*Mark* “I’m telling you, I don’t know about the woman nurse!” Al says, spitting blood out of his mouth onto the concrete floor of the dungeon. I’ve always taken great pride in my dungeon floor being pretty clean, so I don’t appreciate it, but it’s not as if I can fully blame him. I’m the one who
*Eli* Brent and Sean have insisted on coming with me, and I’m glad about that. But I’m not glad that they seem to feel responsible for Kelly’s disappearance since they’d left before they knew the girls were secure. They’d been so excited to see whether the rickety old van would make it all the way
I feel a brush of air as Brent walks up beside me. “We saw nothing between here and the castle,” he says. I nod and reach into my mind for Tyler. His group is moving slower, checking out any side roads along the same route. ‘Anything?’ I ask him. ‘Not yet,’ he says. ‘A few dirt roads have some sig
*Rose* “Yes, I know her,” I say, looking at Retta and trying to figure out why in the world she, of all people, is here. “Your parents sent me as a representative from our pack to help take care of you and the babies,” she says, folding her hands in front of herself as she averts her eyes from me.
*Adam*We’re still about twenty miles out from Alpha Mark’s castle, although we entered into his territory quite a way back. Normally, I’d be pretty nervous entering into a powerful territory like this without an escort from the pack who belongs here, but times are very different now.I’m no longer
“She’s been gone a while,” says Heather. “You ain’t thinkin’ she’s dead, are you?”“No, no,” I say quickly, although that very well may be the case. If it is, I’m not doing so well at protecting teenage girls right now, and chained up like this, I’m not sure what I can do for Heather if someone trie
*Tristan* I don’t want to leave Rose’s side. Not now. Not ever. But it’s clear to me tht Alastar, whoever the fuck he is, is approaching Mark’s castle in full force, and it’s up to the three of us that are still here, as well as a large contingency from Eli’s pack, to fight him off. I’m not reall
*Gene*Ah, the joy of it all. I don’t know what in the world possessed me to think about giving up my royal title, especially after I’d worked so hard to obtain it, but now all is safe. I know that bastard Adam wasn’t doing my bidding as he should have as my supposedly loyal Beta, but this new guy,
I look at Shelby. “Shelby… why?” She looks like she’s about to burst, and she finally spits it out. “Because I’m pregnant!” My eyes go wide, and I want to grab her and jump up and down, but I don’t want to squish Reeva, so I do a milder equivalent of that, which involves one arm and bouncing more
Rose It feels strange going back to Castle Dark Forest, and it’s going to feel even weirder being there again. It’s been so long since I first arrived there for the stupid contest… well, I guess without that contest, I would have never met my Alphas, so I suppose I won’t call it stupid anymore. I
Eli seems only half-convinced, and once Kelly and this guy are finally separated, he clears his throat.“I’m going to need the name of the guy who just sucked face with my sister,” he says firmly. “And I need to know where you’re from, and whether you have a criminal record, and—”Kelly slaps Eli’s
RoseI can’t believe how much the Goddess has blessed me. I remember all the times I was hunched over on the floor of the sewage plant trying to force myself to breathe through my mouth to avoid the stench. It didn’t work very well. I also remember all those lonely nights in my high school years whe
After a moment, I remember and quickly free him from the rest of his clothes. He pulls my nightgown over my head and tosses it exactly where he thought it should go and then lays me on the bed, All I’m wearing now is a tiny red thong. He stands at the foot of the bed and takes me in. “Damn,” he mur
Mark It’s my turn to spend the night with Rose, and I can hardly wait. It is a little odd being in this position, sharing my mate with four other men, but now that we have our situation settled, I realize I wouldn’t want it any other way. I’m carrying flowers as I go into her room. I think she’s p
“No, little flower,” says Tristan.The smile on his face and twinkle in his eye made my heart skip a beat.“He’s not allowed anywhere near our precious little pups,” he clarifies. “Just the diapers. Dirty diapers, all day long… that’s his new job! We’ll watch him every second.”“But you don’t have t
RoseI love spending time out in the garden, and now I’m doing it with four little bundles of joy. I’ve heard that expression so many times, but now that I’m a mother, I really understand just how much joy those little bundles can bring. And with all the fear of losing them that I’ve experienced ove
“No.” Alpha Alice crosses her hands across her chest. “I’m staying out of this. If these Alphas want to take you, so be it. I know how the contest was supposed to go, and if one of them had a male baby, then that will be the next Alpha King. I’m not getting on their bad side.”“Appalling!” I shout.