“Oh.” “Little jealous are we?” Luca smiled at me before he kept going on his beard. “Where is this spot?” “In a safe room in the basement.” Luca seemed unphased by this. “What do you want?” “I mean, I would like to go down there and punch her.” Luca shrugged. “So do it.” That threw me off. “Just like that?” I was trying to wrap my head around this. “Just like that. I might suggest you change.” Luca looked me up and down. “Though, I do love seeing you in my shirt.” Glaring at him, I stomped to my closet. The phone vibrated in my hands again.Lucy: I’m wearing that outfit you like.So, I replied. Luca: Be right down.Lucy: I’ll get myself ready ;) Rage burned in me as I ripped off his shirt. Finding a sports bra and leggings, I just grabbed my tennis shoes and put them on when Luca walked around the corner. “I take it we are going down there?” “Yes, sir. Apparently, she is getting ready for you.” Luca nodded and walked to his closet. By the time I came out, he was in tighter
“Come on, let’s go to the gym.” Luca walked off down the hallway. Looking back at the front doors, my feet slowly followed Luca down the hallway. He was waiting for me at enterence. “Where do you like to start?” “I usually jog a mile before I move on to any weights.” Luca nodded as he got onto one of the ten treadmills. Getting on one next to him, he immediatly started on a slow jog as he turned the T.V. on. “Do you prefer music or a show?” “Whatever is fine.” Actually, I prefered complete silence when I worked out. It was a place that I used to think about something. Lifting weights was almost theraputic. Many of my problems found solutions there. “It doesn’t matter to me.” Luca looked over at me. I had just begun my five minute warm up. “I’m going to be ignoring whatever you pick, so it really doesn’t matter.” Luca turned the T.V. off and set the remote down before speeding up. It wasn’t uncommon for me to work out next to people, but surely Luca didn’t think we were going to
“Little thing? I’m not five.” Heath put his arms down and moved back next to me. “You probably weigh 100lbs soaking wet. Shit, I could curl you with my finger.” “First off, I would love to see you try. Second, I weight 130, thank you very much.” The strange thing was, I never felt awkward around Heath. He didn’t make me feel uncomfortable or like he was overstepping in any way. I was suprised how comfortable I felt around him. Like a brother that I could go to for help or guidance. We fell into a comfortable silence as we were finishing our last mile. “Can I ask you something without you telling Luca?” Heath looked down at me and frowned. “He’s my alpha and I make it a rule to not keep secrets from him.” My heart sank a little. “Okay.” He was quiet for a five minutes before he spoke again. “As long as it doesn’t affect the pack or something like that, I’ll keep your secret. However, mates shouldn’t keep secrets from each other.” “Just forget about it.” I waved him off as he st
Well shit. I forgot it was there. Pulling it out, it was a message from Alpha Hunter. Dad: Why is Lucy in the cells in lingerie? I was left feeling a little conflicted. Luca said I could respond to Lucy, but that differed from his father. Still, I figured his answer would be the same. Me: She texted this morning, asking for sexI hit send and waited. The three dots appeared, for they disappeared a few times before an answer was given. Dad: Got it. Luca said I could go through his phone, but honestly, that isn’t what I wanted to do. Instead, I pulled up the text messages between him and Nora. Nora: Please, Luca. I want to talk to her.Luca: She will call when she wants to. Let me soothe things over. Nora: How quickly you threw us under the bus! I thought you were on our side. She is your mate!Luca: I didn’t toss anyone under the bus. She figured it out because she is that smart. Plus, I’m not about to lie to her. She is mad at me too. Do you really think this is how I wanted to
“How much time do you need to get ready?” Luca asked as he walked out of the bathroom.“I’m ready.” Setting the straightener down, I use a little dry shampoo and I was ready. Just needed my shoes.“Perfect.” Luca was putting his wallet in his pocket as I walked out. “There is a breakfast place I want to take you to first.” Grabbing some sneakers, and my purse with my phone, I was ready to go. I figured we were walking too much to wear sandals. “Sounds good. I like trying new places.” “We don’t have a ton of restaurants, but I try to eat at them all at least once a week.” Luca put his hand on my back as we walked out.“Well, if the alpha doesn’t support them, who does?” Luca nodded but didn’t add anything as he shut and locked our bedroom. The pack house was starting to wake up. People were looking like zombies as they walked around, but they were awake. “I need to stop by my office real quick.” Luca made a sudden turn, jogging towards his office. Not feeling the need to follow him
“What do you think so far?” Luca folded his arms and leaned against the glass as I stood in the middle of the sidewalk.“About what?”Luca shrugged. “About this pack? Us?”I mean, it’s been two days. What did he want me to say? “I’m loving the pack. It feels like my childhood did. Toddler ran around the kitchen naked from his mother. The eyeballs in the forest at night. The smell of the trees.” I took a deep breath with my eyes closed. “I love the forest.”“What about us?”“I’m not sure what you’re wanting.” “Just your honest opinion.”“I mean, I feel like this is a business transaction. We have sex because our bodies and the mate bond are telling us to. You’re fucking sexy as hell, sure. After finding out the truth, I’m having a hard time trusting right now. Especially when you send your beta to do your dirty work.”I didn’t get much reaction from Luca in the mate bond. “That’s why I sent him to talk to you. I knew you weren’t open to me.” “You can’t blame me for that.” Luca smirk
