Jax POVI stretched my sore muscles whimpering in pain. I don't remember ever feeling like this in my life. I was never weak and my body was naturally strong. The pain was more than just my body though. Inside I felt emptiness. I moved the blanket from my body smiling. Riley probably tried to wake me but couldn't. She covered me and apparently ate the whole bowl of fruit. I chuckled at how hungry she always is. It's not something unusual considering she was pregnant, but it made me fill with happiness watching her devour food to create a child, our child."Where is my daughter?" A voice so evil rang out, shaking the leaves from the trees and forcing the bugs to scatter."She should be inside..." I grabbed my chest feeling darkness inside me. Something wasn't right."Get up you idiot!" Jeremiah shouted and I instantly jumped to my feet."What is happening? Where is Riley?" Panic was taking over. My wolf forced his way through and growled at Jeremiah. I knew better than to challenge hi
Brandon POVI finally made it out of the house from my greedy mate's claws. I teased him I would teach him to behave, but I loved how he couldn't get enough of me. We slept only a few hours last night and I was woken to Barry licking my body. He was obsessed with me and it made me so giddy inside that such a strong beautiful man desired me.My hand rubbed over my neck as I drove into the city. Barry didn't just desire me, he was mine and I was his. I always wanted a mate, but I wasn't thinking about settling down anytime soon. I wanted a man as a mate too. I was definitely turned on by women, especially ones with strong personalities, but a masculine body and thick cock did it for me ten times harder. Barry was like a whole other gender. He wasn't male or female, he was just mine.I cursed under my breath missing my exit. I was totally zoned out and madly in love. I had my mate and my entire life ahead of me to be with him. I wondered if Barry ever wanted kids? I can't imagine us be
I woke in a new room I never seen before and tilted my head back with tears. I knew my child was gone and I couldn't look down to see my flat stomach. "I'm surprised you’re awake." Some random woman said walking around my bed. "How long have I've been asleep?" I asked through sobs."Only a few hours. I thought you'd been asleep a few days though. Are you thirsty, hungry?" She asked, resting her hands over her enlarged belly. My eyes were heavy and mind a bit foggy, but I did my best to look her over. I needed to know who was my enemy and who I could try to gain trust from. As I came to more I realized the woman standing beside me was just a girl. Petite frame with light skin and dark chocolate eyes. Her face was a little uneven and her nose a bit too large. She didn't seem like a cruel person, but I knew better than to trust anyone."Water would be good, thank you." I gave her a pathetic smile then tried to lift my body to sit. My stomach was tight with a small pain in it. With sha
Brandon POVWe spent the last three days running around Danny's pack getting as much prepared as we could. Any too weak to fight we're sent away to an ally pack far away. Those capable and willing to take on a freakin Lycan remained with me as their leader. "This is too much." I sighed, watching our warriors practice battle formations on the training grounds."Let's pray this is only practice. If Jeremiah kills Demetrius there will be no war." Barry stood beside me watching intently how everyone moved. He was so sexy when he was in training mode. Even when he got a bit aggressive with the teenagers, pushing them to move faster and strike harder, he was sexy."It feels too easy. Everything feels off." "No! Move like that and you're the first to die!" He shouted at a boy. He looked to be sixteen and obviously hadn't been taught anything about swords. We figured our best chance to win would be to overwhelm them and go for a kill. A Lycan's body is strong, almost impenetrable. A swift hi
Liam POV We traveled for hours and I remained silent. Jeremiah's anger was radiating off him that it made everyone feel disgusted with themselves. Werewolves are engrained with a sense of loyalty to any who are more powerful. It what keeps our hierarchy of omega, delta, beta, and alpha in line. We didn't usually feel weak compared to those above us, we felt honored. The problem was that Lycans were too powerful and everyone was below them. When they led with selfish and cruel intentions we not only were helpless to defend ourselves, but we felt an odd need to follow them. Jeremiah needed to end Demetrius for once and for all. I wasn't sure how he would be as a leader though. It had to be better than his brother, or even his father. Jeremiah and Riley could get the other Lycans to fall in-line or kill them if they challenged us. I just didn’t feel like this was the way to our freedom. It felt like a trap, one I was helplessly stuck in. After hours of silence Jeremiah finally spok
Liam POVWe tracked through mud and dense forest letting a small lightning bug lead the way. The second I saw the blue glow flying around I knew it was Star sending us help. Jax moved painfully but didn't stop. Riley walked beside him trying to help support his body weight. Fear was consuming me. Jax wasn't hit with a killing blow, but he was cursed. I knew I had a large hole slowly healing on my back too, but a wound was all it was. I felt no magic left behind in it. Mildred hit me first and saw it didn't kill me. I'm guessing she decided to try a curse instead. A magical curse probably wouldn't of effected me either, but Jax wasn't gifted with a natural repellent to magic like I was."You made it!" Star let out a long breath like she had been holding it since we left. Her arms came around my neck and for the first time since knowing her I just hugged her back. It was hard finding any resentment or anger when everything was falling apart. We were fighting a battle we wouldn't win.
