After changing clothes in our wing of the castle, we visited with my grandmother for a few minutes before excusing ourselves to prepare for his siblings’ arrival tomorrow. I told grandma that I was planning a dinner while they were here and I would let them know when I had a more definite schedule set. Both of my grandparents seemed to be okay with that and we left. As we drove away, Sebastian asked, “Wasn’t Payne’s death a little… dissatisfying?” I laughed, “Yeah, a little. But I also gave him what he attempted to give my mother. There seemed to be a bit of justice in that. Ya know?” He agreed, “I did enjoy the look of fear in his eyes as you dug your claw into his neck.” I smiled, “I did that with the sole intention of making it hurt worse than what my mom would have felt. I wanted him to hurt before he died… even if it wasn’t for very long.” He agreed, “Well, I think it worked. At least he felt the fear and the pain that your mom didn’t have to feel. Plus, I kinda enjoyed the look

I turned around to find Victor standing there. I corrected, “The Goddess does not make mistakes. Maybe you should take a look at yourself to find out why you have not received a mate. If you figure it out, then you could change. I am not the only omega on earth.” Victor shrugged, “Or I could just steal you from my brother.” I shrugged, “Sorry. Not happening. I show him my mark, “Already marked and mated. I am already head over heels for your brother. There is no way you could tear me from him.” He shrugged, “No matter. I will figure it out.” I started to walk past him and he grabbed my wrist. I tried to twist my wrist out of his hand to no avail. I grabbed his arm with my free hand and turned. I threw him over my shoulder making him land hard with a loud thud on the ground. He let go of my wrist on the way down and I heard my mate’s voice from behind me, “Oh. I guess I didn’t tell you that she has been training in hand-to-hand combat since she was old enough to walk.” I added, “MMA is

When dinner was ready, Sebastian, Vito and Vance helped take the food to the table while Kelly and Katie set the table. Mom had already called for Renee and Emily to get dressed for dinner over the loudspeaker, scaring the life out of Renee and making Emily laugh. Sebastian sent a mind link to Robert and Ryan to get ready for dinner and Lizzy walked out with them. When everyone sat down at the table, Sebastian smiled, “Mmm homemade dinner rolls. I’ve been eyeing them since you had them out to rise.” I laughed, “I hope they live up to your expectations.” Dad smiled, “I’ve been looking forward to this lamb roast.’ As the dishes were passed around, I could see mom looking sullen. I leaned into her and whispered, “I will make you a feast tomorrow, mom. I promise. All you have to do is tell me what you want.” Mom smiled, “I think the kabobs idea would be great. Maybe a Greek cucumber and tomato salad with it and some couscous.” I smiled, “That does sound really good. I was going to make som

Adele POV I knew what Sebastian was doing when he joined his brothers in the pool. That was fine with me. As long as my mate is keeping an eye on Victor, he won’t try anything with me. Katie and Kelly swam to me as Kelly giggled, “Lady, you know you are going to make your mate suffer in that teeny bikini. You look stunning in everything you wear.” I smiled, “Thank you. You ladies look beautiful too.” Katie asked, “Do you think Sebastian is going to be able to get Victor to back off?” I shrugged, “If he doesn’t, we will have to visit each other here. I can’t risk being in your kingdom.” She sighed, “We already told him that if he doesn’t give it up, he will be doing it alone and he will be scum in our eyes. Vance told him that the guys would choose you over him if it came to that.” Kelly added, “And we know mom and dad would strip him of his title if he tried this. He’s making his intentions very apparent and we are not liking it.” Katie sighed, “We have already talked to our parents a

Sebastian POV As soon as the ladies left, I pulled Victor into my room, “Okay, what is going on with you? One day, you are challenging my mate and trying to get her away from me, then you are quiet the next day. What’s going on with you? What happened?” Victor paled, “While we were in the pool, Odell kept telling me to leave her alone or he would beg the goddess to take me away from him. You know you’re doing the wrong thing when your tiger begs to be taken away from you. After I got out of the pool, I went to my room. I was looking at the alliance agreement that dad signed and I realized that if I kept it up, I would be risking having almost every species coming down on our kingdom. Then I had a visitor. I don’t think it was a dream, but I just feel like I’m losing my mind.” I asked, “Who was the visitor?” He replied, “The Moon Goddess.” I asked, “What did she tell you?” He replied, “She told me that if I continued, she would not only take Odell from me, but she would call in the all