by G. Bailey
“Adelaide,” he whispers, and I frown at him.
“Who is that?” I ask, considering it’s an unusual name, and I think I would remember it.
“The fray you will meet. I saw you shaking hands with her and someone else saying ‘this is Adelaide,’ and then what looked like a portal opened,” he tells me.
“How did you know she is the fray child?” I ask him, hoping for any way to get out of this vision being right.
“I could see her aura, it was so red and bright. It looked just like a fray’s, and I doubt a portal would open for anyone other than the royal,” he tells me, and I nod, letting him pull me into his arms. I feel sick at the idea of Lily being anywhere near Adelaide, even if I don’t know her. I have spoken to many of the fray that survived the wars, and they all speak only of her cruelness. They say she is an insane queen that is touched by the God of Death, but I don’t understand their Gods enough to make sense of that. All the fray are slowly losing their powers, now, and they say it is what they want, but I still feel sorry for them.
“We will worry about the promise another day, we can’t do anything about it now,” I say after a long pause, and he sighs.
“That is true,” he leans down and gently kisses me.
“I heard you all wanted me?” I ask, and he smiles.
“We found something and want to show you,” Atti says and links my other hand in his. We walk around the castle, where we pass the outside training area. Freddy and Nathaniel are training, both of them circling each other with swords. Mich and Josh are watching from the sides and drinking water. It’s good to see them all together, all friends. It’s like what my mates had with each other growing up.
“They have gotten close since the war. Freddy told me that Mich, Josh, and Nath saved him, and that’s how Mich ended up getting hurt in the war,” Wyatt tells us. Wyatt and Freddy have gotten closer, too, and I couldn’t be happier to see that change come about. Freddy actually calls him Dad since the war. I think losing Wyatt for that brief time made Freddy realise how much he actually loves Wyatt, but he wouldn’t admit that out loud to us. Stroppy, teenage hormones and all that. Josh waves as we walk past, and I wave back. I was sad to learn of Lucifer’s death in the war, and I’m keeping my promise to bring Josh up. I moved him into Freddy’s room, and now he is part of my family, despite the fact Josh doesn’t speak to us much, and I have no idea what he is.
“So, why are we going into the woods?” I ask, trying to distract myself as we take a path into the woods to the left of the castle, where I have never been before.
“It’s a surprise,” Atti laughs.
“You know I don’t like surprises, unless they are chocolate-covered,” I say, making them all laugh, but I’m being deadly serious. A chocolate surprise is always a good one. We walk around the woods for a little while before we get to a lake that is hidden within the trees. You couldn’t see it from the castle before, but now that some of the trees were burnt down, the sun is shining down on the lake, and it’s really beautiful here. I think it’s the calmness of the water and the way it feels like you’re away from the world here.
“It’s beautiful here,” I comment, looking up as Dabriel pulls me to his chest.
“You remember that vision I had of us all by a lake, and Freddy was much older? The one I told you about once,” Dabriel asks me.
“I remember. Was it here?” I ask, knowing that Dabriel said he felt complete in the vision. Much like I do now with all my mates when war isn’t chasing us, and we have our lives to enjoy.
“Yes, and I didn’t tell you something about that vision,” he says, and I pull away a little to look up at him.
“What was it?”
“You. You were pregnant in that vision, Winter,” he tells me, and I lean up and kiss him, knowing we will have our future we fought for. It was worth all this. I lean back and catch a glance of three figures in white dresses floating in the middle of the lake, feeling their love from here.
This was my fate and my future, with all my mates.
The End.
Read the spin-off, Adelaide’s Fate here…
Authors Note
Hello and thank you for buying my book! You’re amazing, and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your support. Winter’s and her mates’ story is over for now, but Adelaide’s Fate (Her Fate series and Her Guardians spin off) is coming soon and is based ten years after the end of Winter’s War.
A big thank you to Michelle, Taylor, Anna, and Meagan. Come and say hello on my Facebook page, Twitter, or my website listed below. I post teasers, new covers and giveaways on my Facebook group.
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A review would be amazing, and I would love you for it as every review helps me a little bit, and I love reading them all!
Thank you to all my family for their support as I wrote this book. Thank you to my husband for feeding me when I forgot to eat and my children for not destroying the house.
Please keep reading for the prologue of Adelaide’s Fate (Her Fate series on pre-order here) and Dark Moon by Paige Taylor…
Also by G. Bailey
The King Brothers Series-
Izzy’s Beginning (Book one)
Sebastian’s Chance (Book two)
Elliot’s Secret (Book three)
Harley’s Fall (Book Four)
Luke’s Revenge (Coming soon)
Tristan’s Redemption (Coming soon)
Her Guardians Series-
Winter’s Guardian (Book one)
Winter’s Kiss (Book two)
Winter’s Promise (Book three)
Winter’s War (Book Four)
Her Fate Series-
(Her Guardians Series spinoff)
Adelaide’s Fate (Coming soon)
Adelaide’s Trust (Coming soon)
Adelaide’s Storm (Coming soon)
Saved by Pirates Series-
Escape the sea (Book One)
Love the sea (Book Two)
Save the sea (Coming soon)
Only one night series-
Strip for me (Book one)
Live for Me (Coming soon)
The Marked Series (Co-written with Cece Rose)-
Marked by Power (Book one)
Marked by Pain (Book two)
Snow and Seduction anthology-
Triple Kisses
The Forest Pack series-
Run Little Wolf- (Coming soon)
Protected by Dragons series-
Wings of Ice- (Coming Soon)
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