The Calm Before The Storm“M...My brother….as in ACTUAL brother?” Gemma asked, her mouth opened in shock.“Yes” He said calmly“As in we-are-related-by-blood-brother-from-the-same-mother-kinda-brother?”“Yes“Holy fucking shit!”A clearing of the throat from Pontus made Gemma blush as she realised how rude she sounded. Walking away with a hand on her forehead, Gemma spoke to JiannaDid you know about this?No!Really? Gemma askedReally. Jianna said Otherwise I would have helped to ease the shock. I...I can’t believe we have an actual brother. Not just a pretend oneHeeyyyy! The boys have never been pretend brothers! They have been my protectors...my family, all this time.I’m sorry. I meant no disrespect Gemma. In my excitement, I worded it wrong. Ask him about-“Jianna, you may also talk directly with me” Se

The Day Of The Dead“Yes! YES!” Gemma shouted, her voice loud in the room “Harder MAX!”Max growled as he pounded in her from behind. Ever since that night two weeks ago when Max had spoken to Lily in the flame, he had attended all of Gemma’s combat and magik classes while later catching up on his own. Thank god, most of the other professors had been more supportive of his mating as they allowed him to be there for Gemma.Since then, he and Gemma had become even closer. Even Maddie had started to complain that Max seemed to know more about Gemma/Jianna and what was going on with them compared to her. Max had been smug and Maxsius even more so. Each night they would fall into each other as their passion knew no bounds with Max and Maxsius waking their mate two/three times to take her over and over again. In the morning, they would share heated looks over breakfast before leaving for their training. By lunch time, Max wo

All Hail The Astrid All Hail The Astrid As Max held onto Gemma’s bleeding form, he looked at a crying Carrie who was trying to help stop Gemma’s blood from flowing freely. The old woman who no one even knew, was wailing and pleading with people to help Gemma. She was constantly speaking to Max in whispers and he whispered back. All throughout this, Cindy stayed calm. Her eyes clear as she looked at Gemma. Max hated her, his anger and confusion at her actions causing his heart to pound. When the old woman put her hand on Gemma, Max nearly growled at her until he saw her eyes and then her features change. In a blink of the eye, she was an old woman again, but Max saw enough. It was Lily. What she was doing here and in that disguise, he didn’t know. But he knew she wasn’t a threat. The party had stopped long ago as everyone created a protective circle around Gemma. Their eyes scanned the area for threat as they looked at Cindy with undisguised anger and

Paul, I’ve told you a million times, I’m not ready yet!” I exhaled with visible impatience“I don’t understand the wait!” He snapped back, his nostrils flaring in anger. “We both know that this is what we want - you haven’t changed your mind... have you?” he asked after a moment’s hesitation.I flinched as the face that haunted my dreams flashed behind my eyes for a moment, shocking me to the very core of my being that he still had this effect on me. It was one thing to come to me at night when I had no thought or control over the visions that took place, but during the day? I couldn’t let him keep this level of control over me! His voice boomed around my head, as I knew it would. The voice always followed his beautiful image. He had been beckoning me for days.“Of course I’ve not changed my mind, I just need some more time. I haven’t even told my dad about us...”Pa

My wolf whined in my head, desperate to relay something to me, but unable to articulate what it actually was.My brain hurt, trying to keep my haughty glare on Duke and focus on why my poor wolf was crying so hard. I could picture her in my mind clearly, scratching and pawing at her face in a desperate attempt to remove whatever it was that was causing her such anguish. It was all I could do not to wince as her pain became my pain.I hated that we were not as connected as we should have been, that I had suppressed her for so many years. I wanted desperately to comfort her but I knew that she would understand that I had to deal with Duke first. It had been too long. I was unprepared for the force of him, the way his scent slammed into me, caressing all my senses. Damn him!"Close your mouth, Alpha" I muttered sarcastically, my voice dripping with disdain. "You're acting as though you weren't expecting me, despite having spent the past week begging and pleading wi