"Sinbad! You need to change back into Kanyon right now!" Cameron ordered, but the beast just snuggled closer to Jessica, who was snoring. Her body was completely drained, and she had no clue why she kept sleeping so much. 'I don't take orders from you,' Sinbad snarled. 'Now leave before I maul you.' "I can't leave until I fix the doors. You caused a number of damages with the little stunt you pulled downstairs,” Cameron yelled. 'Keep your damn voice down before you wake my wife.' Cameron huffed, but decided to continue speaking through their link. ‘Can I just send someone to repair the doors?’ 'Sure. But tell them they have to be quiet, because If they wake Jessica, they will die.' Cameron observed the enormous beast. He'd never seen him behave this protective before, and the last time he went this wild was when Ellie passed away. ‘Before I leave, do you mind if I have a word with Kanyon first?’ 'No,’ Sinbad said dryly. 'No? What do you mean no?' Cameron scoffed.
Kanyon was humming with joy as he strolled to Anna's room. Jessica's skills as a lover were becoming more and more outstanding. Even though they only did it once, it was enough to keep him through the rest of the week. He adjusted his shirt collar before knocking on Anna's door. He glanced at his watch. He was around two minutes behind schedule. "You're late!" the angry she-wolf slammed the door shut as she joined him in the hallway. "You said 10 am sharp.""Stop being so dramatic. I'm just a couple of minutes late, and it's not like anyone died,” he grunted. "Well a lot could have happened in two minutes." "Nothing happened. Now quit your whining and let's go." "I've been ready and waiting for an hour, since you normally show up earlier than usual." Anna continued her babbling as Kanyon took her arm and guided her to the car. "I hope the skies won't turn red today since you're on time for once in your life," Kanyon rolled his eyes. Anna snarled as her eyes glazed yellow. "Let me
"I'm so sorry I'm late, my love. Anna was being difficult, and I had to ensure she ate, and then I stayed until she fell asleep.” Kanyon was talking so fast his words seemed jumbled. "Shh," Jessica took his face in her palms and lowered it to hers. The instant her lips brushed against his, he felt all his worries fade away. “The only thing that matters is that you are here now. I’m just going to grab my phone and then we can leave." "Alright. The car is waiting outside." Kanyon was nervous this time around as he sat in the vehicle with Jessica's head on his shoulder. She could feel the tremor running through his veins. "Why are you shaking so much?" Jessica asked him. "I don't know. My mind is going to worse-case scenarios," he sighed. "Like what if your body is growing weak because it misses Cordelia or what if my baby-mama-drama has been putting a strain on your well-being?” "I know what you're doing. You think it's your fault that I've been feeling sick lately, but I a
King Kanyon was blinking rapidly, trying to clear the fog of disbelief that clouded his vision. Maybe he didn't hear the doctor right. His eyebrows shot up, forming a high arch of astonishment. "Dr. Clarke, I need you to repeat that." Kanyon's words were low but effective. "Did you just say Jessica is pregnant?" "There's no doubt in my mind, King Kanyon. Your mate is indeed pregnant." Dr. Clarke was sure. "It showed up in her urinalysis, plus the lines on the pregnancy test were strong positives too, meaning that the pregnancy hormone, HCG, is high in her system." Jessica's jaw dropped, eyes widening in disbelief as if a sudden jolt of electricity had coursed through her veins, leaving her momentarily stunned. She swallowed, trying to soothe her dry throat. Pregnant? She couldn't believe it. She clutched her chest, feeling her heart race. Each beat a thunderous echo. "I am pregnant?" She whispered. Her mind was prepared to hear the doctor say he had made a mistake. But his word
Jessica sat on the carpet while she watched Kanyon unpack the final items of clothing he brought from her old bedroom. She felt a bit strange watching him organize and fold her delicates. Her tummy was doing all types of flips. Something about a man folding a woman’s laundry made Jessica horny. "Kanyon, I could have done all of this myself. You didn't have to take the morning off." "I know, but I wanted to," he let out as he stuffed a lingerie made up of only strings in the top drawer. Clearly he was enjoying his tasks this morning. "Ariel bought me those," Jessica tried to explain herself to him. Even though they had been intimate numerous times now she had never wore any of the sexy outfits for him as yet. "Then remind me to give Ariel my thanks next time I see her," Kanyon smirked while he admired a crotchless red one piece that seemed to have him drooling. He couldn’t wait to see Jessica in this one. Jessica was totally embarrassed and it showed. It had been seven
"Why on earth did Constance fail to mention that Reniece and I were promised to each other when we met with her the other day?" Cameron was pissed. "Because she isn't trustworthy," Kanyon expressed. "I always thought she wanted to match you with her daughter because of April's feelings for you, but I now feel there's something deeper at play." Kanyon remembered how shock the priestess was when she found out his sister was alive and well. He had to get to the bottom of this somehow. "So Cameron and I were always meant to be?” Reniece let out. "And to think we are also mates. This has to be fate.""Our parents wanted to join our families together for a long time, if the Purebloods had a daughter, it would have been me who would have joined our houses, but Cameron is an only child, so when you were born, I guess our parents thought it should be you and Cameron to join our families," Kanyon explained. "If you weren't lost for so long, you two would have been joined on your eighteenth bi