Brandon POVI tried calming the masses gathering around the pack, but it was pointless. The people of Danny's pack were already scared. It didn't take much to give them an excuse to revolt against my pack, or to run and hide. People shouted they should kill us in honor of Demetrius. They convinced themselves if we were dead, then there would be no war. I didn't understand how quickly they forgot that they were bond to us by Demetrius. Killing us would only make him kill the rest of them."What do you want to do?" One of the Delta's from Liam's pack asked. "I don't know. I don't know how to fix this. Has anyone heard or seen Barry? We need Sophia.""No. We have a few men searching the pack, but we need to be careful. The mob outside beat three of our man nearly to death already.""This is a shit show. My shit show!" I massaged my temples trying to think. We needed to calm them down. At this rate when the rest of Liam's pack arrived tomorrow we will be at war with each other."Give us
Riley POVI watched Liam walk out of the bedroom with slump shoulders. I knew he was different. It was a short time we were all apart, but enough happened to shake us to the core. He didn't say much about our child. His eyes told me everything though. He was hurting as badly as I was that she was taken from us. Neither of us was giving up hope yet. I knew Liam and Jax would stop at nothing until the three of us were safe again.I laid my head to Jax's chest and silently cried. I felt like that is all I have done lately. The man I loved laid fast asleep beside me and he was cursed with something that could change him forever. He was actually cursed by magic. I knew it was real, but it felt impossible. I was pregnant a few days ago and now I'm empty. My stomach felt uncomfortably small and my arms felt cold being so bare. My daughter was supposed to be here with me, with us. While we laid here, resting and worrying, my father was at Demetrius’ preparing for battle. A battle I knew no
Liam POV“I think I'm going to love this life a thousand times more than I thought possible. I can feel Riley's pride in her wolf, something I knew she was ashamed of before. I know this was because of you." Jax finger's ran over my neck, then hers. "You claimed her as yours.""It was only a few months ago. We wanted to wait for you, but then she went into heat and raped me.""I did not!" Riley smacked my shoulder. I grabbed her hand, kissing it sensually."I remember being thrown to a bed and attacked with that slutty pussy.""Attacked!" Her eyebrows rose to me."Mmm, yes, attacked! Jax is right though. You need to be reminded who is the Alpha here.""I'm a Lycan!" She countered."In the bedroom you're our little slut, and you know you love it." I spun her around and forced her chest to the bed. "Be a good little slut and bend over." I demanded. Her body relaxed and legs parted with ass in the air. She knew she loved it. Jax moved beside me. "She is a Lycan, which means she can take
Liam POVI remained behind my mates as they walked hand in hand to our bedroom. Riley had been glued to Jax's side since he woke and I loved seeing them together. I was reluctant to claim him so openly because this relationship between us was so new. We hid our bond for years, then a few days after accepting each other publicly he was cursed asleep. Also, I was afraid it wasn't going to last. I knew it was him, Jax was really here and seemingly unaffected from the spell he was under for so long. I prayed that was true, but worried somehow Allura or Mildred added some twist to his awakening.I sat in a chair to the side of our bed and listened to my mates argue. Even red eyes and screaming I was filled with joy watching them together.Riley filled Jax in about Claire's disappearance and her blood vow to Allura as she changed into her pajamas. She acted like it was all nothing, but Jax was pissed, as I expected he would be. He tried laying down orders to Riley and I chuckled how she sho
Liam POV"So how did you wake me?" Jax crossed his large arms over his chest. Maverick was in a frenzy watching him all day. He ate five plates of food just for breakfast and all while talking and joking with all our kids. Jackson took ten minutes to warm up to him, then wouldn't leave his side. Jax fit right in like he had been here every second the last few years. Riley was glowing, watching him naturally being one of us. Honestly, I was never worried we would need an adjustment to when he woke. Our kids loved him just as much as they loved Riley or me. They saw him everyday and knew his life through stories we told them."I'll let our gorgeous Queen explain that one." I side eyed Riley, happily hanging her out to dry. I was happy as fuck she woke him, but I didn't agree with the terms."Maybe we should discuss this later." Riley tried brushing it off when Sophia and Dylan walked in."Later? Seriously, Riley?" Sophia was not happy and a fairy was not a pretty thing to see upset. "
