Age of Night Book One to Three by May Sage

Author:May Sage [Sage, May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Madam's Books

Chapter 10

Alphas

The circular room with animals painted on the light-yellow walls, was entirely littered by fluffy toys, and piles of presents they hadn’t gotten around to opening yet. All their allies had sent gifts to little Zack. Their baby.

Five years ago, if someone had told him it was possible to feel so entirely whole and content, Rygan Wayland wouldn’t have believed a word of it. His mate was rocking their treasure in her arms, absentmindedly humming a timeless lullaby. The picture of happiness.

Yet, he’d never been as wary, either, and he could see a shadow underneath Aisling’s eyes that said she felt exactly the same. She’d blocked him through their bond; in the past, she’d only done it when she’d been furious - or hiding a birthday present from him. Now…

She was scared. Try as she might, she could never quite hide anything from him. They were two parts of the same soul.

“We have no reason to freak out yet,” he voiced. “Turners are extremely rare.”

His words felt empty, even to his own ears. Turners were rare because they came from old families descended directly from the very first shifters - witches had rendered the following generations unable to affect human beings.

But he was a Wayland; his family tree could be traced right back to the top, hence why he turned into so bestial an animal. And she? She was the very definition of a first generation of shifter. Part beast. He’d always been proud of everything she was, but there was no denying that it made their odds look grim.

“I feel danger coming, Rye. I can almost taste it.”

He would have loved to say that he didn’t; but that would have been a lie.

“Hsu would…”

“Hsu is a child. We shouldn’t rely so heavily on her. For one, that could make us complacent. We…”

She stopped talking as a discreet knock interrupted them.

Opening the door, Rye tried to smile as best he could.

“Hey, little one. We were just talking about you.”

The child had been crying. That much was obvious, although she’d done her best to hide it, drying her tears and lifting her chin. Her eyes were still red and puffy.

“What is it, sweetheart?”

“I’m sorry,” she sniffed.

Those words seemed to undo her hard work; she lost her composure and started bawling her eyes out again.

“Hey, hey, now,” he said, effortlessly lifting her from the ground like she was a toddler, too.

At ten years old, the girl rarely accepted that sort of comfort, but she buried her arms in his neck and cried harder.

“What is it, Hsu?” Ace asked, suddenly by their side.

She’d put Zack in his bed; from the corner of his eye, Rye could see the little monster immediately shifting and tearing through the curtains in an attempt to climb out. “You know you can tell us anything.”

“I did something - something really bad.”

“Right. Do I need to get a shovel to hide the body?”

Hsu didn’t laugh, but the joke worked nonetheless; a reminder that they had each other’s back, no matter what.

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