~Lilly’s Point of View~ After a lot of back and forth, we decided to build a house on Daisy and Ash's property and it was still under construction so we would be taking our little twins back to our small house. They would be sleeping in bassinets for some time anyhow, it wasn’t like they needed the space. My parents were building a house on the Black’s property as well and it was just about finished. I really had come to love our little house, being pregnant here and having all the memories would be heard to give up. Being a mom was the most rewarding thing I could have ever thought possible, but it was utterly exhausting. If I didn’t have three mates and two overbearing grandmothers, I don’t know what I would do. “Aww I think he looks like his Uncle Ridge,” I heard from the living room. “And she looks like her Auntie Sunny, and just as fashionable,” Sunny cooed. I smiled and rolled back over, wishing my nap could have been a bit longer. There were always people over, not that I
~Hunter’s Point of View~ Our little pups had just turned a month old and my dad invited the entire council over for dinner. Godfrey of course didn’t eat food, but he never passed up a dinner party, especially since he always wanted to be the center of attention. “I don’t know about having the pups around a vampire,” Sunny said, concerned just as we arrived. “I know you don’t know Godfrey that well Sun but he’s ancient, and very well controlled,” I assured her. “Ancient but he hasn’t been around a baby in how long,” she persisted. “I’ve spoken to him and we all agreed that if he’s even the slightest bit nervous he’ll leave. He is curious to see the pups though since he really hasn’t been able to see babies in so long,” dad said. “Well either way, I don’t want to sit through some stuffy boring dinner party with a bunch of old people. Meadow didn’t either, that’s why she went out,” Sunny fussed. “You liked Angel, and you haven’t even met Dina,” mom said. “Stop being a brat Sunny,
~The Ancient Vampire and His-She-Wolf~~Godfrey’s Point of View~My lungs and throat were positively on fire. I was burning with a thirst, a desire unlike anything I’d ever felt. In my over four thousand years of existence, it was my experience that there was never anything new, only someone new. This, was all brand new territory for me. Something and someone new.I’d been invited to a dinner party at Ash Black’s home, the werewolf on the council. Only, I didn’t quite make it inside. Suddenly, a little dinner party was the last thing on my mind. It was selfish, but everyone who knew me was used to that.I arrived to discover the most intoxicating and alluring scent, and it called to me, it pulled me in a way that damn near ripped me apart. Sure … I knew what wheat smelled like … and I barely recalled the smell of the sun against warm human flesh … but this scent was both things tied to one person, one human.After dashing around in the woods for a few minutes, I tracked down the smell
~Sunny’s Point of View~In the blink of an eye, Godfrey was gone. My mate … just left me! He ditched me, leaving me completely alone and vulnerable in the woods no less. He didn’t even care if I made it home safely! A shifter would never, a wolf would certainly never. Even if he was pissed at me, he'd still care enough for my physical well being.But a werewolf would have grabbed me, kissed me passionately, made love to me… marked me and made me his so the entire would would know. I mean that’s what we are always told anyhow. That’s my picture perfect moment. You see each other and little hearts just flutter around you both, its fate. It's your destiny, this perfect being.The moment every wolf waits their entire life for, the moment their whole existence makes complete sense... The moment ... they find their mate, their reason for living is supposed to be the most precious and flawless moment of their existence.Of course my moment would be absolutely awful, of course my mate would be
~Sunny's Point of View~Please talk to me, please,” I said, trying not to beg but wanting to let him know I was determined.I didn’t want to seem desperate but seeing him now, all my planned speeches, all my defenses were gone. I was completely hanging on by a thread.I had been crying myself to sleep, terrified of his rejection. A wolf very rarely gets over their mate’s rejection, and it’s been said they often die from a broken heart … or insanity. He was instantly in front of me and I began to sweat. I had certainly never thought much of Godfrey before but now he was all that could fit in my brain. He consumed my mind, day and night. Ohh, especially at night.Sure, he looked twice my age, he had stubble on his face and he always dressed like he was in a Halloween costume … but none of that mattered anymore.He waved his hand to the porch steps and began to move toward them. He walked with his hands behind his back and I suddenly remembered that about him. He always moved like he wa
~Godfrey’s Point of View~Busy day... three executions, two sentencings … oh and yes tea with a disgruntled and rather uppity witch who is suing her neighbor. Everyone wants a piece of Godfrey it seems.But, I didn’t want anyone, I didn’t need anything … but blood of course. Everything else was trivial, everything else was just a way to pass the time.But now … I had an intended, after 4,238 years of loneliness, despair, anger, doing unspeakable things. I just couldn’t understand it. I had joined the council nearly two centuries ago, penance I told myself for a horrible existence. The innocents I killed in the name of my thirst, the senseless murder to quench the fire in my throat that could never be extinguished. And when exactly would I fit Sunny into my non-stop life of being the judge, jury and executioner? Was she going to sit around and watch while I interrogated or tortured creatures?There would be no way I could be with a human on a daily basis, in such close proximity and wi
~Sunny’s Point of View~Another night was starting and there was nothing from Godfrey. I hadn’t wanted to tell my brothers that he came by two nights ago but they could smell him, of course. Godfrey wore some weird cologne that very much stood out, aside from his vampire scent. I literally had no life outside of my friends and the mall. I didn’t have a job, I wasn’t in a pack. Finding my mate was all I ever thought about, looked forward to. I couldn’t just go back to making dinners with mom and mindlessly talking about books, movies and clothes with my friends. Not to mention that even though I was used to seeing my brothers and Lilly with their adorable relationships now it just twisted my gut. I could be having that, and I should be!So now what?“It’s not an overnight decision for him. Sun, you have to be patient,” River said as we all ate dinner.“Well the full moon is in less than a week, do you want to have to take me to the dungeon and chain me up,” I said, pissed off.Lilly d
~Godfrey’s Point of View~Oh, another day, more of the same. We didn’t normally have court every week but it seemed lately the caseload was demanding it. Packs squabbling, covens overreaching, nests getting more vicious and daring. These idiots! Such a small earth, so many egos.And now, I’d wasted a whole day trying to get worthless advice out of Isaac. There was only one other who would give it to me straight, hopefully tell me what I needed to hear.I had demanded we postpone court to the late afternoon so I could catch up on my beauty rest. We normally started after the humans had lunch unless there was a major occurrence. I quickly dispensed with the vampire nest brats and announced I had to dismiss myself for the remainder of the evening. Everyone looked at me curiously, but no one dared ask. I quickly went outside and honed in on a certain blood bond, one I hadn’t wanted to remember now in centuries. But my tracking was quickly interrupted! Suddenly, I felt fear, I felt … anger