Runes of Destiny

by S. C. Winters

  Finally I can’t take it anymore, with a husky voice I plead, “Please one or both of you just fuck me.”

  They both chuckle, Aleric lays down on the picnic blanket as Gabriel motions me to stand. I slowly get up and follow Gabriel and Aleric. Damn, that man is hung like a horse. I moan at seeing him so erect. I crawl over and slowly penetrate myself on him. We both moan in pleasure as I work myself up and down his shaft. I go as torturously slow as I can handle. I know we have had a couple of sessions before, but damn. Gabriel is caressing me as he helps me move up and down slowly. I also lean towards him and kiss him like he is going to leave again. I pray he never leaves again.

  When Gabriel has had enough of just watching and jerking himself he grabs my hand and slides it up and down his shaft as he leans back towards the basket. He reaches for the side pocket and pulls something out. I can’t tell what as I am trying to focus on rocking my hips for Aleric and figuring out if I can take Gabe in my mouth and still have Aleric inside me. Damn with the figuring, I lean down and take Gabe slowly into my mouth and wet my lips and I bob up and down his shift. At the sudden movement Aleric and Gabriel both moan in pleasure. I love this. I love having both of them inside of me.

  After many strokes Gabriel takes himself out of my mouth and straightens me up. He lifts my legs and spins me while Aleric is still inside me moving. Then leans me towards Aleric and I end up bringing his head to mine to kiss him. I love this feeling of completeness when we are together. I feel something cold and wet being spread along the crack of my ass and I jump slightly. Gabe just shushes me and pushes me forward again. He slowly spreads my cheeks and guides himself to my hole. I am apprehensive, but he just whispers, “Relax, I promise it will be good once we all start moving.” I trust him and start to relax as he enters me. I only feel a slight pain as Aleric has started to distract me with his hands roaming my breasts and he is kissing me with such passion.

  Once my body has gotten used to both Aleric and Gabe in their places the boys move in sync. I am flushed with feelings of pleasure and pain. I feel that pressure in the bottom of my stomach again. It is starting to build more and more as they start to quicken their pace. None of us are going to last long, if they speed up anymore. I bend my arms back to grab ahold of Gabriel’s arm while my other one is holding Aleric’s hand. I can’t hold back anymore with the pace they have set. I am moaning as my body shudders with ecstasy. The very next moment I feel two sharp pains, one on either side of my neck where it meets my collarbone. I look down and Aleric and Gabriel have both bitten me. Well I guess I have just been claimed by them. I feel a deeper pull and something else. Something feels like it is going to explode from inside of me. As we are all panting from our wonderful experience, I crawl away from the guys a bit.

  I curl up in the fetal position as more and more pain rushes through my body. I start screaming bloody murder and the guys are at my side immediatly. I start shaking and sweating so much I can’t seem to control my body anymore. In a fuzzed mumble, I can hear Aleric and Gabriel talking and yelling at each other. I try to shush them, but through my slightly opened eyes I can see they are hurriedly pulling their clothes on.

  30

  Viola

  When I come to, I am laying in my bed. I feel clean and have a fresh pair of shorts and a tank top on me. I feel something tugging at me, a presence of sorts. I try to feel it more and I can tell it is coming from the guys, before I can see them. All three of them are in chairs around my bed. Grayson is the first one to notice I’m awake. He quietly gets up and walks to my side of the bed and crouches down. He takes his hand and feels my forehead. I give him a small look of confusion.

  “You gave us all a scare. How are you feeling?” Grayson whispers.

  “I’m feeling better. But I am sure I could use a bath of my own. I don’t feel gross but I would like one, ya know.” I whisper back to him. He smiles and nods at me. He lifts up the comforter and sheets and helps me out of the bed. He puts his arm around my waist in order to keep me standing as we slowly and steadily walk to the bathroom. One in there he helps me to the tub and starts to run the water.

  “Can you make it warm water please.” I ask

  “Sure, I can. Would you like some bath salts? I think I saw some in one of the bathrooms.” Grayson asks.

  “I would love that, I have some hidden under the sink. Can you grab the eucalyptus and mint one please.” I ask as I start to strip off my clothes. Grayson quickly turns away from me and heads to the vanity and looks under the sink for the salts I requested. It is so cute when he finds it he won’t turn back to see me. He just walks backwards towards me and hands me the bag of salts. Then once he is sure I have it he takes long strides to the door and leaves the bathroom. I giggle to myself.

  I pour some in and take the bag back to the vanity. When I stand back up I look in the mirror that is over the vanity and scream. The door slams open as Gabriel and Aleric rush in and simultaneously ask, “What’s wrong?”

  I can’t speak, all I can do is point at my reflection in the mirror. I have two new tattoos one on each shoulder. One is of a wolf howling and it is surrounded by celtic knots. The other is a demon which is also surrounded by celtic knots. They cover most of my shoulder and are where each of the guys bit me during our sex session in the meadow. I turn to them and glare.

