“Again, Nyx! You can’t just rely on your magic to fight!” Zak calls out to me as I practice fending off Brandon and Dev at the same time. I already know that neither of them are fighting me at their full power, since this is something that we’ve just started. But I’ve been working with Esteban, Zak, and Brandon for months to build my combat skills. Ever since I came back to their…our home, I’ve been working on making it so that I was able to defend myself. Though I have a ton of magical abilities, there are many things that could bind or temporarily stop my powers. And if that happens, how will I keep myself safe? I need to make sure that whatever we face doesn’t get the better of me. In the past, I wouldn’t have worried about it. I had enough magic that I would eventually be able to take care of myself, though it may have been at the expense of those around me. Of course, I didn’t want to have to get someone killed. That’s just not the type of person I am. But, I was n

“I don’t get why Nathan is so adamant about rejecting Nyx. She’s amazing! And I honestly think they would be a great pair,” I tell Arya as we walk into the house after my training session with Zak, Brandon, and Nyx. “Well, the fact that he and Nyx were mated again is telling me that Selene wants them together. It’s gotta have something to do with Hecate’s prophecy for him. I doubt that he has another mate out there,” Arya says. She looks exhausted. She had been readying a place for Evanora and Edward to stay all morning, since all of the witches and Meredith were returning tonight. Unfortunately, with so many visitors here from the twins’ ascension ceremony, she had to open up a cottage that hadn’t been used in a while and she needed to do a thorough cleaning. The second we’re in the house, she slumps at the kitchen table, laying her head flat on the table top. Chuckling, I get her a glass of water. I hand it to her before bending down and taking off her shoes and socks

I wake up from another dream of Nyx and me, this one of the two of us with pups of our own. Nyx had just put one of the pups to bed, I had taken care of the other. And then we went to our room and well…I’m in the shower trying to take care of it. Unfortunately, it’s not working anymore. It’s been a week. A fucking week! Every day, I wake up after dreaming about her. Every time I step outside of my door, I smell her scent in my nose. And even though I know that it’s her, there’s nothing I can do to stop me from following it. And every day, she rejects me. And I accept. I haven’t been able to initiate the rejection again after that first time. It…fuck it hurts too damn much. I can’t stop myself from wanting her. There’s something in me that is starting to desire her. Something more than just my wolf. Something that me, Nathan Swift, wants from her. I’m starting to…Oh Goddess, I don’t want to admit this…I’m starting to have feelings for her. She’s strong. She’s k

“JoJo, you can come back home. I know that things are hard right now, especially with your mates, but you have to talk with them. I mean, Jacob’s already taken back his rejection and Alexander has refused to reject you. Do you really want to live your life feeling them, still being drawn to them?” I’m pleading with her to understand that this plan that she has to just ignore her mates isn’t going to work. She’s got to deal with it head on and the three are going to have to come to some kind of resolution. “That’s not true, Mom. I know the stories. I know how Carl broke the bond with Lauren and Richard,” she says. Both my mates and I either gasp or stare slack jawed at our daughter. “Niña, ¿sabes lo difícil que va a ser para ti y para ellos? (Baby girl, do you know how hard that’s going to be on you and them?)" Gael hisses out in rapid fire Spanish, a sure indication of how much JoJo’s suggestion has shaken him. “Sí, papá. Lo sé. (Yes, Dad. I know),” JoJo says. “I know how h

It’s been two days since the breakfast with Nathan’s family. Two days since I found out that Nathan will only ever have one mate. Me. I’m still not sure how to feel about it, so I push it to the side. Just refuse to think about the whole situation. It’s…a lot. And I just don’t think that it’s something I can handle right now. So I turn my attention to one of the other two pressing problems in our lives: getting everyone into the realm of the gods. We want to try and take down the Riding Hoods at the same time we release the gods. Because there is no way that the Riding Hoods escaping and being taken in by Loviatar isn’t tied to the disappearance of the gods and goddesses of the world. That would be too much a coincidence. The other witches are back, having arrived by plane yesterday morning. It was a great seeing all of them and their mates, especially Bella, Gregory, and Jamal. I’ve missed them. “Tell us what’s been going on,” Bella says when I step into their house f