Tears filled my eyes before he leaned down and kissed me. It was a soft, meaningful kiss that lasted just a few seconds, but my heart was racing. As much as I loved it, he could feel the tension from the bond.Moving my lips like that was rough. Since the cut was healing, it was so tight. When part of my lip pulled my cut, I felt it in my forehead. Finally, he broke the kiss before planting a firm kiss on my forehead. Somehow, he held me tighter as we watched shooting stars in the sky. “You should probably get some sleep.” Ethan said after what felt like hours. “Probably. I’ll sleep better when I’m in my own bed.” “Naked and next to me.” Ethan finished my completed sentence. “Sure, sure.” I teased. Just as I was about to move, Ethan grabbed my arm firmly. It wasn’t a ‘let me help you’ grab, but a ‘stop’ kind of grab. I was just about to ask him what when I heard it. “…this way.” It was a male voice that was whispering excitedly. “Shh!” another voice came up. “We can’t approach t
“I wish we knew they were taking the bait.” I told Ethan in the mind-link.That got his curiosity flowing. “Hmm.” “Whatever you are thinking, yes.” “How about no.” I could feel Ethan roll his eyes at me. At this point, I needed to know. “Just tell me.” “I was thinking that we could make a big circle and come up behind them before they knew what was going on. The best way to track who is tracking us, is by tracking them. HOWEVER…” Ethan said sternly. “… that is too dangerous. They could spot us or even have more backup we don’t know about.” “That…that is genius. Let’s do that.” “You have a scrap up your face from a bullet. No.” “Come on, Ethan. What if we learn something?” There was a long pause before his wolf started gently angling to the side. “Fine, but you will listen to me and don’t do anything stupid. We will stay back a ways and don’t get caught!” Ethan sounded stern but excited. “YAY!” I was so excited. “I’ll behave!” It was a partial promise. I didn’t intend to do so
My wolf wasn’t in charge, but she was present. I could feel her energy run through me, making my injuries fade into the background. It felt like I was walking on clouds more than snaking my way through the trees.Everything was more clear, sharper, and even brighter. Ethan stopped quickly and started walking slower. Their voices were just ahead, laughing almost. I could smell their excitement in the air. My eyes kept going from just ahead to looking at Ethan. “I need to piss.” I heard some guy yell out. “We ain’t waiten.” “Didn’t ask you to!” Ethan moved around. Peaking my head just partially around the tree, I watched as Ethan walked up behind the man, placed his hands on either side of his face and twisted it quickly. The snap sounded like a twig breaking. No one suspected a thing. Ethan quickly jumped behind a tree. My heart beat was like drums in my ears as we waited to see if anyone would notice. After a moment, Ethan pulled the guy’s body against a tree. I watched as he posi
Movement caught my attention from behind us. It was just a quick flash but I swear it was there. “What are you looking at ?” Ethan followed my gaze.“Someone is behind us.” “Keep your eyes peeled, men!” On the other side of us, they stayed alert and kept moving forward. “Like who?” Ethan said back in the mind-link. “I have a feeling I know who.” The corners of my mouth turned down as Vincent stepped out from behind a tree. His eyes were smiling at me as he creeped forward. “What the fuck?” I whispered to him.Vincent put his finger over his mouth and glanced behind me to see if they heard us. Grabbing my arm, he pulled me closer to him. “I wasn’t going to leave you. Zeke was fine, and the plane was only a few miles ahead. I turned around to get you guys.” “You should have stayed with them!” I growled. “How selfish can you be?” “Very.” Vincent’s eyes drilled into mine. He didn’t give a shit about Zeke and his family. He only cared about my safety. “So, what’s the plan? I saw you
“When this is all over… I will kill you.” Zach said with so much venom in his voice that even chills ran down my back. The line went dead as the last man’s screams stopped. “Okay, we need to move.” I said feeling more anxious. “She’s right.” Ethan said. Vincent was searching their pockets. He pulled out some things I didn’t see because growls were faintly in the background. “Oh shit.” Turning, Ethan forcefully grabbed my arm and yanked me so I was running with him. “Do you need a ride?” Ethan asked. “Nope! Just run!” Looking back, there were over fifty wolves running towards us. Thanks to the openness of the valleys, they were still a good few miles away, but that is nothing to wolves. Vincent pulled up on the other side of me. “Damn, that was quicker than I expected.” Looking over at him was harder since we were in a full sprint. “W-what?” “I assumed he had backup, but I thought… we would have…. more time.” “Seriously?” Vincent looked over at me. “Don’t worry, sis, I got th
My hands shook as I tried to hang on. The front wheel couldn’t decide which way it wanted to turn. I could feel myself losing control and there wasn’t anything I could do about it. My eyes refused to look forward, but stayed at the death spiral my wheel was focusing on. “GRACE!” I heard someone yell. I barely had time to glance up and see Zeke’s scared expression before the bike gave out. My hands sacrificed themselves before my shoulder and then my hip. Rocks imbedded themself into my flesh as I skipped across the pavement. By the time everything stopped spinning, I was looking up at the sky. “Ouch.” I muttered, but my ears could hear the motorbikes.“Grace!” Someone ran up to me and kicked rocks into my body. “Fuck!” I growled at them. Their face was blacked out since the sun was directly behind them. “Are you okay? What’s going on?” It was Zeke. “They are coming! We need to take off and now!” I groaned as I tried to sit up. Zeke got the hint and helped me to my feet. “Where a
“Please? Let me clean that road rash?” Rose walked over and sat down in front of me. She was holding what looked like a torture kit, but I knew it was needed. There were rocks embedded into my skin that needed removed. “Yeah.” My body shook as I moved so I was laying down on the ground. This plane didn’t have a bed for me, so Ethan had been holding me in a chair. How I wasn’t freaking out right now was beyond me. “Can… can you hold still?” “Be happy she is even mentally functional.” Ethan sighed. “Grace has a massive fear of flying.” Vincent filled in. There wasn’t anything else I wanted to add to this conversation, so I just closed my eyes and tried to sing a song in my head. One of my hands was firmly around Ethan’s ankle and the other was holding onto my jacket for dear life. I had to give it to Rose. She had an extremely gentle touch. The only time I flinched away from her is when she put peroxide on my skin. “That hurt you?” I heard a little voice sit above my head. “A li
“Really, we have only gotten calls to show support. There have been a few people like Jax that were pissed, but when I asked them why their dicks were so small they shut up.” “I saw his dick… it’s not that impressive.” I muttered. Vincent snorted, and Ethan just shook his head. “I will have someone bring you some healing stuff that will keep the scaring down.” Damon said as we pulled up to the packhouse.“Callie can bring it. Might as well rip the bandaid off. I’m sure she is going to yell at me.” “She is not going to yell at you. You almost died… again.” Ethan said more angry with himself than at me. “Just remind me I need to really hit the gym. I can’t believe he overpowered me.” “He was almost the size of me. Of course, he overpowered you.” Ethan’s anger was rising. Vincent got out, but Ethan held me back. Damon looked back at us, but didn’t talk. “Please…” He grabbed my face and forced me to look at him. “… go up to our room. Take a shower and lay in bed? We can start work to
“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