Linnea POVWait what?I stared at Alessandro in disbelief, completely stunned by his words. “I thought you didn’t want me?” I whispered and frowned in confusion.He took my hand and sparks fired along my arm. “I’m so sorry about that.” He replied.I looked down in my lap and fidgeted with my fingers. “Olivia was certain there was something else going on that made you want to reject me.” I mumbled softly.I looked up and saw Alessandro nodding. “Come.” He said. He got up and reached out his hand to me. Sparks tingled in my palm when I took his hand and he helped me up. Alessandro led me to a lounge and we sat down on the couch. He took a deep breath and looked at me with a tormented expression in his eyes that made my heart clench. “I left Italy six years ago.” He started. “I was an Alpha heir, destined to take the title after my father. Just before my eighteenth birthday, Harley had overheard that someone was planning an attack on us to take over the pack.”Alessandro shivere
Alessandro POVI stared at Linnea in shock. “I was in heat for three days.” Linnea whispered and sat up.A frown creased her forehead. “Does that make you mad that I had my heat already?” She asked.I quickly composed myself and cupped her cheeks.“You went through a heat by yourself?” I whispered, feeling concerned. Linnea nodded and tears welled up in her eyes. “I didn’t know what else to do.” She croaked out and looked away. “You should have come to me.” I blurted. “I could have made you better.”Linnea got up from the couch and glared at me. “Really?” She snarled. “So what, you make me feel better and then reject me when it’s finished?”A sob escaped her lips and she turned her back to me. “I thought that you didn’t want me.” She whispered. “So I took care of it myself.”I got up and wrapped my arms around her from behind. “I’m sorry.” I whispered. “I’m so sorry that I left you alone like that with a rejection hanging over your head. If I could take it back, I definitely w
“Stand down, Gabriel.” Linnea said and held out a hand to him. Olivia pushed past him and glared at me. “I took care of your mate during her heat because your useless ass didn’t accept her right away and this is how you thank me?” She mocked and raised an eyebrow. “By accusing me of things I didn’t do?”I gestured with my hand to the building behind her. “Isn’t this your clan?” I said. “Olivia wasn’t part of the operation to retrieve the weapons.” The queen replied calmly. “I’d suggest you calm down.”Linnea’s grip on my arm hardened and I looked at her to see her glare at me in warning. “You promised.” She hissed. I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose. “Let’s just get the weapons and get out of here.” I muttered. “Open the gate.” The queen instructed and Malik unlocked it to let us through. The queen pointed to the shed next to the house. “The weapons are in there.” She said. “You may leave with them now.”I nodded to my warriors and they opened the shed to start carry
Olivia POVWe were left alone in the alley and my heart dropped into a bottomless pit in my stomach. I refused to look at Gabriel, feeling like I might burst into tears if I met his gaze. I understood why he wanted to keep helping Linnea, even though it meant risking his life. I knew how important packs were to werewolves, and I couldn’t possibly ask him to leave his pack for me. A part of me was hurt that he wouldn’t fight for me, but I knew what I was getting myself into when I agreed to his request. I just thought we had more time. “Olivia.” Gabriel said softly. I didn’t reply, so he wrapped one arm around my waist and gripped my chin, forcing me to look at him. When I felt a tear slip down my cheek against my will, I cursed silently and closed my eyes. “Please look at me.” He pleaded. I opened my eyes and saw the same pain in his eyes. “Do it.” I whispered.Gabriel opened and closed his mouth several times, but no words came out. He groaned in frustration and leaned his
Linnea POVThe anticipation made my heart pace and I followed Alessandro’s every move as he left me standing by the door and walked over to the closet. He came back with a black box that he placed on the bed. I took a few steps towards him, but he held out his hand and I stopped in my tracks. “Did I tell you to move?” He asked and raised an eyebrow. I bit my lip and shook my head. “Sorry.” I mumbled. He chuckled and walked up to me. “You’ve only had a taste of this before.” He said. “If you feel uncomfortable at any moment, say it, and I’ll immediately stop. This isn’t torture. It’s for us to have fun. I’ve seen that you have great potential to be a perfect submissive, and I want to explore your boundaries with you if you let me.”I smiled and nodded. “Does it make me weird that I liked it?” I asked quietly. “The umm- punishments you gave me, I mean.”“No.” Alessandro replied. “It makes you brave for daring to discover new things about yourself.”He held out his hand. “Your pa
Alessandro POVSeeing Linnea writhe in the restraints was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I had to admit, when she walked into my office wearing that dress and acting all dominant with me I was almost spellbound. I was instantly turned on by her dominant aura and I wondered how I hadn’t been able to see it before. She was clearly an Alpha, and she knew how to use that aura to dominate a room. I pushed the bullet inside her and she stiffened. “Do you want your reward now?” I whispered as I pushed her hair away from her shoulder. “Yes please.” She whimpered. I brushed my nose against her neck and kissed her temple before taking out the remote for the bullet in my pocket. When I pressed the button, the bullet started vibrating inside her. Linnea jerked and she moaned as her legs started to tremble. I massaged her buttcheeks and pressed the button again, making the bullet vibrate even harder. “Ohmygod.” Linnea whispered, her breath coming out in small pants. I pushed her
Gabriel POVI stiffly got out of the car and almost sprinted up to my room. The packhouse was full of people, but I didn’t care if I bumped into anyone. I just wanted to lock myself in my room and cry. Rejecting Olivia was a lot harder than I thought. The pain was still lingering and I had to take deep breaths to keep myself from falling apart. I slammed my bedroom door shut and fell to the ground, my emotions becoming too much for me to handle. “I’m sorry.” I whimpered, hoping that the Moon Goddess could hear me. This had to be my punishment. I betrayed my Alpha and lost my mate because of it. There was nothing left for me to live for now. All I wanted was for Linnea to come rescue the pack so that I could be put out of my misery. I was startled by a knock at the door and my mother’s voice was heard on the other side. “Gabriel. Are you in there?” She asked. I wiped my tears and glazed at my reflection in the mirror. It wasn’t a surprise that I looked terrible. But she wasn’t
Wanda POVThe chains rattled every time I moved, the cuffs cutting into my wrists and ankles. A few days after bringing me to the dungeon, they chained both me and David to the wall, keeping us from moving freely around the cells. “Do you think she’s still alive?” David’s broken voice pulled me out of my thoughts and I glanced up at him through the bars. “I don’t know.” I replied. “I’d like to think so. Even if she never comes back here, I would want her to find a nice place to settle down, far away from all this.”“I don’t know if she’s strong enough.” David whispered. “She’s always been so innocent. I don’t know if she has it in her to fight for us.”“Have faith, Alpha.” I replied. “We don’t know what’s going on from here. If they had caught her, they would definitely have rubbed it in our faces. Right now, no news is good news, okay?”David nodded solemnly. I hated seeing him so broken. He blamed himself for the attack and losing the pack and no matter what I said, he wouldn’t