“Can I get the meat omelet, please? With a side of salsa?” “Of course! What would you like today, Alpha? We are trying a new casserole recipe.” “I’ll try that. Thank you.” Taking Luca’s menu, I handed them to her. She smiled and walked away from us. An awkward silence fell between us as I sat back. Luca finished messaging with my phone before he slide it over to me. “I put Nora and everyone in there.” “Thank you.” I was surprised to see the background was a picture of Nora and myself. “What is our next stop after this?” “Nothing specific. I just wanted you to know what is all here, so if you wanted a day off or just to go walk around, you knew the area.” Luca looked like he was having an enternal battle. “What’s up?” I gave him a look, questioning his feelings he knew I could feel. “Just thinking about your fighting style.” “What about it?” “I liked it. You were right, though, about submission. You are too tiny to do that. Plus, it’s not like you would be by yourself if we go
“I’m not a doll you can toss around!” Backhanding his shoulder, he just looked at me and smiled. “You are mine to toss around.” Reaching over, he took my hand as he pulled out of the parking spot. Now that Luca was opening up and being more flirty, I was feeling a whole different set of feelings. I didn’t have butterflies in my stomach when I was around him… until now. Now I wanted to crawl under his arm and lick his…If it wasn’t for the wind, he would be smelling my arousal. “Am I going to get pissed at this surprise?” I needed to change the subject. Luca’s mood instantly sank. “Probably.” “So, surprise isn’t the right word.” Scrunching up my face, I just looked at him. Wrapping my other hand around his forearm, I just felt like I needed more comfort from the sparks before I was faced with whatever was behind this door. Luca looked at my hand, but didn’t say anything about it. “Just know that I have nothing to do with it and I am actually annoyed this is even happening.” Taking
Goosebumps erupted over my body as I made my way to the patio door. The sun would soon be rising over the trees. However, multiple sets of eyes flashed in the trees at me. Most of the time, I would think the treat was in the trees. Now, it’s inside my bedroom. It took Luca a solid hour to scan the room. By the time Rook and Reese showed up, Luca had found four bugs they had planted. Instead of telling them, Luca answered the door with the bugs in the sealed bag. Reese let out a growl and Rook just clenched his jaw. “Seriously?” Reese looked at them as they walked in. “I’m not surprised. With everything else going on, did they really think you wouldn’t have noticed?” Rook sat down on the edge of the couch. Unrolling the maps, he pulled out a notebook from a drawer in the coffee table. “Demi was the one that realised something was wrong.” Luca yawned as he sat down in an armchair. Reese sat down beside Rook. “Do you want to go shower now or wait?” Luca looked at me. I looked back a
I had my basic eggs, sausage, and cheese omelet smothered in salsa. Luca had two eggs over easy, bacon, sausage, and hash browns. Reese and Rook had something similar, but with an added pancake. “It could be one of the girls…” I said, finally. It was as if the men didn’t even register this idea. Three forks hung in the air, their mouths hanging open and their eyes slowly shifting over to me. “They were there for the updates. I’m sure you told Amelia everything. Peggy and Veronica have been fucking Grim and Simon. Nora is mated to Jared. I’m just saying we can’t focus on the men only.” I didn’t want to believe it for a second, but I cannot not think about it. “Damn…” Reese sat back. “We need to make a list of everyone’s parents. The girls and the guys and what pack they are from. We need a map of who belonged to where and where they were when all this went down.”“Our suspect pool just got larger.” Rook nodded. “Keep this between us.” Luca looked down at me. “I’m sorry but our bedr
Luca’s hand wrapped around Grim’s throat. “Don’t you ever…. EVER speak to her in such a manger again. If you have a problem with how things are running, then you direct your frustrations on me.” Grim’s eyes were flicking with his wolf. “Fine. Let’s go.” Reese and Rook smirked as they gathered around. Even Chase got off his treadmill and stood in a triangle as the two men took their shirts off. Luca’s chest was just about healed, but the three claw marks were very much visible. Luca was so focused on Grim that he didn’t respond to the arousal I felt seeing my marks on him. Moving over to the dumbbells, I just started my workout as they started fighting. It almost seemed that Luca was toying with him. With each press, they shared blows. “Quit playing, Luca.” Chase sighed. Luca delivered the last blow that sent Grim flying. He landed on his back at Reese’s feet. “This is fucking bullshit.” He jumped to his feet and looked around. “I’m going to tell everyone.” He looked at Luca’s wris
