LucyMy bathroom space suddenly felt small. It was impossible for someone to be here but Laia was doing that prancing in my head yet again.And I’d come to learn that her prancing could only mean one thing — Armando. Not wanting to believe it, I turned and there he was, casually watching me take a bath. The scream that came from me had been a reflex action.“Hello, Night Star. We meet again.” He had on a smug expression.“How… h-how did…”“This.” He revealed the small black watch that was almost unnoticeable if one didn’t look properly. “Now ,are done bathing or do I have to wait for you to finish?”“I don’t know how you got in but I want you to get out!” I grabbed a towel from a nearby rack to wrap loosely around myself. Anger. It was better to feel anger than apprehension or intimidation or whatever weakening emotions threatening to buckle my knees.“I have all night to do this with you. So, if you truly want me out as fast as possible, you’ll give me what I need.” His gaze remai
LucyI went very still, my brain finding it hard to comprehend his lips on mine. He delved further using his tongue, trying to invade my mouth and dominate.At this point, I could only become too aware of my body completely exposed before him which should have worried me and poked at my sense of decency and dignity.But none of that happen. Even the shooting pain in my arm had reduced to a dull, throbbing one. My body wanted to edge close.Laia was doing a very active dance in my head. “Kiss him, Lucy. Kiss our mate.” I could practically hear her happy howls.Only my sense of rationality should be against this but even that was nowhere to be found.Lust kicked in, forcing my lips wide apart to grant him entrance.And he went in. His tongue clashing with mine as lips warred in a passionate kiss. I heard someone moan. Maybe it was him or me. I could not tell and right now, I did not care.As though we weren’t close enough, I tugged him by his shirt closer to me. He obeyed, his legs en
Lucy“No. No. No.” I let out a bitter chuckle that sounded harsh to my ears. “You will not lie your way out of this one. You’ve already made me look stupid enough.”I climbed off him and went to my closet to grab something to wear. Now I felt like a cheap slut. Fuck! How could I not have known? They had literally kissed their way past me. My mate and my Alpha’s wife? This was disaster! I hated myself for letting him almost have sex with me. It was all my fault. If only I had not allowed… If felt him behind me and the fact that his nearness was affecting me on so many levels angered me greatly.“Get the hell away from me!” I moved my body away from his touch. Who knew where those hands had been and touched on Tasha's skin? And now they had touched me. “Stop acting childish, Lucy. What is wrong with you?”Fueled by this anger, I whirled in a blind rage and slapped him hard across his face.“You’re a fucking bastard! You fucked another man’s wife right where your mate was occupied.”H
Lucy“Yes, I have…had a mate.” He released a sigh and let go of my top. He turned away to go seat on the bed, his shoulders were suddenly drooped in despair. He ran angry hands over his face, then raised sad, despaired eyes to look at me. Pity for him tugged my heart. But I could not go anywhere near him, not when I was also a mess inside. “She made me believe in love.” He started.A short silence followed. He glanced at me. His phone began to ring. He went to the other side to pick it from the bedside table. I watched him slide a finger over the screen to turn it off.“Come, let me make you something to drink.” I cleared my throat and approached the entrance of my bedroom, expecting him to follow me.I knew now that ,there was a lot to discuss and he was determined to get answers. Also, I needed to know who this his mate was. Ex-mate. Dead and gone.“I’m curious to know who she was too, Lucy.” Laia said from my head.She was resting in a quite gloomy position. She was also feeling
ALPHA JAX“Where the hell are you?” I snapped angrily into the phone that was on loudspeaker on my end.The phone was settled on the black phone stand while I sipped whiskey, and paced around my office enraged. What used to be whiskey glasses were now a mess of shards on the floor. “Where else would I be?” Came her bored-sounding response.“Fuck you, Lucy!” I practically screamed.“Hey, you might be an Alpha but I deserve respect too.” Her tone held defiance.My chuckle was bitter and short. I wish she was here, I would squeeze life out of her. The bitch!“You don’t deserve any respect. The audacity to ask for respect you haven’t earned.”“I haven’t earned?” She wasn’t too pleased.Good. At least, we were on the same page on emotions. “Yes. You call yourself an assassin yet you ran away from the fight tonight!” The more I thought of it, the angrier I got. She had her chance but she let it slide between her fingers.There was no response from the other end, I almost thought she had
LucyI slumped to the sofa Armando was occupying in exhaustion. “Kill me, huh?” He picked two slices of chips and threw in his mouth.I eyed him in anger, irritation and annoyance. “What is wrong with you?!” “Don’t use that tone on me. You just agreed to find me and kill me.” His expression was not exactly angry, but he didn't look happy either.“Why did you answer my call?!” I raged on. “Do you know if I wanted to answer him or not, you're crazy…fuck you!”“I don’t care if you wanted to answer him or not but my picking that call was an intentional act.” he replied as he kept chewing on the chips.“And why would you even do that?! That’s trespassing!” I felt like scratching his eyes out. “But it wasn't trespassing when you checked my caller ID and read my message?” His tone was taunting.He fixed his gaze on me. It was as though he was silently mocking me. He was right. Once again, it was déjà vu. He was doing to me what I had done to him. But that did not make me feel guilty or b
