ShayleeSebastian and I laid in my bed together, his large rough hands were tracing delicate random lines across my bare back as I laid partially on top of his muscular chest, running my hand through his silver chest hair.We were like night and day. Where I was about 5'6", he was pushing close to 7 feet tall. I was lean and delicate, while Sebastian was built like a bulldozer. My light olive skin was soft, while his darker skin was rough and calloused from working outside daily. His short silver hair and beard made his dark purple eyes stand out, and when I first laid eyes on him, I swore he was a God. I couldn't believe he was a hybrid, and a wolf hybrid of all things. "Come on Leah. We can get out of here, go to the other side of the world or something. I can make it so that no one knows who we are. We can travel and live amongst humans. Something, anything but staying here." His voice no longer pleaded with me, as he knew the answer. But that didn't stop him fr
FionaI was sitting alone on the couch in the living room, listening to the sounds of the night that made their way in through the open windows as I was waiting for Senora and Lian to arrive with the phone held to my ear."Fiona! Are you even listening to me?"I sighed as my mom's loud voice echoed in the quiet living room as it came from the other end of the phone, bringing me back to reality. "Yes, mom."I really wasn't. My brain was thinking about more things than I could fully focus on. Living alone, training, work, how many fairies I've irritated ..... and him. Levi tried calling and messaging me a couple of times since that morning. I don't know how he got my number for sure, but I strongly suspected Aisling. With everything going on, I just didn't have the time to deal with him as well, at least not until things calmed down. I appreciated the fact that he didn't become a crazed stalker and that he respected me enough not to push communication right n
LeviThere's something to be said about falling asleep next to someone you care about. Since Fafnir was kind enough to educate me on how the entire mate bond thing worked, I quickly learned how to control it. It was easy enough to let out a little burst at a time to judge Fiona's reaction to it. But when she took charge and pulled my body into her own without me releasing any part of it I completely lost my hold.Not only did I lose full control over the bond, but also my heart. This tiny little water fairy sleeping in my arms will be the end of my Godliness, and I was more than ok with that fact.The only problem I faced was that I honestly didn't know how to handle everything. It seemed like every game plan I started thinking about only led to a bad ending one way or another for those I cared about, causing me to scrap one idea and move onto the next.Frustration was getting the best of me, so I decided to do Fiona a favor and rid the trees of their toilet pap
SenoraBright and early my ass. I can understand why I haven't seen any lights on nor movement in the house, as Fiona must have stayed up late into the night cleaning up all of that toilet paper. But I'm honestly surprised that Lian isn't here yet.Then again, the sun is just starting to rise and it's supposed to be our day off. So maybe Lian's bright and early wasn't going by work day standards.Either way, I was getting bored sitting in my truck waiting for her, so I decided to go knock on Fiona's door and see if by chance she was awake and simply hadn't turned on any lights yet.I had just reached the bottom stair of Fiona's front porch when I heard my name from around the corner."Senora?" I turned to see Colton walking towards me and I crossed my arms over my chest as I raised a suspicious brow at him. "Funny seeing you here, Colton. What are you doing lurking around Fiona's this early in the morning?"A ridiculously handsome coy smile crossed his face as he looked at me. "Seriou
FionaAfter the three of us demolished a couple of pots of coffee and got Senora's stuff all moved in, Senora and Lian drove out to Lian's to pick up her things. Luckily, they both only had a couple of weeks of rent left on their apartments, making it easy to move out while still holding on to their keys in case things didn't go well here. I decided to bite the bullet and call Levi while they were gone so that I could have a little bit of privacy. I swallowed the nerves that were stuck in my throat as I stared at Levi's information on my phone screen. I closed my eyes and let out the breath I was holding as my thumb hit the green call icon, quickly placing the phone to my ear before I decided to cancel the call.With every ring that went unanswered, I debated hanging up. Maybe I'll wait until his voicemail picks up, then I'll hang up without leaving one. Just as I decided against that as well and was pulling the phone away from my ear to hang up, I heard his voice."Hello?"My heart w
FionaDirecting the warriors wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be, despite the fact that I wasn't raised nor trained to do so. I know in my heart that this is what I was meant to do, that this is exactly where I was meant to be."Split up. I want a few of you to search the land for clues in case the rest of us don't find anything in the waters. Hopefully Nixie and Beckett weren't taken to the ocean.""Princess, wouldn't it be best if you ...." Trenton tried to slip back into his lead warrior position and interject, but I wasn't having any of it."Colton, Senora, I want you two to lead the warriors searching the land. Clyde, Bach, Lian, Jordan, and Matthew, you guys are all with me. We'll split the warriors into smaller groups, and two of us will lead each group.""Fiona, will you listen ..."I turned and looked Trenton dead in the eyes. He had many chances to prove himself as a valuable team leader, and he didn't once make an attempt to do so. Ad
