Jay swerved in his lane for what seemed like the thousandth time while attempting to monitor his sister in the back seat. Mj spent the first few hours of their drive to Lowder staring out the window before she finally slipped off into a sound sleep. Moxie nudged Jay, “eyes on the road sher, I doubt the Alpha gone give us another truck we fuck this one up yea?” he laughed and Jay only smirked before readjusting his hold on the wheel. Moxie watched Jay chew on his lip and against every thought screaming in his mind the half feral man slowly reached up and gave the guy he loved a few reassuring strokes on the back of his neck, “don’t worry amore, they will find their way,” he purred and as Moxie slowly tried to retract his palm Jay quickly captured his open palm between his shoulder and jaw. Jay squeezed Moxie’s hand and the swamp wolf grinned as he began to once more stroke his lover's cheek with the pad of his thumb, “I really hope so Mox,” he mumbled before glancing in his side mirror
As the hunters pulled up to the building, Mj once again wasted no time in jumping out before she ran toward a noisy familiar truck idling in what was now a parking lot. As Mj approached the old rusty pickup, Lou squeezed himself out of the cab and gave her a quick hug before walking straight up to Dante, who was pulling himself out of the back seat of Ace’s SUV. Dante looked up at Lou and as he started to smile, the larger man grabbed Dante by the shirt and started pounding into his face with the free one. Dante let his hands hang lifelessly at his sides as Lou continued his relentless attack. Jay and Moxie immediately jumped on each of the flesh-covered tree trunks Lou called arms and began trying to peel the two of them apart. Mj shook her skull and started walking toward the pile of tangled men when Ace stepped in front of her with a strange look on his face. “Let’s get that beef upstairs before the animals smell it,” the commander said and Mj only smiled shaking her head as she tu
As Mj reached the door to her old but new apartment, a quizzically evil thought crossed her mind and she kicked the door open with one powerful thrust. Both John and Pepper were sitting at the table and when the door slammed against the wall, John shot out of his chair, knocking over the contents of his glass and Pepper dove beneath the dinner table. Mj waltzed in, holding her gut as she laughed and Moxie followed with his own small series of chuckles. Ace and Dante held the beef up on their shoulders as Jay brought up the rear and attempted to close the door that now seemed like it never would have fit in the first place. “You cracked the door,” Jay yelled and Mj only waved her hand, “get maintenance to fix it,” she casually answered as she smirked and got down on her hands and knees as she approached the table. Pepper clutched at John’s leg under the table and when Mj’s face appeared in front of her she squeaked, “didn’t mean to scare you Pep, come on out little turtle, no need to
Mj eyed Ed as he slipped back into the apartment, and all the old hunter did was give her a sad smile. She glanced at Ace, who seemed to be chastising Pepper in the kitchen, and she turned to Jay and Moxie as they picked up steaming cups of coffee, “lovers quarrel,” she asked quizzically and Moxie spat hot coffee all over Jay’s arm as all the color drained from Ace’s face. “Something like that, little sister,” Ed hummed as Dante slithered back into the apartment. Mj walked toward him and as she got closer, she felt the strangest thing against her skin, it was like every molecule her body was made of was pulling her toward the Nerezza Beta, and she squared her shoulders, forcing her body to numb out and ignore the foreign but familiar feeling. “Kit-assassin,” Dante corrected as Mj approached him, “if you can’t keep yourself under control I will have to respectfully ask for you to accompany the returning party,” she spoke with such callus and lack luster in her voice that Dante’s shoul
Dante followed Jay, Ed, and Honey out of the apartment and down to the waiting S.U.V.’s. He observed with a sorrowful sense of envy as Ed ran with an excited vigor to open the front passenger door for Honey, and she simply giggled before tenderly touching his beard-covered cheek and gingerly hopping into the seat. Ed did not even glance at Jay or Dante; he simply stepped up into the driver's seat and pulled their vehicle onto the road. Dante could feel the hostility in the air as he approached the truck and started to slide into the back seat, but before he could close the door Jay ripped it out of his hand and was physically furious, “Up. Front.” he spat and watched Dante slither out of the chair and toward the front when Jay grabbed him by the shoulder and spun him around, “who are you,” he demanded and Dante’s eyes barely met his before the once proud wolf let his head hang between his shoulders. Jay shook Dante a few times but when the wolf never showed, Jay just growled and shove
The moment Mj stepped away from Casper in search of his phone Ace approached her, “we should call the Alpha first little sister,” he whispered and Mj smirked at him, “careful commander, you keep talking like that and your big bad wolf persona might be tarnished,” she mused and Ace only shook his head, “I’m serious Mj, you might be running the show but Azreal-,” Mj put her hands up in surrender, “relax Ace I know the drill,” she said almost irritated and as she snagged his phone from his hand he crossed his arms and frowned at her. Mj only shrugged, “mine’s dead,” she explained in a carefree tone as she attempted to access his contacts. Ace smirked and cocked his head to the side, “you know it has a-,” the commander began before he watched the assassin punch in a few characters and immediately unlock the phone. Ace’s jaw almost dropped to the floor as Moxie held his belly laughing. Ace shot Moxie a displeased look as Mj began scrolling through his contacts, “how the fuck did you do th
Azreal tapped his foot in the dirt outside the pack house entrance as he impatiently waited for his hunters to return with their bounty. Lila placed her lithe hand against the small of his back, “I just got word from the swamp wolves Azz, they should be here very soon,” she cooed and Azreal nodded but did not remove his eyes from the drive up, Lila sighed and shook her skull as she rubbed slight circles into her mate’s back, “you can not control what they do my love, you can only guide them the way you have so many others and lead by example,” she tried to console him, but the sentiment was lost as Talia came bursting through the large front doors. “I hear your bratty little brother put his hands on my Beta, what are you going to do about it Azreal,” she barked and as the exhausted Quicksilver Alpha turned his head he was surprised when his mostly meek companion pushed the power within her out into the atmosphere and spoke first, “we do not plan to do a thing dear Talia, your Beta att
Although Mj and Lila had been in the middle of a very deep conversation about the state of Azreal’s mental well-being, the assassin found herself drowning out the words Lila was saying while she concentrated on the strange pitted feeling deep inside herself. Every now and again while they had been talking, Mj thought she heard the distant sound of a wolf’s whimper. The sound acted like a snowball effect, it sounded so familiar she tried to think back to where she may have heard it before, but every time she tried to nail down the memory it seemed to vanish. Like a dream you could remember as long as you didn’t think about it. Mj was pulled from her merry-go-round thought process as Lila squeezed her arm, “you ok Mj,” she asked and the stubborn and slightly embarrassed assassin shook her head, “yea, I’m sorry Lila I don’t know whether it’s these ridiculous headaches or my heat or this rescue bullshit, but my mind just can't seem to focus on any one thing.'' She admitted and Lila let g