เข้าสู่ระบบMaggieThe loud yet pleasant sounds of the city fade as we travel farther into the country. It’s about an hour’s drive to Ethercrest, and our home is on its outskirts, so I sit back and relax, enjoying the beautiful countryside.Everything is in bloom right now. Purple, red, and yellow flowers blanket the hillsides. There are even a few trees with pink blossoms left over from late spring.We pass the town, and Oscar waves at some of the people he knows there. I join in the greetings, though I don’t feel like a local just yet. I know it will come in time. Everyone smiles when we pass. It seems like good people live here.Finally, we head toward our farmstead, and Oscar’s stomach lets out a growl.It makes me laugh. “I guess I’d better get started on dinner as soon as we get home.”“I’m hungry, I admit,” he says. “But I want to show you a few things before you dive into the kitchen.”“Okay,” I tell him. He’s been a little secretive lately, and I can tell he’s been preparing a surprise f
MaggieMonths Later, After the Events of Parts 1 and 2, Bride of the Sea-King AlphaIt’s impossible to hold back tears. I squeeze Eolande just a little tighter, and she makes sweet cooing noises in my arms.“You can come to the castle anytime you want to,” Lyra tells me. “You know that.”I nod, trying to fight keep the sobbing at a minimum. “I know I’m being a babbling fool, but I’ve gotten used to being so close to this little one every day.”“She loves you,” Lyra says. “She always will. I’ll bring her out to your new house as often as I can, I promise.”Nodding again, I press back some of Eolande’s soft pink blanket so I can see her eyes again. “She looks so much like you, so beautiful.”Now I see the moisture glistening in Lyra’s eyes. But before she can say anything, a strong, warm hand on my back gets my attention.“Are you ready?” Oscar asks.“Yes,” I reply, handing the baby back to Lyra carefully, giving little Eolande just one last, quick little kiss on her forehead.“You’ll h
MaggieWe’ve marked each other.That’s certainly something I never expected. I know my parents did it, but that was a long time ago, and times have changed. Not a lot of mated pairs do it these days, especially in the higher classes.But they should. The moment Oscar sunk his fangs into me, I felt an even stronger connection between his wolf and mine. So, it’s not really for the human part of us, but I know our wolves will be happier from it.And now, I lay on his bare, muscular chest, listening to his heartbeat as if it’s the most natural thing in the world. From my small cabin window, I can see the first rays of sunlight coming up over the horizon.Oscar stirs suddenly, and I pull off of him so he can sit up. “What is it?” I ask.“The captain says we’ve arrived at Winterhaven,” he explains. “I’ll need to join the others for security.”“Of course,” I tell him, and he pulls me in for a deep, romantic kiss.“Go get some breakfast,” he suggests when we part. “I’ll try to meet you in the
OscarI would have brought down the Moon Goddess to marry us personally if I thought that was what Maggie wanted. Every resident of Oceana would be sitting in the pews cheering us on, and she would be wearing the finest dress in all the known kingdoms had she breathed out the slightest desire for a large wedding ceremony.But I know her heart, and her heart is mine.We’ve both waited for this day for more years than I care to count. All we want is to be together for the rest of our lives, to be sure the future holds nothing but being in each other’s arms.So, now we’re now married thanks to the kind captain of the Ironhawk, and my fingers are laced firmly around hers. She smiles at me while we walk town the ship’s hallways, and I can’t pull my eyes away from her.And I don’t have to.She’s mine.We’ve chosen her room. Neither mine nor hers is ideal for a wedding night, being so closely situated next to the sailors. But anyplace will do where we can be together.I open the door first,
MaggieDays Later“Here.”It’s hard to hold back tears as I hand Lyra her makeshift bridal bouquet. It was such a fun little wedding aboard the ship. Now my new and very good friend is the Luna Queen of Oceana. How did all this happen in just a matter of days?“Enjoy the wedding night,” I tell her with a wink. I can’t believe I just said that, and I think I’m blushing just as much as she is right now.I watch her take Alpha King Cassian’s hand, and they walk together down the aisle until two of the ship’s crew open the door for them.As they disappear down the hallway, I can’t help but think of all the horrible things I’ve been told about Cassian. The people of my kingdom are certain that he’s evil. They gossip about how he is cruel to children, that he’s a womanizer, and that he takes pleasure in killing and inflicting pain on anyone and everyone.But I can see firsthand that none of that is true. The tender way he gazes at Lyra tells me everything I need to know about this Alpha Kin
MaggieOscar has come into my life right when I need him.Since I was torn from the only home I’d ever known, I laid in bed many nights in silent tears, wishing there was someone out there who loved and cared about me, who could comfort me. I had even called out in the mind-link, hoping someone will answer.No one ever did.I began to tell myself this meant I’d never have a mate. There was no one out there for me. I was in this alone. After two years of nearly nightly tears, I accepted that fate and trudged along in a life with no meaning, no future, no escape.Then I befriended people... Belinda, Ivy. I thought things would get better. But I was torn away from them too.And then came Cookie, his rough exterior nothing but a mask for the kindness within him.I thought I’d be helping him in the galley forever, or at least, for a long time. I’d settled into life aboard the Coral, even with its flaws, because he was a part of it.And then... he exhaled his last breath in my arms.I was e
Cassian‘My water broke.’Lyra’s words in our private mind-link have me tearing out of the meeting room without a word to Turgan or the others, sprinting down the hallway. ‘I’ll come get you.’‘They’re taking me down to the birthing room already,’ she says. ‘Meet me there.’I switch directions and
LyraWe stop in front of the forest so I can enter it outside the carriage. I’m going to let these witches know immediately that Assanan is gone and they need to obey the law now, and I’m not going to do it hollering through a carriage window.Cassian takes my hand as we walk down the road a few ya
CassianThree Weeks LaterThe crystal-coated floor echoes with my footsteps as I enter the Grand Library. I’ve been coming here every day for two weeks, and it still takes my breath away when I first enter this place.The bookshelves are just as fragile looking as the rest of the delicate furnishin
CassianI hold onto Lyra’s hand firmly as we make our way toward the Grand Temple. I still feel her tension along the mate bond, but it’s much more subtle than it has been for days.The procession ahead of us is the reason there is still any scrap is left of the worry she’s been feeling—Assanan, dr







