RheaThe boys had never treated me better. They showered me with gifts and, oddly enough, money so I could go buy my own things. I was actually able to go on shopping sprees for myself. The twins especially seemed to want to spoil me. They rarely left my side. They gave me money whenever they had it. They gave me shoes, new clothes, new books, and more. It was wonderful.There was a hidden edge to it, though, at least in my head. They were giving me too much too fast. It felt like there was some sinister plot brewing in the background, waiting for the perfect moment to turn on me and make me the butt of the joke once again. I couldn’t sit and enjoy my newfound love and adoring mates because I was too busy waiting for the other shoe to drop. Not only that, but I couldn’t stop thinking about all the girls the twins had dated. All the girls must have been treated exactly like this. Jealousy stirred in my heart. I knew it was stupid—they were my mates, after all—but I couldn’t he
RheaI stood in the training room, bouncing on my feet and shaking out my wrists. My ponytail bounced as I did. I had asked the boys to help me with my training. Gerard, Dylan, and Lionel all warmed up around me, while Ezekiel stood straight-backed at the front, watching us.I stretched my arms, legs, and back. Some of the boys did push-ups and other simple exercises. I took after their example, doing a few jumping jacks, then getting on the floor to do push-ups. I just hoped none of them were looking up my shirt. After we were done warming up, Ezekiel paired us off for sparring.“Gerard, Dylan, you two pair up. Lionel, Rhea, you as well. You’ll be going first.”Gerard and Dylan seemed disappointed but paired up anyway. They stood off on the sidelines, ready to watch. I squared off with Lionel, holding up my fists. “Don’t go easy on me,” I taunted.Lionel scoffed. “Now, why would I do that?”“Go!” Ezekiel yelled, chopping the air with his arm to signal the start o
RheaI held my breath. After training with Ezekiel, I felt reasonably confident. But I did not want to fight Anastasia. Her eyes looked red and menacing. I knew she had been looking forward to a chance to fight me when no one would stop her. I was certain she would kill me if I left myself open. I wondered if the boys would intervene before it got to that point.I looked at Ezekiel and Lionel. Both of them looked at me confidently. They looked like they had no doubt I could win this fight. I tried not to let them know that I did not feel as confident.Anastasia smirked at me menacingly.“Are you ready?” she snarled. She sounded like she wanted to throw some other choice words in there, but changed her mind. I just knotted, not trusting my voice.As we started the fight, we danced around the mat waiting for the other person to strike first. It had been my experience that whoever struck first had the disadvantage. I watched Anastasia‘s footwork and tried to predict her mov
RheaThey started kissing me and touching me passionately. I continually wanted more. Gerard moved behind me and started caressing me. I could feel them both growing hard against my skin.I opened my eyes for a moment and saw that Lionel and Ezekiel had come in. They were all there with me. I still felt very nervous, but I was not afraid of the four of them. I knew they were my mates. My wolf could feel they were my mates.Lionel pushed Dylan politely aside and started to kiss me. I had always been the most attracted to him. Even before I knew we were mates. I have secretly wanted him. I never would’ve admitted that before. I couldn’t believe that he actually wanted me and was my mate.“It’s okay, Rhea. We are all mate-bonded. We can all feel what you feel. We’re all okay with the situation. We just wanna make sure you are comfortable.” Lionel stared at my body as he spoke and traced his finger along my curves. I could tell he meant it. I was certain they would’ve stopp
RheaBoth of the boys so far had been amazing. My legs were weak. My whole body was shaking. I had never known euphoria like this before.However, it was starting to become too much. I begged for a break, and fortunately, they let me have one. I sat up, taking stock of my body. Everything seemed to be intact. There wasn’t any blood like I expected there to be. I didn’t see any bruises forming yet, even though Ezekiel had been a little rough with me. The shock of the orgasms was starting to wear off, and my body craved more.“Okay,” I said. “I’m ready.”Dylan and Gerard got on the bed at the same time. My anxiety flared.“B-both of you?” I asked.“What? Don’t think you can handle it?” Dylan teased.“Well, i-it’s just . . . I’ve never . . .” I stammered, trying to form a coherent thought. Could I take both of them at the same time? I’d never had sex before tonight, and now they wanted me to fuck two boys together. It seemed like a little much. “Don’t worry about
RheaI woke up surrounded by my boys. I remembered everything we did last night and blushed. My body ached but in the best way. I figured everyone was still asleep, so I tried to be as still as possible. Ezekiel wrapped his arm tighter around me.“Good morning,” he muttered sleepily. His warm breath near my ear made me shiver.“Good morning,” I replied.He kissed my neck. I smiled to myself.Slowly, the other boys woke up. They all peppered me with kisses and hugs. It was strange getting all of this attention from them, but I loved it. “How about we make you breakfast for once?” Gerard asked.“You would do that?” I asked in return.“Of course. After last night, you need all the energy you can get,” Dylan replied with a wink. “Come on, boys. Let’s make her breakfast. Rhea, you stay in bed. We’ll bring it to you.”The four of them piled out of my bed and down to the kitchen. I simply lay in bed, reveling in the love. I never thought anything like this would ha
