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.
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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
Indie let my hand go and let her demon form out, showing off that she was a concubus. There were some scattered applause. I let my demon form out too. All of it.“I am Morrigan, Vasilia of the demons.” I stated while my human form shifted.The crowd gasped as I changed and, when my wings came out, there was some excited chatter. My wings were feathered, raven-like, black wings. Avian demons had been wiped out long ago. It wasn’t just that they were believed to be gone, they no longer existed.If I ever had demon children, they would have avian wings. It was almost enough to make me want to try for children after Ford was gone, but I thought of the children. They would need their parents and I didn’t want them losing me before they were old enough to learn everything.When the chatter died down, I pulled my demon form back and let fae form Reggie out. My hair turned gold and metallic. It shined in the early morning’s sunlight.
I followed Adam to the area the fae trained in. It was a clearing in the forest. The trees rose to meet the clear blue sky and the songs of birds echoed through them.There were only about twenty fae, aside from me and Adam. Not nearly as many as I’d thought, but fae held magics that were different from those of any of the other races in the camp. They were also fierce fighters.As we entered the clearing, I let Reggie out. This was her training and I would know whatever she did. I pulled the hairtie off my wrist.“No. It’s better to let your hair go. Sometimes the magic needs you to be in things that aren’t created by humans.” Adam said.I nodded.We stopped in the center of the clearing and everyone bowed to me. I thanked them and an older looking woman came to the front of the group. She eyed me carefully.“This is Teela. She will help figure out your abilities. Magic speaks to her. She can feel the ebb
When I got to the main sitting room in the lower half of the Alpha house, I found Aria sitting on the couch, reading. Without a second thought, I crawled onto the couch and laid my head in her lap. She chuckled and set her book aside.“How was fae training?” Aria asked.“Exhausting. I need to learn so much.” I groaned.“It was a wise choice, then. If you have a lot to learn there, think of how much easier all of the other training will be for you.” She said.“You have a point, but I don’t like it.” I laughed.“You don’t have to like it, Madison, you have to get stronger and better. We don’t want to lose you again.” Aria chided.I nodded and closed my eyes for a moment. I was so tired. It felt like I had used more energy in that training than I’d ever used in all my years of hunting as the Phantom. It was amazing and I couldn’t wait to get to the point w
Over the next few days, I trained hard and Ford or Aria were available for feedings after lunch every day. I was so grateful to have them. We’d all slept in Ford’s bed every night because no one wanted to be without me.I figured they would feel more secure about our relationship as time went on. Once I was recharged, I was working on more glamour practice. Smaller things instead of something as big as that tree trunk. It took less work for me.Ford was starting to get a little more comfortable. He stopped panicking if I wasn’t there when he woke up or if I disappeared while we were visiting with other people. I was so happy to see him coming into himself more.More than anything, I was thrilled at how my family was coming together. I looked forward to the time when we would start building our home and growing our family even more. Everything in me was urging toward getting ready for the final fight so I could finally have the life I’d al