Lara was more than a little relieved when Jason didn’t try to fight her again. Instead, he caused her stomach to do a somersault as he suddenly wrapped his arm around her waist and flipped, effectively trapping her beneath him on the bed. Wearing nothing but a silken nightgown that she always kept spare in her wardrobe at the Silverdale Manor, she was ready for him. “Jason, I need you right now!” she growled against his lips even as he kissed her. Hungrily, she tore at his belt buckle and popped the top button of his jeans. In one swift motion, Jason knelt and yanked off his tshirt, coming back down on top of her within seconds to kiss her again. The warmth of his body on top of hers was intoxicating and she arched her back, trying to get as close to him as possible even as she shoved his jeans down over his hips. He moved his legs quickly, urging them down the rest of the way, and Lara felt more than saw him kick them right off the bed along with his boots, deftly removing all
“Well, that was awkward,” Tyson announced the moment Jason stepped out of the room, leaving Layon and Lara to talk. He was already at his wits’ end with tension, and he cast a warning glare at his friend. Barach, who had clearly been stood talking to Tyson the entire time that Jason and Lara had been busy in the bedroom, at least had the decency to glance away the moment that she saw he was still practically half-naked. There might have been a time when Jason would have joked that she could look if she wanted, but the thought of anyone but Lara seeing him made him angry, and so he quickly dropped his boots and pulled on his t-shirt. “Tyson, I think maybe we should give your packmates a little space,” the witch suggested, and Jason almost thanked her, though he was too busy trying to listen in on what was being said inside the bedroom. He hated the thought of Lara facing Layon alone, especially after having just found the two of them in such a disheveled state. Yet he barely heard a
Just a few days later, only hours after Jason had spent the longest half an hour Lara had ever experienced in the alpha’s office, she joined him beneath the largest sycamore tree on the Silverdale estate. Though it was not their official wedding due to the lockdown that had been put in place upon the entire community, Lara couldn’t have wished for anything more. She would give her parents the large wedding they obviously desired to show off their power and wealth, but right now, in this moment, everything was for her and Jason. With their entire pack surrounding them and some of the women and children who had remained from Tyson’s pack, Lara and Jason allowed Layon to wrap a crimson ribbon around their hands, binding them together. Tears pricking the corners of her eyes, Lara gazed up into the eyes of her mate and bit the inside of her lip in an attempt to stop them from falling from her cheeks. “Though we are limited due to the lockdown, Jason and Lara have asked that we all gath
"Are you sure that you have to go?" The words were uttered with deep concern as Barach Michaels stood before what felt like the entire Silverdale werewolf pack. It was a heartwarming sight to know that they had all turned up to say their farewells. After several months of sharing their home, working side by side with them to ensure the safety of one of the largest supernatural communities in existence, she was sad to have to nod. "I'm afraid I do," she sighed even as she hugged Angel Silverdale, the beautiful red-headed mate to Layon Silverdale, the alpha's son. Angel looked quite disappointed, but she did not make any protest. Instead, she stepped back to let her husband take her place. "Barach, my father and I thank you for all you have done for our pack," Layon explained, holding out his hand to shake hers. "Our entire pack thanks you. Without your visions, we would never have managed to hold off what remains of Tyson's pack for so long." "I don't think they'll be troubling
"Are you sure that you have to go?" The words were uttered with deep concern as Barach Michaels stood before what felt like the entire Silverdale werewolf pack. It was a heartwarming sight to know that they had all turned up to say their farewells. After several months of sharing their home, working side by side with them to ensure the safety of one of the largest supernatural communities in existence, she was sad to have to nod. "I'm afraid I do," she sighed even as she hugged Angel Silverdale, the beautiful red-headed mate to Layon Silverdale, the alpha's son. Angel looked quite disappointed, but she did not make any protest. Instead, she stepped back to let her husband take her place. "Barach, my father and I thank you for all you have done for our pack," Layon explained, holding out his hand to shake hers. "Our entire pack thanks you. Without your visions, we would never have managed to hold off what remains of Tyson's pack for so long." "I don't think they'll be troubling u
Patrolling the boundaries of Silverdale had always been a regular thing, but the patrols were becoming more and more frequent since Tyson’s threat toward the community. Though he was growing used to them, Tyson couldn’t grow used to the fact that someone was now missing from their patrols. Barach Michaels had become a welcome addition to the team and although it had been almost a week since she left to visit her sick grandmother, Tyson just couldn’t seem to get used to her not being there. His heart ached and he couldn’t help but feel as though something was missing. “Hey man, are you alright?” Jason demanded, slamming a hand into the back of Tyson’s shoulder in order to shake him from his thoughts as they trudged through a particularly overgrown portion of the forest that bordered the edge of the Silverdale fence line. “I’m fine,” Tyson responded quickly, straightening himself up again and glaring at the wolf who was quite possibly his best friend. “I…I guess I was just distra
The heady scent of white sage filled Barach’s nostrils even as she perched on the edge of her grandmother’s bed. As she had expected when she arrived almost a week ago, only her sister had been there, leaving almost as soon as Barach arrived to take over the watch. Barach had been alone with her grandmother since then. The elderly witch had gone in and out of consciousness at first, giving Barach hope that things might actually turn out alright, that her vision had been wrong, and that she would make a full recovery. But now it had been almost an entire day since her grandmother had last opened her eyes, and her breathing was becoming more and more labored. She looked small and fragile and shriveled as she lay on the mountain of pillows that were propping her up in order to help her breathe. Holding her hand, Barach sang a gentle healing chant, knowing that it was more for her benefit than her grandmother’s. There was little to be done when an elderly witch reached the end of her
Bored out of his brain, Tyson was struggling to find things to keep himself occupied. He had been in Barach’s grandmother’s apartment for hours and so far nothing out of the ordinary had happened. He was beginning to think that Layon’s intel was off. Maybe Tyson’s pack had given up waiting for Barach to leave the apartment building and decided to head back to the abandoned industrial estate they called home. On top of that, Barach hadn’t left her grandmother’s bedroom since he arrived. He’d heard her moving around several times, smelled the scent of fresh sage being lit, and guessed that she was smudging the room to rid the place of bad energy, but for the most part she was still and silent and he wanted to give her all the privacy that she deserved to care for her sick grandmother. Yet when he heard the beautiful, melodic chanting song that she finally took up after several hours, Tyson couldn’t help but feel intrigued. Something about that song entered his heart and drew him u