LOGINEPILOGUELily’s pov. “You guys got this! You’ll be fine!” I say to my children as they get ready for their first shift. “I don’t know, mom…” Juniper whispers nervously, biting her fingernails as she looks up at me, “I’m… scared.”“I’m scared too!” Mazikeen and Athena said in unison, their faces pale as they stared at me. “We’ll be fine!” Maddox chuckles and he hugs each one of his sisters tightly. I smile at him, loving how caring and close they all are to each other. They all look at one another, nodding their heads while having a silent conversation between each other. Creed comes up from behind me. His scent invading my nose, making those familiar butterflies erupt in my belly. A smile comes onto my face as I turn my head slightly to look up at him. “They’re scared,” I whisper, watching our quads smile and laugh with each other as they wait for their shifts to come. “They’ll be fine. They’re strong,” he whispers back, squeezing my shoulders reassuringly. Just as Maddox o
Lily’s pov. “If you think you get to walk in here… claiming my mate… you are surely mistaken. Virginia Wood, you are hereby banished from the Black Rainforest tribe, never allowed to step foot on these lands again. If you do not leave on your own, right now, I will drag you off of our lands myself,” Sapphire growls out, taking control over my body. Virginia doesn’t look scared, she looks cocky. She has a smirk on her face while she has her arms crossed against her chest. “I’d like to see you try…” Virginia went to say but Sapphire was already in front of her, holding her by the throat. She let our flames come out, coating our hands, burning Virginia's flesh. She winced but tried to keep her composure, not letting me see her cracks. Sapphire doesn’t say anything, she just drags Virginia behind us, out of the tribe house and towards the tree line. “Stop! Stop!” Virginia scrambles to say, her hands clawing at mine, trying to pry them away from her throat. But Sapphire growls lou
Lily’s pov. I swallow the lump in my throat as I nod my head at my grandmother. Wanting to know if I’m having one or more. More like needing to know. I don’t think I’d be able to handle another multiple pregnancy. My grandmother smiles as she places her hands gently onto my belly, closing her eyes as she concentrates. Making my heartbeat race as I wait for her to talk. “It’s a… girl, one baby,” she says softly, smiling at me as she looks up into my eyes. My heart stutters at the thought of another little girl. Four girls and one boy. “Wow,” Creed whispers from behind me, “another baby girl.”“Are you happy about it?” I whisper, still unsure of his feelings, even my own. “I am,” he smiles, “I’m even more happy it’s just one in there this time!”Everyone laughs after his words, me included. I’m happy it’s one this time too. I don’t think we need anymore babies. One more is perfect…“Happy birthday, Lily and congratulations on your baby girl! Now Glenda check me! Check me!” Ra
Lily’s pov. “You did so good, Creed,” I whisper to my mate as we watch our babies sleep soundly in their bassinets, snuggled together. “That means more to me than you’ll ever know,” he says quietly, looking at me with so much love in his eyes, "I missed you so much, Lily.”“I missed you too…” I whisper back, “even if it only felt like a few hours for me.”Creed chuckles, making me chuckle in return. “Tell me more about that… you haven’t said anything about it to me yet,” Creed says quietly, looking into my eyes with curiosity. I cleared my throat, wrapping my arms around him as I prepared myself for the story. “It was… different?” I laugh, not sure how to explain this to him, feeling all of the emotions I felt there rushing back to me,“I- I was walking next to Sapphire. She wasn’t within me but next to me. As her own form. She led me to the goddess. Who showed me the double sided mirror of Selene. I literally sat there and watched as that omega maid poisoned Maze… I had to wake m
Lily’s pov. “How were they while I was… away?” I asked Raya as she sat beside me with Wren and Aspin in her arms. She smiled down at them before looking towards me, “they were great, honestly. Creed was a little stressed… but I was there, helping as much as I could.”“Thank you, I really appreciate all of your help. And I don’t blame anyone for what happened to Mazikeen… it was a desperate attempt. But they did not succeed…” I say softly, looking towards Creed who is forcing me to rest while he cares for the babies. I smile to myself, grateful for my wonderful mate. “I’d do anything for you Lily,” Raya replies while standing up, “I’m going to go help Creed for a bit, it looks like he’s struggling.”We both chuckle as she walks away, placing her sons down to help with Thena, Juni and Maze. Max clutched tightly to Creed’s chest, not wanting him to let him down. Extremely attached to his dad since the last few days I was… gone. “Are you sure I can’t help?” I ask Creed, laughing as
Lily's pov. All I can see is darkness, but all I can think about is how that omega poisoned Mazikeen. How she smiled as she put the poisoned bottle into her mouth. How Mazikeen, so innocent, so clueless had drank it all down greedily, clueless to the dangers. How Creed was too busy to notice…My head turns and spirals as a million thoughts race through my mind. Until suddenly I’m sitting up, gasping for breath. “Mazikeen!” I yelled as I scrambled out of the bed, throwing the cover off of me and running towards the door. I pull the door open fast, breaking it off of its hinges, not caring, just running faster down the hall towards the stairs, knowing they must be at Ryan and Raya’s room. “Queen!” The maid that poisoned Mazikeen shrieked, looking at me with fear before masking it with a fake smile, “the goddess! You’re awake! King-.”She went to ramble on but was cut off by my hand squeezing her throat. “Do you think you could just come in here, poison my child and leave!?” I s
Creed’s pov. Something about nurse Amy is rubbing me the wrong way… the whole thing was just- weird. “Creed?” Lily says softly, breaking me out of my thoughts.“Are you ready to go?” She asks. “Yeah, let’s go home,” I say tiredly, wanting so badly to fall asleep with Lily in my arms. Lily slips
Creeds pov. As soon as our bedroom door closed I was on her, my mouth clashing into hers in a heated passion of need. I sucked her bottom lip into my mouth, biting down on it making her moan. My hands are on her hips gripping her tightly, pulling her impossibly close. Before I know it Lily is s
Lily’s pov. “Go on,” Creed urges me, “go find out.”I take small, unsure steps towards my grandmother, not quite believing it’s true. My mother told me when I was young that all of her relatives were dead. I extend my hand in her direction skeptically, almost wanting to change my mind. As soon a
Creed’s Pov.“Another week has gone by and we’re no closer to finding Lily,” I sigh, talking to Glenda.Lily's grandmother. She thought we’d be able to find what realm she’s in but she said something is keeping Lily hidden. She couldn’t detect any dark magic and thinks it’s even Lily doing it herse







