“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
Luca carried me the whole way out. Some pack members were looking at us like we were crazy, others looked scared, but Luca kept walking. He didn’t put me down until we were deep enough in the forest that no one could see us. Tossing me down, my back slammed against a tree. Only seconds before his lips smashing into mine. The tention in me was about to brust as the anger, frustration and desire pulsated through me. Reaching out, my hand went into his pants, grabbing his belt and yanking him against me. That’s when Luca came undone. “Fuck, woman.” He groaned as he undid my pants. “Yes, please.” I moaned in his mouth. That’s all it took for him to push my pants down as I undid his. Grabbing my thighs, he picked me up and sat me on his dick without even moving. Gasping from the sudden intrusion, I wanted it hard. “So fucking tight.” “Hard….” I said as he moved me. “Fuck me hard.” Looking him in the eyes, he studied me for a moment before he pushed me against the tree and went to town
“I’m only doing it if you want me to. Not because you feel like you have to.” Luca’s hand cupped my face. I could see the concern in his eyes. “I just want you to be happy. I felt how sad you were when you think about Brandon. I have a ‘fix it’ personality. I-”My finger rested against his lips. “I’ll never be sure about this, but maybe I need to do this to put it behind me.” Luca pierced his lips together but didn’t comment. He just nodded before he gave me a quick kiss and went to stand up. “Let’s head back.” It was a little more difficult to get dressed when you have leaves, dirt, and who knows what else in all the crevices of your body. Luca was ready before I was. Seeing as I was taking my sweet ass time, I had just pulled my shirt on over my head when something caught my attention in the trees. “What is it?” Luca instantly got alarmed when my heart started pounding. Instead of answering, I just looked around and listened. The animals were quiet but still there. Their eyes loo
His little body was broken and lifeless. However, where I should be was a very large red question mark. I didn’t need to see Brandon like this, so I just flipped the page. I’d be having nightmares tonight. Next came all the pictures of the town and the distrucation. All the dead bodies, blood and gore that was around. There were more pictures than information, unfortunately. Finally, on the last page, Luca had made his own notes. Options as to what happened. The first one made me roll my eyes. The forest attacked us. However, I knew that was stupid. The next was a particually bad alpha that was a state over. However, he never came for it, owning what happened. Maybe he just wanted to wipe us out, but nothing came after that. The third was an inside job that went bad or wrong. There was a sniffle above my head. Looking up, Heath and Nora were standing at the end of Luca’s desk, looking at the papers in front of me. Heath looked pissed off and worried. Nora had tears running down her
“I have no idea what you are talking about.” Folding my arms, I went over to the window and looked out over the forest. The feeling that I should go out there was strong again. “Let’s go for a walk.” I whispered as Luca came up behind me. “Do what?” His hands rested on my shoulders. “Why?” “I don’t know. All morning, I have felt like I needed to go out there and go for a walk. Come with me.” Luca was weary to go back into the forest, but he didn’t stop me. Instead, he took my hand and walked beside me as we went back down the stairs and out the front door. Turning just slightly, I went into a part that didn’t have a path. Instead, it was so dense that you couldn’t even see around the bushes. Luca followed me for what felt like a mile before I stopped walking. “Don’t talk, stay very quiet.” I said in the mind-link. “What are we doing?” His eyes kept going back and forth. “Something is out here with us.” “I know. They are leading me to something. Even Monsters need help, too.” Smi
“Don’t say anything else,” Luca said in the mind-link.We both stood there as they worked. One nurse put an I.V. in. The other got her on oxygen as the doctor checked out her airway. “She seems okay….” The doctor said, more to herself than to us. “Take X-rays of her body to make sure there isn’t anything broken. She is malnourished and needs fluids.”The nurses nodded. “She’s going to live?” I asked the doctor. She frowned, but looked at me. “We are going to run some testing, but there doesn’t seem to be anything that is life threatening other than she is malnourished. As soon as I know anything, I’ll let you know.” Luca grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the hospital style room. He was furious. Not exactly at me, but I could tell he wasn’t happy. As we hit the foyer, Heath saw how I was being drug and he followed after us. “Alpha?” It was like Luca didn’t hear him. Going straight to his office, Heath had to stop the door from hitting his face as Luca tried to slam it shut. “Wh
