LUCIAN POV
"What was mommy like," Octavius asks as he skips next to me excitedly.
I look down at my five-year-old son as thousands of memories begin to play over in my mind. His light blue eyes stare up at me, waiting, and I gulp before answering him.
"She was wonderful. She had a kind heart and cared about the wellbeing of others more than she cared about herself," I manage to whisper, and he gives me her signature smile.
"I wish I got to meet her," he says, and I smile at the innocent wish before continuing down the familiar path.
"You did meet her. You just don't remember her. You and her were both very special to the werewolf species, so she had to leave us after bringing you into the world. But you did meet her, son," I explain for what seems like the millionth time.
He nods, already knowing my words are true
"Please, Selene, slow down. Where are we going," I ask as the Goddess in front of me practically sprints down the wide corridor? Selene makes no sign of hearing me and presses forward at the same speed. Forcing me to run to keep up with her. It continues like this for a while until she reaches a door that looks like it has been carved out of the night sky. Stars included. "Wow," I breathe out in amazement. Selene stops and brushes her hands over her long white dress before finally looking at me. The stark difference in her Goddess appearance and her mortal appearance is still a little unnerving to me, but I am adjusting. Gone is the brunette hair and blue eyes I met in the fairy pit. In their place is nothing but black. Black hair. Black eyes. The angelic face is still the same, but the colors are all wrong. But I must admit I have grown to like the pitch-bl
THERE ARE TRIGGER WARNINGS IN THIS BOOK. THE WEREWOLVES IN THIS SERIES ARE VERY ANIMALISTIC. READ WITH CAUTION. THANK YOU "Get up," the beast man yells at us. We all scramble to our feet in hopes of not aggitating him. He spits, kicks, and hits if we don't move fast enough. On multiple occasions he has also drug one of us away for the night. "Buyers are coming tonight. I expect each of you to be on your best behavior," he snarls, and my head falls. Matted dirty hair brushes my cheek as I try to be invisible. Not once has he touched me, but I don't think it is due to my luck. I think it is due to the chain on my wrist. The gleaming gold chain that he eyes everytime he comes into the room. None of the other girls have one, and it was placed on me the night I was stolen from my room. "Shakira will sort you," he growls out before finally leaving our dungeon. *** "Shakira, who is Shakira," one of the more beaten girls asks as she looks around the room. I shrug. Mos
"Hello, pet," the man growls as he comes to stand directly in front of me. Terror is paralzying my body so my eyes don't stray from the deep rich red puddle of blood heading directly for my feet. My mind is both screaming and shrinking at the sight, but my fear won't allow me to move. I can't even save myself from joining her. "Kill him," the man again growls before grabbing my arm roughly and yanking me towards a waiting car. I try not to stumble, but it's impossible. Not only is my brain unable to form coherent thoughts, like lift one leg and then the other, but his touch is also distracting. Extremely distracting. It's the only thing my mind can focus on other than Amber's blood. It makes my skin crawl, but at the same time there is something comforting about his touch. Even though he list murdered someone in cold blood right in front of me my brain recognizes his touch a
Finding the street isn't hard, but deciding which way to go is. I have no idea what state I'm in. I have no idea how big this "Alpha" guy's "territory" is. Plus, I really can't trust anyone I see driving. After a few minutes of thinking I decide to follow the road heading left along the treeline. The area seems to be pretty rural, so maybe I can use that to my advantage. If I see a car coming I can hide in the trees or drop to my stomach in the tall grass. The grey dress I am wearing shouldn't draw too much attention. As I walk my feet almost immediately begin to give me issues, but I push the pain to the back of my mind by picturing Amber dead on the kitchen counter....ready to be carved up for breakfast. A sob breaks through my lips as I picture her eyes staring off at nothing. If only I hadn't overheated that furnace. Maybe just maybe, she would still be alive. Not
Trigger warning I breathe a massive sigh of relief as the sheriff pulls into my father's driveway. After a couple of hours of questions and almost seven hours in the car, I am finally back in South Carolina. I don't think any of the sheriffs believed a word I said about the demon shapeshifters, but one of them did drive me home. Probably so he can personally explain my mental breakdown to my father. I open the passenger door to the car just as my big brother swings open the front door to our house. Tears immediately prick my eyes, and I take off in a dead sprint. Kenneth opens his arms wide to catch me before I slam into his chest. "Oh, baby sis, are you okay," he whispers, and I nod against his shoulder. "I can't believe someone got in here and took you. I didn't hear a thing," Kenneth mumbles, and I nod again.
