LOGINI made my way up to the bedroom through the kitchen, and not the main staircase. Dinner was over a couple of hours ago, but they were still hashing out the ramifications to Silverpine falling.
It was too much for too long, so I made my excuses.
Gabriel’s alpha-like stare tried to read me, but I kept my guard up. He had enough on his plate without thinking I was going to crumble.
The truth was, though, right now I did feel like I was going to crumble.
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I’d just stepped out of the shower in my office when I heard Soree call for me. She had been sound asleep when I came in from my run, so I didn’t wake her to let her know I was back.“In here,” I called out as I tugged some jeans on.Soree’s eyes looked wide and frantic. I rushed to her. “What’s wrong?”“I just did a baby walk, and Luna was there,” she said breathlessly, clutching at my forearms. “She said there’s a plague, a blight happening now with shifters and it’s going to get darker before the dawn.”I searched her eyes for signs of misinterpretation, but there was none. The urgency in her voice and demeanor said that she was fully aware of what Luna implied.“What does that mean?”
The house was almost silent this early in the morning. It was just past twilight, and the sun was just peeking over the horizon. Kali was super active this morning, trying to see if she could push my ribs out from the inside.Gabriel went out for his morning run with Seith, and I was happy that they were resuming their morning routine.Maw and Bear were eating in their suite; the shifting and run took a lot out of them last night. The fact that they even shifted amazed me given their advanced ages.I could hear KB and her crew in the kitchen below me, but their sounds were muffled through the floor.Gifts for the baby showed up nearly every day. This morning, I thought I would take a few moments and put some of them away.I held up a pink sleeper with ruffles on the butt and smiled. Word spre
I couldn’t wait for Maw and Bear to come downstairs. KB mentioned they were doing breakfast in their suite this morning, so I had to be patient.Patience is not one of my virtues.The baby gave me a good swift kick as if to reinforce my thought process.My hands splayed across my bulging belly.“We need to give you a human name,” I said looking down.Gabriel walked into the office carrying two steaming mugs of something that smelled like heaven.“KB said you might like this tea,” Gabriel said with a grin. “Also, I heard what you just said, and there’s something I forgot to tell you this morning.”I stilled. “What did you forget to tell me?”“I had a dream last night,” he said after he kissed my forehead. “I had a dream the baby’s name was Kali. K.A.L.I.”“Kali,” I murmured as I mulled the name in my head. It did sound pr
The desk clerk was saying something to me, but my eyes were frozen on my messaging screen.Did someone recognize me at the bar?Did Byron tell someone?“Sir,” the woman said with some emphasis this time. “Is everything alright?”I turned back toward her. “Oh. Um. Yes. Thank you. Are we all set?”“Yes, Sir,” she said with a forced smile. “Here’s your receipt. Have a nice day.”I nodded numbly, took the receipt, and made for the front doors.I got in the truck and blasted the heater.“I’m in the truck,” I texted Bina.No reply, but in the rear-view mirror, I watched her exit through a side door.
I leaned against the doorway connecting our rooms with my arms crossed, watching Bina go through her duffel bag one more time.“You know for someone who was so hell-bent on leaving, you’re sure taking your time,” I said sarcastically.“Well, I don’t just throw my things into my bag, like some people,” she shot back at me. There was a slight edge to her voice.I pushed off the doorframe, no longer needing the cane to steady me. “What’s going on? You sound tense.”She huffed and refolded a sweater.Again.“I don’t know,” she confessed. “I just feel… off.”“Off like women stuff, or off like we’re rolling into danger and need to stay put?&rdq
So, I’m a Luna-kissed too? I thought. It felt odd. I didn’t feel any different. But somehow it was different.Up until now, Luna-kissed was something about Soree, now Bear’s telling me it’s something about me too.“Were the males hunted too?” I heard Soree ask. That caught my attention.Zee was already at attention, taking it all in.“Oh, yes,” Maw said. “They tried to force breeding with high-ranking females, hoping to get Alphas or Lunas.”“What do you mean Lunas?” Soree asked again.“Not all Lunas possess magickal abilities. Just because a female is mated to the Alpha and a pack calls her Luna, doesn’t mean she is one.”Soree shook her head. “This is getting so confusing. I thought Luna-kissed just had more magick than Lunas, but all Lunas are Lunas.”“Let me try,” Bear said. “It’s very confusing.”Soree and I both nodded.“Before you met and bonded with Soree, Halia was your highest-ranking f
Sam wasn’t kidding when he said the Pack House was enormous. It looked like a palace with all the windows and number of floors.There were a bunch of houses scattered nearby, painted in colors resembling a color wheel.All the houses at Silverpine were either log built, or pai
I saw Sam’s tire tracks continue on the dirt road, but I veered off to the right, heading for the city.With the four-wheel-drive engaged, I practically flew over the ruts and sailed through the curves until I hit the pavement.The roads were clear, the sun shined down, and the city
We left the cabin in silence. I’m not sure either one of us knew what to say.I could see Gabriel through the side mirror. His thumbs hooked in his front pockets.His eyes glowed gold.Nothing will come to you from now until you breathe your last breath.Y
I was midway through a sentence with Selwyn on the telephone when Auron started jumping against me.A chill walked up and down my spine. Not walked, more like stomped.Multiple times.Each pass felt like I’d stuck a screwdriver in an electric outlet a little bit deeper.