Liam POVThis fierce goddess of a woman just did the dumbest shit possible. I wanted Jax awake more than anything, but this was a mistake. I could feel it in my bones that giving Allura life, hundred of years to plan and manipulate, would eventually be our undoing. Allura moved swiftly to Jax. Her hands moved over his body as magic poured out of her hands. Her sickly sweet voice, full of lies and deceit, circled around us in an echo. My body tensed and I couldn’t move. My eyes moved to Riley, my gorgeous mate clenching her hands in a tight fist as her body shook in anticipation. Her wrist had a deep cut where her blood vow to Allura would remain until one of them died. Fuck me! Jax is going to be so pissed I let this happen. He will quickly see that there is no taming a Lycan though, especially when that Lycan is Riley. She is not the same woman he once knew. She was more powerful than any now, and she knew it. My head shot to Jax as a soft moan escaped his lips. His eyes squinted
Riley POV"I'm the mother of the woman that spelled your mate, and I want your protection before lifting this curse. A blood vow or he stays asleep forever." The smile that crept on the old woman's face was pure evil, just like her blackened soul. She was definitely related to Mildred, the resemblance was clear and I knew her scent. I looked to Jax, then to Liam. He wasn't convinced and neither was I. She could break the curse, but at what price?"Agreed!" I stepped towards the woman and Liam grabbed my arm."Are you insane! You don't even know what vow she is asking for.""I don't care. She wakes him or I kill her. I prefer to come to an agreement and see our mate again, but one way or another her blood will be shed." My eyes heated as I let my Lycan come forward. I didn't want to hurt Liam and he knew that too. He also knew I would do whatever it took to get Jax back."What are you terms?" Liam said with a clenched jaw. He didn't like this, but he knew I wasn't backing down."I wan
Liam POVI watched my gorgeous mate as her belly grew each day. For this pregnancy I decided to take a picture and measurements every day to record for Jax. Brandon got me a damn baby journal because he was my mate's best friend, so, of course she told him everything. I mean everything too. The most intimate details that little omega knew and it annoyed me. "Why are you growling?" Riley smiled at me, knowing my anger was at the man I stared daggers at. I placed the picture in my book and slammed it shut."Nothing!" I turned away from Brandon and Barry feeding their little hybrid demon a vile of blood. Vampires were savages and these two idiots were trying to raise one. I thought Claire was bad as a hybrid, we haven't seen anything yet with Isabella."Daddy, Daddy!" Four little voices came running into the kitchen and nearly tackled me. Three Lycan girls and one Alpha boy. Soon Riley won't be the only one that can kick my ass. "There's all my babies." I rubbed over their backs and ki
Liam POVI spent the last two years obsessing over finding a way to wake Jax that I forgot to give my mate proper attention. Riley was so understanding of the pain we both felt that she never pressured me to be better either. She held it inside and now she was a damn time bomb. A sexy as hell bomb I couldn’t wait to watch explode.The second I pushed her into the bathroom I knew she was in heat. She took a suppressant, but that was made for werewolves. It was only a matter of time before it stopped working, and now that it's been so long, it would take days to calm her. That dark wine and cherry blossom scent had every fiber of my being in tune to her needs. She needed to be satisfied, but revenge was deep inside her too. Whoever this old boss was, he hurt her in a way she wanted him to pay. I let her handle him by herself, knowing a human was nothing to my Queen. I didn't expect her to actually kill him though. My little demon girl had some true evil inside her. "Strip!" I demanded
Riley POVI followed Liam back to the little party our company held at an upscale restaurant. Men were dressed in their finest suits and women their most extravagant dresses. It was a beautiful venue bathed in white with silver sparkles everywhere. I watched Darrel with heated eyes waiting for the perfect opportunity. I wasn't sure what Liam was planning, but I was sure it ended with death. I couldn't let that happen, but a part of me did. We needed Jax to tame us both. "You ok?" Sophia looked at me with worry."Sure." I took a long sip of my wine."I can feel your Lycan begging to come out. What did Liam do this time?" "It wasn't Liam, someone from my past." "Ooo, I smell death. I like it!" Sophia's eyes shined purple as her hand rubbed over her baby bump. She was on child number six and I didn't know how she did it. That woman was always pregnant and usually with more than one."My baby is going psycho." Her husband wrapped his arms around her from behind. "Does my wife need a le
Riley POV"Brandon!" I squealed, leaving Liam's hand and running into his arms. A few months ago they adopted their first child and I've seen very little of him. She was a gorgeous little girl that needed a lot of care. Her hybrid of wolf and vampire was already present and it required a lot of training to keep her not only happy, but in control. Isabella had the best two dads to help her grow and learn who she is meant to be though. "My Queen!" He teased me."Please stop me calling me that." I smiled at him as I shook my head.Many bowed to me, but I was a just a normal person. I didn't even feel like a werewolf most the time. Mainly because I never let my wolf come out, or she didn't want to. I wasn't sure anymore who was pushing who away. "But it's true." Liam added, giving me a wink then extending his hand to Brandon and Barry."Well, I don't feel like a Queen and we are all friends here." I smiled at them. "Well, you two are more lovers, goddess you reek of sex." "Barry is an