PLEASE LEAVE REVIEWS IT HELPS MY STORIES!!! I NEED TO KNOW WHERE I CAN IMPROVE OR WHAT I AM DOING RIGHT. THANK YOULUCIAN I crash into my room and begin to pace. My human thoughts are being so overwhelmed by my natural wild instinct I can't even shift back. My muscles are screaming with pent-up frustration, and all I want to do is attack. I want to inflict pain; my werewolf nature is calling for it. "Alpha, I have the cuffs," Beta Kohn says, and I snarl at him. "I understand, Alpha...How about we place them on your ankles....keep them hidden along with the fever? If you keep on like this, you will continue to harm the females," Beta says, and I stop in my tracks. I give him a brief nod, and he dashes forward to cuff the thick strips of silver around my ankles. It only takes a minute for the poisonous bands to do their job, and I begin to shift back. Kohn exhales a sigh of relief as my fur recedes and my naked form once again becomes human. My senses immediately take a nosed
AMBER TRIGGER WARNING I can do this. I can do this. In the past week, I have been kidnapped, almost sold, and face to face with death. I can ride on a plane to an unknown destination at four in the morning... Sure. The flight attendant offers me another sweet smile as she passes me, but I don't return it. I'm too emotionally drained to even fake happiness. Dad wouldn't even tell me where I was going. He just rushed me to the gate and kissed my forehead. And when I had given him a hug, he had crushed me to him like we would never see each other again. Which, for all I know, we won't. I decide to curl up in my seat and stare out the window even though the sky is still too dark to see anything. Drifting off in uninterrupted thought seems like a nice escape.Especially since dad took my phone, he claimed anyone could track it. He ha
AMBER When I get off the plane, I am pleasantly surprised to see a man holding a sign with my name. Dad really did think of everything. "Hi, Umm, I'm Amber," I say self consciously while adjusting my backpack. He meets my eyes and nods but doesn't utter a word while producing an oversized jacket from his own backpack. He hands it to me and grunts like an animal. I throw it over my arm, but alarm bells are going crazy in my head. This guy is weird. "Umm, thanks...Where am I," I ask cautiously, and he tilts his head as if he doesn't understand English. We both stay frozen for a moment before he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a folded piece of paper with my name on it. He hands it to me, and I awkwardly shift the jacket to read it. Dear Amber, Hey Baby girl. I hop
"Please, Selene, slow down. Where are we going," I ask as the Goddess in front of me practically sprints down the wide corridor? Selene makes no sign of hearing me and presses forward at the same speed. Forcing me to run to keep up with her. It continues like this for a while until she reaches a door that looks like it has been carved out of the night sky. Stars included. "Wow," I breathe out in amazement. Selene stops and brushes her hands over her long white dress before finally looking at me. The stark difference in her Goddess appearance and her mortal appearance is still a little unnerving to me, but I am adjusting. Gone is the brunette hair and blue eyes I met in the fairy pit. In their place is nothing but black. Black hair. Black eyes. The angelic face is still the same, but the colors are all wrong. But I must admit I have grown to like the pitch-bl
LUCIAN POV "What was mommy like," Octavius asks as he skips next to me excitedly. I look down at my five-year-old son as thousands of memories begin to play over in my mind. His light blue eyes stare up at me, waiting, and I gulp before answering him. "She was wonderful. She had a kind heart and cared about the wellbeing of others more than she cared about herself," I manage to whisper, and he gives me her signature smile. "I wish I got to meet her," he says, and I smile at the innocent wish before continuing down the familiar path. "You did meet her. You just don't remember her. You and her were both very special to the werewolf species, so she had to leave us after bringing you into the world. But you did meet her, son," I explain for what seems like the millionth time. He nods, already knowing my words are true
LUCIAN POV "I don't know, Kohn. She's only nineteen. How can her body do this? I mean, have you seen Mouse. She is tiny. I don't like it. I should have never knotted her. She can't do this! And if my child kills her, I will never be able to love it," I growl as I pace back and forth in my office. All my fears over the past few months are exploding out of me. Something about the labor is terrifying me. I don't know if it's the pain she will experience or something else. But I am scared of my pup coming. I glance over at Kohn and grit my teeth. He is watching me sympathetically, but he is just like all the others. He has held off having a pup with his mate, just so his wouldn't be born cursed, just like all the other members of my pack. They are all excited to have my Little Mouse go through childbirth. They don't care that it has been a difficult pregnancy for her. They don't care that her
