All Chapters of Mother, May I: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

I volunteered to help train Jacob with the angels—especially since he’s spending so much time with me and my mates. I wanted to make sure I could either shut down his power or at least contain it if things got out of hand.And holy hell, does he have power.The only reason our favorite archangels can manage him is because of the special authority granted to them by their God. Apparently, existing Thrones aren’t the best at interacting with others. It's better to have the lower-powered angels lead the training—they’re more relatable, more human-adjacent. A Throne? Not so much.There are three other new Thrones: a hybrid bear/witch shifter, a panther shifter, and a descendant of Ares who’s also a selkie. (That combo is as chaotic as it sounds.)And for better or worse (definitely worse), Jacob’s in Uriel’s training group with the bear/witch shifter. Right now, they’re working on aerial sword fighting—because apparently it’s not enough to fly or fight, you have to do both at once. The goa

I stand in front of the mirror, watching as my mother sets the flower crown—made of willowbark, peonies, and pink cyclamen blossoms—on my head. Looking at myself, I complete the final touches on my look. I can’t believe how everything came together so quickly, but honestly, with my mom and Naomi involved, nothing should surprise me.“You look beautiful, bug,” Mom says, discreetly wiping away a tear.“Of course she does! Have you seen how that dress hugs her curves? Nathan’s gonna drag her into the woods before the ceremony even ends!” Amethyst, my sister, teases.“Eww! That’s my brother you’re talking about,” Gray whines. As my best friend and maid of honor, she’s contractually obligated to be grossed out.With the blessing Nyx gave me so Nate and I could have a child, we’re not sure how it will manifest. Will it work like wolves—only under a full moon? Like witches, based on fertility cycles? Or is it just going to happen?Neither of us knows. But we both want our pup born into a lovi

Holy. Fucking. Shit.Nathan has done some mind-blowing things to my body before—things that made me feel pleasure I didn’t even know was possible. But to make me cum that fast and that hard? I didn’t know I could do that.As I’m still riding the high of his touch, Nathan stands between my legs. It takes a second for my vision to focus, but when it does? Sweet Goddess. His face, shoulders, neck, and chest are wet—shining—from my orgasm. It’s possibly the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen. Like I’ve claimed him, coated him in the pleasure he gave me.Nathan grips the waistband of his trousers and rips them off like they’re nothing, revealing he’s gone commando. My hands reach for him as he wipes himself down, trying to clean the evidence of what we just did.My fingers wrap around his cock, and he freezes. He’s so thick, so long—so alpha—that I need both hands to even wrap around him.Nathan groans, his hips bucking slightly into my grip. “Fuuuuuck, Frey. You better take that dress off if you

When we hang up the phone with Ryder, Devin and I just sit there, staring at each other. I grab my phone and send a text to our head pilot, Joan, asking if anyone is available to fly me up to Washington tomorrow or the next day.“What the actual fuck was Selene thinking, dumping that much information on a thirteen-year-old?” Dev asks, clearly pissed.“I think she was trying to give him an explanation,” I say, still glued to my phone as Joan texts back confirming she can take me up at 9 a.m. tomorrow. “But yeah, you're right. That’s a lot for someone his age to handle.”I quickly find Roman’s contact info and shoot off a message letting him know I’m flying in and need a ride to the cabin where Amelia, Ryder, and Kennedy are staying. Then I send a text to Amelia and Kennedy to let them know I’m coming.“Couldn’t she have told him what was going on before his wolf came and started wreaking havoc?” Dev says. “That poor kid’s been through enough shit. And now this?”“Dev, we don’t know ever

It’s been one month since I found out I was pregnant.I can’t believe how fast the child inside me is growing.Or how evil it is.As a goddess, I can feel the baby. I know what it feels. I see what it thinks.And this child—this thing—is the embodiment of pure evil. The visions it sends me are bloodcurdling. Being the child of a fallen angel and a goddess, it has taken all our knowledge and twisted it together into something horrific. It’s planning how to destroy the world, overthrow Heaven, and kill the Christian God. With that power, it intends to create and annihilate entire universes, raining its twisted sense of justice across them.I thought that I might anchor it. That maybe having me as its mother, it might carry some light. Some goodness. Surely, it wouldn’t be completely evil.But no. Because I became a goddess through Lucifer’s power, it took that corruption and wrapped itself in it. The child growing in my womb is filled with nothing but rot and malice. Its soul, which brus