Jasper I cleared my throat and looked directly at her, “I came to your house around eight thirty. I don’t know what time you got there or what all had happened. When I arrived, the door was open. No one was around so I went in. I found you at the bottom of the staircase in a puddle of blood.” My leg started bouncing and I forced myself to my feet, “I called nine one one and the ambulance was there fairly quickly. You never woke up. I had come to discuss something with you, and instead I thought I was the one who had found you, dead.” I turned toward a wall of photos and kept my eyes focused on a photo of Eli in a baby tub surrounded by bubbles with a huge smile on his face. “I arrived at the hospital at the same time you did because they refused to let me ride in the ambulance with you. I wasn’t family. I didn’t think to call Asher or your mom or dad. I was scared shitless. I didn’t know who did this, or why.” I pulled at my hair, “I honestly was scared I would have to kill Asher
Aria My eyes locked on Jasper's face as emotions flew across his face. I could identify joy, love, fear, and confusingly enough anger. I stepped forward, blocking Eli from his sight, turning my back to Jasper. I smiled down at my sweet boy. “Hey baby, did you have fun?” His brow furrowed in confusion, “Mommy, who that?” he asked, peering around me to the men in the room. “Who are they?” I corrected gently as I unbuttoned his coat. He nodded as he allowed me to pull his coat off. His eyes never leave the guys behind me. “They smell like me” His little voice says loudly. I sat in front of him and held his hands. I indicated Asher first, “This is mommies brother, Asher.” Asher stepped forward and waved. I looked over at him, I could see the longing in his eyes to give a hug but was respecting boundaries. It gave me hope that this could work, I clung to that hope. I indicated the two men with Asher, “These are Uncle Asher's friends, Linc and Jasper.” I watched Jaspers face fall
Aria I tried to ignore the imposing figure in the kitchen entrance as I started cleaning up the mess from breakfast. I started washing dishes by hand before I felt him come up behind me. He reached around me, his front against my back. He flicked off the water. Pressing his body against mine. I shuddered at the feel of his arousal against my back. My wolf screaming in my mind, “Mate, my mate.” "Aria." He said softly. I shook my head. Tears started to fall from my eyes. I don’t know if I can do this again. My wolf was insisting I belonged to him. But he had to be mad at me, right? For keeping his pup from him, and if what my wolf was saying was true, his fated mate. "Aria, I know he is mine. I am not mad. I am awed." He said softly, bringing his hands to my shoulders and rubbing gently. I couldn't help the shudder of desire that flowed through me at the gentle touch. He pressed closer to me bringing his lips to the back of my neck. His lips so close to where he would put his mar
Aria My breath caught in my throat and my pulse pounded. I felt so confused. He wasn’t with Rhea. Was us being apart all for nothing? Had I spent the last five years as a single parent because of a misunderstanding? I pulled free and stood up, pacing the living room. Trying to understand all that I had learned. My breaths coming out in angry pants. "So, you're not mated?" I asked. "Never." He said watching me closely. I nodded. Pursing my lips, "Engaged?" He looked up at me from under his lashes, his eyes flashing as he smirked, "Only woman I ever plan forever with will be you. I haven’t been with anyone since you." I jerked to a stop and narrowed my eyes, "This isn't the time to joke Jasper. You are basically telling me that the last five years have been for nothing. That my son has missed out on having a father for no reason. That I could have trusted you and never had to walk away." I look down at the floor unable to meet his eyes. "It's all my fault Eli doesn't know you. It
Jasper POV I stood up abruptly, my wolf snarling at the thought of me ever rejecting her. She was going to be my mate, my Luna, my everything. I pulled her back into my arms. “Not that it would ever happen, I could never not want you. You are my fated mate. You are my fated mate. However, if it did happen, Eli is my pup. Nothing will ever change the fact. The second I saw him I knew he was mine. Even if you and I never become anything more than what we are now, Eli will never doubt that he is loved and adored by his mother and father. Loving you doesn’t change or affect my love for that little boy. I’ve spent what thirty minutes in his presence, and I am head over heels for him. You raised our son to be an amazing little boy. I am honored that you are his mother. No one could have done half the job you have done, as a single parent. Just know from now on, you will never be alone in raising him to be a good human.” She reached up and wiped the tears from her e
Jasper POV I walked next to her in humming. I couldn’t keep myself quiet. I was so happy to finally have her next to me. It felt like everything I had craved the last five years was finally within my grasp. I couldn’t wait to prove to her that I was the man for her. Eli was swinging on a round swing with Asher pushing him as Lorelei stood nearby talking quietly to Linc. They all looked up and smiled. “Mommy!” Eli yelled out his voice excitedly exclaimed. God, I prayed, please let him someday be that happy to see me. Aria rushed forward and climbed on the swing with him pulling him close before looking at Asher. “Push us!” she said laughing. Asher's face lit up, as he grabbed the ropes and pushed them. I pulled out my phone and snapped a photo of the moment. I never wanted to forget this. These moments were going to change my life and I may sound like a sappy fool, but I couldn’t wait for it. “Mr. Jasper.” I looked up and s
