Reyna could feel her cheeks burning with embarrassment. She never thought that her feelings were so transparent for others to see, in fact, she always thought that she was like a closed book, one never to be opened by anyone. But it wasn’t embarrassment that overwhelmed her senses, no it was the distinct realisation that she was in love with Cain f*cking Covington that knocked the wind out of her body. Never did she think that she will fall in love with a guy nor did she think that she will be rejected before she could even confess, it was said that eavesdropping wasn’t a good thing, not because the eavesdropper hears things that they shouldn’t but also things that they don’t like. And in her case the saying proved right, it wasn’t as if she didn’t know how things were between her and Cain, and also knew that there was no way something was going to happen between the two of them. And she never once thought that Cain had any other feeling except sy
Her ribs cracked from the impact with an agonising crack, as the coyote lunged at her again and again, cornering the wolf against a tree. Ears flat, the wolf let out a throaty rumble before the wolf snapped her teeth at the coyote’s neck and bit down. The coyote shook his head trying to dislodge her off his throat, when he saw that he couldn’t get the wolf off him, he twisted and rolled on the ground taking her along with him. And then the two furry bodies rolled down the clearing before coming to a stop. The wold stood up on her feet but her legs were weak from the drugs, that was why they were quivering so hard that they almost buckled under her. Agony seared in her nerves as black and white dots started to obscure her vision, the wolf was so tired—so woozy that all she wanted was to close her eyes and sleep. But instead, she focused her gaze on the coyote before retreating and then pouncing so fast that she crashed right against the coyote. The
Seriously, just how high can someone be that they went ahead and tried to harm someone who was under a dire wolf’s protection? It wasn’t an unknown fact that a dire wolf can kill just anyone while f*cking their shit up like a mafia boss, and that was under the scenario that he wasn’t even provoked. But this situation right here was different, Reyna wasn’t just a member of their pack but also his mate in the eyes of the dire wolf, he wouldn’t let the culprit behind this stay alive and wouldn’t be content without feasting on the blood of this man who was writhing underneath his paws. The Dire wolf wouldn’t stop until he finished what he started and Diskant had no qualms about the man being killed though it was a bit disturbing to watch the dire wolf kill its prey slowly and painfully—— but right now he needed answers.“ I know you can hear me, Cain,” said Diskant as he called to the dire wolf, hoping that Cain wo
“ Hey, Wolfie.” No matter how angry Reyna was at Cain, she would never take it out on his wolf. His wolf was not in charge of what his human counterpart does or say, so in her consideration, it was a bit childish and petty, if she ignored his wolf, all because his human rejected her and what was more with Cain’s wolf literally lying on top of her abdomen, Reyna was certain that she couldn’t ignore him even if she wanted to, skimming her hand on his fur, she smiled. “ Did you save me yesterday?”The wolf raised his head and whined at her most likely a bit upset that she was questioning his gallant act. Reyna chuckled compared to Cain, she liked his wolf better, still at a sluggish pace because of the drugs she scratched him right behind his ears. “ Hey, don’t be upset. I know you were the one who saved me.” A snort that sounded like ‘duh’ escaped from the mouth of the wolf, as he raised his head and rubbed his c
Reyna tried to struggle against Cain’s hold she was upset and angry but there was nothing she could do to get away from him. The more she tried to get out of his hold, the tighter he held on to her, she moved once and twice but then she slowly stopped fighting against him, there was no point in this. She heaved a heavy sigh as she stopped her struggle. “ Let go of me, Cain.”“No,” said Cain as he tried to stop Reyna from moving away from him. He knew he was a bastard for saying those things but she was being a lot more stubborn. If only she could give him five minutes he would let her know how sorry he was and that he didn’t want to hurt her, it was just him and the stupidity that egged him to say those heartless words. He hugged her from behind and slowly whispered, “ If I let you go, you will try to leave me.”Reyna would have been flattered if she heard those words before but now that she knew that she was nothing but
Cain sighed as he shook his head, pulling away from her. “The reason I told you about my mum is so that you will understand what you are getting yourself into,” his tone turned grave as his gaze bore into her. “ If you want to take this relationship further, I won’t let you go. Or more like I wouldn’t be able to let you go, Dire wolves are crazily protective of their mates, their territory, every freaking thing that they set their eyes on—— in case you if you start having second thoughts or your true mate come along, I won’t step aside, if you try to leave me for him, I will kill him. My wolf won’t see that your true mate has more right over you than him, he will not see that ——hell, I will not see that, I will kill him for touching you, if you want this then say yes now and you will be forever stuck with me. There will be no tapping out Rey.” His fierce possessiveness burned her, in a way it shouldn’t have but it did. Maybe she should go and get herself checked out and see what was w
