Stella discharged me but put me on bed rest for the next two days, I was itching to do something, anything at this point, I even missed training. Chase was busy during the days as he attended university and my father still hadn’t come to talk to me.I walked into the house at nine am and went upstairs to my room to have a decent shower. I stood under the hot water for as long as my throbbing leg allowed me and walked into my room with the towel wrapped around my waist.“You look much better,” she said as she sat on my bed.“What are you doing here?” I asked her.“I live here now, it’s good to see you Ryder,” she said as she stood up.“I really can’t say the same,” I said as I walked to my dressing room and started getting dressed.She was standing behind me shamelessly watching me as I got dressed. I ignored her as much as possible until she wrapped her arms around me from beh
I was sitting in a booth in the back, just needing some alone time and I was lost in thought as I kept seeing everything that had happened on that last assignment. It haunted me, Felix’s face just before he died. The whole setup with that ambush was puzzling me.“Is this seat taken?” I heard someone ask and I looked up.“Hey, no it’s not,” I said and smiled as she slid into the booth opposite me.“I heard a rumour that you were back,” she said and smiled at me.“Guess it’s true,” I said and she laughed.“How have you been?” she asked me.“Good and you?” I asked her.“Not too bad, my classes ended early today. I usually come here to do my homework, it’s quiet,” she said as a waitress brought her coffee over.“What are you studying?” I asked her.“Bookkeeping,” she said and then she laughed, &
“Can someone please explain what the hell is going on here?” Lucas asked as I stood shielding Megan with my body.“You can’t punish Ryder for this rejection, he did nothing wrong,” Megan said loudly.“And you are?” Elder Victor asked her.“Megan Greer,” she said.“The Elders decision is final young lady,” Elder Michael said.“I have proof,” she said and Tia’s eyes widened.“I hate you!” she yelled at Megan but I didn’t budge and she was hitting me out of frustration.“Please come here,” Elder Cliff said to Megan.I waited until Megan had reached the Elders and my father and she took her phone out. She turned the phone sideways so the Elders and Lucas could all watch the video she was playing for them. Lucas’s eyes found mine a few times and I could see rage in them.“Elko, you may let Ryder Grey go,” Elder Cliff said as the video ended.“We have seen enough proof that we support Ryder Grey’s rejection of Tia Malone. In the video it is clear that she had ill intentions with this bond a
I’d been at home for a week now and Abeloth was itching to do something more than just training for a few hours every day. Lucas was out of town on business with Jasper and Chase was either at the university or with Melissa which left me pretty much on my own.I was heading downstairs when I heard the knock on the front door. Absent-mindedly I opened it as I was on my way out as well. I needed to just get out and do something, anything.“Good morning Elders,” I said and bowed my head slightly.“Morning Ryder, is your father available?” Elder Michael asked.“I’m sorry Elder, he’s out of town on business, we expect him back on Saturday afternoon,” I said to him.“This is quite inconvenient,” Elder Cliff said as I invited them inside.“What’s the problem?” I asked as they looked me up and down.“We’re headed to a meeting not far from here, but alas without your father we might have to postpone. The Grey name holds a lot of weight in these areas and we were simply wanting to take him alon
“This is Lucas,” he answered his phone.“Hi Dad,” I said.“Please tell me this is a friendly phone call and you’re not in jail or need a body disposed of,” he said and I laughed out loud.“You probably need to get back home,” I said to him as I looked at the big mansion that loomed in front of me.“Fuck Ryder, what did you do?” he asked me.“Well, I just killed Sire Andrew in Princeton…” I began.“What the fuck? Why are you even in Princeton? What the hell am I going to tell the Elders, what happened?” he asked his questions all in one breath.“The Elders are with me,” I said to him.“Are they taking you into custody?” he asked me suddenly.“Dad, it was a claim fight, breathe okay, the Elders have been here the whole time, they approved the claim,” I said to him.“Shit, I can’t leave for two days and you go out killing Sires!” he said but he didn’t sound angry.“So…” I said and I let my voice trail off.“I’ll be there in a few hours, so much for keeping to yourself,” he said as he end
I had stripped Andrew’s house of all the contents and had given the lair members free access to whatever they wanted to take. The only furniture kept were the filing cabinets with all the lair and business records in them. Andrew's personal records had been moved to the master bedroom.At least I had my own bed in the master bedroom on the third floor because I simply hadn't had one moment to myself to actually go and buy any other furniture. Link and I were busy assessing the lair members and he had made a list for me so that I knew who the top ranking members were so I could schedule meetings to meet everyone.“Come on Ryder, it’s one party,” Link said as we sat on camping chairs in the living room having a drink.“We have shit to do Link,” I said to him.“True, we have shit to do tomorrow but now I’m going to pull rank and say we’re going to this party,” he said as he emptied his glass.“You’re going to pull rank on me?” I laughed.“We need a break Ryder, we’ve been at it for three
At eight am my bedroom door opened and I groaned slightly as the curtains were pulled away from the windows to let in the sunlight.“Shit Link it’s too early,” I said as I covered my eyes with my arm.“It’s time to get up,” Megan said as I removed my arm and turned my head to look at her.“What the fuck Megan,” I said as I realized I had only kept my briefs on last night to sleep in.“Get up,” she said sternly, “or you don’t get coffee before we leave.”“Geez okay,” I said as I stood up.It was almost spring but chilly enough to still wear long sleeves with a light jacket. This was the first time Megan had seen me half naked but I wasn’t shy and I could feel her looking at me. I had a lot of tattoos on my arms and back and I was walking around in front of her in just my underwear.“Are you going to watch me shower?” I asked her as I walked in to the bathroom.“Boundaries Ryder!” she said loudly as she walked towards the bedroom door.“You’re the one that sought me out!” I replied loud
The deliveries had started arriving from seven am and I had woken up early with Megan half on top of me and me holding her tightly with both arms. It was a weird sensation to wake up to as I quietly slipped out of the bed and went downstairs.“Ryder Grey! You can be so glad that I didn’t wake up naked in your be… uhm good morning Sire Lucas,” Megan said as she stopped in the doorway of the kitchen. I was busy making coffee and my father stood on the other side of the counter with an amused look on his face.“Morning Megan,” he said as that familiar blush crept all over her face.“Morning,” I said with a smile as I handed her a cup of coffee trying not to laugh. I put a cup down in front of Lucas as Megan’s eyes darted from me to him.“You can borrow some of my clothes if you want to go shower,” I said to her as her eyes widened. She just nodded and I could hear her muttering to herself.“You and Megan…” Lucas said as he looked at me.“We’re just friends Dad,” I said to him.“Uh huh,”