(Tiernan’s P.O.V) Taking Steele’s suggestion, I got pissed off; thinking about the children trapped here, Siobhan’s kidnapping and subsequent torture and assault, Scàthach’s need for power. The Celestial magic begins coursing through me, filling my veins with its heat. My muscles began to expand, ripping my shirt from my body, ripping the seams of my pants, my shoes breaking apart as my feet grew. I started to shoot upward and knew that the magic was giving me a new body. HULK SMASH. All you need to do is dip yourself in green body paint and you’ll be good. The enemy warriors stop their fighting, as do the warriors on our side, looking at what was happening before their eyes. Flames began to form around my body, licking my skin without harming me. Once again, taking Steele’s suggestion, I go Hulk-smash on these fuckers. Using my new size to bulldoze over the enemy, using my fire magic to burn these fuckers to a crisp. It’s like everyone gained their senses b
(Siobhan’s P.O.V) Just remember, we have 24 hours after removing her heart to burn it and then bury the ashes. Just to be safe. How do you want to do this? Wing it. Tala gives me a wolfy smirk as I start to make my way over to Scàthach and the children; there are only minutes to spare. I felt a hand grab my arm, and I turn to see James looking at me, his eyes soft. “You remind me of my sister, so full of life and vibrant. I miss her. Please tell her that I love her.” He whispers to me. I look at him confused, but before I can say anything, he moves away from me and charges at Scàthach, not making a sound. A dagger in his hand, he plunges it into her back; she screams in agony but releases Hope. “HOPE! Over here!” I shout to her. She comes running over to me as the spell casters start chanting together. Scàthach whirls around and grabs James by the throat. “What did that little bitch say to get in your head?” “She reminded me of who I was a
(Siobhan’s P.O.V) Tiernan was taking up the fight with Scàthach. The spell casters had gotten the children outside and, hopefully, through the portal to the Human Realm. James had collapsed to the floor after Tiernan’s water lasso-thing extinguished the fire whip that Scàthach had created. “James, are you okay?” “I’m…fine…I just…need a minute.” He pants out. The air inside the palace was crackling with electricity; the power coming off both Tiernan and Scàthach was so oppressive I was shocked I was still standing. They both moved with a grace that I thought would be impossible, like dancers doing a sort of tango with one another. Tiernan takes a blow to the chest. It was a black orb of some kind that Scàthach had shot out of her hand. “Oh, no.” James tells me, as his face pales. “What? What happened?” “That’s the soul orb. She’s trying to collect his soul.” As he finishes his sentence, unimaginable pain courses through my body, and a feral scre
(Tiernan’s P.O.V) Pain. That’s all I could think about was the pain that was radiating throughout my body, blinding me, making me want to vomit. I couldn’t hear anything going on around me, the ringing in my ears was all I could hear until I heard her scream. Siobhan. Her scream was feral, a mate losing her mate bond, losing her other half. No. I can’t die. I won’t die. I’m thrown into a blackness that was so dense that I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face if I even tried. My body felt like it was floating and falling all at the same time, and I couldn’t place where I was going if I was even going anywhere. The sensation of falling stops and the darkness begins to lighten, a scene of a field with wildflowers and honeysuckle is spread out before me. Siobhan. That’s all I could think about when I inhaled the scent of the field around me, my heart clenches in pain thinking about her being on her own now…without me. I roar out both in pain an
(Siobhan’s P.O.V) It had been three days since Arawn, Tiernan and I had come home through the portal, burned Scàthach’s heart and buried it, and Tiernan was still in a coma. The steady beeping of the heart monitor was grating on my nerves, he needed to wake the fuck up. “You can’t leave me.” I whisper, my hand squeezing his. I hadn’t moved from my chair that was next to his bed for more than a few minutes to use the bathroom or to stretch. I couldn’t leave him alone, because I knew that the moment I left him alone for longer than a few minutes he would wake up. I wanted to be there the moment he opened his eyes. Arawn was going to make sure James would be a warrior for the Pure and Innocent souls, having proven himself by killing Scàthach. I really hoped that the Celestials changed their rulings on this shit because James should have never been a Lost soul for protecting his sister. There’s a quiet knock on Tiernan’s door and the doctor pokes his head in befo
(Tiernan’s P.O.V) I had been back home in the packhouse since last night, thank the Goddess above because the machines and cords were driving me absolutely insane. I also couldn’t cuddle my mate properly in that hospital bed, and Siobhan had been EXTREMELY clingy since I woke up. Not that I’m complaining, mind you, I love that she wants to be near me whenever she can. Though today, she seems a bit…off. “Siobhan, what’s going on?” I ask her. “Oh, nothing. My boss, Nerina, needs us to come back to Virginia to give our final report since the kids were reunited with their families.” “Wait, Nerina? That’s your supervisor's name?” I practically shout, making the connection with the conversation I had with the Moon Goddess. “Um, yes? Why?” “I talked with the Moon Goddess when I was in my coma and she mentioned pulling someone named Nerina into her world like she had with me.” Siobhan’s mouth drops to her chest in utter shock and disbelief. She pulls out her phon
(Tiernan’s P.O.V) “Orgasms.” That’s what she says and I couldn’t hold back my shock because I swore that Steele was going to be right, that she wouldn’t want me to touch her or be anywhere near her. My how the turns have tabled. That’s not the saying. What saying? Never mind. Stupid mutt, completely dazed into bliss being asked for orgasms as an apology to our mate. “Well, kitten, if you want those orgasms,” I lean in, my lips brushing against her ear, “then I suggest you start running.” I growl into her ear, causing her to shiver before she pulls away and runs out the door, her laughter trailing behind her. I needed to give her a head start or else I would catch her within seconds, and the whole point of the chase was to touch that primal part of ourselves. Time to go human. Getting up from the bed, I run out of the bedroom and follow her scent trail into the forest again. Her favorite hiding place and my favorite place to fu
(Siobhan’s P.O.V) After Tiernan fucked the brain cells out of me in the woods, he put me in the bath, mostly to get the dirt and blood off me, but also to help my sore muscles. I shouldn’t have tried climbing that tree, that was what fucked me up and allowed him to catch me. Tiernan starts massaging shampoo in my hair, drawing a moan from my lips. “That feels so good baby,” I say with a sigh. “I’m glad you’re enjoying yourself.” He chuckles. He instructs me to tilt my head back so he could rinse out the shampoo, and once he’s done rinsing my hair he goes in with the conditioner. “If being an Alpha and an architect doesn’t work out for you, you have a calling at being a shampoo boy.” I giggle. He growls before splashing water in my face, making me cough. “That’s rude!” I whine. “Well, don’t be a brat and it wouldn’t happen.” “I’m getting wrinkly, get me out, man-servant,” I say, clapping my hands twice at him. “Watch it, kitten, or I will be