The queen stroked Vlad's back, trying to calm him down. The situation would be ridiculous if it weren't so dramatic. Vlad, the thousand-year-old king of vampires, was crying in the lap of the queen of werewolves, who had barely turned 40 and an enemy. When Vlad calms down and moves away from the woman's body, he looks into her eyes, expecting to see something unpleasant. He expected pity, disdain, or even contempt. What he didn't expect was understanding and solidarity. - Are you calmer? – he asks in a whisper. Vlad leans against the tree again and sighs deeply. - Yes, I am, thank you. It was a terrible dream. - I'm not going to say anything, don't worry. - However, this sentence already says a lot. Speak, woman; supporting me gives you freedom of speech. - As if I spoke differently. – she responds with a smile. – In my opinion, you and my mate are not significantly different. You two couldn't be more alike if you were family. Vlad narrows his eyes.- Is this a new way of offe
Julius looks at Romeo sleeping. Fatigue and sex had left both him and the baby in a deep sleep. He smiles and can't resist running his hand gently over Romeo's hair.He had never imagined that he could love someone with that intensity or that he would be a father so soon.With a sigh of pleasure, he gets up, grabs the coat that now connects him to the MC and his helmet, and goes down the stairs. It was a little idiotic to ride the motorcycle in the pack land, but it was what he could do to ride the bike he loved and had been given to him by the most important person in his life.He leaves the packhouse and goes to where he left the motorcycle, but he closes his eyes as soon as he gets there.One of his characteristics was knowing the exact place and position where he left something, and something was off the way he found the bike. Most of the time, he didn't care, but it was the bike.- Hello! Why do you have the wheel facing the other way? - Julius says to the bike.- Talking to your
As she had sat with Reed, Alma was sitting in the garden on the same bench and at the same time. Whoever passed by looked at her with pity; they all saw the pain mirrored in the young woman's eyes.When Ayla discovered what she had done, she became furious but quickly calmed down. Alma was very intelligent despite her young age. If she had decided to let Reed go, it was because, for some reason, she knew it was the right decision.However, it hurt. His wolf would survive the separation because the witch in her saved her from that fate. However, Reed's wolf would not be so lucky.“Did Reed wait for you to open the portal to bring him back? Did he think you abandoned him?”"I don't know. I feel like he knew this was going to happen. Our farewell was with the knowledge that we would never see each other again. I'm almost sure of that.”“Why don’t you look for a solution in books? Do you even plan to try?”“Even if I find a solution, it will be too late. His wolf will die soon, and I don'
Aethelwulf didn't want to stay in the office or his room. His head spun from Julius to his mate and from his mate to the apparition in the middle of the forest. Trying to appear as calm as possible, he leaves the office and goes to look for the only place he can remember, where no one would find him and where he could hide, cry, and even scream.In turn, as the scheduled time approached, the beta was in the improvised communication room, waiting for Julius's call. The phone rings, and when he sees that it is an anonymous number, he answers it suspiciously. “Beta, it’s Reed.” - Reed, I'm glad you called. I need to talk to you about Julius. “Don’t tell me he didn’t do what I asked. Is he on his way?” - No, no, at least for now. But he wants your contact information. He says he needs to talk to you urgently, or he'll go there. Reed sighs on the other side. Something had told him he should call Darius that day, and that was one reason. “It's no problem if it keeps him where he is.
Julius looks at his lover and best friend, and they come into view.“Sit down. This false polar scenario is of no interest to our conversation. Use it for others, not for me.”“What the fuck!” – Julius's wolf says.Julius pulls out a chair while Shane gets one for himself and one for Romeo.The image was ridiculous. In a jumping scenario, the 3 of them sit on chairs.“A human friend was kidnapped by Orpheus. I think he thought I was Julius when he made me a target. Since he couldn't get anything from me, he decided that I had to die, but first I would have to watch him kill the human. Making the story short, we fought, and I would have died if Lycaon hadn't appeared to save me. The goddess made him live so many years so that he could save my life by giving his life in exchange for my.”- Is Lycaon dead?“No, his daughter is a high priestess of a white coven. She cast a spell and, contrary to the Goddess' wishes, she kept him alive.”- Daughter?“Another day, at a better time, I’ll tel
With his eyes closed, Aethelwulf remained frozen in time. His thoughts and vision were the only things that worked, and even the hands of the large clock over the bedroom door didn't move.“Moon Goddess, what’s going on?”Coming from the same light where the child came before, a beautiful woman silently approaches the king. He doesn't see her because his eyes are closed so as not to see the same horror again.- My poor son. So tired, so hurt, so lost and confused.When the King opens his eyes and looks at the woman's beautiful features, he immediately knows who is in front of him. He lowers his eyes, as his head won't move from the same place. A mere mortal, much less a mortal like him, was not worthy of looking the Goddess in the eyes.- I know you don't understand what's happening, but I'll try to make you understand. That child you saw die over and over again is the beloved son of Airon and Lysander. A beautiful child blessed by me, too young to understand the way he died. He died
Vlad orders the car to be prepared to go to the communications center. This surprises the secretary, as Vlad never wanted to speak to his son again. He was even more surprised when Vlad left through the palace door accompanied by the queen of the werewolves.But he knew very well that he shouldn't question his king, so he opened the car door for them to get in; he closed the door and ran back to his office to contact the blood collectors' organizers.- How is the gathering going? Time is passing too quickly.“Sir, what you asked is not easy. We have managed to collect 935 bags from Europe's nests so far. Much of it came from the nests' storage, and another part came from the blood donation vans, from questionable neighborhoods and paying an average of 50 euros per donation to the humans.”- How much is that in dollars?“Just over 54 dollars, sir. Per person."- Don't worry about the investment. Collect as much as you can in the next 24 hours. The blood must reach the counselors' chamb
Sterling's head felt like it wasn't working. When he heard Aurelius, he looked at him, picked him up quickly, and ran to the hospital pack.When he walks through the door, everyone present looks at him, but he looks around in panic at every scream from the man he loves.One of the nurses at the reception shouts for a stretcher, and within seconds, Aurelius is lying down and being pushed into the delivery room.- Don't leave me alone. You are to blame for all of this. – shouts between moans and screams of pain Aurelius to his lover.The news spreads quickly, and before Sterling can even move, Valkyrie bursts through the door at supersonic speed.- Don't just stand there; go after him.Sterling was disoriented. He looks at his mate's mother, then runs after the stretcher that had just passed through the doors at the end of the hallway.A nurse stands in front of him.- Did dad come to attend the birth?Sterling nods and swallows hard.The screams coming from the room left him completely