The Alpha in Darkness

“Don’t forget our deal, brother,” she retorts, and he rolls his eyes. “What deal?” I ask, confused. “Doesn’t matter. Here, Ma,” Thaddeus says, holding out his hand to her. Amara nudges me with her elbow, motioning toward Imogen, and I watch as his mother approaches him and Thaddeus hands her something. Imogen gasps, and I…

I know her happiness is all that matters to me now, and I can’t wait for our son to be born in the spring as our little family is blossoming. Amara luckily inherited my sister’s magic. My boy, though, is yet to be determined, and I now understand why my mother took my magic when…

Overwhelmingly hot wind moves over me. * * * Evelyn Each room is empty, yet I can feel I am getting close, like a bond is tethering me to her, drawing me closer. Opening the next door, I find some scientists standing around some device. They jump as I burst through the door and leap…

“It’s a long story; one for later,” Thaddeus says as he grabs Amara from his father. I notice Theo looks away like he can’t see his daughter like that, like he doesn’t want to remember her that way. I hear bones snap and see Tobias shift into a black wolf, taking off after his wife.…

A price that is for only me to take. I sit her on my lap; life is drained from her face, and gold veins litter her skin from where her magic bled out of her. She shouldn’t have to pay for my sins; none of them should have to. My mother, though, is the one…

“Get those filthy lips off me. I know you suck cock with those lips,” she says, rubbing her forehead with her hand. “Thank you,” she adds, resting her head against me, and I pat the side of her face with my hand as we watch the storm dissipate. Relief floods me as she loops her…

He pulls on my arm, sitting me up, and I can hear people running through the trees and the dirt driveway. He stands up, and I see his shirt is soaked with blood. His pain radiates into me through the bond, and I don’t understand how he is able to force himself up. “Ryland!” I…

* * * Ryland They take her away. They wheel her out as she lays writhing in agony. Her screams pierce my ears and heart as I watch on helplessly, thrashing against my restraints, and I can feel the silver bleed into my skin, my skin melting away under it. I try to listen, but…

“What did you see?” I ask, gripping her arms and shaking her as I force her to look at me. “I saw Ryland fall. I knew something had happened, but then I lost it. I couldn’t hold it, like they went unconscious,” she says, shaking her head. I can tell she has been using her…

Looking around, the entire place is a trap, and my mates and daughter are the bait. Orion lets out a breath, looking around for another point of entry. “And that’s why you’re not going in there,” I tell him. He looks back at me just as I snap his neck, his body falls limp against…