Slowly, I shake my head. Because even if my grandmother hadn’t forbidden it, I still know that it’s true. That I still want Luca – he’s still my mate.Jackson nods, closing his eyes just for a moment, processing it. And I feel the hurt swelling down the bond, but also feel him shutting it down, not
Jackson growls comfortably, cuddling me close and nudging my chin aside so he has access again to my neck. “When I give you my mark for real,” he murmurs, “I’m putting it right here.” He presses a kiss, then, to that special spot low on my neck. And I shiver with delight and anticipation, again want
Jesse feels the change in the room almost immediately and turns towards the rest of the group. “Yeah, Rafe beat me in the end,” he says with a wide smile, breaking into the silence and carrying on as if nothing happened. He doesn’t dropping his hand from its place on Daphne’s back but certainly not
“Which was?” Rafe asks, raising an eyebrow at me, not so delighted with my performance as everyone else. “Seriously, Ariel, the Captain’s not going to be happy. You’re going to be in deep shit about this – way deeper than he was.” My brother points at Tony here.“Did you get in trouble?” I ask, blin
Silence rings out in the room behind me but I keep my eyes firmly on the Captains.He straightens up, again looking at me with surprise.If I’m honest, I think he expected a meltdown – expected me to protest, and to yell, and to demand reconsideration. In short, I think – quite frankly – that he exp
I unclasp my hands from behind my back as I speak and calmly raising one at my side, palm up. Whatever words the Captain was going to say get stuck in his throat as he just stares at me, stunned by my claims.But they’re not claims. My wolf howls in my chest, proud and angry, knowing that they’re tr
Jackson walks at my side as we all together troop out of the castle. He doesn’t need to say anything at all for me to know that he’s dead proud of me, and thinks I’m amazing, and eloquent, and finally stepping into my power. No, I can tell all of that simply by the way he stands steady at my side, b
At night, the whole thing is a great deal more powerful and stunning, a red and burning whirlwind that reaches for the sky. I play with it more this time, making it hotter so that we can all feel the heat radiating off of it, experimenting with the brightness and the colors, pushing it this way and