Parker's P.O.V. I could still hear her breathing, panting with fear through the open bedroom door as I was tossed onto the couch in the downstairs living room. My body was frozen. Both myself and my wolf were torn and didn't know what to do. She was alive and safe. That had been the objective of last night, and it had been successful. But in saving her life, I cost us our relationship. The horror on her face and the way she desperately tried to get away from me were burned into my brain. It was the worst thing I had ever seen or experienced. Yet, I had no idea how to fix this. "You need to give her space. Let her cool down. She just woke up." Jack said softly as he took a seat next to me, leaving my father standing over us. "No, I need to fix this. I need to explain." I whispered as my eyes stayed glued to the knot in the wooden coffee table in front of me. Kaylee had to know the truth. She had to understand that what I did was to save her life. If she did, then maybe she wouldn't
Parker's P.O.V. Twice. I had seen her twice through the window. The first time she had just been walking by, presumably to the bathroom. The second she stopped. She opened the window and took a deep breath of the cool, humid air. I could see the relief on her face as she enjoyed the fresh air. Her hand moved out, palm up as she tried to catch the drops of rain. For just a moment, she looked happy. Then she looked down. She looked down and saw my wolf laying out in the rain, and the small upturn to the corner of her lips disappeared. I let out a whimper as I tried to apologize, but my beast was still too angry and upset to let me shift back without it being a fight between the two of us. I had cost him our mate, even if it was temporary and even though it was to save her life. He had the right to be angry. 'How is she?' Hudson moved forward, the fur of his wolf drenched, letting me know that he had just gotten done running patrol. I glanced back to the window, not wanting to take
Kaylee's P.O.V.It took a lot of convincing from Parker's mother, or Ma as she continued to insist I call her, for me to get the courage to approach Parker. Seeing him outside in the rain was the final straw. He had sat there for two days while I battled the demons in my head. He only ever stepped away for what I assumed was a quick bathroom break because he was right back within a minute or two.Sleeping without him was the worst. I felt him close, as he was just outside, but not having him next to me was awful. He didn't deserve to suffer and sleep in the rain just because I was mentally fucked up.I had packed us a bag about an hour ago but was still standing in the front entryway, trying to push all the demons to the back of my mind. There was the fear that as soon as I stepped out of the house, I was going to be surrounded, overpowered, and taken back to the infirmary."One step at a time," His mother encouraged from behind me. I spu
Kaylee's P.O.V. The walk to the packhouse was tense as our hands occasionally brushed against each other. Each time, it was like touching him for the first time all over again. Sparks shot through my skin and butterflies fluttered in my stomach. Scarlett had split from us when we passed her house, so I couldn't use her as a distraction. My mind was swirling with everything Parker. His touch, his taste, his smell. Even the way he was walking had me ready to swoon. I felt like a bitch in heat. Where do we go from here? Do we start over, or just wait out this tension between us until it disappeared? "We need to stop by the conference room to get permission to stay at the packhouse." He whispered to me. 'Apparently, we go to the conference room from here.' I thought bitterly. I released a sigh as I mentally smacked myself in the forehead. It was like dating for the first time. I didn't know how to talk to him, or if I should. If I did, any number of his pack members could be able to
Kaylee's P.O.V. All at once, everyone at the table started talking over each other. I could hear what they were saying, but it felt like I was underwater. The weight of the situation had me falling against the back of the chair in stunned silence. "What did they do to the Blood Moon Pack?" A deep, familiar voice called out from my side of the table. I couldn't see who it was from where I was sitting, and I didn't bother to turn to look. "They had to have done something, or else they wouldn't be giving the ultimatum of war." "Do we really want to keep a potential criminal in our pack?" Parker's hand was tight in mine, and I could feel him shaking as he tried to maintain control of his wolf. I glanced up at him. If they were going to take me, I wanted to memorize everything about him first. I knew he would come for me if I was handed over to the Blood Moon Pack, but I wasn't sure how long that would take. The last time a group tried to take me, I was held captive and tortured for f
Parker's P.O.V. I saw red. My blood pumped loudly in my ears, silencing the world around me as I held my wolf back from slaughtering the traitor. Jack shook beneath me, his head turned as he submitted, giving me easy access to rip his throat out. Everything in me was fighting the urge to give in and kill him like the traitor that he was. I heard my name yelled out by several voices, but only one made it through the fog. Her soft call to me was so different than everyone else who was yelling or trying to order me to back down. My wolf pulled back in my mind as I continued to hold Jack to the floor. 'Why? Why do you always go out of your way to hurt me? Why couldn't you just let me be happy? That's my mate they're after! Because of you, they're after Kaylee!' I snapped my jaw in his face, satisfied when he flinched away from my teeth as I continued to snarl at him. 'You're a traitor! You're dead to me! I should rip your throat out right now!' The feeling of several arms pulling me
Kaylee's P.O.V. I could see the tension in his shoulders, and as I moved closer, I could feel it in the air between us. His muscles were coiled like an animal ready to attack, and his eyes were dark as he stared at me, sending a wave of warmth to my core from excitement. My arm slid against his wet bicep as I reached behind him for the untouched bar of soap. Parker didn't move as I placed it against his chest and began to slowly clean him, massaging with my other hand as I went. I could feel his eyes boring into my skull, and if it weren't for the raging hard-on he was sporting, I would have thought he was mad at me. "I'm sorry that I'm causing you and your brother to fight," I whispered, wanting to clear some of the air before we went any further. It wouldn't feel right to have sex when there was so much going on and so much unsaid between us. "You're not. We always fight. He is no longer a concern in my life after what he just did." Parker said, and I could practically feel the t
Parker's P.O.V. "Tell him to come back in the morning," Kaylee joked as she moved quickly passed me to get to the closet. A pair of shorts came flying into the room, and I grabbed them mid-air, sliding them on and tossing my towel over the bathroom door to dry. I waited a moment for Kaylee to get dressed before walking across the room to let Gabriel in. He didn't look pleased to be here, and I stepped to the side to let him enter the suite. His large build would have been threatening to anyone else, but not to me. I was almost the same size as him, and now I knew that I was just as strong, if not stronger. "Alpha," I greeted as he strode past. He nodded at me in acknowledgment before glancing around the room, stopping as Kaylee walked out of the closet nervously. "We need to discuss the events of tonight." He stated simply, grabbing the chair from the desk and gesturing for Kaylee and me to take a seat on the bed. It was all very informal compared to normal meetings with the Alpha