The thought made Moni shudder. He couldn't think about her like that! She was broken, she was selfish and unworthy of that look in his eyes, the look that said she was the answer to every question he had ever asked. She would destroy him; she would drag him down and cause him nothing but misery and heartache and pain. Because that is what mates do to each other, she only had to look at those clave files to understand that she only had to think of her mother's bruises and broken bones, of the tears she had cried and the blood she had bled. She only had to think of her cold lifeless body to know what kind of destruction she would cause him.So, she had to leave him before it was too late. Before he ended up just like her mother. She had to protect him from the monster that she would become. She couldn't let go! She tried, but her body refused to obey the instructions her brain was screaming at her, unwind your legs, untangle your hands from his hair, loosen his grip, climb down and walk
"What are you two laughing at? This isn't funny" Moni said, glaring at her best friend and his mate. Her mate was flat out telling her that they would be mated. "I don't know how to be in a relationship, I will make your life a misery. You will hate me. I'm bossy and stubborn and a downright bitch" she said as she watched her Omega, waiting for him to dump her on the floor and run for the nearest portal. The thought made her stomach twist."You think I know how to be in a relationship?" David asked incredulously. "I've never had anything even close. I've had arrangements at most, just because I'm an old man, it doesn't mean I have any more experience in the matter. How about we learn together? You may as well just agree now, you think you are stubborn? You have seen nothing yet" he said with a smirk, pulling her in a little tighter.Moni glanced around, seeing the way they were all staring expectantly at her. Why are they all ganging up? She wondered, she glared at the three of them,
"Who are you to speak to me like that?" Adira growled, shaking Jordon hand off when he tried to restrain her. Every one of her maternal instincts was pushing her towards her brother, to protect him. Even if it meant protecting him from himself. "You would tor...""I am his Alpha, you will not speak to him like that" Moni said, staring the fairy down. She growled when Adira tried to move past her again. She didn't know whether the rage flashing red in Adira eyes and the magic dancing at her fingertips was directed at her or David, but she wasn't letting the woman near him, she didn't give a shit that the woman was his sister."Oh, you're his Alpha are you?" Adira said, the ice in her tone cold enough to freeze the blood in a man's veins. "What kind of Alpha sticks around only to torture their Omega, to toy with his heart before rejecting him and ripping away every one of his hopes and dreams? You get away from my baby brother now before you cause him irreparable damage, damage that his
"So, the authority just banned originals from mating mixed blood?" Jordon asked from the loveseat, staring at Moni and Damon, shaking his head when they nodded. "I understand why they did it, it was their children. But how long did they think that law would last? It is inhumane to keep mates apart." he said.The irony wasn't lost on Damon, that a vampire was telling him what was inhumane and what wasn't. He had spent his entire life following the law, implementing it, never really thinking about the fact that there were people out there living without the other half of themselves. Because it hadn't happened to him, it had never had any effect on his life, on the lives of those he had cared about. The feeling of shame welled up in him again, he was embarrassed that he had never looked beyond his own life to see the pain others were going through."Don't, Damon. Don't put this on yourself" Clary said when she saw the look on her mate's face. "This isn't your fault. We are going to fix i
Adira felt a fierce pride well up in her, for her brother courage and for the protectiveness of his mate. The thought was startling. She couldn't help but gape at them, at the way David was wrapped around her, a peaceful, happy look on his face. She felt the sting of tears when she saw a single tear roll down his face at Moni acceptance of him, of a part of himself that they had all struggled with over the centuries, he may not have had as long as her and Clary to grow to hate that part of herself, but each scared glance, each snide comment or outright accusation could still cut her to the core. A careless word or hateful action could cut deeper than a thousand blades."Guys, I'm all for acceptance," Jordon said, breaking into the moments the mixed blood was having with David and Clary, smiling as he remembered the first time, he had seen his wife's fiery eyes, it had been in a much more private setting, he remembered with a grin before shaking the memory off. "But we have more pressi
"I think I got about an hour before," Damon said, when he had his breathing under control, the skin on his side still tingling from Clary light touch. How was he able to elicit such a reaction from his body with an innocent, almost nonexistent brush of her fingertips. He groaned at the thought that he could actually count on one hand the number of hours of sleep he had had since he had met Clary. He was exhausted, hence the wings. He silently wondered how many times a person could activate it before going mad from sleep deprivation."I think about two days ago?" Moni said with a frown, trying to work out when she had last gotten a decent night's sleep, with Damon... unavailable for those few days, running the station and the mission he had sent her on, she hadn't had much more than Damon. She smiled when David wrapped his arms around her before looking up at him with a confused expression when he took her weapons from her."You need to sleep," Clary said, cupping Damon face, wishing t
Damon didn't quite know what to do with himself when he had finished his food. He had never been shy in the bedroom, but he had never exactly gotten into bed with anyone strictly to sleep. It was new territory for him, and he couldn't help but feel nervous, it wasn't as though he had ever slept with anyone he had actually cared about. The men and women had come and gone but he had never had what anyone would call an actual relationship before. His frustration almost pushed a growl from him, should he keep his clothes on? Was Clary expecting him to sleep on top of the covers? Maybe he should offer to sleep on the floor? Fuck! What was he supposed to do?Clary watched her Alpha, watched his internal struggle roll across his face with wide eyes, was he... nervous? Her heart stuttered in her chest when she saw Damon twisting his hands, his eyes darting around to look at anything but her. She had never seen anything more endearing in her life, her big strong Alpha original blood was nervou
Damon already had a huge grin splitting his face before his eyes were fully open. He took a deep breath, inhaling the scent that clung to him. Clary! The size of his grin, however, was nothing compared to the size of his erection! Fuck, it felt good to have his Omega in his arms, but it also had his body reacting before he was even aware of the fact. His mate would probably be horrified if he were awake to feel it. He tried to wriggle back slightly before a growl erupted from his mate. His breath huffed out in a surprised chuckle when Clary hooked a leg backwards over his thigh and dragged him back in. "Want me to do something about that, Alpha?" Clary asked without opening her eyes, grinning when her mate laughed, the sound was almost one of relief. The effect of the shake of her Alphas body as he laughed was certainly having an interesting effect on where his cock was placed. She couldn't have stopped a low moan escaping her if she wanted to at the vibration running up through her a