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105: Free Will
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Rite of Power 106: Dinking Games
Dmitri refused to budge out of his chair, as he continued to brood over everything Caleb had dumped in our laps. This was not the direction I thought my night was heading in after the loaded promise I earned before dinner. I grabbed a fresh bottle out of the liquor cabinet and exchanged it with the empty one on the desk. “Let’s get on with it,” I hopped up on the edge of the desk and pulled the bottle over to me. “But if we’re going to do this right now, I’m going to need to catch up a little bit first.” I knocked the bottle back and gagged as the liquid burned the back of my throat. I managed to swallow a shot or two down before I had to give up. Dmitri looked up at me with a half cocked grin and an arched brow, “Is that the best you can manage?” “It’s not my fault that it goes down like lit kerosene,” I croaked out, trying to keep the liquid from coming back up while I spoke. I managed another small swig before I held the bottle out
Rite of Power 107: Unhoneymoon
Dmitri’s shirtless torso greeted me as he pulled the door open, but I still caught a glimpse of Selene sitting atop his desk with his just his shirt draped over her. I fought back the urge to blush and smiled up at him, “You two couldn’t wait an hour or two so you could do this in the privacy of your own room?” “Isn’t your mate currently residing in our private rooms?” he frowned down at me, “What did you need to see us for Sophia?” “Alpha Hunter was hoping to meet with the two of you before you turned in for the night,” I shrugged. “Gives about ten minutes to make ourselves more presentable, and for Nathan to make his way here,” he ran a hand through his disheveled hair. “We’ll finish up the day, and then we’ll go meet Hunter while you retrieve your mate from our rooms for the night.” I let out a snort of disbelief, “Ten minutes, really? You two have locked yourselves away together for days, and still we
Rite of Power 108: Women
There hadn’t been much for me to contribute in Dmitri and Nathan’s strategy planning. I was sticking to my guns when it came to the traditional itinerary for large groups of alphas, and I refused to be pushed back into the role of docile female. So with just four days left until Candice was dead and they all left, I was going to avoid the lot of them. Dmitri had only just crawled into bed when I got up to start my day. The sun was just barely starting to peak over the horizon, so I left him there to sleep a few hours before we were due to join everyone for breakfast. Blake was already up and waiting on me by the time I snuck out of our rooms. We crept through the house like a couple of thieves until we made our way down to the garage. “Are you sure that you want to go all the way out there just for some sparing?” Blake grabbed a set of keys to one of the bikes. “We can’t use the sparing room here, on the off chance that C
Rite of Power 109: Girl Talk
I made Sophie tag along with me to the Luna’s Luncheon in the green house. I was hoping that listening to their gossip would help take her mind off her own problems long enough to relax a little. I should’ve known better than to press my luck these days. Kathleen, Connor’s mate, drew everyone’s attention as she made her way through the room towards me. She offered me a small nod, “Alpha Selene, I just wanted to convey my deepest apologies for Connor’s lack of decorum.” Sophie let out a small snort, “Lack of decorum? You’re kidding right? Because if any of us had come at you the way he went after her, I doubt your Alpha would’ve been as merciful as mine.” “It’s okay, Sophie,” I rested a hand on her shoulder, “I doubt she has any more power over her mate than any of these other lovely ladies here.” Katherine frowned at me, “Are you intentionally trying to insult everyone here? We are all the most influential
Rite of Power 110: Shrinking
I was starting to wonder if I shouldn’t be sequestered away the rest of the world the same way Candice was. I was gaining a less than stellar track record when it came to dealing with other people these days. Granted Connor brought my irritation with him on himself. Blake let out a muffled grunt as my fist connected to his abdomen, just below the rib cage. He stepped back and held up his hands in surrender, “Fuck! Who pissed you off this time?” “No one,” I huffed. He arched his brow quizzically at me, forcing me to change my answer, “I guess me. I’ve been pissing myself off. We planned this entire thing out to most trivial detail, and every time I turn around I’ve fucked it up in one way or another. Now the best I can do is stay out of the way so I don’t fuck up anything else.” He flashed me his patented dimpled smile, “You’re too hard on yourself. We expected some push back from the other Alphas, so you can’t blame yours
Rite of Power 111: Baby Games
It was hard to believe that all of this was just for me. Well, me and the miracle that was our baby, now that I was a shifting member of the pack. It was also a nice political move for Selene, even though she’d been resistant to the idea of opening up the celebration to including the visiting lunas. There was a mountain of gifts piled high and they were adding another table to hold the increasing pile when Blake walked in with me. Selene had agreed to let Nathan be her shadow for the day, to allow him to be at my side. She’d insisted on it in fact. She wanted me to have the comfort of my own mate at my side. This wasn’t just going to be about party games, and gifts, I’d agreed to use mine and my wolf’s gifts to help her find possible candidates for the Menae waiting to be called to server beside her. Sophie was her beta. Blake was her protector. Dmitri was her mate. But this was the only thing that I could contribute for her, our goddess
Rite of Power 112: Dummy
Selene came out of Blake and Kelly’s rooms looking like the weight of the world was pressing down on her shoulders. “Do you want to try to get some hitting in?” She cocked her head up to look at me with a wry smile, “I don’t think there is much left for me to learn in the next day or so that is going to help me, but I’m always happy to smack you around for a bit if you need me too.” “Come on,” I grinned down at her, “I’ve got a surprise for you that I think you’ll like.” “I swear to god if running drills, I’m going to break more than just your nose and ribs Nathan.” She shot me one of those rare warning looks that reminded you she was far more deadly than she looked, making me chuckle. “Just come and look,” I led her down to the tunnel system and out to the training grounds. She frowned at the men and women standing paired off for the evening sparing sessions, “I’m not going to practice kil
Rite of Power 113: Erie Calm
There was definitely something off about Selene tonight, but no one seemed to want to voice anything about it. I was willing to bet that the only person that would’ve spoken up, was Blake, but she’d ordered him to stay with his mate for the rest of the day and even arranged to have their diner brought up to them so that Kelly wouldn’t have to tax herself any further by dealing with more people. She kept staring off into space throughout the meal. Clearly her mind was somewhere else. But she still managed to fake a smile, and nod at the appropriate times as the conversations prompted. She didn’t even lean into Dmitri’s touch, which struck me as more odd than her lack of banter.&
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