Luther I woke up to movement. I looked down and saw Lexi’s legs intertwined with mine. Her head on Ryan’s chest, her arm wrapped around his waist. I saw Ryan trying to lift Lexi’s arm and scoot out from under her. “ You alright, man?” I linked him. “ Yea, I just can’t sleep,” he linked back. “ Want me to help move her?” I asked. “ I was going to get up so I don’t disturb the both of you. But she has a good hold on me.” he laughed. “ I warned you she likes to cling in her sleep.” I chuckled. “ Yea, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.” Ryan said. He is right about that. We stayed in silence for a few minutes. “ Want to talk about what’s on your mind?” I asked him. We are a unit. We are supposed to work as a team. If I can help him sort out what is bothering him I will give it a try. “ You mean besides this bullshit with Valerose. It is my mom and Lexi’s idea about merging the packs.” Ryan said. “ I’m going to take a page from Lexi’s book. Let’s take one thing at a time. We can’

Lexi I knew Skyline was in pain. As much as I hated it for Kent and Ryan I wasn’t going to put a stop to it. Ryan and Kent needed to hear what was in her head. And I wasn’t going to tell them. They needed to hear it from her. And what I saw I don’t think that was all of it. No I’m not a mind reader. I only saw what she was thinking at the moment. Just a few images and I could feel her emotions from those images. Got to tell you she is pissed at me. She thinks I ruined all her plans. Skyline screams out in pain “ Make it stop you bitch.” “ It will stop when you start talking.” I said calmly. The more she fights the more pain she will be in. I hold no sympathy for her. She has hurt my Ryan. “ How can you let her do this to me? I’m your mate.” Skyline groans. She is a second away from vomiting she is so much pain. I can tell by the way she keeps gagging. “ If you just talk the pain will stop.” Kent said. “ I don’t have to tell you anything.” Skyline yelled. I have had enough of he

I am frustrated beyond belief. My witches are worthless. I supposedly have some of the strongest, most powerful dark witches at my disposal. And yet the can't give a definite answer on how to override Lexi's mating mark with mine. Well, they can but all the answers they have given me involve hurting Lexi or causing her pain. I don't want that. I refuse to cause pain to my future queen. That is not the way I'm going to get her over to my side. She will hate me and resent me if I cause her any pain. I'm so pissed I have already killed two witches. The remaining have to start over from scratch to give me the answers I want. It is very simple. I want to mark Lexi without causing her pain. How hard can that be? Apparently very hard. I was waiting for my warriors that I assigned to Lexi to come back. I have four warriors watching while she is at school. That is the only place we know she will be for sure. Everything else is a guessing game. We don't know what pack she goes to. And the wo

Lexi As sweet as it is to watch Jesse and Annabelle I need to move this love fest forward. We have things to do. I kiss Ryan’s and Luther’s cheek and tell them I’ll be right back. I approach the love birds that are just staring at each other. “ Congratulations to both of you.” I say. That startles both of the causing them to jump apart. I want to laugh at them but I don’t. I hold it in. “ Oh, my queen. I didn’t see you there.” Annabelle said. “ No, worries. You are looking at you mate. I understand. Since you two haven’t exchanged names yet, let me have the privilege.” I said holding my hand out to Annabelle. She takes it and I say “ Annabelle, I would like you to meet Jesse from Aspen Rain.” “ Jesse.” she whispers looking into his eyes. “ Jesse, my loyal guardian meet Annabelle.” I said. “ Beautiful name for a beautiful lady.” Jesse whispered. He is so cute when he is being cheesy. I look at Annabelle as I hold out my hand to Jesse waiting for her permission. Annabelle nods s

Ryan When Annabelle started shifting nervously in her chair my gut told me I wasn’t going to like what I hear. I looked around and noticed several of my pack members that were sitting at our table went quiet and were looking anywhere but at me. Jesse wraps an arm around Annabelle’s shoulder. “ Belle, I know we just met so my word may not mean that much yet. But I believe Alpha Ryan just wants to know. He isn’t going to punish you for telling what you have seen. You know him better than I do and I know he is a man of his word.” he said. I see Annabelle relax a little. “ And if not I’ll have Lexi zap him.” Jesse laughed. That cause the table to relax more. I have no doubt Lexi would send a pulse my way if I went back on my word. Annabelle takes a deep breath then looks at me. “ I honesty not sure how to answer your question. I have never interacted with her. Not many of us did. If we needed anything we went through her assistant. And until our queen came along I didn’t think anyth