Total pages in book: 202
Estimated words: 193561 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 968(@200wpm)___ 774(@250wpm)___ 645(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 193561 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 968(@200wpm)___ 774(@250wpm)___ 645(@300wpm)
I haven’t been able to wrap my mind around it all yet, being overwhelmed by the urge to protect everyone. My pack, my cousins, my unconscious great aunt.
Lucinda explained Mimi is in a state of pause with her dagger in her gut, which Mimi pulled telekinetically, but until we know more about how it might affect the link between us, it stays put.
Even calm, Joel tells me my eyes are still shiny silver, slightly lit.
***
When I get home, I’m both relieved and irritated at the sight of Jase and my woman sitting beside one another on my front step, holding mugs of coffee.
Linc already called Jase and filled him in on tonight’s happenings. His eyes are on me as I approach.
In addition to their close proximity, I’m also not thrilled Stacy is outside the walls of the house. I pull in a calming breath, telling myself Jase wouldn’t let anything happen to her. He’d protect her with his life. I know this about him as well as I know my own self.
I also know he’s not going to let me live last night down any time soon. I’m not ready to joke about four shifters watching me rut my mate in the woods quite yet, maybe not ever.
My mate didn’t mention any embarrassment regarding that, which surprised me, but I wasn’t about to say anything to make her worry about it. She’s got enough to worry about.
At seeing her safe and well, I allow relief to swim through my veins. But on the heels of that relief is something else. Desire. She doesn’t smell like she’s still in heat, not like last night, but I plan to end tonight with another chance at conception, just in case it didn’t take. And just because. Though even without the chance of conception I don’t plan to let any opportunity to be inside her go to waste.
The pulsing energy inside me has calmed a little, so has that link between me and Mimi, the white noise not loud enough to take space in my thoughts but yet loud enough that I know it’s still there. At the notion of losing myself inside my pretty blossom again, power throbs inside me. All this new magic in me… it’s still fusing with me, getting to know me.
I look forward to learning how to wield it, but in the meantime it’s as if it’s making everything around me more vivid. I feel the energy of the sky, the earth, the living things that surround me. I feel my mate most of all right now and I know she’s happy to see me. I also know her wolf wants at me.
26
Stacy
My mate looks irritated as he moves in my direction, and I see his eyes are glowing silver. And he’s not just moving toward me; it’s more like a prowl in my direction.
His alpha body language must be loud and clear to Jase with the way Jase laughs low, setting the coffee mug down. Rising, he bumps shoulders with Grey.
“I’ll let you get on with your evening. Catch up later, bro.”
“Tomorrow,” Grey says to him, though his eyes are locked on me instead of Jase. “Thanks, J.”
“Any time,” Jase replies.
“Thank you. And goodnight, Jase,” I say to Jase, unable to pull my gaze away from Grey’s.
I don’t know what’s happened tonight, but could tell by Jase’s body language while he texted and listened on the phone out of earshot that the night was not uneventful. He did his best to put my mind at ease, telling me Grey would be home soon and would give me the full update. He did answer my burning question when I asked if anything that went wrong tonight had to do with my brother by shaking his head and saying it was all to do with the SCC visitors.
“Night Stacy. Thanks for the treats.”
I brought him out a coffee and some cookies I’d baked, and he was very nice as he tried to put my mind at ease and invited me to sit on the step and join him for some air.
“My pleasure.”
The energy rolling off Grey is concerning. I’m anxious to find out what’s happened.
“Let’s go to bed, Blossom,” he rasps, opening the door, shimmering eyes on me with intent.
My heart skips a beat as I lift the mug Jase left and move ahead of Grey through the opened door.
While I’m putting the mugs into the sink, turning the water on to rinse them, my hair is moved over to my right shoulder, exposing the left side of my throat where Grey’s lips touch, on his mate mark. His arms wrap around my middle and he inhales deeply as I lean into his warmth. He sighs with relief before the sound lapses into a purr. And now I’m thinking we’re going to bed to cuddle, but I swallow down a gulp at the look in his eyes as he scoops me up into his arms and takes me to the stairs with an expression that does not say cuddle.