(Leo Bloodstone POV)“What do you want?” Ingrid asks, suddenly seeming desperate. “Just tell me.”“Where is Piper?” I ask.Ingrid opens and closes her mouth a few times, but she does not say anything.I repeat the question slowly. “Where. is. Piper?”Again, Ingrid opens and closes her mouth. I can tell that the words are on the tip of her tongue, but she does not want to say them.I stand up and gesture to the guard to let me out.“Where are you going?” Ingrid asks.“I have things to do.”“But… you can’t just leave me in the dungeons, Leo! I have been in here for days already!!!!”I give her an indifferent shrug.“I don’t have time to play games. Either give me what I want or don’t. It’s your choice, at least for now. After your pup is born, I will alpha-order the answers out of you.”“You are going to leave me in here until then?” she asks incredulously.“I warned you that I would, didn’t I?”“I didn’t think you were serious!!!!”“Yes, you did. You have known me for a long t
(Leo Bloodstone POV)“How does Kade play into all of this?” I ask next.“Kade?”“The medical intern.”“Kade wasn’t involved. As far as I know, he doesn’t even know Ellis. Although maybe he does. I don’t know. We just f&&ked a few times.”Again, her eyes show sincerity. F&&k.F&&k, f&&k, f&&k. I really had hoped that I would come out of here with more answers. Now I feel like I am just running into more dead ends.I stand up to leave, but then it occurs to me that I need to ask her one more question.“Who is the father of your pup?”Ingrid points to her stomach. “This one?”“Yes, that one.”Ingrid looks down again. This time, she has the decency to look embarrassed.“Just tell me, Ingrid. I am going to find out eventually.”“I don’t know.”“Bullsh&t.”“I have been lonely lately, Leo,” she whines. “You have ignored me ever since Piper got here, so I have been getting attention from anyone who will give it to me. And there are a lot of males in this pack who find me to be sex
(48 hours earlier)(Addie POV)I am at the bar overlooking the pool, leisurely sipping on my spicy jalapeno margarita, when I hear the words that no she-wolf wants to hear on her mate-moon.“Baby, I have some bad news.”I look over my shoulder and up at my mate, who is quickly approaching me with his cell phone in his hand. He is wearing swim trunks, a t-shirt, and a frown.“You can tell me after we eat,” I tell him in an annoyed voice. “Our dinner reservation is in ten minutes. Go change and come back.”“No, Baby. It can’t wait.”“Aiden, we have been at this resort for five days. FIVE. I am tired of room service. I want to eat at least one meal —just one— at a restaurant. There are so many wonderful restaurants and views, so many wonderful people, and so many wonderful, spectacular shows and accommodations, and we have hardly experienced any of them. Whatever this bad news is, it can wait.”Aiden gives me a sexy smile as he wraps an arm around my waist and pulls me close to h
(Addie POV)“What do you mean, which sister?” Aiden repeats.Sh&t. I should not have asked that question.I take another sip of my margarita while I try to figure out what to say. We had a silent agreement to not talk about Piper, Leo, or our sexual histories. At least not yet. I’m sure some of you may be blaming us for not talking about these things sooner. And that’s fair. But we had been together for less than three weeks. THREE WEEKS. You try dating a hot-blooded alpha male for three weeks, and then you tell me at what point you feel right saying, “Hey I know your father raped a beta female and got her pregnant with your sister, and I know that sister is on the run and all, but it’s a good thing she’s alive because otherwise I may have married Leo myself.” Not exactly an easy sentiment to spit out, is it?Well, I guess it is too late now. The cat is out of the bag. Taking another long sip of my margarita, I turn back to my mate. Time to talk.“I know you have two siste
(Piper POV)“YOU TOLD MAYA TO STAY AWAY FROM ME?!?!?!” Kade roared, his hands hitting the table.I looked around the dining hall. It was completely full, and everyone was, of course, staring at us.“Kade, sit down,” I said, feeling annoyed and embarrassed.It was now Tuesday morning, and I had just been released from the hospital forty-five minutes ago. I should have been released much earlier, but I had four more pain attacks while there. I didn’t tell anyone about them, but I guess the doctors could see that something was off thanks to all the machines they had me hooked to. The doctors relayed their findings to Kade and Dr. Hyder, and Dr. Hyder ordered that I not leave the hospital until I had gone at least 12 hours without an attack.(Kade somehow convinced Dr. Hyder to give him a second chance in medical school, but he is officially on a “zero-tolerance” probation for the next six months.)Thankfully, I reached the 12-hour milestone at 8 am this morning. I was starving and de
(Addie POV)Beta Jonas was waiting for us at the packhouse when we arrived back at Moon Shadow Pack. Aiden and I were tired, grumpy, and desperately in need of (separate) showers, but it was still nice to see him. Jonas shook Aiden’s hand and then gave me a big hug.“Welcome back, Alpha and Luna. How was your trip?”“Fine,” Aiden and I replied at the same time. Jonas seemed a little taken aback by the gruffness of our response, but he let it go.“How is my sister?” Aiden asked.Jonas’s eyes darted to me and then back to Aiden. The unspoken question was obvious. Aiden waived his hand dismissively.“Addie already knows that Piper is my sister. You can talk freely.”So, it was Piper who was hurt and not Natalie? I wondered what had happened, and if Leo already knew. It really didn’t make sense that she would be here or that she would be hurt. The last that I heard, Leo had found her, and I knew that Leo would cut off his own arm before he let something happen to her.“Piper was
(Addie POV)Piper’s friend, Kade, was Aiden’s brother.Wow.I mean, I shouldn’t have been THAT surprised. A cheating, control-hungry rapist rarely only has only one victim or exploit. Still, I felt awful for Aiden. Finding out that he had yet another sibling that he didn’t know about wasn’t exactly the way that I wanted to say “I told you so.”After a few minutes of uncomfortable silence, I decided to give Aiden and Kade some space to talk. Choosing to let go of my earlier anger and figuring that we could work our issues out later, I gave Aiden a hug and a kiss; reassured him that I would be around when he needed me; and then excused myself from the office. Jonas followed right behind me.I had previously planned to call Leo at the earliest opportunity, but after finding out about Kade, I decided to first make sure there weren’t any other surprises waiting for us. To that end, I went to Aiden’s and my bedroom so that I could shower and change. I then went to find Piper.I ultim
(Alpha Aiden POV)As soon as Addie and Jonas left my office, I moved to my desk and sat down in my desk chair. Kade continued to watch me as I did so. It felt like hours passed before either of us said anything, although in reality I think it was just a few more minutes. A million thoughts were going through my mind, including how I was going to explain any of this to my mother and younger sister, and how much crow I was going to have to eat with Addie later. I just couldn’t believe it. Sitting before me was tangible proof that my father had not just cheated on my mother once, but twice. How had I never known? How had my mother been willing to forgive my father and play the part of his doting, loving wife and mate for so many years? How many other secret siblings did I have out there?As the questions flooded my mind, I stared at Kade. I could see in his body language that he had just as many questions as I did. At the same time, he seemed somewhat less surprised than me.“Yo