Quite an attachment indeed!
~Hunter’s Point of View~ He raised his eyebrow and I knew that he knew. I shifted my gaze back to my mate. “Pat and Angel, please leave us,” he said, calmly. Pat opened her mouth to protest, but no one outranked Godfrey in this house. She looked at my mate one more time and dropped her hands to her side, then turned and hooked arms with Angel, leaving the room. “It’s very hard to tell her age, she’s very small, maybe 14, 15? I don’t really know, it’s not like I see human children … well really I haven’t seen an actual child in centuries…” He said that because there were vampires and other creatures that looked like children, kind of frozen in time. I estimated that Godfrey was about forty in human years when he was turned. Godfrey looked at her, curiously. It is very hard for a vampire to control themselves in the presence of a child, especially a virgin with pure blood. I knew if he tried to do anything, there would be no way I could fight him. My wolf didn't think rationally
~Ellie’s Point of View~ My eyes flickered open and I sat up with a shudder, and immediately regretted it. I reached instinctively for the pain in my head expecting a gash to be there, but I felt something soft. Maybe a bandage? I looked down at my arm and saw a large bandage. I was in a small but quaint bedroom, and it was night time. There was a small lamp in the corner that illuminated the room. I threw the blanket off me and much to my shock I was only dressed in a large shirt, with literally nothing else on. Who took my clothes off?! There were scrapes and cuts all over my legs that looked freshly cleaned. They looked like they were already healing, and I gaped at that. Was my wolf helping me? There was a bit of pain from my left leg and it had some ugly bruising. I knew I likely didn’t have the strength to stand, but I tried to lift myself enough to see out the window, to gauge where I was at least. I couldn’t make out anything but darkness. I didn’t feel like I was back
~Hunter’s Point of View~ Skyler and I sat in the hallway outside Ellie’s room, listening to her story and getting increasingly restless, desperate to be by her side, to comfort her. Godfrey insisted we wait outside while they gathered information, convinced we would be a distraction. He made Angel put a quick spell on us to temporarily block our scents, much to my chagrin. Ellie … my mate was Ellie. Everyone in my family mostly had some type of nature related name, so I always assumed our mate would. But … that just seemed so insignificant now. Ellie ... her name was Ellie, and she was ours. We had no idea if she knew I was her mate, we did share a brief moment before she passed out, and I just felt she had to know. She hadn’t yet had her first shift, and it was quite possible she didn’t know. Blocking your scent was pretty common for Shadows, especially when we would be in battle. The last thing you wanted was for an enemy to know your scent and remember it if they lived. I list
~River’s Point of View~ My feet immediately moved to follow the sweetest smell imaginable and Godfrey suddenly appeared in front of me, blocking the door. “Move!” I growled at him and my brothers instantly grabbed one of my arms and pulled me to a chair. “What the fuck, where is she?!” I did everything to try and get up. They were NOT going to keep me from her! “You can see her, but there are some things you need to know first,” Godfrey said. Hunter began to ramble on with what happened. I absolutely hated listening to Hunter tell a story, he was pokey and always added details that didn’t matter. He was keeping me from my mate and I was about to throw his ass out the window. I had waited my whole life for this moment. “So, she can’t stay at headquarters, this is no place for a pup, I’m not running a daycare and of course I would never trust all the unmated mutts running about,” Godfrey said, with a snort. Skyler growled at that insult, and Godfrey smiled, his devilish grin.
