LOGINMarabella POV Tension clouded the air, his humans watching, their hands ready on their weapons, but I didn’t care. My wolves would take them out before they could get to them.Well, that was the hope. If not, I knew my magic would protect me.“Good. The vamps can help eradicate you all.” He chuckled, half choking.I rolled my eyes. “You are delusional if you think the wolves will be the first stop on their bloodlust train.“The vamps have even less control around humans than wolves do. They’ll kill every last one of you and then say Oops, sorry, just like last time.“Are you really that stupid that you think you can come out of this alive when facing vamps and werewolves?” I asked, and he spat at me.I growled, telling the alphas to stay where they were before another vine whipped out and grabbed his hands, tying them behind his back.“And you are delusional if you think I haven’t thought of every way this could play out and made contingencies for every single outcome.“This has been
Marabella POV“Marabella. I was hoping you would arrive. Just in time to see me slaughter your new family.” My father smirked, and I closed my fists, anger coiling through me.“They’re more of a family to me than you ever were.”“But they are not blood.”“That doesn’t matter,” I bit back, but my father just snickered.“Naive little winter born, aren’t you, sweetheart?” he said patronizingly, and I pursed my lips, my eyes narrowing on him.He was such an arrogant prick. I was glad I hadn’t known him growing up. If I had, maybe I would be on the other side of this war.But my mother’s influence flowed in me, and there was no way I was backing down and letting my father destroy the pack I was meant to be a part of.They may have taken a while to warm up, but they were my family. I felt them in my connection with the alphas; I felt when they were hurt, and I felt the respect and trust they placed in me.I was not going to let them down like my village had done to me.“No. You are naive. Y
Marabella POV Until my father rode in on a horse, holding his hand up, ceasing his men’s part in the fight. The humans all stopped, falling back as the arrows stopped flying.The pack growled and sneered, panting in their wolf forms, lining up behind me, flanking me, Jordan as a wolf on my left, Jayden on my right in human form. But my shield separated us all.I wasn’t sure if I could use my magic on him yet, but if he was retreating, I would let him. Or I’d lose my shit and kill him, destroying whatever hope I had for the goodness inside me to win.But maybe that innocence wasn’t worth it.Because staring at my father’s stoic face made me see red, his entire demeanor was one of arrogance, like he still believed what he was doing was right despite standing on the blood of his own, not just his enemies.I curled my hands into fists as he curled his lip back.My next move depended on the poisonous words that were about to fall from his lips. If they weren’t what I wanted to hear, then
Marabella POV “If you’re that worried then come with me,” I urged, but he winced.“I can’t. I’m bound to my word with Galen. I have to stay with your mother until he returns,” he said under his breath, anger falling off him.“Then I’m sorry, Brax, but I have to go. He’s in pain. He needs me, I can feel it.”I grabbed my skirts and ran toward the door of the mansion, my mind on Jayden and how much he needed me, how badly his soul was crying for mine, the burning pain that was filling me.Tears streamed and I knew there was a chance I wouldn’t get to him in time. That poison they had was working faster and faster, and I had no idea what that meant for an alpha.I did know that if I could get to him, I could draw that poison from him.I had done it so many times for the ones that had made it back the other times, my magic beating the humans easily, but not if I wasn’t there.“Marabella!” Jayden’s voice screamed in my head, and I dropped to my knees at the door.“Jayden,” I cried, blin
Marabella POV “Is it safe to come out now?” a voice said from across the lobby.Ryleigh poked her head out with Vaughn stepping out of the door that led to the human quarters. They were both blushing, and I laughed.“You saw that, huh?” I asked, and she shook her head, her eyes wide, dashing to Brax and back again.Her stomach was swollen too, and we had built some camaraderie over that stress. Physical and emotional.“No, but we heard it. I think the vamps might have even heard it,” Vaughn teased.I laughed, and Brax gave a tight smile.“Smart choice to stay out of the way then,” Brax said, and I rolled my eyes at his high-handedness. He didn’t budge though.Ryleigh rubbed her stomach and frowned hard.“Are you okay?” I asked, and she winced, nodding with small breaths.“We were just going to ask if we could borrow the doctor you are using? Ryleigh has been having some pains, and we were hoping to get her checked just in case,”Vaughn asked.Before I could even answer, Galen was str
Marabella POV My spine tingled with the rush of adrenaline that simple sensation gave me. My body knew what it meant, and the anticipation was almost too much.I lifted my chin to give him easier access and ground my hips forward, pleasure tingling beneath my skin, running through every vein, kissing every ending until I no longer felt the cold.“Brax,” I breathed, pulling his mouth to mine, kissing hard as he slipped his hand beneath my skirts and panties, finding the damp folds there.My breath hitched as he slid two fingers inside. I moaned, my thighs trembling, my spine arching as my body drew tight.I rocked against his fingers, moaning and sighing until my body hit its crest.His fingers were a fucking spell all on their own. They knew exactly where to press, where to caress to leave me a desperate mess.His mouth moved against mine, his tongue dancing with my own, and my body was bending easily to his will, at his beck and call.He told me how high to climb, how much pleasure