“Pick up! Pick up! Pick up!” I shifted gears and jerked the wheel to the left. A car honked behind me, but I ignored it as I pressed my foot down. “Ryder?”“They fucking took her,” I growled. “They have Axel too.”“Who?” “I don’t exactly know who but it’s someone from Rowan’s pack.”Keiran muttered a few curses. “Where did they take her?”“Some human saw them load Cora into a black SUV. Nobody saw anything. They headed east,” I told him. “I haven’t spotted them yet.”Keiran was silent for a few minutes but I could hear him moving. “There’s woods surrounding the mall, isn’t there?” “You think they took her there?” “Humans are too scared to enter the forest. It’s also a great place to hide a body.”Growling, I hit the brakes and then made a U-turn to head back in the direction of the mall. “I’m on my way. If you find them, don’t do anything stupid.”I ended the call. Was he expecting me to just stand back and watch them hurt her? I didn’t fucking care who they were, if they touc
“Scream.”My body jerked, eyes snapping open. “It’s okay. You’re okay.” The arm around my waist tightened, pulling my body back against his. “We’re home.”I glanced around, taking everything in. We were back in my bedroom and it still looked the same as it had when I left. Swallowing, I raised a shaky hand to my neck and pressed it to the spot that was still throbbing. “I healed you,” Axel explained. “You bit me,” I whispered. He was silent for a few seconds. “Yes.”I scooted forward, making his arm slip away. Turning onto my back, I hesitated a moment more before I turned onto my side to face him. His eyes darted over my face and then dropped down to my neck where his eyes lingered for a few seconds and then snapped up to mine.“You fed from me.”“Yes,” he answered after a few seconds of hesitation. “I tried not to resist.”“Do you always find it hard to control yourself?” I asked him. Axel’s lips twitched. “No. I usually have better control.”My eyes dropped to his lips. Lips
A lot of packs had their own dynamics and I respected that, but I couldn’t understand how they would want someone like the boy in front of me as their alpha. He was pathetic. Dean and Rowan were a lot alike when it came to personalities. Both were pathetic, liars and too scared to stand up and take responsibility for their mistakes. “My father’s going to kill you,” he growled, flashing his canines at me. I tilted my head to the side as I watched him. The bars were made of metal mixed with a healthy amount of Wolfs-bane and the idiot had learned it the hard way. He should have been able to smell it but he either didn’t or he was too agitated to take in his surroundings. Didn’t blame him. Axel entered the room with the smell of Cora’s arousal still clinging to his skin. I wanted to know what they had done. If she had given her consent for things to go so far, but I didn’t want to ask questions with the bastard within hearing. “Let me go!” He made the mistake of gripping the bar
My Mom had been the one to home-school me. After everything Blue showed me and what we talked about, I realized how much my Mom hadn’t taught me when it came to sex-ed. She had explained the human version of how babies were made. Maybe she had been hoping that one day I would marry a human. I had been expecting that too, but it was clear that my life was meant to take a different path. A scoff fell from my lips. Who would have thought I would be blessed with three mates, or was it a curse?I touched the bruise on the side of my face and I stared at my reflection in the mirror. Blue had left a few minutes ago after promising to buy me some toys for my birthday. She had surprisingly not questioned me on the bruises which made me believe that the whole pack already knew what happened with Dean. Letting out a sigh, I finished tying my hair and then made my way out of my bedroom. The last thing I wanted was to see Keiran after what he walked in on, but I couldn’t hide in my room fo
It felt like the air had been knocked from my lungs. I never expected him to utter those words. If a mate was so rare, why would someone kill their own mate?Was she not what he wanted so he killed her? I shook the thought from my mind and focused my attention back on Keiran. “Laura was manipulative and selfish. She wanted things done her way or not at all,” Keiran said softly. “When we met…she was shy or so she pretended to be. The more I got to know her, the more her true colors started showing.”“So she lied about who she really was?” I questioned. Keiran nodded. He stared at me for a few seconds before he leaned down. There was the sound of keys jiggling, and a moment later, a drawer opened and then closed. Standing, he walked around the desk and took a seat opposite me again. He hesitated a few seconds before he held out a photo album. “I loved her,” he said softly. “But I had to make a choice. I tried talking to her, changing things. For a while, I even pretended to be some
“Wolves are surrounding us,” Lucas informed me. “They’re cutting off all exits and slowly moving in.”I nodded. “The women and children?”“All at the safe house.”Sucking in a deep breath, I tried to scent them. There was no doubt in my mind that Rowan was the one attacking. Somehow the kid must have gotten word out to him before reaching the pack. Ryder had kept a close eye on him while trailing him, but there could be a possibility that the boy might have sensed that he was being followed and decided to call Rowan and warn him. “Don’t attack unless he attacks first,” I warned my men. “Once they enter the center of town, you surround them to make sure that none of his men sneak off.”“Do you think it will break out in a fight?” one of my men asked. I frowned at him because he sounded excited. “I don’t know,” I told him honestly. Rowan was probably hoping for a fight. Anything to blackmail me into doing what he wanted me to do. But I was older and a lot wiser. I knew how he worked
I blinked up at Keiran as he hovered over me. I had been woken by him numerous times during the night as he came to check up on me. It was sweet of him to check up on me, but I was starting to get annoyed. “I’m sorry,” he whispered as he fixed the collar of my shirt. “I just want to make sure that you’re okay.” “I am okay and I was okay the other hundred times you checked on me,” I told him. Keiran cleared his throat and moved to stand, but I reached out and grabbed hold of his wrist. “Why?” I questioned. He swallowed loudly as he turned to face me. “I told you about Laura,” he said softly. “I didn’t tell you that I had marked her because I thought it was what she wanted.” “And she rejected your mark?” “Yes,” he muttered. “Within seconds after I marked her.” I sat up, and reached out to grip his hand. “If I wanted to reject your mark, I’m sure it would have already happened.” “I didn’t want to do it until I was sure that it was what you wanted,” Keiran said. “I wanted things
I frowned. My body was relaxed, my mind clear and my stomach full. I wasn’t hungry. I could sense the sun starting to rise so I should be sleeping. But something woke me and I wasn’t sure what. Sitting up, I glanced around the room. Nothing was out of place and there was no sign of anyone inside my room. Letting out a sigh, I got comfortable again. “Axel…”It was Cora’s voice, but she wasn’t inside my room. Jerking upright, I got to my feet and hurried towards the stairs. Pressing the button, I waited for the door to open. There was a soft click and then the door slowly started to open. I pushed it open faster and stepped out of my room slightly. I flinchedThe room was bathed in rays of the early morning sun. A low moan made my eyes snap towards Keiran’s desk. Cora was on the chair, her head resting on her arms on the desk. Another pained moan fell from her lips as her head rolled from side to side. “It hurts,” she cried. The fact that she was in my head should have shocked