Vale:After I left the house, I stood there and just looked at the large home for a moment. Not for sentimentality, though.They were about to talk, and it was bound to turn into an argument if I knew my mother and father. And I did. Then again, I did jump the gun in even assuming that my mother would stay long enough to talk. She was more the flighty type. Especially, where hard conversations were concerned.Hmm, mother and father. The idea of them being in the same vicinity… was off-putting. However, it seemed that this whole time, they were never too far away from each other. The amused expression that I had quickly turned into a frown as I thought about it. This whole time, one big-no huge secret that they both shared. My father, I couldn’t hold too much fault with since he didn’t even know that I existed. Or well... in the fleshly sense, at least.That woman, however. A completely. Different. Story.I walked away from the house, suddenly irritated. I wanted to feed. Bad.That’s
Ares:When I saw her standing there, staring at the house, her eyes wandering along the length of the Wade estate, I stood there and simply watched. I liked watching her.Something was on her mind, and I had no idea what it was. What is she thinking? I asked to myself as I stood there in the distance, desperate to know what was on her mind.I didn’t make myself known just yet as I shamelessly took that time to admire how beautiful she was. And the sweet scent that seemed to change into something ever sweeter whenever she was near.The black distressed pants she wore hugged at her thick thighs and a plump backside. She had on a leather jacket that covered the mid-drift shirt t
Vale:“Put her in the car!”..........The voice was muffled and almost demonic in tone…or maybe that was how I envisioned it as I heard a cold whip against my ear….”Finally, I’ll be rid of you for good.”I was paralyzed by the words….by the distorted memory of my death. I could not recall much but the physicality of it all. Or the lack thereof.I couldn’t move. I could hardly feel or even mutter a word.“I cannot wai…..ore for you, gopher
ALASTAIR:Weeks had come and gone since Val and her mother returned home. Though my eldest little girl and I were not necessarily on bad terms, my situation with Merari and even Harlyn was a little rocky. Well, a little more than rocky.Harlyn still hadn’t completely accepted the fact that Valene was home, and she seemed quite cross with me for having as good a relationship with her as I did despite everything that had been going on. It didn’t make sense to me but the best that I could figure was that maybe she was resentful of the fact that Val became the one thing that she never thought she should be.I could not begin to understand the complexities of my baby girl’s mind, and at this time of my life, I felt it a waste to even try. I knew enough to love her unconditionally, and for me, that was enough.This was all besides the fact that things had been too shaky around Shadow Veil to be concerned with such trivial matters.Was I still concerned? Of course, I was. What kind of fath
ARES:My heart dropped to my knees when I saw her legs give out from beneath her. Before I could think, I was in human form again and she was in my arms. I wasted no time in trying to reassure Alastair that I had no ill intent. The most important thing to me now was getting my mate to someone who could heal her wounds. As I raced through the forest, I couldn’t help but replay the words in my mind that I heard Harlyn whispering worriedly to herself as she saw Valene being attacked.“Why didn’t you listen? Why didn’t you listen, Valene?!” The words were like a broken record in my mind. It was hard to ignore Harlyn’s fear for Valene’s safety-even through my own concerns.The girl’s thoughts and emotions were constantly warring with one another concerning her sister. Too bad she was too prideful to confess this. When we arrived at medical, I burst through the doors with full determination as she began to run cold in my arms, the black veins that once enraptured my body, seeking to sti
VALE:It had been nearly a week, and still, I was forced to stay at this hospital. Apparently, the poison was significantly stronger than I had expected it to be. Than anyone had. It didn’t make sense to me that their poisonous bites had gotten stronger since Ares’ injury. Then again, two years had passed, and I shouldn’t have been surprised. But I was. Mutations like this never happened so fast.Bearing this in mind, I couldn’t help but feel that maybe I was weaker than I had originally thought I was. I mean, what other reason could there be for me to have succumbed to the bite so quickly?Honestly, I preferred the idea of being weaker than I thought than these beasts mutating so quickly over the last two years. It was off-putting. Fortunately, I was at least permitted to sit up and walk around. Leaving, however, was a big bloody no-no for me. Rolling my eyes at the thought, I look outside the window, watching as the autumn sun began to set. I wanted to be out there so bad. I wa
ARES: Her glare was adorable. Sure, she might have been a killing machine, but one could easily mistake her for the opposite. Or maybe it was just me.Maybe it was because of the palpable size difference between us, but it was difficult for me to think of her as anything other than what she was to me. My mate. The thought reminded me that I definitely needed to discuss this situation with her father. He wouldn’t believe me.“Are you going to continue to stand there like an idiot or are you going to tell me why you’re here?” Not one time did she remove her alluring stare from those mini little powdered treats that she was eating. Only when I still didn’t answer did she grant me a passing glance then her gaze moved to the bag in my hand. Since she wanted to be aggressive, I’d oblige. Instead of speaking, I snatched the bag from her grasp. Her eyes darkened into visible anger. She didn’t look at me; her eyes just stared distantly at me.“You…are really trying to get on my hitlist aren
ARES:She really could put em back-this one. Not alcohol. Food.I sat there amazed at how much this relatively small young woman could scarf down a meal. It wasn’t just her ‘sweet treats’ that she loved so much. She seemed to be a connoisseur of food in general. Vale was a voluptuous woman-more than most inhumans I’d ever known, but she was still fit.I continued to watch in amusement as she finished off a large bowl of baked spaghetti with meat sauce and meatballs. This was the sixth in a seven-course meal that she ordered. Her dessert was next.She slurped up the last spaghetti noodle as she finally met my mirthful gaze. “Not what you had in mind, I take it," she remarked. I was assuming, she was speaking in terms of her...less than lady-like way of eating.I could do little more than chuckle at her remark. “To be honest, I am not sure what I should have expected.” She smirked and then pushed away her meal before pulling this large chocolate, domed cake toward her. Something call