ARMANDOI lifted her and carried her to the bedroom. Her mouth kissing every part of my face she could access.I had come for answers but the night was beginning to take a different turn from the one I had originally pictured.I had wanted answers but was distracted by this mate bond thing with her,it was a little too strong and my strength had failed me. I laid her down on the bed gently and got to work, removing her tank top that had only accentuated the curves of her perfectly rounded breasts.Lust kicked hard between my legs, making my length grow harder. “I want you naked too.” She said in a breathy whisper, tugging at my unbuttoned shirt. “Got it.” I got down and made a quick work of peeling off every clothing barrier including my briefs.I rejoined her on the bed and also helped pull her shorts off of her.Both of us stark naked, I dipped my head and took her mouth. She was delicious, this was all I could think about in that moment.Passion roared in my head and made me want
LucyI didn't think I had ever indulged in sex that was as mind-blowing and brain-numbing as this one. With Armando everything had been so wonderful.It felt like I was having sex for the first time in my life. I was hardly a fairytale person, but I dare say this particular one with him had been magical.I was still catching my breath. Him too. None of us had been able to say anything to each other."I liked it very much, Lucy." Laia said from my head. She sounded cheerful."Who wouldn't like it, Laia?" I asked, a secret smile formed on my lips.He had me cuddled in his arms, my head resting on his solid, reliable chest. "I want to hunt Jax down and kill him." He said suddenly.I raised my head to look at him. "Huh?""You heard me." He raised himself too to a sitting position."Yes, I heard you. But I can't understand why you would want to do that." My brows were furrowed.He etched his eyebrows and responded. "What I can't understand is why you think I shouldn't." He made emphasis
Lucy“We have your mother, Jax. You wouldn't want to do anything stupid.” The three of us were out, Luciana had her hold on the woman who still had her grip on the detonator.“Why did you come here, mom? How did you even find out about this place? When did you even arrive the city?”“I have my ways, Jax and I came here for you. I heard everything. I won’t let them take your throne away.”“But you risked your life!” Jax seemed confused in that moment.I looked around and couldn't find Seth.“Where’s Seth? Is he no longer on your side?”He glowered and growled. “Why don’t you go ask his dead body lying alongside others in that building!”I observed Luciana’s face, her expression was blank. Well, I had thought she would be sad by the news at least, she’d known him from years back.“So you’ve not had enough of us, huh? You came back for more?” I eyed his frail state. He was severely injured and was just holding on for dear life.He was just as stupid as his mother. Though they had wasted
Lucy“Hi. You said you wanted to see us.” I could not help stiffening my tone the moment we entered the living room and I spotted the woman who appeared to be in her late forties to early fifties.But I could see where Alpha Jax had gotten his features from. One glance and you would know she was not lying about being his mother.“Yes. Oh Mother of the Moon!” She exclaimed in shock seeing Luciana beside me. “Who’s Lucielle and who’s Luciana?”“I’m Lucy, not Lucielle and she’s Luciana.” I clarified.“No, Lucy’s for short. Your name is Lucielle. Your parents named you after your twin grandmothers, from your maternal side.” Her face fell as she said this.Luciana and I looked at each other, then at Armando before finally settling on the woman again. She was richly dressed but her emotions were on display. It made me wonder.“You seem to know a lot about us than we know of ourselves.” Luciana chipped in, she had pulled me to seat with her.Armando took the seat beside me. “What would you l
Lucy“How are you, Teck?” I carried the tray containing his breakfast to him. I had offered and lifted it out of the maid’s hands that had been bringing him his food.He was awake and seating but with lots of pillows propping his sides. He offered me a pallid smile. “Fine, thank you.”I dropped the tray before him. “Here’s breakfast.”“You made it yourself?” He asked, a bit surprised.I quirked a brow. “You think I can’t whip up a meal?”He chuckled lightly. “I didn’t say that. Thank you.”“How are you healing? How’s the ribs?” I asked, helping him stay stable so he could eat.“It still hurts.” He said.I sat back down on the bed. “I’m sorry Armando and I didn’t listen to you. You would not be in this situation if we had carried you along.”He shook his head. "It's okay. On the bright side, you met your sister.”“Yes, I did. You know, she said she agreed to kidnap you because she wanted to meet me.” I told him.During our conversation yesterday, she had confessed the reason she had ag
