Tori’s POVI couldn’t believe my sister was down here and at the mercy of these perverts.“Surprise, surprise!” Tommy taunted.“They’ve given her the wrong mask,” Alex said.“How do you mean?”The voice was ice cold and angry. So my stepbrother was no more than a crony. It wouldn’t help us now. Unless I could make them fall out somehow. He could be unpredictable when he lost his temper.“I specifically told them white after personally examining the goods.”And there it was: my cue. I didn’t care if I was talking out of turn.“You had no right, Alex!” I stormed.“Who asked you, kitten?”“She has a point,” Moore said, setting down his glass.“Let me have her, Alpha Archer.”“Behave, Dante. You’ve done well so far but you’re way down the pecking order in here. This changes things. I was thinking of bringing the auction forward in any case. Let’s head downstairs, gentlemen and lady. This needs to be done properly.”I thought I heard a muffled thud but, glancing around covertly, couldn’t s
Tori’s POVMaybe I’d gone too far, but I wanted people to know. Fran was crying openly. Soon, she slumped to her knees, taking me with her.“With no current owner, that won’t be possible, sweet girl. I say Alpha Archer should exclude himself from the bidding? How about it, Tommy?”“You don’t dictate what I do and don’t do, Mrs King.”“Then we’ll just have to offer up a higher price than you. Toby.”So our nightmare continued. Because Travis had dropped out for some reason and, however much I strained, I couldn’t see him.Alpha Dante played his part, suggesting a sum in a half-hearted way which I assumed was meant to up the price. Was Tommy going to profit? Did he hope to ‘sell’ us and then reclaim us via the orgy?I was trying not to think about what Jason had disclosed regarding the wearers of the black mask. Maybe Fran wouldn’t have to tussle with her rapist in a life or death struggle afterwards.There was soon a clear favourite in the race to become our owner. Then I saw Travis ha
Calvin’s POVEven though I knew what was likely to happen to my future Luna, I had no choice but to leave her. It cut me in two to think of what she was about to endure but I had to co-ordinate the attack if it was going to be bloodless. It wasn’t the Alphas I was thinking of, rather the submissives. I knew Tori would approve of that.The screaming took me by surprise but I couldn’t stop now. Megan had gone back to the medical area. I judged she would be safer there than with us. If anything went wrong … I couldn’t allow myself to contemplate that.Travis was leading the other pack warriors. We’d seen there were a number of ways into the room with the stage but judged a two-pronged assault and the element of surprise would be sufficient.I was still feeling the effects of that blow to the head and the whipping I’d taken was contributing to my fury. But this was a great opportunity to corner these Alphas whose depravity knew no bounds and perhaps get to the truth behind the demise of B
Tori’s POVThe adrenaline rush of being in such a horrible predicament and coming through it was wearing off much faster than I had expected leaving me weak. I was worried about Fran yet knew I had to be at my best to help her.I really needed Calvin’s supporting arm as we made our way to the medical facility I hadn’t known about.“Do you think we should have one of these?” I asked.“Unnecessary. And it would cost too much.”That was my line.“Not if we set Ellie up in her own practice.”“Trust you. Jobs for the girls, is it?”His teasing tone was just what I needed.“She’ll never go for it,” I said.We were grinning, despite everything, as he pushed open the white door marked ‘Aftercare’.That was when we saw Alex holding a knife to the female medic’s throat. It meant the others were probably still in the building too.“Release her, at once,” Alpha Calvin demanded.“Are you injured?” I gasped, noticing the blood on her arm.“Not me,” she managed, before collapsing onto the floor rend
Tori’s POVBethany refused to come out of hiding. She said it was for my own good.You can’t fight back. He’ll kill you.I don’t think so.Thaddeus is out there. You have to give me a chance to reach him.My wolf could be such an optimist when it suited her. Yet nowadays, so was I. The plan was to make Tommy fed up with me and my unresponsiveness. It had to work sometime.And it made me feel a bit less guilty about allowing another to touch what belonged to Calvin. As if I had any choice in the matter.Strangely, after that first time my captor refrained from full penetration.What was that about? My bruises were fading too. Would I be sold in the near future? Maybe I’d not seen the last of Alpha Joseph.I was imagining a hidden villa containing his personal sex slaves when she turned up, Mrs King. That was when I learned she’d been the one to free Tommy from his bonds.“This is more like it,” she purred, strolling round the hut, which was actually a log cabin and her second home. “I
Calvin’s POV What a total fuck-up and I only had myself to blame. I should never have left my mate undefended. I obviously wasn’t thinking straight. Instead of delegating tasks as usual I went charging off to right yet more wrongdoing and almost got myself killed. It was a shock to see Tommy free and he fought dirty, knocking me out for a spell before making his escape. Someone set fire to the building and he was the obvious suspect. So Rhodes had lost his job but I was sure he would find a new one. My fellow Alphas were proving to be surprisingly co-operative, especially young Dante who was just coming down from a drugged high. I reprimanded him for being out of control and contemplating a scene. But it seemed he’d been under more than one influence and I decided to be lenient rather than judge. What he’d planned to do to Tori had been orchestrated by another and there was no real harm done. Yet I chose not to tell him that. My father taught me that years ago. It binds people to
Calvin’s POVI was surprised to find that Jason Moore had the uncanny ability to mind link almost anyone, no matter which pack they came from. I began to wonder if the so-called Lycan was actually a warlock. If so, we really needed his services now.He agreed to meet me on the slightly neutral ground of ‘Cheetah’s’ one afternoon. Toby owed me that much.“I do have her. But it’s not what you think.”We were waiting for the bartender to bring us coffee after which he went back to bottling up.“Can you tell me why?”“I’m tired of being packless, not quite a rogue because I’ve worked mostly for Alphas.”“So Fran’s a bargaining chip?”“I wouldn’t put it quite like that.”We were skirting around things and I was close to losing my temper.“I want to see her. Today, if possible.”“I’ll bring her to you,” he said, blowing on his cappuccino.“Not good enough.”I didn’t want to take the chance he’d run.“Take me into your pack and I won’t ever work for anyone else.”“Give me one good reason why
Tori’s POVTommy laughed when I told him I would become his recruiter on condition he didn’t touch me inappropriately again.“That goes for Mrs King, too.”I didn’t want to know her first name; we were never going to be friends.“You’ll do as you’re told. Or she gets it, the she-wolf we’re holding.”“Do it, see if I care,” I dared him.He seized my neck in a strong grip. I’d been through worse.“You’re my toy for as long as I want you. Say it.”I began to choke and exaggerated the sounds I was making long enough for him to loosen his hold.“No deal," I panted. "And if you choose to force yourself on me again, I swear the first chance I get I’ll kill myself.”At that point I thanked the Goddess for those acting classes in college.“You need to learn who’s master.”“Go on, prove yourself an Alpha male. Rape me and watch my willingness to help you go down to zero.”The beating which followed was better than the alternative. Part of me wondered if Calvin was feeling this, too.So now I ha