I keeping getting everything situtated for me to go shower and get ready for work. "Can't a father just miss and want to talk to his only daughter?" "Yeah, but I can tell from the sound of your voice you want something. And it's something I'm not going to like." My father chuckles on the other end of the line. I cringe when I hear Aiden and Gunner tell him not to do it. I can only imagine what my father is going to ask of me. What I'm thinking he's going to ask for is a hard limit for me. It's a hell to the fucking no, no, no. "Well sweetheart, I was wondering if you'd accompany me to the Hybrid Association's auction tonight." There it is. My heart sinks down to my toes and my palms begin to sweat. The Hybrid Association is the group that put together the Hybrid Balls. Finally I find my voice. "That's going to be a hell no. I haven't been to anything they have put together in seven years. That's not going to change now." I wipe the sweat off my palms onto my yoga pants. I close m
How dare this assclown ask me that! "Aiden is my fated. What do you think?" I snap causing Chance to smirk. "I think just because two people are fated doesn't mean you have to love them. I think that just because you're fated doesn't mean you can't reject them." The scent of cinnamon and brimstone reaches me. I scan the crowd looking for my mate. When I spot him in the crowd the on his face says it all. He's witnessed this entire exchange. Aiden is beyond pissed off. "It was nice seeing you, Chance." I turn and walk away choosing to end our conversation before I have to beat his ass. I walk faster trying to put as much space as I can between me and Chance. I run my fingers through my hair and exhale slowly. I'm preparing myself for the argument I know is inevitable. I watch Aiden as he walks past the stairs to the bar. Judging by the way he moves through the crowd I'm in deep shit. Shade watches me with a question in her eyes. The one that asks if I need backup. I shake my head an
"Oh my freaking goodness!" I yell. "I'm done fighting abou this stupid ass shit! I'm done trying to defend myself when all I meant to do was say hello and welcome him back into town. I wasn't expecting him to kiss me! You need to go before this argument becomes more that it already is. Besides, I need to call my father. I'll see you when I get home."Relief washes over Aiden's face. He pulls me into his arms and places the sweetest softest kiss against my lips. "I love you, Remi.""I love you too." I tell him as I watch him walk out my office. I yank my phone off my desk and slap it against my thigh. I go back and forth with whether or not to call my father. I really don't have it in me for another fight. And I just know after our conversation today; there will be an argument. In the end my daughterly duty wins out. I press the call button. My father answers on the first ring as usual. "Hey sweetheart.""Hey. What's up?""First, I'd like to apologize for being an insensitive ass ear
Chance's polo shirt is ripped and stained with blood. Both his and mine. His jeans wear my dirty footprints. Remi is furious. I can't tell who she is more angry at. Me or the preppy fucking dick at my feet. Mine! My hellhound growls as he paces back and forth trying to find a weak spot in the hold I have on him. "Get. The. Fuck. Out!" Remi's dragon roars. A crew of bouncers come running towards us. She follows as the bouncers lead me and Chance out of the bar. Remi stands on the curb as we're deposited on the sidewalk. "Remi...I'm..." There's a million things I need to apologize for. The words won't come out. Gunner and Weston look at me like I've lost my damn mind. Remi stands there with her hands on her hips while squinting in my direction. "Shut the hell up Aiden. Chance don't open your freaking mouth. Both of you listen to me very carefully. Aiden, go home. Calm down. And I'll see you when I get home. Chance, don't come back. There is nothing here for you." Remi is so pissed s
Once I have my orders. I put my game face on. I stand in the mirror looking at myself. Sometimes I wish this wasn't my life. I feel like I was meant for so much more. I feel like I could do better. Be better, ya know. Under the circumstances this was how my life came to pass. Imma ghost. A myth. Parents use my name to keep their little ones in line. I appear when Remi summons. Until then I could be anyone you pass on the steet. I can get into your head no matter how strong a shield you have up. I can make you see what I want you to see. I can read every thought you have. I can kill you with the flick of my little pinky. All these powers trapped inside this little body is what makes me the most feared creature. It's not just my powers that has people running scared. It's my need to inflict pain. Or it could be the fact that the beast trapped inside me could destroy the world around us. Imma twisted little bitch. I like to find that one being you love or desire more than anything and
I watch as my claws lengthen. I stab Juan in the thighs and drag my claws down to his knees. My claws emit a poison similar to a flesh eating bacteria. It burns like liquid fire as it eats away at your flesh. Juan bucks and flops as best he can. But there is no getting away from it if you don't have the antidote. "Kieran has a syringe filled with the anitdote to the poison eating away at you. All you have to do is talk." Juan tries, but fails to take a deep breath. At this moment he's finding it harder and harder to breath as the venom runs rapid through his body. Juan nods his head. "Who is Gringo?" I press a claw into one of the wounds on his thigh. Juan squeals like a pig. "What does he do? Where does he do it?""Gringo's name is Tayson Jameson. He's a hybrid, part siren part mortal. He uses is call to seduce the females. It's gets them into the van willingly." "That wasn't so bad; now was it. Tell Kieran wher Talon hunts down his prey." Juan clams up not wanting to admit how c
I turn to look at Blaze. He's just as pissed as me. "I know you didn't know. I know you only knew they were looking for a specific female. I know you didn't know who or what she was. Remi will know of this. She will be just as pissed off as I am. Maybe even more so.""I expect as much. All I was going to say; is try and see it from their point of view.""Blaze, I don't give a fuck about their point of view. A lie by omission is still a fucking lie! I don't do lies. Not when we're supposed to be family. Not when I entrust my life to them."The ride back to my penthouse is quiet. I pull into the parking spot next to Remi's truck. Tonight was a rough night. The roughest in years. I need Remi just as much as she needs me. We both have shit to process and think about. The threat to this female and Remi; hits too close to home for me. I have to find the female before it's too late. And I have to put a stop to the threat against Remi. As soon as I enter the penthouse I put on some workout
I can smell her arousal. The scent hit my nose the second she opened her truck door. And it has only gotten stronger since we got into the room. My knee shoves her legs apart then makes it home against her aching sex. I kiss down her neck then nibble my way back up to that sensitive spot behind her ear. Remi moans."You're mine Remington Thompson! Mine only." I growl against her neck. When she doesn't answer I kiss the tip of her nose before I nip it. "Say it Remi." I growl as I continue my assult on her neck. I run my tongue along the pulsating vein in her throat. My canines elongate, and I nip the vein. "I'm yours. Only yours, Rage." Remi tells me knowing my hellhound is near the surface. I can feel her dragon trying to come out and play with her mate. "Then tell me why you let another male touch what's mine." Remi tries to shove me away. But she is weakened by her needy state. She grinds herself against my knee trying to ease the ache between her legs. "I already told you. He c