“He's dangerous,” she said, her voice wavering. “How the hell did you get roped with him?”She knew him. Great Luna. They knew each other. I was about to speak when Marvin pulled me closer to him, and briefly sighted a grin on his face. “Well, there was a bit of back and forth in the beginning, Diane. But the most important information is that we're mates now.” He pecked the side of my head, and I hated the butterflies that erupted in my stomach as a result of his action. “Meaning we’re in-laws. Isn't that wonderful?”My mother's response to his question was to collapse. ♠︎♠︎♠︎♠︎Audrey POV:Roman was suspicious. I knew that much from the expression he'd given me three nights before when I returned from the bathroom. It'd been on his face for just a second, but I'd seen it clearly, and it'd registered in my mind before he switched to a neutral look. And ever since the following morning, we hadn't slept in the same bed, nor had he come looking for me. It was obvious he had his rese
Audrey POV:Paul tensed beside me when he saw the look as well, but I knew it was a defense mechanism, not because he wanted to fight Jacob. As Gamma, Jacob was leader of the Guard, and there was no way Paul would strike him unless Jacob attempted to hit me first. Which, from the look in his eyes, seemed very much likely. However, I was sure he wouldn't do that. Right from time, Jake preferred to talk things over than use his fists. That knowledge gave me the courage to continue approaching him as he sat on a stone watching his soldiers train. “Jake.”He glared at me, then turned back to his trainees. “What are you doing here?” We were attracting a bit of attention. I almost panicked. “I need to talk to you. Please.” He didn't look at me, and I saw the slight tense in his shoulders before he spoke. “Where's your mate?” The bitter tone of his voice indicated he wasn't asking out of excitement, but out of anger. I was taken aback. Why was he asking about Roman? “I-” I paused, cleari
Roman POV:I looked up when the door opened, my cheek resting on my palm. Julian walked in with an envelope, and dropped it on the desk after he'd shut the door. “Here we go,” he sighed, plopping onto a free chair and placing his hands behind his head. I gave him a questioning glance. “What's this?” “Feedback from the spies.” He closed his eyes. “This time, they stressed the importance of discretion while reading it. Not that I would have done otherwise.”I opened the sealed envelope with a claw and pulled out the file, a bit of anticipation building up in my mind. Then I saw the first photo, and my eyes dimmed. “Shit.”Julian opened his eyes. “What?”“They killed them.”He sat up, his gaze trained on me. “Killed who?”“The spies.” I examined the photo. “Fuck. They found them out. Tortured them before killing them, too.” “What?” Julian sped to my side, snatching the paper from my hands. I didn't stop him or get annoyed. I was too spooked to do that. If they'd killed the spies and s
“The infamous Roman Blackburn.” My eyes narrowed at the man who stood before us with a small smirk on his face. Despite his rumored rank in the Crimson Wolves’ community, Edward Kim wasn't the sort of man labeled as ‘pleasing to look at’. A long scar ran from his temple down to his chin, over one of his eyes so that he couldn't see through it. The skin around the scar seemed mangled, and one of his ears seemed mangled, as though an animal had tried to bite it off. His nose had a deep indentation in its tip, as though a knife had carved into it, and finally, his two arms were covered in burn marks.Despite all of those scars, and the others on the rest of his body, like his one surviving leg, he was still one of the most important people to the Crimson Wolves, and had committed himself to being invincible in combat. That didn't mean he couldn't be killed, however- it just meant it'd be hard for him to be. And he was fully aware of that, which is why he carried himself with an aura o
Audrey's POV:I stared at the clouds in the evening sky, wishing that I was feeling as bright as they were looking. But I was too overwhelmed by sadness to be. I sat overlooking my room window, the cool breeze caressing my face as I ruminated over the events of the day. ‘Fuck you,’ Jacob had said. The incident had occurred earlier in the day, but his words kept playing in my mind, and I relived his insults over and again. ‘Five times over,’ he'd responded to my outburst of anger, with no hesitation. He hadn't looked apologetic at all, and he'd been clear about what he felt.When did it all change? We were thick as thieves, and would have continued to be if Diane hadn't prevented us from communicating when I ran away. We'd cared for each other like siblings, and when I discovered that he liked me, he didn't let that hinder his kindness towards me. He’d even kissed me on the forehead. So what changed? What had I done that was so evil, he was ready to toss our friendship away? By ki
Roman POV:Initially, our- that is, Julian and my- thoughts were tuned towards the cloaked figure rescuing us due to almost deafening yowls the rogues sent into the atmosphere. Then we found out he was a magic user, but also an enemy of ours. Before we could make our escape, the concealed person caused us to fall face flat onto the ground, preventing us from moving as he spoke to Kim.We lay there on the ground for so long, I began to feel insects crawling over me, and I wanted to rip someone's head off his shoulders.“Well then, Alpha Blackburn,” Edward Kim said after what seemed like a long time, and it'd taken so much to even look up at him. “Information reaching me says I shouldn't kill you. My master wants me to just rough you up a bit.”Julian immediately barked, “Over my dead body!” Kim gave him a bored look, and I was almost afraid he would tell the magic user to kill him. Instead he blinked, his eyes turned green, and Julian howled. “There. That should hold you for a bit.” T
