LOGINTwenty-five Years Later in a Distant KingdomPrince Zachariah“Father, be reasonable,” I implore him.But he narrows his eyes, his left brow twitching with disapproval. Alpha King Tobias of Crystal Waters is anything but patient with things that might bring change to this rotting kingdom.“He’s not welcome here,” he grunts.“Prince Kai of Green Mountain has already set sail,” I argue. “What are we going to do, turn him away at the shore?” The prince was understanding when he realized we have no modern airports here. He’s wasting months of his precious time, and my father is so ungrateful.We need to reach out to the modern world to start making a better life for our people.My father will never understand that.“Yes!” he bellows. “I’ll order my guards to fire on his ship if he gets so much as one mile from our shores.”“I don’t have a way to inform him of this,” I argue. “His delegation left weeks ago.”“Not my problem,” he says, crossing his legs and picking at his thumbnail.“It’s n
Months Later…FinnI promised myself I wouldn’t take Reeva again in the morning, but dammit if it isn’t hard to hold back from this beauty. Her green eyes glance up at me sleepily, and our legs are still entwined together, placing me cock right smack in the spot where I can feel her warm pussy against me. My cock swells.“We don’t have much time,” she says.Well, that’s not a no.I roll us both over to the sound of our laughter, but I soon drown it out when I take her lips in mine. I don’t waste time, sliding my cock right away. Feeling her walls stretch around me is the best fucking way in the world to start the day.There’s no time for the slow, playful teasing I love to do with her.Next time.Right now, I just get myself into her, pushing with the fast strokes I know will make her come damn near immediately. And right on cue, her sweet pussy tightens around me, lubing my cock up with juices that send me over the edge along with her in a satisfying release.I pull up off her so I c
Weeks Later…MatthewLight fractures into soft beams of orange and yellow as the sun begins its descent toward the west, casting longer shadows on the trees, though we are far above the forest on the bare, grassy where we’ve gathered by the altar. On this evening, the air itself stirs excitement in me.As is tradition in the Chestnut Pack, we are awaiting the sunset before beginning the ceremony.I love everything about the traditions of my mate’s pack, which is soon to be mine as well, but I will also remain true to who I am and what it has meant to me to have my place in my family. In our many conversations on the subject, Freya has wholeheartedly agreed.So, I stand here in the regal colors of the Dark Forest royalty, my sapphire blue blazer displaying the various ceremonial pins of the accomplishments I have made as Prince Matthew of Dark Forest.My parents, along with my brother Ethan and his mate Rylee, sit in the front row on simple benches carved from logs, looking slightly in
ConnorWe all move fast.Every one of us has been ready for the possibility that this plan wouldn’t work, and once Rose and Delphnie walked toward the cottage, we’ve been figuring out in the mind-link what each of us will do if we have to take this to the next level.And fuck, am I ready for it.Reece leads the way, gently taking Rose by the arm and moving her to the side so the rest of us can run into the witch’s house.Finn storms in like a freight train, grabbing the old witch and holding her firmly in place while Axel leads Delphnie inside to try the spell on her again.I rush right past all of them, looking for Reeva. I find a strange, brightly decorated room with bars on the windows. This has to be where Reeva was being kept. I have to smile when I see the massive hole she put in the door. That must have been that moment she came back to us.This time, I’m not fucking leaving this house again without her in my arms. But I have to convince her that that’s what she wants first.I
RoseThis has to stop. This had better be the last time any of my babies are kidnapped.First Trisha, now Reeva... visions of the past whirl through my mind each time this happens. Years ago, I was barely over the pain of childbirth when all four of my precious babies were taken by Retta—that awful, messed up girl who fooled me into believing my parents had sent her to help with the children.Back then, Reeva was the first to be returned to me. I remember the way it felt to finally have her in my arms again, but at the same time, I was so scared for the other babies, I couldn’t relax or celebrate her return.Trisha was the last to get back to me. Retta had taken her to another city. She was so crazy, she actually thought she was going to keep my Trisha for herself!“You can do this.”I look up into Reece’s kind eyes, and he grounds me to the present. I have to remember that Reeva is no longer a helpless baby wrapped in a swaddling blanket. She’s a strong, grown woman who can take care
ReevaI’m having another memory, this time of a man’s hands on me. But as the thoughts progress, I’m confused. There are... three men. One moment, I’m holding a man whose muscles are the size of a god. But a second later, he’s a little older, and his muscles aren’t that big, though he’s still fit and handsome. And then, I’m with a charming, equally handsome man who makes me laugh.What’s happening?My eyes blink open, and the bright yellow ceiling looms above me. I turn a little, pulling the floral sheets up around me.It was a dream?It felt so real. And as I look around this room, all these objects seem different than they did to me before I went to bed. They’re still familiar, as though I’ve seen them often, but none of them feel like they belong to me.A shelf full of picture books, a few stuffed animals displayed on the opposite side of the room—these things aren’t mine. This isn’t my room.I bolt upright, sensing the memories pouring in like an open flood gate. I am Reeva Gold,







