by Trina Bates
The ocean, that would be amazing! Alyria can grow with nature and when the dust settles, we can always come back! I think to myself and find that I’m nodding my head to no one in particular, excited and hopeful now that we have something to look forward to. Somewhere to go. I just have to tell Blue and get her to come back. I promised her that I would keep in touch and tell her when shit was safe. Now that it is, she can resume her life however she and her own men want.
“Let’s do it!” Ebbin shouts and we all laugh, happy to have a plan in place.
“Hurry!” I say wiggling my hands, wanting them to take them so we can get things going.
I teleport us to the front door of Warlen’s house and scare the shit out of the two guards that are standing watch. They immediately open the door for us and I rush in to see a smiling Rhett with Alyria fast asleep in his arms.
“You’re all okay! It’s been hours, what happened, and don’t leave out a fucking thing!” he says in a flurry of words and I hug him around the sleeping babe and gently take her from his arms, walking into the seating area and letting the others fill Rhett in on it all. I’m in heaven right now and that’s all I need to feel everything good start to flow into my mind and the day seems brighter along with what life we have to lead that lays ahead of us.
After a few minutes of squabbling from Rhett about not being there to watch the end of Alastor, and then the relieved sigh that flows from him when he’s finished, they all come to sit down around me as I feed Alyria with a blanket over her since I can smell Warlen coming.
We’re all ready for this to be done and we all want nothing more than to begin our lives, as a family.
Merrick:
“Hey my big grumpy man, grab the cake and hurry up!” Mira shouts at me through the open doors on the back patio.
I roll my eyes and smile to myself. In the last eighteen years, life with her and our ever growing family has never slowed down. Four kids and a house full of Agathions, brothers, and my lover, there’s never a dull moment. Eirik and Vayen, our twin ten year old boys come barreling through the house and nearly knock me and Alyria’s cake over.
“Outside, now you two!” I scold them and watch with a smile as they both duck their heads and race away.
“Poppa, poppa!” Leighla our youngest shouts from my side as she tugs on my pant leg. I peer over the side of the monstrous two tiered cake and look into her red eyes. “What skuttle, what’s wrong, love?” I ask her and she smiles at the use of my nickname for her.
“Poppa, Cynide won’t let me ride her! Her and Vie keep ignoring me,” she pouts and her little five year old self pushes the tears out of her eyes which makes me smile and frown. I know she’s no truly sad, she just wants me to go and ask Cynide, but I won’t do it.
“Skuttle, you know when Vie is here, it’s their time together. You get to ride Cynide around any other time, baby girl. Out you get. Go get dad,” I tell her already walking to the door.
“But poppa! Dad is making food, pop is pooping and da is kissing mommy,” she whines and I laugh sending the entire story to Ebbin up in the bathroom and I hear him laugh. Rhett is cooking like she said and when I round the corner further, Rhydian is holding Mira from behind her and kissing her neck. I roll my eyes again and keep walking.
“Skuttle, where’s Letha?” I raise a brow to her, dreading the answer. “She’s big enough for you to ride on and she’s you’re Agathion.” I sigh needing her to move out of the way of the table that she’s standing in front of with her little arms crossed defiantly in front of her.
“She said she was tired. She’s in my bed,” she says with a new found pep in her step, so proud that she let Letha in her bed knowing full well she’s not supposed to.
Letha is a griffin that loves to tear things apart with her massive talons. She’s only been with us a few weeks after manifesting her lesser Demon half, but still being part Valkyrie as well, she got an Agathion all the same when she killed her goldfish out of anger when it wouldn't talk to her like the other, animals or Agathions can.
“Little love, go play. It’s your big sister’s birthday and we all have lots to do before she gets here. Go help mommy, baby,” I say with a more stern tone so she knows I’m serious.
Thankfully, she listens and I set the cake down and turn to see the house filling up with more of our family. Lyanna and her mates, Blue with her men, Alyria and Grun, Gor and Torunn, plus their two daughters, along with all of our parents. Life is good and today is going to amazing. Alyria leaves for college in a few months and we just got her the deed to her new house along with a car for her big day.
Mira and my brothers are going to teleport her there with the surprises and then come back. The rest of the family has already seen it but I can’t wait to see my not so little girl’s face when she does.
The scent of my woman hits me and I hate that I let myself get so caught up that I didn’t hear her coming. “You little sneak, what are you up to?” I growl playfully at her and lean into her when her arms wrap around me from behind.
“You, but I guess we will have to wait until later for that,” she quips and I instantly get hard already anticipating her wrapped tightly around me as I take her hard and rough, just the way she likes.
