Celeste's POVAs I walk, I watch my granddaughter's soul as we walk to the pool of combined souls, and I feel giddy.Wow, that is all I can't think of as I look at the perfectly blended souls. There isn’t a strand of their DNA that has knitted together in a perfect meld of colour.No rough edges and no incomplete bonding. No part of them that doesn’t match the other completely. And it makes me think, makes me look. The souls I just chose to put together have not combined in such a seamless way.Have I been producing wolves that are not entirely one hundred percent a match…. Could I have chosen Hati, the wrong counterpart? Is that it?Is that why he’s the way he is?Placing my granddaughter down, I pick up Leo’s son, taking him back over to the pool of wolves.I pry apart the souls, placing both back separately in the bowl.They stay still for a moment, floating close to one another yet not moving away.They seem to think over whether they want to find another or stay together, but t

Theseus's POVI'm finding it hard to sleep tonight, and I think it's because I can feel Celeste's excitement.What is she so excited about?A dozen things move through my mind, and I know it is probably something simple such as a new baby wolf that she's ecstatic about, but my mind wanders.It wanders down the dark path of thinking about her and Zeus and what they did and how he did it.Could she be excited because of him?It's stupid, the hurt that takes hold when trust is broken.I end up leaving the room I have called my own, and I surface out and into the yard.Zeus believes I am the next god.As in the real god, the god of gods.That was his job.He's ruled for many eons and stood at the helm of the world, reigning over every kind that there is.I stand in the yard looking around to make sure no one is about, and then I summon him.Picturing him with everything I have, using every part of my being to materialise him in front of me.I shouldn't be able to summon such a high-ranking

Five Years AgoDamian's POV"The borders are secure, boss. Is there anything else you need from me?" Alfredo asks whilst standing before my desk in his dressed-down work uniform.Alfredo is one of my most trusted warriors.He's been in this pack for over forty years and not once has he ever shown that he's not trustworthy.That's why he's been put in charge of the borders and the bunkers."No, you can go back to your station two now. Thank you, Alfredo.""As you wish, Sir. Have a good evening."I watch him retreating back for only a second before I pick up the financial papers to look over the decisions Onyx has been making without me.Today is one of those days where Onyx had to give in to his needs. He's sleeping soundly in the back of my mind, so I'm taking the opportunity to check as many things as possible.First, the paperwork and then Lilith.I must see Lilith."Sir," Alfredo interrupts me, taking me off guard because I presumed he had already left."Yes?" I answer, glancing u

Khai's POV ContinuedStripping my clothes to leave them in a junked pile on the floor beside her dress, and without hesitation, I climb in behind her and pull her to me.She fits nightly between my legs, her back lying cleanly against my front.Absently I play with her hair, costing my hand in the piling condition as we lay in silence.I wonder if we will do this in the future, whether we will find time around being parents to enjoy the little things such as enjoying a bath together.Or will we be so pent up and anxious about our child's future that we miss the small moments because we concentrate on the what-ifs?I sincerely hope that isn't the case, but I tend to let things manifest in my mind worse than the factual happenings around me.It's why I close in on myself and steer clear of those around me.If I'm not around them, and if I choose to stay away, nothing terrible can happen.Well, at least that's what I tell myself.If I'm not in the equation, the bad things that follow me

Lilith's POV"Lilith," Obsidian overtakes Khai, speaking to me lowly, sensually even, but despite knowing he's excited for us to have this time alone, I ask him to give Khai back the control so we can enjoy this together, alone."Give Khai back control. I want him tonight," I ask him.Obsidian growls lowly as Khai obviously speaks to him privately as I trail my fingers across his tummy, dragging my nails deeply to illicit pain."This isn't going to last long, Khai. I need it too much."I climb onto the bed, crawling up his body, so I'm sitting on top of him, and he's not unaffected by me.His hands hold my hips forcefully, and I can tell he's trying with all his strength not to dominate this experience, but even so, he forced himself inside me, filling me up with a short sharp pain as he fills me to the hilt. I moan aloud, holding onto Khai as if my life depends on it. "I don't want slow and torturous, Lilith. I want fast and hard,” he demands with that devilishly sweet smile on his