The Alpha in Darkness

“What do you mean?” I ask, curious. “Now that they have marked you, you will go into heat, and to answer your next question, I brought you here hoping to lure my brother home,” she tells me the answer to my next question. “So, you can see the future?” I ask, and she nods as…

Ryland shrinks back under her gaze, and I chuckle softly. This woman is small, but man, she is fierce. “Call your brother; he answers your calls. Get him back here now,” she says to her daughter. Amara pulls a phone from her pocket and dials a number. She places the phone to her ear, but…

“That’s it!” Imogen yells, and claps her hands. The bang is so loud my ears ring, and I feel a force that makes me stumble back into Ryland. The only light is coming from the fireplace in the lounge room, just enough to see but not clearly. I find both Amara and Thaddeus frozen in…

Orion watches me, confused. I thought I wanted that, but I don’t want to forget Lana. Why I did it, makes it easier to live with what I have done. “I don’t understand?” Orion says, moving closer, his head lying next to Thaddeus’ leg as he lays down. “I don’t want to forget her; I…

I didn’t think he was even capable of tears. Orion, I can feel, is just as upset, and I promise myself never to ask what they saw. Orion moves to her, wrapping his arms around them, and Evelyn turns her head on Thaddeus’ shoulder. She looks completely relaxed and at home in their arms. I…

“No, don’t touch me! What, he couldn’t destroy an empty field or something? Why an entire city?” I scream as tears start rolling down my face. “He would have gone running, trying to get rid of it, but sometimes it doesn’t work, and he explodes, okay? He doesn’t mean to destroy things; it just happens.…

“Go to bed,” I yawn while speaking. “I will when you do,” he says, yawning, causing me to yawn. Is it true that yawning is contagious? Thaddeus walks downstairs, sitting next to me before retrieving the remote. He flicks through the channels until a growl leaves him when he realizes the only thing on is…

I watch as he walks upstairs. Ryland follows, but he stops next to me. His eyes soften as he looks down at me and quickly pulls me to him. “I’m sorry,” he whispers, and I can feel Orion’s eyes on us. Tingles spread all over my body, and I relax against him. I place my…

“I would rather you stay,” he says, and my eyes dart back to his. He taps his chest with his other hand, wanting me to lay back down. Looking around, I notice Ryland and Orion aren’t in the room. Being around Thaddeus usually makes me nervous. He can be so intense sometimes. His aura makes…

I want to help him, and I don’t know if that makes me just stupid or suicidal. I move my head to the side, offering him my neck. He stops, stepping away from me, his eyes not leaving my neck. “You don’t understand what you are offering, little one. I bite you; I will mark…