  “What the fucking hell did you do to me? Why the fuck am I tattooed like this? We didn’t have any alcohol. Someone better explain fast.” I say as I walk up to them and punch them both in the stomach then walk away and sink into the tub.

  “Well you see once we were done and bit you, you started shaking and sweating like crazy. You were also screaming your head off like someone was murdering you. I swear it was like you were reading your favorite book, Betrayal by Bo Reid. We brought you home and Grayson examined you. You were burning up so we wiped you down and put you to bed. Once we got your body temperature normal-ish our bites started healing and creating those. I assume it has something to do with you being queen and us your circle. But one didn’t pop up for Grayson.” Aleric states.

  I shoot them both a go to hell look and they slowly back away and out of the bathroom. I really don’t want to address this right now. I need to clean up, relax and get this thing with the coven done first, then we will address the new tattoos. I take about an hour soaking in the tub and relaxing. By the time I am done the water is cool to the touch, and I am all pruny.

  I get up and wrap a towel around me and head to my bedroom to get dressed. When I open the door the guys are still in there. I point a finger to the door and don’t even speak as they all get up and walk out silently. I will talk to them when I’m dressed. I go to the closet and pull out a pair of jeans and a blouse that is a bit tight but it covers my shoulders. It is a three quarter sleeve shirt that drapes on one side but not enough to show off the whole tattoo. I leave my hair down and hope it covers it up.

  I walk out of the bedroom and into the main living areas. All the guys stand when I enter. I quickly raise my hand, “We can address the tattoos and what they mean, later. We need to go to the Hollow and meet with the coven.”

  We all walk into the garage and get into Aleric’s truck. Pulling out of the driveway, I stare out of the window and think about the choices that are being made for me now. All I ever wanted was to make my mother happy, what would she think of me being Queen of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

  It takes us about fifteen minutes to get to The Hollow. Already waiting for us is the rest of the Oak Grove Coven as well as Mr. O’Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. Mac’Kenzie. I roll my eyes with a heavy sigh before getting out of the truck. “Good Morrow,” I call out and nod.

  “Good Morrow Queen,” Mr. O’Sullivan replies. I can see The Elle Squad behind him, they roll their eyes at his words. I softly laugh to myself which I over up as a cough.

  “Shall we meet and decide on what to do?” I say sweetly.

  He turns to the side and holds out his hand to part the coven. And part they do,
like the Red Sea did for Moses. We walk up the stairs and into The Hollow, and into the meeting room.

  31

  The meeting room, it’s a stone room that has a small stage to the left of the big double doors and in the center of the room is a gigantic table with chairs around it. There are also chairs in rows facing the stage, like a modern church. On the stage is one throne like chair with five smaller throne like chairs around it. We were told as children this was for the next queen and her circle.

  Mr. O’Sullivan begins the meeting by stating, “We have found the Queen of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Viola Magee is that queen. Aleric, Gabriel and Grayson are three of her five in the circle. Today is a formality in order for her to take her rightful place as queen.” There are murmurs among the coven, and I’m getting looks from them as well. Most of the murmurs are coming from The Elle Squad. I’m guessing they were hoping one of them would be the queen. Tough luck for them, not that I’m happy that I am now queen but I would not have been able to submit to whatever asinine laws they would have wanted.

  “I don’t want to be Queen of the Tuatha Dé Danann, but as it is foretold in the prophecy, I will do it. How about this, I will be Queen, but I will set up another Elders Coven. I will hand pick the members to ensure there will be no corruption. There will also be only seven members. One for each dé danann, one will be from the shifter community and one will be from the human community that knows about us.” I offer.

  I turn around and walk up to Aleric. I take his hand in mine and say, “You will be the representative for the shifter community. You have so much knowledge and know more about the customs.” Aleric just chuckles and shakes his head at me. He nods in acceptance.

  I turn and walk to Mr. O’Sullivan, Mrs. Mac’Kenzie, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Doyle. I ask them all to be four of the five from the dé danann community. I also explain I will be the fifth representative of the dé danann, all while raising my hand as soon as I hear Mr. O’Sullivan about to talk. Seeming pleased with what I have said they all nod in agreement. Hopefully this will work, I still have no clue what I am doing but I seem to be winging it well. The next couple of weeks will be busy for me, I knew the childhood stories about the previous queen but I’m going to need so much more information. My circle will have to join me on my research, they too will have to know what they’re in store for.

  Finally I explain that the human representative will be my father. At this Mr. O’Sullivan goes to his wife, taking something out of her hands and starts walking back towards me with a box. It’s small and looks like a jewelry box. Once he gets to me the guys step closer and I can feel them all touching me. Mr. O’Sullivan opens the box and inside is a silver pendant necklace. The jewel of the necklace is an emerald. I gasp and stare at it for a second then look up to Mr. O’Sullivan. “What is this for?” I ask.

