Still on high alert, Sydney turned around, taking in the gruesome scene of bodies in blood. I wondered what they planned on doing for cleanup. Somehow I highly doubted they would alert the police. At least we were undercover and not able to be seen, and so far, all of the weapons used on both sides had been equipped with silencers, making it impossible for distant nosy neighbors to hear.Sydney visibly flinched when her eyes drifted over one of the men that had followed in the SUV behind us. He was lying face down in the dirt."Is he " she couldn't continue.Samuel grunted as he rolled him over. Even from where I stood ten feet away, I already knew the answer."He's gone," Samuel muttered.Sydney whispered softly, "Aiden." I wasn't sure if she meant for any of us to hear it."And Noah?" she could barely get the words out, her voice raw with emotion.The man standing over the other body of their fallen, I didn't know his name, just shook his head."It's quiet now," Sydney said lowly in
Too LateTommy (Remember: he thinks of Hycinth as Abby and Luca as Whiskey)"No!" Whiskey snarled, looking back and forth between Sydney and me. His large frame shook.I didn't blame him. Abby was his sister. The sound of her tortured screams had been one of the worst fucked up things I'd ever heard, but her pitiful cries of agony had left Whiskey broken, devastated him on a level anyone would have to be blind not to see.And I didn't necessarily disagree with him. Of course, I didn't think it was a good idea for any of us to willingly walk in whatever hell Julian and Dagger were holed up in. The advantage was way too much in the jackasses's favor. But it was obvious the lil' filly had already made up her stubborn mind, and I'd rather be there for the fallout.Regardless, I waited silently for Sydney's response because I didn't have the authority to make the call here. Among my Grimm MC brothers, I had the last word and any biker who fell out of line faced severe punishment. Order and
Sydney sucked in a sharp breath.My own blood boiled beneath the surface. I was enraged to see what they had done to a helpless woman, who was pregnant, nonetheless. I'd seen some fucked up things over the years, but even the bastards in my world didn't target innocent pregnant women to torture.To make matters worse, one of the fuckers grinned as he addressed a man reclined on the dingy brown couch, "Where do you want me to put her?""Dagger, please, stop this. You know it isn't right," Sydney interrupted.Pushing himself leisurely to his feet, Dagger stepped in front of Sydney. Faster than I expected him to move, his hand shot out and he backhanded her across the face. Sydney's head whiplashed to the side but she made no sound and she didn't fight back.I, on the other hand, had no intention of letting the bastard beat up on another woman. "I don't think so, asshole." I lurched forward, my hands curled into fists.But I only got one step before three of the jackasses grabbed me from
Truth and DevastationLeanderI had known several minutes into the forest that we were in the right location because as soon as we were close enough, Hycinth's pain had exploded into my consciousness. It was like I'd crossed an invisible barrier. One moment, nothing, and then the next, agony like I'd never known crashed through the barrier of our mind link, the one-way door my bite had established. Anguished flames of hurt and trauma licked my insides, tormenting me with their intensity.I'd stumbled under the onslaught, not entirely sure I was going to survive, as it consumed every part of me. But a more severe emotion, the irrevocable force that bound. us together, wouldn't be denied -my female and my unborn pup needed me-causing me to immediately stabilize my footing and drove me forward even faster.The moment we drew close, Ever had barked orders through the mind link, and instantly, the warriors broke into strategic formation.Without one misstep or even slowing down from our br
I shot fast glances at the remaining battle. Dagger had assembled many more wolves than I'd feared. There had to be close to forty of them. Not an easy task to overcome, considering our original group of only thirteen wolves and three humans, and we'd already lost two before even entering the clearing. My heart broke at the thought of Aiden and Noah laying dead and alone in the forest. And I noticed now that two more Adamant Moon wolves were motionless in the dirt and grass. The rest were covered in blood. Whether it was their own or belonged to our enemies, I couldn't tell because we may have lost four, but far more of our opponents had fallen. Ever and I had taken out close to fifteen already, and several other bodies lay scattered on the ground.A few of the wolves in the clearing were strangers. More than likely, they belonged to Nightshade. But the rest, I knew all too well-Julian and Diamonte wolves!Another fierce growl ripped from my Wolf's chest. His thoughts mirrored mine as
He moaned, "Ple-"His words were cut off as I recognized the sound of claws slicing through flesh. Luca hadn't even bothered to say anything to Julian before he tore out his throat.Instantly, the incredible physical and mental strain on my body reduced significantly now that the assholes couldn't hide behind another Alpha. I gulped in air to catch my breath. It was easy now to maintain my hold over the remaining enemy wolves while releasing those from my pack."Take care of the bastards,"I growled to Ever through the mind link. "And make sure they live until I am ready to deal with them.""Done, "Ever replied back.Even though Ever was hurt, he sounded stable enough to coordinate the other wolves into accomplishing what needed to be done, which was good because I was in no capacity of handling it at the present moment.It took several minutes and a lot of shouting and cursing, but finally, Dagger and the rest of his wolves were restrained with silver zipties and moved inside the dwel