“After I was adopted, things were fine until two years later when they finally had their own child. They changed. I was sixteen and depressed. They treated me more like a maid or nanny, sometimes both. I didn’t complain about the nanny part because I loved the baby.”She drew a breath in. We were currently in the living room, we just finished dinner. It was time for some truth telling.“I had always been this strong, I realized. So one day, I returned home from school. As usual, the wife left the baby with me and went out. The house was left in disarray as it usually was, I cleaned and cooked my lunch. By the time I was done, I was tired. I fed the baby too.”“How cruel can some people be?” I could not believe this. Why bother go for a child if you didn’t want them?She shrugged. “I don’t know. So I fell asleep doing my assignment. Next thing, I was being woken up and accused of trying to kill their baby. I had no idea he was choking on his vomit.”“They accused you?”She looked at me
When the vehicle finally drove into the hotel, I was exhausted enough to fall asleep while also still incensed enough to punch someone to death.Luciana and I stepped out of the vehicle. I had a cut around my neck and waist, Luciana came out just fine.We had decided not to say anything until Armando was present. This whole saga was no longer just about me but him too.“Is it wise to return to the hotel where the guy was kidnapped?” Luciana asked.The guy that had driven us was one of Armando’s men.“Yes, boss.” He stepped out of the car. “Oh okay boss.” He put his phone back into his pocket. “Boss says he’s gone back home and I should bring you there. He said not to worry that he already cleared both rooms and lodged you out.”“That’s better.” Luciana climbed back into the backseat.I went back to the passenger seat and strapped in. The drive back to Armando’s home was quiet. I occasionally threw a glance at the back, I could still not believe I had a sister. A family.It was all so
“What the hell are you playing at, Jax?” Armando was not just angry, he was furious.I closed my mouth.“Hello sister.” She smiled.I did not need a soothsayer to get the story. “So you killed Zara.”“Smart, I like.” She beamed as though this was a party where everyone was mingling and telling their comical life stories.“I already know your friendship with Zara. What kind of friend kills their best friend?”“I needed the money. The Alpha was ready to pay, so what’s the big deal?”“I am so glad I never got to know you. You’re evil! You had a family!”“And you know that because?” She took steps towards me. She had the same brown tresses as I did. We were same height and I could guess we would fit in the same clothes.“Because I did a background check on you three.” I cast a glance Seth’s way.I turned to Alpha Jax. “How many other missions did you send her while you deceived me into going? Why did you even asked me to in the first place? You could have asked her to go without putting m
Lucy“Well. Well. Well.” The cocks of guns had me turning.Fuck! We were surrounded. I wanted to shift my feet but accidentally stepped on something. Feeling alarmed, I looked down. Apprehension got hold. As if things could not get worse.My instincts were right. The bastard had set a bullet trap for us. It was just like a mine trap. If I tried to let go, there was already a weapon attached to it somewhere, it would go off and hit its intended target which I guessed in this would be Armando.“Seems you found us, huh?” Alpha Jax appeared from round a corner of the building. “He must truly be very smart.” He had Teck in his grip.The kid was bleeding’ He had been beaten. He was alive but barely.“How dare you?!” Armando was about to rush forward.“One more step and Lucy will kill him.” He warned, pointing his gun at Armando.If I had known this mission would turn out like this, Armando would have come with his men. All that had brought us here was to get answers.“What do you mean by ki
Lucy“That guy is one of Alpha Jax’s men, they must be close.” I wore my clothes — without undies of course — my gaze still stationed on the dead gray wolf that had slowly morphed into a very naked guy I recognized.Armando wore his. “Do you recognize this one too?”As expected, Armando had also killed his own black opponent wolf. I peered at the face of the dead guy. “I don’t recognize him but he must be. This means they had seen us. We need to be on alert and tread with caution moving forward.”“Exactly. Let’s hurry, Teck’s life is on balance especially now they are aware of our presence here.” He secured his gun by his waist belt.I had my lace tied and followed him. My weapons and gun intact, even the watch too.“Good job, Laia.” I opened the telepathic link to extend gratitude to my wolf.“It’s nothing. It’s my chance, I took it. You do all the fighting.” She sounded proud of herself.I smiled inwardly. “You were so strong. I watched you from your head, it was thrilling.”“Right?
LucyIt was a relief to know they were still in the city. It kind of narrowed down our search. I had almost thought they might be on their way to my city.“But how do you know it’s not Jax and his men?” He asked me.We still stood outside, staring at the stepped-on flowers.“He’s responsible, no doubt. But see the window.” I moved back, taking him with me to point Teck’s open window. “Jax and his men can not fit in there. It’s a small window, even you can not fit in there.”“So he hired someone else?”“Remember when Tasha said she overhead him telling someone to contact someone else.”“Yes?” He stared at me expectantly.“What if he hired someone new to carry out this job? I am usually the person he sends but…you know, this issue came up and he got someone else.” It was a guess on my part but I was a bit certain. It could be a possibility.“But we don’t even know where they are. That bastard could be putting the kid through torture. I wish I know where they are. Where they have him. Te