Dinner was an awkward affair, for more reasons than one. Lily kept looking between her brother and me, turning beet red and giggling, in-between telling him off for something he said to her mate. Grey was being a typical protective big brother and grilling his sister’s mate about the young beta’s werewolf politics and views on she-wolfs. I had shooed them all from the kitchen and refused help, as I worked better and faster alone, but that had opened the door for the grey wolf’s interrogation and sizing up Randon. There was also the matter of me thinking up a way to get my new mate out of my hair for the night which would be tricky. I didn’t want to make it obvious I was trying to get rid of him on the night of the full Moon either as that would be hella suspicious. Most newly bonded mates would jump at the chance to run together in their wolfskin beneath the full Moon, side by side. It was the natural thing to do. But I was not a normal wolf and I could not have Grey on my land unti

I knew it was useless, but old habits died hard, so I took a shot of wolfsbane as twilight fell and the stars started to come out. Then I took a couple shots of the whiskey I kept in my freezer to help steady my nerves, enjoying that icy burn down my throat and into my stomach. When I caught a glance of my reflection in the kitchen window, my eyes already glowed. I turned away in disgust. There was no use putting off the inevitable any longer.Patty and Bridget had closed the diner at eight p.m. as instructed and left for the night before nine p.m. I was sure to always know the time of the moon rise on that cursed day each month and plan accordingly to have my land cleared of all humans before then. I did not take chances with how much control I had gained over my wolf under that sick fuck’s tutelage or lack thereof, and I had not explored the animal side of me other than monthly since. And even then, I took extreme precautions so the beast inside me would not harm someone.No, I only

Even through a thick canopy of trees, the sun was warm on my face, but my body felt on fire. I soon discovered the reason for feeling so overheated at midday in the shadows of the woods, before I even pried open my eyes, I could smell their heady masculine scents. Before the other awareness dawned in me, I felt the press of bare skin against mine. I didn’t even need to have my eyes open to know that I was nestled between Roam to my front and Grey to my back. A tangle of limbs and naked bodies upon a bed of moss on the forest bed. Last night came back to me in more than just jagged pieces, but clearer than my nights after The Full Moon usually were. I typically remembered fragments like a kaleidoscope of memories, but my wolf claiming both of the Alphas, sleeping naked beside me, was not fuzzy at all. My memories precise and coherent. Oh, fuck me on a Monday, what had she done? Things just got hella more complicated. My head was already hurting just thinking about the fallout from la

Luckily, my cellar was a far enough distance away from my diner, that I wouldn’t be seen during my naked walk of shame. I drug my weary and bruised carcass down the stone steps and threw on my sundress, not even bothering with my bra or panties. I was tempted just to curl up on a ball on the concrete floor, and ugly cry until my exhausted body gave into sleep that often eluded me.But one look at what once had been my cage, and I knew that plan wouldn’t work. My vault was torn to hell. Blood and pieces of metal were scattered around the cellar. There was nothing left to keep predators of any kind out while I slumbered off the high of last night, and the low of this morning. This was going to be an expensive fix and I was drained in all ways possible, mental, physical, emotional. I didn’t have the energy to deal with it or my other problems currently. So I did what Harmony White does best, I avoided and I walked away.I stumbled into my cabin and into my shower to wash away the filth o

I tried to make a final non-violent more diplomatic approach with the armed robber. I almost felt sorry for him. He did not know just who, or more correctly what, the fuck he was dealing with. But he was about to learn if he kept that gun in my face and wouldn’t take no for an answer. I conjured a few tears to the surface and held up shaky hands in front of me to put on a good show. No one would be able to say I had not tried if the cops had to view the security camera footage of tonight. I had of course erased all the evidence of the wolf fight in my diner but had stored my sexual escapades, captured with both the Alphas, in a private, secured folder for my later viewing pleasure. So far, I hadn’t watched them as memories from both those nights still dominated my dreams, and I often awoke with wet panties afterwards. Now was so not the time for thinking about sex upon the very counter I was being held up behind with a gun aimed at my left tit. “We don’t have a safe! This place is