When they got to their floor, they walked straight into the transportation unit. The first rundown meeting was in ten minutes. She walked over to her desk with that damn notebook clutched to her chest."Parrish, join us in the conference room," Dante heard himself say.She perked, bit down a smile, and then opened the notebook and scribbled something into it. Fast. Lord. She was so fucking thirsty for the job. Dante let Victoria dispose of the few documents he had signed. Dante made sure to get rid of her. "You'll be taking notes, Freya, not making suggestions," Dante said.He was careful to treat her exactly as he would any other reporter in her position. He was already an insufferable prick, so he wasn't particularly awful to her. But he was also fair, and after a week, she'd earned the right to sit, listen, and absorb.She kept her eyes on her notebook. "At least I have left the slave terrain.""Happy to always put you back in that position." Good thing Victoria had started worki
Five minutes later, they were looking at Brody Madison-not his real name though-wearing custom-made racing gear, and a smug smile that flashed gold implanted teeth. He looked like the reason they invented cars, but he was actually doing this-capturing the minds of car lovers, especially teens, to focus on appreciating that mode of transportation."It's not difficult or anything." He tucked a lock of his blondside-bang back into his helmet. "Like, don't expect me to accept crappy ideas. Look within yourself. The idea is there, and hey, if you feel like making cool cash, you should go for it." The stoner laughed into the camera, sending a plume of smoke toward the lens."Is he a minor?" Dante turned to Freya.She shook her head. "Twenty-one."It was official. This generation was too dumb to repopulate. Hard to believe they would be dependent on his likes fifty years from then. Good a thing he was smart and creative. No wonder, the Shifters believed that they were highly superior to huma
Coincidently, Dante and Freya were holding their smile intact while Jake and Ariel told them about their relationship with their partners. It was like they were having a happy chat about a perfect relationship that made everyone wish to have one. Freya could no longer take the beat, she decided to excuse herself before she did something that would secure her a night in jail or cause the over-pampered Luna to send her people to attack herself. The way Freya was scowling at everyone, she was restraining herself from throwing punches across Dante's face, kicking Ariel's feet and screaming at Jake for being selfish."So, I was worried about nothing." Jake joked."Why?""It isn't easy to find out that the woman you love is working for a hot competitor such as your fiancé. It is a good thing that he is caged. Now I have nothing to worry about. Moreover, I trust my Freya."Freya reddened, watching the cheater smirk in her direction. "In as much I love this conversation, well, I have a lot of
Freya saw that she couldn't subdue her outburst."Marley, you're making a pretty serious accusation here, so unless you're going to back it up with facts, I would kindly ask you to never speak to me again in a non-professional capacity." she crossed her arms across her chest.The Moon Goddess must be playing a critical joke on her. Everything was working against her. The Moon Goddess had decided to rain calamities on her today. She just knew the day needed to end before she stabbed someone with her frustrated pen."I've got my eye on you." Marley pointed at his eyes with two fingers and poked her arm. Again. She did the only thing she could without actually putting the available pen to use. Freya bumped her fists against each other twice, giving her the finger Friends-style."Did you just...?" Zara pushed off her desk, her chair wheeling backwards. She held her pen like a cigarette in her mouth."I did." Freya cleared her throat. "Please don't judge me. Living with the fact I did it in
The entire day, Freya avoided Dante as if he were a plaque. She made sure to finish up and hurried out of the company before something else unfortunate happens. Today, she was so emotionally, mentally, psychologically and sexually exhausted. If not for considering her self-control, she might as well have jumped on the next available man to get to fulfil her desires. What was she saving and guiding what she thought was precious to her when she could lose it to the wrong person? Alcohol and a man or a movie in exchange for a man would do the trick of de-stressing her. After all, she was more used to being alone than having someone around.Gathering her bag in one hand, she hailed a cab out front and headed home to change her outfit. Due to the entire commotion, Freya had forgotten to change her sneakers. She made use of it the entire day instead of the heels she brought, and no one noticed. What a tense day.A quiet long drive and the cab was in front of her house. She paid and proceeded
Freya heaved the air around her into her system, filtering through the various scents. There were only two individuals that she could smell, besides herself and the yummy-smelling wolf. Both males whose scents were so familiar. At least she could be sure that she wasn't in the grasp of danger. What surprised the most is that one of the scents seemed comforting that she kept heaving it. Hopefully, whatever reason she was brought here was for good because if she didn't make it out of there, nobody would give a crap to even notice that she was missing.Even though she was supposed to complete Dante's strength, she bet he wouldn't care. He didn't give a crap that she didn't want to be claimed by him. For that matter, he would be too busy trying to build an alliance with the other pack and if that meant using her to get it, he happily would.She wished she could say that it was just because he was so desperate for an alliance. But no, he already had a reasonable number of alliances with oth
His t-shirt didn't hide his broad shoulders, defined upper body or washboard abs. Ripped, that was what he was. This was a rare moment for Freya. Seeing Dante in a causal outfit was a sight to behold. This man was created differently.Ordinarily, Freya didn't much like the analytically condescending look, but she found that she couldn't help but admire that physique. In addition, both her body and her wolf helplessly reacted to the power that was practically buzzing around him; he wore authority like a second skin. Perversely, his hard, penetrating stare was heating her blood rather than affronting her. His eyes had taken on a glazed, hungry look that both thrilled and startled her. It made her wolf growl in excitement. The primal lust that gripped her was so intense it almost hurt. Well, that was just great. Maybe she was developing hate-love feelings or something.In any case, no way would her inconvenient attraction to him inspire her to react to him as her body and her wolf wanted
Pulling herself together, She also realized that Theo was amused rather than angry."Wildcat is an understatement. No one has ever fought me that hard," Theo said. He was a tall, olive-skinned wolf. With his athletic build and redhead, she appreciated his beautiful face briefly. Funny enough, he was more her type. Unfortunately, her wolf was growling her disagreement; she rather liked the proud Alpha."And what exactly is the purpose of your unlawful mission?" exactly?" Her tone pointed out that no answer could possibly placate her.Dante's inward smile surfaced. This new side of Freya would be perfect for what he had in mind. To know for sure, he needed to tell some sweet little lies first and feel her out, find out if his suspicions about her supposed engagement were true."Jake Kendrick."Her wolf growled inside her head at the name. "What about him?""He has something I want. Something that he should never have touched.""Ah, and now you believe you have something he wants and that