Avalyn Dimitri, Andrei, and Mikhail made it back home late in the afternoon. According to Nik, they never came back home after the party. They stayed at the packhouse and came the next morning after the 'after-party cleaning situation' was taken care of. He looked amused when he said that, almost as if even he didn't believe what he was saying. Both of us knew better than to think that they stayed back to help clean everything up. They most likely stayed back to spend the night with someone. The good thing was that they brought Tessa back with them. I empathized with her and I wanted her to be happy again. I showed her to the slave quarters and gave her a room of her own. She was the same size as Irina so I got her a couple of clothes until she could go shopping. "Thank you, Mistress." She lowered her eyes. "You're welcome." I smiled. "Now I know that you have not been a slave for very long so no need to be scared of punishments. You won't be punished for something you didn't know

Avalyn The slamming of the bedroom door woke me up. And then a set of lips were on me. I relaxed and kissed him back eagerly when I realized it was Nikolai. His hands were frantic as he touched, grabbed, and squeezed my entire body, as if he was making sure that I was actually there. He ripped my nightdress apart and trailed open-mouthed kisses down my neck. A loud moan left my mouth when he kissed my mark. He left kisses between the valley of my breasts, squeezing them, and then came back up for more kisses. I started writhing in pleasure. I had just woken up, but I wasn't sleepy at all anymore. I wanted Nik. Almost as desperately as he wanted me. My entire back arched off the bed when he suddenly slammed inside me. "Nikolai," I cried out. His intensity was maddening. My entire body was on fire as he pumped into me with wild abandonment. Almost like he needed to bask in my warmth or he would lose himself. No, scratch that, he wanted to lose himself. In me. "Ya lyublyu tebya. Bo

Avalyn The next few days flew by in a blur. All we did was train and plan minute details. We made it a point to practice with the vampires so that we fought like a team. Nik was more stressed than I had ever seen him. In fact, I hardly saw him after our little date. He was the busiest of all. He was training with everyone and making sure that they were doing their best. He took turns explaining the plan to every group in detail to make sure there was no doubt or confusion. He also looked over the manufacture of weapons that we were going to use. We had ordered guns, but wooden bullets had to be carved out of wood. Only then would it kill a supernatural. I took care of lodging the people who weren't going to fight. There were about thirty of them. Keeping them all in a single place was also risky, which was why I had them scattered strategically. That way, no one would know where they were, but at least one group of the pack was near them to defend or rescue them if needed. Max had

Avalyn Nik and I stood on the terrace of the house as we looked at the peaceful ocean. The moon cast a beautiful reflection of itself on the dark sea. Cold winds blew and I shivered. I zipped up my jacket. The waves slowly increased and I caught the sight of a boat. My breath hitched. They had arrived. "The last group of fifty enemies is going to attack our house. They will come through the sea on rowboats so no noise is made to alert anybody. Those fifty men will be divided into groups of two. The first group will have thirty men and the second group will have twenty men," Nikolai had said. "You two," Nikolai had looked at Max and Natalia, "along with Gonzalez and his most loyal and trusted men will come in the second group. The house has three automated snipers on the roof and can shoot three bullets at a time before it takes a break of fifteen seconds to reload and shoot again. Those thirty men will be a suicide squad. They will go to the operating room and turn off the power fo

Avalyn My eyes teared up more. We were winning and now I had put everyone in a position to lose everything. I should have been more alert! I should have been paying more attention to my surroundings! What was I thinking? "Rogue," Emilio hissed. "You planned this whole thing?" And then he shifted his glare to Max. "And you, you devious motherfucker. I must admit, I'm impressed." "Thanks." Max gave him a wide grin. "You will let me and my pack members leave alive or else I will shoot this bitch right now." He pressed the nozzle of the gun harder against my temple. 'Ava, use your powers and throw him a couple of feet away from you. I will save you. I promise,' Nik mind-linked me. I closed my eyes and imagined tossing him a couple of feet away but it didn't work. "Don't even think about using your magic, you witch," he hissed in my ear. "You may snap my neck or throw me off, but I still have a gun in my hand. It will not take me more than a split second to finish you, which I should