Reyna took a sip of her coffee then she looked at Cain who was tapping on his phone while drinking his latte. “ So who were those guys? The one who came after me” Now that the dizziness from the drugs was slowly leaving her body she could finally think straight and ask the one question that she seemed to have forgotten about. “ He was hired to kidnap you.”Cain told her about Dean, Jared and everything about the good old lone wolves agency. “ he hires lone wolves to do things for him, of course doing shit like this is better than becoming hired guns for others but the dangers aren’t low either. It's just that the money is high and that's enough for them to forget their fear”He took another sip of his coffee and continued. “ Diskant ordered everyone to do a search on Dean Sanchez and now they plan on making a trip to his office to find out who was the one who gave him the task to have you kidnapped, however, I am assured that it must have been Glenn.”“ Ah, of course. That guy can ne
Cain disappeared down the hallway and yeah, Reyna watched him walk away, her heated gaze following his show-stopping ass. Well, there was no harm in looking at him, was there?She just placed the two empty mugs in the dishwasher when Kerry came bustling into the house, she could hear her jabbering and scoldings as she clipped clopped down the hall and then Kerry strode inside the kitchen, filling the entire space with the smell of brisket and gravy, as well as with her cotton candy scent. “Ah, there you are. Diskant told me that you were awake, so I thought that you might be hungry. Cain told me that you were still feeling woozy but I told him that he was being too fussy, you aren’t that weak, you will be fine with some food and fresh juice.” Then she raised her hand and cupped Reyna’s cheek. “ You are fine, aren’t you?”Reyna smiled as she nodded. “ I am totally alright, it’s just Cain who is being fussy.”“That’s good to hear,” said Kerry as she placed the tray she was carrying in
Dean Sanchez was beaten to a pulp before he was hanged by the hook on the wall, his death was brutal. The man didn't even have a chance to defend himself much less fight for his life, his face was gruesomely savaged by claws and his body was shot by numerous bullets, and from the shocked expression on his face it looked like whoever barged inside his office didn't even give him a chance to breathe before shooting him dead, if not for his dark brown buzz cut and ruby ring on his finger, they might have not been able to recognize him as the same guy from the information files that Mike had arranged for them. And if that wasn't ugly enough the murderer even left such a creepy note on the wall. Just this note alone was enough to make their stomach feel all queasy. Cain looked around the room and noticed a peculiar similarity in the bodies that were lying on the carpeted floor. And for the first time in his life, he wished he wasn’t this observant. “ The killer left them half alive befor
Her father escorted her out of the lodge, down the patio and through the trees on the path that led to the artificial lake sitting in the middle of the forest. That was the spot where the two of them first realised that they were mates, both of them thought that the mating ceremony would be a lot more meaningful if they were to hold it there. As they walked past the last of the trees and entered the clearing near the artificial lake, she noticed that the rest of the pack was sitting on both sides of the aisle and at the end stood Cain together with Diskant who has very gracefully —— that was to say fought with the other enforcers to get the spot as Cain’s best man. Behind the podium was Aron who was going to play the role of the priest and let them exchange their mating ceremony vows. Her father stopped at the start of the aisle and then turned to look at her before clearing his throat. “ I will say that I am not a fan of that emotionally unstable wolf—-”“ Dad” Reyna rolled her ey
As both wolves jumped at each other Nolan and Daniel who were waiting for their chance rushed in before they slashed open the shifter-resistant ropes freeing Valentina and Mike but they left Daxton tied without even looking at him causing her mother to angrily hiss. “ Daniel, don’t make me hurt you.” Only then did Daniel free her father who sat up straight and despite looking rather worn out glared at Daniel. “I got you, honey,” once Nolan was done slicing the ropes that were bounding her with a pocket knife and pulled her away from the fight as he noticed that the coppery scent of the blood seemed to have seeped through the very pore of the wooden warehouse. But Reyna wasn’t the slightest bit nauseated by the thick scent of blood, no …all the blood, growls and hatred that was oozing out of Cain at the moment was inciting her wolf who snarled and clawed in the air urging the wolf to take the wolf’s head off in just one big chomp. Even as she and her parents moved away from the brawl
Cain stood there in front of her with eyes coldly glinting as he looked at Robin, his mouth was curled in a cruel snarl but he didn’t move probably because Robin had his man point a gun at her parents. Robin chuckled with a harsh bite to his laughter. “ You are really good, Covington. You found us much faster than I have expected you would. It’s a shame though I was hoping for a final climax before sending you away.” Cain’s nostrils flared as he stared at Robin without blinking his eyes. “ You won’t kill them,” said Cain, his voice was carefully controlled but Reyna could sense the anger brimming off him and why wouldn’t he? The man just watched another male try to claim his mate overriding his claiming mark. “ If you do, then Reyna would never go with you, you know that right?” “ I wouldn’t like to kill anyone here,” said Robin. “ But will I kill everyone in this room including myself? I will. If that's what stops you from taking her away from me? I will do that definitely. Esp