NixieI couldn't believe that Beckett and I allowed ourselves to get kidnapped, and from our own house none the less. We should have known better, and to say that I was ashamed of ourselves would be an understatement. Now Beckett and I were tied up in a damned cave. Our hands were tightly bound behind us and our bodies were wrapped in heavy rope netting, ensuring that we couldn't escape from the tiny cave we were in. Even if we were to roll off of the rock we were on and into the water, we wouldn't be able to swim, let alone shift. Not with this thick binding rope. It was smart, I'll give them that.I turned my head to look over at my mate who was lying next to me. "Beckett." There was no need to whisper, no one else could hear us, which meant there was no need to yell for help, either.For a moment, I debated simply letting him wake up on his own, but I knew that this conversation couldn't wait until the last minute."Beckett, wake up."I thought that I heard him moan and was thankful
LianI waited around just long enough for Jordan and Matthew's dobhar-chú and selkie to show up and gather the worthless fairies that called themselves warriors. I debated killing them while I waited and letting their bodies sink to the bottom of the waters with Bach's, but I knew their time would come.What mattered right now was finding Fiona and making sure she was ok. There's no way that Bach was working alone, and I needed to figure out who else was a traitor before it was too late."Lian!" I heard a familiar female voice and spun around to see Colton and Senora quickly approaching in their kelpie forms."We just got your message, are you ok?"I quickly nodded my head. "I'm fine. But Back? Not so much. Have you guys seen Jordan and Matthew? ""Yeah, Colton and I ran into them on our way looking for Fiona. They had about a dozen warriors with them."I let out a small sigh of relief, happy to hear that the warriors didn't give Jordan and Matthew any trouble. If they continued to com
FionaI felt like a child in a classroom as we all looked at the two gray-haired women standing before us. Their combined aura was more intimidating than I cared to admit. I got the impression that Anne was much older than Aisling, despite looking like she was the younger of the two."I'll make this as short as possible, as I have somewhere else I'm needed that's honestly a lot more important than being here, explaining things to you .....""Short, but obviously not sweet," Dhara quipped from Matthew's lap with a smirk as Sharia and Maya giggled.My eyes widened as they went from Anne, to Dhara, and back to Anne again."Just like your mother, aren't you?" Anne asked as she glared at Dhara.Aisling rolled her eyes, clicking her tongue in irritation. "You all just need to shut up for once and listen to Anne. She knows more than all of you put together. It wouldn't exactly hurt you to have a mentor of her standards."Anne smiled as Dhara's face fell. "Aisling and I have known each other f
FionaThe air was eerily quiet around us as the sun set in the background, making the sky look like it was angry, or possibly embarrassed. I honestly couldn't tell which.It was as if nature itself knew the severity of what I had just done, and was shocked into silence. Not a tweet from a bird, a bark from a squirrel, nor a rustle of leaves from the wind, as there wasn't even a slight breeze. I couldn't even hear the water splash from Seneca Lake. It was like everything stopped to contemplate the meaning of life. After I swallowed the scratchy lump that had formed in my throat, I opened my mouth to speak, my voice hoarse thanks to the fire that had escaped it. "Why don't you all go home and try to relax for the night. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for showing up and supporting me. The others and I have a lot to discuss and try to figure out."As if the Earth's silence became their own, the group of water fairies that stood behind me quietly dispersed.I turned around and
Senora The burning lava substance made it's way towards Aisling, as screams from the crowd filled the air around us, a combination of shock, fear, and anger as to what they were seeing of their elders.Rieka immediately stepped between Aisling and the burning material, stopping it with her powers."A little help would be nice!" Rieka yelled as she pushed her feet into the dirt to brace herself.You know how they say everything was in slow motion? Well, it wasn't. I didn't even have a chance to react as I watched from the porch, a mixture of emotions coursing through my body. I was completely clueless about how to react, and if it wasn't for Rieka ...."Colton, what the fuck are we supposed to do?! They're our elders!"Colton turned and looked at me with an equally confused and shocked expression. "You're asking me?! The fuck if I know!"Cerulean shook his head. "Rhi is the only one of us that can actually stop them without fighting them .....""We fu.cking SHOULD be fucking fighting t