Rhea I had no idea what to expect. It was my first trip anywhere. I was not surprised when they had their own family jet, but I was mesmerized by all of the amenities inside. The boys treated me like a princess. Zek sat me down in a cozy chair and brought me champagne. Gerard sat next to me, kissing my neck and shoulder. Dylan moved to my other side and ran his hand in between my legs. I felt certain now that I would never tire of their touch.“Where are we going?” I barely managed to get out through my heavy breathing. They all knew now all of my most sensitive areas and how to make me climax within minutes. They all took delight in making me reach multiple times today.“We are going to Fiji. We thought you might like the beach and something tropical,” Ezekiel answered. He came over with a bottle of champagne and refilled my glass.“You know, I’m going to sleep with you anyway. You don’t have to get me drunk,” I said with a wink.Ezekiel smirked at me. “We just want yo
RheaI felt better than I had ever felt. We made it home from our trip and I felt confident, relaxed, and more myself than I had in a long time. I felt comfortable with all the boys now and I had no doubts they loved me. I had no doubts they were committed to me. Part of me felt a bit anxious about going home and facing the Alpha and Luna. Of course, I knew Alpha Angus would likely approve. He always saw me as a member of the family. Lionel squeezed my hand as the car and looked at me contemplative. “Are you okay, baby?” he asked, sounding truly concerned. I smiled and tried to seem more confident than I felt. “Yeah, I’m okay… I guess I’m just a little nervous. I’m worried that people won’t be accepting…” I wanted to sound self-assured but my voice came out in a timid whisper. Lionel gripped my chin and kissed me deeply. “Don’t worry, my love, it’ll be okay. We won’t let anyone hurt you or harass you again.” He kissed me again as if that sealed the statement.
RheaI had no answers and no ideas but I felt determined. I couldn’t just let this go. If my mother was out there and still alive, I had to find her. I had to save her.I turned to the only friend I knew might be able to help. “Emma, what do you know of this kind of dark magic and dark witches? Have you heard of a man named Adonis?” I asked the next time Emma was over with me.Emma frowned and shook her head. “All witches, but especially dark ones tend to keep to themselves. They know their actions are evil, but they aren’t about to display that to the world. They would be tricky to find. I also hadn’t heard of this Adonis person until you mentioned him. I’m sure that’s intentional. These types of witches are very good at hiding themselves and going unnoticed if they wish.”Emma picked at her fingernails and did her best to keep her eyes away from me—I could tell she didn’t want to talk about this. She wasn’t pleased I was going to put myself at greater risk to find my
RheaMy father nodded at me and continued speaking.“We moved many times all over the state, trying to get away from Adonis,” he said, “but Veronica still did not feel safe. No matter where we went, she always thought he was one step behind. I wanted to get your help, Angus, but Veronica thought she’d be putting you all in danger. She wanted us to stay hidden for as long as possible.”“You could have come to us regardless,” Alpha Angus said sincerely. “We have plenty of warriors who would have been willing to take this Adonis head on. I would have been happy to help.”My heart warmed at the thought of Alpha Angus helping my parents. He’d helped me for so long. He’d taken me in when I no one else would. In a way, I guess he did help my parents by helping me, I thought. I understood why my mother wanted to hide, though. She thought she was protecting everyone. I wondered what would have happened if they had come to Alpha Angus in the first place. Would everyone still be a
RheaMy father had everyone’s attention now. All eyes were on him and no one was objecting or arguing. He looked like some sort of prophet standing in front of a crowd, explaining the truth of things.Well, part of that was true.Adonis had been more powerful and clever than I had given him credit for. I hadn’t put together the idea he might have been the dark witch we were looking for but now it made sense.Now I understood why my father had found me now. Adonis had probably been close to finding me as well. “I had been tracking this man for a long time. He is the one who cursed me and killed my wife. I smelt him and tracked him here. I had been chasing him for a long time and I hoped to catch him before he reached any kind of civilization. I knew the deviation he could cause. I stopped him just outside your borders. I started to fight him and tried to stop him from doing more damage. Your mem…I’m sorry, they got in the way. They saw us and probably assumed I was the d
