Chapter 19 - Stressed-out ZaneDaredevil by Stellar blasted my eardrums as I pounded into the punching bag. Sweat dripped from my forehead as I took another jab. My knuckles were split under the wraps I had placed on my hands. Blood staining them pink as I took swing after swing, my knuckles stinging with every hit. But that was how I liked it. The pain kept me focused, staying on task, and right now, I needed to focus more than anything. Colette still hadn't woken up, and it had been two days since Sophia attacked her. After Drew stitched her up and had given her medicine to counteract the wolfsbane, she still slept. Doctor Peterson assured me that was normal, but I couldn't help but worry, which pissed me off even more. I wanted to go check on her, but Doctor Peterson told me it was best if I didn't, and honestly, I didn't even know what I would have done if I had gone to visit. No one knew what we were to each other, and I didn't plan to tell them either. Since she clearly didn
Chapter 20 - Inferno ColetteI was moved back to my room shortly after Zane had graced me with his unwelcomed presence. I had no idea that doctor Peterson wanted Zane to be the one to handle the rest of my care. I wasn't entirely sure she was sane after that because there was no way Zane Hendrix would take care of me. Not after how he treated me, locking me in a cell alone and asking me pointless questions because he clearly did not want to believe the truth of them. And then, to top it off, psycho Sophia had come in and nearly killed me. Honestly, I didn't even know how I was still alive. Because, between the amount of blood I lost from the head wound she gave me from smashing my head against the concrete floor and my already weakened state, I accepted my fate. I welcomed it. I even thought I was dead, but then, when I woke up with a pounding headache and the sound of ringing in my ears, I discovered that Selene still wanted to prolong the inevitable.I could feel my wolf in the b
Chapter 21 - HateZaneI had avoided Colette all day. I knew she wouldn't be alone; Paige had been asking about her since the night we captured her near the border. So to help keep me distracted, I dealt with pack issues and had Parker work on tracking down Sophia. She fled the packhouse, and he tracked her all the way to the outskirts of the Redmoon pack, somewhere near Georgian bay. It was where she was initially from before my pack claimed her small territory.Many of her family members moved closer to the heart of Redmoon, but some stayed behind. Her brother Tony was one of them. He was a big brute with a bad temper, he refused to leave his home, and I honestly didn't care what he did as long as he followed my orders and stayed loyal to me. But Sophia knew going out there would buy her some time to get her affairs in order. The bitch knew what was coming. Sure she didn't know Colette was my mate. Fuck, I didn't know it until I found her unconscious and bleeding on the floor of
Chapter 22 - ScrewedColetteEverything about Zane screamed alpha. From his presence, that seemed to consume the entire room and demand everyone's attention. To his pretentious attitude that he seemed to believe he was entitled to have.He was an arrogant, egotistical, self-absorbed asshole, and I hated him. Not only for how he acted but also for how he made me feel because regardless of how much I hated him for everything he did, I wanted him. I knew without a doubt he fucked just as hard as he hated, and the thought of that mixed with the mate bond made me feel all kinds of ways.The air in the room shifted, and suddenly, I didn't feel sore anymore. I felt hot and had electricity coursing through my veins. It was all-consuming, and I didn't want to think; I just wanted to do it. Screw worrying about how I would feel tomorrow. Zane shifted his hips, his hard cock pressing into my stomach. Heat pooled to my core, and I didn't even have to feel myself to know I was soaked. And from
Chapter 23 - TensionColetteIt felt so strange having my wolf back in my head. I had pushed her away for so long, trying to protect us both. But now that I had sex with Zane, there was no way I could block her out. The mate bond would be in full force now, making it impossible to keep her away.I let the water of the shower cascade down my back as I leaned my head against the cold tile wall. My eyes tightly squeezed shut as I tried to process what my life had become. I took in a deep breath through my nose.How did I get here?I let out a deep breath through my mouth.How did I go from having a family, a home filled with laughter and love, to this?An orphaned girl with nothing to show for her life. I had been stuck in the shadows serving one pack only to be traded off to become another's property. I wanted to find the person responsible for my family's death. I still did, but now how could I do that. How did I go from that girl who tried her best to blend in? To the girl who had se
Chapter 24 - Loose CanonZaneThe drive to the far side of the pack was an hour away. And the silence and tension between Colette and I was so uncomfortable that it even seemed to fill the music that was playing on the radio. I tightened my grip on the steering wheel, shifting in my seat as I tried to ignore it. It had only been fifteen minutes since we left the packhouse, and I didn't know how much more of this silence I could take already. I felt Paige's amusement as she sat silently in the back seat. I looked at her through the rearview mirror, my eyes narrowing as she leaned forward so her elbows rested on her thighs. The corner of her mouth ticked upwards as a hint of mischief flickered in her grey eyes. "So, you two-" "Don't even." I snarled, cutting her link off before she could even ask. She let out a snigger which gained Colette's attention. I felt her eyes on me, but I forced myself to keep my eyes on the road. There had only been two things I ever regretted in my life.
Chapter 25 - ShockColetteZane and Tony's wolved fighting filled the air with vicious snarls. The sound of their teeth snapping together as they attacked one another had my senses going into overload. Flashbacks of my pack being ripped to pieces once more crossed my mind. I couldn't move, couldn't think as I was trapped in my past. The ground was covered in snow and stained with blood. The overwhelming smell of smoke filled the air around me. I couldn't breathe; I was five years old again, unable to move. A helpless girl who could do nothing but stand and watch as her whole family was brutally killed right before her. "Ahhh, shit, that fucking hurt." Paige hissed as she sat beside me behind the SUV we had come here in, taking cover. I blinked, snapping myself out of my own personal nightmare. I looked down at her thigh. Her hand was covered in blood as she tried to put pressure on the wound. The coppery smell of her blood filled my nose, making my stomach turn.I was frozen, unable
Chapter 25 - TimebombZaneI couldn't believe that Tony snapped like that.Well, scratch that. I knew Tony was a ticking timebomb waiting for the perfect opportunity to challenge me. But the fact that he had to use a gun loaded with silver bullets to try and get the upper hand was something I hadn't expected. Call me naive, but it never crossed my mind that he would be that cowardly.I should have expected it, though; the Higgins were a cunning lot. But I let my desire for a nice set of tits and a hot ass get in the way of my logical thinking when it came to Sophia's family. So he had a right to be mad; I could give Tony that much. I had taken not only his future title from him as Alpha of his pack, but then I also went and slept with his sister. Yeah, I was a dick about the whole thing, but I was also only a male who only had so much willpower when it came to telling a willing she-wolf no—especially one who looked so damn tasty. In my defence, at the beginning of whatever we were, I