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Mallory’s POV Colton rolled me onto my side and propped a pillow under my top leg, bending it at the hip to spread me open for him. He entered me from behind, fucking into me brutally. With his fist in my hair, he wrenched my head back to take my mouth in a filthy, dirty, open-mouthed kiss. I reached over my head to tug at his short blond strands, intent on locking him in place. “You love it when I wreck this tight little cunt, don't you baby?” His lips still brushed mine, as if he wasn’t willing to separate from me even to speak I just gripped his hair tighter and moaned into his mouth in response, slamming my hips back to meet his thrusts. It was rough and raunchy. The sounds of flesh slapping filled the room. And I loved every minute of it. Something changed between Colton and I when he marked me, completing our bond. Having a direct line to another person’s soul came in handy. Suddenly, he could feel that he wasn’t going to break me, that I wanted him to stop treating me
Mallory’s POV My mates all looked devastatingly handsome in their black, perfectly tailored three-piece suits. Aware that I was openly staring, I bit my lip as my stomach did a little flip. They were gorgeous and they were all mine. Unfortunately, the reason for their more formal attire put a damper on my otherwise raging libido. We were headed to a preliminary hearing at the Council headquarters in relation to the murder conspiracy charge leveled against us. It was completely ludicrous but apparently the Council didn’t see it that way. Nathan would be bringing Darcy from Hazelwood and meeting us there. With overwhelming evidence that Quade died by her hand, she was being charged with his murder but we had no explanation for why we were being accused of colluding with her. I supposed we would find out soon enough. “Stop that!” Cary chided, pulling my pinky fingernail from between my teeth. “Everything will be fine, darling. This is all just a big misunderstanding. One we will
Mallory’s POV After the disaster that was our preliminary hearing at the Council headquarters, we made a quick stop at City General so Dr. Diaz could reassure my mates that their pups were fine. They were, of course. She offered again to tell us their gender but we still steadfastly refused. Though, for a moment I thought I saw Colton waiver. “Do you want to know the babies’ sex?” I asked when we were cuddled up in the backseat together on our way back to Black Moon. “Not if you don’t.” He answered a little too quickly. I raised my eyebrow at him in an "I don’t believe that for a second” gesture. He sighed and finally explained himself. “It’s not that I want to ruin the surprise. And I especially don’t want to ruin it for you. It’s just that they aren’t even here yet and I’m worried about their future. My brothers and I are extremely lucky that we are all willing to share the Alpha role. “What if they’re all boys and the eldest doesn’t want to share? I don’t want there to be a
Colton’s POV “Colton! I found something!” Mallory shouted and I immediately came running. I hadn’t been far away, just across the hall. I knew she wanted some time alone with her parents' ghosts, so to speak, but I was worried about her and my wolf wouldn’t let me get too far away. When she called for me, I burst into the room like my ass was on fire. “What is it? Are you okay?” I hadn’t run that far but I still sounded breathless. “Look at this!” She shoved a piece of paper in my face. “I found it hidden behind a childhood photo of me that Quade kept on his desk.” My head snapped up from the piece of paper to spear her with a “WTF” look. “Yeah, I know. Super creepy. But in the scheme of things, I think keeping my picture on his desk is low on the list of Quade’s disturbing behaviors. What do you think it means?” She scrunched her nose in that adorable way she had when she was trying to solve a particularly vexing puzzle. “Some type of chemical equation.” She rolled her
Clay’s POV “Fuck, I miss my little wolf!” I told Cary when we hung up the phone. She and Colton had just called to tell us all about what Mallory found in her father’s office and their conversation with the old Beta’s widow. My heart ached for her as she talked about how her parents had died. I wanted so badly to cheer her up and Cary did too. Cary’s idea of cheering her up, however, always leaned in a much less chaste direction. Under his guidance, we all ended up taking part in a rather dirty video sex session. Just thinking about it had me rocking a hard-on again. Cary may have given rise, no pun intended, to the idea, but my need to be in charge when it came to all things sexual quickly took over. If I couldn’t touch her, I could still take control of her pleasure. Thankfully, Colton was willing to play along, following my lead and doing everything to her luscious body I ordered him to. Watching him edge her with his tongue over and over again until she begged me to let h
Mallory’s POV “What did you say?” Clay growled at Evelyn when she admitted to her relation to Miles. “He’s my brother.” She repeated. “When Quade found out I was related to a council member, he forced an introduction. I think he was planning to blackmail him using me as leverage, but Miles has never cared about me.” “But you said he was working with Quade. Why would he do that if it wasn’t to keep you safe?” I probed. “I can’t be totally sure, but from the nature of their conversations, it sounded like Miles had turned the table on Quade, insisting he cut him in on whatever he was into or he would expose his crimes against Hazelwood.” She explained. “And why would Quade tell you all of this? Cary sounded incredulous. “Tell me?” She scoffed. “Quade didn’t tell anybody anything. He just didn’t think enough of us to bother hiding it. To him, we were no more than animated objects meant to do his bidding. “I don’t think it ever occurred to him that we might be in a position to
Cary’s POV We made the decision to stay in Hazelwood until the trial. It allowed us to keep an eye on the Omegas who’d finally agreed to testify for us and help Nathan settle in as the new pack Alpha. We didn’t think anyone knew we were harboring the women but I had no doubt if Miles found out, there would be an attempt on their lives. After a lot of heated discussion, we’d finally all agreed it was best not to do anything that might call attention to the location or even acknowledge the existence of the mercury cache. Our little mate had fought us tooth and nail on that point and I couldn’t blame her for that. It was hard for her to accept that her parents had been murdered for it. Ignoring its existence like it hadn’t been the sole reason their lives were destroyed felt like a personal insult to her. She wanted it eradicated before anyone else could be hurt because of it. But to destroy it required visiting the site and it would be too easy to be followed. I had no doubt Miles
Mallory’s POV I was so anxious I was about to crawl out of my skin. The nerves weren’t helping my already roiling stomach. My mates were already threatening to boycott the trial on the grounds of my fragile health. I had no doubt if I vomited one more time, Clay would actually follow through on the threat. Forcing myself to swallow back the bile that kept trying to sneak it’s way out, I finished getting ready and poured all my focus into blocking my discomfort from the bond. Failing to show up today, for any reason, even a valid one, wouldn’t bode well for us. I needed to keep my shit together long enough to get through the day, no matter what it held for our future. “Tell me the plan one more time.” Colton paced anxiously as the rest of us huddled together at our kitchen table, one last meeting before we headed into the city. “I’m going to testify first.” Darcy answered with a surprisingly steady voice. Braden, her mate, beamed down at her, She still looked frail from her o