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Chapter 9 - Holly
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BryantHappy New Year! Let the parent trapping continue, lol.
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I hadn’t considered that washing Tristan’s face might have reminded him of what he was missing—a mother. My heart ached for that little boy, and my anger bubbled over at the woman who had abandoned him. My son may not have had a father, but that wasn’t because Nigel had walked away. Their losses were different yet profoundly similar. When Tristan expressed his feelings about my actions, comparing them to how other moms behaved, I felt an overwhelming urge to hug him tightly. I wanted to comfort him just as I had comforted my son when he felt the absence of his father in his life. ‘Of course, you want to make him feel better. He’s our new pup.’ Kira so easily claimed Tristan as our pup. ‘Not discussing that.’ I dismissed. I watched my son, Samuel, as he observed Alex and Tristan with a sadly familiar expression. He tended to have that look when he saw any of his friends back home spending time with their fathers. I wanted to hug my son until we both felt that we didn’t grieve his f
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Baby steps. I accepted even the tiniest step forward as a victory. The first victory was when Holly trusted me with Samuel. The second victory was being the one who drove Holly and Samuel to their hotel instead of Alsion. The third victory was when Holly agreed to dinner with me. It was dinner with our sons, but I didn’t belittle my victory. And the fourth victory was that she had been flirting. Or at least I thought she had been flirting. It could have just been my wishful thinking, but instead of flirting with her playful jabs, she meant them to be mean. She was always hard to read. Time and distance hadn’t made that any easier. That didn’t mean I gave up. That was my chance to finally act on what I had known for years. I wasn’t going to let it slip by. Don’t think for a minute that I hadn’t noticed how Holly had actively avoided touching me. She was under the impression I didn’t know we were mates, so she tried to avoid touching me so I wouldn’t feel the bond. Too bad for her, but
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My heart swelled with incredible warmth as I sat at a quaint picnic table on the patio. The evening air was fragrant with the rich aromas of fried chicken and collard greens wafting from the kitchen, mingling with the distant sounds of bustling traffic on the busy corner nearby. Holly sat across from me, her laughter dancing lightly in the warm breeze. Our boys joyfully devoured their plates, chatting about everything under the sun. It was the perfect family moment. Yet, a bittersweet longing tugged at me, even in the vibrant atmosphere filled with laughter and the clinking of dishes. If only I could reach out and take Holly’s hand, feeling her warmth envelop mine, the way I yearned for her to truly acknowledge what lay simmering beneath the surface of our friendship. But I knew I had to tread carefully. Holly had been hurt by love already, so she was skittish. Every step had to be deliberate. I couldn’t risk scaring her off, not when the potential for something more tantalizing l
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I had been repeating the same bitter mantra to myself ever since Holly slapped me and stormed out of the restaurant last night: “Stupid. Stupid! STUPID!” Each repetition drove the knife of regret deeper into my gut. In an impulsive moment, I leaned in and kissed Holly without thinking. Now, it felt like a colossal mistake. I imagined what my wolf, if I had one, would say. His gruff voice, that sounded like Logan, would tell me that my lack of foresight had ruined everything. The image of Holly’s shocked and pained expression weighed heavily on me. I needed to make things right, but I had no idea how. Tristan sensed the tension. The usually chatty boy was silent on the ride home—a significant change. When we arrived, he paused at his bedroom door and said, “Dad, you need to apologize to Mrs. Boland. If you care about her, you better grovel. This is on you.” After he left, I contemplated the weight of my actions. I had slept poorly, tossing and turning, thinking of how to make amend
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I had a love/hate relationship with my cousin. Sometimes, talking to him would make everything seem better. Like how after our phone call, I found myself feeling more at ease, the weight of my stress lifting slightly. Then there were times when he butted his nose too far into my business. When my phone rang not long after my call with Clarence, my instincts whispered that this call had something to do with my cousin. When I glanced at the screen and saw Logan’s name flashing, a knot tightened in my stomach. I reluctantly answered with a resigned sigh and a frown etching my brow. “Good morning, Alpha Logan. I apologize for not stopping by yesterday. I was busy with travel and dealing with the legal matters regarding Ali...” I began but was quickly interrupted. “I didn’t call for your apologies. I wasn’t worried about it. That was Finn and Clarence. Patrol reported seeing you cross into the territory, and of course, Alison mentioned that she saw you,” Logan replied. “Okay. So, w
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I gasped as reality slammed back into me. The weight of my body pressed into the earth, and Alex on top of me, his skin damp with sweat against mine. His breath was hot and ragged against my throat, his chest rising and falling in uneven shudders. We were back. The air was thick with the scent of earth, pine, and sex. The cool night breeze contrasted with the burning intensity inside me, but I barely noticed. I could still feel the bond between us—woven into our very beings, humming beneath our skin, connecting us in an ancient, irrevocable way. I sensed the swirl of emotions stirring in Alex’s mind through our bond. Alex groaned, his forehead pressing against mine as he exhaled a shaky breath. “Holy shit.” His voice was hoarse, rough from what we’d just done. I swallowed hard, my arms still wrapped around him, clinging to him as if letting go would break the spell. Our mating had been anything but ordinary. What we’d just done wasn’t ordinary, even with Alex being human. It wa
