“Good Morning.” I greet to the whole table before taking my seat next to Reece. He looks at me dumbfound.
“This is a lovely.” The Queen turns her attention back to me. “To what do we owe this welcome surprise?”
“It was actually Reece’s idea that I spend more time with the family.” I smile and lay my napkin on my lap. “I hope to make it a regular occurrence rather than a surprise every now and then.”
“That would be wonderful.” She smiles back.
Everyone falls into idle chitchat as Reece leans over to me.
“You look gorgeous this morning.”
“Thank you.” I say sweetly, allowing a blush to stain my cheek
My mind hasn’t stopped spewing thoughts since breakfast this morning. I honestly don’t know what happened. After I stuffed myself into my once perfect bra and top, I was walking down the hall with my arm laced through Reece’s, we were talking about going away to a Northern Europe Country in the winter. Next minute, the smell of bacon was suffocating me. The nausea gripped me so hard I actually doubled over and began dry heaving. Maybe…“Would you mind doing me a favour, Matteo?” I ask him from the backseat of the car.“It depends on the favour, Princess.” He looks in the rear view mirror at me.“You’ll enjoy doing this one.” A soft smile tugs my lips.“Okay.”“Would you mind going to a pharmacy after you drop me at work and getting 4 pregnancy tests. All different brands. Please.” My voice is slightly shakey but Matteo’s broad sm
CalypsoWe’re all sitting at breakfast. I absentmindedly pick at my food, letting my mind run. All I can think of is the battlefield. All I ever think of is the battlefield.The sweet tang of blood in the air. The iron mixed with dirt. The beating sun. Everything about it was bliss. After the battle I was so drained and my mind reeled but looking back it was like my body, my blood, deep within my cells, craved the battle and bloodshed.Craved the power death holds.Kim wasn’t entirely with it during the fight but I felt more alive then even before. I commanded teams and brought my own sword upon enemies.I am a warrior.The Army General said he was proud of me and how I handled myself out there. He said once I’m old enough I’ll be in charge of my own team.But since that day… all I can think about is blood and death. I can feel it’s stickyness dripping from my fi
PullPluckPinchStickSprayMore hereLess thereFluff thisFlatten thatThere is a swarm of females in my room getting me ready for the ball.The ball. The baby’s ball.The little tot isn’t even a semblance of a person and it’s being thrown a whole ball.I didn’t realise just how much I wanted a baby until I found out I was pregnant. Now my whole life seems to revolve around it. Planning and decorating and baby proofing. I mean I even read out loud to my belly. Which is all so ridiculous seeing as the little thing is barely a month old.But I’m allowed to be excited, right? Everyone else certainly is. Fussing over me and the baby even though the baby isn’t really a baby yet.The only person who’s unhappy about it is Roy. He tries to hide his disdain but I know, I know he’s unh
I stand in Reece’s office. I smell like sex. I feel like shit. He’s never done that before. Never been so possessive, so… claiming. That’s what he did though, he claimed me, marked his territory. He even bit into his mark again, made me smell like him.Then left.Left me all alone. In this stupid office. He said it was so I could make myself decent again. He said it so sweetly too. With nothing but love in his voice.So here I stand, on my office balcony. Staring into the great wide darkness. There’s not moon tonight, no stars, no light. No hope.What a pathetic little life I’ve got here.I hide who I truly am from the one person who’s supposed to love me the most. Love me for who I am. But he doesn’t want me to be who I truly am. He loves the sweet little princess I twist myself into just for him. He constantly tells me how much more he loves me now, like this. Maybe I&
Its still early in the afternoon so I decide to do some light reading. Reece got over his possessive BS and let me carry on working. So, after the two months I’ve been working with as his assistant, Roy decided it’s time to let me shadow an editor in my spare time, which isn't much but it's a start. The editor is such a nice female. Her name is Helietta and she is a 600 year old fae who has been editing since the first printing press so I have a CRAP TONNE to learn from her. I sit all tucked up on one of the wicker chair on my office patio. I turn to the next chapter of one of the project books she gave me to edit. It's nothing big but it's still something. Immediately I'm hooked. Sounds start to fade, the room begins to morph into some else's bedroom and Reece's stare fades with my reality. I can feel the main characters touch on my skin. The sound of the river outside of the tavern room. The roudy sailers drinking their beer downstairs. I can feel the leather belt unde
Consciousness trickles through me. I keep my eyes closed, relying on my sharp nose. It’s damp. And dark. No light shines behind my eyelids. I can feel restraints on my ankles and wrists. My wrists are against someone else’s. From the scent, I’d say it’s Matteo. I twist my fingers to lock with his and squeeze gently. He doesn’t move. Goddess above I hope he’s still alive. His heartbeats weak but when I pay very close attention I can hear it. I sigh and slump further into my chair as relief floods me.I hear a door somewhere open and click shut. Heavy boots thud towards me.“Miss Ashyver.” A deep voice comes from right in front of me. “My name is Derek. I’ll be your shadowed for you training. The Daemonium wishes for you to be presented. Are you ready?”I tilt my chin up slightly but say nothing.A strong, rough hand grabs my cheeks and tilts my head up. I can feel it&
Calypso“THERE’S A LETTER FOR YOU REECE!” I shout into the castle as sift through the mail. Usually someone brings the mail to everyone but I’m anxious about receiving a letter.I recently sent a letter to one of the greatest warriors in all of were-history asking if I could spend time training in his pack. He hasn’t sent anything back but I check the mail everyday just to make sure.Reece storms into the room and snatches the letter from my hand.He scoffs before reading it out loud, “I know you’re probably mad about the work trip but I’ll be back soon. I love you. Kim. I love you, Kim? Can you believe this?” He looks up at me. “She has an emergency work trip with no cell service and the best I get is a card saying I know you’re mad and I love you? What bullshit is this?”“I don’t care, Reece.” I finish sifting through the mail, throw
CalypsoI hate this typos party. I hate the alcohol and the smoke. I feel like I’m in a haze.I break off from Morgan to find Kiaan. I don’t know what it is but something tells me I should stay close to him tonight. I circle the party and instead of finding Kiaan, I bump into Josh.“Hey, Calypso.” He says with his mega watt smile. His smile isn’t as nice as Kiaan’s. It’s too symmetrical. Kiaan’s is slightly crooked to the left, especially when he does a half smile to the left.“Hey, Josh.” I smile halfheartedly back. “Awesome party.” I gesture to the party going on the level below. On the main level, the dancing and drinking is happening. On the level above, with the bedrooms and bathrooms, is where people are getting… frisky or where the deep conversations and smoking is happening.“Thanks.” He stands closer to me as we look ove