Linnea POVGabriel and Olivia stared at each other silently, neither of them moving. “Did you say ‘mate’?” Oscar’s voice seemed to startle them both and Olivia groaned. “Well shit, it’s my usual luck.” She muttered. “Looks like both of you are coming with us now.” Gabriel grinned. He took a step closer to us when footsteps approached behind me. I looked over my shoulder and froze when I saw a vampire man standing on the other side of the gate. “Let them go.” He said calmly. Olivia looked back and smiled briefly before turning to Gabriel again. “You are outnumbered. “She said. “You should go before things get ugly. You might be my mate, but I won’t hesitate to hurt you to protect my people.” Gabriel stared at her and looked like he was about to attack us anyway when more vampires emerged from the shadows hissing and snarling at Gabriel and Oscar. “We should go.” Oscar suggested and Gabriel snapped his head in his direction. “Are you crazy?” He snapped. “We can’t leave witho
I was taken aback by Queen Ayesha’s blunt demeanor.“Thank you for having me, Queen Ayesha.” I said and smiled nervously. “My name is…”Queen Ayesha waved her hand at me. “I know who you are.” She smiled. “You are currently the most wanted wolf in the city, Linnea Nielsen. Alpha Harald has been tearing this city apart to find you.” I stared at her. “Has he been here?” I asked. Queen Ayesha shook her head. “Not yet.” She said. “But I figure that once those two out in the alley tell him where you are, they will come knocking the doors down to get to you.”I felt tears gather in my eyes, but I blinked rapidly to prevent them from falling.“I don’t want to get you in trouble.” I said. “I should probably take my leave before they get here.”Queen Ayesha chuckled. “You don’t have to do that.” She said and walked around the desk. She gestured with her hand to the chair in front of her desk and I sat down. “I heard that you have been hiding out in Alessandro Costa’s pack.” She told me
Gabriel POVThe sun was rising and we headed back to the pack to get some rest. The car ride was silent, neither of us knew what to say. My mind was a mess. I never imagined that I would meet my mate this way. “What are you going to do?” Oscar asked. I was silent for a moment, trying to gather my thoughts. “I have no idea.” I mumbled. “You better figure it out before we get back, or we’ll be in trouble with the Alpha.” Oscar muttered. I groaned. “What if we say that we came up empty?” I asked. “No one but the two of us knew that we found her. I have a feeling that Olivia will reject me if I turn Linnea in right now.” Oscar was quiet for a moment. “Are you sure that it isn’t for the best?” He asked. “I mean, she’s a bloodsucker. What are you going to do with a bloodsucker for a mate?”I growled at his disrespect, and if it wasn’t for that he was driving, I would have punched him in the face. “I will not have you disrespect my mate.” I snarled. “Or I might just put you in the
Alessandro POVI stared blankly at the photo in front of me. “I don’t understand.” I said. “I thought that Alpha David’s daughter was dead. How can she be alive?”Harley shrugged. “I think that someone must have faked her death to give her the chance to escape from Alpha Harald.” He said. “I found out that they are legally married, and I suspect that it’s Alpha Harald’s mark on her neck as well.”I growled at the thought of him touching her, but another thought came to mind. “Those other people that the warriors have encountered on the streets at night.” I said. “Do you think that they could be out looking for Cec… err… Linnea too?”Harley’s eyes widened. “They must have found out that her death was a ruse.” He whispered. “If they get her hands on her before we do…”He didn’t dare to finish that sentence. He just stared at me with horror written all over his face. “We have to find her.” I said. “If we can’t locate her, then focus on Olivia. Is there any way to find out which clan
Linnea POVAfter the meeting with Queen Ayesha, Olivia took me to her room. We were both exhausted after a long night and we were both asleep within minutes, curled up together on Olivia’s bed. When I woke up, my head was pounding and my mouth felt dry. I staggered out of bed to drink some water and collapsed on the floor. Pain surged through me and I groaned at the burning sensation in my stomach. My ears were ringing, but I could still hear Olivia call out my name. “Holy shit, you’re burning up.” She said. I panted heavily and curled up in a ball on the floor. “Everything’s burning.” I gasped. The door flew open and Queen Ayesha ran inside. “She’s in heat.” She muttered and turned to Malik standing by the door. “Get water running in the bathtub, it needs to be cold.”Olivia and Ayesha grabbed my arms and hoisted me up from the floor. “We need to get her temperature down.” Queen Ayesha said as they dragged me through the hallway to the bathroom where I heard water running.
Olivia POVI had no idea what was going through Linnea’s head. Just because Gabriel was my mate, it didn’t mean that I actually wanted him. If she wanted to f*ck him, she could. It wouldn’t bother me. Not at all. In fact, he could fuck anyone he wanted. He probably did. After all, he was a very good looking werewolf that could have any girl he wanted. I gulped and felt my heart sting at my inner monologue. Oh, eat horse sh*t, you stupid mate bond!I was still grumbling quietly to myself when I came downstairs to handle the mutt. Gabriel was standing in the alley outside of the house and for a moment I had to remind myself to keep glaring at him while I positioned myself in the shade so that I wouldn’t come in direct contact with the sunlight.Oh My Goodness, he was breathtaking. My fingers itched to run through his messy blonde curls and his blue eyes left me frozen on the spot. I trailed my gaze down his chiseled chest and abs. Biting my lip. My eyes quickly snapped back to
Gabriel POVMy mate was funny. I had to give her that. I walked back to my car, deep in thought. Olivia was wild, sassy and beautiful. Everything that I wanted in a mate. But she didn’t want me. For the first time in my life, I was rejected by a woman. It wasn’t a very pleasant feeling. But I still admired her way of telling me off. Ever since my mother and I had moved in with Alpha David, I had been very popular. We were originally from the Blue Ridge pack outside of Eslöv, and when my mom met Alpha David we changed packs. From the start, girls had followed me around and when I got older it was easy to get them to sleep with me. Linnea was the only person that didn’t fall for my charm, and even though I had no desire to fuck my step sister, it still irked me that she didn’t like me. So I made her the laughingstock of the pack. While Linnea was bullied in school, I was king of the pack. My mom always said that if I proved myself to be strong enough, Alpha David would make me A
Olivia POVI was standing in the alley, waiting impatiently for Gabriel to come back. When I called and told him about Linnea, he agreed immediately and went to get some food for her. My heart skipped a beat when I saw him come running with a bag in his hand. “Here.” He said and handed it to me. “I can’t go in there. My wolf will lose it if I smell her. Just tell her that I said hi and that I’m sorry.”“Thank you.” I whispered and kissed his cheek. Gabriel’s eyes softened and I turned to run back inside the house. I ran up the stairs to my room and started rummaging through the bag. Ayesha was sitting on the edge of my bed where Linnea was still out cold. “We need to wake her up.” Ayesha muttered. She tried shaking Linnea carefully to see if she responded, but Linnea still didn’t move. I looked in the bag again and I smiled when I held up a package of smelling salts.“This will do the trick.” I chirped. I tore the package open and held it under Linnea’s nose. Linnea started