  “It is for the queen to wear. What the Brotherhood did not know about the prophecy is that once the queen was found she was to be presented with the Emerald Jewel of the Tuatha Dé Danann. This is a magical necklace. We do not know all of its properties, but it will help you with the influx of power that you get when you’re near your circle. That much from our research we are sure of.” Mr. O’Sullivan explains.

  He hands Aleric the necklace. As Aleric goes to put it on me. I can feel the surge of power and the calming presence of it. Mr. O’Sullivan bows slightly and backs away from me. Lifting up my hand to touch the emerald, a bright green light emerges from it and swirls around, Aleric, Grayson, Gabe and me.

  32

  Mr. O’Sullivan

  I knew she was the right choice all along. How could it not be her family. They always had the strongest witches in all of the dé danann. Once I see we have all accepted the roles Queen Viola has given us, I silently walk up to her with the necklace box. My family has been the guardians of this necklace since the original Queen of the Tuatha Dé Danann. It has been kept secret since the Gold Rush.

  As I present the necklace to Queen Viola, I give it to Aleric who puts it on her. Once she adorns the necklace, I bow and slowly walk backwards. Once I’m back in line with the rest of the coven, we bow to Queen Viola. We all turn to go back with the crowd when a bright green light causes us to raise our hands to our eyes and we see the light swirl around Viola, Aleric, Grayson and Gabriel. Once it consumes them all in the green light, they vanish. They are just gone..

  Epilogue

  Blinking furiously, the green haze of magic finally clears, and I see tall, looming trees surrounding me. I'm lying on my back in a grove of hemlocks and firs that shouldn’t be here. What happened? I remember being at The Hollow but then something flashed, I think? Aleric, Grayson, Gabe they had all been around me. Aleric had placed the necklace around my neck. Oh, my head hurts, that green magic is powerful whatever it was. My hands dig into my temple. What the hell happened? Had I been thrown? Was there an explosion? Why wasn’t anyone saying anything? All I can feel is a pounding and hear a high pitched ringing in my ears. I cautiously look around me while slowly rising to a sitting position. I don’t see my guys. I don’t see them, anywhere. I plant my hands on the tree behind me and slowly get up to near standing. I ache all over, whatever happened really put me through the wringer. I'm so lost. I start to whisper, then yell as the ringing in my ears subsides, “Aleric! Gabriel! Grayson!” over and over again. No answer. Well isn’t that just The Great Mother’s tits. I’m all alone, in the woods, yelling for the guys. If this was one of Bo Reid’s books, I would be the first to die.

  I start to walk in what I believe is a northward direction and hope to find a town, a village, anything that will help me figure out where I am. If I remember correctly moss grows on the north side of the trees right? I walk for what feels like hours, my limbs tremble with the effort but I know I must continue. Maybe I have not been walking for as long as I thought. I can’t really tell because all the trees look the same. They surround me in their plenty and the colours that I see, the browns and greens all melding into one, really isn’t helping the fuzziness in my brain. I can’t seem to focus very well either. Everything keeps blurring on me, then refocusing. I stumble, pushing off a tree before stumbling forward again as I keep calling for Aleric, Gabe and Grayson. Silence is the only reply. Nothing but silence.

  Acknowledgments

  Dani Black, words can not describe the amazingness that is you. Thank you!

  Kelly, Queen of the Alphas, thank you for helping me and keeping all the storms in check! You, my dear, will always be my best Raging Storm!

  YOU, the readers, and my Raging Storms. Without you, I would never have been able to do this. I am beyond thankful for all the time and effort you have in reading this story.

  About the Author Page

  S.C. Winters has always been passionate about writing and storytelling. She describes herself as a curious author who loves exploring different themes and motifs. As part of their writing process, they love immersing themselves in their projects—diving headfirst into the research, production, and fine-tuning of the stories they feel are the most worthy of telling.

  From a young age she was always told that her flare for the fantasy and the dramatic would make for some amazing stories. With the encouragement of her family and friends she started writing. They rest as they say is history!

  She currently is living in Texas, with her husband and two dogs, Leia and Daisey. She also enjoys her time reading, writing and being outdoors.

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  Other Books by SC Winters

  The Dé Danann Series

  Rune of Destiny

  Runes of Time (Coming May 2021)

  Runes that Bind (Coming 2022)

  Runes of Peace (Coming 2023)

  The Dé Danann Novellas

  All Hallows Grove

  A Magee Thanksgiving (Coming 2021)

  A De Danann Wreath (Coming 2023)

  Dead Cold Series

  Revenge

  Betrayal (Coming 2021)


  Suffering (Coming 2022)

  Justice (Coming 2023)

  Anthologies

  How I Love Thee Anthology

  Creature Within Anthology

  Fake It to Make It Anthology (releasing 2021)