Chloe POVThe Beta smacked Billy on the back of his head. “Don’t say it like that, you asshole. The bounty says alive and unharmed.”“Ow! So?! It’s on a hit list, isn’t it?”“Mr. Smith did?” I asked in disbelief. The man gave me the creeps last time we spoke, but this was insane. I didn’t think he would do something extreme like putting a bounty on me, even though he did make that comment about kidnapping me.“You know who he is talking about?” Mick asked, concern laced in his voice.I nodded. “He was a client of Darren’s.” I scoffed, thinking about his offer the last time I spoke to him. “An arrogant asshole but the richest one. Stupid rich. He basically tried to buy me the last time I saw him. Wanted me as his own personal sex slave or some shit like that.”Both Mick and Miles let out a deep growl at that.“That was right before you came over,” I told Mick. “Darren told him I wouldn’t be doing any more streams for him.”“Who’s Darren?” Billy asked.“Our friend,” I answered and Mick
“Alright, Luna. It’s all fixed,” an omega man told me as he and his helper wiped up the dust from installing the new door. “Someone will come by tomorrow to fix the paint and stain it, but it will do for now.”“Thanks,” I smiled tightly, not correcting the man again for calling me Luna. It would just fall on deaf ears again.“You take care now, Luna,” he said, righting his baseball cap and walking away with his tool box as the other man carried away all the leftover trash.Someone else had already cleaned up the old door and debris from Nonna this morning before I got back to the bedroom. After learning about Mr. Smith, Miles, his Beta and Gamma started taking action to tighten the security of the pack. I felt like I was just in the way but Mick wanted to stay behind and help. He was bent over Billy, pointing out things I didn't even comprehend on the weird digitalized computer screen. I said I was tired and made the excuse of going to take a nap in his room to get out of there. Both
Mick POV“Uh, Alpha. I found another one,” Ben, one of the omegas that works in the tech department waved me over again. “It's linked with hers.”The webpage was opened on a page with information on Chloe, like ways to find her and any leads provided by this Mr. Smith asshole. There were pages all over the dark web with this same bullshit. Even after Billy removed the main hit on Chloe, all these affiliate links keep being discovered. Most have Darren’s name and information tagged with it, but I’m finding more and more of mine, and so are the others. We already called and got Darren’s permission to delete his accounts and all traces of his streams and videos with Chloe. I guess I’m next.“I think it would be safest if you just removed your account, Mick,” Miles told me, reading my mind.“I think so too.”“Are you going to be okay with that? I know you said something about royalties before.”“It’s fine. My bank is loaded enough anyway.” I really could support Chloe and myself lavishly
Chloe POVEmily took me all through the pack; to the hospital first, since it was the closest to the packhouse, and then the warrior’s center, which was located on the other side. We stayed and I got to talk to the trainers at the warrior center for a while. I was surprised to see that the classes were blended, and people were wearing whatever they wanted. Most women were in leggings and sports bras, sparring and boxing with men as well as other women warriors.Beau and Jamie were there, watching intently as a massive trainer demonstrated how to dislocate the joints of a wolf while in human form. I tried to say hi and got a grunt back from both of them. They were enamored with the lesson. They seemed to have missed the aspects of a pack as well.I asked where Boyd was and Beau snorted. “Hell if I know,” was all he said. I just hope Boyd wasn’t causing problems somewhere. Mick and Miles seem stressed enough.I got an offer to come back in the morning to train with the elite team. I as
Miles POV“We have three vehicles approaching the gate, Alpha. Smells of rogue and other shifter species,” Kevin, one of my warriors, linked me to let me know.“It’s okay. They’re my brother’s and L-Luna’s companions.” Damn, it kept slipping out. Calling Chloe my Luna. If she or my brother were to hear me, this neutral peace we have managed all day might crumble, which isn’t what I need when there are so many threats out there against Chloe.“Mick. Your friends are here. The guards just let me know.”He stretched his arms up above his head, probably sore from being in the same chair for so long as he worked to help get all traces of himself and Chloe off the internet. We’ve been at this for hours.“I’ll go get Chloe and the guys.”“We will meet you at the gate.” Dez should be heading there now. I just wanted to wrap up a few more things; some that would be awkward to do with Mick around.“It’s going to be awkward doing it with anyone around,” Ivar snorted in my head.“Shut it, mutt.
“He has a wolf,” I whispered hoarsely, then squinted to catch what he was doing when he brought his face to her neck. I recognized the wolf’s canines grazing against her skin, too faint for a human to tell, but knowing the motions of mating, I was able to tell what was happening. He bit her, marked her, and the camera just caught the corner of his left eye under her chin, making it look like he was simply sucking on her skin. The blue in his eyes was shining brightly. It was definitely a beast’s power, and it grew the longer his fangs were embedded in her neck.He knocked her mask off, so I had a clear view of her face as she brought it to his neck, marking him in return. A human might have thought she was nibbling on his neck, or giving him a hickey, but to a wolf it was clear what was happening.Something strange happened when she bit him. Her eyes shone, but they were a vivid purple. I would have missed it or thought it was a lingering feather from her mask, but those eyes have alw
Chloe POVA big grin spread on my face seeing the familiar cars at the pack’s gates. Emily laughed at me, skipping all giddy to meet them. She then walked ahead to see her mate. Beta Desmond must have just shifted, because he was leaning against the side of the checkpoint building completely naked. A cheeky grin spread on his face too when he saw Emily. He was not shy at all about pulling her close to his naked body.I was a little disappointed that Miles wasn’t there too, and so was my wolf. Cortina had to make a comment about wanting to see him before and after shifting which brought so many enticing images to mind. Some from my dreams last night. Horny wolf.“Rodger? I thought you weren’t coming until tomorrow?” Mick said, looking at Rodger curiously as he got out of the third car that stopped after it pulled in past the gates. Rodger leaned against the open door and waved us over.“Things changed,” Rodger exchanged a look with Kai and Lenny, still sitting in the vehicle. “We had
“Dare, calm the fuck down. This is his pack,” Dave tried to reason with the angry grizzly, but every word he was saying fell to deaf ears.Mate, Billy had said.Would a werebear share their mate? I had never heard of such a thing before. They are territorial. We used to read in history books about clans and tribal chiefs going to war over fated mates taking a chosen before them. If Taylor were both of their mates, this could be a shitstorm.“Just let him go,” Jamie said. “This shit will sort itself out in seconds.” He was eyeing Billy like he didn’t think he was a match for Darren.This pissed me off. I may not know him as well as Darren, but Billy was my mates’ Gamma and a close friend. I didn’t want to see him hurt any more than I wanted to see Darren hurt. Cortina snapped her jaws at Jamie, daring him to fuck off. She was pissed for Billy's sake too.I suddenly realized that was why she was so fast to react. She was naturally acting like a warrior Luna, protecting a member of her p