"Good morning, beautiful." Selene feels a feather-light kiss on her shoulder. "Mornin."
Liam leans to take her lips, moving over them in a gentle caress, full of promises of tender morning kisses to come. Selene sighs in happiness when they part."There was something I was going to tell you last night, but we were busy." Liam waggles his eyebrows. Selene giggles and kisses his cheek. Liam reaches for something on the nightstand. Once he finds it, he turns to show it to Selene. She gasps as she sees him holding a small velvet box. "I've been holding on to this for the longest time. I wanted to give it to you before we mated. Still, things got in the way, so..." he opens the box, revealing a beautiful ring with two wolves intertwined, a purple stone above them, the carving. Liam takes her right hand, slipping the ring on her finger. He kisses it. "You're mine, and I am yours.""I have always been yours." Selene cups his cheek."Oi, I thought we would do this together." ToAll's well that ends well or does it? Appreciate the gems, everyone!
The Day of Grace's BirthCeltic Faerie Realm- Queen's Library.Your Majesty!" Nathaniel almost collapses into Esther's desk. Esther raises a brow at the frantic male. "What is it, Nathaniel? I'm busy sorting through diplomatic relations.""It's Selene. She went into labor!" Nathaniel clutches his chest and collapses on a chair. He was not as spry as he was in his youthful days. Blame it on raising a headstrong girl or that he didn't have much room to roam due to the constricting lands on Gabriel Island. Esther's brows raise to her hairline. "That is impossible! She isn't due for another month.""Perhaps she is early? Either way, I must go, Esther. I need to go to the waterfall and alert Morgan. I understand he wanted privacy with hi
"Grace, where are you?" Selene's voice carries through the surrounding forest. Her two-year-old daughter Grace had disappeared while Selene was preparing dinner. The mother's heartbeats frantically, fear consuming her as she frantically searches for her pup. Selene had turned her back on Grace for just a second, and her adventurous girl had disappeared from sight. Should she call Morgan and Heather or perhaps her mum? The hybrid shakes her head, no it was no use worrying them. Just as she was about to mind link Luke and Toby, the bushes rustle, revealing Liam and Toby carrying a laughing Grace. "Muffin!" Selene sighs in relief, running to her daughter. Liam passes the squirming toddler to her. "MUM!" Grace squeals, pinching Selene's cheeks. "Where did you go?" Selene kisses her head. "She materialized in my office," Liam answers. "Guess she couldn't wait until I got home." Grace turns to the sapphir
Cleo was biding her time. When she was first locked in purgatory with her sister, she had nothing, the white room that was her prison shut her magic out, rendering her useless and weak. The one small comfort she had was to see her sister's spirit slowly wither away from loneliness. At some point during their confinement, a dehman had stumbled on their occupied white room. The demon was taken by Cleo's enchanting beauty and helped her regain her strength. In two years, Cleo managed to escape her purgatory and live comfortably with the demon shifter to become her lover. She took delight in torturing souls until they were wisps, then she would collect their remaining essence- food for her fractured magic.Today was no different. Cleo had spent the better part of it torturing souls. Although her demon lover had warned her not to-she ignored him. The power from causing souls misery was too powerful for her to ignore. Once she finished a vampire soul, she set off for a particular w
Jones moans in pain and slowly opens his eyes at the feel of something wet touching his forehead. Staring down into his face is his former mate, carefully pressing a compress to his head. "Selene..." he sighs, leaning into her touch."Don't strain yourself, Jones. Just rest." She calmly replies as she continues to apply the towel to his flushed face. "Please don't go.." Jones sighs as sleep takes hold of him.The next time he wakes, something is poking his arm. He groans in protest, hiding his limb underneath his body. The movement moves to the shoulder. Jones snaps his eyes open, ready to attack the aggressor. Instead, he is met with two small gold eyes and an awe-filled babyface. Grace backs away, curious about the strange man on her couch. After she has satisfied her curiosity, she backs away from the former alpha vampire. Jones is transfixed by the toddler. She looks like a small version of Selene. He can imagine Grace, like her mother, had everyone wrapped around her fing
"Liam!" Toby pushes his twin brother's shoulder. "What the hell?!" Liam growls and punches Toby's nose. "What the fuck? Now you are hitting me?""You are here to defend her, no?" Liam snarls. "I won't hear any more excuses, brother. You and Luke have far more patience than I. One year, ONE YEAR! Where my own mate hardly touched me. Do you know how much it hurt when I would feel her with Luke or you? But she couldn't even throw so much as a glance my way. She is either cleaning up after the bloodsuckers, meeting with Maddie and the coven, being a mum, or being the female beta!" Liam slams his fist into a tree trunk."Exactly! Do you know why Luke and I get time with her? We seek her out! Even if it is for five minutes, we ensure she is taken care of and knows we love her. What have you done? You expected her to seek you out! What happened to the brother who worshipped the ground she stood?"Liam cackles and shoves Toby. "He was a fool! He died when he found out who the b
"You okay, ban-dia?" Luke asks for the seventh time. After Liam had departed in an angry rage, Selene had locked herself in her room. She and Liam have had countless arguments over the last two years, but none felt so final as today. Their bond had thinned with the harsh words exchanged; the expression on Toby's face when he returned from talking to his brother confirmed it. Morgan, Heather, and Grace had left shortly after Liam's departure. Selene insisted they go to take Grace from the turmoil. So now here she was, sobbing. "Baby? Open up." Toby's concerned voice comes through the door. "We are worried, ban-dia."GoddessHow she hated that nickname at the moment. She was anything but a goddess. If she were, then why did Liam seek comfort from another? "Don't you dare blame yourself for that arse's actions!" It's like Luke can see into her soul.
" I still don't understand how you know this, Selene." Toby crosses his arms. Selene quirks an eyebrow at her Beta. Why was he looking at her like that? "Because think about it, one is strengthened by the darkness-that is obviously Cleo. She was already a powerful witch; she would likely use the darkness to gain more power. That only leaves the one that gives into darkness-obviously Grace.""What does that mean, Selene?!" Toby snaps. Selene cowers at his tone. Toby had never raised his voice to her, not once in two years. Maddie snarls at the wolf. "Watch yer tone, boy!" Toby growls and sulks against the wall. Maddie and Selene exchange a look. What is going on with her sweet mate? Selene watches as Maddie's hand glows, and she whispers a simple enchantment under her breath. Selene realizes the older witch is casting a magic detection spell. The air around Toby shifts and blackens. "Toby, why don't you and Luke go check on Jones? See if ye can find him a blood bag. Selene and I
"Lead the way, Drogo. We will follow ye." Maddie throws her bags in the back of the car. Drogo shifts to his dragon form. Before he can spread his wings, a cold wind and a loud death rattle whip around them. "Fomoire." Selene and Maddie exclaim. Jones hisses, wrapping his hand around Selene's arm and pulling her behind him. "Stay there." Selene rolls her eyes and steps around him. She appreciated his help, but she had her wolf and magic to protect her. Off in the distance, an odd shape moves closer. The shape begins to form a figure, and Selene gasps as she recognizes the face of her beloved mentor. Grace looks like she always had, her radiant red hair hung about her thin frame, but her eyes held none of the sparkle Selene had grown accustomed to, instead, she is looking into two endless pits of despair. Grace holds up her hands in surrender to the witches. "I'm here to help!" "Goddess, Grace! How i