All Chapters of Roll The Dice: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

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Second Visit

StormI was floating on the air, half awake and half asleep, when I was suddenly pulled deeper into sleep. Images and colors sped by me so quickly that they were all a blur that had me holding my breath. I sucked in air as I pitched forward, face-planting into the floor when my world stopped spinning without notice. I groaned as I rolled over onto my back, and was instantly surprised when Alek stood above me. I sat up slowly, my eyes narrowed on him. What in the hell was going on? I never dreamed about Alek. Well, that wasn’t necessarily true. I had the week after his death, but it had been because of my guilt, which was probably exactly why I was dreaming about him now. Tawnie’s pain had been very infectious since she got back from seeing Osirus. I hated it for her. I hated seeing her struggle. I wanted more than anything to be able to fix it, but I couldn’t. I wasn’t the Goddess. I–My thoughts were cut off when his hand snapped out to wrap around my throat. I instantly began to str

The Fight To Reconnect

Alek–2 Months LaterI watched as Tawnie crawled into Storm’s bed, positioning herself between her best friend and my brother. It crushed me that everything had been so stagnant on earth for Tawnie for the last 2 months. Shifters stopped coming forward to interview for Andre’s position, and she was no closer to finalizing a replacement, even though I knew that she had already decided. She just wasn’t ready to truly think about it. Instead of working, she had spent her time hunting for whatever she could find to eat, which, surprisingly, was a lot more than I ever thought she could eat. It must be because of our little girl. I wasn’t worried about her eating; I just found it hilarious that a petite, minus the baby belly, basically ate an elephant every day, and never got any bigger. I knew the waiting was killing her. It was killing me, too, but in order to preserve my strength, I had to limit how often I went into her dreams. Any dream, as a matter of fact. It took a lot of energy that

Hope

Tawnie–2 weeks laterI shifted in my chair again, unable to get comfortable as I tried to finish reviewing the casino’s budget for the next month. I rubbed my stomach, almost growling in irritation as it continued its gentle, but firm spasming. Between that and thinking about the progress that Alek had made over the last couple of weeks, I was getting almost nothing done. I rolled my shoulders back as Storm stepped into the room, shutting the door behind her.“Umm, Tawnie?”“Yes, Storm?” I replied without even looking up.“There’s someone here for an interview to take over for Andresky,” she said slowly.“Who is it? And does it have to be today? I’m not feeling the greatest,” I admitted.She immediately rushed across the room to my side to lift my shirt up, groaning when she saw the barely visible ripples moving in short waves across my stomach.“Goddess, Tawnie! How long has this been going on?” she asked.“A few hours, and—”“A FEW HOURS?!” she yelled. “ARE YOU SERIOUS?!”“Storm, I’

Accepting The Truth

StormI stood beside the slab of marble in the crypt, watching as Tawnie carefully positioned Alek before taking Alex out of my arms. She gently laid Alex on his arm before lying down herself, protectively curling around Alex. Alek’s eyes fluttered, and I reached out to grab Galen’s arm, gasping in shock. Before I could say anything, Alek’s hand slowly crept up Alex’s body until it was curled around her ribs and resting against Tawnie’s chest.“Did you see that?” I exclaimed, excited. “Alek moved!”Galen chuckled as he draped his arm over my shoulders, grinning widely at me. “I tried to tell you, my love. Don’t count anything out. Alek and I have no idea what kind of abilities we have that we haven’t been able to access. Besides, Tawnie is obviously chosen by the Goddess. So is Alek. I have no doubt that she will send him back. They were made for something bigger than any of us can fathom.” He pressed a kiss to my forehead before moving toward Tawnie to place his hand on her shoulder.

Hunting For Jonas

Two Weeks Later“Storm, we should stop for the night. I can tell that you’re exhausted, and your stomach is already growing like a weed. I–”“Stop it!” I hissed, spinning around to glare at him while I put my hands on my hips. “I’m not going home until I find him!”He rolled his eyes. “I’m not going to tell you that you should go home. I was just going to say that you should try to take it a little easy so you don’t put you or your baby at risk. I think–”He fell silent when I threw my hands up in the air. “I don’t pay you to think!”“To be fair, you don’t pay me at all. Tawnie does. And secondly, she told me that I needed to look out for you,” he told me.“Look out for me? She would have never said that. You’re just supposed to make sure that I don’t die!” I snarled.“This is part of making sure that you don’t die! You’re welcome.”“You little–”“I like you, Storm! So, no, you can yell at me all you want, but I’m still going to look after every part of you. I don’t care if you like i