AMBER POV I can't stop pacing. Three minutes has never felt so long. I mean, it's only 180 seconds. Why does it feel like I have been pacing this bathroom for an hour? Probably because I have. I mean, it took me at least an hour just to work up the courage to take this damn test. Another fifteen minutes to convince my bladder it was okay to pee. Then another thirty minutes for me to drop that pee on the test. I glance down at my timer and groan when I see that I have 36 more seconds. I need to know now. I need to know if the miracle that will free all werewolves is growing inside of me. "Knock, knock," Marie says from the other side of the door, and I pull it open. She quickly slides in and shuts the door behind her. "Does he know," I ask, and she shakes her head. "I told him you we
AMBER POV R-Rated My hands slide over the small silky piece of fabric I chose to wear tonight nervously. I can't believe it's happening. Tonight the ache in my chest will be connected to Lucian. We will experience the same type of connection Lupin had with his mate. We will become one! A special bond meant to repair all future werewolves. I meet my own gaze in the mirror and smile. My graduation makeup has held up pretty well, and my hair still looks nice. I can do this. I can accept my mate's knot and get marked. I have experienced being marked before, and Marie said that when it happens, you are too consumed with pleasure to feel the pain. I can become a true Alpha female. I have trained for this position. And it isn't like Lucian, and I haven't touched and kissed before. This is just the next step. The rightful step. "Mouse, are yo
THIRD-PERSON "I can't believe my baby sister is graduating," Kenny yells as he grabs Lucian's shoulders and shakes them excitedly. Lucian grins but keeps his excitement to himself. Today his mate finishes high school. Marie graduated last year, so Lucifer isn't here to enjoy this moment with his brother, but Lucian is happy about that fact. He has been waiting for this day for two years, just as Senator Gavens has. Gavens didn't have any faith in Lucian's self-control for one second during these past two years. He thought his daughter would graduate mated to a werewolf, but he was wrong. Lucian held true to his promise to wait, and that fact has built a good foundation of friendship between the two. "She looks so grown up down there," Kenny squeals before screaming out Amber's name and waving. Lucian smirks as he w
AMBER POV My leg is bouncing up and down faster and faster as my excitement builds and builds. I can't believe I am about to see my dad and Kenny after all this time. I knew I would never see my dad again, but I thought Kenny was lost to me as well. "Excited," Other -Amber asks from the backseat, and I nod before looking back towards her. "Very. I know to them it's only been five days, but for me, it's been three years. I am so excited to see them I could dance. I am worried about Lucian explaining what he did...but don't worry, my dad is amazing, and my brother, Kenny, is a sweetheart. All their anger will be directed at these two," I say, gesturing towards our two quiet mates, and she smiles. "Telling your father the truth is the best option. The two of you completing your education is important, and if we are to see you every day....your father n
LUCIAN POV How could I have ever harmed her? She looks so fragile. She can't weigh more than one hundred and fifteen pounds. All it took was an hour in her presence for me to come to my senses. This little female is mine. She was made to be mine. No matter if she is a human or leopard. Yesterday I was cursing the Goddess for giving me such a young human for a mate, but now none of that matters. I only had to be around her for an hour for me to feel nothing but compassion for this tiny creature. How could I have possibly hurt her? How did I stand to make her cry? Even if I lost Lucifer, I shouldn't have been able to stand it. It must have been because I met her while I was already grieving. But that doesn't matter now. She is mine. Her timeline doesn't exist. Her timeline has vanished, along with my lust for anyone but her. I can't even imagine touching another female now that I have
AMBER POV "After you made me eat, my friend, I wasn't able to eat anything, so I got real weak. I guess I freaked you and Kohn out because you actually called a human doctor here to check on me...The next part is a little rough, but it was the turning point in our relationship," I say softly as I meet Lucian's eyes again. His deep brown eyes lose a little bit of their hardness, and I sigh before continuing. "I don't know if it was Kohn or you, Lucian, but after the doctor came, you decided I needed to see the house and learn about werewolves. You wanted me to meet the pups to properly understand where you come from also. So Kohn explained how Selene cursed her ex-lover, Lupin. And then he took me on a tour of the house. During the tour, I met Jolene and Tabitha. Your little bed partners...they growled at me, and you attacked Jolene. I begged you not to kill