The dress had two sequence straps that wrapped around my neck. A deep V went to a tight micro skirt. The black silk really made it took extremely sexy. Nora had on a black, skintight leather dress that stopped just below her ass. It was strapless, but I doubt it was going anywhere. “On my nightstand.” Avoiding her eyes, I walked out to see Luca and Heath rolling their sleeves. Luca had to do a double take as he looked at my body. Starting at my face, he slowly moved down my body before going back up. His eyes shifted black before he controlled himself. “See something you like?” I asked him in the mind-link. Giving him a little twirl, I was interrupted by Nora. “Here!” She was standing beside me, holding the bracket and earrings. “I got the dress to match these!” I looked up at Luca, unsure of what I wanted. He was just looking at my legs, not paying attention to what was happening. Looking back down, I was still hesitant, but if I was going to give Nora a chance, I needed to do t
After a few minutes, I slapped away her hand. “I’m good.” “I suppose….” Nora frowned, but put away the makeup sponge. Heath held out his arm for her. She accepted, but Luca just wrapped his arm around me and kept me against him as we walked into the restaurant. “Welcome! Did you have a reservation?” The hostess asked.“Yes, under Hudson.” Luca’s voice was full of authority and a hint of danger. The way the hostess gave him a double look made my skin crawl. “Yes…um, right this way.” Heath followed her with Nora as we trailed behind. “Jealous?” “Nope, I can take her.” Luca smirked at that but didn’t comment further. “Is this okay?” She asked as Heath pulled out a chair for Nora. “Yes.” I said, shortly as Luca did the same for me.She nodded and walked away quickly. “This is a nice place.” Nora said and looked around. The black stretchy table clothes looked amazing, with the low lighting and good accents. Soft music was playing in the background, making this a very romantic settl
“I have popcorn and bourbon!” Amelia held them up. “I just came for a good time.” Peggy shrugged. “Ditto.” Nora was putting on a movie. “I grabbed the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. We can watch it and smoke.” They were all wearing the same lounge set as I was, just different colors. “How very nice of you all.” I couldn’t help but smirk as I sat down. They moved the chairs and pillows near the balcony and had the doors open. The cool rain air was refreshing as Veronica handed me a cigar. “Here is your cake and bowl of popcorn.” Peppy pushed it towards me. “The most important part… bourbon.” Amelia handed me a tall glass, completely filled. No one spoke of the packhouse or questioned me about how I felt. Instead, they focused on smoking, eating and drinking. If this isn’t how a group of friends is supposed to cheer you up, do you even have a group of friends? The door flew open. “I’m sorry I’m late!” Lilith looked devilish as she ran in. Carrying a large bowl, she almost tripped over
I wasn’t even sure what to say to her. Heath put his hand on her shoulder and she instantly followed him out to the car. Luca didn’t try to touch me. Instead, he just stood beside me, letting me work through my emotions. “This is now a historic landmark and we won’t be able to rebuild on it.” I wasn’t sure why I said that, but it was true. Even if I wanted to, there is no way to make sure the rest of the ground is safe without thorough examinations. That might take years to complete. What was once a private territory for wolves could turn into a tourist attraction. “We would have to know where this comes out of and where it starts. Whatever you did find, it could come out down there.” “Or have sunken to the bottom to be gone forever.” Luca nodded. “It could be. Demi, I had to pull you out when I did or we would have both ended up in the river.” I wasn’t sure why I was mad at him for that. Logically, I knew he was right. I knew he saved my life. Only, my heart didn’t understand. M
“This is straight bourbon.” I had to cough a few times since I wasn’t prepared for that.Luca laughed and took it from me. “She did tell you it would keep you warm.” He took a long swig from it before he handed it back. “Let’s climb down and see if we see anything in there.” “Seriously?” I was shocked. Taking my own drink, I tightened the cap back on and set it down. “Let’s go!” Luca wrapped his arm around my waist, keeping me from running away. “Listen here.” He muttered. “You need to be safe and not go all Indiana Jones on me when we get in there.” “Indiana Jones? If I had a whip, I’d whip you for saying that.” “I know that.” Luca rolled his eyes. “I meant that if there is treasure, you need to be smart about this.” “Yeah, yeah. I heard you.” Luca let my waist go and walked beside me as we came up to the crane. I watched as Luca went up to the operator and spoke with him for a second. The crane operator nodded, and Luca stepped back. As Luca walked back to me, the crane moved
“I like it.” Amelia nodded and pointed her fork at me. “That’s the spirit.” “That’s the spirit?” Nora looked at Amelia like she grew three heads. “Don’t you think she should be laying low and seeing how things unfold?” Amelia rolled her eyes. “Yeah, that is what a weak alpha would do. She is a female alpha. The only one in this world today. If she doesn’t make a statement, then what? Plus, this isn’t about popularity. This is about getting even. Are you going to tell me that you would roll over if your family was killed?” She raised her eyebrow at Nora. “That is what makes her an alpha and you a luna.” Nora didn’t appreciate that comment. She sat up straight and looked at Jared. “What I think Nora is meaning is that she just wants Demi to be happy.” It was Veronica’s turn to look at Nora. “Demi won’t be happy until she finds out the truth. Just like everyone else here. If this would have happened to any of us, we would be doing the same thing. Laying down and being happy is for pe
