~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
~Sunny’s Point of View~I just couldn’t bring myself to go home, I couldn’t bring myself to go back to my brothers’ house either. Suddenly nothing mattered anymore. Not shopping, not the mall, not TV. Godfrey. All I could think about was Godfrey. His cool hand, his soft hair, his piercing eyes and his perfect smile. I hadn’t even seen him with his clothes off yet and I was this hooked on what I could see!All I could think about was the torture I would be facing on the night of the full moon since it didn’t seem like he would come through for me. No, I couldn’t think like that. He was my mate and he just had to!After maybe two hours of wandering, I found a little cave and settled in for the night. It was likely full of bugs but they seemed mostly hidden at the moment so I tried to not care. I was just asleep for maybe a couple hours when I heard it, the low rumble of a large animal. Something was outside, and it wasn’t a shapeshifter. A real, live animal that would love nothing more
By the time I dried off and dressed again I found a little tray on the bed with some type of chicken dish and a Dr. Pepper, my favorite.I grinned, someone must have told him. I couldn’t remember the name of the she-wolf that worked in the kitchen, maybe she had known. Sitting on the bed against the headboard, I moved the tray into my lap. My stomach was practically lurching at the plate and I couldn’t get it down fast enough. I felt my shoulder again, and was still just absolutely stunned. It was really as if nothing happened and I couldn’t understand how that was possible. I felt like I could run a marathon.Should I get up and go look for Godfrey? No, he’s probably busy. I put the tray on a dresser and laid back in bed.Ember made me roll toward Godfrey’s side and shamelessly smell his pillow. I lifted the covers over my head and just inhaled. He hadn’t been under the covers but regardless they still smelled like him. Why did he even have covers? Just so there wasn’t an ugly bare
~Sunny’s Point of View~Even though Godfrey made me go back to my parents’ house, I was now a bit optimistic. I knew I’d gotten through to him on some level. He had felt me, tasted me, now he would have those memories, his body would remember it. Mine sure as hell did. Mine burned with the memory...Everyday was one more day closer to the full moon and Ember was restless. It killed me to just sit at home, everyone was afraid to talk to me which was more than fine. They knew I could probably be set off at any moment.RING RING RING RING!“Hello,” I said, answering the phone.“Hey girlie I miss you! Come out and meet us, we’re hitting the mall,” Alisha, my bestie said.Alisha was from my school and she was part of the Hollow Hill pack which was the closet pack to my parents’ house.“Yeah I’ll come out, I need a distraction, where’s everyone meeting up,” I asked, getting up to throw open my closet.“Just at the food court, I’m almost there now but we’ll hang until you show,” she said, po
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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