LEANDER'S POVNostrils flaring, my Wolf sucked in great gulps of air in an effort to control the ever-increasing thrum of hostility running rampant through his veins as he watched the Healer continue to work with Hycinth.Using extreme care, Grace gently manipulated the sensitive flesh at Hycinth's core with gloved fingers to determine the depth and severity of the lesions. Working methodically, she called certain areas to my Wolf's attention, "I think these small tears around both holes, as well as this moderate one on the side of her rectum will heal on their own without the need of stitches."My Wolf pressed forward to better see where she was pointing."From the size of her wounds, and the fact that the semen was localized to her front, I believe claws were used in the violation of both locations, but it appears penile penetration was limited to her vagina."He stared intently, a low growl continuing to vibrate in his chest, the Healers words making him want to explode with violen
Grace stepped over to the black leather bag and unzipped the middle section. She pulled out a light blue hospital gown with tiny white flowers. Open in the back, it was easy to slide the garment over Hycinth's arms. I gently lifted Hycinth's shoulders, so Grace could tie the back together.Now that Hycinth was covered, I needed clothes. I had no intention of asking Ever to step away from his guard over Dagger and the other prisoners, so I grunted to Samuel through the mind link, "Samuel, bring me clothes."Less than thirty seconds later, Samuel jogged out of the house, carrying black pants, a matching shirt and boots along with underwear and socks.As soon as I was dressed, I stepped to Hycinth's side and lifted her into my arms. As I took a step toward the house, Grace stopped me. "Leander, do you think it's a good idea to bring her inside?"I ground my teeth together, my jaw clicking. Taking Hycinth back inside that hellhole was the last thing I wanted, but I had no choice."She isn
Time passed by slowly. The bleeding stopped momentarily but returned soon. Instead of blood spilling from my nose, it began choking out of my throat and I ran to the bathroom everytime I felt it build up. The sink was flooded with my blood, clots of it. I felt it all drain out of me.My skin changed colors, it turned into pale and I couldn't recognize myself anymore. Without blood, I felt colder and began shivering soon."You cannot cancel the dinner," I spoke with Leander and he tried his best to change my mind and to tune my thoughts elsewhere. "You have to go.""I'm not going to go without you. I'll reschedule for another day. And I'm not going to leave you alone." He whispered, pressing his hands against mine. My fingers trembled under his touch and I blew out a sharp, cold breath. "You'll be fine.""I feel like I'm dying." I buried myself in layers of blankets that were in the house. The cold was unbearable. But surprisingly, after all the blood I had lost, I still didn't feel in
Something had changed."I don't care. It's not that fucking late to get it out. What the fuck do you have a degree for? Don't you do this all the time?" A voice roared in my head, Leander's voice. It was full of tension and worry.I peeled my eyes open and stared at the window in front of me. It showed the backyard of the house. From there, I understood I was in Leander's bedroom. Everything came to me in a rush and sweat collected around my forehead before my pulse quickened and I rose up from the bed."It's already too late..-" The man in the white suit, the doctor, stopped speaking when his eyes fell upon me.Leander spun around and saw me, "Hycinth." He called out my name and rushed me in such a hurry I had never seen before. "Are you okay?" He asked, curling his hands around mine."No," I shook my head as I became furthermore aware of what had happened. "She poisoned. Oh," I breathed out. "Leander, she -she poisoned me." My eyes teared and I lost control of myself entirely."It's
I waved at Leander as he got inside the car to go handle a few pack matters. There was a group of rogues seen nearby the border and he went to question them along with a few other wolves under him. I stayed at home during the next day, pondering and having some chai latte whilst Gwen was making dinner. The night had passed by with ease. I slept in his embrace, forgetting all of my worries. When the morning sun shone, I turned over a new leaf and decided to not listen anything from Sydney anymore. Whatever she spat out, it was bullshit and I truly needed to stop listening to her."Don't you feel bored here? I mean, Gwen, you cook all day and light." I said, hands underneath my chin while my shoes were knocking against the table's leg. I had found boredom finding its way to me after leander had left. There was nothing more to fight with him about.We had invited Grayson, the Alpha of the Goldridge Pack and his mate, Claudia over for dinner and Gwen was preparing exactly that. They had c
