The weekend went by quickly with Zach spending as much time with Emily as possible. As per request by her aunt, Danny and Alex were with them with whatever they did. They all spent most of their time outdoors, so they weren't stuck in each other's homes. The park had become their second home over the weekend. Madison was a no-show on both days, and Jacob was rarely around the house when Zach did go home. The pack was still on patrol even though no sightings had occurred. Their father was supposedly calling for another meeting, which signified more members at the house and hopefully another way to bring down the vampire and clan that had ruined his whole family.
Weeks passed without any incident. The pack meeting went by with no new information or leads available to or from the younger members who were always on watch. Zach could tell his father was becoming more irate with the whole Orfeo and dhampir drama, for which they never got any headway. A trail by their best tracker w
Alex's demeanor was still withdrawn over the following week. No matter what anyone tried or said, it seemed she forced or faked every smile or laugh. Danny was worried, as was his wolf. It wasn't good for either of them to have their mate this miserable. He wasn't able to concentrate on school, and his wolf couldn't focus on tracking. He needed to get Alex out of this downward spiral she was on and show her she had him and all her friends. It didn't matter whom she came from. It was who she was now that mattered."We all still on for the Saturday night bash at the Lovell house?" Danny asked Zach as the group sat around eating lunch. They'd planned to have their group over for a movie night, but somehow it ended up with Jacob inviting his crew over for the gettogether also.Zach nodded it was all still a go as he crammed his fourth piece of pizza in his mouth. There were a ton of horror films on the pay-per-view channels, the ones where they'd laugh, and the girls would
"So, did you get any with all your fancy attire last night?" Jacob was helping Zach set up for everyone coming over for the movie fest tonight."Wasn't looking to." Zach's mind wandered back to the previous night after he and Emily had left for ice cream. Yeah, there was ice cream involved, but there was also a lot of other sweet non-food stuff happening. He found out she wasn't ready to go any further than they'd done previously, which was cool with him. She came straight out and told him she was a virgin, and of course, that made him and his wolf even more excited. Not because she was a virgin, but because it meant no one else, as in a wolf, had laid claim to her. If, no, when it got to that point in their relationship, Zach wanted her to be sure she was ready to commit with body, mind, and soul. It was the way of the wolf, and when they found their mate, like Zach had done, there was no other."Bullshit." Jacob threw the pillow at him. "We're all looking to get some
The lights were turned back on after two gory stalker scary movies played. Jacob stood and stretched his arms over his head. He saw Madison quickly look away when he glanced over at her and caught her staring at him. "I think I've had enough horror and porn for the night." He glanced over at Emily and Zach concerning the little show they thought no one else could see or hear.Emily's face reddened from embarrassment, and she buried it against Zach's chest. Zach shook his head at his brother and let out a low growl for his ignorance of embarrassing his mate."Jacob." Brindle's whiny voice brought both boys out of their staredown. The beer cooler was empty. Jacob, Will, and Anthony had drunk most of it, but Brindle and the other two had a few, and it showed in their slurred words and erratic movements. "I thought we could go for a late-night swim." She stumbled toward Jacob and ran her hands up and down his body while kissing his neck.After listening to Zach and
"Does your mouth always water, and your eyes show hunger when something nauseates you?" Jacob was only about six inches away from her. He placed his hands on the wall so his arms were on either side of her. He looked her up and down and noticed her lips were trembling and her nipples were erect. This could be due to the coldness of the night air or the arousal of him being near her. She continued to stare at him without any comment. This had been the scenario with them for the past two months. The once outspoken and always had a rebuttal comment girl was replaced with one who wouldn't give him the time of day. It could only be resolved with one solution.Madison beat on Jacob's chest for release as his lips claimed hers. He wasn't touching her with his hands, but the mere presence of his sumptuous mouth on hers made all resistance she felt break down and her knees weak. Instead of doing what the rational side of her mind told her to do, which was get out of the pool, she tugg
"Madison's your mate, isn't she?" Zach was certain about this matter as both Jacob and Madison showed the classic behavior signs of mates. Well, young mates that didn't know they were or maybe didn't want to be paired off with the destined person.Jacob removed the towel from his face. "No, she's not. It was all for fun." He sat up on the chair and grabbed his shorts on the deck. "Maybe if you and Emily wouldn't have given everyone an amateur porn show and I made Brindle leave, then I wouldn't have been so horny.""Bullshit, Jacob. You're both fighting the pull." Zach moved closer to his brother. "I don't know why we are all finding our mates now, Danny and Alex, me and Em, but just go with it. Quit trying to push her away. You're eventually going to lose her for good. You know it's not the right thing to do to your wolf or yourself.""I don't want her." Jacob felt his resistance breaking down. He didn't want to talk about this whole mate thing. He wanted everyt
The hunt was unsuccessful the previous night. The pack tried to pick up another scent or lead, but whoever was around the Lovell residence when Zach and Jacob were home with their friends had long disappeared.This afternoon they were all meeting over at Danny's house for football watching and some pizza from a shop in town. Zach picked up Emily and then the pizza. Jacob was going to shift and run over but decided he better take his Hayabusa. Will and Anthony were thankfully leaving Brindle and the crew at home for today's get-together. The room was all set by the time everyone got there and the boys, along with Emily and Alex, sat down to watch an afternoon of football.***"I can't believe you each ate a whole pizza." Emily looked at all five boys and was astonished each of them had put away sixteen slices in less than fifteen minutes. None of them showed any signs, as in weight problems, of overeating. They all had muscular legs, arms, and stomachs. She loved
"Oh my God, you're naked," Madison screamed out and covered her eyes with her hands. When she peeked out from under her fingers, he was gone.Did that seriously not happen?Madison looked around the field and saw it was empty.I'm going freakin' insane.Maybe it was the new herbs her grandmother told her to use, or perhaps it was from having Jacob in every other thought that crossed her mind since last night."Sorry if I scared you."The sound of Jacob's voice behind her made Madison jump up from her seated position."That was you, wasn't it?" Madison looked him up and down and was thankful he finally had clothes on. Not that she minded the free show, but it was kind of awkward to have a naked guy standing in front of her.Jacob nodded she was correct.Madison had no clue what to say next. Once again, Jacob left her speechless."Were you surprised?" Jacob sat down on the ground and motioned for her to sit
Jacob glanced at her from the corner of his eye and saw a look of panic written on her face.It's either she's scared I'm going to say her or afraid that I'm not.He slowly nodded his head."You."The expression on her face after his announcement went from nervousness to joy, then back to fright."Me." Madison pointed her finger at herself. "Um, how do you know?" She didn't understand all this mate shit he talked about.Jacob shrugged. "My wolf tells me you're the one. He can pick up on your scent wherever you're at. He can sense when you're happy, sad, angry. I don't know, Madison, it's just this feeling he and I have, and he says we're supposed to be with you."Madison sensed Jacob becoming frustrated with this whole notion of mates and all the finer details he didn't have the answers for. "And how do you feel about us being these so-called mates?"Jacob stared straight ahead, not looking at her. He didn't want to se