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53. Not Now
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2024-10-29 19:42:56~ CARA ~
I had sat on the damp ground in the shadows of the trees on the corner of my neighbor’s house figuring Rig would arrive in his Jeep and I'd see him coming and wave him down as he approached the house.
So, when an SUV I didn't recognize rocketed into around the corner and accelerated, I just assumed one of the neighbors was coming home drunk and gripped Purrkins cage harder.
But then the car whipped into our driveway and stopped so fast the tires gave a little squeal and the entire vehicle bobbed and jiggled with its momentum. Before I could finish getting to my feet and grabbing my bag, Rig had thrown the car door open and was sprinting for the front door, banging on it and calling my name.
“Shit! No! Rig!” I hissed. But he wa
Bab terkait
Hunted by My Alpha 54. Too Late, Too Late
~ CARA ~“The Animal Shelter is on exit forty-three. It’s right off the highway. It’ll take five minutes,” I said, hoping he didn’t hear the hitch in my breath.“Cara, I’m not taking your cat to the Animal Shelter,” he said, shaking his head.“We don’t all have the options you’ve got, Rig,” I muttered, livid that he was making me talk about it in light of everything that had happened. “I can’t take him to the dorm, and I don’t know anyone else who has—”“I’ll take him,” Rig said quickly.I heard Natalie give a little cough in the backseat. Rig’s shoulders tensed, but his jaw was set.
Hunted by My Alpha 55. Eff You, Rig
~ CARA ~At the curb just outside my dorm, I stood at the back of the SUV, the exhaust from the running car swirling around my knees, staring at Purrkins in the broken down pet carrier. He stared back at me, his body curled low and small, meowing his protest.Rig stood right behind my shoulder because he'd been about to get my bag for me, and I moved so he couldn't reach it.“I don't know what to do,” I blurted.“I told you, Cara, I’ll take him. Just tell me what he needs and I’ll make it happen.”I turned on him then, because it was so unfair that he kept pretending this was just… nothing. “He needs a bed, and food, and water, a litter-box, toys, flea-treatments an
Hunted by My Alpha 56. The Cost of Caring
~ RIG ~ I started the drive home like the car was on fire. Natalie wasn’t scared, she knew my wolf reflexes wouldn’t misjudge the road, but she cleared her throat about six blocks down the road. “You remember you have a little passenger in the back who’s probably already traumatized?” she asked quietly. For a split second I thought she meant herself and I was going to snap at her—but then the cat gave a tiny little meow. Fuck. I took my foot off the accelerator and let the car ease up to a more responsible speed. But I didn’t say anything. I couldn’t. If I said anything to Natalie it wasn’t going to be pretty. I knew she wasn’t the reason the wolves hated humans. She wasn’t
Hunted by My Alpha 57. Focus
~ RIG ~I swung by the 24-Hour big box store and cleaned out their pet section with everything Cara had listed, plus a few extras that Natalie suggested.By the time we reached the packhouse it was almost three in the morning, so I was surprised to see lights on in the living room, and even more surprised when I walked in the door and all my brothers were there, and awake.“What’s going on?” I asked them. Had something else happened? We’d been out of range for most of the night and I hadn’t linked when I’d gotten close enough. Had that been a mistake?Charlie and Jack were on the couch playing a video game, but they’d paused it the moment I walked in.Mack, dressed in nothing but paja
Hunted by My Alpha 58. Mister Beans
~ RIG ~The next morning when I woke, I rolled over and groaned. There was a warm pressure on my leg. But when I moved it lifted immediately and a light thud told me that the cat had obviously joined me on the bed, but wasn’t yet ready to meet.I sat up, but it must have run back into its cage, because it was nowhere to be seen, though the room stank of it.I’d gotten everything set out for it the night before, and spent an hour reading Google articles about how to settle a cat in, but nothing seemed to work. He hadn’t wanted to come out of the cage, and the one time I reached in, I paid for it with blood.So, I’d given up and gone to sleep, planning to figure it out today.I got dressed, then got down
Hunted by My Alpha 59. Something Lost
~ CARA ~As the windows of the library began to turn dark, I sat back in my chair and sighed. I’d read the same paragraph five times and not a word of it was getting in.I was stuck behind the desk because I was the only staff member on—there was some big sports game this evening and everyone was going. Only the most diligent students were in the library this evening, and they didn’t need me.I’d barely slept, but was surprisingly alert. I’d hunted all night, driven forward into the shadowed trees, but clueless on what I was hunting. Every sound, every smell… it was like it called to my body. I couldn’t stop. But eventually the sun had risen and I’d returned to my room, tired and frustrated.When I woke just before lunch,
Hunted by My Alpha 60. Unjust
~ CARA ~“Cara—”His voice twanged in my stomach like a guitar string. I shoved the feeling down deep, denying it. “You are holding me hostage at my job, Rig. That’s not fair. It’s completely fucked.”He was quiet for a second. “I… I didn’t mean to do that.”“Leave. Now. Or I’m calling security.”The statement had echoes of that first time we met. I meant it even more now than I had then, and for some reason, that thought wanted to break my heart.There was a heavy sigh on the other side of the door, another light thump like he’d flattened a hand against the door.
