ALLISON KEELER "I'm sorry!” I mumbled. My voice, although shaky, resonated in the now quiet living room. The pain in my left hand grew numb and it was taking forever for the bleeding in my arms to clot. "You're sorry? That's all you have to say?" Grimsby chuckled but his face was nothing close to humor. Incredulity etched on his face. "You tried to burn down this mansion, you evil daughter of the devil!" Faye's high-pitched voice bellowed. "Let me handle this?" Grimsby barked at her. She opened her mouth to refute but Karla placed a soft hand on her shoulder, she opted for silence. "I only needed a distraction." My head hung forward. I swallowed the heavy taste of blood in my mouth. The pack scouts had found me, they had blindsided me. They almost killed me. The big brown wolf saved me. I didn't know how, but I survived their attack with a broken arm. "To get away?" Grimsby paced the floor before me. He looked troubled, he looked outraged and his eyes shone with gro
ALPHA GRIMSBY EVANSI tossed the papers on the table. This wasn't what I had expected from the border patrol team. This had to be a joke. And I never welcomed jokes. "The Westerners aren't causing any trouble." My Beta, Braun informed me above the sheets splayed on the small coffee table in my executive office. "Fuck what the Westerners do." My blood was boiling just from the thoughts of Colton. Colton was stuffed up with pride, he had all the wealth to gain favors from the high King. He had the bloodline to secure the heart of the king. He could be King Baldwin's son, he could have all the immunity in the kingdom but I had gotten him just where I wanted him to be. Allison. Colton had made a mistake tossing his mate my way. It was time for a payback. Colton wasn't ready for what was coming. I had his mate and heir. A sly smile curled on my lips. "Wonderful. Just how wonderful things are unfolding." I chuckled. "If I may suggest," Braun started, his gaze everywhere but my face,
ALLISON KEELERMr. Smith moved away from me but his eyes not leaving mine. The steel seat was growing uncomfortable and the chains my hands and feet were bound with were growing unbearable.The nurse had suggested he not use the silver chains, for my baby's sake. He for some reason obliged. My back was numb from the whip and the pain surging through my entire being was excruciating. The snarl on his face stung. He had no heart at all. "I want to do an impressive job with your body. I want to impress our Alpha." He picked the whip again. I couldn't stand another round of torment. I just couldn't, my body just couldn't take it anymore. "Please," I begged for the millionth time, spitting out the blood in my mouth. If not for anything, my baby. It hurt me to think my baby was suffering as well. "I want a yes from you!" He muttered with his hand cupping my face, his fingers digging deep into my jaws. "You either accept this the peaceful way or we go about this the unlawful way." His
ALLISON KEELER "I'm gonna need you to sit still and shut your mouth!" Gamma Adrian pointed to the high stool in the middle of the darkly lit room. He didn't seem too gruff and his tones weren't harsh so I obeyed him. It was a relief when he didn't bring up Mr. Smith all the time he had me sprayed with some liquid which had this sweet musky scent. I was unsure why they would spray me with the sweet smelling liquid but I chose to remain silent, counting the stripes from the whip on my arm and legs. "What is going on, I want to see a nurse." I demanded. He acted like he didn't hear me. He remained silent until the spraying was over. His phone buzzed for the hundredth time and he answered. "I'm with the girl." He paused, listened, and shrugged, "Rogues?" His eyes considered me shortly before he moved away from me so I didn't get to eavesdrop. After a while, he returned. "Go wash off," he commanded. "It doesn't matter, I will still get punished." I remained right where
ALLISON KEELER "You haven't written anything," Gamma Adrian sounded paranoid as he returned from freshening up to meet the sheets still blank. His face was white from the shower and his blond hair was brushed nicely. I just couldn't look away from him. "I already told you I know nothing about Colton. That's the truth." I spoke quietly so as not to rile the handsome Gamma up. He glanced at the questionnaire and then to my face again, "The first sheet has to do with you. He growled. "Well I don't know what to answer there," I shrugged. "You fucking don't know your name, age, wolf's name color and weaknesses?" His hardened tone raised with irritation. "Oh!" I gazed blankly at the sheets again. I swiped my sweaty palms on my outfit as I picked the pen up, I went over to scribble something down but what and where? Adrian didn't have enough patience to spare, he slammed his hand on the stool, this quickened my nerves and made me incredibly scared. "I'm dyslexic." I confes
ALLISON KEELER "Can you feel that?" Adrian asked as he poured some more ointment into the palm of my hands. Adrian was running a test to determine if I had a wolf. He didn't fail to let me know the council of elders were curious to know. But why? Was I such a threat to them? Did they imagine I was just playing the role of an Omega to fool the entire pack only to bring down the Pack when they least expected? "Can you?" He raised his bushy brow at me. I listened, paying close attention to my body, when I felt nothing odd I shook my head. He brought out a silicone rod from the box before him in the little room we were in. He placed this silicone rod lightly on my temple, his eyes not leaving my face, his left hand placed gently against my jaw. "What can you feel?" He asked. "Your touch." It was the only thing my body reacted to. The silicone rod had no effects on me but being alone in this little room with Adrian this close to me, his breath fanning my face stirred
ALPHA COLTON Ron placed my coffee on my desk, he didn't look his usual self. His eyes were sullen and his face grim. I never meddled in his private affairs, anything other than work was best discussed outside the office premises if ever he cared to share and Ron was never the type to wear his emotions on his sleeves. The one reason why he fitted perfectly into my executive assistant position. "There's a response from Hornsgate. They accepted our invitation." He announced with an inscrutable tone. "With their plus ones?" I looked away from his face at the computer on my desk. "Yes, my Alpha!" He bowed slightly. "Great. I will need you to have an apartment in the mansion prepared for their stay. An apartment with room enough to contain everyone." "But the hotels are reserved exclusively for the dignitaries..." "I want Grimsby close. I need him as close as possible." I took the phone to my ear, "Grimsby's attending the festival... I'm in my office." I hung up and in no tim
ALPHA COLTON Shirley sauntered into the conference room. She looked confident, she looked beautiful. I averted my gaze from her beautiful face to Karl who was fighting to train his gaze on the coffee Ron was serving him—anything to keep his gaze from wandering to her. Karl wore a cast around his left arm which was signed by a few people, everyone close to him but me.Shirley sat in a seat Ron held out for her, her thick lashes fluttered at me before a smile twitched on her lips. Ron had scheduled the meeting and had pushed it back three days from the day the elders had initially visited. I had requested Shirley's presence at the meeting. Here she was looking as beautiful as ever. Sir Ferren spoke on behalf of the elders sent out to represent the rest of the council. His speech was thick with insinuation, this didn't seem to faze Shirley. "All I said is that I can't have my baby outside the walls of a long-term commitment with your Alpha." She brushed back a swathe of her blonde