I sit crossed-legged on the bed in my room. My eyes are closed, and my hands are on my knees.
I need to concentrate because it isn’t easy to get through him these days. Thank the Goddess; I had the foresight to demand my own room.
Goddess, I couldn’t bear being in Lorcan’s room. His scent made me nauseous in the packhouse; I couldn’t imagine having to sleep next to him.
Gag!
I’d rather fucking die!
‘Are you there?’ I call through our mind-link.
‘I’m here,’ He answers immediately.
My heart hammers with joy at hearing his voice. I have missed him so much, it’s only been a week, yet it felt like a year.
‘Progress update.’
“What are we going to do, Josh?”I sigh as Harper strokes the back of my head while climbing onto my lap. I wrap my arms around her waist, smiling as our cub kicks against my hand.After Gianna told Harper and me that our cub was a boy, I haven’t been able to hide my excitement. I would have loved this baby just as much if he’d been a girl, but there’s no denying that I wanted a boy.Cyro Adams will be born within a couple of weeks, and I can’t wait to meet him.Lorcan is about to become a father to a little girl. I never imagined Lorcan as a father, but I can’t deny how much he dotes on Gianna and the baby.However, something is not right.Seeing my Alpha and best friend in so much pain doesn’t make sense. While Lorcan wa
I bite the inside of my cheek to stop myself from responding. This is not the Gianna I know because there is no way she’d ever leave Lorcan.Gianna didn’t leave Lorcan when she first came here, and he hurt her all the time. Fuck, he almost killed the girl more than once, and even that wasn’t enough to make her leave.No, Gianna stayed by Lorcan’s side and slowly fell in love with him. Gianna showed Lorcan how to love, and they are devoted to each other. Hell, Lorcan let Gianna mark him, something he always told me would never happen. But he allowed that for the woman he couldn’t live without.If Gianna were here, she’d be right by Lorcan’s side. There’s no way she’d act as though he didn’t exist while he’s fighting for his life.Gianna wouldn’t walk away from he
“This is ridiculous,” Jenna shakes her head in disbelief.Luther and Jenna arrived half an hour ago. The King and Queen, along with Leander, came ten minutes later. I’ve been explaining everything I know to the five of them ever since.The anger radiating off of Orrin and Anja is palpable. I can feel my skin heating up from the power of their rage. I can’t say as I blame them; Lorcan is their son. I know that I’d tear the world apart if it were my son.“Why didn’t you call us before now?” Orrin snaps at me.I sigh.“I don’t have an answer for that, Your Majesty. But I will say that Lorcan didn’t know anything was wrong, and he carried on as though things were normal. Even with Valsurus going crazy, Lorcan wouldn’t believe his wolf
“The bond is broken,” I mumble for the umpteenth time through my chapped lips.Pain has become my best friend of late, yet I hang on, clinging to life, though I’m no longer sure why.‘Because you know now that the woman in your house is not your mate.’ The voice that penetrates my mind is not my wolf; it’s a woman.White light surrounds me, and I close my eyes momentarily. Upon opening them, I notice that I’m no longer bound to my bed. I’m standing by a lake, much like the one belonging to my family. Yet different at the same time.The morning dew, I breathe deep into my lungs. There’s no one around, not a sound to be heard, and everything is peaceful.I smile at the blue-green sky, and from that alone, I know I’m no longer in the realm of th
“I don’t blame Fate for everything that happened in my life,” I continue. “I have a mind of my own, and most of my actions since Jenna brought me to life have been my choice.“But I do blame Fate for much of the things I have endured. No one person should go through what I have in my twenty-odd years. Hell, I imagine if I were human, I’d have killed myself long, long ago.”I turn to look at Selene.“I never believed that I deserved anything good in this life. I was a monster, The Bloody Alpha, the avenger you turned me into. Why would I think I could ever be happy? But then you gave Gianna to me.“Okay, I was worse than a monster for a while there. But I soon came to realise that I could love someone and never want to be parted from them. Gianna buried her way into my heart so qu
“The soft wind blows, and the little boy knows this his mother does love his bones.” I softly sing the song Lorcan, and I made up when he was five years old.Lorcan had taken over Luther’s body one windy afternoon. Lorcan has seen something that frightened him. Some horror move Adrian and Tracey were watching in the living room. The idiots should have closed the damn door!I chased after my baby boy as he ran from the mansion in tears. I mind-linked Orrin to keep the kids in the house and leave me to deal with Lorcan.I found my little boy hugging a tree in the forest, sobbing his little heart out. Sure, it was Luther’s body, but I was looking at my Lorcan, more upset than I’d ever seen him.‘Lorcan?’ I had said his name softly as not to scare him any more than he already was.
My legs and lungs burn with the effort to keep running. It’s been a long journey, and I’m exhausted, but I won’t give up until I make it home.After Victor kidnapped me, I was held captive in a cabin in the hills. Goddess knows where I was; no one would tell me anything.I saw Victor twice in the week I was there. He’d left me with a young woman; Wendy is her name. Wendy is a witch, and she made sure to cast protection spells around the cabin. She told me that no one would ever know we were there. Anyone who came across the place would see nothing but trees.I tried everything to get Wendy to talk to me. I wanted to know why she would help Victor in his ploy to destroy my mate. But Wendy wouldn’t say a word about it. All she’d tell me repeatedly was that she had no choice.Of course, I tried to es
“Gianna! Gianna, where are you?”“Bella.” I gasp while getting to my feet. “Bella!” I yell as loudly as I can. Then she comes rushing through the trees, her eyes wide as she spots me.Bella grabs me before I know what’s happening. I sob as she holds me close. “Oh, Goddess, thank you.” She kisses my head. “Thank you.”“Bella,” I gasp. “You’re choking me and squashing my baby.”“What?” This time, Bella gasps. She looks down at the baby in my arms. “You weren’t due yet.”“The stress brought on labour.” I shrug.“Is she okay?”I nod my head, my eyes scanning the dozen or so people behind my sist