Prelude 12/21 Novels & Stories

I reply holding his gaze. “Alrighty then, I guess I’ll leave you two to your… uh pizza.” Raina says walking away. When she’s out of earshot, Kieran finally speaks. "Still hungry?" He says with a low growl that send shivers through me. I’m hungry... but for something else now. Before I get a chance to reply, the door crashes open and two ghouls walk in looking for trouble. “Lovely.” I mutter under my breath as all the sexual tension in my body drains and turns into combat mode. I begin conjuring my magic in preparation for the fight.

I will have to watch him closely. I led them to the tree line to the east of the building I kept them in. I needed to get to the Blood Moon pack before heading to Full Moon. Alpha Brian is a loyalist of Masters and I need to alert him that the time to gather is at hand. The allies must be ready to attack Full Moon as soon as we get that bitch to the alter. Then the war will begin. I tried to suppress the smile threatening to form at the thought of the plan.

"Happy New Month, Adeline." My name in his mouth sounds differently tonight, softer than it has any right to sound with an ocean of noise surrounding us. I turn back toward the sky. Another burst climbs above the water and fractures into a hundred falling embers, and somewhere between the color and the thunder, the date settles into place. December first. My breath catches in my throat. Tonight was the sixth event. The contract ends at midnight, and midnight is here, unfolding above us in gold and red while neither of us says a word about what comes after.