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Rite of Power 1: Selene
I groaned inwardly as my head throbbed. It was so unfair that werewolves metabolized alcohol so fast that we had to drink way more than a human to get drunk, but we that also meant the dehydration caused a mean hangover. If I didn’t feel like I was playing the worst game of catch up with the rest of my kind, I would’ve canceled this morning’s training session. I just knew I was about to spend the next 3 hours getting my ass handed to me. I snuggled into the chest of the man lying in the bed beside me and breathed in the delicious smoky sandalwood and dark earthy spice of his scent. It made it all that much harder to force myself to get out of bed. If I left it up to him, I wouldn’t be training at all. Sighing, I renewed my resolve to slip out of his embrace and face the world head on. His arms tightened around me, “Just tell him that you’re skipping today.” It took more effort than I would ever admit to wiggle out of his grasp. When
Rite of Power 2: Balance
“You look like you’re ready to start war negotiations with an enemy pack instead of meeting with a long lost relative,” Dmitri teased, taking in the ink black power suit with silver pin striping, I’d put on. I’d wanted to look strong and confident, not hostile. “You think I should go softer?” I frowned, “Or lighter?” I was still struggling to find just the right way to dress for my new rank. Alphas usually wore black; their Lunas wore white, two halves of a whole, balancing each other out. I was an Alpha’s mate, but I was also an Alpha in my own right, at least that’s what we told the world. The truth was I was so much more than that. I wasn’t just your average lycan. I wasn’t even like the other rare female alphas. Half of me wasn’t even mortal. It was a secret that only the two of us knew. “You know I’m biased,” he stepped behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist and kissing my shoulder, “I think you’re most beau
Rite of Power 3: Ulf
I screwed my face up into the sweetest smile I could muster as the unfamiliar black SUV pulled up to the front steps of the main house. A mountain of a man stepped out of the car, standing six and half feet tall, at least. His slightly shaggy, dirty blonde hair was combed back away from his face. A close trimmed beard, made his Viking-like features more prominent. A predatory smile curled up his lips as his stormy blue eyes landed on me. “Uncle Ulf,” I chirped cheerfully, stepping forward to greet him. Dmitri moved with me as if we really were joined at the hip. “I do hope the car ride wasn’t too long or unpleasant. You really should let us put you up in the guest house if you plan to stay long.” The pack’s hotel of a guest house had been booked full. But most of the guests from last night’s party were eager to get back to their own packs with The Vὅlsung making an appearance so close to their homes. “Think nothing of it my dear;” he smiled at me, igno
Rite of Power 4: Blowing off Steam
I’d shrugged out of the suit jacket on my way down the stairs, throwing it at Dmitri as he followed me, still chuckling. For the first time ever, I found my way down to the sparring room before Nathan. He wasn’t long behind us though, with Sophie on his heels carrying in some of my work out clothes and a pair of running shoes. “I’m not changing clothes,” I barked, making her flinch. I had so much rage ripping through me I didn’t even feel a hint of guilt for my Beta’s reaction. “Sometime today Nathan,” I growled at him impatiently. Dmitri wrapped an arm around his sister, pulling her towards the far corner and out of the way while still laughing. Tossing his own suit jacket at the siblings, Nathan stalked towards me, a snarky grin on his face. He came at me, swinging for my face. I ducked; grabbing his wrist as it flew past me and his arm too, spinning him around towards the wall. He caught himself as I let go; only stumbling slightly
Rite of Power 5: Hall of Alphas & Betas
It felt weird, helping to move Nathan’s things into Dmitri’s old apartment suite, across the hall from Sophia’s. We’d remodeled and moved into the suite of rooms that were once occupied by the twins’ parents, and now this suite was sitting empty and unused. It made sense to have all four of us close together, but it still felt weird. Sophie was urging Nathan to remodel the rooms, but he’d just grumbled about how it was fine the way it was. He did not object to my insistence that he at least refurnish the rooms, and let us get rid of all of Dmitri’s old furniture. Almost every first for us had happened in those rooms, with that furniture. Even though we’d agreed to start fresh when we moved, as not all of his first memories were of me, I couldn’t completely let go of it all. Most of the enforcers were helping us all to move furniture in and out of rooms, including my 6 newly trained female warriors. Sophie, with her OCD level organization skills, was wo
Rite of Power 6: Submission
We’d barely stepped past the threshold of our door before his hands moved to liberate my body from their confines. His teeth nipping at his mark on my neck coaxed soft moans from my throat as his hands moved. “Mine,” his deep voice growled both a question and a claim as he palmed my newly bared breasts. I gave him a quick nod. Stepping out of the pants he’d opened and pushed just past my hips and shrugging out of his embrace, I knelt on the floor before him, sitting back on my heels with my hands palm up on my thighs. I submitted control completely to him, just as he’d asked for. I looked up at him. His devilish smile sent warm wave of desire through me. I was already wet and his smile told me he knew it. We watched each other as he moved around me and sat on the plush bench at the foot of our bed. He crooked a finger at me and leaned back slightly. I obeyed the silent command, slinking forward on my hands and knees. My arms folded be
Rite of Power 7: Divine Dreams
‘Where the fuck have you been?’ I growled angrily at my other half, not caring that Dmitri could hear the exchange, but also feeling a sense of relief. ‘Dormiam liberos meos et somnia mecum,’ her melodic voice enchanted us, relaxing our minds and bodies until our eyes closed and we were whisked away from the physical world. I opened my eyes to find the four of us, the Goddess, Dmitri, his wolf and myself, standing the in the middle of our meadow at the center of the woods, where our pack met to shift at each full moon. Even though we were on the waxing side of the new moon, the bright white orb hung in the inky sea of stars above us in her full glory. Dmitri’s wolf gave a deep bow to my twin, her hair silver and straight instead of red curls like mine, but still the same face and body. Naturally, none of us were wearing any clothes. She gave him a nod, and he moved to slide up against my side, positioning me between Dmitri and his wolf
Rite of Power 8: Together
I didn’t get much sleep, crawling out of bed before the sun even peeked over the horizon. Dmitri on the other hand had had no problem falling back asleep, but was still a pain in the ass to get out of bed. He tried to convince me to stay in bed just a little longer, but I needed to do something, anything except sit still while my thoughts swallowed me. The key was getting out of the bed and putting clothes on to deter his dirty mind. Nathan was nowhere to be seen as we arrived in the sparring room, but I usually wasn’t up quite this early. ‘Are you sure that you want to still train this morning?’ Nathan’s voice hit our minds, making us stop dead in our tracks. We had started to run my usual warm up drills while waiting on him to join us. ‘Wow, new luxury bed and spacious rooms and he’s suddenly late for everything,’ I teased, making Dmitri grin. ‘We’re already warmed up, what’s taking you so long?’ I could tell he was annoyed by my ban
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