~Ellie’s Point of View~ I was having the most amazing dream, it was about my maple syrup heart throb. I couldn’t understand where he went, why didn’t he come back to check up on me? It seemed like we really shared a moment when he found me, but maybe I was just woozy. I dreamed that he was with me, caressing my hair, stroking my arm. I knew I had been given his shirt, I just knew it was his, it had to be! Why would he do that and then just never show himself to me again? I definitely felt like there was something everyone was keeping from me, but they were all so nice and I didn’t want to seem ungrateful. I was up quite late thinking about everything and worrying about what would come next. What were they going to do with me? It seemed like they didn’t even know. I put that aside. I felt so relaxed, so at ease. My bed felt exceptionally warm and snuggly. I sighed and stretched, and heard a thud! I jumped at the sound and flicked my eyes open. There was a man sitting in the chair b
~Hunter’s Point of View~ Hearing Ellie say she wanted to be alone with me made my wolf howl with delight. Our little mate wanted to see us, just us. It broke my heart to tell her she couldn’t stay here, but I knew I didn’t have a choice. If I didn’t arrange for her to go with my parents, Godfrey would likely send her to the other side of the world and not let her come back until she shifted. There was NO way I would allow that. At least I would know where she was, I could visit, I could guard the house and make sure she was safe. It would have to do for now, but I still worried about us having a rut, or how we could handle the full moon. If a wolf finds their mate and doesn’t mark them by the full moon, their wolf will go mad, and do anything to find them. It’s just nature, you can’t go against it. I cringed at the thought of having to sit in the dungeon to keep my wolf away from her, but it may be the only option. The full moon was in two days as well, which was why Godfrey wa
~Ellie’s Point of View~ I had now been with the Black family for about ten days and the hot triplets had not been to visit, much to my disappointment.I felt like thinking about them was sometimes all I had to look forward to. I mean, sure I had basically a new family now, but we all knew it was only temporary. I knew they were just being nice and I was trying hard to remember all the different things I was learning about proper manners. Still, even with all my new found knowledge, all I really cared about was seeing the triplets. There were pictures of them all over the house, of the whole family and it gave me such a sense of security and peace. I had so many daydreams about the guys. I felt like they were kind of with me, but yet so far away. But that was all changing tonight, they were coming for dinner and I was cooking! I was making them what I now know is called “lasagna” … yeah still sounds weird. Daisy took me to the grocery store and I was completely overwhelmed with all o
~Ellie’s Point of View~ We were all seated and I was between Skyler and Hunter, feeling very small since they both easily were a foot and a half taller. But … I loved it, I loved that they made me feel so small and like they could just completely fit all of me in their big arms. Also, sitting down next to them we were at eye level and I didn’t feel like I was struggling so hard to look at them. River sat directly in front of me and I had the perfect view of him. I had to imagine that they had this effect on all girls. My heart fell thinking about other girls gawking at them. “Ellie I have great news, I wanted to wait until I could tell you in person,” Hunter said. “What news,” I said, a little too hasty. “We confirmed that Valerie and Thomas were okay in the fight, it took a little while to know for sure, the pack kind of closed ranks and kept to themselves for a bit, wanting to properly mourn,” Hunter said. I didn’t respond, I just became so overwhelmed with emotion. Every night
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Ben and I had talked about doing an actual ceremony, for him it was an important thing. Tradition. He assured me ours would be completely different from anything he’d done before, that the vows he made with other women were somewhat superficial. More of a just a promise they could join his family and that he was willing to have a child with them. More like a guarantee he’d get to sleep with them on demand. I still struggled with that sometimes. How do I just walk around knowing that all these women had shared something so special and intimate with MY mate? It wasn’t like they were one night stands. I knew it would get better, the more distance I could put between them and him, but it still tugged at my self esteem. It was even harder trying to help care for Dorothy and Calista’s children, especially since even now they still asked for their moms. Sometimes they cried out for them at night. A few times we both slept in their rooms with them. Dorothy was banished for five years, then
~Meadow’s Point of View~ “Don’t you just feel like a cow sometimes,” I muttered, staring down at my adorable twin pups that seemed to drink me dry each time they nursed. They were so cute when they weren’t screaming. When they weren’t crapping their pants. When they were just … motionless. *My beautiful babies,* Coral cooed. “Yeah, but it's such an incredible bond,” Lilly said, as I turned to cut my eyes at her. She was four months pregnant with their sixth child and THANKFULLY it was only one baby this time. I thought they were all insane. I nearly said, ditch the crap woman, I’m a freaking milk cow, a spit up rag and yesterday Reed whizzed in my face while I was bathing him! “It gets easier, they’re only six weeks old,” Lilly said, running her finger over Hazel’s cheek. That’s what they ALL keep saying. “It gets easier.” Ah huh. *We have been getting more sleep lately,* Coral protested. Yeah right, like SHE ever gets up. Really, I had no right to complain, since I had mo
