ALICE “Lucius tricked her,” Ian’s voice sounded strained, “into thinking he was in love with her, that by providing us with the rings, that he could live a normal life with her, protect her always… but pretending to love someone when he ached for his mate he’d never see again removed any part of his humanity that he had left. He destroyed her village, drinking every last person dry, and left her to answer to her coven… who ultimately decided to hang her and disown her bloodline.” I tried to remain impassive, but every part of me wanted to get the praise I deserved for ridding the world of that true fucking monster.  “A few decades later, Jasper did find his mate but it wasn’t what he was expecting. She was close to death when he found her, her vehicle had rolled over in a ditch. She had two children who didn’t surv

  LINDEN I smoothed out my suit and the outline of the ring in my pocket passed under my hand, "Without the Lord’s, the Vamps won't be so bold and the Wolves can help maintain the balance again so no more Fae are being taken."  "That's going to be a problem," Nixon shook his head and looked wearily in Declan’s direction, "Alice…" he trailed off but Alice never agreed with the plan to take out the Vamp’s and now she would have to in order to prevent the Fae from escalating.  "Alice will have to get on-" 'Her mate…' Nixon interrupted me with a link. 'I haven't forgotten,' my brows pinched together as I looked at him, drawing the attention of Terran and Declan, 'but if he wants what's best for her, her mate will get over h

  ALICE Ian's fingers laced through mine as we fell onto the grass, his lips taking their time getting to know mine as the heat in my body started to rise.  I needed his skin against mine.  I had to have it.  And when the cooling planes of his smooth abs touched mine, I moaned so loudly that I didn't even recognize the sound as something I was capable of.  I was still only in Rian’s shirt, the smokey notes of it making a chill run through me in anticipation of his warmth, but Ian’s hardened length was grinding into me through his clothing from where he covered my body with his, and the slow rhythm of it was pushing me towards a distracting release.  His hand

  ALICE “How long do I have to fatten up?” I jokingly said but earned a disapproving look from Rian as he set more food still in front of me. We’d lazed around most of the morning, taking turns getting cleaned up before we had to take another food break. “Is there a goal weight I’m not aware of? Is it a-” Rian’s phone buzzing had me pausing. It had become almost normal for Marcy to call Sebastian in such a short span of time, but when Nixon's voice came through all the playfulness I felt fell away.  "Where's Alice?"  "She's paying attention."  "Marcy isn't doing so great, I don't know what's wrong with her, but she's pale even for a Vamp."  "How often is she feedi

  NIXON Linden looked past Alice to where her unmarked mates were standing. They were weirdly calm and looked too relaxed for an unmarked mate to be, but there was something in the way they watched her that told a different story.  “Mountain,” I smiled and Alice jabbed me in the ribs with her elbow as she rolled her eyes.  “RIAN,” when she called him, announcing his name loudly for me, something changed in the way he was looking around. It was less calculating and more adoring, she was his sole focus and every word she spoke had him spending every ounce of his attention on her, “You’ve already met the unfortunate mess that is Nixon,” she linked her arm in mine, not so subtly checking to make sure my tattoo was still there before slipping her other arms in Lindens, “this is my other triplet, Linden.” She motioned