Tyler’s POV As I stood on Emily’s back deck I couldn’t believe my eyes, Lexie was here but she wasn’t here alone. Two of Xavier’s men sat around the fire with her and it looked like they were having a good old time. It was nice to see a smile on her face, something I haven’t seen in a long time. Lexie’s head turned my way as if she sensed me and then the wolf beside her stood and growled. “Down boy.” I heard Lexie say and then she added, “My mate wouldn’t do anything to hurt me.” Did she just admit that she was my mate? Before I knew it Lexie was walking my way and she looked like she had one too many drinks tonight. Quickly I moved to the bottom of the steps afraid that she might hurt herself trying to climb them. When she got to me, she melted into my arms and I picked her up and carried her into the house. “You smell so good.” Lexie said to me with a giggle and I had no clue what she was talking about. I had the same cologne that I always have worn and this was the first time
Lexie’s POV Warm strong arms incase me as I wake and the feeling of belonging courses through my veins. I snuggle in more to the body holding me wanting to feel more at home and then the scent of mint hits my nose and whatever was inside of me stirred to life as I felt an arousal come upon me. I knew this scent all too well and I knew whose arms I was in. My mind began to go to war with itself as whatever was inside of me wanted to relish in his scent and his touch as the human side of me wanted to jump out of bed and ream him a new asshole. But the pull from my other side won just for now as I also was loving the feel of him holding me. It was when I heard his voice whisper in my ear, “Good morning my beautiful mate.” That I pulled from his embrace to turn to look at him. I was about to give him a piece of my mind when I saw the mark on his neck and something inside of me cried, “Mine.” As I looked at it with confusion my fingers moved to lightly touch it. My fingers moved over i
Tyler’s POV When Lexie stopped on the stairs bringing me to a halt, my eyes followed hers to my sister spread out on the island like Thanksgiving dinner. The shock of busting my sister in such a compromised position turned to rage when I realized who was feasting on her. “That mother fucker!” I thought as a growl slipped from deep within me. The nerve of him yesterday playing the part of the man that wanted my mate and then today having his mouth on my sister’s lady bits fueled something deep within me to want to rip this fucker’s head off. Releasing Lexie’s hand, I charged Xavier, tossing him from the kitchen to the living room as he crashed onto the coffee table. As I stalked towards him his hand went up in the air as he tried to reason with me but there was no reasoning with the beast that he had awoke in me. My hands reached for him and I picked him up by cuffing his shirt and throwing him once again but this time into the wall and his body force went through the dry wall leav
Lexie’s POV “Chase you bastard!” Emily yelled at him as we were pulled from the van as my eyes remained on his eyes. It had been since my birthday party that I had last seen him and he hadn’t changed his looks a bit. With his gaze still on me he said to his men, “Take my sister to her room.” And then he walked to me as his men escorted the screaming Emily into the house, eyes still gazing into my own. “Lexie.” Slid off his tongue in a husky voice, like he had longed to see me once again. Keeping my eyes on his not wanting to show him any weakness I said to him, “Chase.” His hand moved around my waist and he escorted me into the house directing me to a study where he motioned for me to sit in a leather chair. I knew I needed to play along with his little game if I wanted to free myself and Emily from him, so I sat and crossed my legs and remained quiet. “Do you know how long I dreamt of finding you?” Chase now asked me as he took the seat in front of me. “No.” I said to h
Chase’s POV What the hell was wrong with Lexie? I had just gotten her back and I wasn’t going to lose her again. When my eyes met hers for the first time in years all the emotions and feelings, I had for her came flying back. She was just as breathtaking as I remembered her to be and it took everything in me not to make her my mate at that every moment. I wanted her to be the one to ask me to make her mine. Yes, I had taken her and Emily to make my father and Tyler bow down to me and crown me as the King of this state. I also had other reasons for wanting her here with me. I wanted her to see that she never should have left in the first place. She had even admitted that the reason she had left was because of Tyler and not me, leaving me to believe that we could patch things between us and move on and once I was crowned King, I would make her my Queen, giving her everything that she deserved and more. But right now, all of that was on hold as I waited for the witch I had summoned
Lexie’s POV The smell of mint took over all my senses before my eyes ever opened and I knew that Tyler had to be close by. The mere thought of Tyler being close by sent waves of desire through my body and I began to hunger for his touch. My eyes opened to an unfamiliar bedroom but as I took in the scent of the bedding, I knew that I was in Tyler’s bed, and this had to be his place that he had brought me to the night of the auction. Slowly I got out of bed and as my feet hit the floor, I felt different, almost as if I could feel the other side of myself joining as one with me. I moved to the bedroom door and opened it, and I went down the stairs trying to find him. Sure, enough I was in the mansion that I was brought to all those years ago as I take in the marble entry way. Hearing voices I moved towards them taking me deeper into the house and I stopped when I heard Tyler says, “I don’t know how I am going to explain it to her.” Then I heard Emily’s voice say, “She is going to
