Not going to lie, I cried a lot writing these chapters. The thing they don't tell you about writing—specifically scenes like these—is that it takes a lot longer to write them than read them, but the emotions last the whole time! I've gone through so much tissue.
Thea didn’t speak after that. No one did. “Liam,” she mind linked him five minutes later. “Yes, Luna?” “How long before we can be in the air?” “We can be on our way to the tarmac in ten minutes, Luna.” “Make it so.” “Yes, Luna.” She mind linked Lyall, Ryan, Aldric, and Derek. “Sons, if you wa
“Take your time getting used to it, Daddy Zay,” Conri had said. “Nobody’s going anywhere.” Each time a litter was old enough to understand, Xavier would explain it to the Alpha pups. He wasn’t their biological father, so they didn’t have to call him Dad. They could just call him Zay or Xavier. Wha
Thea smiled through her tears. “You’re kind of the most important person in the world, Ma,” Aldric said. Thea pinched him and rolled her eyes. “I’m going to miss his playfulness,” Derek said. “It’s already weird hugging you, Mom, and not feeling him behind you,” Ryan said. No one spoke after th
“I’m sorry, darling,” Kai whispered. “Then he got up so quickly. I thought maybe he wasn’t really dead. A shadow demon slipped inside him and took over his body, but I didn’t remember that after we got out of the Underworld and away from the shadow demons. When I was trying to make sense of the bro
Eventually, the sun came up. Thea knew she would be expected to deal with things soon—the impending influx of refugees from the east coast, reassessing strategies after going over the footage and what they learned about their enemy, even the pack’s and everyone else’s mourning of Conri’s death and
“I’m sorry, Momma,” they said. “Did we hurt you?” “It’s okay,” Thea said, hunched over, trying to manage the pain. “Just try not to touch the silver part.” “Is it because Daddy died?” Thea nodded. “The silver part was Daddy’s?” Thea nodded. “I’ve never heard her make a sound like that. So muc
“Let’s go outside,” Thea said. “Con would want us to play in the sun while we can.” Lyall, their oldest, shot her a look she ignored. He shifted his gaze to his fathers and mind linked them. “While we can? What’s that about? Has she really lost hope?” Alaric sighed, and Kai inclined his head, mot
“Mmm.” She raised her palm an inch above the grass and drew a few Earthworms up from the soil with her magic. “We're happy, Ma. What are you worried about?” Theodore said. “We’re going to shift in a few weeks, and we’ll finally be able to use everything you’ve been teaching us,” Roderic said. “We’