PHOENIX POVAfter Axel had killed Maverick, I really don't want to know what he said to make him rip out his throat like he did. No doubt it had something to do with Charlotte. I follow Seraphina and Dominic back to the castle, as I know she wouldn't allow me to follow Axel, Hunter and Noah on their search.I need to be close to her. Soren is still pushing, even after giving me control back after giving Maverick some justice. He needs to see and touch his mate, but unfortunately, the only thing close enough to her at the moment is our sons. As we enter the castle Seraphina turns to me, but I speak before she can."My Queen!" I bow my head "I am going to get Ryker and Jayce and head to bed, so if you are not in need of me I will take my leave?""Make sure that is what you do okay Nix, See you when I wake.."I bow again as she disappears with Dominic, making her squeal as he picks her up and heads to their room, kissing her. I then head in the opposite direction to go and cuddle with my
PHOENIX / SOREN POV I move her so she is now tucked tightly under my arm and we go for a walk into the woods. After we had been walking in silence for a while, I ask "Did you want to talk about it?" "I... I... I couldn't stop them again. I tried to... but I couldn't..." "Them? Wait... I thought there was only one... We only ever came across one male scent mixed with both yours and Charlotte's. " "I know Seb told me... The other one never let his scent out, no matter what he was doing..." We continue to walk. I lead her to one of the fields with a lake that isn't over deep but good for a swim."Did you want to go for a swim?" She stops pulling me to a stop as well, she looks down "I got him killed!" I put my fingers under her chin and make her look at me. "Who? How?" "Ethan... I got him killed..." she has fresh tears falling down her cheeks "How did you get him killed? I thought Maverick was the one to kill him?" "Who's Maverick?" she looks at me with puzzlement "Don't you
SCARLETT POVAs we make our way back to the castle, we pass the training field. I look over and see two males sparring; I stop and watch for a few minutes and it doesn't take long for me to realize by watching their moves that one of those males is my mate. I would know his moves anywhere. I move closer to the edge of the training field and just watch, unfortunately it doesn't take them long to realize that I am there and they stop and look over at me.I watch as they shake hands, but as they do; I see Phoenix pull him to him and whisper something near his ear. The other male shakes his head and says something back, then walks away as Phoenix makes his way over to where I am standing."Butterfly!""I have always liked watching you spar. Your moves are always so graceful. It is like you are dancing!"I smile to myself, but it doesn't take me long to let it slip from my lips again as I realize what I said. I have never told him that and I didn't mean to say it out loud then."Butterfly?
SCARLETT POV"Butterfly give in to me..." He had a slight hint of that command in his tone again, which makes me shiver just as he sinks his fangs into his mark making me scream"SSSssooorrrreeennn!!!"While I lose my fight at holding onto the pleasure and shattering around him. He doesn't allow my pleasure to subside before he is thrusting his hips again; he runs his tongue over my skin, sealing it. He continues to increase his thrusts, making my pleasure rise even higher. I then hear both Cara and Ruth."Scar, we need to mark him. We need the reconnection."At their words, I move and kiss his neck very softly. As I reach my mark, I feel both my fangs and canines lengthen; I smile as I remember what he did and scrape them back up his neck to his ear and whisper really low."May I please?""Butterfly, you have always and will always have my permission!"I then make my way back to my mark and sink them in, this makes him hiss out loud, and he tightens his arms around me to hold me sti
SCARLETT/CARA POVWe had the funeral pyre for Ethan two days after they found us, Mother didn't like the idea of saying goodbye to a close friend without the whole family there. Charlotte even came, but they only stayed the night. Alpha Stefan believes that he can protect her better in his territory, in his pack, not that I blame him. I actually think he could be right. I have now been back in the castle for just over a week and I still haven't found the right time to tell Phoenix about our daughter.I can never seem to come up with a way to tell him. I still fear that he is not going to believe me and is going to say it is one of those rotten males, I have said to Cara and Ruth a couple of times that maybe we should go and see Doc Erik and get him to terminate her but they always disagree, saying she is ours and our mates and is just as special.I decided to bite the bullet and go and see Doc Teresa, which is where I am heading now. It is also why I don't have any of my guards around
PHOENIX POVAfter our fun at the field and we get back to the castle, I make sure to take Scarlett to see Teresa, to make sure she is alright and my Butterfly comes out with a full bill of health. We have Ethan's funeral-Pyre, two days after we found both Charlotte and Scarlett. Seraphina wouldn't allow it to be done until all family was able to attend. Over the next week, however, I notice that she is distancing herself from everyone, even me. I know there is something she isn't telling me, but I just can't work out what.I am in Dominic's office working at my desk, going over some paperwork, but the two metal boxes in my top drawer have me itching to open them again. I know Queen Serenity would not want that journal of hers to fall into anyone's hands, so I am going to contact Noah and make a time, to return it to her, even though I know she really wouldn't want the reminder of what happened to her in that prison. I don't even think she wants Noah to know which is why I didn't give
PHOENIX POVDominic puts the papers back into the box and hands it to me, I take it and feel really guilty that I will now be sharing some of Scarlett's secrets with others, secrets that I know she would not want to share but I now have no choice. I leave the office, contacting Sebastian as I go."Seb? Meet me in Theodore's office""Will do!"I head straight to Theodore's office in the barracks. Once there, I knock on the door frame and watch as Theodore looks up from his maps and the schedules he is working on."Hey Nix, what can I do for you?""Seb should be here soon, we need to wait for him.."I sigh again, not liking what I have to do. It doesn't take Sebastian long to get there"Okay, what's this about?"Both males look at me with a questioning gaze, "As you both know the castle has known about my connection to Scarlett since the day she was born and Soren wouldn't let anyone near her until Sera and Dom allowed us to initiate the blood bond. Now I knew as she got older that it w
CARA POV I look at Phoenix as I say this, I can not help the feeling of betrayal that skims through me as I realise that he did indeed find my metal box but has now shared it with not only my father but with Theodore and Sebastian as well. I turn my attention back to Theodore."Scarlett could never find out who always started the rumours, but it isn't hard to listen to the help rather than just ignoring them... I think the latest ones are.'She only does it for attention.''He's cheated on her already.''She wasn't good enough for him.''She couldn't satisfy him.''She got pregnant to trap him.' and my favourite is'She's carrying a bastard's child.'We never told anyone about... It's not..."I stop as I realise that I nearly confirmed that I was pregnant, I still haven't said it out loud to anyone, so for that last rumour to be going around it must be someone who watches me very closely, as my daughter has only just started making me sick. I look over at Phoenix, thinking about how