This chapter explains why they hadn't anticipated Remo. Carl gets interrogated next.
GRANT The hours carried on, but neither of us had left her side. Twenty-two hours into it, she finally regained consciousness. Gabriel and I had stayed in chairs beside her because we were not certain how she would feel when she woke up, unsure of what all she remembered. We did not want her to be uncomfortable. However, she demanded that we get into bed with a promise that she would verbalize if something became too much. It was amazing that she had been with Sophia while she was unconscious. This was her being able to experience time with her mother instead of only seeing past events. It was easy to see how much the experience meant to her. Angel was discharged, and we wasted no time getting her home. People had come and go while she was unconscious so that we knew we were not alone. My brother and I appreciated the reminder but also appreciated that people gave us privacy with our mate. “I need a bath,” she said once we popped home. I told her that I would run one. Her favori
ANGELMy head was resting on Grant’s chest. My fingertips trailed over his naked chest. Gabriel’s face was buried in my neck, and his arm was resting underneath my chest.They did exactly as I had asked them to. They helped me to replace the memory of what the assholes had done. They made love to me with a passion and sincerity that made my love for them overflow and overwhelm me. I had never once felt so close to them as I had during our intimacy this time around. I started to think about the situation that we found selves in. We needed to be careful with how we approached it.From what I understood, the man in the cells, Carl, was the boyfriend to one of the traitors. I was unsure if he was even aware of those plans or not. The verified traitor had already met his vicious end at the paws of Remo. If he was unaware of the true plan, it made me wonder why he would do it. Why would he assault me? What was his ultimate goal? How far would he have gone? Had he done this to anyone else?
GABRIEL My brother and I had already been on edge, knowing that our mate would be facing off against a man who assaulted her. Our wolves were on high alert, assessing for threats. They zeroed in on two bitches who were talking shit about our mate. They called her a slut, which was apparently why she had two mates. If that was not bad enough, the bitch went on to blame Angel for what happened and the fact that Carl would be suffering. We wanted their blood, but she handled it with the poise of a great Luna. “Well, hello there, Carl. Long time no see,” Angel mocked Carl when we got to into the interrogation room. Knight was making an impressive list of what all we could do to him that would make him suffer. He was the best wolf a guy could ever be paired with. Or, perhaps, I was biased. He shared an image with me of what it would look like for Carl’s leg to be chopped of and then shoved up his ass. Holy fucking shit. That would be brutal. My wolf just chuckled darkly and continued p
ANGEL Now, we had a legitimate reason to pull Lucy Taylor into an interrogation room without the traitors becoming suspicious that we were onto them. Something that I could not wrap my head around was that the bitch had offered her boyfriend a lot of money to assault me. First of all, that was sincerely fucked up. I had never understood how some people could be so truly twisted that they were completely okay with harming others or standing aside as someone else did the harming. Had Remo not gotten to me, those two horrible assholes would have not stopped… I bit the inside of my cheek to stop the thoughts about what could have happened. However, the thoughts did not stop. They would have… The room disappeared entirely, and I was back there on the ground. My body was paralyzed from the bullet, but my mind was working overtime. Their scents, their taunts, their touches… “Sweetheart, look at me,” I heard someone say. The voice was familiar, but I was not certain why. “Angel, sweethe
JULIOMy fingers dug into her hips as I thrusted relentlessly into her pussy. This pussy was a golden one. Still tight even after everything I had done to it over the past two months. I did not care at all about the rest of the bitch, but I did care about this part of her.I had her bent over my desk because it was better for me in this position. I could not give two shits about her getting off. She would take what she got and be fucking thankful for it.‘Alpha, I got the report,’ my Beta, Agustin, linked me.‘Bring it to the office. No need to knock.’I might not be the legitimate Alpha because my dumbass brother was, but he had been gone for a long time, allowing me to run the pack on his behalf. I ran it to my own standards and would bullshit him whenever I needed to. He did not deserve to be the fucking Alpha. I would take him down when the time was right.The door opened, and in walked Agustin. He smirked at what was going on. The chick beneath me stiffened when she recognized tha
