LOGINBri“Thats the thing, I don’t rightly know.” I clocked in for my shift and ran into that tattooed guy who left the flyers I told you about. The next thing I knew, it was two days later, and I was floating in the middle of the bayou on my boat with no recollection of what happened.” We stared at each other for a long moment before I pulled away and sat next to Sadie on the bench seat.He inhaled. “Seems those Reds finally saw sense and tied you down.”“Honestly, it was me who needed to see sense. They never wavered.” I let him know as I considered the predicament he was in. Beckum hadn’t fully pulled his threads out of Sean. It was reckless and stupid and exactly what a pissed-off Beckum would do in case he needed him again…but then I killed him. This poor man was lost, but this wasn’t the place to handle it. He pulled the rope and started the engine.‘Relax,’ I told the unsure Sadie. ‘I know what happened to him, I’m going to have to fix it.’Several minutes later, we were halfway hom
BriWe were having a quiet lunch in the dining hall when Camilia’s arrival was announced. I almost sent Zoey and Sadie out of the room but thought better of it.I nodded for Cullum to let her in. The older woman eyed us all shrewdly as nobody stood marking their respect. Everyone here knew I was the real council. I only tolerated the existence of what remained of the old one to ease discourse. Slade’s ring felt heavy on my finger as I eyed her and she huffed her distaste for the lack of respect.“Your father would be disappointed in your lack of respect for a council member.” she sneered.“My father I'm sure, even from the grave, realizes the blind eye every one of you took to my suffering. He would also realize as I think you should that you are no longer a true member of the council. I simply tolerate you and allow you to call yourself one to save me another headache,” I reminded her.“You claim you run the council but you have yet to align yourself to another coven in order to stre
BriSlade sat at the dining table already, his posture relaxed. A small velvet box was on the table next to his empty plate. Dinner was waiting in covered dishes across the table as instructed; I didn’t want this meeting to be interrupted. “Priest Slade,” I nodded to him as I passed, taking my own seat. Andrew hovered by the door, and I felt a zap of energy. Sadie blinked, glanced at me in surprise. I just gave her a soft shake of my head, not to mention it. Everyone sat and the room became immediately awkward. My jaw ticked. Might as well address the elephant in the room. I reached for the nearest covered tray.“Lets get our plates filled and Priest Slade can inform us of his decision while we eat. I was trying to take some of the pressure off. Everyone moved to do something with themselves and fill their plates except for Slade. Our eyes met across the table.“I agree, with conditions.” He said as I set the bowl of jambalaya before me and gave him my attention as did the others.“I
BriI had let Sadie sit on the sidelines today, let her observe what her Luna did as High Priestess. The two eastern covens had argued over the fact that one wanted to purge and bind their young male witches, and the other opposed it. I found the idea insane. However, there were covens that favored sexes. I let them argue with each other before I cleared my throat.Priestess Jillian, the one wanting to purge her males, was fuming.“So you want to procreate with males because you cannot otherwise acquire growth, but you want to reject the children born that do not suit your interests?” She was playing with the wrong person here. I had been a castaway baby. She may not have done her research; that was her fault. The room became hushed. “These young men have presided in your coven for all these years, presumably nurtured by your teachings, and you want to dispel them? It makes me wonder what kind of life they have lived under your control. Feminism has its place in our world; however, if
SladeSecrets. She undoubtedly had many. Was it a risk I was willing to take? I took another bite as everyone watched me, but Brianna dug into her grits before taking a swig of coffee and peered at me from over the mug. The two men of her inner court sat back and turned their attention to her, their brows furrowed. The look she gave them said ‘don’t question me.’So, only Brianna knew what she was going for this morning. Neither her advisor, nor her ambassadors, had a clue what she was planning on doing. The human girl bit her lip. She knew.Brianna set her cup down and took another bite as she found her food more interesting than my long hesitation. I mulled it over, what would I gain spreading the High Priestess' secrets? Probably death. Better I not tell, or I tell, and she rips me limb from limb, or her enemies would kill me anyway.“I agree,” was all I said, going back to my food. That's when a presence took over me. It was inky and bright all at once, as it filtered past every w
Slade I arrived in New Orleans late last night, alone. I didn’t want any more grievances from the High Priestess. Our last meeting hadn’t gone so well, and I had been humbled by her crude description of my lack of respect. I wasn’t sure what I would gain, if anything, today; why she had bothered to call me here on such short notice, or even why she had chosen to entertain my presence again? I had been stupid to bring my assistant with me, especially since I had been fucking her at the time. I had been on a mission to gain an alliance marriage. I had been a complete idiot. She had wiped the floor with me, and though my ego was wounded, she gained my utmost respect. I was young for my position, and thought since we had a similar vision she would see me as an opportunity. No doubt, men several years her senior were also seeking her out. That was just gross. Since then, Amy had been repositioned far away from my temptation, and here I was about to walk into another breakfast with the wo
Chapter 5BriI hated entertaining these imbeciles and this one had the audacity to bring his little fuck toy with him. Blatant disrespect. The thing was that these meetings helped me ferret out the good from the bad and while Osbourne wasn’t the type of bad I was worried about I could blackmail an
Chapter 4ZoeyBri walked out of the bathroom in a towel, no steam permeated from the room. I sighed it was another habit of hers that irked me, another seemingly insignificant way for her to keep them alive in her heart. I had learned a lot from those books and from Trent's description of the fee
Chapter 3BriThe cold water bit at my flushed skin and the motion of the soap bar gliding over my flesh was robotic as I steeled myself for another day, another game to play with the North American Witches at my court. The first days of my rule had been ruled as a tyrant, in my grief I lost the im
Chapter 2ZoeyI’ll never forget pulling back up the drive to witness the window of Bri’s room as it exploded outwards, nor the sound of her heart-wrenching screams as it happened. I don’t even remember throwing the car in park as I bounded up the front steps and pushed my way through the front doo







