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I froze. I inspected the picture again, and I felt the familiarity become surreal. I looked just like the woman in the photograph. The old man, Michel, stepped forward and extended his arm.“Give me the gun. There’s no need for that anymore.”I almost gave it to him, but I suddenly remembered how I was brought here like a criminal or an unstable person who needed to be sedated and strapped down to not hurt others or themselves.I lifted the weapon and looked the man straight in the eyes.“Then why all the secrecy and team of men to drag me here? Wouldn’t it have been easier to just tell me the truth first? Didn’t I deserve that?”Michel scoffed.“Did my daughter deserve to be snatched from her family and forced to serve a vampire? To become his pet and…” Michel swallowed hard, forcing his bile down. “Mate with him? Of course not, but it happened anyway.”He closed his eyes as though he was in agony, and when he opened them, his emotions disappeared, and a blank expression surfaced on
I was lying on a seat and enjoyed the vibrating sensation of movement. My head was light like I was in a dream, but my body was feverish, so I fumbled my fingers over my clothes to remove them. I slowly stripped, pushing down my pants and doing my best to clear my vest so I could cool off. “What are you doing?” A deep, baritone voice asked. I opened my eyes and smiled when I saw Lukas peering at me through the front-rear mirror. If Lukas was in my dream, it was one I never wanted to wake from. “I’m hot,” I mewled as I continued to undress. Lukas stepped on the brakes and stopped the car on the side of the road. He exited and opened the back passenger door to put my clothes back on. When he touched my arm, a bolt of electricity shot between us, and he quickly removed his hand and looked at it with a perplexed expression. “What the…” “I’m burning up,” I repeated, tugging at my T-shirt. I let it fall on the car floor and watched Lukas’s expression rapidly change. I was wearing the
Dust moats floated in the streaming light that filled the room. I quickly sat up, not recognizing my surroundings. I was in a small double bed with a flowery quilt over me. A floral tapestry covered the entire walls, and some old-fashioned cushions were neatly placed everywhere in the room. I wondered if an old lady lived here. Where the fuck was I? I saw my backpack lying close to the door. I jumped out of bed and looked to see if anything was missing. I dragged my gaze down to look at myself and noticed I was just wearing a T-shirt and underwear. The shirt was too big to have been mine, so I figured it must have been Lukas’s, and it smelled just like him. I blushed, wondering if he had undressed me. I thought I had dreamed of Lukas driving me somewhere, but I couldn’t quite remember whether it was real. My head was still muddled by whatever Noctua had used to sedate me before I could escape. I fished out a sports bra and slid it under my T-shirt, and slapped a pair of skinny je
The following morning, Lexie promised me a day of shopping. I tried to talk her out of it, but it was hard saying no to her. The next thing I knew, I was in a shopping centre, and Lexie was pulling my hand at a beauty salon and spa entrance.A lady greeted us, and Lexie wasted no time telling them what she wanted. I hadn’t understood what she had asked, as I was too busy ogling at girls getting their hair or makeup done. How much did this place cost?“Have you ever had a mani and pedi?” Lexie asked, lifting my hands and inspecting my fingernails.I shook my head. I never thought it was necessary. I kept my nails short because it was more practical for chasing skips and punching people at Sal’s gym. I didn’t want broken nails to be an issue, and I never thought I was feminine enough for that….“Don’t worry. I’ve got you covered. You’re going to love getting pampered. I used to do this with Julie all the time.” She added with a sad smile.“Have you really not gone out since her death?”“
Jace POV I waited in the conference room alone. I was the first to arrive at another impromptu meeting called by the president. It seemed urgent, and I wondered what it would be about. Everything related to the missing information sold to Noctua… and Max. A hostess entered the room and quickly presented me with a glass of blood, which I refused. With the previous days' events, I found my appetite had disappeared. There was only one person I craved for, and Lukas made damn sure I wouldn’t know where she was. Max no longer had my blood in her system to make matters worse, which meant I couldn’t find her. I just hoped Lukas knew what he was doing and that she was far enough away while he and I took care of things here. Lukas was following up on the person who put Max into the children’s home while I looked for more information about Edward Ravenwood and his wife. The doors to the conference room opened, and Director Ventura walked in. His eyes narrowed at seeing me, and he smirked ju
I sat on Lexie’s front porch, looking out at the forest. I loved it. I would wake in the morning or come out at night, grab my coffee, sit there, and watch the sunrise or sunset behind the tall trees of the thick forest surrounding her home.I pulled on the soft fleece blanket I threw over my shoulders before coming outside, looked at the sky, and listened to the bird. The countryside was growing on me. Lexie told me she bought the house shortly after her mate’s death. I understood why. It was a place where you could find yourself again. I guessed that was why she had no television or internet in her house. She didn’t want the noise from the outside world and simply wanted to be in the present moment.The front door opened, and Lexie walked over and sat beside me on the porch swing. She roped her arms around me and leaned her head on my shoulder.“You look nervous.” She whispered.I fidgeted my fingers against the blanket and pulled on it tighter.“I’m not good with people, so meetin
Lukas drove Lexie and me to a sumptuous house overlooking the town below. I was happy to have gone with Lexie’s dress rather than going in my own clothes, as I thought I would not have fit in the décor unfolding in front of my eyes. I bumped into Lexie’s shoulder. “Did you guys grow up in that house?” She gave me a sad smile and took a deep breath. “Yeah. It’s the Alpha’s house. The next Alpha will move in once my father drops his title. Werewolf politics. I won’t bore you with it.” She finished with a wave of her hand. By the look on her face, I was glad she spared me the details. So this could have been the house Lukas lived in if he were to have become the new Alpha. It was silly, but I couldn’t imagine him living there. Lukas didn’t seem like a material person, so all this fluff and extra space would have been too much for him. At least, that was my impression. I thought his current house was perfect for him—small, cozy, and safe. When Lukas circled the curb leading to the fr
I woke up moments after the car crashed, noticing the sky had lost all light and drowned everything in blue-blackness. Someone sprawled me further from the JEEP, which had ended its trajectory into a tree. The front windshield was busted, and smoke came out of the engine.It took a few minutes for me to remember what had happened, and when I did, I looked everywhere around me to find the black shadow I had tried to avoid. I wanted to lift myself up, but my hands were tied behind my back, and my ankles were bound by rope. I groaned. Thinking back on the accident, I should have pushed on the gas peddle and hit whoever was on the road. I probably wouldn’t be in this predicament if I had done that.Someone was talking over the phone, saying something about following the cell phone’s GPS signal to get our location. I wiggled my body until I was on my stomach and slowly lifted myself upright. I passed my tied wrists under my butt, then silently sat back down to finish pulling my legs thro