Luca bent over to retrieve the knife. “What do we really do now?” “Like we said. Act like this didn’t phase us and move on with the week. We have a large event this evening that will require much more planning.” I watched as he cleaned the knife and set it back in the drawer. “I’ll stay in here so you can keep on eye on me.” Luca nodded, but his jaw was clenched. “Okay.” He turned and looked at me. “Let’s go work out.” Just as his back was turned, I remembered I had a question to ask him. “Luca, why were you so pissed off that Grim walked in on us?” Luca’s body froze mid step. It was then that I realized he was hiding something from me. “Can you leave it alone?” He turned and looked at me. “Can you just trust that I have your best interest at heart?” “It’s like you don’t know me. Either tell me the truth now or I won’t stop until I know it.” Luca took a deep breath. “We have discussed this. You need your wolf. You need to accept it and the power scares you. I get it. The guys t
“Got something to hide?” Reese stepped forward. “Fuck no! I just don’t have to prove myself.” Jeffrey took a step forward, too. I wondered if Luca was going to intervene. When he just stood there, I started walking how alphas actually work together. “My luna is in bed and naked!” “No one gives a fuck about your luna. If this was your luna’s life that was in danger, would you give a shit about people’s feelings?” Reese jabbed a finger in Jeffrey’s chest. “I don’t like it either, but I’ll do whatever I need to to clear my name. It’s pretty suspicious that you have a problem with it.” “Anyone else object to this?” Jeffrey looked around for support. All the alphas had their hands in their pockets and looked unbothered. “Heath will start in your room.” Luca added some fuel to the fire. “Fine. I am going there now.” Jeffrey took a step but was stopped by Reese, Grim and Hunter. “I suggest you make yourself very comfortable.” Hunter’s tone was so authoritive that I found humor in Jeffr
Pointing the bottle at the paper, I was still pissed off. “How the fuck did someone get into our bedroom to leave me this?” “I have someone checking the cameras.” Heath sounded just as pissed off. Looking at him, his expression matched his tone. “Things have amped up. This is a direct attack on you, Demi. Before, it was just you trying to see about finding the truth. We must be getting close if someone is scared enough to do this.” Grim wasn’t the playful guy that I had seen before. He looked dangerous. Judging by the growing red mark on his chin, Luca let go of some frustration. “He’s right. Whatever we are doing, they are scared. Why else send you a finger and a note?”I looked at Luca. “I thought our key pad was finger protected. You and I are the only ones that has access.” It was like a light bulb went off in his head. “The housekeeper.” He muttered. Luca took off running out of our bedroom. I was quick to follow him and everyone else was behind me. We ran down the hallway, d
“Demi… where did you get this?” Luca’s voice was barely auto-able. I watched as Luca picked up the finger.“Fuck…” He stood up and walked out of the bathroom. Flipping the lights on, I heard him go into each closet before he came back into the bathroom. “Love?” He kelt down in front of me. My eyes finally landed on his. “That was my father’s ring.” Luca nodded. “I recognize it.” “People are coming, aren’t they?” “Yes.” Right on cue, there was a pounding at the front door. Luca clenched his jaw but made no move to get up. “It’s okay. I’m okay.” I said, trying to convince myself. Luca helped me stand up.“I brought you some clothes. Take your time getting dressed.” “Thank you.” I said and took them from him. Luca pulled me against him.“I know you are lying.” Gently, he tilted my face to look at him. After studying my eyes, he kissed me gently.“I love you.” “I love you.” I said, as he turned to leave. “Luca?” I whispered.He stopped and looked back at me. “Yeah?” “Is that my da
“Oh?” My wolf wasn’t backing down. Sliding off Luca’s lap, our eyes stayed locked as I shoved Luca’s dick into my mouth. Only breaking it when I moved more on top so it was completely down my throat. Luca’s hand threaded through my hair, grabbed a handful and helped me move up and down. Massaging his balls, I felt them grow tighter as he was about to spill his seed. Unfortunately for him, I wasn’t going to let that happen so soon. Pushing off him, Luca’s body shuttered with the sudden loss of connection. Pushing completely off him. “It’s going to be like that?” Luca’s eyebrow shot up. Walking slowly away from him and back around to the other side of the couch, Luca managed to get off and walk to me. Blood had stopped running down his chest, but it was still angry. It was my turn to play offense. Slowly, he walked up to me. Backing up so I was almost touching the glass, I was ready for my move. The moment Luca was within arm’s reach, my hand shot out and grabbed his dick, pulling hi
“Where to next?” Luca whispered as he walked my naked body down another hallway. I recognized this room as a study. My heart was pounding as he pushed me against it. “Open it.” My hand shook as it wrapped around the cold metal. With my heart beating out of my chest, I shoved the door open as if to make a statement. As much as it made me nervous for someone to see me naked. I will never believe Luca would actually let someone see me. “Empty.” I said, smugly.“Are you sure?” Luca’s voice had a hint of amusement that caused me to pause. Just as I opened my mouth to speak, a soft moan came from inside. “W-who is that?” I asked, unsure if I wanted to know. “Shh…” Luca whispered as he pushed me inside. Quietly, I turned to see Simon was banging Peggy against the wall. Her legs were wrapped around his waist as he forcefully plunged into her. Since her eyes were closed, she didn’t even notice us. “I guess this room is taken.” I whispered back to him. “You are correct. Let’s see what els