My Secret, My Bully, My Mates

"I thought that might be a sticking point with you four. You marked each other because of Dakota, to help him heal. No one was thinking about the fact that you are Alpha's, or I guess at the time two Alphas, a Beta and a Gamma. We weren't concerned with rights and rituals that you would normally take into consideration when marking and then mating. We were concerned with your mate living past the fight. We originally put the wind spell as a barrier to the fighters that were still attacking and sent more waves to try and recover Mike."

"How many more people were harmed in this fight?" I interrupt, hating the idea that anyone was hurt while we were working through personal sh*t. "I know Wyatt said we only lost three, but that means they lost so many more." I sat in the chair Cam vacated. I know they were trying to kill us, but I also know that most of them are not fighting of their own accord. They are possessed, under the influence of some kind of drug or being manipulated.

you could have completed the mating ritual as it was designed with no problems. I think the idea was to get to Skylar in plenty of time to disrupt a ceremony for the next full moon as well. The longer you hold off the more opportunities Mike, Adrielle and the Rogue King have to claim you for their own. You are all exceptionally strong now, but having the four of you in tune with magic collectively and the powers you all will unlock when you complete the mating ritual makes each and every one of you prime targets. But, as with all things related to Skylar, we don't know if any of the general rules

easy." Dakota mumbles. "So what can we do? What should we do? I feel like we just keep flying by the seat of our pants because no one has answers." I can feel his anger start to spike and it's not a controlled burn, it's threatening to take him over, so I stand up and walk to Dakota and wrap my arms around his waist. I can feel his helplessness and I hate it. I hate that it's because of me and his need and desire to keep me safe "I'm sorry." He says kissing my hair. I tilt my head all the way back and look him in the eyes, giving him a small smile. "I just feel like we keep reacting to things and I know you are special, Sweetness, but

know of the Rogue King's lineage, he killed and or experimented on all of the females because of their enhanced abilities. No other Alpha King line that we have researched has had this kind of history. Each Alpha King line has some enhancement or attribute that sets their line apart from the others, but this is a unique situation as much as you don't