Whole-heartedly agree with Diego. What about you?
“I’m so fucking tired of this shit!” Citra says, pushing the grimoire away from her, nearly knocking her glass of lemonade over. “It’s like Selene and Hecate just disappeared.” I sigh, putting a piece of paper in my spellbook to hold my place before closing it. “I hate to say it, but you’re right. I don’t know what else we can do to find them.” “I keep telling you guys, we could do a summoning,” Nora says for the millionth time. “And we keep telling you ‘no,’” Citra bites back, rolling her eyes. “We just don’t know what will pop out in the summoning,” Meredith says, her tone a lot nicer than Citra’s, though you can still hear her fatigue in her voice. “But isn’t that what the salt circles are for?” JoJo asks. “Sure, if we happen to pull up a demon. That’s not the only thing that you can summon, especially if you’re trying to bring a god into the circle,” I say. “But, isn’t there something that we can put as a barrier for whatever we could summon? Salt for demons, iron for
I moan at the feeling of her hands kneading my shoulders. “You’re so tense, baby.” She leans in, her scent of wild plums and incense tantalizing me. She peppers my bare shoulders with light kisses. The feeling of sparks that follow each of her touches make every nerve fiber on my skin stand up on end. She chuckles at the goosebumps that start to pebble my skin. “I might be able to do something about that.” “Fuck, sweetheart. How do you do this to me every single time?” I moan. She rubs her hands across my chest and then down my back, her mouth moving to the juncture of my neck and shoulder. The second that she starts sucking there, it’s like a lightning bolt goes to my cock, causing it to get harder than fucking granite. “Nyx,” I moan. “Yes, Nathan?” she whispers along my skin before licking her mark on my skin. “Please let me touch you,” I whine. She chuckles in my ear. “No.” Staying behind me, she scoots up against my back, her naked chest pressing against my
“Again, Nyx! You can’t just rely on your magic to fight!” Zak calls out to me as I practice fending off Brandon and Dev at the same time. I already know that neither of them are fighting me at their full power, since this is something that we’ve just started. But I’ve been working with Esteban, Zak, and Brandon for months to build my combat skills. Ever since I came back to their…our home, I’ve been working on making it so that I was able to defend myself. Though I have a ton of magical abilities, there are many things that could bind or temporarily stop my powers. And if that happens, how will I keep myself safe? I need to make sure that whatever we face doesn’t get the better of me. In the past, I wouldn’t have worried about it. I had enough magic that I would eventually be able to take care of myself, though it may have been at the expense of those around me. Of course, I didn’t want to have to get someone killed. That’s just not the type of person I am. But, I was n
“Are you sure that they even want to do this?” I ask. “They’ve both been pretty adamant about not wanting anything to do with me.” I’m standing with Zoe’s and my parents at the edge of the football field at the back of the dorms. I mean, we’re in Texas. Of course we are at a football field. The real reason that we’re here is because it’s outside of training and playing season for football. Here, Zoe, Kaia, and I can get some privacy with our parents close by in case something goes wrong without being closed in where their scents would literally make me a sobbing, groveling mess. “We’ve talked to them. They understand that the matebond is extremely important, not just to the pack, but to the three of you,” Bhakti says, placing her hand on my shoulder. Liam hasn’t been that keen on me since the beginning and he stands a little away from me, eyeing me like he’d much rather drive his fist into my stomach than guide his daughter to my side. Sandra, on the other hand, comes up
“I don’t get why Nathan is so adamant about rejecting Nyx. She’s amazing! And I honestly think they would be a great pair,” I tell Arya as we walk into the house after my training session with Zak, Brandon, and Nyx. “Well, the fact that he and Nyx were mated again is telling me that Selene wants them together. It’s gotta have something to do with Hecate’s prophecy for him. I doubt that he has another mate out there,” Arya says. She looks exhausted. She had been readying a place for Evanora and Edward to stay all morning, since all of the witches and Meredith were returning tonight. Unfortunately, with so many visitors here from the twins’ ascension ceremony, she had to open up a cottage that hadn’t been used in a while and she needed to do a thorough cleaning. The second we’re in the house, she slumps at the kitchen table, laying her head flat on the table top. Chuckling, I get her a glass of water. I hand it to her before bending down and taking off her shoes and socks
“Why are you fidgeting?” Kaia asks me. “It’s not like this is an actual date.” “What do you mean? Of course this is an actual date! And it’s with Tomas. The stakes are a lot higher,” I mumble the last bit, not wanting Kaia to see how much I really want this to go well. She was still bitching about the whole thing before we sat down two minutes ago. “It’s not really a real date. On a real date, there’s the possibility that the other wolf won’t really like you. That’s not the problem here. We know he wants us. It’s just if we’ll accept him,” she says, rolling her eyes. “That’ll take quite a bit.” I thank the Goddess that our parents had the foresight to rent out the whole coffee shop for this to happen, because the general public seeing two mated lunas going at each other is not a good look. “I get it, ok!” I say, rounding on her. “You don’t want to be here. You don’t want anything to do with Tomas. So fucking leave! But I’m staying!” She looks at me with her mout
I wake up from another dream of Nyx and me, this one of the two of us with pups of our own. Nyx had just put one of the pups to bed, I had taken care of the other. And then we went to our room and well…I’m in the shower trying to take care of it. Unfortunately, it’s not working anymore. It’s been a week. A fucking week! Every day, I wake up after dreaming about her. Every time I step outside of my door, I smell her scent in my nose. And even though I know that it’s her, there’s nothing I can do to stop me from following it. And every day, she rejects me. And I accept. I haven’t been able to initiate the rejection again after that first time. It…fuck it hurts too damn much. I can’t stop myself from wanting her. There’s something in me that is starting to desire her. Something more than just my wolf. Something that me, Nathan Swift, wants from her. I’m starting to…Oh Goddess, I don’t want to admit this…I’m starting to have feelings for her. She’s strong. She’s k
I can’t help but look at Nathan, feeling as if I’ve just come into his world and screwed everything up. You see, I’ve done some research on Nathan. I know about his prophecy and his powers. I know how brave he is and the accomplishments he made in battle. I know about his mentorship of so many warriors, not just those that are skilled, but also the pups who were just learning how to hold a battle stance. I know how much he loves his family and his pack. And the only thing that has kept him from taking over as alpha and ruling this pack as is his potential and birthright, is killing my family. Ridding the world of all Riding Hoods. And I’m pulling him away from that mission. Just by being here. But maybe, just maybe, if I can help him get rid of my mother and the other two witches and then get rid of my own powers, then his prophecy will come true. And then we can complete the rejection. Because no matter what I do, I can’t change who I am or what I was. And he doesn’t wa