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The Game

Author: Astylynn
last update publish date: 2025-11-10 07:32:45

Tawnie

The next morning, I stood in front of the one-way mirror, looking out over my own small world of chaos. High rollers sat at blackjack and poker tables, gambling their lives away while I stood over them, waiting for one of them not to pay up. It had been weeks since the last idiot had been brave enough to try to run out on a 2.3 million loss. I smiled coldly to myself. That had been a lot of fun.

I had hunted alongside Katarina. Her sleek, muscular puma glided through the air, twisting i
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  • Roll The Dice   Getting Elijah Back

    LandonI shifted irritably for what felt like the 600th time in the last two hours. I was finding it incredibly hard to stand still in my position beside Tawnie’s office door, guarding her while she worked.“Just go talk to him,” she told me without looking up.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I told her, even though I wasn’t surprised that she knew I was unhappy about the conversation I had previously had with Preston.“Yes, you do. Your moving around is distracting me. I’m ordering you to go talk to him. I already linked Alek to come down and stand guard today.” She lifted her gaze to mine before continuing softly, “I know how important it is to you that he accepts you as Jill’s future mate, and I know he will. He just needs a little bit of time to get used to the idea that his little guard has a mate.”I groaned. I didn’t like hearing her referred to as a little girl. It made me feel dirty, even though I did not allow myself to go down a fantasy path where she was involved

  • Roll The Dice   A Shit Storm Hits

    Alek-Two Weeks LaterI grinned at my brother as he caught up to me. He shoved my shoulder as he panted, “Why’d you take off like that?”“I don’t want to think about bones sticking out of my children’s bodies,” I replied, shrugging.“Do you think she was being honest about trying to move her bones?” he asked.“Hell, yes, I do! Have you met her? She’s fucking insane!” I grumbled. “At this point, I’m just happy that she’s a whole person, and not missing vital parts!”He burst out laughing as he thumped me on the back. “I don’t know how you put up with her. She’s kind of crazy.”I smiled dreamily as I nodded. “But in the best way. She wouldn’t be her without a little bit of chaos and bitey murderingness.”He raised an eyebrow at me. “A little? You make it sound like her crazy is as pointless as cracks in the sidewalks. It’s not. I’d say not to make a mountain out of a molehill, but she’s not a mountain. She is the depths of the ocean. You know, the thing that hasn’t even been 100% explore

  • Roll The Dice   Balancing Three Children

    Six Days LaterI was sitting on Alek’s lap, snuggled against him with a blanket wrapped tightly around us. It had been a rough last few days, but it had been worth it. My best friend was getting to enjoy a partial honeymoon, while Alek and I got to take care of our new little nephew. Storm and Galen left the casino every morning after giving Elijah to us for the day. They went off to do only Goddess knew what before coming back to tend to him at night. Alek and I didn’t mind at all. Storm provided us with enough breast milk for him to make it through the day. I loved having Elijah with us. I wouldn’t tell Alek, because he would take it to mean that I wanted another child, and as much as I wanted to give him as many as he wanted, I was still part human and needed a break. I didn’t just have Irish twins. I didn’t know what to call them. Alex and Terrence were only a few months apart.“Tawnie?” Alek called softly.I tilted my head back so that I was looking into his eyes. “Yes, Alek?”“A

  • Roll The Dice   The Ceremony

    “Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. On behalf of Storm and Galen, I would like to warmly welcome you to our celebration of their love. They are absolutely thrilled that each and every one of you made the time to join us today for this joyous occasion. You were all at the top of their lists to witness their next step in this life. They value you as much as you value them, and it means the world to both of them to have all of you present. Before we begin, the groom has asked me to request that you all remain as quiet as you can. As you all can see and probably already knew, our beautiful bride here is pregnant, and Galen would appreciate it if she were not on her feet for too long. Now, with that out of the way, let us begin,” Daniel, who was also officiating Storm and Galen’s wedding, said cheerfully as he turned toward Galen. “You may now recite your vows to Storm.”Galen placed Storm’s hand on his chest as he cupped her face with the other one. He lowered his head a little so that

  • Roll The Dice   Surprising Storm

    Three Days LaterI stood in front of a mirror, in a gown that was a size too big for me. We had planned their ceremony for a week after ours, in the hopes that Terrence would still be cooking inside of me, but since he wasn’t, my maid of honor dress had a lot of extra fabric. Not that Alek had minded in the slightest when he saw me in it. He had been turned on and promised to take it off of me later that evening, which immediately had me believing that all his talk about getting a vasectomy wasn’t as true as he wanted it to be.I was just glad that pretty much everything was the same for Storm’s wedding as it had been for mine. The biggest differences were the couple getting married, the colors, and that she had an extra bridesmaid. Galen had asked ChyAnn and her husband to join their parties because he knew how important she was to Storm, who had saved ChyAnn’s life when she had been drugged at a party in Vegas.When I was done, getting ready, I smiled over my shoulder at the rest of

  • Roll The Dice   Cautious Negotiations

    The next afternoon, I was in my office, reviewing budgets for the next month to kill time until Preston arrived. I had left Alek in the penthouse with the kids and was anxious to get back to them, but I knew that I had to speak to Preston and get to the bottom of things before I could do so. I was more furious with him today than I had been the day before. While Alek and I were eating lunch, Charlene had come up to the penthouse.She had been a complete emotional mess that instantly had me worried that something had happened. She hadn’t been distraught because something happened, but because of the ultimatum I had given Preston the night before. She thought I was trying to take him away from them, which I wasn’t. I just needed him to understand the importance of relationships and mate bonds. After reassuring her that I wasn’t trying to tear their family apart, but ensure that Jill could have a happy future with her mate, who already loved her more than anything, she had been able to c

  • Roll The Dice   Honesty And Pleading

    StormThe next morning, I shook Galen awake at 4 AM. I knew that Tawnie wanted to start interrogations at 6, and that gave us two hours to get ready. I didn’t want to give her a reason to come looking for us. I was worried that if we did, she might just hurt one or both of us, and I had a feeling t

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  • Roll The Dice   Using Galen

    TawnieWhen I couldn’t take tossing and turning anymore, I threw my blankets back and jumped up out of bed. I was ready to avenge my mate and then join him at the Goddess’s side. I didn’t have to make the decision. It had been made for me the moment his heart stopped beating. I sighed deeply as I j

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  • Roll The Dice   The Shifter's Arrival

    The next day, Tawnie walked into my apartment, startling both of us awake when the door was slammed shut.“You’re sleeping?” she snarled as she stormed across the living room to where I was still in Galen’s arms as we slept.“Tawnie, we–”“IT’S MADAM DE SANGRE!” she yelled as she leapt over the tab

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  • Roll The Dice   Always Watching Over Her

    AlekI stood in place, my hands gripping the edge of the basin that showed me my woman. I hated that she was stressing out this badly. Every minute I was away from her, another crack appeared in her armor. I wasn’t sure how much longer she would last. More than anything, I wished Galen and Storm wo

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