Demi fell forward into my chest. Her breathing relaxed as a day walker stepped out from behind a tree. Every hair in my body tensed, but I swear it was the same one from before. He looked at Demi before looking at me with curious eyes. I didn’t sense any hostility, but my wolf was on edge. “Help me.” I wasn’t sure why I said that. I wasn’t even sure what I needed help with. He walked up to Demi, slowly. Turning her body, I let him see her face. As soon as the cuts were visible, he turned his face into anguish? It wasn’t mad at me. Thrashing his fist into the trees, he let out a screech that made me wince in pain. It was a screech I heard many times growing up. One that my grandma told me to always avoid looking for. It only meant one thing. The creature calmed down, but his breathing was heavy. Looking at my eyes, he looked behind him. As if asking me to follow him. I wasn’t sure what he wanted or if he wanted to harm us. However, my gut was telling me to follow him. Picking Demi
He looked over at a hole in the wall and then back at us. “He wants us to go in.” Demi whispered.I stood up first, holding my hand out for her. “Come on. Let’s see where this takes us.” Demi went first. The creature didn’t follow me through the hole. Instead, he drove back into the water and disappeared. “Luca…I…” If it wasn’t for our wolf’s vision, we would have to hold on to the walls to guide us. Grabbing her arm, I pulled her tightly against me. Wrapping one arm around her waist, he forced her head to look at me. “I love you, Demi Rose. Regardless of what we find.” My jaw clenched as I fought the urge to shut my mouth. This was foreign to me. I didn’t grow up expressing my feelings. When she said she felt like a business transaction, I was blown away. That is what I saw my dad and step-mom act like. Heath always told me that wasn’t how mates acted, but he wasn’t an alpha. I just assumed alphas had to be different. Looking intoDemi’s eyes it made me want to be different. “I’ll
Demi and I pressed ourselves against the wall. It was a good thing they weren’t paying attention as they ran into the darkness. We closed our eyes to keep ourselves hidden, so we didn’t see who passed us. “Stay quiet. We need to go.” I whispered in our mind-link. I could feel the anguish Demi was feeling. Whoever that woman and man were, could have been responsible for her parent’s death. We took one step into the lights and both of our jaws dropped. More creatures were being transformed, but in the daylight was more terrifying. There was a very large ladder against the far wall. “Start climbing. I’ll be right behind you.” Just as I said it, the woman let out the kind of scream that sent chills to your bones. “Go!” Demi nodded and took off as I looked at the bucket. The first time worked, so I didn’t even hesitate as I did it again. “Luca!” The man and woman stood in the entrance with their jaws on the floor. The only thing that separated us was the orange liquid spreading acros
Demi POV“A car…” I whispered. In unison, we took off running towards the sound. My heart was beating with adrenaline and the hope that we were finally out of the woods. Luca was quicker than me, breaking through the tree line moments before I did. My eyes looked just in time to see a large black SUV slam on its brakes, sending smoke in the air. Luca grabbed my arm, pulled me behind him. “Do you know them?” I whispered as the driver’s side door opened.“Luca?” I deep voice echoed across the road. It was a small road that I couldn’t remember ever being on. “Rook!” Luca sighed in relief. Leaning forward, he placed his hands on his knees, letting out a small laugh. Rook was just as tall as Luca. With shorts hanging off his hips, every inch of his torso was covered in tattoos. His ears had spacers in them, piercings all over his face and was solid muscle. There was a beautiful mark on his collarbone that told me he had found his mate. Three more men stepped out of the car and looked a
The woman smirked at me as she took a few steps forward. “Hello, I am Lilith, Rook’s mate. Welcome to our pack.” She motioned for me to follow her inside. “I have a room for you guys. I guessed at your size from what Heath and Heather told me. If I am wrong, let me know and I’ll get you the right size. Help yourself to whatever is in there as we keep it for this purpose.” We were going up two flights of stairs before she turned down the hall. “Thank you.” I whispered. “Take your time and shower. I will have supper brought to our office for you guys and we can have a private meeting.” Lilith looked behind me as Rook and Luca walked up. “You can have the doctor look at her there.” Luca raised an eyebrow at me, daring me to argue. “Yes, please have the doctor come just to tell you that my cuts are healing and he doesn’t need to do anything.” Rolling my eyes, I went to step inside but froze. “I’m sorry, I don’t mean to sound ungrateful…” I was stopped by Lilith’s laugh. “Girl, please
“What?” Rook pulled up a chair and sat down across from us.“Those fucking legends we were told…” Luca looked back at Rook with a look I couldn’t place. It was a little haunted and concerned. “…. all fucking true!” Rolling my eyes, I just sat up straighter. “First off, they are all true. Just some details are true. Honestly, if you learned to leave them alone and keep your eyes down…” Luca pressed brew and turned back towards me. “I’ll never know how you managed to survive.” He looked at Rook. “You guys look through the boxes?” Rook and Lilith sat up straight and nodded. “We did. Demi, this is my beta Zade and his mate Kasey.” Rook pointed to two people who turned their chairs around and scooted closer. They nodded as they were introduced but kept their mouths shut. Heather sat on the other end of the couch and Heath stayed standing. “I want you to talk to us like we don’t have an emotional stake in this. Tell us what you honestly think.” Luca was all business now. Lilith frowned
Only when the food was gone and half of the bourbon was gone did the conversation turn back to me. “I’ll get the press conference set up for tomorrow…” Heath’s phone rang. Pulling it out, he looked at it and handed it out to Luca. Luca accepted it and walked to the back of the office for as much privacy as possible. However, Rook kept talking to me. “… I know Luca and Heath have contacted your allies and got that ball moving. If you are okay with it, I will use my company and staff to start the clean up. Obviously, we will try to save as much as possible. Anything we can give back we will.”“Thank you. Can you just pile it up and burn it?” Rook and Lilith looked taken aback. “Burn it?” She glanced at Rook.“We burn our people when they die. Allow their ashes to become the earth. Why not do the same for the pack? I haven’t decided what I am going to do with the land, but it feels right. Burn it, let it become part of the forest.” Rook looked impressed. “That actually makes a lot of s
Smiling at him, he got undressed and stepped in. “You haven’t slept in two days. I didn’t want to wake you.” There was something in his eyes as he put his hands on my hips. “Whatever.” His lips smashed against mine as he pushed me against the wall. Our tongues fought for dominance. However, I lost as soon as his hands pushed my legs apart. His fingers inserted into me with more force than I expected. This wasn’t going to be gentle. Wrapping my arm around his dick, I stroked him. “Fuck this.” Luca grabbed my thighs and picked me up. Holding onto his shoulders, he rammed his dick into me. “Demi…” he growled.“Keep… going…” I moaned as my eyes rolled back in my head. Luca pounded in me without hesitation. My claws dug into him just as he hit his climax. I expected him to pull out when he stopped shaking, but he didn’t. Turning the water off, he carried our soaking bodies to the bed and tossed me down. Kissing my neck, he worked his way down my body. My legs spread for him as his tong
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