Reyna stared at Bree with a disgusted expression. “ You are … have you ever seen anything past your own selfishness? Did you even care about what happened because of your stupid desires? Sawyer almost lost control of her wolf! And if that isn’t the worst thing, two enforcers died——”“ They were not supposed to die!” snapped Bree with her eyes looking a bit feverish. “ I never asked the loners to kill the pack mates, but they were in their way and they … and Gerald found out that it was me because when the two females couldn’t get past them without hurting either of them, they called me and he..he heard my voice and threatened to tell Cain. I couldn’t…I couldn’t, I couldn’t let him go, it’s his fault for being too nosy.”“Nosy? It was you who asked those loners to kill them! And for what they heard your voice? Then you should have taken the consequences of your actions like the good person you act!” Bree looked at her with eyes that were glowing and panted hard. “ I am a good person,
“ I saw that Robin guy go in there,” said Diskant as he jumped down from the tree. “ He was still wearing the mask of Mike but he didn’t look like him at all, that faint swagger and those haunting eyes, he looks like some corpse or something, I swear I felt a chill crawl up when I saw his face. Like how can somebody be this expressionless, and here I thought that Reyna was exaggerating when she said that the guy was as much of an emotional fool as a dead body. Turns it she was right,” at Cain’s glare, he cleared his throat and continued, “Anyway that’s not what is important, it’s that the guy went in that old warehouse and I cannot see anything past that, can’t catch a glimpse of what’s going inside.” “ He is keeping Reyna there, that’s all I need to know,” Cain flexed his jaw as he stared at the warehouse with a calm that his body and wolf both didn’t have. His body was burning with a kind of energy that was enough to drive him crazy. He was no longer as anxious as before but he was
The wolf under Cain dragged a figure into the light —— Damn it. It was Bree who was being dragged on the broken wooden floor, gagged, bounded and with her face swollen like she has been beaten badly but at least she wasn’t bleeding and with her shifter healing she was slowly getting better. Her eyes shot to Reyna and at once Reyna was able to feel the fear, trepidation and dread that was coursing through Bree. Her eyes were darting around madly and her mouth seemed to be working nonstop but Reyna wasn’t able to understand a single word. Reyna sucked in a breath through her nose, with her mouth taped she had no other choice. She peered at her parents who were lying unconscious and a surge of anger and grief rose in her heart, if she could she would have killed Robin here and now for touching her parents but she couldn’t no matter how much she tried to struggle against the ropes she couldn’t, all she could do was to glare at Robin who smiled back at her with a feverish glint in his e
Cain had to admit that it was one of the hardest things that he had to do, but he did as Diskant told him to because f*ck him —— Diskant was right. He has to keep a clear mind if he wanted to deal with Robin. But God help him because he didn’t believe he would be able to do it. He drew in a breath as he turned to his enforcers, “ Robin is probably taking Reyna where he is keeping her parents, if my hunch about him is right, he would want her to see the condition of her parents so that her spirit might be crushed. We need to follow that car and wait for the right time to barge in when their guard isn’t up.” Nolan snorted as he got up from the ground. “ He is a f*cking idiot, if he thinks he can crush my Reyna’s spirit, she takes after her mother and nothing can crush her.” “Damn right,” muttered Daniel as he rolled his sleeves and got ready to punch some shifters’ butts. Then he turned to Cain and patted him on the shoulder. “ Don’t worry, he might have her but he wouldn’t be able
If the smoke hasn’t caused the wooziness to sweep away all the senses in her head, blurring her vision and fogging her thoughts, she might have been able to fight the effects of the chloroform ..maybe she could have used her powers to take care of the intruder but then her world started to spin, tilt and with a loud bang darkness fell all over. As she fell, she was aware of the other females whimpering and fighting their way to stay conscious but the dose of the chloroform was too strong for any of them to stay awake. Reyna wanted to fight and protect the other females that were her responsibility as the Alpha female… wanted to yell at the bastard to leave the rest of the females alone but she couldn’t even open her eyes much less speak. Her raging wolf, snarled and swept her claws in the air wanting to shift but she couldn’t free herself, she wasn’t able to fight the darkness that was falling and swallowing her completely.Hidden in the dense forest, behind the tall and canopied tre
Reyna felt shitty because no matter how much she tried to focus on whatever story that Kerry was trying to tell her, she couldn’t get a word in her head of it, she knew that the older woman was trying to get her mind off Cain but with her occasional zoning out there was nothing she could do… she just couldn’t concentrate. She had thought that with so many people around her she would be fine but to her surprise, she was distracted. In fact, it was better to say that she wasn’t even surprised, with her mate infiltrating a secret hideout of a pack that was involved in criminal activities… it was hard to think of anything else. She couldn’t stop obsessing over what Cain was doing whether he was fine or not.. what if Robin was there and sensed his presence then what was he going to do?Reyna found herself chugging down mugs of coffee, crossing and uncrossing her legs and she was feeling so damn edgy with all the emotions that were pouring in and out of her, it was as if she was hyperventi