GRANTAngel’s shutdown gutted us because she was hurting. It also thoroughly pissed us off. Carl had caused it, so he would pay dearly. Sexual assault of any kind was not tolerated in this pack and had harsh sentences.Pack members who broke pack laws were put on trial for their crimes. Evidence would be presented, and pack members would have input on what the sentence should be. However, it was the leadership who made the ultimate decision.Carl would get his ass handed to him. Sexual assault was one of the Teir A crimes, meaning that they had the harshest sentences. However, anyone involved would also be tried. It really sucked to be Lucy Taylor. Or it would be that way soon.I wanted both of their blood. Them being traitors was secondary to what they did to Angel. Lucy was just as responsible because it was her plan. I still could not wrap my head around the fact that people could be so fucked up in the head to think ‘hey, sounds like a good idea’ or some shit like that.Everyone wh
ANGEL‘I was able to finally reach her wolf,’ Athena said. ‘She’s very weak for some reason, but she said to be careful and not to underestimate Lucy.’Oh, I would not be underestimating this bitch. Why was her wolf weak? Lucy was clearly strong, but her wolf was weak. That was not how it usually worked. The strength of our wolves was typically representative of how strong we were.‘What if Lucy is a leech that’s siphoning her strength from her wolf? It would make her wolf completely submissive to her. I had to send some healing to her wolf so that she was strong enough to talk. There’s something going on here,’ Athena informed me.Lucy’s eyes wandered around the room, realizing that she was fucked. There was no getting out of this after what she had just shouted out. This made her dangerous because she probably felt like she had nothing to lose.A chill ran down my spine when our eyes met. They were cold and void of the warmth that used to be in them. Had she been that good of an acto
ZIYAH “She’s losing a lot of blood,” the surgeon said. Dr. Hastings was one of the best trauma surgeons on this side of the country. Luckily, he had been visiting his sister who lived in our pack. This was not the first surgery that I had overseen. I trained as a combat medic and have been brought into countless surgeries because of my experience as well as my healing magic. Unfortunately, not everything could be easily healed. This was one such instance. “Does she have any blood relatives here? Parents or siblings?” he asked me. “Not parents or siblings. She has a cousin that lives here. We can bring in her grandparents if that’ll help,” I told him quickly as I continued helping him to irrigate the wounds. I heard him curse underneath his breath when her blood pressure dropped down. ‘C’mon, Angel. You need to fight. Your mates need you. We all need you. Fight, sweetheart,’ I sent to her and flooded some love and strength into her as well. “Grandparents will have to do. I can t
To all of my amazing readers,I want to send out my deepest gratitude for all of your support with not only “Fated to the Alpha’s – Chased by Chaos” but also the rest of the books within the Fated Universe. The beginning of “Fated Rejection – Fated Claim” had been a brief brush stroke that continued until something much bigger evolved. Each new character, each new journey, and each new struggle painted even more depth.The moment that Elle held an infant Angel in her arms was the moment that I realized what her fate would end up being. It took patience to get us to the point where their journey would begin, but it was worth the wait. I was thrilled with the amazing support that I found within each comment, each like, each gem, and each word of encouragement.The introduction of Caiathus in the first book was really the first crack that hit the wall between the supernatural species. I knew then that the Fated Universe would not be complete unless it paid homage to the diversity within t
VIOLETI stood at the cliff’s edge and watched as the sun peeked over the horizon, painting the sky a plethora of colors. It normally signified the beginning of a new day, but today it signified a possible beginning of the end.Life had not been easy. There was always a fight occurring. It was Mom fighting for us in the beginning. Then it was me fighting for my sister once Mom was gone. Now, it was me fighting for them both.It was crazy to think about how much my life had changed since that night – the night when I learned the truth.I once heard someone say, ‘people can’t change the truth, but the truth can change people.’ That quote stuck with me because it was simplistic yet had an unmistakable depth to it as well. The truth really did change me. Not only did I find out that a mere human was precisely what I was not, but I also found out that Mom didn’t actually die two years ago. Nope. She was betrayed by her husband and given over to a group of sadistic assholes who hunted supern
BLAKELYI had always prided myself on my strength, just like many of those from Alpha blood did. However, I felt anything but strong lately.It was ironic that all it took was someone who was supposed to be my soulmate to destroy what I had once thought were the best parts of who Blakely Ayla Rosenthall was.Not everything was Kol’s fault. I was fully aware of that, but it did not change the way my heart was breaking a little more each time something like this happened.My wings propelled me from the ground, leaving behind a guilt-ridden Kol. My eyes burned as tears filled them. They could not be contained no matter how hard I tried to keep them at bay.His words rang in my head, bouncing around like a cannonball set to destroy everything in its path.‘What a selfish fucking whore you are. All you care about is yourself. I don’t fucking need you and would be better off without you.’It was the work of an internal binding that we had yet to find a reversal for. Its magic always took hol