“Naughty thoughts, big guy. I like it.” She half moans and I twist in her arms and lift her up loving the way she wraps her thighs around me and then place her on the counter. I lean in a devour her mouth and rock my hips forward into her, need to feel her riding my cock right now.
“You play a dangerous game,” I grit out and pull away from her. I love the pout on her face, but now definitely isn’t the time for that.
“Later,” I promise and turn to grab the last few presents on the counter and try to hide my raging hard on as I take them outside and leave my love to stew in the mess she made for herself with her games. I wink over my shoulder and laugh when she throws her middle finger in the air at me.
Seeing that cute little finger brings me back to eighteen years ago and my heart starts to race. Apollyon. He still has yet to collect on his debt and though we don’t know when it will come, it’s never far from our minds that Mira will be once again taken from us, but this time… There’s no way we can get her back without dealing with the Devil’s repercussions.
Looking out at all of the people, I see Ebbin coming out of he house with his mother hanging off of his arm, peering up at him with a joy filled smile. His adopted parents sitting together with my own, talking with a fervor, I’m sure about some new business opportunity. I was so sure that they would never get along, but here we are. They bonded over all of their collective love for us kids and the fact that Ebbin’s father runs a fortune five hundred company, that shocked us all.
Alyria and Grun are happily playing with their daughter, and son. A boy born to the most powerful Valkyrie with a being that we still don’t understand. But Grun holds his own gifts which the boy Cairion has inherited.
Everyone's family’s are growing and our house is always filled with laughter and love. Soon enough, there will be more adventures for us, I can feel it. I can’t wait for that day to come.
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“Family, friends, we are all here to celebrate not only this little brat’s birthday, but her going off to college in a few months. I just want to say,” I pause and put my arm over my gorgeous daughters shoulder and look her in the eyes so she knows that every word I’m about to say is one hundred percent truth. “Alyria, the moment you came into this world, my heart was yours. You have grown into a magnificent young woman and I am so proud of you, we all are. Your kind, generous, filled with love and one of the fiercest warriors that I have ever seen, well… next to your mom and Torunn at least. Now, we have something that we want to give you. It’s not here, so Rhett, Rhydian, Ebbin, Mira. Let’s get going,” I say with glee and watch Alyria’s face fill with curiosity.
Taking her hand in mine, I grab onto Vayen’s waiting hand and then watch as Mira takes Leighla and Eirik’s hands an
d we all form a circle as she whisks us away to show Alyria the start of her future. As a family and always together. Forever.
The end.
Don't worry, you'll see your favorite Valkyrie in the Beyond the Veil universe. But that's all for this chapter of our people's story. Lyanna, Alyria (Mira’s daughter), Blue and a new character that has become a favorite of mine, Eniyah. There will be so much more to come so I hope you stay tuned!
Sleep, everyone dreams of more. Me? I want to wake up but a curse keeps me trapped this way. I was hungry, I needed to feed, and the person that was supposed to help me through it, or should I say demon, lied. I fed from him only to be punished for what I am.
Laying on a cold, hard slab of stone, I watch the world go by around me, confined to this awful place. A ghost, reaching out to those around me, only to be forgotten and lost.
Casey, Adam, and Brad. Three undeniable gorgeous men buy the club I’m trapped in and I’m overjoyed when the two shifters of the group, their inner beasts can feel me, sense something is around them but they can’t find me. My hopes are once again ground into the dust as I cry out my frustrations into the silent air of the building.
I need to feed to break the curse, but how is that possible when I can’t move? Touch is how my kind feed and that’s an impossibility for me. Or is it? Can something break the curse, can the door that has been magically sealed to keep me in be opened, or will I be here for eternity?
Join Lyanna on her Journey of heartbreak and new life in the first installment of the Wakeful Dreams series.
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Trina was born in Washington State, but moved to Arizona to become a motorcycle mechanic. During her years in school she met her now husband, (Who you may know as Ebbin since she based him off of her husband) and has since moved to Texas. She lives there with her love, three boys, three cats and three dogs! (She likes the number 3). She’s an avid reader and is just starting her career in writing! She loves paranormal romance, and anything that gets her mind into another world!
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Beyond the Veil Series
The Hollow’s Awakening
The Other’s Ascension
The Demon’s Advantage
The Valkyrie’s Promise
Wakeful Dreams: A Beyond the Veil Telling
Lyanna’s Torment
Lyanna’s Acceptance
Lyanna’s Reign
Lyanna’s Serenity