Lexie’s POV “Lexie.” I heard my name being called as I pulled the pillow closer to me wishing it was Tyler. “Lexie.” The same person called my name and voice sounded so familiar. “Samuel?” I asked more of a question of why he was in my room rather than who he was. “Thank the goddess you’re alive.” Samuel now says and I wonder what he is talking about as I try to open my eyes but I feel so weak. “Why are you here?” I ask him in a weak voice barely recognizable to myself. “It’s been days, and no one has heard from you so I came to check on you.” Samuel tells me and I make an attempt to laugh but it hurts. How had it been days? I just laid down in my bed maybe a few hours ago. A pain shot through my stomach area at that moment and I screamed out in pain and then I felt burning in my throat. “What hurts?” Samuel asks as he removes the covers from me looking to see what my hands were holding. The pain was so strong that I wasn’t able to talk and I pulled myself into a fetal posit
Lexie’s POV Samuel sat on my couch as I finally emerged from my bedroom freshly showered and dressed. His eyes moved slightly from the television to me as I entered the room and headed for the kitchen to make a pot of coffee. I worried that things were going to be awkward between the two of us now that he had his mouth between my legs but then again he had also seen my naked in a tub before too. When the coffee was done brewing, I poured two cups and walked into the living room handing him one as I sat on the couch a cushion away from him. I began to watch the movie that he had on and I could tell that his eyes were not completely watching the movie before us. Finally, I sat down the half empty cup of coffee onto the coffee table and turned to him and asked, “Are things going to be weird between us now?” Samuels head completely turned my way and he said, “Not unless you make it weird.” “Then why are you stealing glances at me?” I asked him almost frustrated. “Because I alway
Lexie’s POV One could say I was a bit nervous as I was to say my vows once again. This time things were a bit different than the last time and this time I had my best friend by my side as I waited for the wedding to start. Xavier then entered the room I was waiting in with Emily and quickly moved to her, placing his hand on her now extremely large belly. “How are you feeling?” He asked her concerned that she was ready to pop at any moment. She swatted his hand away and said to him, “I am not having this baby until I see my best friend marry my brother.” Xavier chuckled at her and then gave her a kiss before he turned to me and said, “I am happy for you today and I know that my brother is happy to see you are happy once again too. Tyler and Samuel may not have seen eye to eye on a lot of things, but the one thing that the both of them agreed on was that you were the one for them.” I could feel tears starting to pool behind my lids and Emily says to Xavier, “Get out of here before
Lexie’s POV After my talk with Emily, I headed home to my empty house. Pulling into the driveway with only the motion senser light turning on to my arrival and then opening a locked door with no one waiting on the other side to greet me, made me realize how alone in this world I really was. Laying my purse on the counter I walked over and slumped onto my couch with a million things now running through my head. Maybe Emily shouldn’t have told me about Tyler’s situation, like he asked her not to. I had been fine before all of this. I was beginning to be able to function normally in this world on my own. I was on my way to recovering and now I am sitting here thinking about him, trying to convince myself that I am happy all in this world alone without him. Yes, the last couple months had been rough, but I made it through them without him. I didn’t need him in my life and I was perfectly happy without him in it, I kept telling myself, but my heart began to ache the more I thought ab
Lexie’s POV Today was a huge milestone as it has been two months now on my own without Derrick by my side and I have been taking baby steps daily towards my old lifestyle. Each day has been a challenge for me but I have been trying to be positive moving forward in my life. It has also been months since I have talked to Tyler and I had met up with Lena and Emily a few times for lunch, but Lena seemed a little bit standoffish towards me and I don’t blame her. I knew she and Tyler were trying to make their marriage work even though that is what she had run from in the first place, but I could tell that she had resentment towards me, and I had no clue why. I had stayed away from Tyler not wanting to interfere in their relationship and I thought I was doing the right thing by doing so. Lena was my sister, there was no doubt about that but the two of us had been raised so differently that we really didn’t have much in common, unlike her and Emily. I had been asked many times to go sho
