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043: Plans of Ruination
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Tempted by the Rogue Alpha 044: Memories
Dexter I make my way outside of the club. Just seeing her makes me fucking happy. Elated. It’s so ridiculous but I’ve started to come to terms with this. I can’t help the way I feel. I just have to accept it. I start toward my car. I unlock it but then something catches my eye. It’s the kid. He’s sitting on the top of the stairs. I haven’t seen him in a while and so I go to him. He watches me approach him with curious eyes. “Down here again, huh?”“I’m bored,” he answers. “I thought I told you not to come down here again.”He shrugs but I can tell that what he wants to say is that I’m not the boss of him. “It can’t be dangerous out here, kid. Lots of creeps around.”“What do you do in there?” he asks. “In there?” I ask, jerking my head in the direction of the entrance. He nods. “Your mom works there, doesn’t she?”He nods. I can’t tell him what truly happens in there. If she didn’t tell him, then I have no business doing it. Besides, I know how my mother tried to keep her
Tempted by the Rogue Alpha 045: Horrible Past
Dexter “Well, first of all, I came here because I thought that we should find you. You’re our kin, and you deserve to know that we exist. That you have a family.”I nod, and then ask, “Where are you from?”“All the way in Baywood,” he states. “Yeah, a long way away. A whole week to get here. We never thought she got so far, you know? We started looking in the nearby towns and cities. Nobody ever heard of her. We thought that maybe she changed her name. My mother got sick afterward and stopped looking. Then, she asked me to take over as soon as I turned eighteen.”“And you’re how old now?”He’s clearly younger than me. He says, “I’m twenty-one.”“I see,” I say. “You came a long way.”“I’m glad it wasn’t for nothing,” he says. “I’m glad we found you. But I’m sad that things turned out so badly. I really hoped that she had that happy ever after, you know? I grew up listening to stories about her.”I sniffle and nod. “Yeah. It’s a shame, too.”“I was told by Jim about what happened,” he
Tempted by the Rogue Alpha 046: Happy
Lara I wake up in the morning feeling a little bit better than I did when I fell asleep. I’ve been thinking all night. It seems there’s nothing left for me to do but think. I guess being close to Dexter isn’t that bad. I can try to find out where this money is and use that against him. Naturally, if he loses that money, it’ll be the end of him. What would he do without it?I don’t have to go to the club until later tonight, so I take the duffel bag out from under my bed. I haven’t looked at the money since that day, and I haven’t counted it either. I asked him for a hundred thousand, and when I looked at the bag, it seemed like enough money. I won’t count every single more. The bundles are ten thousand each, so I believe that. I start counting the bundles and feel shocked when I surpass ten. I look at the small bundle on my bed and then look back inside the duffel bag.What? Am I mistaken? I count the bundles again. The number keeps growing and growing and when the number of bund
Tempted by the Rogue Alpha 047: Realization
DexterI meet up with Damson for a late breakfast at a nearby diner that I think serves really great food. Naturally, he comes with all the guys from what he calls his ‘squad’. There are five of them, and the leader is pretty clearly identifiable. He’s the big guy with even more eyeliner around his eyes, and I have to admit that I don’t like him. I’ve worked alongside the authorities for a very long time, and so, it’s easy for me to identify a crook. And this guy—this Jules—is a fucking crook. He also likes to intimidate people. We sit in a booth, all six of us. Damson is the one talking the most. The rest of us are just sizing each other up. My cousin is clearly the youngest of the group. The rest seem to be around my age. It’s incredible how I’ve known Damson only for a few hours and yet I already feel overprotective of him. I hope he’s respected in this group and that nobody takes advantage of him. Because I don’t like Jules. Not one bit. By the looks of it, he doesn’t like me
Tempted by the Rogue Alpha 048: Competitive
LaraOnce Dexter leaves, I realize that I really don’t want to see the apartment anymore. I wish I could say that he was following me or that he’s even stalking me, but I could tell that our meeting in that apartment was coincidental. And imagine my embarrassment. I’m home-hunting with his money and he caught me red-handed. That’s how I felt. But now he’s gone and even tried to make me feel more comfortable about the fact that he gave me a million fucking dollars. And the worst part? I am reassured. I am calmer about it now. It’s so messed up. I apologize to Nina and decide to go home and stop hunting for apartments. I don’t want to have to run into him again. I just feel so mortified. It’ll take a few more hours for Ander to be free, and so I decide to just drive around. I even go to car dealerships and look for new cars. There are so many that I like. I think I’ll ask Ander what he thinks. He’ll undoubtedly choose something big, shiny, and red, but that’s okay. Why can’t I have
Tempted by the Rogue Alpha 049: Crazy Confessions
LaraI walk into the private room, way ahead of Dexter, and he closes the door.Tingles spread all the way to the tips of my fingers at the thought of us being alone in the same room. To think that we'll be alone in this room for two hours is...I just have to find a way to see this through and not lose my cool. I have to remind myself that I'm doing this to survive. Nothing more, nothing less. I take a deep breath and try to remember to stick to my professionalism. Although I hate him, I have to treat him the same way I treat all my other clients. On top of that, he has his additional requests. He wants me to be more verbal."So, are you ready to have a mind-blowing evening?" I ask him, trying not to cringe. I hear him let out a short, humorless chuckle. "Vanessa, come on."I close my eyes and force myself to calm down. He's not looking at my face so it's easy for me to make these little facial expressions of annoyance. I tell him, "I'd appreciate it if you would let me do my job,
Tempted by the Rogue Alpha 001: Engagement Party
Lara Words can't describe how bored I am of this event. It's my engagement party and it's supposed to be the happiest day of my life but the truth is that I'm not at all excited about being Vaughan Dabrowski's mate. He's the future Alpha of our prestigious pack, and he's a Lycan like me, but I'm not in love with him. In fact, I feel like I'm being forced to be with him simply because of our excellent family connections. I take a sip of champagne. It's the only thing carrying me through the night. I look around for someone familiar in the sea of faces but see no one. How many people are in the lobby of this hotel? Five hundred? A thousand? "Wipe that frown off your face," I hear my brother, Finch, say to me. I turn my head to fix him a look. He slides into the seat next to me and puts an arm over my shoulder. His dimpled smile never fails to make me smile as well. "You're going to be officially mates. I don't see why you're cranky." "I'm not cranky," I argue. "Just tired." Lo
Tempted by the Rogue Alpha 002: The Rooftop
Lara For some reason, I feel my blood pooling at my feet and I grow dizzy. I stumble out of the elevator when it opens and hold onto the wall next to it to catch my breath. I only give myself a few moments before I keep going. Finch saw me, so he's probably going to come after me. I can't face him, not after what I witnessed. I take the stairs to the next floor and then keep going until I reach topmost floor which leads to the rooftop. I need all the air I can get. I can't breathe. I push through the metal doors and they swing closed behind me. I take deep breaths of air but they don't make me feel less breathless. Finch and Vaughan? I'm reeling. I move to stand near the rooftop wall. There are potted pants along the wall, which gives this place a botanic vibe. My view of the surrounding landscape is limited because of how dark the sky is tonight. I've been coming here for the past two nights for the simple purpose of relaxing, but that isn't happening tonight. What am I s
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