Havermouth, Present Time“F-k,” Rhett was taken aback when Tyler walked in. “You look like shit.”Tyler was pale and his eyes heavily shadowed. His hair was a mess, his jaw stubbled and he wore a pair of tracksuit pants and an oversized sweater that had obviously been slept in. He clutched a litre bottle of murky-looking water in his hand, half empty.Tyler nodded, wearily. “Feel like shit.”“Is the job worth it?” Heath wondered as he set the tray of pancakes onto the table.Tyler shrugged. “This morning it doesn’t feel like it is,” he sat heavily and opened the bottle of water. “At a safe house, I’d be on an IV drip,” he said as he took a mouthful of the water, pulling a face as he swallowed. “Electrolytes in water is a poor substitute.”“Can’t he just give you some vampire blood and heal you?” Rhett asked as he set a cup of coffee in front of Tyler.“He did, a bit. But vampire blood fixes things, it doesn’t replace them,” Tyler explained switching electrolyte water for coffee. “Oh,

Havermouth, Present Time“F-k,” Heath took the flask from Rhett and took a mouthful. “I don’t need this right now. The hospital is overflowing with people with a gastro like illness which they believe comes from the water. They are recommending that where possible bottled or rainwater be consumed, but if tap water must be consumed, it be boiled well before consumption, by the way.“Emergency services are worn thin as people on the outskirts of town are becoming increasingly isolated due to road conditions. Trees falling in the storm have taken out power and telephone lines to half the town and being unable to contact family in that area has resulted in more people on the roads, seeking to reach those stranded, or to join family in town where power remains.“It is possible that we will need to call in the army,” he said grimly. “Which in itself will cause panic, but the army has the equipment, manpower, and resources to be of great help to the town and areas affected by the dam disaste

Havermouth, Five Years Before Heath was tense as the recess bell went. “F-king hell,” he murmured under his breath as he threaded his way through the other students. Would Aislen behave herself? Their parting at the locker had been encouraging. She had thanked him for picking her up. As he stepped out into the fresh air, his eyes went to the grassy knoll, and he felt the knots within his stomach release as he saw her there, sitting and waiting for him, her eyes already picking him out of the crowd. The flush of warmth through his chest ached around his heart, relief, and pleasure tangling with intensity. “Hey,” Cameron said from behind him, and Heath paused, looking back as Rhett, Cameron, the Debutantes, Lillian and Diana and Rohan caught up, creating a crowd around him. Cameron nudged him and nodded to the grass. “Look.” “Yeah,” Heath agreed under his breath, not wanting to let Cameron get overly excited. He met Rhett’s eyes, the dark-haired alpha’s smile brightening. Such a smal

Havermouth, Present TimeHeath led the way towards his bedroom, automatically seeking out the security of his own den, his own territory. He was nervous, he admitted to himself. The vampire was intimidating in every way, from his royal lineage, his age, through to his physical presence.In a way, in Talen, Heath had taken another rogue as a mate, and f-k knew Rhett was a handful at the best of times, but Heath was at least confident after so many years together that Rhett would back down if handled correctly.If Talen decided that he wanted to be the lead alpha, however, Heath was not sure that he would be able to hold onto the position. He had to hope that, like Rhett, Talen had no interest in being lead alpha of their odd little pack – and being a vampire, and not a werewolf, that was very possible.The one-on-one time between them would give Heath the opportunity to sound the vampire out, he decided.Talen paused in the doorway, his eyes sweeping the room, taking in every detail fr

Havermouth, Five Years BeforeHeath watched from where he sat on the bank as Aislen surfaced from the water, her dark hair spreading out in the water like ink. Wet, her hair came to her waist, and he wasn’t entirely sure why that both surprised and fascinated him. She swam in her skin, like they all did, and the flashes of the curve of her arse, the shy peek of nipple above the water line entranced and taunted him.Rhett caught her against him, wrapping his arms around her, and she shone with her enjoyment of his casual, easily delivered affection. She was less confident with Heath and Cameron, her eyes vulnerable and her expression uncertain when Cameron, laughing, surfaced within the drift of her hair.“Do I look like Rhett now?” He asked, pouting his smoulder as he posed with her hair over his own, running streams of water over his face and plastering to his skin.“Only if you let me pierce your lip,” Rhett tapped his fingernail against his piercing. “And then you might have my sex