Nova was given away to a rogue leader when she was just seven years old by her father. She was rescued by the pack again when she was 16 and placed back in the care of her father. Ever since then, she's been hustling to get enough money to get away from her father who literally traded her away and the pack that abandoned her back in his care. That is until she finds her mate: Alpha Ivan. She hates him immediately, seeing him only as someone who is going to tie her to the pack that she so desperately wants to leave. But Ivan isn't going to let her go.
View MoreJude, Lucy, Jakobi, Nova, and I arrive at the old rogue camp around lunchtime. Jude had talked to the omegas about packing us some food, but none of us are really in the mood to eat as we stare at the waterfall.I can feel the anxiety and fear rolling through our matebond.Bite is trying to calm her, but this place… it holds a lot of bad memories for our mate, Fang tells me. You gotta help her through this.I can feel it, I respond. Do you think she’ll ever tell us what happened here?Fang gives a huff that somehow conveys both his grief for our mate and his fury at the whole situation. I don’t know, Ivan. I don’t know if she’s had time to process any of this trauma.He’s right. Our little rabbit hasn’t had any time since her mother left to deal with her emotions. That’s something we’re going to have to prioritize. I wonder if one of my parents knows any good therapists in the city. It shouldn’t be hard to find one.In the meantime, I reach out and pull Nova into my chest. “You know y
“Dude, have some respect for yourself and your title. What the hell are you doing around here in a fucking tank top?” I growl at Jude. “And a manbun?! I told you the next time I saw you with that, I’d hack it off with a butter knife.” Nova giggles beside me, and I can’t help but turn a smile on her, even though I’m annoyed by my second-in-command. Goddess, this female has turned me into a sap, but I wouldn’t change it for anything. “You will NOT be touching my mate’s hair!” Lucy says indignantly, hands immediately going to her hips. “It’s okay, baby. He’s just jealous that I’ve had my mate mark longer. And I’m wearing the tank top, asshole, to show it off,” Jude taunts as he sits at the breakfast table, pulling Lucy into his lap. “Seems like it’s something that you like doing, too. Since when was the last time you wore a crew-neck shirt instead of a button-down for work?” “At least mine has sleeves,” I grumble, knowing he has a point and very much not liking it. Jakobi and Erick a
I wake to kisses along my neck and a hand creeping over my thigh.I grin, loving the feeling of Ivan’s skin against mine. I don’t think I’ve slept in actual clothes since we completed the matebond last week.Our mate is insatiable, Bite yawns in my head.Don’t act like you don’t love it, I say, biting back a moan as Ivan shifts my thigh over his leg, opening me up for him. I can feel his erection pressed against my ass and can’t help but shiver at the feeling of him against my body.“I know that you’re awake, little rabbit,” he whispers in my ear. “You only shiver like that for me when you’re anticipating what I’m going to do to you.”I try to pout that my fun was spoiled, but his fingers sweep across my pussy, finding me wet and wanting, and I completely forget about teasing him.“Always so wet for me,” Ivan growls in my ear.“I can’t help it,” I breathe out as I arch my back into his chest. “Just your scent makes me needy for you.”I can hear the smugness in his voice as he responds
I had tried hard not to be worried about the fact that Nova didn’t want to be inducted into our pack with Lucy. I wanted to have access to her all the time. Not just for safety purposes, but also because I’m just fucking obsessed with her. She’s my mate, so sue me. But I could tell from the link of our incomplete bond that it wasn’t because she was scared, like she used to be. In fact, there was yearning in her so deep that it seemed to come from her soul. To belong. To be wanted. So I couldn’t understand why she didn’t want to become part of the pack with her step-sister. But I don’t push. She’s been through a hell of a lot here in the last couple of days. My own insecurities don’t need to be added to that. Dinner with Lucy and our crew goes well. Lucy is a lot less chatty and animated than she was originally in that way that rang false to all of us. Now, she seems relaxed, calm, and acting like herself. And her sense of humor is going to give Jude a run for his money.