RheaI petted out my father’s fur. Patches were missing and dried blood was throughout his fur. I looked like a miniature person compared to him and barely straightened the fur on his paw. He was shaking and I could see where he was hurt and bleeding.He whimpered quietly and I worried he might not survive. My heart was pounding and I felt a strange sense of calm come over me. This was it. This was what I had been practicing and training for. I hoped I was ready. “It’s okay, I’m here. I’m here. I’m not going to leave you,” I kept whispering.There was a huge crowd surrounding me now. I did my best to soothe him and when I was certain he was stable enough I thought, now was the time to help him and cure him. I prayed to the moon goddess that he was strong enough to survive the healing.“I’m going to fix it, okay? Don’t worry, I’m going to fix this.” I looked around desperately for Emma. When I found her in the crowd I beckoned her to me. She came at once, pushing through
RheaI looked around, looking for any sign of my father. The clearing was empty. The safe house was empty.How could he just be gone? He was here not that long ago.Where was he? I looked back at my friends and my mates, who looked just as confused as I was.I took another look around, searching every nook and cranny. He was just gone.I left the safe house and saw my mates and friends standing there expectantly. I was about to say I hadn’t found him when a few people came running out of the woods. They were disheveled and limping. One of them nursed an injured arm. Some of their clothes were torn, and one of them had blood running down the side of his head.“Help!” they cried. “Someone help, please! There’s been an attack! We’ve been attacked by a monster!”My stomach dropped to my shoes. An attack by a monster? Near here? What if it was my father? What if he escaped from that pack he’d allegedly just attacked? What if he didn’t? Where was he now?While I stood
RheaWhen I woke up, people were surrounding me, yelling. Someone held me. It took a second for the world to come into focus. I was still in my bedroom, but I appeared to be on the floor. I pushed whoever was holding me away.“Guys, she’s awake,” Dylan said, his voice coming from above me. I looked up, and he was the one who had been holding me. “Sorry, Dylan,” I mumbled groggily. I forced myself into a sitting position. Pain shot through my head. I pressed the heel of my hand against my eye, trying to use the pressure to relieve some of the pain. “What happened?”“You passed out from overworking yourself,” Gerard said. “We’re worried about you, Rhea.”“Yeah,” Ezekiel said. “You’re doing far too much in far too little time.”“You’re scaring us,” Lionel admitted, his voice small.Hot shame crept up the sides of my face. I didn’t mean to scare them. I just wanted to help my father be free of his curse. I looked down at my hands, hoping to hide the tears springing in
RheaThe whole room was eerie now as Emma leaned forward and kept her eyes on the ground. She continued like she was telling us some dark fairytale and we all listened intently. “I wasn’t sure in the beginning, though I couldn’t imagine what else could create a monster like that. Still, it wasn’t until I saw his reaction for myself that I knew it must be a curse. This is a seriously powerful curse from a strong dark witch.” Emma shuddered at her own words before continuing, “Dark witches are terrifying. They are completely outlaws—enemies of both werewolves and other witches alike. Most witches are good and work alongside werewolf packs when needed. They live outside the boundaries but they are peaceful and always willing to help. But dark witches…that’s another story. They are unfriendly to all and their magic is evil. It comes at a high price.” “So if it’s a curse we can ask another witch to look at him and break it, right? I mean they might not practice dark magic if they
Rhea“What? What did you just say?” I asked, demanding roughly from the monster. It took a step back and seemed agitated and confused. “Please tell me again! Tell me more!” I kept asking and moving closer to the monster but he kept backing up and getting more unsettled. I started to get desperate. “No. N—” it started to say but then shook its head, confused. It said nothing else, or at least nothing else human enough to understand. I could tell that it was getting upset and starting to lose focus. The boys urged me back but I pulled away from them. I couldn’t let it go. Not yet. They listened and let me keep going with the wolf, but they stayed close. Lionel looked ready to grab me and pull me away at a second’s notice.“Who are you? What’s your name?” I asked. But the monster shook its head and growled. It looked like it was having some sort of mental battle between how it was when it spoke and when it seemed more mindless and violent. I backed up and tried to give i
RheaThe monster huffed, its hot, smelly breath hitting me in the face. I tried not to wince. My eyes closed for a brief moment as it breathed on me. It looked at me, studying me like it had before.The mist swirled around its feet and leeched over to surround mine. It looked worse than it had the last time we met. More patches of fur were missing. I heard my mates behind me react to the ever-worsening smell of dead flesh and blood. Someone gagged, and everyone else made disgusted noises in the backs of their throats. The monster’s bright red eyes locked onto my blue ones. “Veronica . . .” it growled. It didn’t sound intimidating or frightening, though. It growled in a longing way like Veronica was the most important thing in the world to it.“I’m not Veronica,” I said with authority in my voice. I kept my shoulders and back straight, my chin high. With my powers, I was able to project my voice more than usual. “How do you know my mother’s name? Who are you?”The monste