EMERSONIt had been a year since we took our posts as Nightshade’s leadership. While I would love to say that it had always been smooth sailing, that would be a damn lie.Six months ago, we had another pack issue an official challenge. It was not a common thing to do but did occasionally occur. Instead of infiltrating a pack, Alphas could technically challenge for a pack instead. You had the right to decline, but that would make it appear to other packs that you were weak.Instead of challenging me, they went after Mia, believing that she would be the easier opponent. They were, of course, mistaken. Mia and I were right on par with each other. The fucker cheated and got some wolfsbane into her. Thankfully, she inherited Mom’s affinity for light and used it to burn the wolfsbane off. She ended up winning the challenge, which then invalidated the claim to his own pack.It was a damn good thing that he had challenged her because his pack was suffering underneath his leadership. People wer
MIAI was incredibly thankful that Atlas came to find me when I had run away from him. A coward, that was what I had been and needed to escape before I fell completely apart. That would not be something that I could come back from…To know he actually craved me in the same way that I craved him was absolutely invigorating. It was liberating too.I had always harbored a secret crush on Atlas. Our parents were very close, so we grew up together. He had always been that bright soul who made sure everyone was taken care of. He would go out of his way to ensure that people were happy. Goddess, he was innately empathetic just like his mother. He was also a warrior just like his father.Ryker, his father, had been someone that my parents always admired because he did not know the meaning of the word quit. Many people had thought he would fail as a warrior simply because he was human, but he told them to sit back and watch him shine. He did not become a warrior only because my parents inducted
GRANT(Five years following Epilogue 2)Goddess, it felt like yesterday when my brother and I were experiencing this day ourselves. It was one that we had both looked forward to and dreaded at the same time. Our eighteenth birthday – the day when we could scent our mate, came with a set of complex emotions.We had been in love with Angel for years prior to that day. We had decided that we would finally open up to her and share our hearts while praying that she was receptive to it all.We had always been confident guys, knowing who we were to our family, our friends, and our pack. However, we had both been insecure when it came to Angel because she was our dream, and one that we had desperately wished to come true. We had been afraid of facing any kind of rejection when it came to her because Angel was it for us.The day that we turned eighteen turned out to be one of the highlights of our life because we were granted our deepest desire. We were granted our completion.Life had its ups
ANGEL(8 years after Epilogue 1)Today was going to be a great day! It was Mia and Emerson’s thirteenth birthday party.This was one of two big pack-wide birthday celebrations for our heirs. The next would be when they turned eighteen just like we had done when my boys had turned eighteen.Goddess, it felt like a lifetime ago when I had taken the cowardly way out and avoided their party all because I was terrified that they would find a mate that was not me. I had shed so many tears over a possible reality, which turned out to be wasted because they had always been mine with, or without, a fated mate-bond.It felt just like yesterday when the bonds snapped into place.Many people have asked me what it was like to have two mates. It was a difficult concept for some people to wrap their heads around. It was different for us because the three of us had always been inseparable. We were an efficient team. So, the transition was seamless because we were the same as we had always been but wit
GABRIEL(Five years later)Life was one hell of a rollercoaster. That was the best way to explain it.Our leadership had all been nervous as fuck to step into our roles, but it was the utmost honor to be given the chance to serve our people. It was something that we never took for granted.Nightshade flourished quite a bit over the past five years.The programs that we began had made quite an impact. There was a lot of excitement about the warrior program that began earlier. There was a huge turnout in year one. Each subsequent year gained even more popularity. Ryker was the one to spearhead the program, and we were incredibly proud of what he was able to accomplish.The ambassador program that we developed was actually picked up by allied packs because they saw the usefulness of it. Angel had developed a course that walked leaderships through how to create their own program for it. Just like everything she touched, the course became gold.The trade school was a booming part to our pac
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