She was deathly pale, shaking. Langdon was behind her. His eyes were anguished. He knew if I died, Brinley would as well. And even if I didn't lose my life, Alpha might still decide to take her out, right here in front of me, in a room full of wolves, just to punish me for defying him.He continued to snap his teeth displaying his dominance and anger. I couldn't focus because now that we stopped, the pain was excruciating, too much. Shifting back into skin, I lay on the floor, bloodied and broken.Alpha shifted as well and yelled furiously, "What the fuck are you doing? Are you trying to start a war?!" He spit blood from his mouth.I didn't answer, my damaged lung making it hard for me to even breathe let alone talk."You can't just declare a death sentence on another pack's Beta! And then, without another word, carry it out! You know better than that. That's not how our laws work!"My words had returned, but my lungs burned when I ground out, "That fucker will die."His eyes narrowed
For Your CourageBrinleyMy world fractured around me, little tiny pieces of my heart and soul drifted down like snowflakes.That Wolf...That Wolf who violated me.Beta Dean.He was here. And he lied. In front of several packs of wolves, he'd basically called me a whore and said I'd had sex with him willingly! The thought caused my belly to roil. I swallowed back my bile.And Alpha believed him. I could see it in his angry glare. Alpha also made it very clear how he saw me--a piece of ass. That was it. I was worth no more than that. Humiliation washed over me, leaving my cheeks red, as every wolf in the room stared.I tried to control my shaking as Alpha turned his glare from Coal to me and back again. I didn't like the look in his eyes. It made me feel as though the next words from his mouth were going to destroy me. However before he could speak, Amber rushed through the crowd and crouched next to Coal's bleeding body, gushing about how thankful she was that he was okay....what wa
When Coal was settled, Daniel joined in and the four of them, along with Amber, walked out the door.Alpha looked at me. "Dismissed!"I couldn't be happier to comply.Langdon and I exited the room, but I veered away from the exit, realizing I still wore the foolishly short dress. I needed to change. Making my way to the closest bathroom, I tried to keep my hands from trembling as I redressed.When I finished, Langdon and I headed out into the forest. Neither of us spoke as Langdon just followed me in the dark.When we made it to the waterfall cave, Langdon looked around in surprise, taking in the small stash of food, propane heater, and fur blankets. And Darcie had insisted I take a pillow-my little teddy bear was perched on top of it.My cheeks warmed in embarrassment.Langdon murmured reassuringly, "I love the bear."I gave him a ghost of a smile, but even that was hard. My body didn't want to smile knowing Coal was in so much pain.Langdon turned on the propane heater, filling the
No Going BackBrinley"What do we do now?" I whispered, my voice hoarse with anxiety, as I shakily stood, following Langdon to his feet."We shift, travel as wolves. We need to hurry," lips pressed together, Langdon's expression was grim.His last sentence caused cold fear to trickle down my spine. What if we were already too late? Even with accelerated healing from the mate bond, was Coal too severely injured to be saved? As if reading my thoughts, Langdon stopped. His eyes bore into mine. "You can do this. Pull yourself together and focus. It will take everything you have. But you can do it."I nodded, blinking back the moisture in my eyes, my heart thumping loudly in my chest.Langdon said nothing else, just began to undress. I was past the point of worrying about his or my nakedness and quickly shed my shirt and pants, sliding off my bra and finally my panties.To Langdon's credit, he didn't stare directly at me, but nor did he turn fully away. He could see me from his peripheral
Amber explained quietly, “Coal’s an Alpha. By nature, they have extraordinary healing power. But he’s lost too much blood, primarily due to the injury in his leg. His other wounds, whether from claws or teeth, have mostly stabilized and are no longer bleeding profusely.”I let my gaze travel down Coal’s body, studying the wide gashes gouged into his right shoulder, courtesy of Alpha’s claws. Numerous but less significant scratches and bruises covered Coal’s chest.A light sheet covered his bottom half, concealing the horrible wound to his calf. Alpha’s powerful jaws had ripped out the tendons. It was a devastating injury. Much more and Coal’s leg would have been severed completely. I pulled in a breath to steady myself. Also unseen beneath the sheet, Alpha had taken a chunk out of his left flank.Amber continued to explain, “Your pack has already used up their blood supply as well as donations from Ryder and Chase to replenish Coal’s depleted reserves. But it isn’t enough. I suspect h
.Eagerly, I continued my unhindered exploration of his body. I couldn’t do this while we were awake. It was too much temptation. We couldn’t restrain ourselves from taking the next step and mating. But while he was unconscious and while he needed my ministrations to heal, I was perfectly willing to not half-ass the job.Changing my focus to his chest caused my body to automatically reposition. My ass came down, settling my core once again flush with his manhood, and I pulled my hands to either side of his arms to support my weight.Keeping as much of my body curled around him like a clamshell as possible, I leaned down and kissed his pectoral muscles again, honing in on his nipple. Teeth drawing a little bud inside my mouth, I sucked it to a hard peak, while my thumb and forefinger massaged and pulled his other nipple to attention.Coal let out a low moan, but it wasn’t the kind that indicated he was in pain. A rush of arousal coursed through me at the sound. I needed to hear it agai
I whimpered but didn’t let him go. Instead, I sucked harder, pushing him deeper into my throat. He hadn’t given me what I wanted yet. I’d tasted his release before when my Wolf cleaned him after our almost-mating session in the cave. Now, I wanted more, and I would have it.Coal’s hips bucked again. He cursed, “Fuck, you have a greedy mouth.”I didn’t reply. Instead, sliding my free hand down under his base, I cupped and massaged his balls.Coal’s other hand threaded through my hair, holding my head still so he could thrust into me, gently taking over the motion as he demanded, “Does sucking my cock make you wet?”I moaned and focused on relaxing my throat. He pushed deeper than I had. My brain didn’t function enough for me to answer. But Coal was relentless. “Have you touched yourself while picturing your lips wrapped around my cock?”A flush came to my cheeks. I still didn’t speak, but I didn’t have to.Coal had his answer. His lips curled wickedly. “Remember, little shewolf, I expe
Once again, he reached his fingers and slipped two of them inside of me. For a moment, I froze. Had I been wrong about his intentions?Coal saw the look of panic on my face and whispered soothingly, “Don’t worry, love. I just need to get you ready for me.”Oh…okay. A part of me relaxed, and then an even bigger part of me freaked out. This was really happening! Was Coal planning on just making love to me or did he intend to complete the mate bond?I pushed the question out of my mind. Right now, I couldn’t concentrate on more than one thing. I just needed him inside of me like I needed my next breath of air.Coal’s fingers brought me higher and higher as he stretched my body in the most blissful of ways. After a moment, he withdrew his hand and positioned himself at my entrance, rubbing the tip of his cock along my slit.I arched my back and wiggled my hips, encouraging him to proceed.When he pressed forward, I gasped. I’d like to say it was out of pleasure, but it wasn’t. I’d forgott