Another bonus chapter for this weekend. Happy reading
RoriI was exhausted, but at least the burning was now a distant memory. I pulled on my white jean shorts and a pink t-shirt before brushing my hair up into a messy bun. Feeling hungry, I wandered out of my room for food and soon came face to face with my mother and Daphne, having located them in Casey's Beta apartment. "Victoria, not here?" I asked my mother, noting the absence of my little sister, with a little disappointment as her innocence would have meant any awkward heat or mating conversations would have been avoided. "She is with Miss Potter, so I was thinking we could talk." she said as I picked at an invisible hang nail. "Sure, but I am starving." I replied, hoping to prolong the delay the conversation another way. "Tacos are here." Casey called as she stepped off the lift and beamed as I gave a defeated sigh. However, I was so hungry that I was willing to bear the inevitable talk for tacos. I happily munched on the Tacos as the women served themselves and sat down. My
BenWith all that had been on my mind with Rori, then the hunters, her heat, and relocation discussions, it was easy to forget about Sir Anthony sitting in the Palace cells. The council had done its investigation, and under their insights, Anthony had admitted what he had tried to do to the Crowned Princess. A forced mating was unforgivable in our world, one of the worst crimes and sadly more commonly inflicted on vulnerable women than the community cared to admit. I knew things with him were in motion when King Emmett summoned me to his office. "Come in, Ben." he called once I knocked, and I entered. Adam sat in the office with Danny. All three looked comfortable, yet a serious tension hung in the air. Paper littered the Kings desk, and his window was thrown open, shining the morning light on King Emmetts' deep maghony furniture. The room had pale blue walls and was decorated with the dark wood shelves that held books. A leather sofa stood to the side of the room, and above it was f
Rori. I was sitting with Sage, who was happily playing with Victoria on the floor with me. We were busy watching her for my mother, and we now found ourselves busy helping her to build a Disney Princess jig saw. "I am a real Princess, not just a cartoon." Victoria told Sage, who smiled."I know, Princess." she laughed."Are you a princess?" Victoria asked. "Because Rori is just a bigger Princess, and Ash and Eoin are Princes, but they're not like in the stories either. Eoin will be King." She whispered as if she was telling Sage a secret. "I know." Sage whispered back. "But I am not a Princess. I am a Royal Gamma and a witch." Sage responded as Victoria nodded thoughtfully. "Guess someone has been learning about pack politics." I laughed but stopped suddenly when I felt over whelming rage and anger rush through me. I knew instantly it wasn't mine it was Ben's, and its force was doubling me over. "Rori?" Sage asked as I took deep breaths to compose myself through the forgein emoti
BenThe past couple of days had been unsettling, and something had Kane on edge. I couldn't quite place what was happening, but watching my mate face off with that Idiot Alpha Sir Anthony had really set my nerves on high alert. I was happy that Rori had decided to allow her father to order the punishment because I didn't want her living with the outcome for the rest of her life. Rori was safely at the academy. I had dropped her there along with Sage this morning to complete some exams she had and then had doubled back with Eoin. Our Alpha training had taken a more realistic turn in recent times. There was nothing we could learn in a classroom right now that we weren't learning being active in the pack. I now sat in her father's office with Danny, Adam, and Eoin going over what Anthony had revealed in his confrontation of Rori. "She did well in getting more information from the piece of shit then we tortured from him." Danny sighed. "Confirming there are groups out there still agains
Rori. I sat in the pack dining room that was now doubling as a military style temporary field hospital for minor injuries. With the clinic damaged in the attack, everyone who wasn't in need of or on serious medical machinery had been placed here. A kind young nurse fussed over my cuts and bruises, and it annoyed me. I pulled away from her and pleadingly asked her. "Please don't. I'm fine. Go tend to someone who needs your help." She looked at me with timid eyes, and I could see her thorn expression. "The King has ordered you be cared for." she sighed as I numbly nodded. "My wounds are minor, and I shall worry about my father he will understand. I will be healed before he even sees me." I assured her as she nodded and scurried off to help someone else. "You should have let her check you over." Ben scowled. "Don't start, Ben." I snapped, rolling my eyes. "I'm fine, besides its Sage I am worried about." I muttered."I know." he muttered as he pulled me close. I allowed his warmth to
Ben. "Your fly is down." Adam chuckled, and my blood ran cold. I knew I was covered in the Kings daughters scent and arousal, which added to this horribly awkward situation but we were in a hurry and without asking for a dman shower there wasnt much I could do but brave it. As her mate, this moment was always going to happen right, I thought to myself. Adam was howling almost with laughter, and it was all being made worse by the fact we were about to board a confined lift together to ride to the ground floor. The King was now mumbling something that was fueling Adams laughter. "He's her mate. You can't kill him." The King was chanting under his breath to himself. "You're mate will kill you if you kill him." he continued in a barely audible chant. I must have looked confused as Adan met my gaze and smirking simply said, "He is meditating, manifesting your survival." he laughed. "Don't worry, I told you before the Royal Beta does the killing, and I won't kill you today." he added, and
Rori. When I woke, I reached out only to find Ben's side of the bed cold, and my mate had evidently left already for the day. I sighed he had been late returning from tracking Anthony, and despite my efforts to wait up for him, the emotion and exhaustion of the day had caught up with me. I had felt his warmth and the great comfort it brought when he did finally make it to bed and wordlessly cuddled me against his chest, but waking up without him now was distressing my already anxiety ridden wolf. I could feel Tara more and more each day. She didn't always have the strength to converse directly with me via our mind link, but I could feel her constant presence now. I climbed out of bed and quickly showered, drying and braiding my red hair into a long braid. I threw on some black yoga pants and a cropped powder blue jumper. Shoving my feet into my trainers, I found my mom in the kitchen washing up some coffee cups. "Morning, sweetheart." she chirped as I slipped onto a stool at the bre
BenOnce we had confronted Sir Anthony's parents Alpha Lord Arher Turner and Luna Lady Megan Turner, they had denied any knowledge of Sir Anthony's plans. It was hard to gauge if they were sincere and genuine, but as they agreed to come to the Palace and help the crown, they remained innocent until proven guilty. They were escorted back to the Palace with their travelling gaurd, and the potential tension of the morning was now ebbing away. King Emmett sat up front of the SUV with a warrior driving. Eoin and I were seated in the back with Danny when the Kings eyes glazed over. Once his finished his mind link, he turned slightly in the seat to speak to us. "That was Charlie. Apparently, Rori has got some important information for us. I do want to hear it, but first, I want to run a little test at lunch with our guests, and I need Ben's help." He added as I looked up and leaned forward slightly, nodding for him to continue. "At lunch, we will invite Lord and Lady Turner to join us, but