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052 | Just like magic
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An Affair with the Alpha 053 | A spell for sunshine
Stephen’s POVIt had all been going so well.By that, of course, I meant that I’d been avoiding Rhiannon like the coward I was and spending far too much time with Hyacinth. Moving in here had meant to push me closer to Rhi. In reality, it had done the opposite.Not that she seemed to mind. She spent all of her time with her new pet, Foxy Spangles, walking alone and brooding, or sitting with her father’s plaque in the woods. I’d gone with her to The Endpoint once, where she’d stared blankly at her dad’s name where it had been carved into the wall. That had been the last time I’d insisted on coming with her.I didn’t know what it was, but I felt half a step out of stride with my mate. That wasn’t supposed to happen – was it?‘It’s because you’re a scoundrel, young man!’ cried Brian. ‘Hyacinth is the bee’s knees, that I cannot argue with, my boy, but it does not justify your behaviour. You and Rhiannon need to have a jolly good chinwag about the whole thing. You are just chockablock with
An Affair with the Alpha 054 | You're not the scallywag - she is!
Stephen’s POV“Hyacinth?” I murmured, going to reach for her but thinking better of it and stopping myself short.“Come on,” she said again, her tone unnaturally steely. “We need those herbs. I’ve drawn a map of our territory and set it by the candle. We should have everything we need now.”I swallowed down further attempts to make whatever I’d done wrong right and sat down opposite her, with the yellow candle between us. There was a carefully drawn map of the Night Wind pack’s territory beneath it, too, as well as a small glass bowl to the right of the candle, and a box of matches to its left.Hyacinth didn’t say anything until I started to lift the herbs. “Tip them into the glass bowl,” she muttered, refusing to look at me. What the heck had I done? Brian’s voice was unusually sympathetic. ‘Marcella said you needed good intentions for this spell to work, did she not, my boy? It might be best to put your disagreement, whatever it was, to one side and focus on bringing spring back to
An Affair with the Alpha 055 | He's made a fool of me
Amelia’s POVCaleb was gone. Again.I reached for his side of the bed. It was cold. I shivered as my palm pressed into the mattress. Even with the fire crackling in the hearth I felt the night’s chill – but I thought it had more to do with the fact that my mate had never come up to bed than the bitter middle-of-the-night air.He’d been distant since we’d been back in Night Wind. Okay, to be fair, he’d been distant with me for a lot longer than that, but he’d been particularly unaware since our return.I missed home. I missed home and, more than anything, I missed Kieran. Leaving him behind had carved an entirely new hole out of my heart. It was for the best, I knew that, and I’d made this choice a long time ago… regardless, that didn’t make it hurt any less.He was my soulmate. Making a decision in my head didn't change the way my heart felt.And now I was back here, in the place where somebody had poisoned me, and the one person I relied on more than anyone else was leaving me alone
An Affair with the Alpha 056 | Duty comes first, prick
Amelia’s POVThe blood left my face in a rush.That bastard.Not only had he kept on fooling around with the Omega, the absolute idiot had done it carelessly enough that he’d been caught red-handed. Or red-dicked might be the more accurate description…He was a cheat. He was a liar. And, worse still than all of that, Caleb had jeopardised everything we’d worked for – everything Kieran and I had sacrificed our love for – all for a shag. My whole body burned with rage. My blood was boiling; I couldn’t see past the haze of red clouding my vision.‘Breathe,’ Maeve said. ‘You can’t lose it in front of this Omega. You know how fast word spreads in a pack, Amelia. You also know how much is riding on this. I know it hurts; I know you want to kill him right now. I do, too. But you’re angry that he’s risked the peace for this. Don’t let him win. Don’t let everything fall apart, not after everything you – everything we – have given up to get to this point.’‘You’re right.’ I picked up my own cu
An Affair with the Alpha 057 | I've ruined everything
Caleb’s POVI raced upstairs to tell Amelia everything, desperate to share the news that the Eternal Winter seemed to be ending, though I’d left my heart back in the gardens with Rhiannon. Separating myself from her, for now, was painful but necessary. I was so hopped up on passion and joy and the swirling highs of the mate bond that I was prepared to tell Amelia the truth about everything. It was the only way to get us through this. She could be with Kieran and I could be with Rhiannon – no harm done.I swung the door open. I’d seen the lights were on from outside, so I knew she was awake. “Ames?” I called, smoothing a hand over my sex-ruffled hair. Oh, to hell with it. She was going to find out soon enough.She lunged at me with her teeth bared. Her hand balled into a fist at my collar, digging into my throat. “You,” she spat, her upper lip curling as she glared at me. “You bastard, Caleb!”She shoved me back against the door. I stumbled, taken by surprise. “What?” I winced, rubbin
An Affair with the Alpha 058 | The first day of spring
Caleb’s POVI slept uneasily, waking up every hour, tossing and turning through the night. Amelia didn’t try to hide the fact that she was wide awake; she sat up and stared at her hands, twisting our mating band around her finger, over and over and over again. Even when I dreamt, I dreamt of her sitting there, twiddling with that ring, sometimes looking at it, others looking at me. By the morning, I didn’t know which parts of the night had been real and which I had dreamt.She spoke to me as the sun rose. Neither of us had closed the curtains. I let its warm, golden light wash over me and tried to find strength in it.“What are you going to do about this mess?” Amelia asked, her voice as cold as it had been last night.I sat up slowly, wishing I could prolong the inevitable. “You know what I’m going to do, Ames. I’m going to do what I have to.”She nodded. “Good. I’m going to tell the others about the blossom. I’ll check in on Harley, too, if you’d like.”“I’d appreciate that.” I clea
An Affair with the Alpha 059 | Hate to see you leave, love to watch you walk away
Rhiannon’s POVI just stared at Caleb’s back as he walked away. I wasn’t going to run after him or beg for him to come back. Fuck that. He’d treated me like dirt for the last time.I’d thought this was it. I’d thought we’d chosen each other. Apparently, I’d been wrong. Really, really wrong. My bottom lip quivered; I bit down on it, hard enough to draw blood. I wasn’t going to cry over someone so callous and cold – even if I was curling in on myself, my head too light, my breaths too shallow. He’d gone and taken my soul with him.I don’t know how long I stood in the doorway. My fingers had long since gone numb from gripping the wood. It was the only thing I had to hold me up. A small, red body wound around my legs. I laughed, the sound choked by a sob. “Hey, Foxy,” I murmured, reaching down to scratch his little head.“I tried to feed him, but he wanted you – Rhi? What’s wrong?” Hyacinth’s worried voice spilled out into the hall. “Are you crying?”I took a deep breath, picked up Foxy
An Affair with the Alpha 060 | Can't fight this feeling
Stephen’s POVIt was hard, to begin with, pretending to Rhiannon that I didn’t know she’d cheated on me. It was hard, but it was worth it – because, as the days blurred into weeks, we found our feet again. Things weren’t quite the same between us as they’d been before, of course, but I’d managed to set aside the scandal, for the most part, and move past it.Some days were harder than others. Some days, all I could hear was the remembered sound of Rhiannon groaning Alpha Caleb’s name.Then there were the days that were even worse than that. Those days had nothing to do with Rhiannon, though, and everything to do with her twin sister.I never told a soul, but I ached for Hyacinth. I tried to shove it aside, to focus on Rhi, but it was like knowing that she’d cheated had given me an out. It made my feelings for Cin grow stronger and stronger – not that I’d ever tell anyone that. On the inside, I was a scrambled-up mess of feelings. On the outside, however, I was Rhiannon’s doting mate.I
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