Kaylee's P.O.V. The relief I felt knowing I would be able to shift and be with Parker was amazing. The fact that I stood up against Kate was exhilarating. And the excitement I felt from how Parker had run over to protect me was invigorating. I pulled back from Parker, not caring about the crowd around us, and grabbed the basket. "You're coming with me," I demanded with a giddy smile on my face. His brown eyes stared down at me with love, but the small crinkles on his forehead let me know that he was worried and stressed still. I wanted to take that away from him, even if it was only for an hour. "I am?" I nodded and grabbed his hand. "Yes, Scarlett is going to cover for you for the hour, and you are all mine." He stood still as he examined me, his head tilted to the side as he gave me that crooked smile that made me want to forget everyone else in the area and kiss him until we couldn't breathe. "And where are we going?" "We are going to have lunch together. Scarlett told me abou
Kaylee's P.O.V. I gasped as my hand latched around the back of his neck, his large member filling and stretching me in a way that had me arching my chest toward him to fit him easier. The sound of my wetness and his thrusts echoed through the small cave, turning me on even more. This was my man fucking me. I didn't care what promises he may have made to Kate when they were kids. They were irrelevant now. He was mine, and only his promises to me and my promises to him mattered. He leaned back to pull me off the wall before adjusting us, allowing him to hit a spot so deep that I couldn't decide if it was intense pleasure or if it hurt. One of his hands remained on my ass cheek, holding me up with the support of the stone wall behind me. The other interlaced with mine as he held it over my head, against the hard surface. After several thrusts, my body agreed that it was a good kind of pain, and I felt myself tightening around him as I moaned his name out loudly. My head dropped bac
Parker's P.O.V. I was late. I was very late getting back, and the unamused look on Athena's face as I passed her group training let me know that the other leaders were not pleased with me because of it. Yet, I walked onto the field with my head held high. It was obvious where I had been. Not only did I walk off the field with my mate in front of everyone, but I was also sure that I still smelled like her. They all knew exactly what I was up to instead of training. But if they got to take breaks, I should be allowed to as well. I wasn't the only one who would come back from lunch smelling like their mate. However, I was the only leader to leave in the middle of training for a rendezvous with their mate. It was unprofessional but so worth it. I would be dreaming about today for years to come. Kaylee had me throwing away all logic and distractions when I was around her. I was consumed, and completely infatuated. It would be dangerous if it wasn't so amazing. I never knew what I wa
Kaylee's P.O.V. I didn't bother to smile at anyone as I marched toward the Alpha's office, nor did they smile at me. All afternoon people had been treating me like a plague that they wanted gone. More and more, I was understanding why Parker wanted to leave, and I fully supported him. I didn't want to be here either. I wanted to find my mother, tell her that I was okay, and then move far away to a place where Parker and I could just be together and happy. There had been so much going on until now. I had been putting off asking Parker for us to leave to find my mom. It wasn't that I felt I couldn't go without him, but the thought of stepping back into the town and walking to my mom's shop without someone made me feel sick. My mind kept telling me that I wouldn't be taken again, but every other part of my body was on edge at just the thought of going back alone. If I did, I would be exposed and vulnerable. It wasn't a position that I ever wanted to be in again. Even walking through
Kaylee's P.O.V. It wasn't as uncomfortable as I imagined it to be, having Hudson hang out with me for the rest of the day. We actually got along really well and had a lot in common. I could see why he was friends with Parker. He maintained a respectful distance, staying seated in the desk chair, while I sat on the bed as we watched television. It seemed a bit extreme to me, but he even refused to let me go grab food. He said that he either needed to grab it for me himself, or he needed Parker to grab it on the way home so they could make sure no one had tampered with it. I laughed it off, but the thought that someone could try to drug me to hand me over to the other pack or poison me to kill me made me angry. After everything that I had gone through, I was surprised that I felt so angry. I thought I would feel paranoid, but I didn't. I was so sick and tired of being pushed around and hurt. I had finally been freed, and I was going to fight tooth and nail to keep it that way. "Huds
Parker's P.O.V. Kaylee had been quiet and withdrawn the rest of the night, but I knew that it was for the best. She needed to stay put where she was safe. There weren't enough wolves in this pack that I trusted to protect Kaylee. I didn't have the time or the option to be out there asking around after her mother when I had more pressing matters and lives at stake here at the pack. She came first. I would always put Kaylee first. But her mother could wait. I was already destroying myself, trying to do everything possible to prepare my people for war. We already had one injured with no Intel or information from the strike. We were expecting the Blood Moon Pack to launch a proper attack any day now. They had already waited long enough. It wasn't normal for a pack to pick off wolves one by one. They normally made a plan and then charged with a force large enough to take down their enemies. My biggest worry was that their goal was to go after our young pack members one by one until the
Kaylee's P.O.V. "How long do you think I need to stay locked in here?" I asked as Scarlett smacked her hand of cards down on the table and shouted 'Gin'. She had won every round so far. It wasn't because I was distracted. It was because I genuinely sucked at the game, but besides watching television, we didn't have much else to do. At times, it reminded me of being back in the facility. I would start to feel the panic of being caged in like an animal until my captures were ready to feed from me. Then, whoever was on babysitting duty for the day would bring me back to reality. "I have no clue," She said as I gathered the cards and began to shuffle. "If you need to get some air, you should ask Parker to go for a walk with you." "I'm not sure he wants the extra stress of me being exposed." I shrugged before dealing the cards. Scarlett tried not to react when she looked at her hand, but the small twitch in the corner of her mouth before she schooled her features to let me know that I
Parker's P.O.V. Keeping Kaylee locked up in our room while I worked, was horrendous. Every day, I could feel her internal struggle to remain calm while she also felt like she was being imprisoned again. I tried my best to encourage her to be positive, but it was difficult fighting the demons and scars in her mind. She was strong and put on a good front, but she was still healing mentally from everything that she had gone through over the past four years. That wasn't something that would just go away after only a few weeks of freedom. Being locked up again was a huge setback in her recovery. In an attempt to keep her safe, I had been unintentionally hurting her, and she had been silently suffering because she didn't want to stress me out. It was selfish of me, but I had been taking advantage of the fact that she wasn't fighting me on this. I needed to keep her safe, and this was the only way I knew how to do that. Tensions were still h