Mazelina Pacing, pacing more freaking pacing.“Please Mazy for the love of Goddess please sit down!” Alice shouts making me jump.“Sorry. It’s just this waiting.”“I know, I’m sorry I shouted. I can’t stand it either.” Alice stands and paces, “Shit now I’m doing it.” She flops down onto the couch next to me.“Why are they taking so long? Can’t Sally just twinkle her nose and poof, they appear?”“Oh, please stop this poor girl from watching terrible television.”A young-looking woman with beautiful dark golden-brown skin, brown eyes, and wild curly dark hair.“Sally Myers,” I murmur. I recall the images of her in Landon’s mind.“I do wish a twitch of my nose could teleport me, but I don’t have that ability.” She winks at me.Elion and Landon both walk in with Charlotte happily skipping between them, holding both of their hands.“MOMMY!” She squeals running towards me. I open my arms as she jumps holding her close to my chest, “Lotty! I’ve missed you so much.” I bury my nose in her ne
LandonJeremy looks so peaceful even while awake, it’s times like these that I miss my father, the man he used to be. Now he’s dead. Reconciliation was never meant to be. All I can do is keep looking to the future, a future of whether Stella will be in it with us.I don’t understand her hot and cold tendencies, her jealousy, her lack of nurturing our son. All of this is baffling to me, in all my years I’ve seen mates come together with an instant connection, the unconditional love for each other and their pack.Never have I seen something so unusual as our pairing. Did the Moon Goddess get it wrong? Has she ever got it wrong? Was I wrong? I could be…. Maybe I thought I felt those powerful emotions, that overwhelming connection to Stella and thought it meant she was my mate given by the Moon Goddess.I scrub my face with my hands, fucked if I know anymore.Mazy and Rush make it look easy. Alice and Blaze make it look even easier. Aries and Daisy had their share of heartache, but even n
Mazelina Surprisingly dinner went well, with little to no arguing. Amelda was very quiet, taking us all in, which was unnerving in itself. I’m wondering if a bit of Landon’s paranoia is rubbing off on me. I know something’s a little off with her, but since sitting down together for tea earlier today…“What’s got you thinking so hard?” Rush whispers against my ear.I grin and look up at him through my lashes, “I’m thinking about how we are going to get Lotty to sleep in her bed tonight.”“You don’t have to worry about that. She’s sleeping with her cousins this evening.” He winks, smug bastard.“Shall we move to the sitting room and have a drink? Daisy and I have something we would like to share with you all.” Aries announces.We all exit the dining room and enter the sitting room; the kids are already upstairs with Akers and a couple of other guards monitoring them.“You know, don’t you?” Rush whispers as he takes my hand and places it on his arm, leading the way.“I don’t know what y
ElionSix hours later and Sally enters my room with the potion.“Here you go little one.” She winks, handing me a small glass. I pull the glass up to eye level and stare at it. “Don’t worry, it’s not going to kill you. It’ll just stop the potion Lydia made for Amelda.”“I guess I have nothing to lose. Down the hatch.” I say raising the glass and taking it in one shot, surprisingly it doesn’t taste like anything.“Do we know how she came to make such a potion, to lead Elion to believe he found his mate?” Rush asks.Sally shifts uncomfortably, “I have an idea but it’s not good.”“None of this shit is good,” I tell her, sitting on the couch in my room. Rush sits in the single chair, but Sally paces her brows furrowed in concentration.“I believe the scent marker she used for this potion is your mate.” I jump up. “What do you mean?”She sighs heavily. “Many, many years ago, we used to cast spells to find one’s mate. It was in a time where some of your fellow brethren were becoming extin
Mazelina“Mazy.” someone whispers. “Mazy.” I groan and roll over. “Please let me sleep.” My head is pounding. I didn’t think I had that much to drink last night, but it seems I was really on one.“Mazy wake-up, we’re in danger!” I sit up and groan again, holding my head, “Samara? Where have you been?” “We’re in great danger, Mazelina. You need to gather yourself.” “For what?” “Well, hello, Mrs Winslow.” A tall pale man with hair so dark it almost blends into the darkness itself surrounding him. If it wasn’t for the little piece of hair that has fallen across his face, I would have said he’s bald.“Where’s Stella and Aries?”“Stella is safe and unharmed.” He grins down at me. “It’s been quite the task, capturing you.”“You should have given up. My people will come for me.”He shrugs. “Your people are nothing to me.” He eyes me thoughtfully and moves closer. “Is Samara in there?” he taps my head. I shy away from him, but he grabs my chin and makes me face him. “I’d like an answer,
RushWe’ve been working on Amelda for six hours, but she’s not given an inch. She wants Samara to meet her untimely end and doesn’t give two shits about Mazy.“It’s no use unless we had the dagger; nothing we do will be of any good.” Landon grabs at his hair, angry at himself for not going to the coffee date with Stella. He believes if he was there that this wouldn’t have happened.I don’t think it matters whether or not he was there. Eventually, Fenrir would have made his move one way or another.But… “I think you’re right. Amelda’s far too stubborn to give in.”“Amelda has been through far worse torture than this.” He scoffs, “Still. I can’t bring myself to be so brutal to a woman, let alone her.” “Hopefully, Sally will come up with something useful.”“Sir?” I glance behind me to find Bobby, one of my pack members. “You have visitors.”I growl, “Now is not the time.”He clears his throat. “I think you might want to see these visitors for yourself.”“I’ll come with you.” Landon get
MazelinaFenrir calls this room a cell. My prison, but as I look around, it’s the most luxurious cell I’ve ever seen in my life.It looks like someone has pulled a picture of what a seaside resort suite would look like and put everything from that picture in this room; it’s equally beautiful and ridiculous at once.Every shade of blue and sandy yellows you can think of in one space, even the wood smells like the beach.“What the hell is this?” I murmur to myself, sitting up from the king bed. All I remember is Fenrir telling me Aries is dead. He can’t be dead; I would feel it if he were gone. Oh my god, Stella!“Fenrir said she was unharmed and safe,” Samara answers me. “And you believe him? He said Aries is dead and Stella’s safe. That makes no sense.” “Don’t be angry with me.” She begs.I’m so fucking angry. Angry at Sam for leaving me. Mad at being captured. Furious at the possibility of Aries being dead, enraged that I may never see my family again, and most of all, I’m angry th
LandonSitting across from the woman who I thought was my mate fills my heart with dread. I fear for my son, myself, and my true mate, who is out there somewhere who is having her essence drained to disguise this woman. The woman I thought I was in love with forever—the woman who carried and had my child.Fuck, what I’m going to tell Jeremy about this woman when he’s older?She smirks at me. “Always thinking ahead, dear husband.”“I’m thinking about our son. Someone whom you constantly leave alone with strangers.”Estelle shrugs, “I’ve never really been the nurturing type to any of my children.” Her lips turn up into a smug smile. “Oh yes, Landon, I have several children, none of which I’ve mothered. Hence the reason for nannies.”“Why?”She shrugs, “You aren’t my first rodeo, Landon.” Estelle leans forward as far as the shackles allow her. “But you are the first one I sincerely love.”“You don’t know, love Stella, sorry Estelle.”She laughs mirthlessly. “I almost forgot your unrequit