arms, growing in height, expanding in girth, and turning a flavor of ugly only a mate can appreciate. With my fangs in the way, I kiss him because he loves me in whatever form I take, and I love him. My radio spits, "The artillery on the ships is keeping our planes back, but they've got one crippled ship so I'm changing the plan if my alpha approves. I'm tracking the sub and want to take it out." "Go for it," I yell as another explosion rocks
Shifter King Chapter 133: Marinah
Energy spikes through my blood as we travel the winding roads. I feel alive. There's nothing left of the frightened young woman who clung to King on the back of his bike, holding on to a man she didn't trust. That man, beside me now, is the reason I'm an entirely different person. My hands open and close on the motorbike's handlebars in anticipation of the coming fight. Hellhounds are one thing, but humans are the real enemy-thinking, plotting, murdering humans. Bloodlust fills me. I'll kill them all. We hit the city and weave through the winding side streets at breakneck speed. I love the powerful rumble between my thighs, the tilt of the bike when I take corners, and the feel of wind against my face. Who knew I would turn into a biker chick? We glide through the open metal gates, abandoning the bikes, and head to the roof of the citadel at a full run. I shift to human form while Shadow Warriors and humans scramble out of our way. We crash through the roof's door and cha
