LOGIN“Fuck!”I quickly began to dig the den out carefully. I stopped when I felt the still-warm body of an animal. I carefully removed it. Shit. It was Bella. I flipped her over and saw her stomach and chest moving. My gaze traveled lower and I saw the cub that was stuck half in her birth canal. I looked
Minor Trigger WarningGerald“DADDDY! DADDDY! WHERE ARE YOU?” Annie screamed as she ran down the hallway, crying.I jumped to my feet and rushed out of the room. “Annie? What’s wrong?”She waved some papers in the air. “Gerry, look.”She handed me the crumpled papers, and I smoothed them out so I co
ToyaI smiled at Hannah as Mom and Grandma got us ready. Tonight our daddies were going to go with us to the daddy-daughter dance and we were so excited. Elena and Priscilla had already gone to their dance with their daddies. It was our turn now. I twirled in front of the mirror and giggled when my
ElenaI threw the door to Annie and Hannah’s room open. I grinned at them.“I have a cookie for the one that irritates Osprey and Gerald the most.”Annie giggled and shoved Hanna. “That cookie is mine.”Hannah eyed me. “What kind of cookie?”Toya poked her head from around my back before hiding back
“Scarlett?” my brother said as he walked in to sit next to me on the bed. He put his hand on my back. “Do you want to talk about it?”I rolled over to look at him before sitting up and wrapping my arms around my legs. “Why does he have to have a mate? Can’t he just stay my best friend forever?” I wh
Epilogue (One year later)ScarlettI smiled when Osprey flung the door open. I held up the plate of peanut butter cookies I had made with him in mind.“I made cookies for dessert,” I murmured, looking down at the ground.He took the plate from me and his hands slid over mine. My eyes shot up to his
FalconI held Tasha tightly as her body trembled and she uttered small sounds of distress. I nuzzled into her neck, hoping that my presence would soothe whatever was making her sleep less than fitful. She quieted down when I started to hum. When she fell quiet and still, I slowly tapered my humming
“I was taken to the town to introduce a new family line about 40 years back. Joseph was our mayor then. I married a man named Horace. Horace and I gave birth to Valerie. When she was 18, she started to hunt with… what was her name, Val?”“Rosemary, Mom.”“Ah, yes. That Rosemary was such a pretty lit
I raced the rest of the way to the barn and hid behind a small haystack beside the door to wait for Lee to enter. When he did, he paused just inside of the door, looking around. He moved through the barn, searching for me before heading back to the door with doubt on his face.“I know this is where
RaulI walked towards the road, trying desperately to ignore her screams for me. I knew I had hurt her and I hadn’t meant to. She had never done anything to make me feel unworthy and I hated that was exactly how I had just made her feel. From the day she smiled at me over the baby blue finger paints







