Nearly two weeks had passed since Valaria swiped her claws through the throat of the highest seated Council member and Mikhail had told the Pack leaders the truth about their history, there has been no activity from the Pride other than Lucian's arrival to Westingdale and the odd bar brawl in the town between pissed off Panthers taking out their aggression on other Preternatural, no contact had been made to the Pack and life seemed to be back to normal, which worried Valaria, every day that passed she grew stronger and more in-tune with her new abilities, she knew that she would have to use them she just didn't know when, Stacy was working with Tyrone to train other pack members not only with the modified firearms but in Preternatural combat, most of the wolves had never been in a real fight, Stacy had to make sure they could protect themselves, she wouldn't be able to, she would be too busy protecting the compound, but should any Panthers slip through she wanted to know that the wo
This day was the day she would get her questions answered, on this day she would finally get what she had been working towards, Stacy paced back and forth outside Dominic's office as the two males spoke inside, she was actually nervous, her palms were clammy and her heart was pounding in her chest, Mal wasn't here to comfort her, he returned to Predtech to analyse a blood sample that Dr Gumm sent over, in this moment she was alone, Dominic's door swung open and Tyrone exited, he didn't even make eye contact with her, Really dude?“Stacy! Get in here!” Dominic barked,Stacy edged her way into the room which was filled with his scent, his new scent, the one that defined him as a mated wolf, and to Stacy, it was quite pleasant, Dominic eyed Stacy for a moment before speaking,“I have spoken with Tyrone,” his words filled with disappointment which transferred as easily to her as a coffee stain to paper,“We have come to a decisio
Valaria woke with a screeching siren blaring in her head, she could hear her pack running about the halls collecting themselves and finding places for the elderly members to hide, she could feel their panic and fear, she didn’t feel scared or fearful, this was the night that she bound herself to her Soulmate, so fear wasn’t even a passing thought, she did feel something, something that she was about to unleash upon whoever has disturbed this night of hers, anger, no, anger was not the right word, pure animalistic rage was what was surging through her, she stood from her bed and opened the bedroom door, stood there still naked with scatterings of mud and foliage from the run she roared, it was so loud that everyone in the complex halted in their step, she then used her bond with the pack to relay her feelings to them, it shifted their fear and replaced it with respect, respect for their Alpha who now was walking through the halls to meet her mate who had already made it t
The ancient Demon stared at himself in the mirror after wiping the remnants of shaving soap from his throat and under his nostrils, he felt old, but the face staring back at him was that of a fit and healthy thirty year old man, a crisp jawline, prominent cheekbones and a dominant brow, that coupled with his exquisite physique made him damn near perfect, and in her eyes, the one that she loved, he was perfect, she would never say so, she knew he hated compliments and he loved her even more just for knowing, these two were not Soulmates, they were friends and lovers and he had finally decided to confess the full extent of his feelings towards her, after the events that followed Dominic’s mating to a Panther, is love for a Wolf wouldn’t even turn a head, at this point he had no reason not to tell her, he smiled as he saw her naked body shift in the bed from the corner of his eye, How in Hell did I get so lucky.“Mal? What time is it? Stacy asked as she stirred
Logic dictates that any warning delivered by a Valkyrie should be heeded, but delivered by the child of the man you love? A child who you didn’t know even existed and that you have still not received an explanation for? That is a whole other story, the exact thoughts that were racing through Stacy’s mind as she escorted Ellie to the living quarters, Dominic said that they would talk in the morning, which meant putting Ellie up for the night, Stacy made sure to put her in the room farthest from where her and Mal slept, just to be safe.It wasn’t that Stacy didn’t trust Mal, or Ellie for that matter, but to find out that Mal had spawned an offspring even if it was thousands of years ago hurt, it hurt to the core of Stacy’s soul, her Wolf was beside itself with heartache, Stacy hadn’t really noticed until now but it seemed that her Wolf had imprinted on Mal, imprinting is not the same as bonding, imprinting only goes one way, whilst Stacy was
Tyrone had taken to vaping, not because he used to smoke, it was because it was the best way for him to take CBD, Amber mixed it with a vanilla custard liquid that was quite pleasant but a little sweeter than Tyrone would like, his treatments for Lymphoma caused heavy nausea and his anxiety has been through the roof since he hasn’t been able to burn off the excess adrenaline that his Preternatural body produced, it was the same for most preternatural, Shifters especially, the adrenal gland was hard wired into overdrive, for most this just meant having a shift and a run once or twice a week, but city dwellers and like Tyrone ill creatures, it created anxiety and crippling panic attacks, the CBD help to keep his anxiety at bay, it didn’t hurt that it took the edge off the pain too, enough that he could get up and walk around the compound, even if it was at a fraction of his former speed, he was on one of these walks outside when he spotted Stacy sat with her legs crossed u
Amber awoke and was greeted by the wretched stench of unwashed feet, blood, sweat and vomit, with a passing hint of leather and copper, when she finally decided to open her eyes she realized her worst fears were indeed correct, Dominic, Stacy and herself were currently riding in the back of a London Taxi cab through Piccadilly circus, the nausea of the flight from LAX to Heathrow caught up with her, now she realized why the cab smelt the way it did and why her Alpha was currently looking back at her while wearing a knitted scarf over the lower half of his face in the middle of summer, she had thrown up in her sleep, Stacy was doing her best to clean up with wet wipes and antiperspirant spray but it was only making the matter worse, like covering up the smell of death by hanging a magic tree air freshener.“You Preter’s are going to have to pay for that,” came the disgruntled voice of the cockney taxi driver, his narrow eyes spied Stacy via the rear-view mirr
Valaria sighed as she put the SUV into park and shut off the engine, the building they were about to enter was the Pride house of the Nevada Panthers, the Pride leader Tanya ran three of the top grossing casinos in Vegas, her Panthers nearly all worked for her at said casinos and her sister Sarah-Jane runs a legal escort service for those who like Preternatural play time, that is who she would need to convince to help, she had more Preternatural connections in Nevada than anyone else, if anyone knew the leader of the Incubi lair it would be her.“OK, when we go in we act like a bunch of shifters here to have a good time, Tanya will find us and then all hell will most probably ensue, hold back, whatever you do, I can take care of myself, besides, I'll have to let Tanya get a few hits in as payback,” Valaria explained to the drowsy Lucy and over caffeinated Charlie who were both looking like they were hungover, Valaria just chalked it up to the heat,The trio
Valaria and Charlie took it in shifts to drive back from Nevada with Lucy and Galen in tow, Valaria didn’t say what had her in tears so each one of the Pack members conjured their own worst fears, Lucy thought that maybe another pack member had died but quickly dismissed the notion as Charlie would have felt it, maybe an attack leaving people wounded? Or a human rebellion in the nearby city? Her mind was racing with bad conclusions, but Galen was managing to suppress most of her negative emotions simply by being near her, confusing as it was for each of them they shared a deep connection.When Charlie finally pulled the SUV into the Packhouse driveway they saw the reason to be recalled,“There’s nothing left,” Charlie stuttered as he peered through the dust of the decimated remains of Riverside,“It looks like a bomb went off,” Lucy added in disbelief,The entirety of the Riverside Packhouse was raised to