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Rite of Power 85: Surprise
Selene smacked my hand away as I tried to brush her hair back from her face, “Stop fussing over me! I’m fine, I feel fine and Isabel can’t run the damn test any faster than she already is.” It had been almost an hour since Isabel left with the vial of Selene’s blood, and waiting for the results in this tiny exam room was becoming unbearable and suffocating. I knew something was different, and I had to be sure of what it was before my impulses caused me to do something I couldn’t take back. Arkadi had been no help either, being as clueless as I was about the way I’d behaved. Selene frowned when I jumped out of my chair and began pacing once more, “You&rsq
Rite of Power 86: A Growing Family
It was beyond distracting that both Bo and Arkadi both found this whole situation entertaining, and I wondered if their human counterparts were hearing all the witty quips and snarky jokes the two were tossing around at me. I didn’t find any of this funny. I was happy that Sophie finally found her mate. I was elated that her mate turned out to be another woman, as promised. I was even ok that it turned that they were related to me. I was not ok with was her mate questioning Dmitri’s worth or anything else about our bond. I didn’t know her any more than I knew a stranger off the street. She might have heard things about us or our pack, but nothing that would give her the right to weigh in on our lives. She might’ve been related to me through blood, but even that was just a technicality and still didn’t give her the justification to judge us. Sophie was pouting at me, “I expected something like this from him, but you? I tho
Rite of Power 87: Business as Usual
Isabel looked like she sitting on a caltrop when we found our way to her office. It was almost like she didn’t want to tell us the results from the test, or that she was afraid to tell one of us. I never made it a secret to her during my regular check-ups that I felt I was too young for kids. And Dmitri wasn’t pressuring me to give him an heir. But wolves didn’t look at building a family the same way humans did. It was almost expected that an Alpha would be eager to produce an heir as soon as he found his mate. This also wasn’t the best time for me to be pregnant, if it was even possible. “I’m sorry,” she thumbed nervously through the pages in her hands, “but Alpha Selene is not pregnant.” There was immediate disappointment in Dmitri’s eyes, “And you’re sure?” “Yes, I double checked the results myself,” she leaned over the desk to hand him the file. “It’s ok, it’s not like we were trying or
Rite of Power 88: Olive Branch
“We’ve given them a few days, but Sophie needs to start sleeping in her own rooms again before our first guest arrives,” Dmitri frowned at my reflection as we go ready for breakfast, “Can’t you talk to her?” I gave him a frown of my own, “How would you feel if someone told you that you couldn’t spend your nights with me? I’m not going to ask Sophie to give up the little time that she gets to spend with her mate just because you want to keep her close to you when we’re overrun with alphas.” “Then we need to figure out a better arrangement,” he huffed his frustration at me. “She can’t keep spending all of her free time down in the cells. Eventually someone is going to notice Selene.” “Well I’m all ears if you have a suggestion.” “When you bargained with the Goddess to give Sophie a mate, couldn’t you have specified one who wouldn’t be controversial?” He pinched the bridge of his nose, “Is she intentionally f
Rite of Power 89: Tough Requests
Kelly had lunch all set up for the four of us before we made it up to her place. “I suppose this is going to be the last day we all get to have our private luncheons,” Kelly pouted. “How have you been doing with your ventures outside of these rooms? I hate to be pushy, but it’s going to be difficult to bring you one luna at a time to figure out which ones are naturally suited for the Menae and which ones need a little boost,” I tried to keep my voice calm and even, but I was starting to worry about our time line. “Better,” she smiled, “It’s getting easier to block things out. I might even try to make it down to dinner tonight.” I let out a sigh of relief. At least she was making progress. “Do you think you could handle working with Jeanette to arrange some activities for the visiting Lunas? She really wants to do something helpful with all the free time on her hands right now.” Kelly’s head bobbed, “Just her and her de
Rite of Power 90: Pain
I dreaded this part of the day all afternoon. We were just waiting on Sophie to join us for the end of the day meeting she’d missed for the last four nights. Luckily, my hormone levels had balanced out and being in the same room with Dmitri no longer turned him into a beast, well not any more than normal at least. “You look like you swallowed a fly,” Nathan was watching me with a concerned look on his face. “I’m just a little anxious, our first guests are arriving tomorrow,” I shrugged and tried to sit back and look more relaxed. “I can’t wait to get all of this over with so we can get things back to normal.” Nathan snorted, “What the fuck is normal for us anymore?” “Chaos and pandemonium,” Dmitri chuckled, “I think that is our new normal.” “I do not cause chaos or pandemonium,” Sophie huffed indignantly as she joined us. “So nice of you to finally join us,” Nathan grumbled at her, “Ha
Rite of Power 91: House Arrest
My mood plummeted when the door opened and it wasn’t Sophia on the other side. Fortunately, I was well practiced in hiding my thoughts and feelings from those in power over me, “Good evening Alpha Selene.” Her face gave nothing away as she slowly blew out a deep breath, “Hello again, Alex.” I waited a moment longer to see if anyone else was going to join us, “Sophie’s not coming to me tonight, is she?” Selene shook her head, “No, she’s busy helping Nathan and Dmitri arrange a few last minute details before our guests start to arrive in the morning. It will be easier to do this without them anyway.” I felt my heart stop as pain rippled through my chest, “You’re sending me back to him, aren’t you?” An expression of horror twisted her beautifully serene features, “After everything you’ve seen since we helped you leave your tower prison, do you really think I’d do something so cruel to you? If
Rite of Power 92: The Night that Wouldn't End
“You should try to get some sleep,” Dmitri’s hot breath tickled my ear as he tucked me against his chest; “There isn’t anything else we can do to prepare any more than we have already.” He was right. But even though I was thoroughly exhausted and my eyelids felt heavy, I couldn’t seem to close them and let sleep take me. I laced my fingers through the hand he had resting on my hip and tucked it under my chin, forcing his embrace to tighten around me. “You need to rest too,” I whispered over my shoulder. His soft, rumbling chuckle made his chest vibrate against my back as he held me. “That would be easier to accomplish if I couldn’t feel all the anxiety you seem to have been hiding from all of us all week.” I pinched off the emotional flow in our bond from him to me. “Don’t do that,” his deep gravelly voice sent a shiver down my spine. “I don’t want to be the reason you didn’
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