Jake Something is bothering Vanessa . It started shortly after her shift, or perhaps was deepened by her shift, and led to her telling me she was fine when that clearly wasn’t the case.I don’t appreciate lies.I appreciate truths.Details are not required. I won’t push her to talk to me. But I do need her to tell me when something is wrong, even if she doesn’t elaborate.Honesty is imperative in a clan.As Alphas, we’ll push her boundaries and reach limits that she may not be comfortable exploring, and if she doesn’t voice her concerns, we may not know we’ve gone too far until it’s too late.And that’s unacceptable.Tonight’s offense is obviously mild, and her punishment won’t be harsh. However, I intend to use her little lie as a teaching moment.Because we can’t afford larger lies in the future.“Are you all right to helm the yacht on your own?” I ask Beta Lock and Alpha Mackin. They are two of the wolves we typically take with us whensailing into the mainland.Beta Lock is an ex
Vanessa olt gave me a shirt.Then he fisted my hair and tilted my head back to examine myneck, his gaze intent as he bent to kiss the mark he left on my throat.My skin still tingles now with the memory of the pleasure chasing awaythe pain.A logical part of me is aware that I should be pissed at him for pulling aknife on me, but my wolf is too intrigued to allow that logical part to gainpurpose.Not once did I feel threatened beneath him. The tension in his body toldme he was very much in control.And the hardness pressed up against my core told me he was also veryaroused by the position.The whole display of power somehow kept me grounded. It made mefeel safe despite the lethal blade against my skin.He didn’t use silver on me, just steel.Maybe I would have felt more fear had it been the latter.Regardless, I’m fascinated by the way my body responded to his. Therewas no fear, only mild interest.And a hell of a lot of anger over the punishment they gave me for“lying.”How
JakeHe meet Kev’s gaze.There’s only one way this is going to work and the subtle nod he gives me says he understands that.I don’t trust my wolf not to claim her, which means I can’t fully knot her. But Kev can. If he bites her, the bond won’t snap into place. It needsmy blessing as the clan leader.And as much as I want to claim Vanessa , I can’t.Not yet. We’ve only just begun discussing this situation, and her willingness to share me says we’re not ready. Because she doesn’t yet understand what it means to be our Omega. My anger isn’t directed at her, it’s meant for herpack and the sorry excuse of an Alpha who raises the blood moon females to accept such disrespectful practices. A harem is fine.But not when you have a mate.A mate is meant to be cherished and worshiped, not degraded to a life of constant servitude. To take other women while in her presence is just sofucking wrong. To force the women to just accept it is even worse. I’ve known about Alpha Bryson’s penchants fo
JakeKev growls in response, making her shudder so violently, she almost collapses against him.I chuckle. “You have so much to learn, little one,” I whisper, kneeling on the bed behind her and bending to kiss her shoulder. “Alphas havemating calls. It’s one of the reasons I know we’ll never desire another you’ll always respond to our call. Just as you’re doing now.”“She’s weeping all over my cock,” Kev says, clear contentment in his voice. “Her body is more than ready.”“It is,” I agree. “Take him inside you, little one. No teasing this time or he’ll growl again.”She visibly shudders, her hesitation suggesting she’s debating if she wants to test my statement. An Alpha’s growl is an aphrodisiac to an Omega’s senses, making it something she’ll crave almost as much as our purr.But never as much as our knots.Which she seems to realize because she grabs him again, this time angling him upward and slowly sliding herself down.Kev’s patient and doesn’t push her, aware that while her bo
KevYou look well knotted, sweetling,” I murmur as I lift Vanessa out of the massive tub in the en-suite bathroom of Jake ’s room. Jordan and Ihave similar amenities in our rooms at this beachfront estate, but Jake led me and Vanessa to his quarters upon arrival.Where we promptly fucked Vanessa on his bed.She slept. We fucked again.And then I carried her to the bath.She dozed a little in my arms with her head pressed against my chest, reveling in my purr.I washed her hair while Jake climbed in to take care of her lower half. She’s definitely sore there as she flinched a few times while grumblingsomething about her wolf’s unhealthy obsession with knots.Her protest made my lips twitch. Then I purred louder for her and she immediately calmed again.She snuggles into my neck now, yawning as Jake haphazardly wraps a towel around her. She’s still in my arms, curled into my chest, and now she’s cloaked with awkwardly placed cotton.It can’t be a more perfect moment. Well, that’s not
KevAs Vanessa is new to the Carnage Wolf way, I also provide a little history about the bond between Omegas and their children.Then explain how that very much doesn’t exist between me and Gemma.Her eyes glisten with tears, her sadness over my situation prickling my insides.I’m not used to having anyone care about me other than Jake and Jordan .It feels nice to have Vanessa ’s warmth.Even if it’s under disappointing circumstances.But maybe this helps her understand my desire for pain it reminds me that I’m alive. Reminds me why we exist. Reminds me to enjoy every second as though it may be my last.All things I tell her now.Unleashing my every thought onto her and holding nothing back beforefinishing with, “So Jake and Jordan grew up witnessing my pain and anger. They were already best friends when I arrived, but they took me in, and the three of us grew up together. It didn’t surprise anyone when our clan formed. Although, Alpha Umber isn’t crazy about me being part of it.”H
Jordan We have “No we about it. Alpha Pan did all the work,” I correct him, then show Jake the loop in question. “He was able to override the glitch, which iswhat led us to find this.”The image changes to depict Alpha Kin on a satellite phone.“That’s not one of ours,” Jake says immediately.“No, it’s not,” Alpha Pan agrees. “But we were able to hack into the frequency to listen in.”“I gave him permission,” I add, meeting Jake ’s gaze. He tasked me with keeping an eye on Alpha Dirk’s clan, but told me not to jeopardizetheir privacy.It’s a demand I clearly disregarded when I asked Alpha Pan to hack the satellite phone frequency.But Alpha Kin’s suspicious demeanor tipped me off.Coupled with the strange loop in the feed, it was obvious he wanted to hide something. So, as acting Alpha on the island, I made the executivedecision to fully monitor him. I clear my throat. “Normally, I would have called to ask you first, but as Alpha Kin is in charge of telecommunications on the isl
JordanHe considers her a moment, his expression thoughtful. There’s still so much Vanessa has to learn about our kind. It’s a good thing we have aneternity to teach her.“It’s common for Carnage Wolves destined to be Pack Alphas to venture into the wild to find themselves, to prove themselves worthythrough a series of challenges,” Jake explains slowly. “Accepting my fate from the Elders was the first challenge in my journey. Killing Bryson will be my final challenge, making it time for me to finally return to the Black Mountain Pack.”“Oh.” She swallows. “So everyone will, uh, leave with you?”“Not everyone,” he says. “There are wolves who need to be kept on Carnage Island. And we’ll ensure they survive and prosper. It’ll be asecondary base for our kind, a shelter of protection.”“I see.” She sounds breathless. “A-and me?”He stares at her. “What do you think?”“I…” She clears her throat, some of that confidence seeming to seep back into her stature, the wolf inside her reminding