Rush All the breath I had been holding waiting for Mazy to tell me who hurt her leaves my body at once. Somehow, I find myself on my knees. I’ve gone from feeling immense guilt and shame to depression, to anger and now…. I can’t even think of emotion, let alone feel it. “Hey.” She touches my cheek, making me face her, “I’m sorry for keeping her from you. If I had known. Goddess, if I only knew.” This isn’t real. I finally find my Mazy and now I have a daughter. I shake my head and sit on the couch, staring at my mate in wonder. That pain that night was crazy. It went on for hours and hours. “You were giving birth to our daughter for two days?” “Birth was 35 minutes. The Labor went on for two and a half days.” She smiles. “Totally worth it in the end.” I remember the feeling, a feeling of contented happiness. I have a daughter and her name is Charlotte. “Charlotte,” I whisper her name out loud. “Yes, her name is Charlotte. I call her Lotty, she prefers it.” An unfamiliar warmth
Mazelina “I’m sorry Alpha, he isn’t at the hotel.” I don’t bother looking up. Rachel is upset. I can feel it. Her mind is racing a million miles an hour, wondering if I’ll hit her or worse, exile her. Rachel’s last Alpha would beat her if he wasn’t satisfied with her answers, which was 90% of the time. Her thoughts are screaming at me. She couldn’t get the information from the Hotel Concierge. The asshole wouldn’t even tell her when he checked out. I called Blaze yesterday, just in case Rush went to Lotty. How can I blame him for going to her….? My heart aches without her. There isn’t a moment that I don’t think about my daughter. Rachel’s thoughts are getting louder and louder the closer she approaches. “It’s fine Rachel.” I dismiss her. I don’t have time for coddling today. Rachel is not the only white wolf we have who was mistreated, and not the only one that needs coddling from time to time. I usually don’t mind but…. “But what if The Guardians are following him?” Samara say
Mazelina “How’s my girl?” I ask Lotty via mind-link. I can see from her mind that she’s alone in her room, playing with her dolls. “Mommy! Are you here?” she squeals in my head, but to anyone who may be in her room, they wouldn’t notice a thing. “I am, but don’t tell anyone. It’s a surprise.” “I love surprises.” She says, excitedly. “Do you remember your hiding spot?” “Yes, Mommy. Do I go there now?” “Yes, baby girl. Whatever you hear, don’t come out until I come in and get you. Okay?” “Is this part of the surprise?” she asks. “Yes, Mommy wants to surprise Uncle Blaze and Daddy. I’m going to make lots of funny noises, but don’t worry, it’s just to scare them.” “Like that time, we scared Uncle Blaze.” she giggles as she climbs into her hiding spot. “Yes, exactly like that time. You were so good; you didn’t make a peep.” “I’m in my spot mommy.” “Good Girl. Quiet now. I’ll see you soon.” I can feel her smile and excitement. She’s excited to see me and that makes my heart bl
Mazelina My eyes sweep over Aries for the hundredth time since he arrived. My once tall, proud brother is now seething with rage, and it’s all directed at me. When Aries first arrived, he lost it. He lunged at me with his claws out, ready to kill me. I had never seen my brother like that. He was always indifferent about things, stoic I suppose some would say, but never angry and never angry at me, annoyed at his little sister but never angry. Now we are seated in the sitting room of my little brother's home with Aries on the opposite side of the room. Alice is pissed. Blaze is in shock that our brother tried to attack me. Rush is behind me, his hand squeezing my shoulder. Elion is in the center, ensuring my safety from Aries. I don’t know what to do or say. I expected he would be upset, but nothing like this. Where the hell is his mate? She should be here helping him calm down. Rush squeezes my shoulder harder; I caress his hand to remind him to let up. He releases his grip but
Rush We’ve been here as a family for three days. The best three days of my life, a week ago I was fucked up, drugs, alcohol, women…. loads of women and now my life has done a complete 360, I’ve become a family man overnight. I’ll never be able to thank Mazelina enough, but I hope this can be the start. “We have everything in its place. She’ll be here any minute!” Alice beams and springs into action, running back to the house to greet Mazy. “She’s going to go nuts.” Elion laughs. He’s just as giddy as Alice is. Blaze is having a tough time wrangling the kids to stay quiet. Lotty tugs on my shirt. “What’s up, kiddo?” “Mommy isn’t happy that we’re not home. Should I tell her?” She looks at me, worries in her beautiful green eyes. “Remember when Mommy surprised Uncle Blaze, Uncle Elion, and me?” She nods her head in understanding. “This is a surprise for Mommy.” “Okay.” Her eyes widen. She tugs harder and I pick her up. “It’s okay baby, Mommy will love her surprise.” She shakes h
Rush We party until the sun rises. “You and I are going to make the most of the sunrise.” I take her by the hand and lead her out into the forest. “We’re going for a run?” she giggles. “We’re doing more than a run, baby.” I then tell her in mind-link so the nosy wolves can’t hear, “We can’t do what I want to do to you in the house, not with the kids in there sleeping.” She laughs. “I like the way you think.” I take her deeper into the woods so we’re far enough away from the house and the security, so they won’t hear us. We both laugh along the way like young pups until I find the picnic blanket, I had laid out for us earlier. She puts her hands on her hips. “You had this planned!” “Of course.” She laughs again but stops abruptly when I tear her dress apart, “Rush, I wanted to keep that for Lotty.” I look at the torn fabric and shrug. “We can have a new one made for her.” “And what shall I wear when we go back home?” I point to the basket. “There’s no food in that basket, just
Mazelina “What have I done?” someone repeats over and over again and it’s giving me a headache. “Samara shut the fuck up.” “Well, well, well, you’re finally awake.” “Just let me sleep.” The “What have I done?” keeps going. I roll onto my back in a huff. “Would it kill you to give me some peace?” “It’s not me.”, “It’s our dumbass brother. He’s got himself in a bit of state.” I blink up at the ceiling, “How long have I been out?” “About twenty-nine hours.” I sit up quickly and lean against the wall, “Rush must be frantic.” “Landon will have informed him. We have bigger problems.” “I know.” I roll my eyes. Oh, how I know… “Aries thinks he lost his wolf.” “Serves him right.” I pull my knees up to my chest and hug my legs. “He hasn’t.” “I hate when you do this. Were you speaking to his wolf?” “Yep, Lox has purposely blocked him since he rejected their mate.” “Wait…. Aries said his mate rejected him.” “Nope. Lox said that their mate wanted to look after him.
Mazelina Aries’s been in a pitiful state since Asim left us. It’s been hours of sobbing and mumbling apologies to all the people he has hurt. I place my hands on my knees and try to concentrate again. Slowly exhale and take a deep breath. I do this repeatedly but to no avail. “Aries, please for the love of Goddess, be quiet.” He sniffles, “We need to find a way out.” “I know.” A thought occurs to me, “If you saw Daisy again if you had one more chance, what would you do?” He laughs at first but then gets really quiet for a while before answering, “I would grovel on my hands and knees and tell her I’m sorry. Sorry for every hurtful thing I’ve done and said to her over the last few years. I would release her from me if that’s what she wants.” “And if she somehow found it in her heart to forgive you?” “I would spend the rest of my days making it up to her.” He sniffles again. “I don’t know if she will forgive me, Maze. I can barely forgive myself. I’m shocked that you even forgive m