“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
“No. We are not discussing it here. Tonight is about letting loose and having fun. We are done talking about it.” Luca slammed his napkin down a little too hard and got up. We watched him make his way to the bathroom. “I’m sorry.” Nora sighed. Heath and I shared a look. “It’s fine.” The mood definitely shifted. I could tell Heath was alert and in beta mode. “Let’s just relax and enjoy…. look, it’s our food.” “Excuse me.” Heath stood up and walked towards the bathroom. Smiling at the staff that laid our food out, it all smelled good. “Thank you.”“Is there anything else I can get you?” She was a tiny thing.“No, thank you.” I said as she smiled and walked off.“Should we wait?” Nora looked towards the bathroom. Feeling the anger festering in Luca, I figured it would be a minute before he came back. “No.” Nora sighed, but started cutting her steak. I was surprised when I saw Luca and Heath walk out. Watching Luca walk over to me like he was going to eat me was enough to put the fi
Climbing on top of him, his hands lifted up my skirt and squeezed my ass hard. “Fuck, woman…” he groaned. I could feel just how hard he was under me.It was my turn to put my hand around his neck. Pushing his head back, my teeth left marks all the way down to his collarbone. Still, I wanted him to be begging me. Pushing off him, he tried to grab a hold, but I slipped out just in time. “Just enjoy the show.” I teased as my hand wrapped around the pole. I had never danced to someone before. Still, it was something Nora and I practiced for when we found our mates.Luca dropped his arms on the back of the couch. His eyes glued to me as I moved. Each movement caused a new sensation in Luca that kept me going. He unzipped his pants, freeing his dick. I watched as he stroke his dick. Lighting a fire in me, I moved over to be within arm’s reach of him.Kneeling down, I took his dick in my mouth. His body tensed under me. His legs going straight out as he let out a growl.Still, I wasn’t sa
“I think that is wise.” Alpha Hunter nodded in approval. “You two need to take off.” “What about Lucy?” I asked, quietly. “Oh…” Alpha Hunter looked at Luca. “Let’s go.” Ready or not, it was time to face reality. Keeping my head held high, my eyes landed on the screen before I turned and walked out. “Demi!” Luca tried to get me to wait but I didn’t. “Please… I just need…” I tried to find the right words, but nothing was coming. “I understand.” Luca replied. I could feel his hurt, but there was understanding in his voice. We walked through the forest until we came to the training ground. A large pole stood in the middle with pack members gathered around. A warrior had ahold of Lucy’s arm. “Please! I’m sorry!” She cried as we walked up. Heath walked up beside me as Luca moved into place. “You tried to seduce me. Sent inappropriate text and wore this outfit to entice me, do you deny it?” His command made her fall to her knees.“No! I love you!”“I sentence you to ten lashes.” Luc
“You’re not every talkative right now.” Nora brought the attention to me. I could feel Luca look down at me.“Being pretty quiet.”“That’s what not talkative means.” “Please? I’m your friend. Tell us how you feel?”“A friend? Does a friend spike your drink without your knowledge?” I frowned at her.“You told her?” She had the audacity to look angrily at Luca.“No!” I hissed. “I was fucking pole dancing until I blacked out. That has you written all over it!” Nora’s head snapped back as she laughed at my expense. “You did not…” Laying my head back down, I just ignored her. “Bitch.” I could feel Luca’s silent amusement through our bond. Honestly, I didn’t know what I felt and sure as hell wasn’t going to talk to her about it. How are you supposed to feel after being outted and then put on display? Thankfully, our food came. Nore did pick a good lunch for me, not that I’d ever tell her. Still, I wasn’t that hungry. After a few bites, I pushed my plate away and folded my arms. Avoidin
The car slowly came to a stop. No one said a word until Luca put his hand on my shoulder. “Demi? We’re here.” My heart instantly started racing as I opened my eyes. They landed on massive letters on top of a huge building. POLICE STATION. As I sat up, a big guy walked out of the police station. His eyes met Luca, making Luca clench his jaw. “Heath.” He said in his alpha tone. I could sense the danger, but Luca was more annoyed than anything else. “Alpha Luca.” The man smiled at Luca as he stepped out. Heath was out of the car and around to my side in an instant. “Alpha Winston. I didn’t expect to see you here. Where is Alpha Jared?” “He’s inside. I wanted to walk you guys in.” “Perfect. Well, you know my beta Heath?” Health opened my door for me. Getting out, Nora was right beside me. “That is my sister Nora and my mate….”“Demi Rose….” Alpha Winston’s eyes drilled into mine. “I still can’t believe you are alive.” “It’s nice to see you again, Alpha Winston.” “Even as a child y
Everyone clapped and went back to their conversations as the servers brought out food for the buffet style. I wasn’t sure exactly what it was, but it smelled like a BBQ. “Do you want to get some food?” Luca leaned down and whispered in my ear. Amelia and Veronica had already taken off for the food. “Sure.” I wasn’t sure how hungry I actually was. However, the bourbon was making my face feel hot, so I might not be a bad idea to get some food in there. We got in line behind a couple that was being extremely touchy. Not that I minded it, but it almost felt like Luca and I were not acting like mates. He had her blonde curly hair messed up with loves bites down her arm. His hair was too short for her nails to really change the look. However, his collar had a few red lipstick smears on it. Losing her balance, she stepped back and bumped into me. “Oh! I’m so-” Her eyes got wide she they realized who we were. “Luca!” A wide smile spread across his face. Instantly dropping his mate, he he
There was a knock on the bedroom door. “That would be the men.” Nora smiled as she walked towards the door. I had just finished putting on my jewelry when Luca walked in. He looked me up and down before he slipped his hands around my waist. “So beautiful.” He whispered before he kissed me. “Don’t ruin her makeup!” Nora yelled at us. “I’ll do what I want,” Luca growled at her, but he let me go. He looked at me in the eyes. “Are you okay to go down there?” “She has had a lot of liquid courage.” Amelia came over and handed me my glass. Luca raised an eyebrow at me. “Started without me?” He took my glass and downed half of it. “Rude.” Amelia took the glass from Luca and emptied what was left of the bottle into my glass. “Ready?” Rook was waiting for us. “Yeah, I’m good.” Nora pinned the front part of my hair behind my ears, allowing the diamonds to really shine with my necklace. “Oh, I forgot to tell you. Chase ended up coming tonight with Alpha Dylan and Luna Callie.” Rook looke
“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