Seth Lucius, my wolf, let out a deep moan that echoed in my head as I watched Rhiannon walk towards her bedroom. My eyes were fixated on her swaying hips when the sound of a chair loudly sliding across the wooden floor tore my attention away from her and stopped the urge that was starting to take over. I slowly turned in irritation to see Julia staring at me over the top of her glasses with a smug look on her face. It didn't take long for her voice to enter my mind. "I expected you and your wolf to be more, I didn't know, suave," Julia made sure to put sarcastic emphasis on the last word before taking a swig of her coffee. I pinched the bridge of my nose as I let out a frustrated sigh and continued our conversation via mind-link, "You're the one who thought this was a good idea. You're pushing too much, too soon ...." "Excuse me? And what do you know about anything?" Julia asked, not bothering to hide the attitude in her voice as she sat her coffee cup down on the old wooden t
Julia I was pulling up weeds from one of my gardens, imagining that each one was the body of one of my enemies, when my moment of peaceful retribution was shattered by Seth's panicking voice. "Julia! You need to get here, NOW! It's Rhiannon!" I stood up and threw my trowel into the dirt, pissed off that things never seemed to go exactly how I intended. Instead of bippidy boppidy booping my ass into my cabin, I decided to stomp my feet the short distance, grumbling the entire way. All he had to do was get acquainted with Rhi. Show her that he was trustworthy. Teach her the property lines. Assure her that the wolves were harmless. Open her mind to the mysteries upon us ...... "JULIA!" Seth's concerned voice echoed in my head. I rolled my eyes as I picked up my satchel of herbs and potions. If it were actually a life and death matter Dub would have been gone, and Amar would have already been back here to alert me, both before Seth even thought about linking me. Over dramatic p
Rhiannon Crickets chirped in the darkness, their songs blending with the sound of the water in the distance. I knew exactly where I was without even opening my eyes. "What time is it?" I quietly asked Seth, surprised that we were still in the field. But I didn't get an answer. The silence was unsettling, and I slowly opened my eyes to confirm what I suspected. Seeing that I really was left alone was like a punch to my guts. I couldn't believe that not only did Seth leave me passed out in the field, but so did Amar. It's not that I wasn't used to being by myself, I just ..... I just expected more from both of them. I let out a deep sigh as I leaned my head back and looked up at the sky that was glittered with stars ..... stars and an extremely full moon. My eyes widened as a familiar burning scent found its way to me. Maybe if I stayed on the l ground I wouldn't have to relive the same nightmare over again. But that's not how the night would go, as the sound of twigs snapping
Seth Dub came to a smooth stop in Julia's backyard. I hated to admit it, but Julia was right. Dub had earned a new respect from me after the speed at which he carried Rhiannon and I. As Dub leaned down so that I could easily dismount with Rhiannon, I thought about when Lucius chased the horse through the woods. "Seth, don't say it ..... " Lucius warned me. My lips turned upward into a slight smile, "He was toying with you. The entire time you thought you were gaining ground, he was just playing with you ...." "Being fast is the only thing that walking glue factory has going for him," Lucius quipped with a hint of jealousy. As if Dub knew what Lucius had said, he lifted his tail while he walked by, and the airy sound of flatulence was released with each step he took. I wrinkled my nose with impressed disgust as Dub snorted before trotting back towards his pasture, the smell stinging my nose. "Thanks, asshole. I had to smell that because of you," I grumbled to Lucius, though
Dis The shades that the burning glow of the lower mantel created were breathtakingly beautiful, like autumn on fire. The view was my reward for keeping watch over the hundreds of thousands of evil souls that aimlessly walked around, each one awaiting their turn to move closer to the Earth's core. My job is to make sure that the number of souls stays in check to keep the Earth going. Let me backtrack..... When the essence of evil leaves the living surface it is sucked through the Earth's layers until it reaches me. Here, at the lower mantel, it continuously walks around with all of the other souls as it awaits its turn to go to the core to heat the Earth. If too many souls go to the core at once, the earth gets too hot. Too few and there will be another ice age. Who exactly am I? Depends on the location and point of time that you ask. It also depends on who is telling the story and how much they exaggerate for attention. Some call me The Devil, Lucifer, Dis, Hades, Pluto, or Orc
Seth It was late by the time I turned onto the long stone driveway of the packhouse. I put my truck in park, but before I got out, I stared at the large stone and log cabin-style house. All these years I wanted nothing more than to bring Rhiannon ..... Rieka here. To bring her home. To share my life with her by my side as my Luna. But she didn't even know that the supernatural existed beyond the fantasy world. We were nothing more than myths and legends, childhood fantasies. Plus there's the fact that her entire life has been nothing more than a lie. "We need to have a meeting with the others tomorrow," I told Lucius as I finally left my truck and made my way towards the house. "No shit, but how about we handle one thing at a time? Like the cookies that you have a death grip on for example?" Lucius replied without shame. I looked at the large container tucked under my left arm, completely forgetting that Julia ended up baking a bunch of chocolate chip cookies while I picked a
