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
It was a bracelet with three initials on it. “Oh… my…” my hands shook as I touched each bead. “I still have mine.” Jared showed me his wrist. The blue and green beads were faded, but it held strong. “Angie and Heather. Did you find theirs?” Jared rubbed the back of his neck. “Demi… I don’t know how to say this.” “Say what?”Jared looked over at his dad. After nodding, his dad turned and walked out of the room. “We found Heather. She was hiding in the woods. They had sliced her open, but we saved her.” A moment later, the door opened. A very tall, skinny girl with long black hair walked in. “Heather….” She stood still for a few moments before she ran to me. “Demi!” Tears were falling down her face. “I’m so sorry.” “Angie’s alive.” The words were out of my mouth before I even realized I had said them. “What?” She leaned back as Jared grabbed my arm. “We found her in the woods yesterday. We have her in a medically induced coma, but she’s alive.” The door opened as Nora stepped
“She isn’t wrong.” Jared sighed. He went to put his arm around me, but stopped. “Sorry.” Shoving his hands in his pockets, he gave me a small smile as I followed him out. “Does Luca hate me?”“No. He just wants me to be okay.”“Are you?”“Not even a little.” I muttered as we walked outside. “If it is okay with you, Nora will ride with me.” Jared looked at Luca.“She’s a big girl and can make her own decisions.” Luca still looked like he needed to punch someone. Walking to my door, he opened it up for me. Jared sighed and walked to his truck. Nora was waiting for him with an expression I couldn’t read.Heath let Heather get in the back before he stood and waited for me to get in. Luca watched me as I stopped in front of him. Grabbing his chin, I pulled him down for a soft kiss. His emotions lost some of their edge, but that was it. “Get in.” He cleared his throat and looked around. “Yes, Alpha.” I said in the mind-link before getting in. Luca slammed the door shut a little too hard
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