It felt amazing walking into the ballroom with my arm around Brianna’s waist. I had never dated anyone before, never had anyone that I could share my life with. The only person in my life who I could talk to was Rowan, but that wasn’t the same as having a mate. There were certain things you couldn’t really share with your friends no matter how close you were. What I really wanted was the kind of companionship that my parents had together, and Brianna was going to be my chance at obtaining that.I was so busy smiling at my soon to be mate that I didn’t notice Rowan approaching us. When he greeted us both he appeared nervous, as though there was something he was trying to hide from me.“Spit it out because you know that I won’t rest until I work out what is happening.” I told Rowan.“I don’t know what you are talking about.” He tried turning his back on me so I wouldn’t be able to see that he was lying to me, but he had clearly forgotten who he was dealing with. If he wanted to hide som
My mate was kissing another man right in front of me. If I was a fool then maybe I could rationalise it by saying that alpha Dalton initiated the kiss. But that didn’t explain why she was pulling him closer and kissing him back with so much enthusiasm. Even after everything her father said, she clearly wasn’t doing this completely against her will.I just wish it didn’t have to hurt so much. My self esteem was already low after what my ex did but this was a much larger blow. Your mate was meant to be almost genetically predisposed to love you, so what did it say about me if even she didn’t want to be with me. If I didn’t need alpha Dalton’s help so badly I would have snuck out of here and spent the rest of the evening drowning my sorrows in a dark and dingy bar somewhere. Franklin noticed the way I was looking at the woman alpha Dalton was kissing and it must have been clear to him that she was my mate. He was looking at me with such pity, I hated it. I was strong and resourceful. Gr
Mason only left with my mate a few minutes ago but I was already getting anxious. Everyone in the room was looking at me but none of them would approach me or talk to me. It felt as though I was an exhibit in some museum, people would walk past me while talking about the way I was dressed and the way I looked. Some of them even pointed at me as they gossiped about me. I downed the rest of the champagne in my glass, not that it was enough to have much of an effect on an alpha like me. I was going to need a lot more of those if I was going to rid myself of my anxiety. I was here alone while Mason was talking to my mate, probably convincing him that I wasn’t worth the hassle. He would probably come back to the party any moment so that he could reject me. This was meant to be a celebration for my birthday as well as my mating to Mason and I had a feeling that it was going to end with me crying. I probably didn’t help my situation by not pushing Mason away when he tried to kiss me. But
I carried Brianna all the way to my room while whispering into her ear about all the things I was going to do to her. I loved how responsive she was to my words, her whole body shuddered as I spoke to her and I could smell the scent of her arousal in the air around me. My wolf was purring appreciatively in the back of my mind the whole time.Once we reached my room I placed her feet carefully on the floor and pressed my lips against hers. I pulled her body closer to mine so that I could reach the zip at the back of her dress. I expected her to object to me undressing her but she didn’t, instead she moaned into my mouth and grabbed onto my shit so tightly that I thought she might rip it straight off me. Her dress slipped off her shoulders revealing the tops of her breasts to me and making my cock push painfully against the zipper of my trousers. I desperately wanted to bury myself inside of her and claim her, it was such a shame that she wasn’t ready to do that. There were plenty of o
“That was amazing, I can't wait to find out how good you are at other things.” Mason had his eyes closed and a huge smile on his face as he stroked my hair. It had been a while since I had done that with anyone, I had been worried that I might have lost my edge. It looks as though I didn’t need to worry about that, Mason seemed more than satisfied with my performance. “I offered you some of those other things but you turned me down.” I replied, teasing him. “I don’t know what he was thinking.” He? “Wha…” I started before Mason interrupted me by throwing me onto my back and covering me with his body. I was suddenly very aware of how few clothes we were both wearing, and the fact that his cock was pressing against my entrance. Just one small movement of his hips and he would be inside of me. He lowered his lips to my neck and started kissing me. “We could always fix that, I could make you mine right here and now.” He purred. He started running his teeth along the side of my neck,
When I opened my eyes the first thing that I felt was the dull pain throbbing in my head, followed by the feeling of cold tiles underneath my cheek. This was the reason I didn’t drink heavily often, it always ended badly for me. Still, falling asleep on the bathroom floor next to a pile of my own vomit wasn’t the worst thing that had happened to me after a night of heavy drinking. It took me a few minutes to pull myself together and drag myself off the floor so that I could determine the extent of the damage I had done to myself. The only problem was that moving around made every single part of my body ache, even my skin felt sore. “I am never fucking drinking again.” I groaned as I stepped through into the bedroom. “That is probably for the best. You were such a mess last night, at one point I was really worried about you.” Franklin replied.“I did drink a lot, but I can take it.” Well sort of. Although the splitting headache and vomit breath begged to differ. “I didn’t mean like
