I'm sitting at my desk, filling out paperwork as per usual while Amara has her music playing so she can concentrate on filing her papers. I don't get much work done on these days, because I'm too busy watching her as she swings her head and her hips to whatever song she is playing, or whatever song is stuck in her head. She's been working here with me for about 3 weeks now. I steal another glance at her as she sings along to the song she's playing.
'Uh, Alpha we have a problem' my border patrol links me and I'm up in an instant walking outside."Amara, go find Aston." I tell her coldly and she just looks at me, confused"Why? What's wrong?""Something with the borders, I don't want you out here if there's a breach. You're not fully trained. Now please, go" I tell her, leaving no room for arguments. She purses her lips, but doesn't argue.'The Beta from Red Moon pack is here demanding entry' my warrior, Becca, tells me. I instantly see red. That fucker has soAmara never ceases to surprise me, I didn't think she would want to take part in the dickheads torture but here she is. Watching it like she would a commercial for something she actually wants. Although its not full on torture, but he's badly beaten. I need to know what he wanted with Amara and the dickhead won't speak."Speak incubus. Why. Amara. And don't tell me because you could sense her power, I can't even sense it." I snarl at him"Beat me all you want, I'm not saying anything." he says after he spits out blood. Well, guess I'll have to get creative then. I walk over to my weapons and pick a pair of dull scissors. I watch as his eyes widen as I grab his handcuffed hands and put the blades to his pointer finger.'Seth, keep an eye on Amara, it's about to get fun' I mindlink her brother"Would you like to rethink that answer" I say to the dickhead cooly. I can see the feat written all over his face but he doesn't say anything. I won't let anyone see it, but
I wake up with a raging headache and groan. I can see it's dark outside, meaning I slept all day. Which I kind of expected. When I got home yesterday, I had trouble falling asleep without Roman. That, and I simply couldn't turn my mind off. I kept spooking myself into thinking I was being watched by one of the vampires. Have they been watching me this whole time? Just waiting? Waiting for me to become available to snatch me up?I snap myself out of my thoughts and get out of bed before I can freak myself out all over again. Roman's scent is barely in the room, meaning he didn't come to bed either. I sigh. I could really use him right now to calm my anxiety, but I won't bother him. I look at my phone, 8:24pm, ugh. I'm going to be up all night now!I get out of bed to shower but I can't get this whole thing out of my head. Even while I'm standing in the hot water I don't feel relaxed.'Amara, you need to read that letter from mom. It might tell us something' Tamisra tel
I felt it before I heard it. I was finishing up some extra sparring, when the entire ground shook violently, causing all of us to fall on our asses. Then a growl so deep and sinister filled the air, paralyzing everyone except me. I looked around at my warriors frozen and unconscious on the ground, the realization that only a demon's powers could cause this hit me. Amara. Not even a second later I see her jump off her balcony, a black mist carrying her body to the tree line where she shifted into her wolf before she took off on foot at a speed unknown to the creatures of the Earth. I didn't waste any time, calling Adonis and my own demon powers forth. I took off after her.Even in my demon-wolf form I couldn't catch up to her. She ran straight through trees, boulders, and foliage, turning them all into dust in her wake. I could feel my ears start to bleed as she let out howl after howl of pure agony and hatred. Though, the pain in my head was nothing compared to the pain
Sparks. Intense sparks, dancing across my skin are the first thing to pull me towards consciousness. I slowly start to come to. My sense of smell is the next thing to come back and I'm overwhelmed by lavender and bamboo, like Roman's scent, but a million times more intoxicating and intense. It surrounds me, like I'm bathing in it. As soon as I realize what's happening, my eyes snap open and I shoot up. I must startle Roman because he is immediately wide awake. As soon as my eyes lock with his, the bond snaps into place."Mate." I whisper, my hands trembling for a second. Then I'm instantly overcome with a hunger for him that's so intense, I need him, I will die without him. I jump at him so fast that I barely even realize what I did and smash my lips against his. When he takes control of the kiss, I growl and push him back. I look at him, my eyes clouding over with a black hue"Amara, baby, come back to me" he whispers, running his hand up and down my body, grabbing my bre
I blink my eyes open, no idea how long I had slept for again, but it didn't feel like very long. It took me a second before all the events of yesterday hit me. Overwhelming sadness flooded me, my parents...tears pricked my eyes."Hey hey, it's okay baby" Roman coos, interrupting my thoughts. Oh yeah, I had my walls down. I put them back up and he frowns at me"Put them back down" he says, narrowing his eyes at me."No." I answer coldly. "What time is it?""10am" he says, I nod. I don't remember anything after I was running in the woods up until I woke up before, but I feel different. I felt different when we had sex but I was too distracted to notice. I have a pretty good idea of what happened"I broke the barrier spell?" I ask him and he nods'Tami? How do you feel?''I feel...I don't know. Stronger, but weird, it's like a weird buzzing. It's hard to control, we need to get it under control' I don't respond. Well my brand new dad will come crawlin
I know she's hurting, I can feel it. I can feel her guilt, her anguish, I can feel the worthlessness she feels. But we have to deal with this now, I can't lose her. We both shower in silence, me washing her and her washing me. I can feel her love through the bond too, which is a nice little silver lining in the turmoil of her feelings.Once we're done, we head downstairs to my office. I already linked Seth and Aston to be there. Max would be doing training today so I'll fill him in later. He's not up to speed on everything, considering he doesn't even know I'm a hybrid. When we walk into my office, Aston, always the dimwit, speaks."Hey Luna!"I have to laugh because I feel confusion, anger, and then realization run through her emotions. I guess she forgot she was mated to an Alpha. She glares at me and I pretend to choke on a cough, very unconvincingly.She cracks a smile, but any amusement she had dies the second she locks eyes with Seth. Guilt. Overwhelming gu
After Roman dropped me off with the girls, I'd done my best to try and simply hang out with them, to talk with them, to enjoy their presence. But the darkness swirling inside me didn't let up, I had to count my breaths a couple times when black started to swirl into my vision. They had asked me a couple times what was wrong, noticing that I wasn't my usual cheerful, goofy self. Each time I'd simply smiled and said all was well, just that I was missing my mate. They nodded in understanding, but they didn't actually understand. They would be filled in eventually, by their mates, or in Violet's case, by Gemma or Roman himself. I wonder if they would fear me. I wouldn't blame them if they did. I feared me, feared what I was capable of.When I couldn't take it anymore, I stood up and went back to Roman's room, saying that I was feeling unwell and needed to lie down. They probably knew I was lying, but they didn't protest. Tami didn't say anything, I think she was actually trying to
Me and Roman have very different definitions of what a cottage is. This looked like a fairy godmother's mansion. It was beautiful, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't a cottage. It was a gorgeous light stone house, it did have that cottage feel to it with its triangle shaped entrance, but it was...exquisite. I could see the garden wrapping around the entire house, stopping only at the porch. Different kinds of trees surrounded the property, but my favorite was the willow tree in the front yard. The porch was adorned in different plants, some hanging, some potted on the ground, and others from the garden that grew onto the porch. I must have looked starstruck because Roman laughed before he scooped me up again, and walked towards the front door."This was my mom's house originally before she moved into the packhouse. She loved gardening, I always thought maybe she was part witch. After she died, I had one of my earth witches, Paloma, come and help out with bringing the garden back