Ethan didn’t answer. Instead, he put his arm around me. Kissing my forehead as the car came to a stop. The feeling of loneliness filled me as I remembered our friendship. Then the door opened. That was all the softness I was going to get from Ethan. he was back to being the over protective mate and alpha. “Good Afternoon.” I heard as Ethan stepped out. He paused to talk to the person before we could get out. “Let me go first.” Damon muttered. Moving to the side, I let Damon get in front of me. “Alpha Ethan. It is a pleasure to meet you. Your bags will be delivered to your room by our staff. My name is Axton and I will be your personal guard for the weekend. If you need or want anything, please let me know and I will make it happen.” “Thank you. This is my Beta Damon.” Ethan moved to the side for Damon to exit. “His mate and my sister, Callie.” Ethan and Damon moved. We weren’t sure who was going next. When we heard Callie’s name, I moved again for her to get out of the limo. “Nic
Ethan pulled out my chair as Damon left. Sitting down, he moved to Callie’s chair but stayed standing behind us. A few people came and introduced themselves to me. They already knew Ethan, and I was more of them being polite. “This is going to be a long weekend.” I said to Callie. “The dance is better. Though the boys have a stick up their asses, so it isn’t as relaxed as it has been.” There was a tinking of glass, making everyone turn towards the doorway. “If everyone would please take their seats, dinner will be served.” “Look how I found.” Damon smiled as he came back with our wine. Looking behind him, Vincent walked up with a glass of whiskey.“Vincent!” Smiling, I got up and practically jumped into Vincent’s arms. “I’ve missed you.” He caught me and chuckled at me. “I’ve missed you too. How are you?” “Been better.” Letting him go, he moved to sit across from me. “What is dad up to?” Vincent took his napkin and laid it across his knee. Following his lead, we all did the sam
Callie chose the moment to walk out of the bathroom. “Did I miss something?” Jax’s eyes were filled with humor and a little something darker. “It appears Luna Grace was feeling rather disrespected and resulted in physical means.” “Bitch!” Cara raised her hand to slap me, but Axton stopped her arm mid-air. “You dare touch me?” “Alpha Jax. I think it is best that you retreat to your seats and I will see that Luna Grace and Beta Callie are returned to their mates.” Axton bowed in respect. As much as he tried to defuse the situation, I wasn’t sure that was happening. “SHE TRIED TO BREAK MY FINGER!” Cara shouted. She looked between the men like they should be doing something about it. “Is that so?” Ethan’s alpha voice was directly behind them. Everyone turned to see Ethan and Damon looked rather pissed off. “If I wanted it broken, it would be broken. Don’t flatter yourself.” Glaring at Cara, Ethan walked around Jax and stood almost directly in front of me. “Why would you do that?” E
“What’s life without a little excitement? I dare say, this event can get boring. When I got the request for additional security and the list of demands Alpha Ethan requested, I was intrigued.” “What can we say? Someone is a little over protective!” Fake laughing, I tried to make light of the situation. “I remember how your dad would keep you under lock and key. Can’t say I’m surprised your mate is giving you some freedom but still keeping you close.” “You have a beautiful home. I am excited to see more of it tomorrow.” Alpha Theo opened his mouth to speak, but someone was signaling to make an announcement. “Ladies and gentlemen! It is time for the nightcap. If all the gentleman would please exit to the right, and the ladies to the left.” I felt Ethan’s anxiety flare. “Ah! It’s that time!” Alpha Theo clapped his hands together. “Right on cue.” He looked over to the door. Axton was walking in with a bandage over the bridge of his nose. His eyes were already working on turning black
“I’m serious! Fuck that stupid tramp!” That was a voice I knew. Cara was still going on about it all.“What are you going to do about it? It’s not like you to lay down and take it.” Another female asked. This was a voice I didn’t recognize. Looking at Axton, he just rolled his eyes and sighed. “Grace? Where are you?” Ethan’s voice sounded worried in the mind-link. “What is going on here?” Alpha Jax walked up to Cara. He pulled her to him. Not caring there was another woman there, he kissed Cara hard. “Um… about that…” I replied to Ethan. “Callie said you went to get food and never came back. Where are you and Axton?” This time, he was more demanding. “Is Vincent around you?” I asked.Giggles caught my attention. “What about me?” The other woman cooed. “Come here.” Alpha Jax said. I could see through the bushes. Jax was making out with Cara, but his hand was under the other woman’s dress. I watched as she massaged Jax outside his pants. “Fuck me, Jax.” The second lady moaned. “T
“There’s a lot to unpack there…” Callie broke the silence. “Let’s start at the beginning…” Ethan blinked a few times. “You followed some ladies? Who and why?”Looking over at Axton, “Do you know who they were?” I asked.“No idea. Some women that are here for the party.” Axton looked rather uncomfortable. “I must say, I am a little uncomfortable talking about all this behind my Alpha’s back.” “Your Alpha is a peeping tom. I don’t think you should be so worried about what he thinks at this moment.” I said sarcastically. “How about this? You tell us the whole story and then we can decide how to bring this up to Alpha Theo?We can’t just tell him you guys found a secret passage and listened in on a private conversation.” Damon tried to be the voice of reason. “That was pretty much all of it. We did hear a converation between a man and female. She said, “this time tomorrow” before he slapped her. He told her to play her part and then they were gone. That’s when Jax came into play.”“Go
