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I get up from the floor slowly and put on my coat. I don't bother wrapping it tightly around myself like I did when I left the cottage this morning, I let it hang loosely, not bothering about the flashes of skin that show but instead focusing my intent on the barrier instead.Calling back my magic isn't as easy as breathing it out."The spell is done. The dome can fall."I chant the words softly under my breath, watching the colors and threads around me pulse with the command, unraveling as they come apart.The trees I used as anchors shake lightly, the leaves rustling as if blown by a soft wind as the barriers I placed come crashing down.Nothing changes for me. I still see the forest and the trees, but the barriers were never meant to make anyone else invisible from me.They were meant to keep me hidden from everyone else, and that's exactly what they did.Seren is the one who lunges at me first.I see the moment she turns and catches her first glimpse of me. The next moment her for
The urge to open my eyes fills me strongly, If only so I can ask with my eyes fully open, if what she's saying is true. Is my baby really going to be a girl?My heart pounds heavily in my chest as emotions I can't name run through me. I... I didn't think this was the way I would find out the gender of my child.A part of me is glad to know I'll be having a baby girl...A part of me is in love with her already....There's also another part of me that's worried about what's just been said about my child. Still with my eyes closed I ask, "What do you mean she's decided she wants to come faster?"The woman with suns for eyes steps closer and the space between us hums as she responds, "Your child's witch bloodline is awakening before birth."A chill runs down my spine.All the knowledge I got after my awakening tells me there's no way that could be possible. It can't be.Every descendant of a witch bloodline only has their awakening when they have come of age. Until then, a witch is as nor
My magic rises from deep within me, smoother than it ever has before. Like it has been waiting for me to call it, magic flares from me in controlled amounts.Gold and white light flickers at the edges of my vision as I lift my hands and each wave I release works to follow the things I draw in the air, "Conceal me."Sigils form in the air beneath my fingers."Send prying eyes away."The words leave my lips firmly and magic answers back. It ripples outward, spreading through the trees like a blast of wind."Protect me. Protect my child."This time the magic doesn't just ripple, it surges, blowing out in a wave of gold and white light.The sigils I've drawn ignite faintly in silver before dissolving into the air around me.As I repeat the enchantments to send everyone and everything around me away, my heart calms down slowly.My magic flows all over the space around me and when it gets to the trees, they tremble slightly, my magic informing me that I have now used them as anchors. Golden
I wake the next morning and the first thing I notice is the weight.hMy stomach feels heavier. Much heavier.My hand flies to it before my eyes are even fully open and by touch alone, I can tell I'm not hallucinating this. The curve beneath my palm feels bigger and tighter, like my skin has stretched overnight.I sit up too quickly and a sharp pull runs through my abdomen. It immediately squeezes a wince from me and I sit, gripping the edge of the bed until the pain fades.A slow breath leaves my lips when it finally dissolves but the suspicion I slept with last night now finds words. I whisper into the empty cabin room, "This isn't normal."I stand, moving straight to the small mirror across the room.This is the first time I'm looking at myself since I left the Silvercrest pack last night and it hasn't been a day since, yet the woman staring back at me already looks different from the one who arrived at the Moonveil borders last night. Overdressed and pregnant.For one, my stomach ha
The Alpha of the Moonveil pack sits behind a wooden desk, his posture relaxed but his eyes sharp on me as I step in through the door.Under the soft light of the lamps at all corners of the room, I get my first real look at the man known famous for leading a pack that keeps to itself, and never interferes in the politics of other packs.The Alpha of the Moonveil pack is older than Coren.Streaks of gray run through his dark hair and he has the calm presence of someone who has ruled for a long time. He reminds me faintly of Coren's father, Simon but I can tell he's not as old.His gaze drops to my stomach, but unlike his warriors he doesn't react outwardly. There's no sharp inhale or visible surprise. He only looks back up at me and lifts one eyebrow as he asks calmly, "You travelled this far alone?"The question is simple but it carries a force that feels heavy, like weight on my chest.A flicker of panic cuts through me but I steady myself quickly, "Yes. I did."He leans back slightly
The warriors exchange looks that flicker with confusion as they wait for a response from me.For a moment I want to tell them who I am, tell them where I'm coming from, but in a bitter twist of fate I realise my scent has already revealed the truth of who I really am now.I'm a rogue. Pregnant and overdressed.I'm no longer Luna of the Silvercrest pack or mate to Alpha Coren Silver. I don't feel sad that I've gotten rid of those titles, but I'm not naive enough to think there aren't people who wouldn't want to capture an Alpha's mate as leverage, even when she's gone rogue or rejected him.I place my hand over my stomach protectively as I respond, "As I mentioned earlier, I'm only passing by and seeking refuge."The frowns on the faces of the warriors deepen but I don't sense any danger from them. The female warrior's gaze drifts to my hand and then rises back to my face before she asks, "What are you doing near Moonveil territory?"Moonveil! Oh thank the goddess, I actually made it.
Tracy's pov.I'm standing in the pack kitchens when I feel it.My wolf, Selina whimpers in my mind and a feeling of wrongness passes through me. All of a sudden it feels like I'm going to be sick and I wait."Lucy, can you hand me the plates there?”I wait for the feeling to pass, but it doesn't, “
“What are we gathered to discuss?” Coren asks coolly.“She’s pregnant.” Bob wheezes weakly from the floor.I can’t help but watch as Maria helps Bob up and into a seat. He has a hand firmly clutched to his chest and such a look of pain on his face that I almost feel bad.Bob Woods may have been a wa
"That's absurd!"An elder's voice erupts, thundering in fury.The other elders join in, each of them whispering or shouting something about how disrespectful this is, but my focus isn't on any of them. It's on the two people who have made my life a hellhole in this pack since the disappearance of t
I feel like someone just stabbed a knife through my heart.My grip tightens over Jack's lunchbox as I grit out, "Where did you hear that?"His excitement doesn't even dim a bit as he responds, "That's what they're all saying."I want to grab his arm and shake him while I ask who the hell "they" are,







