The Alpha in Darkness

“Well then, go downstairs if you don’t want to participate,” Ryland says as he steps past him and grabs me. He lifts me off the floor, my legs wrap around his waist as I feel my back hit the mattress and he climbs between my legs. He grips the waistband of my pants, pulling them…

“If you don’t, she will become weaker, and she will die,” Thaddeus says. “And if we do?” “I don’t know. Hopefully, she turns into a vampire; if not, she might become a Lycan, or both.” “Or both? Is that even possible?” I ask. “I guess we will find out. I thought the baby was absorbing…

We have been on the move for ages, never staying in one place for more than a night. Orion opens the car door as we approach it and slides across the seat. Thaddeus places me in my seat and gets in on the driver’s side to start the car. I try clipping the seatbelt in,…

His mother pats his back softly and he abruptly walks away. I can feel he is emotional through the bond, not sad but not happy either; it takes me a second to recognize it. It feels like loneliness. I stare after him, worried until Orion places his hand on my shoulder. “I will check on…

I have no idea; no names are coming to mind at all. I actually thought it would be a boy, so now I am completely blank on names. I shrug, not knowing, and slowly pull my shirt off. Thaddeus drops down, helping me pull my leggings down while I hang onto his shoulder. I can’t…

“Any baby names yet?” Ryland asks, and I shake my head, looking to them to see if they have any. They, too, shake their heads. “Well, she will just be Baby until someone thinks of something,” I tell them, and they nod. Orion’s eyes snap to the huge TV for a second. A picture of…

Thaddeus watches him storm out. Then, he stares at the box. Ryland walks over to him to see what Orion gave him, and their eyes snap to me. “You’re pregnant?” Thaddeus asks, wide-eyed. “You can’t keep it, Evie,” Ryland says, walking over to me where I am frozen on the floor. My heart is pounding…

“That’s what we are hoping, but the baby will be tribrid; it might absorb everything. My mother craved blood during pregnancy,” Thaddeus explains, and Orion nods. I can see he is trying to think. “I’ll do it,” Orion says, making Thaddeus look at him. “You’ll do it; you’ll really cut her open? Your own mate?”…

“Not even for her? Or our child when it’s born?” Thaddeus growls, but adds nothing. “Answer me, Thaddeus; I feel it. Feel it getting worse within you. I know you like the power, Thaddeus. I know you are addicted to it. Do you want to lose her?” “You know I don’t, so why ask? I…

My thoughts go to Evie; what if that was her and our child? I am almost stuck in a trance until I hear the shrill voices of the woman screaming, and the girl’s cries as her mother tugs her behind a shelf near the entryway. The man I can see is holding a gun at…