There was a brief flash of excitement before I looked over at Ethan. Yup, he was going to be so pissed off at me when he found out. Me: Your bitch ass better not go without me!Vincent: I’m outside.My heart skipped a beat as I tried to move around the room quietly. My pajamas were decent enough, but I needed a bra. My phone dinged just as I slipped my shirt back on.Vincent: Hurry up or I’m leaving you.Rolling my eyes, I tried to walk as quickly as I could to door. “I’m here!” I whispered. Closing the door as quietly as I could, Vincent took off walking.“I’m surprised you haven’t already investigated it.” Vincent looked back at me as I tried to keep up. His half smile reminded me of when we were kids.“What about their security system?” We got to the stairs. Vincent pulled out a ski mast from his pocket. “Put it on.” “Do I want to know where you got this?” I asked, slipping it on. “Probably not.” Vincent whispered before putting his finger over his lips, signaling me to be quie
Continuing down the path, my foot kicked something across the floor. My heart jumped out of my chest as I paused, waiting for something to jump out at me. When nothing happened, my eyes went down to what I kicked. It was Vincent’s phone. My hands shook as I bent over to pick it up. As soon as my fingers touched it, the screen lit up saying it was 5:15am. Using the light, I looked around at the walls. No blood or signs of struggle. However, I couldn’t stay here. The only way I knew how to get out was the outdoor path or going back to the main room. Remembering there were guards in there setting it up, that was not an ideal place to come out of. It was easy enough to make my way back to where I was and continue on to the outdoor exit. As soon as the door creaked, the morning crisp air hit me full in the face. I opened it just wide enough to see if anyone was around. My heart was racing so fast that I thought I might just fly away with the flutters. Once I was satisfied, I slipped ou
“CHRISTIAN!” I yelled back. He laughed, as that was our thing. Ethan set me down when we got to the top. Christian instantly wrapped his arms around my legs. “I missed you! You are getting so tall!” “Hey, sis.” Vincent walked up to me with his arm out. With my belly, I could only do a side hug these days.“How is my little nephew doing?” Vincent shook Ethan’s hand. “Very happy where he is at.” Vincent has been a little of a recluse this last year. Finding out the truth, being a full-time day and looking for a beta has kept him from coming around as often. Fortuantly, everyone has sympathized with him. They have really accepted him into our friend’s group. However, Roxie and Zoey are on a kick to find him a mate. Vincent game me a smile and scooped Christian up. “Let’s go inside or we will miss the party.” Ethan held the door for us before quickly resuming his spot next to me. The moment we walked in, my breath was caught in my throat. It was just like I imagined it to be. A larg
1 year later“Grace! We got to go! Everyone is waiting for us!” Ethan was standing at our bedroom door. “I’m COMING!” I growled back. My swollen belly was ready to pop at any moment. Our little baby boy was loving kicking his mother in the lungs so much that he refused to leave. “I can only move so fast!” “You are the most beautiful pregnant person…ever.” Ethan smiled at me as I walked out of the bedroom. The stretchy black evening gown clung to my body, really making my stomach look much skinner than I felt. From the back, you would never know I was pregnant, which confused me. My belly was very round, like a ball. “This is all your fault.” Rolling my eyes at him, I couldn’t help the smile that spread across my face. Ethan walked over and gave me his arm. “Thank you.” “Just think…” Ethan patted my hand. “…. you get to do this many more times!” Looking up and glaring at him, “I will kick you in the nuts and end all of that.” Ethan laughed at me. I doubt anything would hurt his m
By the time we made it to the club, I had taken a few more shots, and the buzz was going. The club was bouncing. Music could be heard from outside. There was a line down the sidewalk and neon lights were flashing all around. This was the vibe that I was hoping for. “Ethan, I want to check on the computers. With everyone here, I haven’t actually got to see it yet and I want to check it.” I had to shout since the music was so loud and we weren’t even inside. “Grace, you are a little drunk….” Ethan raised his eyebrows at me. “Please? I’m not going to touch it. Just want to make sure it’s okay.” Grabbing his arm, I put on my most pathetic face I could.” “Fine…” Ethan rolled his eyes, but smirked. Wrapping his arm around me, he lead the way inside. “Callie, get everyone situated with drinks. We will catch up.” Ethan instantly lead me away to his office. It was more packed than I had ever seen it. Granted, I had only been here like three times, but this was packed. More than once, we g
