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Heart of the Bayou Beasts Chapter 15
Bri Before my consciousness returned I had a vision of my father’s death again but this time I could hear his words clear as day. In translation, his words were ‘Find The Beast that is your heart, seek out the protectors of the swamp, they will vow to protect you my Bri.’ When I woke, I listened to the two deep voices just outside the space I was in. Groggy, I had trouble focusing on their words. My newly amped magic reached out testing when the massive presence of the dominant one stilled, caressing mine. I felt something rise within him, feral but non-threatening, protective even natural, and beautifully ancient. My energy and his swirled around each other. Testing and pulling, like flames licking at each other’s potential measuring and feeling the othe out. Within moments the pulsing waves were caressing each other, like cat leaning into an open hand, intent on fingers running through their coats. My brain flickered the memory of wet fur, and hazel eyes with flecks and rims of o
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Bri “So little Moonbeam,” the big one started. “Care to tell us how you ended up in my territory, with a stolen boat and a fairly large bag of marijuana in tow,” he said pointing to my purple bag, the one Zoey and Mags had given me. I rolled my eyes as I rested my aching head back against the headboard, shaking it. “I think that is the least offensive thing we have to talk about. A friend gave me that when I left. I wasn’t aware of how much, but I imagine your sense of smell is better than mine. I haven’t had a chance to look,” I countered before taking another sip. He had seen me glow and I had hinted at knowing something about them noting a pointed canine sense. So we stared at each other in a stalemate. The dark brooding one growled, the sound rumbling from his chest. While the big one shot a hand in his direction to stop. I glanced from the smaller man to the larger. “Moonbeam? I like it,” I said, winking weakly at the big one, probably looking comical in my current state. I n
Heart of the Bayou Beasts chapter 17
“I do not want to ask anything of you or yours, you have given enough.” I reiterated. “If you are hungry and there’s food there’s no point in wasting it. The boys are processing that gator so we’ll be eating like kings for a while,” he paused. “Kings and a Queen.” He let me know when he retrieved the nearly cold plate of rice and beans meant for his Alpha. “We don’t waste here,” he said, handing it to me with a fork before disappearing. That one was moody in a brooding bodyguard sort of way.I ate, the quiet sounds of the surrounding swamp more peaceful and grounding now that the throbbing of my head had eased, not completely gone but manageable. I reached out with the senses I usually kept bottled up, finding them far more sensitive since the power boost. The cynical one lounged in a room not far from where I had been placed, glancing at the boots, I was definitely in the big guy’s space. The young ones were a short distance away across the island. My magic made something like a top
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bri I set the pot aside and turned to him. “Is there a bathroom I can use?” I asked. Something in his eyes shifted. “To your right out the back, it’s nothing fancy but it serves its purpose well enough.” Following his directions I found myself faced with an outhouse in the dark, in the middle of a swamp, full of all kinds of creatures. I sighed moving forward as the last light of dusk disappeared from the world, the waning moon not yet risen to light my way. Reaching deep down I felt that glow within, my palm up, deeply ingrained instinct connecting like an ember touching gasoline. A churning sphere of moonglow slowly formed in my palm. Hmm interesting, I thought as my bare feet hit the earth. I made my way to the outhouse, guided by my little personal nightlight. I peered around in search of snakes and spiders, finding only a few eight-legged arachnids up in the far corners minding their own business so I did mine, the orb obediently floating before me. I returned to the house, wi
Heart of the Bayou Beasts Chapter 19
Bri His eyes narrowed at me “Is this frowned upon?” I asked. Holding one up. “We don’t do it, but we don’t care about it, however, we don’t want the boys around it.” He admitted stuffing his hands in his pockets. I nodded. “Fair enough, they are on the other end of the… island, and the wind is blowing away from them.” I said, tapping my head. “You can sense all that?” He asked. I just shrugged before nodding. “The big guy is deep in the swamp,” I said standing. He cleared his throat “What does that stuff do for anyone anyway?” he asked, stepping out of the way as I passed, having stuck the joints behind my ears. “Sometimes, it's for my nerves, sometimes it helps me get through a bad day, other times it helps with my headaches,” I said. “What’s it for today?” he specified. “All of that and more.” “You honestly think you know what we are?” he asked, following me. “I do,” I answered simply. “You're not afraid of us? Of him? Of his beast?” He queried and I looked over my shoulder at hi
Heart of the Bayou Beasts Chapter 20
The hum of the sounds of nature droned in my ears, in my blood. I purposefully ignored his reaction. I didn’t want his pity. Yep, I was high and yes I was going to take another joint and light it. If nothing more than to distract myself from the topic. “You sure you don't want any? You’re awfully tense.” I asked, holding the other joint up, finally gaining the courage to glance back at him. To which he shook his head no. I gripped the box in my lap for a moment. “To Zoey and Maggie,” I said, lighting the 2nd. I called the fireflies of moonlight back, with a slight suggestion of my magic’s intent. They zoomed back, hoovering around us, lighting our space. Beau sat beside me on the stoop, his domineering attitude, quelled for the moment. He glanced over at it. “What’s that,” he asked. He was trying to make himself small in the narrow space of the steps, no doubt also being the nosey protector. I found I didn’t honestly care that I shared this with him, it almost felt right. “I don’t kn
Heart of the Bayou Beasts Chapter 21
Wyatt I could feel every ounce of her strength, her power, but I could also sense the darkness and the part of her that wanted to give up on life. That had triggered The Beast to chase her not mentally but physically. “She's ours,” The Beast was adamant in his claim of her, she was ours to protect. Her mind and her body, a temple of chaos as we carried her home. When her heart attempted to die we’d looked straight at her phantom soul and held it with a predatory stare. ‘Not today, mon cher,’ We had projected out to her and her heart had sputtered back to life. Something held me to her like a tether, and The Beast had felt something slimy sulk away with its tail between its legs in a hurry, something had lost a battle but its essence was left behind at the fringe of some cloak of protection she had woven around herself. We had marked the intruder’s feel and promised it death if it ever returned. It was this and my need for space that had me scouring the swamp for anything that may be
Heart of the Bayou Beasts Chapter 22
Beau I didn’t know what to make of the girl besides she was being honest with us. What I had learned brought only more questions and I had just let her talk really. Sometimes you found out more about a person from what they were willing to divulge. She’d obviously had trauma, her thin form a telltale sign of all the family meals she’d admittedly avoided while working without pay. Who was the murderer she spoke of? Why had she gone quiet when she shook my hand? Her face had contorted as if steeling herself for an electric shock. Thinking about her situation had brought me to thoughts of Nadia, my sister who had been stolen from our pack and how our struggle to regain her had been the demise of all the adult males in our pack at the time. Which led us to be the guardians of their offspring from various affairs. Mates being rare due to our seclusion had us choosing mates among humans or simply sewing our oats and claiming the offspring which seldom was an issue with how wild we tended t
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