Audrey POV:“What do you mean, injured?” I’d asked the night before, when I'd received the most disturbing news. The servant that had burst in had swallowed deeply before answering, and my heart dropped to my stomach when I heard that Roman had been ambushed by some rogues and almost killed. “He was so bloody when they brought him in!” the servant had wailed. “Oh, dear Luna. I thought he might die!”I'd immediately tried to get to him, but Paul had stopped me, advising me to wait till morning came. Which is why I raced to Roman's room the following morning, my heart pounding. The pack doctor and a nurse stood a short distance away from his door, their heads bowed over some ointment. They both looked up when they saw me, and the doctor's face burst into a huge smile. “Hello, future Luna!” I always resisted the urge to cringe whenever I heard that title, but I had begun to train myself to accept it wholly. “Hello, Dr. Garrett. Um…is the Alpha…”He beamed. “He's awake, ma'am. And muc
Roman POV:The room was silent for a moment as my question hung in the air, but my head was pounding. I couldn't move my hand to rub my head, however, because it hurt like a bitch after my failed attack on Edward Kim.What the hell had I just asked her to do?I'd been thinking about her before she entered, and seeing her triggered the part of me that wanted her terribly, despite the hurt I felt as a result of her lying to me. As a result, my presentation of that desire to her was absolutely disgusting. ‘I just need to heal?’ I groaned inwardly. ‘Who the hell says that?’She suddenly coughed, and I was drawn back to the reality of us being alone in silence. What was going through her mind? What was she so afraid to tell me about?“I-” she paused, coughed again, then attempted to speak. I turned slightly to see her looking puzzled, then annoyed. At what, I couldn't tell. “Well, I- I can't tell you, Roman.”Of course she couldn't. “Why not?” “Because-” she sighed and stood. “I just can
Tanya POV:“A…what?” I responded, wondering if I'd heard right. But when he laughed again, I knew I had. “Hey, Jacob!” he said, and I saw the Gamma's eyes narrow into slits. “When was the last time you had a woman?”“Are you drunk or something?” was the Gamma's response. But his eyes had moved from my breasts to where Marvin's dick buried into me. It felt a bit odd, being watched like that, but it also felt…good. Dirty. Sexy. Marvin noticed where the other man's eyes lay. “Do you wish it was your dick in hers, Jakey boy?”“Shut the hell up. I'm getting the hell out of here.” But he didn't move. “You don't have to, you know.” My mate caressed my pussy and I reacted despite myself. “Tanya here wouldn't mind a threesome. Would you, T?” Would I? “I'm not sure I-” Marvin dipped two fingers into my pussy and I moaned. “There's your answer,” he chuckled, pressing against me so that my breasts now rubbed on the wall. Something about that caused an even greater reaction from my body. “Com
Tanya POV:In Roman's absence, Marvin and Jacob had found a way to sway the council of elders’ sentiments in their favor. How they'd done it, I had no idea. But in the four days after the Alpha had suddenly disappeared, they had successfully enlisted about fifteen elders who were willing to break out of the pack and join forces with Marvin. My mate had laughed heartily when I'd asked how he'd done it, and told me the work hadn't started when Roman left, but way before that. I still hadn't understood it. We were currently seated before a group of elders in Marvin's apartment, and they all had the same expressions in their eyes- a mixture of trepidation and greed. The two clashed so badly I had to turn away, focusing on my beloved, whose arm was wrapped around my waist, his gaze seemingly adoring. I watched silently as Marvin discussed with the elders, expertly weaving them into his web of deceit. I almost pitied them, knowing what I was facing would soon be their fate. A deal with h
Roman POV:I watched as Audrey's eyes were brimming with tears after watching Sam twitching in pain accompanied with a long cough as he struggled to speak. "We'll fight if they manage to reach this place, but with the way I ran, it should be impossible for them to trace me here," he said, coughing hard enough to have his lungs out on the floor.Audrey ran to his side, gently lifting his head and pressing her hand against his cheek. “Sam? Can you hear me? Stop speaking you're only endangering yourself,” she said, wiping her tears frantically away from her eyes."He's not going to die Audrey, if he can still manage a smile in the Middle of all this chaos, it seems like dying isn't on his schedule anytime soon," I said, but she only rolled her tear-filled eyes at me and worked her fingers over him, her fingers trembling as she wiped at the dirt on his face and checked the gash above his brow. A sliver of jealousy flickered in my chest. I hated that it did. But I also knew better. Sam
