LOGINThe ghouls were everywhere. They attacked with precision, in formation, but it didn’t feel right. Someone was controlling them and whoever that was, seemed to have an endless supply of the things.Five of them surrounded me and jumped on me at the same time. They started biting my exposed skin. I felt the poison as their teeth sunk into me but the poison evaporated quickly and I closed my eyes as the flames pulled back into me.Their bites burned and it felt like a hundred needles penetrating my skin at the same time. Their skin was cold to the touch and their strength wasn’t something I had expected. Each one of them had the physical strength of an Alpha wolf.“Brenna!” I said forcefully as the flames erupted out of me and blasted the five ghouls away. They didn’t even scream as they burned. We were all engaged in fighting and I could only hope that everyone was holding their own.‘Their bites are poisonous,’ I told everyone in their heads.The battle lasted for more than three hours
A group of Zetas approached us and bowed their heads. They parted and Edmund smiled as he walked right up to me. “Your Majesty, welcome to Scotland.”“Morning, Edmund,” I said with a smile.“Your father is awaiting your arrival in the banquet hall,” he said as footmen stepped forward and took our luggage inside.I led the pack to the banqueting hall and Storm looked around as Edmund walked next to me. Falcon met us at the door and we hugged as he looked at the pack and then he noticed Storm and I could see in his eyes that he realized she was human and he glanced down at our hands.He didn’t say anything though and neither did I. I didn’t have to explain myself to anyone, Kai included. The look in my eyes told him not to say a word about Storm. Blaise had already told me that he wouldn’t stand for anyone saying anything bad about her.“His Royal Majesty, the Alpha King, Jericho Kiran St. Claire and the Royal Pack of Cloverdale,” Edmund announced as we stepped into the room and I heard
I led Storm to my bedroom later that night because I needed to be alone with her. I already knew how I felt and it only intensified once I accepted that bond and stopped fighting the imprinting. She gave me a look as I closed the door behind her.“Just because you’re the Alpha and I left the restaurant with you doesn’t mean I’m going to jump into bed with you,” she said to me.“You don’t have to jump, you can just get into bed normally,” I said.She chuckled and crossed her arms over her chest. “Does that line get you sex every time?”“I’m not expecting that. I just want to talk,” I said to her and sat down on the bed.“Talk about what?” she asked me.“Everything, I guess,” I said and leaned back against the headboard. She sat down in front of me and crossed her legs.“So tell me what’s going on. Why did you come to the restaurant tonight?” she asked me.“What do you feel when we’re alone like this? What did you feel when I touched your hand, when I kissed you earlier?” I asked her. S
“Can I talk to you guys?” I asked as Kiara and Leon started to get up from their seats.“What’s up?” Rafael asked as we settled in the living room.“Are you all insane?” I asked them. I was really considering it because they treated Storm like she was above them.“Why?” Slade asked me.“She’s human and you guys are acting like she’s this gift from the gods,” I said.“Okay, so we all talked and voted and we like her and we don’t care that she’s human,” Tiffany said.“Voted on what? There is no vote,” I said.“We can see you like her and she likes you,” Rafael said.“She’s human and I’m not going through this again. I don’t care how much I like her,” I said.“So you do like her!” Kiara piped in.“That’s not the point. After Anna…” I began to say.“She won’t be human for long,” Rafael said.“What are you talking about?” I asked him, more confused than ever now.“You can turn her,” he said to me.“You can’t turn humans,” I said, frowning.“We can’t, but you can,” Rafael said.‘It’s true,’
I sat on my bed with my mouth open and I blinked a few times. Blaise was laughing at me in my head. Nobody had ever spoken to me like that before and I couldn't believe that Slade had called her of all people. What intrigued me more was that she had come, she’d told me straight out that I was a selfish bastard and I huffed out a laugh.“What the fuck,” I said looking at the door.‘She’s right, human, it’s time to let go. Let’s keep her, she’s got spunk,’ Blaise said in my head.‘She’s human,’ I said to him.‘So?’ he muttered.‘I’m not going down that road again. Anna died, Shawna died,’ I said to him.‘Shawna didn’t die because of you and Anna was never supposed to be with you,’ Blaise said.‘It’s hard, okay,’ I said to him.‘Go shower, human, even I can smell you,’ Blaise said and made a gagging noise.I got up and walked to the bathroom and turned the shower on. I looked at myself in the mirror and I hardly recognized the person staring back at me. I had lost weight and I did look l
I ran through the woods to the other side of Kai’s territory and through the realms back to Cloverdale. I shifted to my human form in the woods and pulled a pair of shorts on. I couldn’t talk to Kai right now. I felt betrayed by him and Adelie. I walked into the house and grabbed my phone from the coffee table and ignored everyone in the living room. I switched my phone off as I headed up the stairs. Once I reached my bedroom, I slammed the door shut.The tears flowed freely as Kiah’s scent hit me. I hadn’t even had time to say goodbye to her or to pack her favorite toys and the little knitted blanket she couldn’t sleep without. The pain was so intense that Blaise retreated to the back of my mind as I screamed.I pulled a T-shirt over my head and took a deep breath. I walked back downstairs to my office and got the bottle of Scotch from my desk drawer. I opened it and drank straight from the bottle. I wanted to sob out my pain and rip my heart from my chest.My office door opened and
“Are you seriously expecting us to sleep in the same bed?” Anna asked me as we walked upstairs and I took her up to my room.“Why not?” I asked her with a smile.“Because… we’ll be alone in your bed!” she said to me and I laughed.“Anna, I promise you, nothing’s going to happen that you don’t want
“That went well,” Slade said to me after all the guests had left and the house was quiet once again. I altered the protection circle to include entry to the different packs that might need refuge.“It went better than I thought it would,” I said to him and he smiled at me.“With everything you know
A few of the Alphas looked at me in disbelief, almost daring me to show them what I could do. The Alpha that had asked me if I wanted to lead them was cocky, older and I knew his type. He didn’t like to be questioned and it was his way or the highway.“I’ve already killed three of them on my own an
A group of Alphas gathering in one place always had tensions rising. Every Alpha wanted to be the leader, wanted to take charge, but the simple truth was, not all Alphas were equal. Some were stronger than others but the need to lead was in our blood.An Alpha only submitted to someone stronger tha







