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Aloha from Hawaii to all my lovely reader! Firstly, I want to thank you all so much for your dedication to this book! Your reviews. comments, and gems warm my heart! Many of you have been asking for more frequent updates and I love that you are because that tells me you are enjoying the story. Please know I am doing my best to strike a balance between updating this book as well as A Cruel Fate, the last in my Celtic Wolf Triology that is ongoing as well. It is a little farther along and once it is completed, I will be able to work solely on this story. In the meantime, I will do my best to update more frequently or post more than one chapter when possible. From today, I will try to update daily as opposed to every other day, though it may only be one chapter a day. There will continue to be no updates on Sundays as that is the one day I set aside for family time. Thank you so much for reading! Much love, Cara
Mallory’s POV My hands trembled nervously at my sides as I neared the front door of the Winter Woods Packhouse. Maybe Nathan wouldn’t even be home. I hadn’t called to say I was coming, not wanting him to ask questions I was woefully unprepared to answer. So I was about to show up unannounced and drop a bomb in his lap. For the entire drive, my mind had been consumed with how to tell him the triplets were my fated mates. I practiced the speech over and over again, changing tactics from one imaginary scenario to another. Option one: “Nathan, I have some important news to share. My name is Mallory Brooks, not Edwards. I’m the rightful Alpha of the Hazelwood pack. Oh and BTdubs, I have a wolf now and I’m mated to the triplets.” “That won’t work.” My wolf chimed in. “He’ll smell me as soon as we arrive. I’ll be the first thing he asks about.” “Right. Damn it!” I huffed, answering her aloud. “It’s not that complicated. Just walk in, tell him you shifted, you’re mated, end of story.
Mallory’s POV Nathan took my keys and slid into the driver’s seat of my car, insisting on driving me home after my hysterical tirade. I’d been ready to march into Blood Claw territory and confront Alpha Quade with nothing more than my wolf and my warrior training for protection. Something he only just managed to convince me would be a suicide mission. After ranting and raving while pacing Nathan’s office for over an hour, I was drained, if no less impassioned. I wanted to go home, speak to Alpha Carl, determine what could be done to free my parents’ pack from the oppression they were suffering under that tyrant. But given my emotional state, Nathan hadn’t trusted me to get there safely on my own. Mikhail followed behind us in Nathan’s SUV. Not only would he need a ride home, but Nathan thought he might be of help planning strategy if I was determined to take back Hazelwood. Winter Woods was a smaller pack with little to offer in the way of warriors or resources, but he and Mikhai
Mallory’s POV “What the fuck did you do?” Clay howled at Nathan, standing up so fast his chair flew backward. “Over my dead body!” Cary blared at me simultaneously. “That can be arranged!” I hissed back. “You don’t own me and you sure as hell don’t tell me what to do. I let you stay because I thought you might be willing to help once you heard what I had to say. If that’s not the case, then you can leave!” The two men looked at each other, some unspoken conversation passing between them. Then Clay nodded and picked up his chair, returning to his seat. “Sorry. Maeve. I overreacted. It won[t happen again.” He apologized to my mother for his misbehavior. Cary moved a little more reluctantly but eventually sat down too. His eyes never left me though and I could feel the heat of his stare on my skin. Nervous energy radiated from both of them in pulsing waves, my own anxiety rising with theirs. I tried to focus on breathing in and out to calm myself. I’d heard that mates could sense
Colton’s POV A chorus of “No!” erupted in the room, my voice among them. Fuck! This woman was trying to end me. I could stay true to my word, move on without her, as long as I knew she was okay, safe. If she insisted on risking her life, there was no way I could just sit back and let that happen. Mallory faced us all down, that defiant glare I knew so well fixed firmly on her face. Damn, I wanted to kiss that look off her face. She was the most stubborn woman I knew, and next to my mother, that was saying something. She wouldn’t give this up easily. “I’m waiting to hear a better idea.” She challenged obstinately. “That’s what I thought!” Mal smirked victoriously, when no one offered an alternative. “You all know this is the best chance we have.” “Mal, this is dangerous.” Nathan cautioned. I breathed a sigh of relief thinking he would make her see sense. “You can’t just go strolling through the front gate. You’ll need a backstory, a reason for being there that won’t cause sus
Colton’s POV As soon as we were out the door Kai receded to the back of my mind, but his fury didn’t. My blood boiled with thoughts of Darcy’s callous attitude. What happened to the sweet girl I thought I knew? How could she care so little for my brothers’ pain and heartache? Or mine for that matter? The rejection of a fated mate was emotionally and physically painful whether you wanted that mate or not. Some lower ranked wolves didn’t survive rejection. As Alphas, my brother’s and I would live but we would still suffer. You had to be pretty heartless to toss out the idea like it was child’s play. “She’s not a Luna!” Kai barked. “That’s why the Goddess didn’t make her our mate!” He had a point. Maybe she was never meant to hold that title. Maybe I was trying to force her to be something that the Goddess had determined her unfit to be. Or maybe believing that was just my way of trying to make myself feel better. “Aaaaahhh!” I roared my frustration into the otherwise peacef
Colton’s POV “Please, Colton! I want to know now.” Mallory begged me to tell her all the filthy ways I wanted to play with her tits. I could feel her confusion through the bond. Fuck, she was so innocent! “That’s a lesson for another time, little Omega.” Goddess please let there be another time. “But I’m not an Omega.” She quirked an eyebrow at me questioningly. “You’ll always be my little Omega, no matter what your designation. One I should have appreciated more.” I said somberly, guilt riding me hard.. Her answering smile made me want to howl with joy, but I settled for leaning forward and flicking my tongue over one of her rosy tips. She arched her back, questing for more and I was all too happy to oblige. So filling both my hands with her full, lush tits, I lavished them with attention working one with my tongue while tugging the other nipple and pinching it gently. Mal’s slick drenched my thigh where it nestled between her legs making my mouth water with the though
Mallory’s POV I woke to a feeling of blissful serenity the next morning. I immediately realized Colton wasn’t there but one glance at the clock told me where he would be. Part of me wanted to panic that he had changed his mind, regretted what we’d done last night, but I refused to indulge it. Colton had responsibilities and I should just appreciate that he let me sleep instead of questioning his absence. If I were going to accept the mate bond, I would have to learn to trust the three of them rather than always assuming the worst. If I accepted them. Was I actually considering that possibility? Something seemed to click into place for me last night when Colton admitted he wanted me, like a missing puzzle piece had been found. A bond that had been fragmented suddenly felt whole. I couldn’t deny the feeling of rightness it gave me to be held in his arms, to be touched and pleasured by him. But there was still Nathan. Adults like to tell their pups stories about the mate bond, maki