Aria POVThe next few hours seem to fly by. I cleaned the house while Eli napped, then Lorelei took him to the movies as I tried to digest all I had learned today. I needed to shift but I didn’t want to go for a run yet. My mind needed to focus on what had happened and when my wolf was in control all she wanted was Jasper right now. She huffed in my mind before curling up and closing her eyes.I started pre-making Eli’s lunches for school this week while I came to terms with everything. They had gotten dad sent to prison for life, for my attempted murder. I shuddered. I had never wanted to admit that he had tried to kill me, even though it was quite obvious now. My phone dinged with a picture message, I pulled it up and grinned. Jasper had caught me and Eli on the swing. Me: I love this! Thanks so much. I’ve never had anyone take spontaneous photos. I appreciate it.Jasper: I’ll take them anytime. I haven’t stopped staring at them since we got back to my place. Are you okay?Me: Pr
Aria POV I cried because I know that is when it became worse for me. Before we were sixteen once a day was enough for my father. But randomly he started coming after me multiple times a day. Harassing me at school, making it to where I had started failing classes and trying to find ways to stay over at friends’ houses more. Always to be denied because I was grounded for failing. I didn’t say anything, I refuse to allow Asher to feel guilty for breaking free from the abuse. I vowed then I would never let him know it got so much worse. His voice thickened, “Mother, also came forward after you disappeared. He had been abusing her in every way imaginable for years. I won’t go into detail. It’s not my place. But she had suspicions we were being abused. Yet she never took us and left. I don’t know why; she never could explain her thought process. I am making assumptions here but I think she is his fated mate. But I can honestly say, I
Braylin Ten Years Ago I wring my hands together in front of me, my nerves firing on all cylinders. I feel like my anxiety is about to take over, yet I know I have to do this. I have to talk to the one man in the world that understands me better than anybody; the person who has always been there for me: my father. After Mom left us when I was five, I never wanted to disappoint him the way she did, but I'm honestly afraid I'm about to do more than disappoint him. How do you tell your father that his sixteen year old daughter is confused about everything that she is? How do you tell him that you don't understand what is going on in your own mind? That the feelings you feel are so overwhelming that you want to follow them. That's not a choice. Should I feel ashamed? Should I feel guilty? I'm not even sure how I feel. I just know that I am confused and everything inside of me is screaming for me to follow my urges. Only my dad could possibly be the one to answer and tell me it's ok
I must not be the type of soul that people want to save. There has to be something wrong with me. My parents turned their backs on me when I was still a pup. Walking away from being parents. That’s not normal for wolves. Most wolves crave being in a pack. Having pups is part of the DNA of a wolf. Yet my parts just walked away like it never mattered that I existed. Then falling for my ex-husband even when he wasn’t my mate and allowing him to break me physically and emotionally, mentally. I must attract the bad, there’s no other reason I can think of that he would come back here today and rush me when I left for work. Ranting and raving about how lucky I am that he wasn’t killing me for getting him locked up before. I hadn’t heard he had made bail. He threw me into the house and grabbed my arm, breaking it with how strong he was. My wolf hiding , not wanting to come forward and protect me from this monster. She was weak, submissive, she was too afraid to come out and protect herself.
LoriWe made it through Aria and Jaspers big day, and I finally felt like I could breathe a sigh of relief. The planning had been made harder by my anxiety of going out, having the guys pick up things I had ordered only to find they weren’t the right color or look that I had planned. I was tired of not being able to go out without Asher by my side.While I love him and want to have a life with him, I need to be able to go back to work, to go shopping, to be able to breathe. I couldn’t let what James did to me stop me from having the life I wanted to live. And right now he was winning.Asher held one hand while I held Sirus’s lead in the other. Yeah, I had managed to run from him when I thought I had been lied to, but my adrenaline had taken over. My flight or fight had kicked in and apparently, I am a runner. Thank goddess I had my wolf because I definitely am not a runner on any normal occasion.We slowly made our way around the driveway of what Aria and I now lovingly called the com
AsherI flipped Lori onto her hands and knees then pushed against her upper back to make her lower her chest and head to the bed. Pushing her ass higher in the air. Presenting herself to me. My wolf ached to come out and take hers just like this.Smack! Smack!I peppered her ass with hard slaps against her ass, turning her pale ass to red, “No Asher! Stop! You can’t spank me! I am not a child!” she screeched, and I couldn’t help but grin before I spoke.“You can’t leave me like that ever again. If you are pissed off at me you come to me, Lori, I don’t care how pissed you are. You come to me.”“I will!” she cried.I pressed a finger through her slit and groaned at the feel of her dripping with my cum. “You are my mate, my only mate. The only woman that I have ever truly loved. So we don’t run away from our issues, we face them head on together. That is something I promised you when I saved you, now I need you to promise me.”“I promise, Asher, I’m so sorry.” She sobbed into the pillow.