"How much longer until we arrive at this kingdom?" Magda asked as the horses neighed from thirst and hunger. The Luna was sweating like a pig. She wasn't used to this heat. She was breathing hard as she used her folding fan to cool down her face and neck. "Luna, we would have been there by yesterday if the horses were better fed," the coachman answered. "How about we find a place to set up camp for the night? The horses need to feed and rest, then we can hit the road again in the morning." The coachman swallowed hard, fearing the Luna would go off on him, but she only mumbled under her breath before she gave him her answer. "Fine. But I want my tent ready by the time I exit this blasted carriage," she ordered. "It's so fucking hot here. I feel like I'm stuck up satan's asshole," she complained. "Why the hell do people crave to live in the South? It's the ending of springtime, and it's already burning up here," she muttered under her breath. "You got it, Luna," the coachman nodd
Ariel relaxed next to the window, gazing at the clouds while their jet headed for the kingdom of Lycania. She felt the sun warming her cheeks while her thoughts drifted away. It was really stressing her out to be keeping such a huge secret from Jessica. She wasn't keen on hiding things from her cousin, but given how hard things had been for Jess, Ariel thought it was the right move. But now that she'd be seeing her soon, she would have no choice but to reveal this secret to her. Ariel bit down on her nails as she pictured all the awful ways this could turn out.With a sigh, the Luna continued to look out the window, cradling her growing belly while she prayed to the Moon Goddess that her surprise pregnancy wouldn't be too much of a trigger for Jessica. Daniel and DJ were sitting away from Ariel as they spoke about werewolf business. "I know you didn't want to come, son, so thank you," Daniel patted DJ's shoulder. With the feral vampires getting out of hand, Alpha Daniel didn't feel
The night air was thick with mist, curling like fingers along the crooked streets. In the distance, lycans howled, but here, near the edges of the kingdom, the shadows moved differently—heavier, hungrier.The Baktu glided through the mist like smoke, her form barely visible to mortal eyes. Where she passed, streetlamps flickered and dimmed, casting long, twitching shadows over the cracked pavement.Her target stumbled out of a dingy bar, reeking of ale and regret.Cory.Once a proud man, now reduced to a shell of himself, unshaven, bloodshot eyes, clothes rumpled. He lurched forward, muttering slurred curses under his breath. Constance followed silently, savouring the desperation that rolled off him in waves."Oh Jessica," he muttered, lifting a bottle of moonshine wrapped in a brown paper bag to his head. He still obsessed over her. Still pined for what he had lost—and would never reclaim on his own.Cory kicked a broken bottle down the sidewalk, his boot scuffing the asphalt as he s
June's hands hovered above Daniel's broken body, magic swirling at her fingertips. Her lips pressed into a hard line as she tried spell after spell. The lights flickered, danced—and fizzled out, but nothing else was happening. She felt drained and she felt like giving up. With a frustrated grunt, June finally sat back on her heels. She wiped the sweat from her brow and looked at them all."I can't summon Opal," she said heavily. "Her magic... it's too strong. It's like trying to leash a hurricane with a fishing net. She'll feel the attempt and shake it off."A heavy silence fell over the room."The only way to get her here is," June added. "To go to her and convince her to come to us. The only thing I know is she lives on Mystic Mountain."Ariel tightened her arms around herself, staring down at Daniel, whose pitiful, animalistic whimpers were growing weaker by the second."Mystic Mountain..." Jessica murmured, exchanging a worried glance with Kanyon.DJ's jaw tightened. "Then we go.
Ariel didn't stop running until she reached the far end of the hallway. She had Dante wailing against her chest with one hand and the other holding her phone. Her hands shook so badly she almost dropped her phone as she fumbled to call DJ."Come back here. Now," she gasped the moment he answered. Her voice cracked with panic. "Please — it's Daniel. Something's wrong!"She hung up before he could say anything.Seconds later, DJ came tearing around the corner, his face pale and panicked.He skidded to a stop in front of her, reaching for Dante without hesitation."Take him to Reniece," Ariel choked out, handing the crying baby into DJ's arms. "Don't let Daniel near him. I have to get Queen Jessica and King Kanyon!"Without waiting for a response, Ariel spun and ran. The corridors blurring as she pushed herself faster.She found the King and Queen in their sitting room, hugging. It looked like they had made up after that heated argument earlier. They broke apart the second they saw Arie
The guest suite was too quiet. The kind of silence that pressed down on Ariel's chest and made it hard to breathe.She sat stiffly on the edge of the sofa, nervously twisting the hem of her sweater. Across from her, Daniel shifted in the armchair, his movements stiff, mechanical, wrong.His eyes, which were once so warm and so full of life — now looked hollow, like windows to a house long abandoned.DJ grinned from ear to ear, then he clapped a hand on his father's shoulder."Man, it's good to have you back, Dad," he said, his voice thick with emotion.Daniel smiled weakly but said nothing. His gaze flickered between DJ and Ariel, confusion and unease poorly masked behind that ghost of a smile.Ariel's heart squeezed painfully.He didn’t remember me. Nor did he remembered their son.But worse than that — worse than the empty look in his eyes was the smell.It wasn't fully vampiric, it lacked that sickly-sweet pungency, but it was there.Lingering in the air. Just wrong and unorthodox.
