LOGINIt felt good to be home and rested up. The air this far north felt cleaner and crisper this time of year. The vibrant colors on the trees having reached their peak while I was gone, started shedding their leaves for the winter.
Regardless of what calendars said the start and end dates for the seasons were, our winters were longer. Or what we called winter. Once the temperature dropped below freezing every night, we were already prepped for the snows.
I walked back into the parlor with my back ramrod straight, as if somehow that was going to give me the courage to tell my tale yet one more time.It should get easier, but it doesn’t.Just thinking about Lucien made my blood boil and curdle at the same time.Evidently, I was pushing out some of my own untested energies, because Maw’s face contorted with pain.I rushed over to her, reining my anger. “Maw! Are you alright?”Once my anger ebbed, so did her expression.Her eyes watered. “I’m sorry for whatever I said.”“Oh, Maw, you didn’t say anything bad,” I soothed, pulling her into a hug. “Just the opposite. But let’s wait for th
I curled up on the couch with my notebooks, but my brain could not focus on crystals and their meanings.There were so many questions I had about the whole Luna-kissed thing, or as Gabriel and I started calling it, LK.Luna herself created the bloodline. But why?Was there a specific purpose?Shifters existed before the bloodline. What did she want to see different?Why are we special? Well, that one I kinda know. We provide blessings, prosperity, and happiness to our Pack. If we’re Lunas, we walk the spirit and soul realm. I think those realms are the same thing, but I’m not sure.A long time ago, the LK were exploited, hunted, abused, held hostage, and forced to mate. How did that happen? Who noticed that we were special?How did we recognize each other? Amyra recognized me immediately, but Maw and KB did not.What happens if an LK mates with a non-LK?“You look deep in thought, Luna,” Maw said,
Soree and I walked into the basement. She hadn’t been down here yet, and her face shone with pure glee when she learned what we had down there.Unlike Silverpine, our jail cells weren’t attached to the main Pack House. We built the detention center years ago and refurbished the entire basement level, which extended way beyond the Pack House itself.Her initial hesitation about checking it out was justified.It was only a few months ago when she was paraded by her own Pack and marched into their dungeon accused of murdering their Alpha.Sometimes it was hard to believe it wasn’t years ago.I saw her in a diner that morning. Zee felt drawn to her, but I didn’t have any time to learn what that meant.As soon as she’d finished her breakfast, Sil
I flipped through my phone while Bina had the wheel. I tried to stay away from the Shifter app, but my curiosity always got the best of me.Silverpine was holding its own according to the gossip. There were questions and no answers coming from the Pack House.People wanted to know where I was. The louder question seemed to be why did I transfer power to Kane and not give any explanation.“I’m tempted to create a profile and make some noise in the chat,” I said aloud.Bina’s face contorted into a grimace. “Why would you do that?”“Raise the stakes? Ask the right questions?”“Hoping to do what exactly?” she said as she flipped the blinker to change lanes.“I don’t know,&
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 slowly blinked my eyes open, morning two in my new bedroom. I tried to move, but there was a heavy weight thrown across my waist.Then I registered soft snoring at my ear.Gabriel came home, slipped into bed, and somehow, I slept through it.I was doing everything in my pow
The upstairs was empty; I could hear Sam and Elara downstairs in the kitchen. I scooted across the hallway barely wrapped in a towel… old habits die hard.I held my towel firmly in place, even in the privacy of my room. Again, old habits.I closed my bedroom door and leaned a
I stepped up onto the porch behind Sam. Behind me was the rest of the gang, Seith, Nakoa, and Halia.I hadn’t seen Sori in a couple of days, and it was making me anxious. I recognized it for what it was… the bond. I certainly didn’t know her well enough for me to be this
I tried to mull the words over in my head, but Sori taking my hand and holding it took all my attention.I wanted to pull her in my lap and hold her tight.In all honesty, I was starting to think about other things besides holding her. After all she’d been through, how could I even







