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he whispers in his ear and pulls back after placing a peck on Rowan’s cheek. “I want to go for a run. I haven’t shifted in days.” Rowan raises a brow. “You’re not fully healed yet.” “I don’t care.” Sage grabs his wrist and starts pulling him towards the door. “Come with me.” Rowan lets himself be pulled out of the house. The morning air crisps against their skins. “I’ll come only if you let me fuck you against the counter when we return.” “Deal,” Sage says quickly with a grin. “Try and get me pregnant while you’re at it,” he winks and takes off his shirt, and the sun beats down on his body in a golden light.

"There, boss Dio. Why?" "We will spend the night there tonight." Riley furrowed his eyebrows. "Are you sure, boss? You might get uncomfortable. The house is not that big and I don't clean that often because I'm too busy spying on everything that's happening on the Lavigne's. Zara Lavigne almost caught me one time but luckily, I told her that I was just crushing on their little sister." "What?" Sebastian immediately reacted with a serious tone. Because of that, everyone moved their heads towards him and blinked in confusion. "I mean, if she thinks you're a creep, she might kill you while you're fucking sleeping. The woman was a fucking assassin, Riley."

“Don’t even try. Your mom already said yes when I called crying yesterday. Richard told me to pick any guest room. I picked the one right next to yours. You’re welcome.” Great. Just what I needed. My best friend sleeping ten feet from the stepbrother who jerked off to my government name. This was fine. Everything was fine. That night Riley showed up with two duffel bags, a black eye, and a grin that said trouble. Mom hugged her like she was a rescue puppy. Richard carried her bags like a gentleman. Jax came down the stairs shirtless …of course…and stopped dead when he saw Riley. Riley stopped dead too.

Chapter Fifteen The Awakening Sage had walked the darkened path toward her house just like the last night, but this time she was going to be ready for anything. She made sure she had her gun in her back holster that her dad had bought her. At her hip, she had a great set of butterfly knives that had belonged to her mother. The closer she got she heard someone in her house. But when she had gotten closer, she peaked in the window and found a pale blond meth head throwing her old, one of a kind books around the room.

"That's what family does." --- The final four days are spent training Riley to control his Light Keeper abilities. It's difficult—his power is raw and unstable, sometimes flaring too bright, sometimes barely flickering. But slowly, with Sage Moira's guidance and Catherine's support, he learns to control the light. On the eve of battle, I can't sleep. I slip out to the garden where we held our mating ceremony and sit under the stars. Amos finds me there. "Couldn't sleep either?"

"Riley, you've published hundreds of articles that have nothing to do with your relationship. Investigative pieces on pack corruption, profiles of interesting people, editorials about mate bond rights. People read because the content is good." "I hope you're right." "I'm always right. It's my most annoying quality." Sarah and Lysander had found a house. Small but perfect, with a nursery already painted pale yellow. They were moving in next month, right before the baby was due. "Are you ready?" Riley asked. "No. Absolutely not. I'm terrified." Sarah put a hand on her belly. "But also excited. Does that make sense?" "Perfect sense. I felt the same way before Selene."

However, I would get through everything for the well-being of my mate and that would be my top priority as always. ....... When I parked my car in front of Sullivan's house, I took out my phone to inform Sage that I already arrived. But to my surprise, I immediately caught the sight of her opening their front door before sprinting towards my car. I hurriedly slid down the window of the passenger seat and once our eyes met, a smile curved its way to my lips and so did she. To hide the love bites again on her neck, Sage settled with the emerald green turtle neck sweater paired with jaded denim pants. Her dark medium-length hair was up in a messy bun, just leaving an amount of strayed hair arou

I look at the front door to see him in the doorway. “W-what do you want?” I set my jaw. “Riley, can we go to the backyard? I want to show you what I really am. What Grandma Jane and Ainsley are too. Even Bonita Gomez. She is a bit special though. She can heal other werewolves with her energy.” He stops and looks at Grandma Jane. “That’s why we didn’t take Ainsley to the hospital last night. We would have had to go to the hospital on the Rambling Hills territory. They would have tried to brush the entire situation under the rug. We shouldn’t have kept this all a secret from you for so long, son. If we hadn’t, none of this would have happened. That’s my fault, and I apologize.”

He squeezed in right between them. "So what's going on?" Riley began to talk about her time away from home when she was kidnapped. She explained she had left out an important detail for them. That her mother was still alive. Riley explained how she thought she had died again up until they left the Blood Moon pack when the Rogue King returned her back to them. She went on to tell them how she was locked up in the cells and about the war that's supposed to happen. "Wow. That's just, wow." Rileys father rubbed at his face in total shock. Sarah looked at him worried from the armchair, reaching for his hand, which he happily took without hesitation.

I saved him—he’s going to be fine. The door gently pulls open, and Riley walks in quietly. She moves closer to me, where I stand by the window. “You can go back home now. I know you must be tired,” she says sympathetically. “I’ll give him the pills you brought out and make sure he’s okay when he wakes up.” I drag in a slow breath, turning to her. “Thank you, Riley, but I’m also here for a prospect. I need him to explain some things to me.”