It had been a while since the last time I had woken up in the forest with blood in my mouth but it was something that I was starting to get painfully used to. That didn’t mean that it was getting any easier, every time I woke up in this position I was worried that this was the time that my wolf had done something unforgivable. I would worry until my wolf calmed down enough for our connection to stabilise and my memories of the previous night started to come back to me. Today was no different. I remembered Brianna pleasuring me but after that things got a little fuzzy. I know that my wolf really wanted me to mark Brianna, I just hoped that he hadn’t done anything to hurt her while he had full control over my body. My wolf growled at my silent accusation. He was still a little feral after last night but I was able to read some of the intention behind his growl. He was angry that I was accusing him of doing something to hurt our future mate.That was a good sign at least, when he took
Rowan didn’t let me go back to my room until a couple of hours after dawn, and even then he made sure to post a couple of guards outside my room. He told me that it was for my own protection but I could see the suspicion in his eyes when he spoke to me. Maybe I should have joined Kaiden for some of those poker games he liked so much. Then I might have learned to lie a little better and Rowan wouldn’t have been able to see straight through me.‘Bullshit.’ My wolf interjected.She was still pissed off with me for almost letting Mason mark us. She was acting as though the whole situation was my fault, as though she hadn’t enjoyed what he was doing just as much as I was. She was a damn hypocrite.“This is getting us nowhere.” I mumbled to myself.It was probably the lack of sleep but I was having trouble focusing on one thing at a time. Right now I needed to focus on finding a way out of this pack before Mason had a chance to finish what he tried to start last night. I had paced the floor
When I had originally planned this date it was meant to be for Brianna and me alone, as a way to get to know her better away from the prying eyes of our pack. Of course, I had planned this days ago, before I knew that she was going to meet her fated mate, or that I would end up being her second chance mate.I had planned to take her out to a few different places, each one being slightly more intimate than the last, before hopefully ending with us in bed together. There was no reason that part should have to change though, just because there were three of us now didn’t mean that we couldn’t all end the night in bed together, making each other come and marking each other.I hadn’t anticipated how much I was going to enjoy my mate being intimate with another man. When I first realised that she was mine as well as Dominic’s there was a slight slither of worry that I might get jealous when he touched her. But as the bond grew stronger between us I realised that it didn’t bother me, and now
I could feel the anger bubbling up inside of me despite the effort that both Dominic and Mason were putting into calming me down. As Dominic’s mother laid out my father’s crimes there was no more denying the kind of man that he was. It made me angry to think of all the people that he has hurt, but it wasn’t just him that I was angry with. I was also angry with myself for not noticing all the problems with our pack sooner and doing something to stop him.“I think that is enough for now. I can process the evidence and send it over to the council later today.” Rowan suggested.He tried not to look in my direction but the way he glanced at Mason made it clear that he didn’t trust me not to lose my temper at Dominic’s mother. I could understand his concern after everything he had heard about my family but it only made me feel worse. I wasn’t a monster like my father, and I didn’t like the idea of anyone thinking I was.“It’s fine. I’m angry at my father’s actions but I am not going to do an
It was a little uncomfortable for me to watch Mason and Brianna being so intimate over breakfast even though I understood why he was doing it. He wanted to show his pack that Brianna was his mate and that nothing was going to come between them, but that didn’t make it any easier for me to be on the outside of everything.Brianna and Mason had finished their breakfast and they, along with Rowan, were getting ready to have a meeting to discuss what to do about Alpha Kennedy. Brianna looked down at where I was sitting beside her, she was waiting for me to make some move to indicate that I would be joining them but when I didn’t do so she started to look worried.“Aren’t you coming with us?” She asked, the sadness in her eyes making me feel guilty for not giving in to her wishes.Going with her would have only made me feel better momentarily however, there was a good chance that if I went with them then it would just be a continuation of what had happened over breakfast. I wasn’t sure how