Roman POV:I stood in the corner of the room, watching Audrey sleep. She looked so small curled up under the thin quilt, her breathing finally even and steady. The bruises on her arms were already beginning to fade, but I felt a lot of pain seeing them, like they were carved into me instead.She shifted slightly, her lips parting with a soft sigh as she exhaled. She had fallen asleep right after I cleaned her wounds and laid her to bed while I sat deep in thought of how I was going to make sure I provided a pack she wouldn't have to always run from.And just before her eyelids fluttered closed, she’d whispered, “You’re enough for me, Roman. Don’t ever think you’re not.”Those words had settled somewhere deep in my chest, warm and heavy. She didn’t even know how long I’d been waiting to hear that. How many nights I’d stared at the moon and wondered if the bond we shared meant anything to her. How many days I doubted if I could ever be the kind of mate she deserved. But now…Now, all I
Tanya POV:When the doorbell rang for the fourth time, Marvin groaned, his cum spilling into my mouth as he emptied himself. Then he caressed my hair and opened his eyes. “Stay here, baby,” he said when the doorbell rang again. “I'll be back soon.”I watched him leave, feeling empty. When was the last time I felt alright? Truly alright? I couldn't remember. The past few days had been a whirlwind of mind blowing sex for Marvin and I. He would corner me everytime he had the opportunity, no matter the location, and make me cum numerous times, then clean me up and tend to me like I was some priceless object. Before, I'd have been touched by those actions, but after my mother's death, I was merely existing. I'd lost all form of contact with life and the only reason why I was still here was because I realized there was nowhere I could go. None of my mother's men would be willing to take me unless I could offer them something, and I wasn't going to give my body to the same old coot my moth
Audrey POV:I fluttered my eyes open to the view of a room, my body felt like a thousand needles were stabbing into my side.I groaned and opened my eyes before shutting them almost immediately from the brightness of the candlelight that shone in the corner of the room.It was then I realized that I was on a relatively soft object, and when I moved my hand slightly, I felt a mattress. Alarm bells rang in my head, and I sat up abruptly, wincing from the pain that shot through my body."No! Don't move abruptly!" a familiar male voice yelled, and a figure ran to me. I was almost flinched when a sweet smell engulfed my nostrils, and I blinked rapidly, now clearly seeing the man bending over me and cussing. “Oh, thank Luna. The wound didn't reopen.” "Roman?" I muttered questioningly, trying to wrap my head around how he got here. The last thing I remembered was running from those rogues, and fighting for myself. He looked sadly at me. "Hey." "H-how are you here? Where are we? How did
Audrey POV:I raced through the woods, my heart pounding in fear. I'd shifted in the course of my escape, and my senses were terribly heightened now. It was as though I was one with the woods. Every scent, every twig crack, every noise…I could perceive them all. I could especially perceive the wolves that were currently bounding after me. The sound of their snarls echoed in the woods behind me, causing stabs of fear to run through my heart. I almost couldn’t breathe.The cold air slashed through my lungs as I ran, my paws slamming against the damp earth, scattering leaves and dirt in every direction. My heart thundered in my chest, a deafening rhythm that drowned out everything- save for the snarls behind me. They were getting closer to me, each one louder and more closer than the last. The forest around me blurred, a dizzying smear of bark, shadow, and moonlight. Twigs snapped under my foot, branches tore through my fur.Somewhere, somehow, in the middle of my desperate run for s
Roman POV:The air that left my lungs at her statement slowly returned, but that still didn't stop the shock from flowing off me in waves. “What-” I paused at my choked voice, coughed, then started again. “What do you mean by that?”She gave me a sad look. “Roman, if I can't find Audrey right now, then it means she's in danger. Whether it is that she's unconscious- for someone could have knocked her out- or that she's…well…”“She's not dead.”No. It couldn't happen. She'd only just walked into my life. I couldn't lose her just like that. Audrey was a light, a beacon of hope that I could find love, even in this bleak world where I was surrounded by so much hate and betrayal. Mother shook her head. “Obviously, I don't wish for her to be. She's such a sweetheart. What I'm trying to say is-” “Audrey's not dead!” I snarled despite myself. She bit her lower lip and turned away. “No, Mother. She cannot be dead. For crying out loud, it hasn't even been up to a year since she stepped into m
Roman POV: “You did quite well,” Julian said to me while I watched Jacob supervise the cleaning of the conference room. It'd been about fifteen minutes since the meeting ended, and a part of me had reveled in the fear the elders had in their eyes whenever they crossed the body of their dead comrade. “You really didn't have to kill anyone though.” “They are infuriating,” I said emotionlessly as the cleaners began their job. “It was high time they learned that I wasn't just the old Alpha's son. I am the Alpha.” My best friend gave me a look. “I hope that doesn't mean you plan to resort to the harsh ways of your father.” “Never,” I grunted. “But I'll have to place some respect in these elders’ hearts. They need to be reminded of their position before me.” My Beta merely passed a breath through his mouth. “If you say so, Roman. I just really hope you're not using your anger with your mate's disappearance to cloud your greater sense of judgment.” “Audrey's disappearance has n