Asher “The perfect beings?”I repeated, brows furrowing. “The Paragon.” “It sounds fucking crazy,” Thayer said, pacing around the prison and running his hands through his hair. He stared at the ground, his wolfish eyes turning a piercing red demon color. “Because it is. How can a species be perfect? Not even gods can reach perfection.” “I’ve read about the Paragon briefly,”Lucas said. “Isn’t it a book in the library? From what I remember, the Paragonian people are a combination of species, almost like you. Multiple species in one.” “The Paragonian people aren’t mutts like me,” Tylersaid. “All the books and lessons we learn during school have been watered down, so as not to cause hysteria, but demon families pass down what they know to be true.” “Then, what are they?” I asked, confused. Still, I couldn’t grasp this reality. Anna had always been human. She had been human four years ago, and she had been human when she escaped her father and returned to Bloodmoon . If she were anyth
Lucas looked at the back French doors. “They’retaking careof a couple of people.”“Like … my father’s people?” I asked.Sighing softly, Lucas nodded. “Look, don’t worry about it because.....” He suddenly stopped and lifted his gaze to the back door.A pregnant human woman stood at the door and waved to us.He jumped up. “I actually want you to meet someone.”I straightened myself, vaguely remembering this woman from last night.She walked into the room and unzipped her light fall jacket. “Hi, you must be Anna.”Nervous for some reason, I stood up and guided her to one of our stools. “Yeah, I’m Anna. How are you feeling? That vampire didn’t hurt you at all last night, did he? I tried to stop him. I’m sorry if I...”“No, he didn’t,” she said, sitting and smiling at me. “I’m Hellana.”“Hellana,” I repeated. “It’s nice to meet you. Well, is there anybody we can call, so we can get you back home? I’m sure you don’t want to stay here with a bunch of werewolves and … whatever the hell I am.”
“No,” I said with a slight head shake. “You won’t.”But still, I wasn’t positive. She had the power to kill me and everyone else here. If Anna wanted to hurt me, she could snap all my fingers and my throat in a millisecond. Paragons weren’t known to play nice when pissed off.“You have to believe me,” I said, drawing her closer. “I know it’s fucking hard. I know you’re scared. But to be honest with you,you’rethe only one who will be able to defeat your father when he comes to take you back.”“He’s ” Anna started, but then cut herself off. She glanced down at her feet and gnawed on the inside of my cheek. “I think I unlocked another memory from my past. If it’s true and real, then my father … isn’t really my father.”“But your mother was, wasn’t she?” I asked. It was all making fucking But your mother was, wasn’t she?” I asked. It was all making fucking sense now.“Yes,” Anna said, voice soft. “She was. How’d you know?”I grabbed her hand and tugged her toward the back door. “You’ll s
Tyler.”“Give me fucking all of you.”“D-don’t push me. I’ll l-lose it.”“Then, lose control, Pretty Bird. Show me what you’re made of.”I turned us around and shoved him against the stone wall, my hand tightening around his throat. I desperately wanted to stop myself, but I couldn’t even think straight anymore. My monster had seized control and planned to do exactly what Thayer had demanded.His pulse raced underneath my fingers. He wrapped his hand around my throat and tightened his grasp, mirroring me. And then, like the psycho he was, he smacked me across the face harder than he ever had.A low growl rumbled from my throat, yet I found my pussy pounding. Like he had done to me, I smacked him back so hard that I left a red handprint on his cheek. The excitement in me rose every moment.“Is that all you’ve fucking got?” he asked, smacking me again. “Hmm?”I strummed my fingers down the column of his throat and hit him again, watching his smirk widen even more. As much as he loved ab
Pleasure coursed through my body as Tyler’s canines sank deeper and deeper inside me. My legs trembled. I curled my fingers into his muscular shoulders and let out an unsteady breath.“You … you marked me,” I whispered.When Tyler pulled away, his teeth were covered in my blood, like mine must’ve been with his earlier. He licked his lips clean, eyes rolling back into his head, then drew his tongue across his mark to close the wound.He curled his fingers into my body, a small smile stretching across his face. “Yeah, I did. And I should’ve fucking done it sooner. No more pissing off and listening to Asher. You’re my fucking mate, too, and that was the best fucking thing I’ve ever experienced.”Heart racing, I laid my head on his chest and relaxed against his body. When the pack house came into view, I smiled. Days ago, I had been begging for them to finally mark me, feeling so helpless and lonely. Now, I wore two out of four marks.“You’re back,” Jake called from the back door. When Ty
LUCAS“If she’s dead,he’s probably dissecting her,”Jake said.“Can you all stop saying if?!” Anna asked, throwing her hands into the air and shaking her head. “She’s dead, has been for years now. If she were alive …” She looked down at her feet. “If she were alive, then I would’ve known.”Would you have known, or would you feel guilty for not knowing and leaving?” Jake asked.Anna pressed her lips into a tight line and pulled her gaze away, shaking her head again. “It doesn’t matter,” she whispered. “I left her there anyway.” After another pause, she looked back up. “Either way, if she’s not buried, I need to find her.”I gritted my teeth at Tyler and Asher, pissed that they had marked her but I hadn’t yet. “You want us to raid his home to find Anna’s mom while that bastard wants to kill us?” I asked, eyeing how close Anna kept moving toward Tyler. She was grazing against his body, her fingers brushing against his knuckles almost subconsciously.“Yes,” Tyler said. “Before James does.”
My lips curled into a smile, and I parted my legs even farther apart, loving the feel of his hands on my body. I had been spending way too much alone time with Asher and Tyler, way too many nights with just them.Jake moved closer, grabbed my legs, and yanked my ass to the edge of the couch, tearing off my shorts, throwing my legs into the air, and kneeling in front of me. With a low snarl, he stared up at me with dark wolfish eyes, his wet lips trailing up the inside of my thigh.I rested my legs on his muscular shoulders and leaned back against Lucas, letting my head fall to the left to give him better access to my neck. He drew his tongue up the column, wetting my skin and then sucking lightly on it.When Jake reached my cunt, he buried his face between my legs and flicked my clit with his tongue. My legs jerked up in the air, my pussy immediately clenching. I whimpered and inched my hips closer to his face, not wanting him to stop once.He wrapped his arms around my thighs to stea
Pain shot through my body as I headed quickly to the door.“Claim mate,”my wolf growled through my head.“Don’t leave.”After taking one last long look at Anna and Lucas, I forced myself to turn away. She was completely lost in Lucas, just like the way that she had always been with him and the others. And I stood at the door with so many fucking nerves.Why couldn’t I just mark her? Why couldn’t I do what Lucas had done and not give a fuck?Maybe because I had always felt like the odd one out of the group, like the one who didn’t really matter as much, like the guy who was just there. I knew it wasn’t true, but as I slipped out the back door, unnoticed, it sure as hell fucking felt like it.“Turn back,”my wolf howled.“No.”Without removing my clothes, I transformed into my wolf and sprinted through the dark forest. I didn’t run the normal path that our pack took every dawn and dusk, but carved my own one through the thicket and sharp brush.Anna is my mate. Anna is my mate. Anna is my