~Ben’s Point of View~ I barely had to wait another minute for several vampires to try swarming in. Oftentimes there are some creatures that will take on a not so common alliance for the sake of a power grab. I knew in my bones that’s all this was, unless this sister had taken one as a mate. While you’d expect Godfrey to perhaps have reservations about killing his own kind, he absolutely didn’t. As a councilor, he took that shit pretty seriously. If they wanted to fuck around and be stupid, test the waters well, that was on them. I stood still watching as numerous Shadow vampires, witches and fairies seemed to descend from nowhere, and I also recognized two of Godfrey’s children. He likely called them through their bond, but I was pleased for the support. I bounced around, throwing some fireballs from my fingertips and even conjuring up some various weapons such as shurikens or ninja stars, which were one of Godfrey’s favorite things. Only it was hard for him to touch silver unless
~Ben’s Point of View~ My heart swelled as I watched Daisy doting on Ash. Since their mating bond had been broken, they re-mated and apparently all that entailed. They were both like young teenagers in love all over again, and it was a sight to behold. I couldn’t wait to bring Meadow to see. They had been left alone for a couple of days, much like my little love and I. But now guests and well wishers poured in from all over the place. I could tell he was grateful and overwhelmed but the relief on everyone’s faces seemed to rejuvenate him. Shane and Godfrey had brought him up to speed on all that transpired and he kept insisting he was to blame in some fashion for not having a security detail and allowing himself to be caught. It was all we could do to reassure him that we were all to blame. I felt I was more so than anyone. Apparently this attack had been decades in the making. Ash was just an innocent bystander, but as not only a Shadow but also a councilor he knew the risks. Doe
~Meadow’s Point of View~ *Are you happy now,* I whined, scolding Coral. She didn’t answer, but instead played like she was asleep. Jerk! This was now the third night I’d been in the mountains with my mate, and while I’d felt the heat mostly subside a few hours ago we still couldn’t keep our hands off each other. I was beyond exhausted and not at all sure my legs would work. “And that position was called the hill but since I can levitate us I can actually hit you from underneath with a bit of acrobatics,” Ben said, running his fingers over my butt. I laid breathless, my head in a pillow, totally spent. I just wanted to sleep for a couple days, how the hell did he have this kind of stamina?? I mean he practically died just a few days ago! *Males always make an effort when it comes to their release,* Coral said, yawning. I had no doubt that was the absolute truth. When I had said I wanted to spend time in the coven’s library learning, I hadn’t realized I already had my own personal
~Ben’s Point of View~ It was obvious my little love wasn’t yet capable or able to express herself in words when it came to sex, but her body told a different story. The fact that Meadow was still so shy, so bashful could not have possibly been a bigger turn on. If I could get her to the point where she talked dirty to me, I’d be coming in my pants just by her words. All the women in my life had always been so daring, so sure of themselves. Her sweet innocence, her timid nature and her untouched body was all too much. I felt as though I had split personalities … on the one hand I wanted to be her fierce protector, the macho male who puffs out his chest and kills a spider in the bathroom just to be her hero. Then fuck her relentlessly to further stake my claim and beat my chest. On the other hand, I wanted to sing the songs of love and make sweet love to her for hours on end. I’d serenade her in Greek, as the words of love just sounded better than in English… I’d make her dinner and t
~Meadow’s Point of View~ “She must die, she’s lied to us all for decades. She’s kept you from Georgia, and Little Ben was just…” Sebastian trailed off. Coral shivered, remembering our brief time with the boy. He was so hopeful, curious. Yet he knew his days were numbered, how depressing. There was too much having us all on edge, especially since we were waiting for word about my father. Clearly I didn’t have the same attachment to Athena as everyone else, as her own son would. But if this was how he felt about it… Our eyes darted to Ben. “Fifty years of banishment, then we reconsider. Give her the same courtesy she gave to me,” he finally said. Numerous others murmured in agreement. “On the matter of Georgia I’m not as easily able to decide. We’re going to give her a chance to prove herself. I believe we define ourselves on the decisions we make and while some … have to be made in the blink of an eye, they can still very much have very real consequences. Georgia has lost, she ha
~Ben’s Point of View~ I was certain I’d missed a hell of a lot while I was knocked out, but there was no time for trips down memory lane. No time to address the pain that still wracked my body. The reek of the venom that was still radiating from my pores. The fact that my mate smells of pure arousal, and was laying on top of me in her panties with my blood on her hands. Definitely need more of an explaination on that. Everyone is depending on me, I have to do this. It has to work. I briefly said a prayer to the Goddess that we often ask her to pass on to through our ancestors. To draw on their power when we need it. Then I began the spell as I recalled it, hoping like hell it worked. Katrina and Cleo came to either side of me, and we locked arms. Sebastian should be here, even Athena’s strength would be good. But no time now. Just as I had that thought Georgia appeared in front of me and got between Katrina and I. Her scent immediately calmed me, it was what helped my younger self