Lexie’s POV I watched as the real Lena walked directly to Tyler wrapping her arms around him and I could see the happiness in her eyes from being with him. It was a happiness that I used to have long ago when the two of us were together. “Lena, I want to introduce your twin sister to you, Lexie.” Tyler said to her and she turned my way like she hadn’t noticed me when she walked up to Tyler. “Wow, Tyler wasn’t kidding when he said we looked identical. I’m sorry where are my manners, it’s a pleasure to finally meet you. You will have to forgive my hesitation to embrace you, after what I have been through with our family. I hope that we can get to know one another, and I can find it in me to trust you. Tyler told me what happened to all of you on the island and I am sorry for your loss.” I knew exactly what she meant by having to find it in her to trust me because I also had the same feeling inside of me after what I had been through. “Don’t feel sorry for the way you feel, I hav
Lexie’s POV It’s now been a month since we returned from Boracay and still no word from Tyler and I am beginning to worry that something has happened to him too. The walls of the packhouse are starting to feel like a prison and I don’t know how much longer I can stay here. The only time I have left the pack lands is when Emily takes me to see a psychiatrist. After one of my breakdowns, Emily decided it would be a good idea to seek help for me with everything I had been through. Of course, the psychiatrist was a wolf and I could talk freely with her about what really happened. At first, we focused on the deaths of the twins and Samuel but then moved on to my fear of people shapeshifting, which seemed to be my biggest fear. Unfortunately, the treatments weren’t working so well and it was due to the amount of trauma I had been through in such a short period of time. I had no clue if I would ever live a normal life after everything I had seen. Derrick was once again assigned to me
Lexie’s POV Today was the second hardest day of my life laying Samuel to rest between his twin brother and our twins. Sophia didn’t blame me for her son’s death but welcomed me with open arms to their family. Even though Samuel’s family held no ill will against me for his death, I still felt the guilt on my shoulders. As Samuel’s celebration of life gathering happens, I sit in the corner of the room with my head down not knowing exactly if I belonged here. Yes, we were celebrating the life he lived and I was certainly a part of that life, but I felt out of place now among the wolves without him by my side. It had been a full week that I have been here at the packhouse and Emily has done her best to be by my side, but I feel so lost being here in Samuel’s room alone. Each day that passes I ask Emily if she has heard anything from Tyler and each day it is the same response of no. I had promised Tyler before I left the island that I would stay at the packhouse for my safety, but th
Lexie’s POV When Tyler and Xavier emerged from the packhouse I thought it was all over with but I was so wrong, by the look on their faces. Quickly, I stood up from the step I was sitting on as they walked towards me. I knew I had to look like a hot mess after all the crying I have been doing but I could care less. “What is it?” I asked them, wanting to know why they had the look on their faces that they had. Tyler shook his head, not able to say what needed to be said, which left Xavier to tell me, “It’s about Lena.” “What about Lena?” I asked him, confused as I looked up at the door to the house like she was going to walk out of it. “That wasn’t Lena I just killed in the house.” Xavier tells me and I furrow my eyebrows at him confused at what he is telling me. “Then who was it?” I asked him wanting to know who it could have possibly had been if it wasn’t Lena. “We don’t know who she was but we know it wasn’t Lena.” Xavier says and I start shaking my head not understand
Lexie’s POV “Derrick, is everyone okay?” I asked him as I looked at the gate to the packhouse. “Lexie, you shouldn’t be here, its not fully secured yet.” Derrick tells me and I begin to worry what is happening behind that broken down gate. “Have they found Xavier?” I asked him, hoping he would at least know that to tell me. “Yes, he was being held in one of the cabins on the property. He is with Tyler and they are securing the area as we speak.” Derrick told me and I felt a bit of relief wash over me but there was still the fact that I hadn’t heard from Samuel yet. “What about Samuel and my family?” I asked him and I noticed a change in his posture when I mentioned Samuel. “Lexie, I think it would be best if Xavier talks to you.” Derrick says to me and the pain that was there last night overtook me and I knew in my heart that it had to do with Samuel. “I want to speak with Xavier now.” I told Derrick and he began to shake his head no to me. Before he could say a word, I
Lexie’s POV It wasn’t quite morning when I heard Tyler’s voice talking to someone and as I listened, I realized that his men had arrived. Rolling over in the bed I watched him as he was giving the man on the other end of the line orders. He was in his element and he was used to people listening to him, unlike myself. Tyler looked over at the bed and he saw my eyes on him and he quickly finished the call as he walked over to the bed to me. With a groggy morning voice, I asked him, “What time is it?” “It’s almost four am. Why don’t you go back to sleep and I will wake you later.” Tyler said to me as he sat on the edge of the bed and ran his fingers through my hair and I closed my eyes relishing his gentle touch. I knew it was wrong of me to love the feel of it but my body was craving him and what he was doing was innocent or at least that was what I was telling myself. “Will you hold me in your arms again till I fall back to sleep.” I asked him as I curled up in the blanket. Tyl