[Ford]
I awakened to the feeling of a small hand caressing my cheek. I opened my eyes and saw Madison’s beautiful honey brown eyes gazing at me gently. I kissed her with all the love and joy I had in me. She was really there. It wasn’t a dream.
Madison gripped my hair and held me tightly against her lips. The hunger in her kiss was doing things to me that I shouldn’t have been comfortable with in bed with another man. It didn’t matter who was there, though. My happiness wouldn’t let it matter.
Her hand slipped between us and down my chest. Her fingers trailed over the muscles, taking her time on the journey south to explore everything she could. When she reached her goal, she squeezed and stroked me firmly. I managed to suppress the groan that tried to crawl from my chest.
“Maddie?” Aria gasped.
Madison left a last, soft kiss on my lips before turning to Aria and capturing her lips. Her hand k
[Madison]I hadn’t realized how much energy would be needed for me to fully wake up. Reanimating a body and, I suppose, turning a body from earth to true flesh, took a lot. The positive of the body was that I wouldn’t be able to get pregnant for a while. It meant I wouldn’t have to be careful, that was good considering just how much feeding I’d needed over the last six hours.The bed moved, but my body stayed warm. It had to be Jeremiah. He was getting up for some reason.“Ford, I’m going to go run a bath for Aria. She needs her bath and sun time. Will you be okay without us for a couple hours?” He asked.“Yeah. She didn’t need as much last time. I should be more than enough for her.” Ford answered.“I don’t want my bath and sun time. I want to stay here until she wakes up properly.” Aria pouted.“No, angel. You need your bath and sun or you&rsq
We headed up to the living room in the Alpha’s living space. I led the way as we went in. I couldn’t wait to see everyone.When I opened the door, I saw my sister straightening up Dennis’ collar. She looked like a fawning girl totally enamored with her mate. It was like night and day seeing how she treated him as opposed to how she treated Serena.Indie had always had a strong, dominant personality and it bled into her relationship with Serena. When she was with Dennis before, she’d held that strong front up. Now that they were mated, she took on a more submissive role in the relationship.Serena was holding onto Rao until she saw me. She let him go and bounded over, wrapping me in a tight hug. I hugged her back, having missed my best friend so much over the last year.“Maddie! I’m so happy to see you up and around!” She squealed.“I’m thrilled to be up and around.” I giggled.Aria,
The room had a heavy feeling to it. I needed to explain everything. They had to understand that I didn’t do it on purpose, that I was stuck and unable to be my true self for so long.If I could have, I would have told them as soon as I arrived home yesterday morning. It was a lot of information. There was so much to tell them all now. I just wanted to go back down to the apartment and be with my mates again. This had to happen though.“Reggie had no memory of the past because of more than just the attack. She was born without it. Maeve Regina is her real name and she wasn’t a concubus, she was… is fae. A High Fae Queen. Reika is also a queen. She is a Ylva… she is the reason Annie called me that. Reika was my wolf. She was trapped in me like Caliban was trapped in Rafe. Like Reggie was also trapped in me. I could use their abilities, but I couldn’t hear them, change into them, or even realize they were there. I felt so alone for so
The rest of the meeting went smoothly. We went over the different types of training I would need to do and the general attack plans we had. Indie was great with terrain and her superhuman abilities would really come in handy. Ford, Anders, and I were the most eager to get to the vampire.I wanted to make that undead fuck pay for what he did to my mates, to me, and to my friends. It was so much more than justice for the people he’d imprisoned. I couldn’t let anyone else kill him. I wanted to watch the life drain from his eyes and burn his corpse.-When we were done, we headed downstairs. I was happy to see Trista, Landry, and Gail. Not so much Poppy, but the feeling seemed to mostly be mutual. She had never forgiven me for letting Anders think he was my mate. It didn’t matter that I told him I wasn’t and didn’t want to be his mate, she still held me at fault for that.Chris and Kacey were in a far corner chatting. Lions were
[Ford]After lunch Rao wanted to do an announcement. I put my foot down. That wasn’t happening until tomorrow. Madison was mine. She could belong to everyone else tomorrow.He tried to challenge me, but he was just an alpha and, in the end, a king will beat an alpha every time in a challenge of wills. There was too much I wanted to do. I couldn’t let her go yet. Plus, she needed to mark Aria.Anders had told me how much marking mates helped demons. I’d seen it when Poppy took some of Anders’ pain while he was fighting last year. I knew that I wanted Madison to have that strength, too. She was never gonna leave me again.I couldn’t stop her from going after the vampire, but I could ensure she was as strong as possible. Like me, Aria was happy to have Madison back. She would want to be marked. I wanted that for her.Watching her over the last year, broke my heart. When I’d had the marking dream, I&rsq
[Madison]I slid my hand into Ford’s pants. I was aching for him. The way his energy grew stronger as I told him about having a crush on him was delicious. He was always my perfect love and I wanted him so badly.Ford groaned as I stroked him while kissing him. I was barely conscious before when I was with him and Aria, it was like a dream. This would be another true memory.Kissing down his chin, neck, and chest, I slid lower, off his lap. I was on my knees between his legs. I pulled him free of his jeans and kissed from his tip to his base, then licked my way back to the top.As I took him into my mouth, I felt a wave of desire energy coming from him. I looked up and he was watching me stroke and suck him. He caressed my cheek and stroked my hair as I maintained the eye contact while tasting him.He groaned as I swirled my tongue over his tip. I loved all the sounds he made. Ford was so much of my heart. I could feel him in th
[Aria]I watched Madison take Ford from the room. Jeremiah wrapped his arms around me. I leaned against him. I couldn’t ignore him now that Maddie was back.She had to give Ford more attention too. I knew that, because I felt the same urge with Jeremiah. I was his only mate and needed to give him more attention, so he wouldn’t feel ignored.It was easy to fall into the habit of giving my other mate more attention. She was only just back after almost a year. I knew that she would get to me.Ford had her for longer than I did. He missed her for longer and more deeply than I had. If he hadn’t let her stay with Anders, I wouldn’t have had a chance to find Madison, too.We would find our groove. I was still a little upset about her being Reggie, but I wouldn’t let anyone know. It was my own secret feeling. I couldn’t get over it as easily as I could get over other things, but I would eventually.W
[Madison]I woke up the next morning in a cocoon of blankets and bodies. Aria and Moran had joined us in bed overnight. We’d brought in a bassinette for Yvonna, so she wouldn’t miss any feedings.The room was full of love and comfort. I’d hoped for something like this. Ford hadn’t even growled when Moran’s hand touched me as he cuddled with Aria.My mates were on either side of me. Ford was sleeping so deeply he didn’t even wake when the baby started crying. I was happy that he was getting some rest.Since I was awake, I decided to get out of bed and see what was going on. Someone had to be up cooking breakfast for the household. Maybe it would be someone fun to talk to.Carefully, I climbed over Ford and out of bed. I checked on the baby, but she was sleeping as deeply as everyone else. I quickly grabbed a dress to pull on and headed out to the main kitchen in the house.Rafe and Landry were