Song Credits: Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys, Keep on Loving You by REO Speedwagon, I Volunteer by Collin Raye, September by Earth, Wind, and Fire. The night was pretty much the disaster Reegan predicted it would be, but lots of interesting character interaction. I hope you enjoyed reading! Please leave comments/reviews to let me know what you think or share some of those precious gems! I appreciate you all!
Kat’s POV This whole night turned out to be a disaster! I had been hoping to sneak out of the pack house before the twins realized I’d left, but that plan was shot to hell when they showed up at my door before I could leave. I was dressed to the nines in the sexiest outfit I could find, desperate to regain my confidence after the devastating blow to my ego Jenna had delivered the night before. As soon as they both saw me, their eyes roamed my body like they wanted to pounce and devour me. It was almost enough to make my resolve to leave them crumble to dust. Damn mate bond! Making me want them despite their betrayal. Somehow I found the will to walk out, trying to sway my hips and exude confidence as I walked away. When I climbed into Tyler's car, Sarah and Rae were already with him. They all gushed over my outfit, telling me how hot I looked and it was just the boost I needed. I actually started to look forward to the night at that point. I loved my friends and it had been a lo
Kat’s POV I tried to shake off the anxiety my conversation with Larissa caused. All I needed was to add more drama to this night. Thankfully, when I returned to the table, it was clear everyone was having way too much fun to notice my strange mood. And right on cue, as if sensing my need to drink myself into oblivion, the waitress brought another round and I wasted no time in taking my shot before immediately ordering another. One of the twins tried to go all parental on me, telling me to slow down, but I shut that down real fast. Just when I thought the night couldn’t get any more uncomfortable, Raeanne’s drunk ass thought it would be fun to share our most embarrassing memories from some of our past outings together. It was all fun and games until she started talking about an incident that involved my relationship with Jesse. She was too blitzed to realize how inappropriate it was but that didn’t stop me from wanting to crawl under the table and hide. Thankfully, Jesse got call
Kat’s POV By the time I found my voice again, we had already made it to the car and Reegan was passing me to his brother who was already sitting in the back seat. Ryan pulled me onto his lap and wrapped his arms around me, holding me tightly in his vice-like grip. “Argh! Let go of me!” I screamed at him while attempting to wiggle away. “Not happening, Angel!” Ryan grunted back as my elbow made contact with his ribs. “You are not making good choices right now and as your mates, it’s our responsibility to keep you safe!” “I already told you, I don’t need a babysitter!” I gritted out. “I’m supposed to go home with Sarah!” I was so pissed, I wanted to let Cara out so I could claw them to death but she was currently ignoring me. “The fuck you are!” Reegan bit back. “I don’t know what the fuck has been going on with you the past couple days but you aren’t going anywhere until we sort it out so you might as well relax and make yourself comfortable back there.” Whether due to the alcoh
*Warning: This chapter contains mature content of a sexual nature Kat’s POV Reegan slammed the SUV into park, jumped out and had the door to the back seat open before I could blink. I sat unmoving, still on Ryan’s lap, trying to will my body to move. “Here, pass her to me.” Reegan said, impatient with my inert state. Ryan slid over to the door and lifted me by the waist into Reegan’s waiting hands. But once he had me in his arms, he immediately flipped me over his shoulder to carry me caveman style toward the front door. “Put me down! I can walk!” I hissed at him while beating on his back with my fists. “Not a fucking chance!” He bit back. “You are in so much trouble, baby girl! Now hold still while I consider your punishment.” Then he slapped my ass to illustrate his point. “What? What did I do?” I whined back. “Oh, I think you know exactly what you did, but if you insist on playing coy, we can discuss it when we get upstairs.” I huffed in response then looked up at R
Ryan’s POV I woke up to feel Kat’s cheek plastered to my chest. She was snoring softly so I knew she was still sleeping soundly. Reegan was no longer in bed but I could hear movement in the bathroom so I knew he hadn’t gone too far. I glanced at the clock to see it was only six-thirty am. Training started thirty minutes ago and we had agreed last night to skip it so I knew he wasn’t headed there. But it was unlike him to be up this early for any other reason. I wanted to ask him what he was up to but didn’t want to risk waking my sleeping angel so I decided to mind-link him instead. “What are you doing up so early?” I questioned. “Whatever it is must be important to have you out of bed instead of sleeping in with our mate.” “Can’t sleep.” He grunted in my head. “I’m too fucking pissed off. I’m going to find Jenna and drag her ass down to the cells. Let’s see what a week in silver chains does for the scheming little bitch!” “You know you can’t really do that, right?” I chuckle
*Warning: This chapter contains mature content of a sexual nature. Ryan’s POV “Why are you doing this to me?” she'd asked through her shuddering sobs. She sounded so broken and all I wanted was to make all her pain go away. But I couldn’t because I had no idea what she meant. It made me feel helpless and out of control, two feelings I loathed. It took some time to coax it out of her but when she finally admitted what had happened with Jenna, I was speechless. I felt so many things that I couldn’t voice a single one of them. After a few minutes, the overriding emotion floated to the surface. Hurt. I was hurt for her, that she had to hear those lies and experience the pain they caused her. I was hurt to think she suffered through it alone the past two days. But more than any of that, I was hurt that she actually believed I was capable of using her that way. How had I failed her so completely that she would question my commitment to her and only her? She tried to explain but I
*Warning: This chapter contains minor sexual references Ryan’s POV My sweet angel started to stir, bringing me out of my thoughts. After last night’s adventures, we had all collapsed into a peaceful sleep. It felt so good to have her back between us after the previous night without her. I wasn’t ready for her to wake up yet and leave my arms so I held perfectly still, hoping she would settle without waking. Unfortunately, her heart rate picked up, telling me she was fully awake. “Good morning, Angel! How did you sleep?” I asked, nuzzling her head with my chin. “Mmm! So good!” She answered sleepily as she raised her head to look at me. “How about you?” She was staring at me expectantly, waiting for an answer but I was lost in her eyes. She was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen and her big blue eyes never failed to captivate me. “I, uh . . . good. Great actually. I always get the best night’s sleep with you in my arms, Angel!” I finally answered. She looked around and frown
Kat’s POV As soon as the door closed behind him, the dam broke. I cried so hard my whole body was wracked with it. I laid there for what felt like hours, letting out all the grief I’d been holding onto. All the pain I thought I had dealt with long ago but had really just locked away somewhere deep inside me. I grieved for the person I had been but could no longer find within myself. When did I become this weak, insecure creature? I used to be so confident, so self-assured. Once upon a time, I believed I deserved to be happy, to be loved. Why couldn’t I believe my own mates found me worthy? I cried for the loss of my mom. After my conversation with Elder Alma, I had come to understand that the grief I had felt as a teenager had really been my father’s, shared with me through my ‘gift.’ It had been all-consuming for so long, then one day I just decided I had mourned long enough and, somehow, I locked it away. Now I knew I had never really processed my own loss. So I let myself fe