Glenda’s POVMate.The words echoed through me as I let Matt kiss me as if he wanted to steal all the breath from my lungs. Mate had been such a distant idea for me for so long, like the faintest star in the sky, but I remembered how bright the idea had been when I was a little girl watching the way my parents loved each other with everything they were.After Dan, Midnight, Larry’s, and all the memories that I shoved to a deep dark corner in my mind, I had never thought that I would find such a person, let alone like this. Even if I were to find my mate, I was sure that everything that had happened to me, every scar and trauma would make them reject me, yet here he was, kissing me so desperately.Matt was my mate. Had he always known? Why hadn’t he said anything?Would I have believed him if he had?I couldn’t resist. I didn’t want to fight. After everything that had happened tonight, I just wanted to be safe. I couldn’t remember feeling as safe as I had with Matt.Mate, Alyssa said a
Matt’s POVLucas was furious, but not angry enough to push me to do anything more than what had been done. I could still taste her on my lips.Why did you not tell her? Why did you stop me? He roared, She must know us! She must not think we are not mates. Haven’t we waited enough?That was a stupid question. Of course, we had.Everything in me wanted to pull her close, howl, and mark her as soon as she said it, but now wasn’t the time. Mordecai was still nearby. The area was crawling with Midnight officers. If that wasn’t bad enough, Ben was still too close.There were too many eyes and too many unknowns around us to think it was safe. She had already been kidnapped because she was important to me. There was no telling what would happen to her if Ben found out we were mates. He’d take her and likely hold her for ransom or worse.Allowing her to say it in these circumstances had already been risky, but I was pretty confident that no one had been close enough to hear her. We were treadi
We got back to Mordecai’s estate quickly. He’d updated it more than I had realized the last time I’d been there to include a pool as well as a view of the coast. Renda had remained sleeping for the entire ride. The bruises on her face looked to be healing more quickly than I thought they would. I supposed her wolf was much stronger now than it had been before. I lifted her out of the car and into my arms, following Mordecai into the house.“You can stay in your old room,” he said with a glint of humor in his eyes. “I think all the action figures are still there too.”My face heated and I scowled at him, “How kind of you.”He laughed and shrugged out of his jacket as a butler I vaguely remembered showed up and led me down the hall to my old room at Mordecai’s house.True to his words, it looked just as it had when I’d last stayed in it. It seemed like it had been a lifetime ago. I carried her to the bathroom to clean her up as much as possible and change her into something more comfort
Glenda’s POVThe scent of blood and gunpowder pulled me out of my sleep. Jay’s shriek of fear and his accusations rattled around in my head. Andrew’s cold dead eyes looked at me in shock as if he had some right to blame me for his death.I killed him, but he was only going to kill me or worse.I felt no guilt about how he and his father had died, but I was troubled. Would my parents approve of this? Maybe they would have found it in them to forgive Jay and Andrew and everyone else who was a part of the attack.Who else was out there that might know who I am?My mind wandered to Matt.What time was it?I didn’t know where my phone was and there were no clocks in the room I’d woken up in. The covers were dark and across the room on a shelf was a collection of small figurines of wolves engaged in battle at the base of a tall mountain.Was it supposed to be Looming Height? Aside from the lovers who climbed to the peak, there were other myths about the mountain, pointing back to centuries
Emoni’s POVI woke up just a few hours after I had gone to sleep. From the darkness outside the window, it was sometime around midnight. I got out of bed and walked out of the room. Matt had been kind enough to move my father and Grayson to another room and establish Warhammer Guard around us.I was grateful for the security but troubled by the company.Demi growled. I could feel her pacing and upset in the back of my mind.Males are so fickle. He should be proud that we are his mate. We are strong, capable… How dare he not take the hint given!I almost laughed at her indignation. To be fair, the hint I had given him could have been taken any number of ways and the night had been too wild for any of us to have our full faculties.Telling a man we should talk more when we had a chance, in private, preferably away from my father was probably a bit too subtle.I didn’t know what Grayson had been through while serving Teagan and her daughter. I didn’t even know if it had been willing or s