attention to your area, Roman encouraged.
We’re here if anything should happen. You will only be getting married once to us. We won’t let you go, little one. We love you. Garth’s imaginary fingers caressed her face. Roman’s arms hugged her.
I love you both also. Thanks for being here for me. I know I am being silly. Sorry.
Sierra lay down next to her Grandma Loretta’s massage table. The masseur lowered the towel, exposing Sierra’s back. She’d been introduced to the masseurs before they’d begun. Roman and Garth’s growl rumbled in her head as the man started her rub down.
Will you two stop it, please? It’s just a rub down! Sierra laughed as his magic hands worked on her tight shoulders.
I don’t know why we agreed to this, Garth grumbled.
No man should be touching you unless we’re there. You’re ours, no one else’s, Roman mumbled.
She laughed at their jealousy and sent her love to both of them. Sierra peeked at her grandmother and noticed her laughing too. Sierra smiled as heat rose to her face. She glanced up to watch the masseur who worked on her grandmother. His gaze never met hers as he worked. Others in the room had their own masseur soft music played and the scented candles burned throughout the chamber. Guards were stationed at each of the exits and at the windows.
Closing her eyes for a moment, she allowed her body to soak in the peace and quiet. The air in the room shifted, her body stiffened, and waves of malevolent emotions hit her. Her eyes snapped open, and she glanced at her grandmother’s masseur. A strangely shaped knife plunged into her grandmother’s upper back.
“NOOO…!” She sent her powers towards the man. He flew through the air and hit the wall, knocking him unconscious. Sierra turned to her grandmother and, in a daze, she barely heard the yell of her mates to the guards. They tried to reassure her everything would be all right. Her grandmother’s gaze held hers.
In a whisper, Queen Loretta tried to talk. “You are now Queen, my granddaughter. I love you!” The knife in her back glowed white. Gasps of air burst from her grandmother’s mouth. A death bell rang in Sierra’s head and a surge of pure energy encircled her body and pushed inside her. A gentle touch graced her cheek and she knew it was her grandmother saying goodbye as her life force slipped away from their world. Sierra heard crying and screaming in the background, but she couldn’t make sense of any of it. She dropped to her knees beside her grandmother’s body and held on to it. Sierra wouldn’t let go of her grandmother. Instead, she sat there and poured her powers into her. She had to heal her and bring her back. Blood soaked her hands and the floor, but nothing mattered. Her grandmother she’d just found was gone.
“No, you can’t leave us!” Sierra cried. “We just found you, Grandmother. I don’t know how to be Queen. You’re supposed to show me! Come back please…!” Her eyes closed and warm hands fell upon her shoulders—her mates. They circled her and held her as they pulled her up. Light kisses traced her neck. She looked up and saw tears rolling down her Grandmother Shannon’s cheek. Mary Ann held her as she cried.
“She knew she was going to die, Sierra.” Grandmother Shannon gulped. “We had a long talk before she came to get you earlier. She didn’t know when it would happen, but she knew it was near. Don’t blame yourself. She told me it couldn’t be stopped. Even though we had her for such a short time, she loved us enough for a lifetime. She left you a message. It’s in your room, baby. Go with your mates and watch her message to you. It will help you.”
“We’ll have her prepared for her burial tomorrow, but tonight your ceremony will go on. It’s what she would’ve wanted,” Sierra’s mom said. She grasped Shannon’s shoulders and helped her to her room.
How could she get married now after her grandmother was just murdered right in front of her
We’re here if anything should happen. You will only be getting married once to us. We won’t let you go, little one. We love you. Garth’s imaginary fingers caressed her face. Roman’s arms hugged her.
I love you both also. Thanks for being here for me. I know I am being silly. Sorry.
Sierra lay down next to her Grandma Loretta’s massage table. The masseur lowered the towel, exposing Sierra’s back. She’d been introduced to the masseurs before they’d begun. Roman and Garth’s growl rumbled in her head as the man started her rub down.
Will you two stop it, please? It’s just a rub down! Sierra laughed as his magic hands worked on her tight shoulders.
I don’t know why we agreed to this, Garth grumbled.
No man should be touching you unless we’re there. You’re ours, no one else’s, Roman mumbled.
She laughed at their jealousy and sent her love to both of them. Sierra peeked at her grandmother and noticed her laughing too. Sierra smiled as heat rose to her face. She glanced up to watch the masseur who worked on her grandmother. His gaze never met hers as he worked. Others in the room had their own masseur soft music played and the scented candles burned throughout the chamber. Guards were stationed at each of the exits and at the windows.
Closing her eyes for a moment, she allowed her body to soak in the peace and quiet. The air in the room shifted, her body stiffened, and waves of malevolent emotions hit her. Her eyes snapped open, and she glanced at her grandmother’s masseur. A strangely shaped knife plunged into her grandmother’s upper back.
“NOOO…!” She sent her powers towards the man. He flew through the air and hit the wall, knocking him unconscious. Sierra turned to her grandmother and, in a daze, she barely heard the yell of her mates to the guards. They tried to reassure her everything would be all right. Her grandmother’s gaze held hers.
In a whisper, Queen Loretta tried to talk. “You are now Queen, my granddaughter. I love you!” The knife in her back glowed white. Gasps of air burst from her grandmother’s mouth. A death bell rang in Sierra’s head and a surge of pure energy encircled her body and pushed inside her. A gentle touch graced her cheek and she knew it was her grandmother saying goodbye as her life force slipped away from their world. Sierra heard crying and screaming in the background, but she couldn’t make sense of any of it. She dropped to her knees beside her grandmother’s body and held on to it. Sierra wouldn’t let go of her grandmother. Instead, she sat there and poured her powers into her. She had to heal her and bring her back. Blood soaked her hands and the floor, but nothing mattered. Her grandmother she’d just found was gone.
“No, you can’t leave us!” Sierra cried. “We just found you, Grandmother. I don’t know how to be Queen. You’re supposed to show me! Come back please…!” Her eyes closed and warm hands fell upon her shoulders—her mates. They circled her and held her as they pulled her up. Light kisses traced her neck. She looked up and saw tears rolling down her Grandmother Shannon’s cheek. Mary Ann held her as she cried.
“She knew she was going to die, Sierra.” Grandmother Shannon gulped. “We had a long talk before she came to get you earlier. She didn’t know when it would happen, but she knew it was near. Don’t blame yourself. She told me it couldn’t be stopped. Even though we had her for such a short time, she loved us enough for a lifetime. She left you a message. It’s in your room, baby. Go with your mates and watch her message to you. It will help you.”
“We’ll have her prepared for her burial tomorrow, but tonight your ceremony will go on. It’s what she would’ve wanted,” Sierra’s mom said. She grasped Shannon’s shoulders and helped her to her room.
How could she get married now after her grandmother was just murdered right in front of her
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