Rite of Power

I groaned inwardly as my head throbbed. It was so unfair that werewolves metabolized alcohol so fast that we had to drink way more than a human to get drunk, but we that also meant the dehydration caused a mean hangover. If I didn’t feel like I was playing the worst game of catch up with the rest of my kind, I would’ve canceled this morning’s training session. I just knew I was about to spend the next 3 hours getting my ass handed to me. I snuggled into the chest of the man lying in the bed beside me and breathed in the delicious smoky sandalwood and dark earthy spice of his scent. It made it all that much harder to force myself to get out of bed. If I left it up to him, I wouldn’t be training at all. Sighing, I renewed my resolve to slip out of his embrace and face the world head on. His arms tightened around me, “Just tell him that you’re skipping today.” It took more effort than I would ever admit to wiggle out of his grasp. When

I screwed my face up into the sweetest smile I could muster as the unfamiliar black SUV pulled up to the front steps of the main house. A mountain of a man stepped out of the car, standing six and half feet tall, at least. His slightly shaggy, dirty blonde hair was combed back away from his face. A close trimmed beard, made his Viking-like features more prominent. A predatory smile curled up his lips as his stormy blue eyes landed on me. “Uncle Ulf,” I chirped cheerfully, stepping forward to greet him. Dmitri moved with me as if we really were joined at the hip. “I do hope the car ride wasn’t too long or unpleasant. You really should let us put you up in the guest house if you plan to stay long.” The pack’s hotel of a guest house had been booked full. But most of the guests from last night’s party were eager to get back to their own packs with The Vὅlsung making an appearance so close to their homes. “Think nothing of it my dear;” he smiled at me, igno

It felt weird, helping to move Nathan’s things into Dmitri’s old apartment suite, across the hall from Sophia’s. We’d remodeled and moved into the suite of rooms that were once occupied by the twins’ parents, and now this suite was sitting empty and unused. It made sense to have all four of us close together, but it still felt weird. Sophie was urging Nathan to remodel the rooms, but he’d just grumbled about how it was fine the way it was. He did not object to my insistence that he at least refurnish the rooms, and let us get rid of all of Dmitri’s old furniture. Almost every first for us had happened in those rooms, with that furniture. Even though we’d agreed to start fresh when we moved, as not all of his first memories were of me, I couldn’t completely let go of it all. Most of the enforcers were helping us all to move furniture in and out of rooms, including my 6 newly trained female warriors. Sophie, with her OCD level organization skills, was wo

‘Where the fuck have you been?’ I growled angrily at my other half, not caring that Dmitri could hear the exchange, but also feeling a sense of relief. ‘Dormiam liberos meos et somnia mecum,’ her melodic voice enchanted us, relaxing our minds and bodies until our eyes closed and we were whisked away from the physical world. I opened my eyes to find the four of us, the Goddess, Dmitri, his wolf and myself, standing the in the middle of our meadow at the center of the woods, where our pack met to shift at each full moon. Even though we were on the waxing side of the new moon, the bright white orb hung in the inky sea of stars above us in her full glory. Dmitri’s wolf gave a deep bow to my twin, her hair silver and straight instead of red curls like mine, but still the same face and body. Naturally, none of us were wearing any clothes. She gave him a nod, and he moved to slide up against my side, positioning me between Dmitri and his wolf

It would never cease to amaze me, the soft gentle glow that emanated from the perfectly smooth porcelain skin of the creature that slept peacefully in the bed beside me. I would’ve believed her to be a goddess even if I hadn’t known she was literally a goddess, or a piece of one. The concept gave me headaches if I thought about it too much. I blinked; willing my wolf’s gaze away. The glow faded as he begrudgingly separated his sight from my own. She still looked impossibly perfect. And she was mine. “Are you really going to lay there and stare at me?” Her sleepy green eyes looked up at me from where her head rested on my chest. The sweetest little mewling sounds escaped her lips as she stretched against me. My body was already responding to her movements. It didn’t matter how many times I satiated that primal need inside me, I always craved more of her. It was as if my cock had a mind of its own, already getting hard, eager to plunge i