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Chapter 17: Leo Wakes Up
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(Leo Bloodstone POV) I slide into the car across from my father. Without missing a beat, he immediately launches in on me. “You are late.” I take a deep breath. “I was down here within ten minutes. I know you saw me.” “You want me to count it as you being on time when you just spent the last 20 minutes growling at goddess-knows what and scaring your aunt’s pack members?” he asks angrily. “Half of them probably thought the pack was under attack.” “Do what you want,” I say dismissively. “You have sixty seconds, Son.” I sigh. I might as well get this over with. I open my mouth to speak, but he holds a hand up to silence me. “Wait. Listen carefully. I want to know why the f&&k you missed Isla’s first shift. I want to know why you look like sh&t right now. I want to know why the f&&k you were seen taking a passed-out blond to your room. I want to know why you smell like sex. I want to know why you would f&&k another female when you have turned our lives upside down fo
Mated in the Shadow of Betrayal Chapter 19: Rule Breaker
(Xander POV)I am an idiot. More specifically, I am an idiot with a broken heart.I am also so angry that I could scream.I finally, FINALLY, had an opportunity to sneak away to go and see Piper. It had taken a full year to get one, but it was finally here.My father and I were at a conference within an hour or so from where she had been hiding. It was the first time that the Bloodstone goons had allowed us to leave Blue Ridge since Piper ran away, and I knew that Bloodstone’s security team would be spread thin. I also knew that Leo and his father had an event to go to for his cousin, which would spread their security team even thinner.With the help of a few strategically placed wolfsbane laxatives, I took full advantage of the opportunity. I jumped out my window, ran for a bit in my wolf form, and then took a taxi that took me the rest of the way to Moon Shadow Pack.As I excited as I was to see Piper, I felt a little guilty for going to see her by myself. I knew how much Pipe
Mated in the Shadow of Betrayal Chapter 20: The Dancing She-Wolf
(Xander POV)When I get to the Wildwood Pack and change back into my clothes, I am shocked by the number of other wolves that are here. I silently pray to the Moon Goddess that there has been some sort of misunderstanding. Surely Piper was not stupid enough to risk coming to an event like this.“You were pretty stupid yourself when you were 19,” my wolf reminds me.“Yes, but Piper is better than me. She always has been,” I link back. I take my time scanning the massive crowd. Finding Piper will be more difficult than it should be, mainly because everyone is wearing masks. My heart stops every time I see a blond she-wolf about Piper’s height. However, after about thirty minutes and a dozen close calls, I start to relax. Piper isn’t here. The omega at Moon Shadow must have been mistaken.Or so I thought.I am about to leave when my eyes are drawn to a beautiful blond in a short black dress. Unlike the other she-wolves that I have spotted, I am unable to spot any obvious featur
Mated in the Shadow of Betrayal Chapter 21: The Drunken Dragon Bar
(Xander POV)Remember how I started my story about what happened on the one-year anniversary by saying that I was a broken-hearted idiot? Yeah, well here comes the reason that I said that.Obviously, seeing Piper kissing another male explains why I felt broken-hearted, but I truly believe that walking away from her was a smart thing to do. Getting wasted drunk at Drunken Dragon Bar just outside Wildwood Pack grounds, on the other hand, easily makes my top-10 list of stupid decisions.At the time, going to that particular bar seemed to make a lot of sense. It was close by; it was open 24-hours; and it had wolfsbane cocktails advertised on its signage, meaning that it was werewolf friendly. Inside, the bar was full of wolves and a handful of humans. The music was loud and the liquor was flowing. Nothing in the bar screamed, “Turn around and go home.” Instead, Drunken Dragon Bar seemed like the perfect place to drink my problems away. To be fair, I had only anticipated being the
Mated in the Shadow of Betrayal Chapter 22: Xander vs. Leo
(Xander POV) “Well, well, well. Who do we have here?” I stumbled a few times as I forced myself to stand up. I knew getting caught here was a mistake that I was going to pay for, but the last thing I would ever do is admit it to this a&&hole. “Well, hello there Leo,” I slurred, pretending not to care that he was here. “You are supposed to be at the conference,” he said coldly. I rolled my eyes and glanced behind him at the three goons standing with him. “Yeah, well.” “I did not give you permission to leave, Boy.” Anger and adrenaline were quickly sobering me up. Maybe not as fast as I needed them to, but it was something. I looked at Leo as defiantly as I could. “Boy??!?” I spit back. “I am just three years younger than you. And the last time I checked, you were neither my father nor my alpha.” I am pretty sure half of those words were slurred and only somewhat understandable, but in my head, they sounded crystal clear. “Why is it that every time Piper disappears on me
Mated in the Shadow of Betrayal Chapter 23: Getting in Trouble
(Piper POV) I was in the kitchen working on meal prep when Warrior Asher came to find me. It had been a couple of days since that disaster of a party. “Piper, the alpha wants to see you.” I turned and looked at Asher in surprise. “Alpha Aiden is back? I thought that the conference was supposed to last a few more days.” “He came back early,” Asher responded solemnly. “Why?” Asher looked at me sympathetically. “He received a complaint that he thought warranted immediate attention.” I wrinkled my eyebrows in confusion. “A complaint? About what?” Asher looked down. “It… was a complaint about you.” “What?!?! What did I do?” My brain quickly began running a million miles a minute as I tried to figure out what I possibly could have done that would warrant Alpha Aiden leaving the conference early. Yes, I had been distracted and upset, and so my cooking and cleaning skills had been even worse than normal the past couple of days. But surely, burning some potatoes and missin
Mated in the Shadow of Betrayal Chapter 24: Alpha Aiden
(Alpha Aiden POV) As Piper walks into my office and sits down in a guest chair, I run my hand through my long curly red hair in both anger and frustration. I don’t know if it is Piper’s fault that I am so upset, or if it is Jonas’s fault… or if it is my own. I have been the alpha of Moon Shadow Pack for four years. I was only 19 years old when I took over. Most alpha heirs do not take over until their mid to late 20s, after they have met their mates/ lunas, but I had to take over earlier because my father died unexpectedly. As a younger alpha, I am hyper-sensitive to criticism from others. I know that I lack the experience that other alphas have, and I would even admit that I lack some of the maturity too. However, my pack members still depend on me for stability, leadership, and security. That means that I cannot afford to make mistakes. Every mistake that I make represents weakness, and every weakness I have represents risk to my pack. That is why I got so upset when Xande
Mated in the Shadow of Betrayal Chapter 25: Piper's Trigger
(Piper POV)“The safety of this pack and its members is my highest priority, and anyone —ANYONE— who jeopardizes that safety is subject to severe punishment.”“Yes, of course, Alpha.” I was feeling completely confused, and Alpha Aiden was starting to scare me a little bit. What was he talking about? What did he think that I did? And why was he talking about punishment? Meanwhile, as confused as I was, I could feel Penelope becoming angry. She had always had a fondness for Alpha Aiden, but she did not like it when anyone talked to me the way that Alpha Aiden was talking to me right now.“So why don’t you tell me why you were making a public scene at Leo Bloodstone’s cousin’s birthday party two nights ago, and why you chose to whore yourself out while you were there?”That was… Leo’s cousin’s party?Oh, my Goddess.No wonder Leo was there. And no wonder he had a room at the packhouse.“Piper, I asked you a question.”“I-I am
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