“Maliyah?” “I’m okay. I can stand.” She again tries to stand but I support her weight. Owen walks over to us. “Thank you,” says Owen. I put my hand on his shoulder and squeeze it. “You’re welcome.” “What the hell is Maliyah doing with you? I thought she was napping? That’s what she told everyone anyway.” I turn and glare at Maliyah. I grab her by the arms and shake her harder than I meant to. “What the hell were you thinking!? You could’ve been killed or kidnapped. The silver dragon that wants to kill you was there! Right there Maliyah! How did you even know where I was? Who taught you teleport?!” I am full on shouting and she is crying. I let go of her arms and pull her into a hug. “I’m sorry,” she cries. “You scared the shit out of me Maliyah. I don’t want to lose you too. Don’t you ever, ever do that again.” “I’m sorry,” she says again through her sobs. “I could feel Malayah and I saw her attack you. I knew I just wanted to be there to help you and I appeared.” I look a

Davina There has been so much death and sadness, Derek and I decide to have a small celebration for the twin’s first birthday. Derek says normally it would be a huge pack celebration but with everything that has happened we haven’t had time to plan it and I feel it would be poor taste to have a party after we just had a funeral. Today is Thierry’s birthday and tomorrow will be Accalia’s but we will still celebrate their birthday together. Maliyah is finally able to take the boot off her leg but we still don’t let her train or ride Beauty. I want her to fully rest and she is still grounded. When I wake up I find Derek is not in bed. I sit up and look around the room. He’s not in our room either. I put my robe on and head to the nursery. I stop outside the door and listen. I can’t hear Derek talking to Accalia. Every since Enzo threaten our other two daughters he’s been very protective of them. Especially Maliyah. Enzo threaten to get her pregnant if he gets his hands on her. He’s ver

“It’s time love,” I whisper in her ear. She looks at me but doesn’t say anything. I give her a deep kiss, savoring it, forcing this kiss to remain ingrained in my memory. Against my wishes, I pull away far enough to keep our foreheads touching. “I’ll be back.” I give her another quick kiss before turning and walking away. I walk towards Mark who is also kissing Daniela, saying goodbye. When I reach him I don’t stop and continue towards the house and he follows. “We’ll be back Derek. For our family’s sake we will be back.” “We must be successful on this trip.” “We will be, don’t worry.” “No seriously, we have to be successful. Maliyah already broke through that seal. She’s talking to Malayah again.” “What really? How do you know?” “When she came to the dragon realm she communicated with us when she was in her dragon form. She shouldn’t have been able to do that. Have you noticed she is spacing out more lately?” “Damn. So what are you going to do?” “Maliyah won’t like it, neit

Davina Derek picks up Maliyah but we just stand there. We don’t know what to do with her. They could take over again at any time. She could hurt herself or others and we can’t let that happen. I am heartbroken to see her in handcuffs like she is some kind of prisoner. “Derek what do we do with her? They could force her to hurt herself or others.” “I have an idea but you won’t like it,” says Aspen as he reappears. “Is everything okay,” asks Derek. “Yes, my mother is fine for now. We don’t know how to determine who is a friend and who is not. Anyway, you are going to have to chain her in your dungeon.” “Dungeon?” I look at Derek. “Yes, love we have a dungeon.” “We can’t do that to her!” “I’ve trained her well Davina. Even without her powers she’ll be able to hurt someone.” I look at Aspen and Derek feeling defeated. I don’t know what to decide. “What if we turn her room into a cell. Remove everything except her bed,” suggests uncle Gabriel. “I will remain in there with her. W

Derek I rush after Davina as she is throwing clothes on and is preparing to head out the door. What the hell happened last night. “Davina, what do you mean your brother. Alastor?” “Yes he killed my parents and he is after me now.” She stops in the middle of the hall and turns to face me. She grabs my hands and places the on her stomach. “What? Is something wrong with the baby?” “No not all,” she replies smiling. “My parents said it’s a boy.” She is smiling wide, staring at me waiting for a reaction. When it finally clicks I pick her up and spin her in a circle. “Really? A boy?” “Yes,” she giggles. I pull her into a deep kiss. Damn I love this woman. She pulls away sooner than I want and I whimper at her causing her to laugh again. “We need a warlock, Derek. We are going to sever Maliyah’s connection. I am not going to lose her too.” I stop her from turning away from to leave and use my fingers to pull her chin up to look at me. She has tears in her eyes. I know this is a d