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Holly’s lips were fire against mine, burning away every hesitation, every lingering doubt. I wasn’t weak. I wasn’t fragile. Not here, not with her. None of the chaos that’s happened recently mattered. Tonight wasn’t about any of that. Tonight was about us coming together and making this official. Or at least official in the eyes of the supernatural community Her body pressed against mine, soft curves molding against me, igniting something primal, something I’d kept buried for too long. The kiss deepened, tongues tangling, teeth grazing, breathy little sounds escaping her lips between each hungry meeting of our mouths. I wanted to hear more of those sounds. I shifted, rolling her beneath me, the thin sleeping bag doing little to shield us from the cool bite of the earth beneath it. The rough texture of dirt and grass pressed against my forearms, grounding me in this moment, this night, this woman. Holly’s hands slid beneath my shirt, her nails dragging lightly along my stomach, se
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The evening air carried a whisper of cool and crisp autumn against my skin as I fastened the leather straps on my saddle. The scent of pine and earth wrapped around me, mingling with summer’s faint, lingering musk. As the sun dipped lower toward the horizon, the sky stretched wide, painted in gold, orange, and deep purple streaks. We had enough time to reach our campsite before nightfall, where we’d picnic under the new moon. Tonight, everything would change. ‘Stop overthinking,’ Kira’s voice purred through my mind, firm but affectionate. ‘It’s happening. It’s always been meant to happen.’ I exhaled slowly, steadying my hands against the saddle horn. Had it? It had only been a little over two weeks since the fight—two weeks since Benton was finally dead. Since the war he had waged against me, my pack and my family had come to a brutal, bloody end. But the fight wasn’t over. Brendán O’Brion was still out there. And we were no closer to knowing who had sent Benton after me. I cle
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I hate feeling useless. And you don’t get more useless than being laid up in a hospital bed for TWO fucking weeks. I had to hear secondhand about all the shit that’s gone down since I was injured. Benton is dead. Holly indirectly killed the fucknugget when interrogating him. Bitch folded like a piece of paper when he realized my wildflower was deadly serious about peeling his skin like an app. My mate is hard fucking core. He gave up the name of the fucker who put me in the hospital, the sadistic son of a bitch that would’ve killed my boys. Brendán O’Brion. It’s too bad that was the only name he gave before he went up in flames. I mean that, literally. The asswipe had these magically infused tattoos intended to protect him, but apparently, whoever did the spell-casting neglected to mention it also gave them backdoor control to silence him if necessary. They didn’t care that he gave up the assassin’s name, but his tattoos burst into flames when he was about to tell us who was
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Oh, I was more than ready to beat answers out of Benton. But why had Finn and Logan called me in? They could make that pissant talk, especially if Logan let Jericho out. I changed into Alison’s training gear—I wasn’t ruining her fancy clothes with Benton’s filthy blood. After ensuring Samuel and Tristan were safe with Alison and Colby, I headed to the cells with John and Clarence. The last time I was here, Claire was the only prisoner. Now, the twenty-five-cell prison was filled. I was shocked so many survived the two-front battle. I glanced at the hunters and werewolves in their Bloodmoon red jumpsuits as we walked. They all looked broken, haunted. Logan and Finn had already worked them over, if I had to guess. Some sat huddled on their cots, rocking, muttering about monsters. Whatever they’d seen had shattered them. “What happened to the ones incoherently whimpering about various monsters?” I asked. John slowed and glanced at one of the pathetic masses, who looked like he needed a
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I never want to experience that again. I broke when Nigel died. I don’t know if I was fully reassembled when I met Alex again. I’d only just started to feel whole again since accepting this new fate. To hear that Alex was hospitalized while protecting our boys nearly broke me. It’s a damn good thing he’s still alive. I don’t know what would’ve happened if he died. I don’t know if Samuel and Tristan would be enough to keep me and Kira together. I don’t know if the boys would be sufficient to keep me from going feral or just straight-up dying. We weren’t mated yet, but I felt it in my bones. If Alex hadn’t survived, I might not have either. If I’d managed to live through losing yet another mate in battle, I knew I’d go feral. I’d hunt down that masked fucker who took Alex from me to the ends of the earth. I wouldn’t stop till I had snapped his fucking neck. Even if it meant I would die, too. I’d leave the boys in the care of people I could trust, and I’d hunt that bastard till one of
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Pain. A deep, dragging ache coiled through my chest, sharp and unrelenting. It pulsed with every shallow breath, reminding me with each dull throb that I was still here. I forced my eyes open, blinking against the harsh fluorescent lights. An antiseptic smell filled my nose—sharp, sterile, and far too familiar—Bloodmoon’s hospital. I've been here my share after training injuries, even woke up here once or twice after getting knocked out in a sparing fight. I wasn’t dead. Barely. Fragments of memory clawed their way to the surface, jagged and disjointed. The boys voices—urgent, terrified. A figure in the shadows. The masked man was lunging toward me. The deafening crack of a gunshot. Then, nothing. A presence near the bed made me shift slightly, and immediately, pain flared deep and raw beneath the bandages wrapped tight across my chest. A hiss escaped through my teeth. “Yeah, don’t do that,” a familiar voice muttered. I turned my head, grimacing at the effort, every mov
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Benton grinned up at me, blood smeared across his lips like some twisted badge of honor. He thought this was a game. This mother fucker thought that he could get away with threatening my pack and family. He thought wrong. I’d ensure he paid for his arrogance, preferably with his life. He moved first, twisting his body in an attempt to throw me off before he even got to his feet. I didn’t let him. I already knew what he was going to do. The second his weight shifted, I countered, adjusting with the precision of instinct, my body reacting before my mind could fully register it. I had seen moves like his before—I had learned, memorized, and mastered them. Benton was a skilled fighter, but so was I. And unlike him, I didn’t fight for sport. I fought to protect. He managed to twist to the side, trying to escape my hold. I let him think it was working. Then, I struck just as he shifted his weight to push off the ground. I moved with him, using his momentum against him as I slammed my elbo