Trusting Mason to handle my father was difficult for me, but if this thing between us was ever going to work then I needed to trust him, so that is what I did. By the time my father stormed out of the room, it felt as though my trust in Mason had been rewarded because somehow he had managed to get his way without it turning into an argument. That was something I had never managed to achieve before.Not once in my whole life had my father allowed me to get my own way or win a fight. When I was growing up I assumed that this was how all of his interactions with other alphas went, but after seeing the way Mason was able to handle him I wasn’t so sure. I had seen Mason beat my father on a couple of different occasions which led me to believe that either my father was losing his edge or he wasn’t the man he always made out to be.“I’m sorry about that, my love. I was struggling not to lose my temper with him as it was, I wouldn’t have stood a chance if he had kept mocking you.” Mason expla
Leaving Dominic alone with our mate didn’t sit well with me but it wasn’t as though I had any other choice. It wouldn’t exactly be fair to leave Rowan to deal with repercussions of Brianna’s prison break. It would be even worse considering that it was Brianna’s father who had turned out at our pack shortly after dawn, and he was threatening to report us to the council for misconduct.After Rowan mind linked me to let me know that alpha Kennedy had arrived I dressed quickly before heading downstairs to meet him. He was on my front doorstep with his beta and a couple of his warriors standing behind him, shouting loudly in my beta’s face.“Alpha Kennedy, to what do I owe this pleasure?” I asked as I casually walked up behind my beta.“I have evidence of your interference in my pack’s business.” Alpha Kennedy growled. He was clearly lying because it would be difficult to have evidence of something I didn’t do, but I couldn’t dismiss him without first having a discussion about it. I wasn’t
We had all been far too tired to argue about sleeping arrangements last night. If we weren’t then maybe I wouldn’t have ended up in bed with Brianna and Mason, so I guess I should be thankful for our exhaustion. After falling asleep with my arm around my mate I had the best night’s sleep I have had for a very long time. I hardly even noticed Mason laying on the other side of her with his arm around her waist and his face pressed against her neck.I woke up shortly after the sun came up but I couldn’t bear the thought of leaving the comfort of this bed. After spending the evening holding onto Brianna our bond was stronger now and I could feel contentment inside of me that I didn’t think was coming from me.“For fuck’s sake,” Mason mumbled before carefully slipping out of bed and starting to pull his trousers on. I lifted my head to see what was happening, being very careful not to wake Brianna in the process.“Go back to sleep, I just have to attend some stupid meeting.”He finished get
Standing by and saying nothing as Brianna wrapped her arms around Dominic was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. My wolf and every cell in my body screamed at me to run over there and pull the two of them away from each other. But I knew I couldn’t do that.If I did then I would probably only succeed in pushing them together in the long run. So, instead I clenched my hands into firsts at my side and watched on helplessly as Dominic rescinded his rejection and held Brianna tightly in his arms.It hurt even more seeing them together because I had felt as though something was developing between the two of us, but now all of that was quickly forgotten just because he said a few easy words. I hated how it seemed so easy for her to cast me aside for the man who had rejected her.My wolf whimpered in pain, he knew that Brianna was probably our last chance of claiming a mate. To see her slipping through his claws when he was still too weak to do anything about it was more than he could b
“I’m not going anywhere with you,” I growled, planting my feet in place and placing my hands on my hips.“Don’t be a brat Brianna. What are you going to do, fight us? We have guns and you don’t” One of my father’s top guards said, stepping forward so that I could get a good look at the gun in his hand. He had a smug look on his face that I was going to take great pleasure in removing.His threat only worked if I believed that he would be willing to kill me with the gun that he was holding, but I knew that was never going to happen. My father wanted me brought to him alive, and he wasn’t exactly the kind of alpha that would be very forgiving if his orders weren’t followed to the letter.With that in mind I allowed my fangs and claws to extend while simultaneously taking a step forward. The man in front of me had been so cocky that it clearly hadn’t crossed his mind that I might make a move against him. He must have spent too many years dealing with meek prisoners, and forgot that I was
Things were going much too well. Kaiden and I had already managed to get through the boundary fence and into the building through the back exit without anyone noticing our presence here. It had been smooth. For a plan that I had come up with in a few minutes when I was worried about my mate and sleep deprived, it was far too good to be true.The next part was going to be the hard part, I wasn’t sure where in the building my father would be keeping Dominic or his family. I was sure however that it wouldn’t be long before they would notice our presence, so we were going to have to either work fast or fight our way out.We moved in silence through the ground floor of the building until we reached the elevator. There were five floors to this vast building, three of which were underground. The two floors that were above ground looked to be set up as office units in the blueprints that I had seen. So, I figured that the lower floors were where he would be keeping his prisoners. Although, th