*Retta* My heart is racing, and there’s a rock in the pit of my stomach big enough to make me want to throw up. Desperately, I pull up another floorboard, thinking maybe my money fell to the side or something and it’s still there. But there’s no sign of my money bag. I feel like I can’t even take
“Well, would you look at who’s back?” Max says with a bit of a drawl, his mouth forming a smile that adds to the dread I’m already feeling. “Change your mind, little lady?” I nod, having a hard time getting the words out of my mouth. But then I remember how desperate my situation is right now, how
*Tristan*Mark is driving as I sit in the passenger seat, and he is driving us to the Goddess forsaken town that Chester is waiting to meet us in. Chester asked Mark if he wanted him to go in and try to get the baby, which is probably my sweet Trisha, from the man who has just purchased her. Mark de
*Eli*I’m so relieved that they’ve found Trisha. Even though I’m not her father, she’s part of our family, and with her missing, we weren’t complete. I can’t imagine how happy Rose will be when she has all four babies there in her arms.Mark tells me that they haven’t quite gotten Trisha out of ther
I’ll take her back to my pack where she can be safe and can live a normal life. Eli will see to that.We inch up toward the door and I hold the girls behind me while Randolph stays up front. I’ll have to take him back to my pack, too, because these guys will kill him for helping us escape. He’s real
*Tristan* “You give me my baby, and I won’t rip you to shreds,” I say to the man who is holding Trisha. She can’t cry because her mouth is taped closed, but I can see that her face is red, and she has tears streaming down her cheeks. I think she might be having trouble breathing. I need to get to m
*Eli* “You sure ‘bout this, Alpha?” asks Eustace for about the third time. I’m trying to be patient with him because he wasn’t in a real pack with a true Alpha, so he’s probably not sure how to act around me. I know we’re going to have to deal with the group of shifters that are still living in th
“Airport….” “The bunker was at the airport,” the man—Randolph—explains to me. I glance over and look him in the eye. He doesn’t look afraid of me, but he doesn’t look guilty or deceitful either. Since Kelly has already said he is trustworthy, I confine my questions to Kelly’s immediate situation.
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.