FionaThe events that took place were all just a little too surreal. I was still having a hard time believing that the six dragon elders simply washed their hands of their long-standing duties, leaving the deities in complete charge of their hemispheres. But I suppose when you've gone so long living a lie about things that you stopped believing in, and losing children because of those things, you stop caring. Funny how the fear to stand up for what's right leaves one's mind once others are willing to do the same.The elder dragons all made their way back to their homes to take care of business, while the rest of us did the same. Once we were just a few hours from home, we decided to rent an SUV big enough to seat the seven of us comfortably and drive the rest of the way back. It was simply easier than trying to fly into the city as exhausted as we were.I was honestly enjoying the ride as I leaned onto Levi and he wrapped his arm around me. Everything finally felt .... right.Rhi's voi
Beckett"Trust me," Joseline said.Two simple words. For years, the fairies didn't trust the dragons. To be honest, we never really even had much to do with them. Whenever there was a ceremony held, everyone was invited out of courtesy, nothing more.But now the twist of fate has ripped the door of change off of its hinges, allowing things to happen that were never allowed to happen before. Changes that should have been allowed to take place so long ago, but couldn't thanks to a few of the close-minded, power-hungry, and arrogant elders in power. That, mixed with the fear that many had to stand up to do what's right.This is what happens when we allow others to have the power to be in control for so long. When one tries to force others to think, feel, and believe what they do, they no longer care about anyone other than themselves. Mix it in with a fear of what they don't understand and anger about what they don't agree with, and it creates hatred that shouldn't be. A hate that those i
FionaThe Andes, Copahue volcano to be specific. Of course, we would have to travel a ridiculous distance away from home and that puke would go to his own hemisphere. We all knew Glaurung would, it was just a matter of him tiring himself out enough to make a mistake and alert Fafnir of his general location. Despite the reason we were here, and the fact that we were bouncing around in one of the Avtoros Shaman 8x8s that Fafnir insisted on buying, I still appreciated nature's beauty as I looked out the window. It was raining, after all. What more could I ask for?In true fashion, I pissed off those who I instructed to stay behind when I told them that they had to watch over things in my absence, which went over as well as accidentally using super glue instead of lube on your privates.I can understand their frustration. Honestly, I can. Whereas I told them it wasn't their fight, it's really not my fight either, and yet here I am. I couldn't risk my fairies' lives for this, and I really p
FionaLevi and I had just gotten out of the shower and we're getting ready for bed. The TV was on for background noise, and when the news came on I couldn't help but stop and watch."Fiona, you need to turn the TV off."I continued to stand there, watching the news in my robe. "Do you see what they're showing? So many people had it recorded!"Levi walked up next to me, placing a hand on my lower back. "Yeah, and the police believe that someone snuck into my building and fried my system all for a stunt to get attention. Remember when you told me that people freaked out thinking that the floating candles you guys released for Nixie were UFOs? This will pass."I closed my eyes as I shook my head. "This isn't over, Levi. This is just the beginning. The door has simply been opened. I can feel it.""Maybe so, but for right now we have more important things to deal with. If Glaurung stops moving long enough, Fafnir should be able to pick up on his location through their connection since Rhi
Fiona Sol had an open link going between himself, Celeste, Seth, and Rhi during the entire council meeting. It was an extremely helpful way to keep us all informed of everything as it happened, and shortly after we were given the ok to send Fafnir in, is when all hell broke loose. I figured things wouldn't go over well, which is why we decided Joseline should stay home with Beckett. She was just a dragon compared to the rest of us in that room. Even Roxie being mated with Cerulean, thus a fairy princess, wouldn't be bothered if the elders knew what was good for them. I never anticipated running into the room and actually seeing the body of a female dragon turn into red ashes before dissipating into the air, as my mate hurried towards the broken window, stopping my heart, but thankfully not my brain nor mouth. "Don't you dare, Levi!" Levi pointed angrily to where the dragon's body used to be. "Did you not see what just happened?! I can't let him escape!" "Don't you fucking argue wi
LeviThe morning that has brought us all together has finally graced us with her presence, as daylight slowly crept in through the curtains.Fiona rolled over and placed her head on my shoulder as she laid a hand on my chest, delicately tracking imaginary lines.Despite the day that awaited us, it was a much better start than what yesterday morning was. Aisling succeeded in getting Fiona pretty well lit the other night. So much so that Fiona didn't even realize that I got into the bed next to her after making sure that Sol, Celeste, and Fafnir were settled at my place.It took a few aspirin, a lot of water, and a light breakfast before Fiona was even able to function without looking like she was going to go on a killing spree. I tried telling her that an orgasm would help get rid of her headache, but she chose to ignore me. Luckily, we all managed to get a good game plan going, but you know what they say .... life happens when you're busy making plans.My heart was racing as I took the