Seth The sunlight coming through my bedroom window told me it was time to get my ass out of bed. If only I had gotten a decent night's sleep. After I took a shower and got dressed, I sent a mind link out to those closest to me that we needed to have a talk before breakfast. I immediately put my block up so that I wouldn't get bombarded with questions and proceeded to reschedule any business plans that I had for the day. As I made my way to the meeting room, I decided to swing into the kitchen and ask the cook to have breakfast brought in for us. It'll probably be better not to have a bunch of hangry wolves to deal with on top of everything else. Once I made it to the decent-sized room, I closed the window shades, sat down at the long wooden table, and proceeded to click my pen on it. "Calm the fuck down," Lucius demanded with an annoyed tone. I rolled my eyes at his hypocrisy but decided not to point out all the times I had to tell him to relax. Now wasn't the time for a p
Rhiannon My head felt like a lead balloon while my tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth from the dryness. I quickly rubbed my hands on the surface that I was lying on, making sure I was, in fact, in bed and not the grassy field. A breath of air left my lips as I felt the smooth sheets against my skin. I slowly opened my eyes just enough to see the water bottle that I kept on my nightstand. I quickly reached over, grabbed the bottle for dear life, and drank the entire thing. After moving my tongue around in my now-quenched mouth for a few seconds, I forced myself out of bed and made my way to the bathroom. As soon as I opened my bedroom door, I saw Amar sitting in the hallway, his gray eyes staring at me. A simple groan was the only thing I could muster as I walked past him. Once in the bathroom, I turned the shower water on, and the bathroom filled with steam. I found the bottle of Excedrin in the cabinet, used my hand to cup water from the sink, and took three of the pills be
Rieka Damian and I looked on in uncomfortable disbelief as Mia continued to eat Jay's face off. Ok, so she wasn't literally eating his face, but she wasn't holding back on the PDA by any means. The pull of the mate bond was obviously strong for her. A vampire being mated to a werewolf wasn't extremely rare, but it wasn't exactly a common occurrence, either. Vampires will fall in love with each other like humans do. Some even have arranged unions. But if a werewolf is mated to a vampire, the vampire will also feel the pull of the mate bond. "I ..... I need to go find Izzy, " I said uneasily, not wanting to be around for the makeout session, but not really wanting to tell Izzy the news, either. "Should I go with you, Nicole?" Damian asked just as I turned around and started to walk away. "Nicole?" Mia questioned the name as my brain hesitated to remember that ..... "That's you!" Lupa said loud enough to make my ears ring. Shit ..... shit, shit, shit! Today is going to be
Rieka Time seemed to fly by while staying with the Kurtzs. It helped that I kept myself preoccupied for pretty much every waking moment. Between barn chores, riding Dub, reading supernatural history books, and bonding with Lupa, I really didn't give myself much of a chance to think of anything else. Mia and Izzy even helped me sign up for online college classes so that I could start working for the same hospital that they work for. I will only be entering records into their database, but it pays well. Bonding with Lupa has been an enjoyable adventure. I know we had technically shifted before, but I wasn't conscious during it, so it's not like I remembered anything. When I read that shifting involved bones breaking to completely change my physical form, I was honestly terrified. But I was surprised that it didn't hurt nearly as bad as I thought it would. Lupa explained that the horrible cramps I used to feel was my body's way of preparing me for the pain of shifting. The cramps bec
Roxanne When Seth asked if any of us could sense Cerulean I didn't answer because I didn't want to lie to my Alpha. I'm honestly surprised that no one called me out on my silence. Little did they know it was becausewas Batiti screaming "MATE!" in my mind. The entire time, I worried that a rogue wolf was watching us and that he was our mate. But we didn't smell the disgusting odor of a rogue .... instead it was the tingling aroma of bergamot and mint. Surprise and confusion took over concern when the fine specimen stepped out before us, his body suit not leaving much to our imagination. My heart and mind were racing as I tried not to drool. A fairy? Our mate is a fairy?!? "I'm not going to lie, Roxie, I want to take him now .... but ...." Batiti hesitated, and I knew she was struggling to say that she would agree to a rejection if that's what I wanted. The both of us have waited so long, too long, and I wasn't prepared to make any decisions just yet. We needed to play this
Seth "I told you! I knew that there was something off about all of this! She's nuttier than a squirrel turd!" The smug voice of my wolf echoed in my mind, making the situation even worse. I furrowed my brows and gave Sam a questioning glance before I turned back and stared at Leo and Tyler. Their eyes went wide, and they quickly shook their heads no. Shaylee's laughter only increased, and tears started rolling down her cheeks as she pointed at Sam and Roxie. "No, not them, you silly wolf, the other two!" "I don't know what the fuck you're talking about, but Sam and I are werewolves, NOT witch doctors! You're fucking crazy!" Roxie spat out, her facial expression showing how much she disliked Shaylee. "Calm down, Roxie. NOW," I demanded over mind-link using my Alpha tone to try to diffuse the situation. But Batiti simply growled in return, making it crystal clear that neither of them would be backing down without a fight .... and that my Alpha tone meant nothing to them.