“What do you have that is the best with crab?” Theresa thought for a moment. “Try the crab trio. There are three different ways crab is cooked. I think one is the crab alfrado, a mushroom stuffed crab and just steamed crab legs with a pepper, garlic butter to dip it in.” “That sounds perfect.” “Great. Would you like your legs already de-shelled?” “Yes, please.” I said right as the guys came back. “I’ll have a crab cake, please.” Jolene smiled at Theresa. Theresa returned the smile. “For you two?” She looked at them. “Seafood fried roll.” Ethan sighed and downed his drink. “I got another round coming.” She said instantly. Ethan nodded and put his arm back around me. “What did Vincent say?” I asked Ethan in the mind-link, so I didn’t hear what Nox, Stella or Rif ordered. “Well, turns out they were all people that went missing states away. None were from the same state, but they were all scholars in hacking or something cyber. Vincent thinks Zach or Derek had placed them there
Just as Ethan stood up, we arrived at the restaurant. I couldn’t help the sly smile that spread across my face before bitting my lower lip. “Let’s go,” Ethan said before clearing his throat. He gave me a little nudge to get off the bus. “Where are we?” I asked as I stepped off. Ethan was quick behind me, wrapping his arm around my waist. “This is one I have wanted to bring you to since I met you. It’s a very upscale seafood place. I know your favorite food is crab and I think they will have what you want here.” Ethan smiled down at me.“I love this place!” Callie squealed. “Their lobster is absolutely amazing!” “I’ve never been here!” Zoey grabbed Leo’s hand, and they started the train to the front doors. “We have a reservation. It’s under Boone.” Callie yelled from the back. By the time we walked in, the hostess walked off from the front. Zoey turned and smiled at us. I couldn’t help but look around. There was a massive sword fish mounted on the wall. The lighting was low, dark
After the house burnt down, we had to transport everyone back to their respected packs. However, all of our friends had to come back one last time to our pack and gather their belongings. Since they were already here, we had one last night together. Ethan set up a romanic evening that ended with everyone at the club for a night of dancing. All the girls were in my bedroom getting dressed. Callie had on a champain squence colored dress. It volumized her breast with a completely open back and only strings tolding it up. Her ass was about to hang out, but she looks amazing.Zoey had on a similar colored dress, but the top was more of a bra. Her stomach was open to a skirt that sinched at the side. Roxie was wearing a scarlett red dress. With long sleeves, the top was just enough fabric to cover her tits. It was an open stomach, but one side went down to a skirt that went to her calf. The other side had a slit that went to her hip, completely exposing her very toned legs. Stella was wea
Vincent turned and looked at us. “Let’s go home.” He whispered and walked past us. Christian was clinging to Vincent like his life depended on it. “Keep your eyes closed, bud.” He said as he walked out of the house. We all followed him. The battle was over and our warriors were collecting the dead. In the front was Derek’s body, Zach and Adaline. There was a rather large pile of men off to the side and a more respectible line of men that were ours. Leo was barking order with Damon, but Stella caught my attention. She was standing over Derek’s body with tears running down her face. Walking out of Ethan’s arms, I came up to Stella. She met my eyes before looking down again. “W-what happened?” I hesitated before speaking. I wasn’t sure how this was going to impact our friendship. Though it had already been rocky as it was. “Grace?” Rif walked up behind Stella. Putting a hand around his waist, he nodded. “Whatever it is, just tell us.” I knew I had everyone’s attention at this point.
Grabbing a lock of hair, I twisted it in my fingers. “You know Vincent, she used Derek’s weakness and let him believe for three years that he betrayed you.” Vincent’s hand wrapped around his neck. He squeezed hard enough to make her hurt but not enough to stop the breathing. “What should I do? Kill her or put her in my dungeon to years’ worth of torture?” “I’m sorry! I can turn my life around and be the mother that Christian deserves. I only ever wanted to be a mate to you.” She batted her eyelashes at Vincent. His grip tightened around her neck. “Nothing I do will be enough. It won’t be enough to vengue Derek, my dad or the years of head games you put on our son that I’ll have to fix.” Tighter, he squeezed until his hand started shaking. “I regret ever sleeping with you, ever touching you, or even meeting you. The only good thing in my life is Christian. I’m going to take your body and make a mockery of it. You will be an example of what it means to cross me. I’m more powerful than
Ethan, Vincent, and I just stared at her with our mouths hanging open. “Derek thought he betrayed Vincent. He did everything to keep Vincent out of danger and keep his kid safe and you were playing him.” My anger was rising as her words sank in. “You let Derek live with this weight on him for years.” Adaline shrugged. “Who is Derek to me?” She mirrored those words, knowing it was going to get under my skin. “Now, my child is an heir to not only the mafia family, but to a very powerful wolf pack and a blood relative to a very profitable security business.”“You never wanted me to create a program. All this was a lie to get the three of us here.” The truth came crashing down on me.Marco pointed his gun at me. “You are a very hard person to get ahold of. I told Zach to kidnap you by any means needed. He almost got you fucking killed. I’m happy you survived, but yes, however, Ethan was only part of it because he mated to you. I just wanted Vincent and you.” “Your dad was incredibly ann