Mag-log inShe kneels in the grass, and the wolf standing in front of her immediately shatters every expectation I had. Small, lean and brown. A gentle Omega, but he has power; he’s likely a healer.“Jake,” she breathes, reaching forward slowly.The wolf immediately lowers himself onto the grass. Submitting tr
** Bastian’s POV **The scent hits me again, and I barely avoid taking a fist to the face. The punch breezes past my jaw as I twist away at the last second.“Getting slow?” someone taunts.I ignore him because it isn’t the spar that’s distracting me. It’s her. The scent has been lingering around the
“Because we didn’t,” Jake grumbles.“Why, is something wrong?” I sit up, needing to be able to see them both. Neither of them answers right away, which tells me everything and nothing. “It’s nothing you need to worry about,” Leo says, sitting up and rubbing a hand over the back of his neck. “We ju
** Poppy’s POV **For the most part of the day, I hold myself together, the way I always have. Showing weakness and crying helps no one. I have been through loss before, and I made it out the other side. This isn’t as bad as then. I’m older now, and my sister isn’t dead; I just can’t be around her
“I’ve got you,” I whisper softly.She makes another noise that sounds remarkably close to my name as she turns to face me. She doesn’t wake up, not fully, but she knows I’m here. Her breathing evens out again, and I feel nothing but peace through the bond from her.I’m not sure how long I lay there,
** Jake’s POV **Today was not the happy, carefree day I had hoped for. I thought mating with Poppy would stabilise her the way it had with Paige, but we are very quickly learning that the sisters may be similar, but they are not the same.Seeing the devastation on her face when she realised there w
** Paige’s POV **Morning comes too fast and slow at once. I don’t think I ever actually fell asleep, not fully. I drifted, floated, hovered somewhere between exhaustion and adrenaline. Between fear and hope. Between the things I lost… and the things I might be gaining.A child, a possibility.My ha
“Paige…” I groan against her lips. “You’re… goddess; you’re killing me.”“Good,” she breathes, kissing me again, needy, hungry, almost reckless. “I want to.”I pin her against the door with my hips, both hands braced beside her head. I kiss down her throat, slow at first… then harder when she tilts
“They wanted leverage,” I say. “They wanted fear.”I look each of my mates in the eye.“So let’s give them the opposite.”Ryder rises too, stepping into my space with a mixture of awe and something far more primal.“Paige,” he murmurs, “we have another idea, but I’m not sure how you’d feel about it.
** Paige’s POV **I wake to warmth. Not sunlight or the lingering glow beneath my skin, but warmth that feels alive. That feels wrapped in love. The kind of warmth that only comes from my mates.Ryder’s arm is draped over my waist, heavy and protective even in sleep. His breath is slow against the b







