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10: High Tension Tea
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Once the Alpha of all Alphas took his leave, the rest of the evening passed in the typical fashion. We had dinner in the main dining room with the other pack members living in the pack house. Nathan led a group training session with me, Sophie and our female enforcers; they were learning faster than he’d expected. We had our nightly close of day meeting, to discuss the day and tomorrow’s schedule. We talked less about my uncle than I thought we would’ve, he was spending yet another night in a hotel in a nearby city, outside our pack’s territory. By the time it was just Dmitri and I left in our suite, it was nearing midnight. I’d curled up in the corner of the leather couch that sat before the wall of bookshelves in our sitting room, barely registering our Betas leaving as my eyelids tried to drag themselves down over my eyes. “Selene,” Dmitri’s deep voice beside my ear sent a warm tingle down my spine. “You can’t keep burning the candle at both ends, P
Rite of Power 12: Wolves & Men
My eyelids fluttered open at the sound of Nathan’s voice in my head, ‘I’m supposed to try and talk you out of training this morning, and he all but ordered it last night because you seemed so tired.’ Nathan had never seemed to like me, but he at least seemed to respect my decision to push myself when it came to training. It’d been a source of contention between him and his Alpha, but he was the only one who remained impartial about my status and had enough skill to train me in the way that I needed. ‘Let’s let him have this one, just for today. If you’re still up for an early morning session, you could gather up Lalita and the girls for an impromptu set.’ If there was anyone he liked less than me, it was the female shifters I’d chosen to have trained as my enforcers, even if he did agree that strategically, they were less conspicuous out in public. ‘If it’s all the same, I’d like to run the perimeter this morning and check in with the
Rite of Power 13: Return to Sender
The smell hit my nostrils before I saw what everyone was standing around staring at. It was a familiar scent that made my blood boil and my teeth clench involuntarily. Logically, I knew that this pitiful wretch was no threat to me in any way that mattered, but there was a history and memories I’d never fully escape. Choking back my hatred, Dmitri and I walked away from the dirt road we’d arrived on towards the small gathering by the perimeter fence. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, and everyone standing around had the same expression on their faces. She was stripped down to her expensive lacey underwear, bound and gagged in the exact same way I had been when I’d first been brought to the pack house. Her hair had also been died a bright red color and curled into tight ringlets. Dmitri tried to move in my way, but it was too late, I’d already seen her. I looked to Nathan for an explanation. “The first patrol found her like this just before sunrise,”
Rite of Power 14: Nathan's Mate
I didn’t want to give him a chance to explain himself. He’d already had the chance to explain himself every day for the past few months. And now I felt completely betrayed by this secret that he’d kept. That they all had kept. “You should go find out what the scout found if anything,” I glared at Dmitri. I’d gotten over the fact that he’d been with other women before me, but this was a level of betrayal I couldn’t see past. “Nathan, you’re with me,” turned around and started to storm out of the little corridor, the air getting to thick in the small space to breathe. “And where are you going?” he followed us out into the main hall, anger, hurt and fear flooding our bond. “Anywhere you aren’t,” I glared up at him, pinching off the flow of emotions between us so I wouldn’t have to feel guilty about his feelings right now. I felt justified in my anger and I wanted to let it burn a while longer. I gave Nathan a meaningful look, “You will no
Rite of Power 15: Alone
I went straight to our suite and made a beeline to the closet. Looking around at all the fancy clothes that Sophia helped me curate for the life I thought I was going to have, sent another ripple of rage through me. I’d kept my end of the deal, I chose him, stayed here, became Alpha and learned to walk in heels. But he couldn’t find five minutes to tell me the truth about their twisted little revenge plot? Unable to stand the thought of his hands touching me, I threw some of my clothes into a bag and headed for one of the few guest suites in the house. Would I leave him over this? I might if I didn’t put some space between us until I had a chance to cool down. Sophie tried to convince me to stay with her, but even being on the same floor with the three of them made me queasy. The next few days were unusually tense throughout the pack. We never received word that my uncle had returned home. If I was still speaking to him, Dmitri would never agree to let
Rite of Power 16: Unbreakable
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Rite of Power 17: The Menae
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Rite of Power 18: Man Vs Wolf
She moved away from me as if I’d burned her, and I felt my despair claw at me, ripping me to ribbons once more. I’d give her anything or anyone if she’d just look at me without that burning rage making her eyes glow at me. To just let me hold her in my arms long enough to sooth the aching emptiness I felt. I couldn’t even stand to be in our suite anymore, with her fading scent in every corner reminding me that she’d abandoned those rooms. ‘How many times do you think you can fuck things up with her before she finally washes her hands of us?’ ‘I’m not in the mood for your lectures today Arkadi, at least she agreed to be in your presence. She won’t even talk to me and she flinches at my touch!’ I didn’t care about anything else, I just wanted to know how to fix this and my own wolf had turned against me instead of trying to help me. ‘You did this to us, not me,’ he growled, stalking away to the darkest corner of my mind.
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