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Chapter Forty-Eight: Amber
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The sound of clinking dishes pull me from my worries. Alex and Darren clear the table and disappear into the kitchen.
“Amber, I want you to know how sorry I am for how Alex treated you. I didn’t raise him that way.”
“He told you about that?”
“He tells his father and me everything. He was the worst teenager. He couldn’t even sneak out without blabbing about it.”
“Wow. Alex said you were all close, but I didn’t realize you were that close.”
“Very much so. Family means a lot to the three of us. Our family would be bigger, but an accident left me unable to give Darren any more kids.”
Taken aback by her sudden confession, I say the only words I can muster. “Oh.”
“I hope you know that you’re fa
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“Okay?” Amber says.“I need to explain why I behaved the way I did when we first found each other.”“Alex... don’t. I don’t want to hear this.”“Please.”Her beautiful eyes tell me to continue, but I can feel her hesitance. I know that she’s thinking I’m going to hurt her again. I hope that after I tell her the truth, she will know how much I hate myself for that. I’d would rather die than repeat my mistake.“When I was a child, my mother would scream out at night. At first, it was just a few times a month, but soon, it escalated, and it seemed like I was holding her hand through it every night. I couldn’t understand why my father wasn’t there. When I would see him in the morning, I’d tell him about the screams. But he never cared. He could only grunt at my stori
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“Why?” Claire asks.“He’s different. He’s always sneaking off and taking random phone calls. I thought it was just his job, but I overheard him the other night. He promised someone that he’d be over as soon as I fell asleep.”“Have you felt any of the pains?”No, but that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t done other things…”I can feel her eyes on me and as much as I hate it, I understand it. This is my reputation, after all.“Is it you?”“No. It’s not. I understand why you’d think that, but you’re wrong. Alex is the only man I care to be anywhere near.”She keeps
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The packhouse has lost its appeal. I used to love the loud dinners and being surrounded by pack members, but everything is different now. I’d rather be having a quiet night with Amber. The pain of hearing her say she needs space from me still pulses through my body. I mean, I knew she wouldn’t take it well. The way I treated her was despicable. I just wasn’t prepared to lose her again.“Gamma, the patrol schedules need to be made and these papers need to be signed,” Harrison says.“Anything to get out of this room. Let’s go to Colin’s office.”The noise dwindles and I breathe a sigh of relief once I feel the silence of the office.“You sure you need me to sign these? I don’t usually deal with financial requests.”“Nah. I just thought you needed an excuse to leave
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His reaction has me second guessing my thoughts. Maybe the orgasmic haze has me thinking things I shouldn’t be, but I can’t deny how right this feels. “You want that?” Alex murmurs. “Yes. I want you. All of you, forever. We’ve played enough games. Don’t you think?” Alex’s eyes brighten, and all my doubts fade away. Keeping his gaze on me, he moves against me once more. Staring into his eyes, we’re the only two people that exist right now. Just him and me. How it should be and how it always will be after this moment. Pleasure stacks up against me with a vengeance. His thrusts become reckless. My name is a whisper on his lips. He’s getting close, and so am I. His canines tickle my collarbone as mine find his. The bite of pain sends us over the edge with screams. Alex wraps an arm around my waist, pulling me closer to him. “Mine.” “Yours,” I reply. “Forever.” By the time he and I pop out of our secret place, the sun is rising. He laces his fingers with mine. Everything is the same,
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I meet her eyes as she stands in front of me. Her leg comes out and places a tiny kick to my shin.“There. I hurt you. Happy?”“No. NO. We are not happy. Kick his ass, Amber!” My mother yells.“Really? I’m your son!”She shrugs. “I came for a show.”My mother looks to Amber with a glint in her eye. Amber chuckles before facing me. “I guess I’ll be giving everyone a show then.”A devilish smile covers her face. A shiver of fear spreads over me. Oh, this might be the worst decision I’ve ever made.No, rejecting her was. You deserve this for hurting her and for hurting us, Zeke snarls.Amber’s fist connects with my right eye. Fuck, she can punch
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I blow the steam from my coffee and look at my sleeping mate. It took me hours to get her calmed down last night. When I found her at the swimming hole, she was in tears. She couldn’t even get the words out to tell me what happened. But when she finally did, I was heartbroken for her. Knowing that Linda killed her mother and watching Linda kill her mother are two different types of pain. My tongue recoils to the touch of the still too hot coffee. I jerk the cup from my mouth, spilling a little down my shirt.“Fuck,” I hiss.Amber’s eyes open, finding mine immediately. She sits up, her face still stained from yesterday’s burdens.“Sorry, didn’t mean to wake you.”“It’s time to get up anyways. I have training.”“Oh, okay. Get dressed and I’ll walk you down.”
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