Chloe POV“Damn it, Chloe,” Cindy cursed under his breath, looking through the computer. He had been pulling at his face, looking distraught for the past hour. I knew he was also exhausted from working at the club, but I didn’t know what else to do but call him. “Why didn’t you get me to set this up for you in the first place? This is a mess.”“Darren did it,” I sat back in the extra computer chair I dragged in from the other bedroom and crossed my arms. “He said it was on your server so it would be fine.”“It’s not fine,” Cindy scoffed. “There is nothing secure about your network, girl. He put you on the regular wifi instead of a secure line. Not only this video, but every video you ever recorded up here has had multiple leaks. There is no possible way for me to fix this now. Not with my limited abilities.” He raked his hands through his shoulder-length hair, then dragged his nails down his neck, clearly stressed. “You could have told me you were doing this, Chloe. I mean, girl, I su
I still felt apprehensive. I was resolved before tonight to be alone forever, never mating again. That went long out the window. From the moment Mick carried me on stage, I was caught in his spell, and now I don’t know what to think. I was biting my lip, staring at the laptop screen while Cindy continued looking up all the other guys just to avoid looking at Mick. Until I come to terms with these changes, I think it is best I don’t get caught up again in this new bond. Look what happened already. I was so wrapped up in Mick that I forgot about the mask, the live stream, Cameron, and everything else. I watched as Cindy typed in ‘L-E-N’, obviously searching for Lenny now. Something familiar flashed on the screen for a brief minute, but left as Cindy continued typing the rest of his name. Lenny didn’t come up, so Cindy deleted it to try his full name. Leonard. When Cindy got to ‘L-E’ what caught my eye before caught my attention again. “Stop!” I said, leaning forward to delete the ‘O-N
Chloe POVThe room was quiet as all of us sat around the table in the dining room. Cindy went to talk to Rodger on my behalf after we discovered Cameron’s Beta’s account. Lee was his devoted lap dog. I know Cameron’s Gamma, Jackson, was good with computers. Probably more than Cindy. With Cameron’s comment on that last video showing my face, I know it’s just a matter of time before he finds me. It’s not a maybe. It’s a guarantee.Cindy came back an hour later. I was lying in the middle of my living room on the rug, staring up at the ceiling fan, counting the rotations of the blades as my mind went crazy with every bad scenario to come. Mick was on the couch, arm propped on the back of it, staring out the window watching the sun come up. Neither of us were talking. What was there to say? That I regret last night? Did I? I feel guilty, but do I regret what we did? Do I regret becoming mates?“Family meeting,” Cindy declared. He had a fresh face clean of his usual makeup, and a thermos th
Miles POVEver since last night, there has been this weird throbbing pain against my neck and this anxiety building in my chest.“It’s HIM,” Ivar stressed to me once again. “We need to bring him home.”“Yeah. If it were that easy we would have done it years ago.”“Everything okay, Alpha?” Emily asked, sitting at the secretary's desk outside of mine and Dez’s office. She’s my Beta’s mate, and filling in at the office while we sort out all the staff changes now that the new ranks taken over leadership. Without a Luna, and my mom busy taking care of pops, Emily is the next highest female and is doing her best to wrangle the new staffing.“Yeah,” I said, rubbing my neck. “I slept on it wrong, I guess,” I lied.“I know any number of she-wolves that would willingly work the kinks out for you,” she grinned, winking at me. I growled at her and she laughed. “I’m just kidding. The elders did send a new list of Luna candidates, though. Want me to put them where I put the last ones.”“In the tras
Chloe POV “Mate,” the tall, muscular man practically growled while staring at me. His face was rugged, with a thick beard and messy, unkempt hair. His sun-tanned skin was rough, but his eyes were kind. He was incredibly handsome in a rough sort of way. His eyes were the same color as Mick’s. He could have had more features similar to Mick’s, but the beard and his tan made it hard to tell. One thing was sure. I was feeling the pull towards him that made me unable to look away; unable to move. There was no way, but I could not deny the pull towards him. It didn’t make sense. I was already mated again. To Mick. Mick was furiously tense. I could feel his worry the entire drive here. He barely even talked to explain himself further about being a wolf less Alpha. He just muttered, “I was never an Alpha,” and asked me to talk about it later, without three curious ears listening in. I could feel his anxiety so I didn’t push him and now he has these ranging feelings of disappointment and sa
Mick didn’t answer. He was still viciously glaring at Miles. I could feel the waves of hostility and defensiveness. He wasn’t going to let Miles near me, and really didn’t want him looking at me. I was getting worried about what this Alpha would do. “Mick,” I whispered, placing my hand on his tensed back. He twitched, then started to relax under my touch, the sparks traveling between us. “She’s mine, Miles,” Mick stated. “She doesn’t want an Alpha and I don’t want to share. If that’s going to be an issue, we will just leave.” “Oh, shit,” Billy muttered, looking between Mick and Miles, then his eyes landed on me, appraising me. He let out a low whistle, “So much for calling dibs.” Miles growled, showing the first signs of hostility, but it was aimed at Billy and not Mick. “Mickey, Rodger said she would be safest here,” Beau said. “We can’t just leave. This is where he’s expecting us to be. Cindy is heading this way tomorrow, and the others soon after.” “Who’s Cindy? Is she hot? D
Chloe POV“What was your username on Horny Fans?” Billy asked. “You know, just for reference. Gotta cover all our bases.”Mick and Miles growled at the same time, in complete unison. Mick narrowed his eyes at his brother and the Gamma, then squeezed my thigh possessively, making it tingle with delicious and poorly timed sparks. The more tense the room became, the more I craved to retreat somewhere with Mick, to hide from all this stress and de-stress together. That would have to wait until later, but I was still reacting to his touch.“I’m just kidding,” Billy held his hands in the air, a playful smirk on his face. “Just trying to lighten the mood.”The room had gotten so much more tense. More so than before when I was explaining how Cameron discovered where I went after I left Fire Moon Pack. I could feel the judgment being aimed at us. Not just me, but also towards Mick, and even Beau, Jamie and Boyd. We were selling sex at Broom StiXXX. Plain and simple. There was no way to dress t
Mick POVKeeping calm was no longer an option for me in regard to Boyd. I tried to keep my cool this entire fucking trip, even at his worse, because I knew Chloe didn’t want another possessive Alpha. When he called Chloe a slut though, that was it. I wasn’t going to play nice any more.“I can find the way out myself, Mickey-poo,” Boyd said, using the degrading nickname he knew I hated.“Just making sure you don’t lose your way,” I muttered, biding my time until we were outside. Fighting in the packhouse isn’t something I’m willing to do. Only the Alpha has the authority to fight in here, and I don’t want any claim over the Alpha title with my brother. Once this threat is gone, I plan on taking Chloe and leaving, making a life somewhere else far away from the brother I was never able to measure up to. I’m not losing her to my brother too. She’s my miracle. He’s an Alpha with a wolf and a pack. He can take a chosen. Chloe will be it for me. I don’t want anyone else. Ever.We got to the