Seth Weeks had come and gone since Rieka went missing, along with both of our birthdays. Which meant that Rieka was now eighteen. The fact that we share the same birthday is a coincidence that doesn't matter without her whereabouts known. The amount of times Lucius and I had gone to the Kurtz property is pathetic. Something told me that those twins knew more than they tried to get me to believe, but we never once saw or sensed Rieka there. I figured that the pull of being my mate would have brought her out of hiding, but after being left disappointed and brokenhearted countless times, I finally gave up. I couldn't keep looking for someone at a place they didn't seem to be. The problem was, I didn't have anywhere else to look. Despite everything, pack life continued. Unlike most packs, I consider my ranking members not just my friends but also my family. Because of this, Moon Rain is run as a team, with me having the final say. Everything runs more smoothly with the others bein
Dis I looked at myself in the mirror, taking in my human form as I contemplated going to the surface. I stared into the human eyes that were looking back at me, eyes that were so dark brown they were almost black. I traced my well-defined jawline that basically didn't exist because it was hidden by a shaggy beard. Then I looked at my long black hair that I slicked back in a tight bun, a bun that I now loathed thanks to all of the humans who thought they were making a fashion statement. Even cleaned up, I looked like shit. I let myself go. There's no way I could go to the surface looking like this. I needed ..... change. "Jane!" I yelled for my personal servant as I went to the kitchen, grabbed a chair, and took it into the bathroom. I heard the heavy front door open and shut as I sat down in the chair. The nice thing about being the boss of hell is how easy it is to be heard. "Sir?" the harsh, female voice asked in an attempt to pinpoint my location. "I need you to cut m
Rhiannon As soon as I got out of the shower and dried off, I decided to put on the pajama bottoms and t-shirt that Izzy left for me instead of the jeans. To be completely honest, I simply felt like wearing comfy clothes and lounging around for the day. Jeans seemed too .... constricting. I looked at the woman in the mirror one last time. How could life change so much in such a short amount of time?As I made my way towards the stairway, I couldn't help but think about Gram and how I needed to stop by and let her know that I was safe .... that everything was Ok. "NO!" Lupa yelled in my head, startling me as I was standing at the top of the stairs. For fucking crying out loud! I'm not used to having another voice in my head other than my own! Do you think you could take that into consideration before you decide to yell?! I could have fallen down the stairs! "Look, I'm sorry. I am. But you simply can NOT go to Julia's right now, " Lupa replied with a very serious tone. Do you
Rieka "Rieka?" A familiar female voice whispered my name. My new-old name ..... I kept my eyes closed tightly as I didn't want to wake up in the dream world of horrors once again. "Rhi, you really need to get out of bed now. There are things we need to tal ......." My eyes shot open, and I quickly sat up in bed as I realized that the voice I was hearing was actually coming from INSIDE my head. My heart started racing as I looked around the unfamiliar room that I was in. The queen-sized bed I was in had a slate blue and gray quilt, the walls were foggy-gray with natural wood trim, the old wooden floor had a large dark gray throw rug, there was a single antique wooden dresser with two matching nightstands, and there was a faint pine odor that lingered in the air. I had no fucking clue where I was ....... but then it hit me ..... "Timophy ...." I whispered his name out loud, fear evident in my voice. Panic started seeping in as I curled myself up in the blanket. Fear of the u
Julia I leaned back in my recliner and sipped my glass of wine. Amar's high-pitched whining was giving me a migraine, and I needed something to try to dull the pain. I debated mixing something a little stronger, but I knew it was only a matter of time before .... "JULIA!" Seth yelled my name as he slammed my poor old wooden door shut. Amar finally shut up and I heard him jump off of Rhi's bed. He peaked his head around the corner of her doorway long enough to look at me before returning to her bed. If a dog could sneer, believe me when I say that he would have. I think the old mongrel was looking forward to this. I kept quiet as I heard Seth's footsteps getting closer. Soon enough, the Alpha was standing in front of me with his lead warrior by his side. The both of them were glaring at me as I rolled my eyes. I didn't miss the quiet scoff that left Roxanne's lips. She never did like me, especially when she found out I enjoyed hitting on her older brother. "What the fuck is