Jane’s POVStood alone in the dark, with even Ina blocked out, I didn’t know how long I waited. My ears strained constantly to hear anything, but no sound reached me in the dungeon. Cool air made my naked skin prickle. If I thought about Colin, I would be torn apart – half by lust, half by terror. I could still feel his hands mapping out the contours of my body, his tongue laving the soft spot behind my ear, his fingers teasing…But where had Keila taken him? What was she doing to him? Somehow, I didn’t get the feeling that she was pretending the way Leif was.Eventually I heard the soft slide of a door opening upstairs. I twisted around, wishing I could hug my arms around myself. “It’s me, Jane,” said Leif, and I couldn’t decide if I was more relieved or disappointed that it was his voice and not Alpha Colin’s. I grunted into my gag.“I’m coming, I’m coming,” he muttered. His rapid footsteps accompanied his words, and a moment later I heard the grind of metal as he opened the cell
Jane’s POVI stared at Leif, my eyes wide. Did he really believe that? Had this whole sex slave thing been a ruse to get me here? Was that why there’d been so much tension between us in the bedroom? I was so confused– ‘Excuse me?’ Ina cried, pointing an accusing paw at Leif. ‘You’re lying, pal!’‘How do you know?’ I hissed. ‘You aren’t my true wolf, right?’She sniffed. ‘No, I’m better. Where is your true wolf, huh, Jane? And anyway,’ she tutted, ‘I just know these things. Leif isn’t your mate. You know in your heart who is,’ she said, unusually wisely, and my back stiffened. I didn’t want to think about that guy. It didn’t matter what my heart felt or what the Moon Goddess had chosen for me. He’d hurt me too many times. So I took Leif’s hand and smiled at his mother. “It’s true,” I said, dipping my head respectfully towards her. “It’s nice to meet you.”She stilled. She opened her mouth.But before she could speak, Keila screamed.“Your mate?” she roared, standing up so abruptly h
Jane’s POV‘Her what now?’ cried Ina, putting her paws over her ears. ‘No no no! It can’t be! Colin can’t be that crazy lady’s mate! She just wants to use him and lick his abs. Not that I can blame her for that, they are delicious…’I stared at Colin, my mouth going slack. He wasn’t looking at Bea, the so-called mother of his mate. He was looking at me.‘Keila isn’t his mate,’ I scoffed. ‘He’s lying. Is it just to get a reaction out of me?’ From the way he was analysing my every breath, I had to think so. Then my heart dropped. ‘Is it just to hurt me?’ My chest panged. ‘I’d started to think Colin was different. I shouldn’t have let myself forget that all men are trash, Ina.’‘Don’t talk about my Chef Colin like that,’ said Ina, but she didn’t sound as sure of herself as usual.Bea gasped. “Both of my children have found their mates? And one is the Alpha of the Desert Assassin pack, no less?”She fell into excited conversation with Alpha Colin. I sat rigidly in my seat, waiting for a g
Jane’s POVFury burned hot through my veins. Rage consumed my soul. I lurched away from the wall and clenched my hands into fists.I was going to kill them. I didn’t have my poisons with me, but I had an Alpha wolf. And, above all else, I was a mother. Nothing would stop me from protecting my sons.‘I’m with you, girl!’ cried Ina. ‘I’m ready! Let’s take down these mother fu–’A hand closed over my mouth. Another grabbed me by the waist. I was yanked backwards, silenced and dragged away from my prey. I writhed against the hands that bound me, desperate to break free.‘Ina, shift out!’‘I can’t! Look who’s holding you. I’ll hurt him.’I twisted in his arms. It was Alpha Colin.His jaw was locked and, for a moment, I could’ve sworn his deep, soulful brown eyes were a cold, steely blue. I baulked – only to realise I was imagining things. That guy wasn’t here. I was so scared of him, so full of hatred aimed at him and only him, that I was starting to see glimpses of him in places he’d neve
Leif’s POVI scratched a hand through my thick beard as I watched Keila trail her hands all over that red-headed man’s muscles at the public market. I was used to her pulling stunts like this, using our family’s business as a way to conduct a seedier business of her own, but this was it. This was all I could take. ‘Wow,’ laughed Bry, my wolf, ‘she’s really going for it today.’I wet my dry lips and sighed. ‘Isn’t she just,’ I replied flatly, unable to draw my gaze away from Keila’s body as she placed her hands on the guy’s chest and dug her nails in. It didn’t seem to bother her that he winced. If anything, it seemed to egg her on.She’d taken it too far this time. Our family had a reputation to uphold. These newcomers didn’t seem to realise who she was, but I could see the way the regulars at the market rolled their eyes and shook their heads. It was like she didn’t just take any opportunity she had to jump some guy’s bones, she made opportunities to do so herself.It had all starte
Hunter’s POVAfter following Jane through the desert – a feat which had been made embarrassingly easy by Leif, the idiot who’d blindfolded her and didn’t seem capable of scenting someone stalking him – it was time to make my move.Everything was going to plan. ‘Plan this, plan that!’ cried Reg, shaking his head at me. ‘You need to learn to live in the moment, buddy.’‘This plan was your idea,’ I bit out.‘Oh, was it? I don’t remember that. I do remember when you played two mangoes like the bongos, though, and then you did a naked–’I cut him off. ‘I think your memory needs testing, Reg. Or maybe I should just cut off your subscriptions, huh? I think watching so much T.V. might be rotting your brain!’‘Noooo!’ he wailed. ‘You can’t!’‘I can and I will if you don’t shut up and let me focus.’He huffed, trying to cross his front legs like arms and flopping forwards onto his nose. I would’ve laughed at him if Keila hadn’t shifted right then and snapped her jaws down my front. She shifte
Hunter’s POVI could barely stand not intervening as Keila whipped Jane. It was physically painful to see her get hurt – but if I stepped up against Keila, I knew she’d only hurt my Jane more.I was proud of her, though. For an Omega, she had one hell of a stamina. She stood there, all stoic and still, as Keila lashed out at her – literally.Then, when Keila got bored, she dragged me upstairs, shouting at me the whole way. I kept twisting around, trying to see what was happening to Jane, but all I could see was darkness.“You should never had gone near her!” she shrieked. “That bitch doesn’t deserve to get her hands on you. You’re all mine, sexy.” Suddenly the screaming stopped and her hands were on me again. Then her tongue. Then she grabbed my chest and shoved me back against the wall, hard enough that shockwaves rattled through my bones. And it was right then that Reg unblocked himself. ‘Wow, that was so great! I thought about hot wings that whole time. I didn’t even have a chance
Hunter’s POVLeif raised an eyebrow at me as I desperately tried to tug the stupid fucking maid’s skirt down. After six failed attempts, I stood up straight, put my hands on my hips, and let it all hang out. Better to front it out with confidence than let him know how embarrassed I was by this.He didn’t seem fazed at all, even though I was dressed in a maid's outfit and Keila was stark naked. She didn’t seem bothered either – if anything, it looked like she was thrusting her breasts out and sticking out her butt. Weird.“You’ll have to dress your sex slave in something with a bit more coverage than that for dinner with Mother, you know,” he said, sounding bored. Was this an everyday occurrence for him? How many men had Keila subjected to this? My whole body started to itch as I wondered if other people had worn this maid outfit before me.‘Hunter, it’s like the sisterhood of the travelling pants! Only it’s a maid outfit, and you’ve been made to wear it, and it’s actually–’‘It’s actu