Hunted by My Alpha 61. Let’s Be Friends
~ RIG ~ The days following the party were some of the hardest, and most frustrating of my life. And the nights were some of the simplest pleasures I’d ever experienced. Whatever was happening to Cara, she was giving over to the change. She’d clearly stopped resisting—or maybe the urges had just become too strong for her. I wasn’t sure. All I knew was, every night I waited in the woods as Ralf, and every night she came out and we spent hours searching the woods. I kept the guys on call and nearby, ready to shift, in case we crossed paths with the Night Walker—because it became clear very early on that that was who she searched for so diligently. And that worked for me. It was a relief to hunt and watch over Cara at the same time. And it gave me a chance to watch her blossom.
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Hunted by My Alpha 249. No Negotiation
~ RIG ~ I let my upper lip curl up and bare my teeth. Let him see that he was dealing with a helluva lot more than a spoiled rich kid. His instincts were dulled by humanity and alcohol, but even his dimwitted senses caught the flash of my teeth. He stiffened. I smiled. “My wife wants to share her wedding with her Mom—we eloped, but we’ve just watched some friends getting married and it’s making her think about what we missed, so we’re going to do it properly. Make another memory. And Cara wants to share that with her mom. So, we’re going to renew our vows in front of everyone we care about. Which, sadly, includes you.” He smiled and I wanted to bite his face off. “You are invited,” I growled. “But you
Hunted by My Alpha 248. Who the @#$% are You?
SOUNDTRACK: “Your Daughter” by Chase McDaniel. ***** ~ RIG (Three weeks later) ~ Getting out of my jeep in the driveway of the house that was the site of Cara’s torture turned my stomach. My Alpha power—still difficult to contain at times, making me itchy and prone to aggression—surged as I took in the cracked cement with weeds and grass growing up, the overgrown flower beds now little jungles of three foot weeds, and the grass that was thin and patchy, and mostly dead. This was the place that her fucking father had made her believe no one could love her. This was the place she’d been hurt. This was the place I wanted to burn to the fucking ground. But for today, at least, that wasn’t the assig
Hunted by My Alpha 247. Fight For You
SOUNDTRACK: “Unbearable” by Nathan Wagner. ***** ~ CHARLIE ~ Watching Mack salivate over Natalie as she walked up the aisle was a very specific kind of torment. Because even though I was supposed to be watching our friends publicly vow themselves, my eyes kept drifting back to Meg who, alongside Cara and Tessa, was standing with Natalie today. She looked… stunning. Natalie, always with the impeccable taste that I didn’t understand, but could fully appreciate, had draped all the girls in floor-length, light-green, figure-hugging-but-not-clinging dresses that revealed flesh without being suggestive. It was fucking torture.
Hunted by My Alpha 246. The Gift
~ MACK ~ When Natalie and Cara finally reached us on the stage, I knew that there was an exchange with the officiant. Cara and Rig said something, but I didn’t hear it. I just took Natalie’s hands and pulled her up to stand in front of me. I was aware of people speaking after that. The officiant—a wolf who’d been among the rebels, whose aunt was human, and had become ordained—spoke for a few minutes about marriage and what it meant, but all I could think about was the deep pools of her eyes, that hollow in her throat that she’d offered me the night before last, and how my entire blood hummed with love and desire and— There was a ripple of laughter. “Oh, what?” I asked. Someone had asked me something. Oh, right. “I do!”
