Nikki POV I feel like I am sinking deeper into depression. My birthday is just weeks away and the blood moon the week after. Maybe I should just go to Desert Moon Pack for my first shift, it’s a safe place away from humans. That’s all that really matters, right? It isn’t like I have my parents there to make the shift easier. And when I talked to Luna Hope about having Aunt Jeni step in she wasn’t sure that a family member who wasn’t my parents would be sufficient. So it isn’t like I need to go home for her to be with me. Dr. Wolfe has given me grounding techniques to work on, the one that is my preference is the 5 senses technique commonly used for anxiety. First you acknowledge 5 things you can see around you. Then acknowledge 4 things you can touch around you. Then Acknowledge 3 things you can hear around you. Then acknowledge 2 things you can smell around you. Finally acknowledge one thing you can taste. That one really helps when things become overwhelming. I talk or text with

Nikki POV This Morning was amazing. I slept so soundly wrapped in Frankie’s arms, that when I woke I just had to stare at him. “I can feel you staring, Little Bee,” he said and opened his gorgeous eyes. I smiled and pressed my lips to his. When the kiss ended Frankie said, “Don’t start anything you don’t intend to finish, Little Bee.” Then he pressed against me and I could feel his already hardened length. “Who says I won't finish?” I said huskily and I looked at him coyly through my lashes. “Well then you’ll have to control yourself or we’ll be putting out one hell of a broadcast for our friends,” he said, slipping his hand between my thighs. I gasped and heat shot straight to my core. He began caressing my folds as they became slick with my juices. Slipping one finger inside as his thumb was rubbing my clit. I let out a soft moan as he pressed his lips to mine. Then he kissed his way down my body stopping at my center where he began licking and sucking intensely. I grabbed a pillo

Kendall POV Damn it! I can’t believe I was almost caught yesterday. I should have come straight home when I realized that Frankie and the tracker were there. I should have, but I wanted to see if the girl was the way to get to Frankie. I can see that he is in love with her and I can use that to get him to hear me out. If he hears me out and knows my fathers plans, he can protect the girl and ultimately help me to bring my father down. I have been taking advantage of the times that my father is gone to oversee shipments. I have found that he is not only helping the gun runners, drug lords, he occasionally dabbles in human trafficking. But that wasn’t the worst of what I found, I was able to dig deep enough into the files to find that my mother’s death was the result of a rogue attack that my father orchestrated. He had his own mate killed! My mother was a saint and for her death, my father will have to pay. Yes, I will avenge the death of Graciella Rosetta Martinez with the Goddess as

Frankie POV Today I am going to see Simone and pass some information of my own. In the envelope is a note that says ‘I’m a gambling man. So instead of a coffee shop in Sparks you have 2 days to make your way to the Hargata in Atlantic City. Reservation will be under Martinez. Don’t make me come looking for you.’ If he doesn’t show, not only will I know he is guilty, but the alliance will be void, because I will personally end his life. You don’t threaten what is mine and live to tell about it. I pulled up in front of Simone’s shop and took a breath before I got out of the car. It may take a little persuasion to get Simone to agree to cooperate but if all else fails, Nikki’s birthday is coming up and the Blood Moon Ball right after, I can flex the black card in lieu of complicity. Simone glanced up as I walked into the shop and I could already tell the black card was going to get some exercise today. “Alpha Heir Frankie, How can I be of service to you today?” they said with dollar si

Frankie POV We arrived late in Atlantic City and got checked-in and settled. We looked at the layout of the rooms to determine if anything needed to be moved around before the meeting for tomorrow. Being that the room I would be in was an executive suite, we did position the desk so that my back would be to the sliding door of the balcony and Kendall’s would be to the door of the suite itself. After that, we decided that we needed to get some sleep, so we were prepared for whatever the outcome of tomorrow would be. Then we were up early for breakfast and then to wait. At 1:30 p.m. the front desk called the room to let me know my guest had checked in. I looked at the men with me and said, “Show time.” Shortly after that, there was a knock on the door to my suite. I looked through the judas hole and it was Kendall as I suspected it would be. So I put an indifferent look on my face and opened the door. “I wasn’t sure you would actually show,” I said as I gestured him into the room.