*This is an 18+ spicy scene. If you are uncomfortable with this please move to the next chapter.*VioletThe door to the bathroom opens and I freeze. I know that I had locked it.I feel my walls still pulsating around my fingers and I slowly slip them from my heat. My cheeks are burning red because no matter who it is here, it is embarrassing to be caught in this predicament.But his scent of blackberries and oak overwhelms my senses. Selene practically purrs in delight knowing that he’s here. That he’s so close and he could join. That it wouldn’t take much effort at all for us to mark one another tonight.The door closes behind him and it locks. His footsteps are loud as he walks closer to me. I glance up to meet his gaze, his every movement looks absolutely primal. His hazel green eyes are practically glowing as they roam over every part of my body.My natural instinct is to cover up, but it surprises me how brazen Selene is because she whispers to me, “Don’t. Be confident in this in
VioletI can feel Phoenix watching me and I know he is wearing that damn amused smirk. I am terrified to open this bathroom door. I’m positive that at least Magnolia will be awake if not both her and Charlie and I will never hear the end of how I shouldn’t be doing this kind of stuff when they’re on the other side of the wall.But it was worth it. So freaking worth it.I open the door and relief instantly floods through me seeing that the two of them are still asleep. I walk to the small love seat that is a few feet in front of Phoenix’s bed. I look back and watch as Phoenix walks over to me and then lies down on the floor, laying on his side as he watches me. My eyebrows knit together and I say, “If you’re tired we can wake the others so you can have some rest.”He shakes his head no and tells me, “We all need rest right now. I’m not waking them, I can sleep in my bed later.”I nod my head in understanding, but remain sitting up and he raises an eyebrow and says, “You need rest, Vio
MagnoliaI can’t fall back asleep after that scare with Phoenix’s sister.I’m the only one that seems bothered though. Charlie went to take a shower, Phoenix fell asleep on the loveseat, and Violet is sleeping in the bed. I sit beside Violet, staring at the door and wondering if I should make a move. I feel restless, and I feel something urging me to go to the door and explore. I can feel Ada’s presence in my mind, she seems tempted by the door as well. It’s all so… unusual.It’s weird getting used to having another being inside your mind. I’m grateful that I can trust her and her intuition, but there are times she scares me. She’s full of a lot of anger and sadness, an absolutely devastating sadness, knowing that she has no mate. She has no one to look forward to spending a life with.I take a deep breath, feeling more antsy by the minute, especially because there’s something drawing me out, making me long for a minute to explore.My eyes flicker to Violet who is still peacefully as
VioletThe door is open, the hallway is empty, and the pack house is deathly quiet. I whisper to Phoenix, “Is it always like this?”He responds, “Yes, my father enforces a strict curfew. Even with him gone, people are too scared to cross him.”I nod my head, my shoulders relaxing a little knowing that the likelihood of us getting caught tonight is even less than I thought. I take a step out of his room, and immediately there is something… pulling me. I’m being drawn to a certain direction.Am I feeling the same thing that Magnolia was? If so, I understand why she wanted to come out here before everyone else. As I walk, I feel Charlie’s hand grab onto the hem of my shirt, making sure there’s no chance we will get separated. I take a breathe as I get to a staircase leading to the first floor of the house.Each moment I feel a little more brave, but that also frightens me. I don’t want to get cocky and put my shield down. The silence makes me uneasy, it’s like someone is just waiting for
CharlieI watch as Violet tries to tear down the magic that keeps this hidden door so guarded. While she does this, I keep an eye on the hallway we came from and occasionally, I watch her. Unfortunately, I haven’t been around magic much, I can’t tell if anything she is doing is actually helping whatever this is going on. She’s working hard though, I can see the sweat dripping from her face from the strength of the exertion and concentration this required. Every time she thought she did it, her face brightened, only for her to growl as she ran into a new obstacle.We’ve been in here for over an hour. I’m not concerned about us getting caught, there’s no activity in the house and if this leads to Violet’s mom then I think Xavier Black is the only one that comes down here and he won’t be back for hours.My shoulders straighten as I hear Phoenix whisper yelling my name, “Charlie! Violet!”Phoenix and Magnolia walk past us and I whisper, “Vi, put the wand away.”She turns back and looks b
MagnoliaThe bright blue light is almost blinding when you first see it. I walk into the room first, followed quickly by Charlie and Phoenix. Phoenix shut the door behind us, I can faintly hear the sound, too mesmerized by the sight in front of me.There’s a tube in the center of the room that’s connected to both the floor and the ceiling. Inside, there’s this blue… liquid? I don’t know what it is. It looks magical. It has the most ethereal glow to it, I’ve never seen anything like this before, and I know this is what has been calling out to me. Begging me to find it… to release it’s power.It’s hard for me to speak, completely distracted by this thing in front of me. My voice is soft as I ask Phoenix, “Do you know what this is?”I force myself to look away from it as I turn to face Phoenix. He seems just as mesmerized as I was as he shakes his head, not taking his eyes off the giant tube, and says, “I have no idea what this thing could be.”I look back it and I can’t resist presses m
Donovan StoneFlashback- 3 years agoThis day never should’ve come to past. We’ve worked so hard to give our Violet the best life that we could and more than anything, we’ve worked so hard to not get caught.She’s running as fast as I am, Penelope got separated from us, but my duty now it to keep Vi safe. I push on her back as I urge her to go faster, “Keep going, Vi.”Her head bobs up and down and she tries to do as I told her. The hairs on my body stand when I hear Penelope’s voice cry out in pain and Xavier’s sadistic laugh follows her cry. I grab Violet’s arm and yank her back. She gasps, her eyes wide, and I brush her hair from her face and tell her earnestly, “Listen to me, Violet. You need to keep running. Do not stop, no matter what! And no matter what you hear, do not look back. Okay, baby?”I try not to cry in front of her as I take this moment to memorize every inch of her face. Her safety is all that matters. But I can’t let Xavier have Penelope, not alive, he can cause to
VioletMy heartbeat is thundering so loud, so violently inside of me that it makes my ears hurt. I stand in front of my dad, this ghost of a man from what I remember.Everything hurts right now, the roaring in my head, the sob building up inside of me, the guilt eating me alive knowing that this is what he has turned into and… it’s because of me.I said his name out of shock, “Dad?”He stares at me, emotions swirling in his eyes as he tries to figure out if I’m truly who I said I am. Suddenly, it seemed to hit him and his voice is panicked and he looks around the room, scared something will jump out and ruin everything. He asks, “What are you doing here? You have to get out of here! Our sacrifice, it can’t be for nothing.”I blink back the tears, forcing myself to be the steady one right now. I put a hand on his arm and force myself not to shake even though right now, all I truly want to do is crumble. I tell him, “Dad, calm down. I’m here. I’m here to save you and mom.”He frowns, I