Hunted by My Alpha 245. Finally
SOUNDTRACK: “Don’t Give Up on Me” by Andy Grammar ***** ~ MACK ~ I had been shitting myself. Absolutely, one hundred percent, about-to-claw-my-own-hair-off, crapping my pants. When Cara told me about the human traditions around a wedding, and what she was planning to do with Rig for their vow renewal—which included not seeing or sleeping with each other the day before the ceremony, which sounded crazy—I’d joked with Natalie that we should do that too. I’d thought it would be cute and maybe increase anticipation for when we did come back together after the ceremony. I hadn’t banked on my mate getting cold feet about doing this in front of the packs, and how her nerves would kick my insecurities into gear—and that the whole damn thing would b
Hunted by My Alpha 244. In the Right Place
SOUNDTRACK: “Break Your Fall” by UNSECRET and Marc Scibilia. ***** ~ NATALIE ~ “This is stupid and… and indulgent and it doesn’t matter! I should never have agreed to this. It’s nothing but a dumb, human tradition and… it means nothing. I’m not doing it.” I stood in the bedroom that we’d made into a bridal suite—complete with three-way mirror—and folded my arms. I’d been staring at myself and all I could see were the imperfections. Tessa had done a beautiful job on my make up, but everything else just felt… sticky. My dress was a touch too tight around my breasts. There were too many people here and they were all going to be staring. I could feel Mack out there panting with nerves, but what if he didn’t like the dress? I should have shown it to him! Why had I let Cara talk me into all this traditional nonsense? “Natalie, you get your gorgeous ass out there and marry that man before he sweats through his Armani suit,” Cara growled. “Seriously, don’t make me turn it into an orde
Hunted by My Alpha 243. Done
~ RIG ~I started towards her, but was halted almost immediately as I watched in awe while my mate carved through lines of wolves as if they were butter.Claws, teeth, whirling body—despite her bulk, she moved like liquid, tail lashing and claws like wicked hooks designed to tear through fur and flesh.I shook and trembled because my father’s power was shifting to me and my veins were boiling with it—while the rest of me simmered in the rising rage and terror of the wolves around us.The transfer of Alpha should have been peaceful. There was an established hierarchy waiting, swelling with the newfound power. But my father was a liar and cheat, and he’d encouraged his wolves towards the same.The hierarchy, the elders, his advisors, every pack and family of power rolled towards us, howling in rage and fear.And my wolves, newly risen and brimming with the triumph of victory and the added confidence of success, tore right back to meet them.Mack, Charlie, Jack, and Natalie tore for me,
Hunted by My Alpha 242. When Hell is Broken
SOUNDTRACK: “Legendz” by AG and Devvon Terrell ***** ~ RIG ~ Everything slowed to a crawl, time seemed almost not to move at all as I watched my father go for my mate and I turned, twisting, pushing my body in ways I never had, panic screaming in my head, frantic to reach him before he got her. I couldn’t move fast enough. He was going to land at her feet before I did and his power would carry him right to her throat. She wasn’t equipped for this… It all washed through me in that second—the rage for what he’d done, the fury about his injustices, the anger that he would still cheat, even before the witnesses, and the shocking weight of grief because that was my mate. But then the second wave arrived that left me desperate, panicked, humiliated and hating myself. If she died right now it was my fault. My side screamed in pain as I launched myself after him, but my father seemed to hang in mid-air. I had time to see Cara bare her teeth and crouch. Everything moved so slowly I could
Hunted by My Alpha 241. Death on Four Legs
~ RIG ~My father saw the opening he’d been waiting for, gathered himself on his haunches and launched at me, the light of victory in his eyes.Instinctively, I didn’t even try to meet the attack, just leaped straight into the air in an attempt to deflect, dropping my chin, trying to hide my throat as my father snaked in—and to my horror, he would have taken me, except that was the moment Stephen howled in the link, then sent images to us both:Himself. Head bowed. Shoulders rolled forward. His human form submitted.To me.It was a boom of thunder right over my head. In any context, the submission of an Alpha brought al
