Asteria POV.That was fun. Poor Carter, he looks green around the gills. I approach him, fighting the urge to laugh when he straightens up, holding his chest.“You ok?” I ask as I rub his arm and he turns to look at me. He is in shock. Fuck! Great going Asteria, you have given him a heart attack.“What? Yeah, sorry I’m ok,” He says and I fidget with my fingers when he runs his hand over his hair and I turn away from him, smiling, silently laughing, holding a hand to my mouth as we walk towards the packhouse.The pack is unusually quiet. Maybe they are on a pack run? I walk up the steps and push the door open. Yeah, they must be on a pack run. Carter takes my hand and we walk inside and sit in the sitting room.Something doesn’t feel right. I look around the room and I notice there are no pictures of Perla, but then again, I wouldn’t expect him to keep any of her. But that isn’t what is strange. I stand and move around the room.Looking at everything, the room is the same as I remember
Asteria POV.Sitting in the living room of the packhouse. Javier has entered freshly changed with his Beta Liam. Javier sits opposite to us with Liam sitting next to him.“You said you had some questions?” Javier asks, and I take a breath as I get comfortable.“Yes, I want to know if Perla ever shifted into a wolf or if you ever shifted into a siren?” I ask him and he looks from me to his Beta and he turns back to me and shakes his head as he leans back, resting his foot over his knee.“No, she remained a siren, and I remained a wolf. Why?” he asks and I look at Carter and he turns to Javier.“Because I am becoming a hybrid. So we wanted to know if this had happened with you and Perla. Or if this has ever happened before?” Carter says and I nod in agreement to his statement.“No, as far as I am aware as you will be Asteria. That only humans can be turned if they have specific shifter DNA.” He says and I agree because that is right. Even dormant DNA can be awakened. I mean, look at Mia
Asteria POV.It has been a few weeks since we went to the pack and were now back at the beach mansion. Tonight is the full moon.We are celebrating. We have invited our friends to Carter’s first shift, just like they do when a werewolf shifts for the first time. I thought it was only right to do this for him. Sirens shift from birth, and this is a monumental occasion.I flush the toilet and brush my teeth again. The morning sickness hit me two weeks ago and I’m sporting a small baby bump.Every opportunity that Carter gets, he is always touching my belly, either with his hands or his lips. Every night after my nightly swim and we are settled in bed. He lifts my top and reads a story to my belly. It is the cutest thing I have ever seen.But this morning sickness is the only downside. I have never known a siren to have this sickness. But then again, I am on land, so that could be a reason. But who knows?Dani told me she was as sick as a dog for the first four months of her pregnancy an
Asteria POV.I prepare Carter with Artemis. He is standing on the beach as we paint his skin. The blue paint is from the bioluminescent plants as we make swirls and patterns on his bare skin. His eyes locked on mine as I move my fingers over his skin.“There, you are ready.” I say to him as I strip down and take his hand in mine and lead him towards the water. I look at the beach and see everyone smiling. As we enter the water.“You will be ok,” I say to him as I squeeze his hand. He squeezes it back and takes a few breaths to calm himself down. I sing to him to calm him further and I don’t stop. The deeper we get, he lets me go and I shift. After I breach the water, I move closer to him.I look up and see the moon is full and in position. I swim around him.“Anything?” I ask him, and he clenches his jaw and begins to breathe harshly through his nose.“Don’t fight it.” I say to him and he relaxes. I swim back and he moves further forward. When he groans out in pain and I know it is ha
Carter POV.This is amazing. Being a siren is awesome. Being able to swim at depths only by being reached by using subs is amazing. Seeing all these new and amazing creatures and other sirens around me is something else.Everything is more vivid around me thanks to my siren’s eyesight. Feeling the vibrations of the water and the life living within the ocean’s words can’t even describe how it all feels.Swimming in this form takes a lot of power and now I understand why the sirens are all so fit and trim. It takes a lot to be able to swim in this form, not forgetting about the water pressure and everything else that goes with it.Asteria has been so patient with me as I get used to being in this form. Learning to control the thrust and the manoeuvring in the water. But I know we must return to the surface world soon. I chuckle at that like a big kid, surface world.“Are you ready?” Asteria nudges me with her fin and I smile at her.“Not really, but I know we must get this bit out of th
Asteria POV.We all turn and look towards the door where Lycaon and Selene both stand. I stand up, ready to fight if need be.“Lycaon, Selene. So nice of you both to come here. What do you both want?” I ask the hostility is still there, no amount of apologies will ever change that. The feud with Selene and I goes back too far. Yes, I could have let her die, but I didn’t. I saved her, but I didn’t do it for her or Lycaon. No, I did it for her family. This is where Gaia and I are the same. Selene meddled in her mate bond, and so the two of them went to war.“Asteria, Carter, we have come to give our congratulations to you both.” She says and I narrow my eyes at her, no they are here for something else.“Thank you.” Carter clears his throat as he addresses them both. But I don’t. I watch them. The predator in me waiting for the opportunity to strike if I have to.“We have come to discuss, something with you both. Can we sit?” I say nothing in response and move to sit down when the parame
Asteria POV.“Ideally, before your child is born. So you have what? Fifteen weeks?” I sigh and nod my head. This is going to be cutting it fine.“You need to issue a decree to all the Alphas that the Lycan throne will be occupied. The rightful Lycan heir and his mate or Luna queen will be ruling until such a time that the heir comes of age. You know there will be challenges from some of the Alphas and potential female suitors, right?” I say not that I’m bothered. A challenge is to the death, anyway.Wolves and Lycans wouldn’t stand a chance against a siren, or a hybrid siren for that matter.“As you wish. We will keep his hybrid a secret …”“No, you won’t. You will inform them that the heir to the Lycaon royal bloodline is a siren hybrid. Unless you want an uprising. It is best to go into this with honesty to earn trust.” I say and Selene smiles at what I’m saying and she nods in agreement.“I agree with Asteria. We can’t leave that out. The siren half of him is just as important as t
Asteria POV.Pulling into Dani and Jerome’s driveway behind Carter. The house is modest yet looks cosy. It has the white picket fence and white shutters by the windows. The door is a sky blue colour. Flowers line the garden and I smile. It is beautiful.Carter drove Jerome’s car, and I drove Carter’s. Carter had a spare key to Jerome’s car, so it was a good thing really, otherwise he would have to leave Dani to collect it.We park and exit the cars, locking them up. I look at the Lamborghini and smile. Carter doesn’t know it yet, but this car is now mine.Carter opens the front door and we walk inside. The sound of a baby crying makes me move past him at speed in search of her. It is a siren thing but also the maternal side kicking in. But when you are queen, you are a mother to all.I find her in a basket type crib. I smile at her as I scoop her up in my arms. As Dani waddles into the room with a bottle in her hand.“Asteria, Carter. Why didn’t tell me you were on your way? I would h