She wasn’t wrong, but I didn’t have a response to that. Instead, we fell into an understood silence as they kept working. Jared ended up joining us. Nodding his head towards me, he stayed on the other side of the group. The entire morning was just me standing there as they removed piece by piece. The mist became heavier at one point and all that was left were Luca and myself. We were completely drenched, but I didn’t care. Luca didn’t complain once as the water dripped down his chin, landing on every single muscle showing through his shirt. If I wasn’t torn up, watching the place I grew up with being burned, I would have been turned on. “It’s still watching us.” Luca finally muttered as lunch time was approaching. “Probably will all day. This is new and a change to their environment.” “Demi? Luca?” Peggy walked up to us. Her hair was stuck to her face, telling me she hadn’t went in any shelter that was placed up. “You are soaked.” I commented before turning back to my home. She
“Aren’t you going to stop her?” Heather whispered as I shut the door on them. I didn’t hear what Luca had to say to her. “What are you doing?” He asked, slightly curious. “I saw movement. What if it’s that creature again? We should name him.” “Name him? He isn’t our pet, Demi.” Part of me wanted to slap him through the mind-link, but I wasn’t sure how. “Are we going to just call him the creature? There are a lot of creatures out here. No one even attacks at night. All the more reason to think it was them who took my pack down.” Luca didn’t respond right away. “Freddy.” “Freddy? Like Freddy Krueger?” I crept along any open path. It didn’t look like anything had been disturbed but something was in the trees behind it. “Just because he comes out at night?” “I mean… it fits. See anything?” Luca seemed rather calm. “Something is in the trees, but it isn’t coming out. It doesn’t want me here.” That sent warning bells to Luca. “Maybe come back now?” “I’m assuming Heather is freakin
“Good to know I have that much power over you.” Kissing him hard one last time, I pushed him back.“Maybe we can sneak away and have more fun in the woods?” Luca rolled his eyes, but walked out of the bathroom as he adjusted himself. “I’m learning more and more about your kinky desires.” “What are yours?” I asked as he slipped on his shoes. Luca smirked as he looked up. “We are installing a pole in our bedroom.” I felt the heat rise in my cheeks as my tongue pushed against it. “I guess I’ll need some outfits…” “Love, you can have whatever you want.” Luca stood up and walked towards the door. “Ready?” “Ready for business Luca and not playful Luca…. never.” Luca rolled his eyes, but I felt the humor in him. As I passed him, he squeezed my ass. “Just remember all the fun things I’ll do to you. Do you really want me to do that in front of someone?” He whispered behind me. Wanting to call his bluff, I turned and looked at me. “Maybe I do.” Crossing my hands, I knew my boobs pushed
“I know you are awake…” Luca’s finger gently moved my hair out of my face. I was lying on my back, twisted in the sheets. He had fucked me into the night and now I was so sore that it hurt to move my legs. I swear my legs kept twitched all night. “I’m not.” Groaning, Luca turned my head towards him. His laugher died in his throat as he kissed my cheek. “We need to get moving. I want to be out there before anyone else.” I felt Luca shift beside me and my pillow dipped under my head. “You want to go into the woods while it’s still dark?” “I want to see if anything is lurking around… yes.” That got my attention. “Weren’t we supposed to have a relaxing week and get to know each other? Now we are seeking out legends that we were warned against.”“We are getting to know each other. I know if I do this…” Luca flicked my nipple with his finger, causing me to flinch. “… you will get aroused.” “Great. You know my body. What about my mind? Do you know me when the lights are on, too?” Luca
His jaw clenched as he closed the gap between me. The glass dropped from my hands, landing hard on the carpet at the same moment Luca’s hand wrapped around my waist. The other threaded through my hair at the base of my head, he yanked my hair. I was forced to look deep into his eyes. My breath got stuck in my throat as I read his emotions in his eyes. The more time I spent with him, the more I realized this was his way of showing his emotions. He wasn’t someone that spoke them out loud. No, he showed me how he felt. Right now, we both had so much frustration and nervous energy from almost losing each other, this was more about connecting again. I was done looking into his eyes. Grabbing the back of his neck, I pulled him down to me. It was like a switch went off. That’s all it took for him to slam his lips against mine. My core was instantly throbbing with need. I needed him in me, and I needed it now. Luca pushed me backwards until my legs hit the bed. Breaking the kiss, Luca put