We don’t see Lucy and Jude again until dinner that night.They walk into the dining room practically floating on air, and all of us instantly notice the change in their scents. A quick glance at their necks confirms what I already knew—they’d marked each other.Seeing the mark on Lucy’s neck does something to my insides, twisting them in a way I don’t immediately understand. It takes a second to name the feeling.Jealousy.My hand drifts to the mark Ivan gave me, fingers tracing the imprints of his canines in my skin. It might not have been what I wanted at the time, but now?Now, I wouldn’t trade this connection with Ivan for anything.As if sensing my thoughts, Ivan’s hand joins mine on my shoulder, his fingers twining with mine before he brings my hand to his mouth and presses a kiss to it. “We have plenty of time, little rabbit,” he murmurs.I just nod, unable to voice what I’m feeling—and what I want to happen because of those feelings.Once everyone is seated, the servers place
There’s something off about Harley, Kamryn, and Lucy. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I don’t like the way they interact with Nova. Harley seems genuine enough, but the way Kamryn and Lucy cling to Nova—so emotional, so overly happy—it just rings so fucking false. I don’t like it. I don’t like that my mate may have more difficulties ahead because of her absolute shitshow of a family. How did such an amazing female come from an asshole father and a mother who is… whatever the fuck Kamryn is supposed to be? The Moon Goddess truly moves in mysterious ways. But it isn’t until Kamryn tries to blame my father for why she didn’t report Roy’s abuse that Fang has had enough. This stupid bitch is blaming everyone but herself. She was a victim for so long that she still sees herself that way. She’s blaming everyone else for her own actions! he snarls in my mind, and all I can do is growl in agreement. It’s Nova calling her out on her bullshit—along with the disgust and anger I pic
I can see the exact moment my mother—Kamryn—realizes she can’t talk her way out of this. That I don’t believe her.That none of us do.Both Ivan and Erick beside me are pissed, muscles taut and ready for action.Bryson’s usually affable face has hardened into a stone mask, and he’s now standing behind Harley and Kamryn in case they try anything.Luna Annelise’s face is pale with rage, while Alpha Derek’s has gone red with the same emotion.Jakobi is the calmest of the group, but he’s hypervigilant, his sharp eyes never ceasing their scan of the room.Jude has completely hidden Lucy behind him, his fangs bared as he protects his newly found mate. I can’t see my step-sister behind him, but I can feel the worry and fear radiating from her.And me?Hell, I’m just resigned to the fact that the only people who were supposed to protect and care for me never followed through. That the ones who actually did weren’t blood-related at all.Kamryn is just like Roy.Oh, she might not have beaten me
The rest of lunch is tense. Oh, everyone is cordial and conversation continues with very few hiccups. The men of the table trade war stories. Harley seems to like fighting – I mean really like fighting. There isn’t a single story that he tells that doesn’t have him kicking someone’s ass. It’s slightly disturbing. Especially with the way my mother stares at him with adoration. I mean, I really like Ivan, may even be falling for him. But she stares at Harley like the sun’s rises out of his ass. It’s nauseating. Almost like she traded in a world that revolved around Roy – because he was abusive – to revolving around Harley – because he isn’t. We’re about halfway through the meal when Jude and Lucy walk back in the room. Truth be told, I had expected her to reject him. I mean, the fear that was rolling off her in waves did not bode well for the start of a relationship. But when they walk back in, it’s a completely different story. Jude is walking close to her,
This is the first time since I met Ivan that I wish I had the ability to mindlink him. I need to know what he thinks of my “family” because these people give me the creeps.Honestly? Harley is the only one who isn’t giving me the heebie-jeebies.My mother is way too emotional for this. If she had really cared about me, where has she been for the last ten years?And my “sister?”Like I said before, we’re obviously not blood-related. Lucy has to be Harley’s daughter from before he met my mom because my mother is lily-white, and Lucy has the most beautiful mocha skin I’ve ever seen. Her tone nearly matches her father’s exactly.Besides, Lucy looks like she’s the same age as me, and I know my mother wasn’t with anyone but my father at that time. He barely let the female out of the house.Lucy chatters on at my left about her pack and all the clubs and social activities she’s a part of. Luna Annelise is speaking with my mother, and Ivan and Alpha Derek seem to be getting along well with Ha
“Daddy? Why are we here?” I know I’m whining and Daddy hates whining, but I can’t help it. It’s cold and dark and scary and I want to go home. “Shut the fuck up!” he orders. Though his voice is gruff and the words that he says are mean, he isn’t really paying attention to me right now. He’s too busy peering into the gloom that’s all around us. Daddy looks down at his watch and then looks back into the trees that surround us. His movements are fast and jerky, like he’s on that special medicine again. Well, more like he needs to have another shot with the special medicine. He always gets meaner whenever he needs the special medicine. “Are we really going to see Mommy out here?” I ask. That’s what Daddy had told me when he made me get out of bed. He was bringing me out into a deep dark part of the words beyond our pack borders where the teachers always tell us that we’re never allowed to go so that we could get Mommy and bring her home. He ...
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