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49: Empath
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Rite of Power 50: Xandikos
Dmitri came to find me long after I’d sent Blake and Kelly away to start their respite. “I thought you would’ve come to join me so we could join everyone at breakfast together,” he watched me from where he leaned against the doorframe. “I told Caleb and Jeanette that you were personally seeing to some discomfort Kelly was having, and Sophie explained that it was just Braxton hick’s contractions but you wanted to make sure Kelly was fine all the same.” “I’m sorry,” I tucked my hands in my lap to keep from chewing on my nails. “I didn’t realize it was so late.” “It’s not like you to lose track of time like that,” his brow creased with concern. “Were you aware that my aunt and probably my uncle knew the truth about me?” “How could they?” he pushed himself up straight and made his way towards me. “You didn’t even know the truth, how could they have known?” “Add it to the list of questions I want answers to
Rite of Power 51: Kalliope
‘It’s time to wake up now,’ an unfamiliar woman’s voice called from far away. The voice faded away into the dark nothing that enclosed me as my own personal hell reset itself. There was no escaping this cycle of pain and misery. I’d built this prison brick by brick through the years and now it was all I had left. I felt the cold and wet pour down on me through the darkness. Here we go again… “You’re fucking sister led him right to us!” Giorgos had never been so angry with me before. “I have to find Daciana! She’s with the cubs!” He growled at me in frustration. It was the first time I’d ever been afraid of my mate, but it wouldn’t be the last time after today. His hand crushed mine painfully as he pulled me, half dragging me through the rain back towards the pack house. I knew it was our own cub that made him turn back. I collapsed on to the floor as soon as he released his grip. “I’ll search through the rooms upstairs
Rite of Power 52: Final Judgement
‘I’ve watched you go thru this five times,’ there was that voice again, closer this time. ‘I’m not going to watch it again. It’s time to for you to wake up and face the consequences of your actions.’ The rain froze in midair; all the screaming and sounds of battle fell silent around me. Even Giorgos was frozen in time; inches from snatching me up off the ground. I looked around, “Who’s there?” A large black wolf with a bright white patch of fur on the forehead in the shape of a starburst weaved their way between the people frozen in their horrific death scenes and padded towards me. ‘Why did you’re wolf abandon you here to torment yourself?’ “My wolf?” Who was this strange she-wolf to come into my personal hell and question it? “I gave up my wolf before any of this to be a Luna to my mate. It was the price I paid to leave The Vὅlsung, packs cannot have two Alphas.” Her fur rippled as she laughed, ‘Your mate was a cowar
Rite of Power 53: Phase
If Xandikos hadn’t verified every word, I never would’ve believed Kalliope’s story. It didn’t make any of it ok, but I hated the fact that it did make me understand why she did some of the things that she did. Worse, I think it made Dmitri understand her as well, and he was supposed to be the tough sell. Nothing she said kept him from making the mile long list of rules and stipulations for her continued existence. It was almost poetic justice that she was going to be confined to a single room for the foreseeable future. I just wished that it hadn’t kept me from getting the sleep I needed. I could’ve slept in this morning. I was hoping that I’d get to take my frustrations out on Nathan, now that he was back. In a few hours, we’d formally announce Candice’s challenge and chaos was sure to ensue. After that there would be no turning back, and my life would be placed under a microscope for anyone who wanted to look. I could’ve asked Blake
Rite of Power 54: Challenge Accepted
“This is all very exciting,” Jeanette beamed a big smile at me, “It’s very rare for someone to challenge an alpha at all these days, but for a female alpha such as yourself it has to be even more rare,” she took a deep breath. “It’s like we’re getting a front row seat to history, isn’t it?” Caleb nodded at her with a big smile of his own. “Thanks, I think,” I tried to smile back at her, but I’d never addressed the whole pack all at once before, in fact this was going to be the first time many of them were included in a link at all. If I could pull this off, it might be enough to distract Caleb from this morning, and it would be a big step towards the changes I wanted to see in our pack. “Just breath through it, and don’t let them overwhelm you,” Dmitri, stroked the small of my back to try and calm my nerves. “I’ll be right here with you through the whole thing.” The fact that he was encouraging my plan to unlock the link to all the pack members who cou
Rite of Power 55: Calm Before the Storm
We had drastically underestimated the chaos that would ensue from allowing every single member of the pack to access the link. We had to set up several different workshop type classes around the pack’s territory to help people understand how to use the link properly and directly with one another instead of the main pack link, which was a clusterfuck of noise to anyone that left themselves open to it. Some people couldn’t get out of it on their own. Sophie had to take over most of my daily tasks to free me up to handle that last group. Dmitri had once warned me against using sway to often or on too large of a scale because it could be draining, but I seemed to have a bottomless reserve of energy in that department. The exhausting part for me was walking someone step by step through the ability to access the link without broadcasting to everyone all at once. Dmitri had to hold open an active link between him and the higher ranking members just to get any
Rite of Power 56: First Moon
The closer it got to sundown, the more it felt like I was vibrating out of my own skin. ‘It’s just the pull of the moon,’ Bo reassured me for the thousandth time today. ‘Knowing that doesn’t make it go away,’ I growled back at her. It wasn’t just that I could feel the moon lifting into the sky above us, I could also feel the way she’d been melding into me and settling into my bones. Maybe the reason women didn’t shift anymore was because we were more sensitive to the sensations of a foreign presence taking root within us. ‘How much longer will it feel like this,” I scratched at my arms again, unable to satisfy the underlying itch. ‘It’s just a couple more hours, but if you’re having doubts…’ her thought trailed off. ‘No,’ there wasn’t any hesitation in my mind. ‘I don’t have any doubts. I just feel miserably uncomfortable right now. Will it be like this every month?’ Her mood brightened, ‘It’s just the bonding process
Rite of Power 57: Center of Attention
It was a lot to get used to in such a short time, but Selene had done what she could to make the process as comfortable as she could for us. It didn’t make me stop wishing we’d had just a little more time. Even just the few more days I would’ve had if Blake hadn’t been so stubborn and over protective. I’d known as soon as she’d asked that we were going to do whatever she asked. As strong as our bond was, and as much as he cared for our unborn cub, he was hardwired to put her above everyone else, even us. For me though, how do you say no to a Goddess? Even if I hadn’t known she was a goddess, I would’ve trusted her with my life. She puts all her time and energy into taking care of everyone in the pack. I’d never believe that she would put anyone in danger on purpose. ‘You rationalize too much and minimize your natural gift,’ Delphi purred, relishing in the sensation of the soothing touch of our mate. It was strange to acknowledge the he
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