My body was on fire and it burned through me when Leander pushed me over the bed. I curled my legs around his torso, sealing him, as if I needed to do that. I raced my hands over his back, feeling every inch of him while he deepened the kiss.It wasn't just about sex- it was more than that. It was ensuring that Leander was going to be with me forever and the only way possible was for me to let him in, to let him take me whenever he wanted to, to let him fuck him. I was his mate, he had marked me and l didn't want to loose him.I squirmed underneath him, rubbing my legs and arms all over him as warmth filled me up till the core. The feelings came by itself, it didn't need to be forced. It was always there, buried deep inside.He drew my lower lip into his mouth and bit down hard till I moaned loudly. Chuckling, he pulled away from me and that's when I saw his face. His eyes, brimming with lust and desire not for the first time.I ran my tongue over my lip and rose my arms as he reached
"I was once fucked by Leander, just like he does to you. We all the same. We want power , dont you?" She grinned at my response and the proudness appeared in her eyes for a longer time."I don't , I'm nothing like you." I stared down at her with disgust in my tone. From the corner of my eyes, I looked at the food and said, "Eat it if you want to live. I don't mind burying you at all.""You wouldn't be here if you wanted to bury me, Hycinth." She huffed and sat back, pressing her back against the cold wall. "What are you going to do? Keep me here for the rest of my life? Kill me? You and I both know you can't do any of that. You have to eventually let me go. You still weak.""So you can kill more people? Take more innocent lives?" I asked her in all honesty.What did she want more? She had nearly ruined everything for me and now she was killing people left and right with the poison she had created."And who helped you create the posion? Where is he?", I asked."Don't worry about my
It had been a tedious task to call Grayson and his mate, Claudia, over to the house. At first, we tried to come up with everything that wouldn't seem odd as we didn't want to attract any negative thoughts from them. We didn't want to let them know that we were ambushing them in any way.After another long hour of deciding, Leander finally placed a call over to Alpha Grayson's Beta who then handed the phone to the Alpha of the pack, the man we needed to bring in and question.Upon hearing his voice, I was more than sure that he was in possession of the poison and that it could be only him Sydney would have made a deal with.The Goldridge Pack was a known, favored pack around the area. It wasn't far from the town but not closeby as well. The drive could gather around for three long hours but by plane it would be merely a few thirty minutes, even less.Leander invited Grayson and Claudia over for brunch and to discuss future pack matters that couldn't be discussed at the charity event ea
Magnus and Allison arrived at the house soon after we had called for them. We had told them the details they needed to know and put them on work. There were at least twenty packs surrounding ours, some couple hours drive away while some a small plane ride away. The packs that were small, covering little towns were ruled out as they were wealthy enough to buy the poison Sydney and whoever had helped her create it.Leander knew Sydney and she wasn't going to give anyone with a cheap price. It was her work and she must've received a great sum of money by selling it.We short-listed five packs and then looked at the timeline of Sydney's visit to these packs. The ones she hadn't visited at all were ruled out as well.At the end, we were only left with three packs.The Goldridge PackThe Iron ClawsThe Silverpaw PackWe had our suspicion on all three but couldn't find enough evidence to blame one.Night fell and the sky became as dark as it could. Heavy clouds formed, promising a rainy nigh
There was a little pause before he asked, "I can?" He spoke slowly as he still seemed to be unsure even after I told him to have it."No, I can't." He shook his head and looked away, changing his thoughts and killing the hunger within himself."Why not?""I can't hurt you.""You're not hurting me," I shook my head. "I want you to have it." I whispered, leaning closer to him and resting my free hand over his shoulder.He had resisted it yet again which meant he had the control but I couldn't leave him without fulfilling the need his eyes that continued to grow as every second passed by.With his gaze on mine, he pulled my hand closer to his mouth and then ran his tongue, tasting my blood at last. Watching him do it was enticing and terrifying at the same time. Suddenly, a heat grew between us. He pressed my palm harder against his lips and continued drinking my blood for a long minute.His eyes were wide open and on me. The hunger disappeared. My lips parted and I almost gasped at the
I stared at the fireplace inside Leander's office and warmed my hands while he scurried through papers behind me. "Did you keep track on her?" I asked him while looking over my shoulders.He seemed confused, "I don't know. I'm not sure but I did have one of my men follow her. Though, I didn't keep track of the updates as I was dealing with problems of my own." He looked behind and met with my gaze while holding a bundle of papers. "The last time I had seen Sydney was at the same time and she had poisoned me then."Problems.I understood what he had meant by that. After Sydney had given him the poison, he began changing and with that came awfully terrible things. He was not the monster that we had encountered in the forest as he had learned to control himself. I didn't know how he did it but I knew it was difficult and it took plenty of his time.I lowered my eyes to the papers in his hold before lifting myself off the ground and walking over to him. "What's this?" I placed a hand ove