LoriWas I mad at Asher, kind of. Was I more pissed at myself because I wanted this to be real, but my own mental issues was trying to convince me that he was a liar. Yes. However, I should have listened to my wolf. I should have listened to what she was telling me the entire time I was running away.That he is her mate. That she belongs to him. My wolf had claimed him, point blank period. And to find out that that bitch had come here to try and blackmail him for money, who the fuck did she think she is.I go to run past Asher, ready to go find that bitch and take her down. No one threatens what is mine. And Asher is mine.He grabs me around the waist before I can run past him and lifts me over his shoulder in a fireman’s hold and tells Aria, “We will be borrowing Lori’s old room for a bit.”I hear her laugh as he carries me down the hall cursing and punching at his back, before he slaps a hand down across my ass.“You can’t spank me, Asher!”“I just did, and if you don’t calm the fuc
Asher“Leah, I don’t know why the fuck you are here, but if you don’t get your cheating ass back on a plane to Washington, I will make fucking sure that Jasper kicks you out of this pack and makes it to where no pack in the states will accept you. You just ran my mate of with your lies. I will end you if I ever see you around here again!” I growl. I turn to leave, to follow Lori. To explain that Leah was my ex. That Lori was my mate no one else was.Leah grabbed my arm and turned me back towards her, “That fat girl was so not your mate baby, you could never go for someone like that,” she rolls her eyes and laughs before crying out as I wrapped one hand around her throat not holding her tightly just enough to get her attention.“You listen to me, that woman is worth a million of you. She doesn’t cheat, she doesn’t lie, she doesn’t try to be manipulative and unlike you she knows how to be faithful.”She narrows her eyes at me, “you better listen to what I have to say Asher. I have video
LoriI can’t believe that I made love to Asher, finally. I thought I would freeze up from the words that James had said, but being with Asher was like breathing. Easy, fun, and so much more than I could have ever imagined.I pulled my favorite jumpsuit, that had nude underlining with black lace over the stomach and chest with pockets and soft material at the legs. I looked in the mirror and was proud of what I saw, taking a moment to lift my hand to the new mark on my neck, the mark showing that I was taken, that I was wanted, loved and claimed by my mate. I sighed happily, Asher walked up behind me and pressed a kiss to the mark, his eyes locked on mine.“I can feel how happy you are,” He whispers in my ear.“I feel like I don’t deserve it but want to keep it so badly it hurts.” I say.He nods, “I get it, I don’t feel like I deserve this, not after what happened in school, even though I was trying to protect you, I still hurt you. Then when I found you and Aria, I just lashed out, an
LoriI can’t believe the asshole tore out my birth control. At the same time, I was thrilled that he wanted to breed me. That he wanted us so badly that he did it.He lifted me onto my knee’s to straddle him.“What the hell, Asher?”“Baby, I don’t want to hurt you so what we are going to do is I’m going to have you take control for now. I want you to lower yourself on me until you can take me completely. What you are going to do is you are going to rise and fall and take your time. Ride me. Take me in your hand, Good fucking girl, you are such a good girl for me. Now place me at your entrance, yes Lori, fuck you are going to make me cum so fast.”I preened at his praise as I followed his instructions. I slowly eased down a small amount, gasping at the feel of the head of his thick cock stretching me. The small amount of pain disappearing at the overwhelming amount of pleasure that I was feeling as I inched my way down his cock.“Fuck, Asher please I need, please just please!” I cried;
AsherAfter getting the approval from Lori, I quickly called our home inspector and the housing developer to put in our bid for the homes and the land surrounded Jasper and Aria’s new home. I could hear Lori squealing on her phone from where I sat.I am so thankful that I have been given the chance to give her happiness back. After everything I had put her through, everything that asshole put her through, she was happy again.Lori walked back into the room and stood in front of me, nibbling on her thumb, I could smell her arousal, but I wasn’t going to force her to do anything she wasn’t ready for.She took a deep breath, nodded then climbed into my lap facing me. I smiled and wrapped my arms around her shoulder. She leaned forward and softly pressed her lips to mine. I could smell her becoming anxious when I wasn’t deepening the kiss.I pulled her closer, her breasts pressed against my chest. Deeping the kiss and pushing one hand into her hair and the other on her hip. Grinding her a