Baby Alex

Tawnie- 3 Months LaterI smiled as I watched Alex crawl over to Storm. Her movements were still hesitant, but at three months old, that was to be expected. Even for a vampire child. I glanced at Alek, who Storm had carefully positioned on his side so he could watch us work with Alex. I was excited to see how much longer he was able to stay in his body now. I had to give him some of my venom every day, which I never minded doing, because even though he could open his eyes, he couldn’t blink. At least not yet, and my venom helped his body heal while he wasn’t in it. I was glad that Storm had stopped insisting that he wasn’t coming back. I guess hearing him say our daughter’s name had been enough to get her on board with him eventually coming back.Speaking of Storm, my smile got bigger when she picked Alex up, tossing her into the air before setting her back down on the ground. Ever since she had come home from her search for Jonas, she had jumped feet first into helping me with Alex. S

Final Battle

The fur, which bristled along his spine as he shifted positions to put himself between me, Alex, and the intruders, was the only acknowledgement of my words. I wanted to reach out and touch him, but I knew that he couldn’t afford to be distracted. Not when Alex’s life was at stake. I put my hand on the back of Alex’s neck to keep her face in mine. She didn’t need to see the violence of the world at such a young age. I wouldn’t be able to keep it from touching her forever, but for now, I could try. Talon bared his teeth when Jonas’’s men started to hesitantly approach us again, their movements slow and almost unwilling, as if they couldn’t stop themselves. Talon glanced at me, and I fully understood his warning.Protect her with your life.I was going to do that regardless of his warning. I bit back a cry of panic as several men all leapt at Talon at the same time. I shoved my fist in my mouth to keep from making any noise that would distract him, while I desperately sent prayer after

Back Together

Talon’s eyes moved past me before he leapt at me, skirting me at the last moment to pin down the man that had been sneaking up on me. I growled as I jumped back into the fray with Talon by my side. In no time, Talon, Galen, and I had finished off the small horde that Jonas brought. As the last man fell, I walked back over to where I dropped Jonas’s heart when I spun around, cleaning it off while Talon sauntered over to me to lean against my leg, closing his eyes as he enjoyed the slight electricity that moved between us.I swallowed hard as I finally put my hand on the top of his head. Tears welled up in my eyes as I ran my fingers through his soft fur, feeling the heat from his skin along with the small movements of his slow, even breathing. When he tilted his head back to look up at me, my heart sped up. I smiled down at him before sinking to my knees to wrap my arms around his neck, completely forgetting about Jonas and his heart. I buried my face in Talon’s chest, breathing deeply

Reconnecting

I woke up to Alex crying. I immediately sat up, groggily rubbing my eyes. “I’m coming, baby. Hang on.”I stumbled over to the crib, panic immediately setting in when she wasn’t inside. I instantly dropped to my knees to look under it, praying that she had just decided to climb out. When I still couldn’t find her, I jumped to my feet, frantically running into the bathroom to look. As soon as I ran inside, I realized the adjoining door was open, and I relaxed. Storm must have picked her up when she started to move around in her crib. She always came over to check on us when she woke up, which had been a big help. I stepped inside the door, freezing when I saw Alek sitting on the floor with her.“Instead of just standing there, can you tell me how this spider-octopus thing with these little flappy things works?” he asked, holding up a diaper.I chuckled as I walked across the room to kneel beside him. “Well, after you take the other one off, you clean her up.”“I did.”“You missed some p

Bargaining for Baby Duty

AlekI climbed out of bed when Talon woke me up to inform me that our kitten was crying. I opened one eye to see what Tawnie was doing, and I could see that she was fighting to wake up. I chuckled softly as I leaned over to kiss her forehead, making her lips curl up as one of her eyes popped open to peer up at me sleepily.“Alek?” she whispered, and the slight tremor of her voice sent shockwaves through me as she reached up to place her knuckles against my cheek.I placed my hand over hers, flattening it against my face. “Good morning, Tawnie.” I pressed my lips against hers softly. “I’ll get Alex and then come back and hold you, okay? I just didn’t want you to freak out if you woke up and I was gone.”“Okay…”I chuckled softly as I brushed her hair back before getting up. I hurried into Alex’s room, where I changed her diaper before picking her up and heading to the kitchen to get her a bottle out of the fridge, which immediately had me groaning when I saw that I had depleted the sup

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