Brandon POVKatie and Cassie ran to Barry with tear soaked faces. They all cuddled Sophia, bringing her to her bedroom and crying over her weak body. "Barry! Can we speak to you?" His father was here and he looked like a man that already met his death. He barley looked at Sophia and I knew it was too hard for him to say goodbye to another child. "Both of you." He added, looking to me.Our eyes met a moment and Barry nodded ok. I followed him out of the door and down to the kitchen. Barry took a seat not looking my way and his parent stood on the other side of a small wooden island. Barry felt like he failed his family, and in more ways than one."We will get through this. I'm here, however you need me." I said in our mind link. I wanted to wrap my arms around him, but I knew it would only make him feel worse. This was still new to him. Being openly gay and mated to me was something he hasn't fully dealt with yet. His parents didn't make it any easier either."Do you have anyway to sa
Riley POVI couldn't believe the chaos that was around us. Hundreds of people fighting and screaming at each other like enemies. These people are supposed to be a pack. The most unbelievable sight was Sophia though.She didn't look like herself. Her hair black, skin covered in silver sparkles, and eyes a mysterious purple that instantly put you under her spell. Of course, dumb ass Liam falls right into her trap.The second Liam wrapped his arm around her shoulders Jax lost it. I could feel the disappointment radiating off him, both from his future pack's behavior and his former Alpha's stupidity. Something was not right here. It had to be magic and I was so over all this supernatural crap.Liam whined like a lost puppy when Jax ripped Sophia from his arms. He needed to be Alpha right now, not some love sick boy mesmerized by a damn hybrid. My hand whacked him hard against his face using a strength I didn't know I had. I heard his bone crack in his face and my eyes widened. I didn't re
Liam POV"Most of my men are well rested from the trip. They will start assessing the grounds and coming up with some battle strategies. The dense woods here..." The second we walked into Riley's and Jax's bedroom I began talking. I needed to get my head in the game. I knew I lost them as being mine, but we were all still alive. That had to matter more than the pit in my stomach.More than anything, I wanted this all to be over so I could hold my daughter. I felt so at odds about her. I knew I loved her and would protect her against anything, but I didn't even know what she looked liked. It was weird to feel so incredibly devoted to someone you never met. More than anything I wanted to met her, hold her little body in my arms. She would probably be swaddled in a pink blanket. I was positive she would have her mother's smile too.As I filled them in about what my pack had been rattling to me in our mind link, Riley stood and kissed me. Her hands fisted in my shirt, lips brushed softl
Liam POVMy body felt like air as I held this crazy woman wrapped around my body. Her teeth hurt like a bitch sinking into my neck, but then I felt her venom seeping into my veins. It was like pure ecstasy flowing through every part of my body. She marked me!"What did you do?" I said with my head leaned back to the door.Riley's canine slowly retracted from my skin and into her gums. It felt like a piece of me was being removed from my body and I wanted her to take every part of me. "Proving my point!" She whispered on my tender wound. Her tongue lapped over my neck, making me moan out in a pleasure I never felt before. "You were right about one thing; I don't feel the same about you. For one, I'm not afraid of you, and two, I know you're mine." She moved back to look at me. Her legs dropped to the ground and her hands moved to my chest. She gave me a hard push, slamming me into the door. Damn she was strong."You're mine, Liam. Bitch and moan as much as you like, but you will neve
Liam POV"Jax? Did I do something wrong?" Riley said half alive, laying unmoving on top of him. The two of them looked like they were high. "No baby, you did everything... oh fuck, you did everything so incredibly right." His arms hugged tight around her and his mouth sucked on her mark. The moans and cries coming from them laying naked and tangled together was getting me so hard again. I looked over them confused. Were they in pain or not? My eyes moved to Riley’s ass, seeing myself leaking out of her. I separated her ass cheeks and grunted at the sight before me. I looked damn good inside her. "Help me out here? Are you dying or fucking drowning in ecstasy?" I asked, giving Riley's ass a nice slap for being so gorgeous. I wanted to sink my hard dick deep inside her again."Mmm, I'm definitely dying." Riley said, leaning her head to Jax's shoulders. "Me too, love, me fucking too." Jax opened his eyes and looked at me with a devious smile. What was he up to? He slowly sat up, gru
Brandon POV"Come on, Mate. You need to let her go.""No! She is my sister." Barry held Sophia tight in his arms. Dylan stood behind me, obviously afraid of both the siblings. Sophia was calm now, but her fairy was unstable. "Barry, I'm ok. I swear I feel better than I ever have before. I belong with Dylan. The goddess says so." She looked to her brother with big innocent brown eyes."He tried to have you killed not even 24 hours ago." Barry tried to reason with her."And now he is mine. We both have a mark to prove it.""I swear I love her. I won't ever hurt her again." Dylan said, peaking out from behind my back."You love me!" Sophia's eyes welled with tears."Of course I love you. You're my mate and you're fucking hot!" Dylan said, like the stupid boy he is. I don't miss young teenager love.Barry growled, gripping his sister more tightly in his arms. "Let me go, please." She begged her older brother. "I have to grow up at some point and I want this.""No!" Barry stated like the
Brandon POVBoth our packs gathered at the training grounds. I had them all separated in their duties for war. Archers, swordsman, medic, and helpers. I stood before them proud of myself. I don't know how it came together, or so quickly, but it did. "We will be ready." Barry's hand came to my shoulder, giving it a little squeeze. "I hope so." I said with a deep sigh. I looked over the crowd, hundreds of people and some of them wouldn't survive. All I could do was hope that we won. At least the deaths of our pack and neighbors would mean something that way. When this was over we needed to find a way to honor all that fought. Especially those that don't make it. We needed to name this war."Is everyone here?" Liam asked, making me jump. My mind was lost in victory celebrations for a war we haven't even fought yet. Barry gave me a look if I was ok and I nodded to him."Both packs that are able and willing to fight are here." I bowed my head to my Alpha and stood tall beside him."Good
Brandon POV"That was something." I said sitting on my desk. The crowd celebrate for a little while, but we needed to get setup. We already had groups camped out in the woods and everyone ready at their stations waiting for word of an attack. "That was amazing. You are amazing." Barry walked to me, separating my legs and moving his hard body between them."I haven't been amazing, Barry. I don't even know how we pulled together as we did. Only yesterday Danny's pack was fighting ours and demanding Sophia's head.""Now, they are united. Give yourself some credit, mate." His lips moved to my neck. Kissing me on my mark was a damn cheap shot. He knew how hard I got when he did that."Barry, mmm, baby, we need to finish closing the pack house and get in position." I moaned as my head fell back. We really didn't have time for this."I think you are in the perfect position." His hands grabbed my belt, yanking hard on it that it ripped in half."Barry!" I scolded him. I needed that belt."Br
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