(ELYN) I cleared my throat, refusing to answer that. I didn't care how hot he was... he was still an asshole. "Oh... let's not worry about how handsome he is or he isn't. And also, your brother knows..." She shook her head. "No way. I was being cautious." "And he is perceptive. He is the beta of the pack. He knows you are hiding something. He thinks it is a lover or something, I suppose." Meli wrinkled her nose. "Ew." "Oh, what Ew?! It is not like you aren't doing any loving to Le-" I looked around before shrugging. "You know who." "Have you looked at him? That man was too hot for me to stay abstinent. I can't stop myself when I am with him. I wanted to rip his clothes off the very first day I met," she said with a cheeky grin, and I bumped against her shoulder, feeling happy for her. I never really had a friend who was my age or a woman, but I knew she was that. I felt comfortable with her. "You sneaky cow." "Oh, I am not the only sneaky cow here, El. I know what you are doin

(ELYN) "For all your masks of bravado, Elyn Frost, you are truly a coward when it comes to things that actually matter to you," he hissed as he stared into my eyes and my heart thundered. I was angry at how easy it was for him to understand this, understand me. For all my life, people had always looked at me and only seen what my mother did to the Luna, even though it was not my fault. I had loved people, and I knew what came with loving them. The end was never good for me. I pressed a finger to my compass, mindlessly rubbing it as I always did whenever something was a burden to me. I didn't want to- I didn't want to fall, and I had tried so hard. Physical stuff was okay. I could deal with that shit, but everything else I was feeling now was the territory I didn't want to go into. It was dangerous. "Come on, let's go make some cookies..." Ares grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the kitchen as if. I could feel the eyes on my back as I walked towards the kitchen. Azalea was alread

(ELYN) “I didn’t want to hurt you.” "But look at me, now. I am hurt beyond anything, but I am not breaking apart. I knew what I must do, and I would do it. I am going to be the Alpha, and I have to take responsibility. I can't keep hiding," she said with a fierce look in her eyes. "So stop protecting me, and let me protect you for once in your life, and I will." "Okay. I am sorry. I just want to- you are a few of the good things left in Turquoise Falls, Reyna, and I didn't wnat to-" "I know. And now tell me, Elyn. Who are you?" She looked into my eyes, and I sighed. "I am a vampire. Some kind of vampire.” She gasped. "So, my dad isn't your dad and we are not sisters, right?" Her voice went soft as she looked around. I nodded with a sigh as I took her hand in mine. “We will always be sisters.” "And Sienna will always be your mother. You need to go talk with her, El," Reyna said as she squeezed my hand. I knew I had to, but... I didn't want to. Sienna and I were close when I

(ELYN) “We love you, Elyn Frost.” His eyes were darker, dangerously addictive, and my heart raced until I felt like it would come right out of my chest. I felt like I would explode. My eyes widened, and I jumped back from him. A startled squeak left my lips when I stumbled and fell to the floor with a grunt. Ares watched me with an amused look in his eyes. He didn't move or try to help me. He just sat there and watched me as I squirmed up from the floor, looking like a damn eel or something. My whole body heated in embarrassment as I glared down at him and he laughed. "That is one way to respond to a confession," he chuckled. "Sit down, Elyn, and you don't have to say it back. Just don't go around, hurting your sexy ass." He winked at me. "You smug little-" "You just saw that I am not little at all," he said as he proudly stretched back and I bared my teeth at him as he sat there, smug as hell. "Come here." He motioned to me when I grumbled and rubbed my ass. "I will lick it bett

(ARES) I was practicing with my warriors when I felt someone trying to mind-link me. I waved a hand at Everett, and he stopped, his sword touching my chest. “What is it?” I answered the mind-link. “There is a man here, and he says he wants to see you, Alpha.” It was Joran, and he had patrol duty today. “Who is he and what does he want, Joran?” I asked and I could sense his hesitation through the mind-link. “He tells that he is Elyn’s mate,” Joran’s voice went quiet as he said that and my body stiffened. Everything in me wanted to run to him and then prove to him that she was not his mate. Storm growled inside, feeling territorial. What the hell was he doing here in my pack? “Bring him to the weapons shed. Watch him carefully, Joran,” I said before I motioned William for a bottle of water. I quickly took a gulp and washed my face, before I walked towards the weapons shed and mind-linked Kai, who was helping our accountant today. “I am in the weapons shed, and there is this man…