The heavy doors to their quarters slammed shut behind them with a deafening boom. Jessica flinched at the sound but refused to cower. She stood her ground as Kanyon paced in front of the fireplace, the muscles in his jaw ticking furiously. Yes, he was upset when he found out that Jessica dabbled in dark magic to bring Daniel back to life. But this, finding out that Constance is now a Baktu made everything even more detrimental. The temperature in the room felt hotter than the flames licking the hearth, the fury rolling off Kanyon in suffocating waves."You went behind my back," Kanyon growled, his voice a low, dangerous rumble. "You. My Queen. The one person I should be able to trust above all others!"Jessica crossed her arms defiantly. "I did what needed to be done, Kanyon. You don't understand—""No! You don't understand!" he roared, whipping around to face her. His eyes, usually molten gold with warmth, now blazed like wildfire. "You brought back a dead Alpha using forbidden mag
"King Kanyon!" Daniel bowed. "What is going on and why am I here?" Daniel strode over to the king while he finished buttoning his shirt. "Alpha Daniel. Is that really you?""Of course it is, Your Majesty. Is this some kind of April Fool's joke?" he scoffed. "I wish it was," Cameron mumbled. "What's the last thing you remember?" Kanyon asked. "Well, Sofia and I had just celebrated our twentieth wedding anniversary. First, we wandered through the park, then we ran a bit in wolf form, and after that, we went to bed. The next thing I knew I was waking up on that table over there," he finished, pointing to the mage's gurney-like table. "Father, that was over ten years ago," DJ spoke up. "Mom has been dead for fifteen years."Daniel's eyes landed on the tall, muscular man that just called him father. He looked like his son, but a way more mature version. "DJ, is that you? But you look so old. And Sofia is not dead. She can't be." "I'm thirty-five now, Dad, and yes, mom is dead." "How
"Cameron, what's going on? Everything started shaking, and I thought we were having an earthquake," Ren rushed into her husband's arms the moment she laid eyes on him. His gaze wandered to Theodore, who had a terrified Falcon in his arms."No, it's not an earthquake." He kissed the top of his wife's head before spreading a viral message through the pack link, urging all castle residents to get to their bedrooms, lock their doors, and widows then fortify the entrances with Moon Petals. He instructed the guards to secure every entrance and exit in the castle with Moon Petals as well. No one should come in or go out. "Are we under attack?" Falcon asked as he sank his face into Theodore's chest. The vampire prince held his mate tightly, stroking his shoulder for comfort. "No, but someone is doing something inside the castle that they shouldn't be doing," Cam let out. "Everyone stay close together and follow me. We're going to Lucy's chambers."******"Your Majesty," one of the nannies b
King Kanyon sat down at the head of the table while he conducted this meeting. “Cameron, is the Graceland kid still lurking around the town?” Kanyon inquired. “You mean Cory? Yes, he’s still being a creep. My informants told me he has been spending most of his time in the crafts shops,” Cam chuckled. “Why the hell was he still here?” Kanyon gritted his teeth. “I don’t know, but as long as he doesn’t come near the castle, and near Twinkle, I’m good,” Cam added. “Is there anything you’d like to add, DJ? Do you need any help with anything?” Kanyon asked DJ. “No. I cannot think of anything right now, but if I do, I’ll let you know,” he stated and the king could taste the sorrow on DJ as the young Alpha spoke, but he kept his composure. DJ's voice didn't crack once. “So Annabella is really gone?" he asked, leaning back in his seat with his palms resting flat on the table. "I'm sorry, man. I know how much she meant to you," Cameron rested a palm on DJ's shoulder. "Thank you, Master
“You will not have either of us!” Jessica exclaimed in a fit of rage as she confronted the being possessing her cousin. "Let me help you rephrase that,” it smirked. “I cannot have you — yet," Constance put emphasis on the word ‘yet’ which made Jessica angrier. Constance felt Ariel's soul fighting for its body back. "It looks like my time here is running out. Even though I know you've been warned already Queen Jessica, but I think I will warn you again. Mistress Paloma says Alpha Daniel's soul already belongs to her, so if you do this spell and bring him back to life, then there will be grave consequences.""What kind of consequences?" June asked. "The bad kind," Constance let out. She felt Ariel pushing her out now. "I will go now, but one of you has to break the seal." June walked up to her and used her foot to break the circle. Ariel began to throw up what looked and smelt like tar. Jessica sprinted to her side and held her hair away from her face. The tar transformed into black