No, it didn’t. Fire and Fluorite was known for its brutality, but that didn’t mean they were all idiots like Ethan had been. I wasn’t even sure how he’d become a leader of a faction, given he hadn’t known when to walk away, but that didn’t matter now.What did matter was that his bears would have already gone back to tell the others what had happened and we needed to know what was being said.“We’ll go see Jack,” I said as I turned off the water and reached for my towel on the hook.Even if he didn’t tell us what I hoped, it didn’t make much of a difference. I just needed him to confirm what I already suspected: The third faction, led by Dylan, would be coming for us.It would also be helpful if jack could fill in other details, but no matter what, once Elena was healed, there wasn’t a fight I didn’t think she could win.Even if it enraged me to see her hurt, I’d known soon after meeting her that there was a superior wolf lying in wait inside her.Soon, all of Fire and Fluorite would

The name seemed even more fitting after that little display.The guy who’d just been thrown out finally got up. He was grumbling about something, but when I revved the engine, he at least had the decency to move the fuck out of my way.“That was Myra,” Mark said as we got going again. “The mermaid shifter Tuck mentioned before. Her bite is known to be more severe than her bark.”“Why is she working in No Man’s Land?” Elena glanced back at her half-brother.He shrugged. “Not my business to know.”Elena started looking around now that we were surrounded by more buildings. “Isn’t the circus over here?”Amy pushed forward in her seat and pointed over Elena’s shoulder. “It’s that way. Just before those taller pines. We took the long way into Fire and Fluorite, so we didn’t pass most of these buildings before.”Remembering the instructions Mark had given me previously, I knew that we were getting closer to the warehouse, so I parked in front of the least rundown building of the block.“We’r

Hell, it might be better that way. A fresh start for everyone.“We need to go,” Atlas said when he finally pulled back, slightly calmer than he’d been before.I glanced around. “Should we destroy any of this?”“We will.” His shoulders relaxed ever-so-slightly. “As soon as we’re outside.”Atlas led the way back into the main part of the warehouse. Amy and Mark were just finishing gathering items from the tables when we joined them, then followed us outside without a word.I shared a look with Amy, nodding in confirmation that things were as okay as they could be. She had seemed to know a lot about Atlas when we’d first found her, so she might have already known about his sister. I’d still want to talk to him about it more later, because he’d been loose with the details before and I hadn’t wanted to pry on such a sensitive subject.We exited the building the same way we’d come in and stood a few yards away when I began to sense energy pulsing from Atlas. His normally ochre skin was dark

My head sank into the pillows as she clawed at my clothes, ripping them from my body just as I’d done to hers.By the time my cock sprang free from its constraints, Elena was practically salivating with eagerness.She positioned herself over me, pressing her hands onto my chest to prop her body up before slamming down onto my waiting dick.“Mother fucking hell,” she moaned, nearly coming again from the hard thrust.I reached my hands up as she began to ride my cock, grinding over me with abandon. My fingers pinched her nipples, and her head dropped back.Her long, nearly white hair moved over my thighs, tickling them until I reached around her and wrapped the strands around my hand.I pushed her forward and rolled my hips until she gasped from the deepened position. My thrusts moved in time with hers and I pounded into her even when her eyes squeezed tight.“I can’t stop it,” she muttered, clenching tightly around my cock.My hands cupped her ass cheeks hard. “Don’t fight the releases

I assumed that primarily meant Jack’s son, but I also knew that they lived in an apartment surrounded by other families who were doing their best to stay alive without having to run away from the only home they’d ever known.“That works for us,” I said, eager to get outside now that Atlas had mentioned a training session.I hadn’t shifted since before the heat, but I could feel the restlessness setting in, making my skin itchy again.Amy nudged me, a growing smirk on her face. “Are you ready for the horn?”Mark groaned. “Please don’t ever say that to my sister again.”His agony made me smile. “I can handle whatever you want to throw at me,” I replied to Amy.“Good.” She grabbed my hand and pulled me past the group of men, then out the door without saying another word.I glanced back at Atlas before I was pulled outside, but he smiled encouragingly at me.“What are we doing?” I asked with a chuckle after her pace increased.She glanced back at the house that was almost out of view. “Ha