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Grace POV“I know Ethan gave you a job but you need to let me finish cleaning you up.” Callie motherly glared at me. “My back is already healed…” Rolling my eyes, I sat up and showed her my back. “Yeah, it’s already starting to scar. Are there any other wounds?” Putting my shirt down, I looked back at Callie. “No.” “Grace…?” Callie quested my honesty. “I promise. That is it. Just my pride.” Kyle was looking at his watch and pacing around. “Relax, Kyle. Nothing is going to happen here.” “I know. I just don’t like not being in the action.” “What did Ethan want you to do?” Callie asked as she started putting away her supplies. “Oh, can you bring me my computer?” I asked. Callie nodded and got up to get it. “I overheard Vincent talking on the phone. He said there were some files that he wanted deleted. He didn’t want me to see them so naturally, I downloaded what I could and now I need to figure out why he is hiding something from me.” Kyle’s jaw dropped. “What?” “Obviously, thi
“You might have to do that. Make sure everyone else is paying the correct price. Shit, what is your brother’s pack paying?” Kyle asked. “Hold on. I have to go into the server. This is just what I downloaded from Vincent’s stuff.” Since I didn’t need to hide my tracks, I was able to get onto the server with my account password and login. Going to accounts payable, I pulled up his pack. “It seems he is paying the same rate that I charge anyone else.” “Do we pay?” Callie asked.“You do. However, I did upgrade you for free.” Callie smiled, but rolled her eyes. “Can you charge Jax more?” Kyle asked. “Shit. I wish. Everything is a flat rate. You sign a contract for so many years at a base rate. You pay to upgrade though. Every year I usually provide additional add ons you can do for additional amount. Those you can chose to opt out of or buy. There are requirements I enforce. Like you can’t have your pack’s blueprints on your account. For instances like this. If we get hacked, they won’
Ethan POVI felt bad for hanging up on Grace, but I needed to talk to the doctor. “Is he okay?” It took me three steps to cross the room. Evie was just a step behind me. “He has a long road ahead of him. I had to wire his mouth shut. He lost a few teeth, but nothing that will cause lasting damage. Basically, all his ribs were broken, and both lungs were collapsed. His orbital socket is fractured. Travis is lucky to be alive.” “I would like him transferred to a hospital in my territory.” “As long as they can manage his conditions, I don’t see why not. Are you providing transportation?” “I can.” Part of me expected push back, but he didn’t even hesitate. The doctor looked at his watch. “I’ll need about two hours to make sure he is stable enough to transport and to get him ready.” “Sounds good. Thank you, Doc.” I held out my hand to him.He looked at it briefly before accepting it. “Of course. It was my pleasure. I’ll send a report home with you about the care I provided and what I
Before I could respond, my phone rang. Pulling it out of my pocket, I saw it was Damon. Looking back up at Evie, I actually hurt to not be able to give her what she asked of me. “That’s not how that works.” Pressing accept, I walked out of the room and stood on the other side of the door. “Ethan.” Damon sounded out of breath.“What’s going on?” “How’s Travis?” Damon ignored my question.“He will live.” That is all Damon needed. “We found the place they tortured him. The blonde guy wasn’t here. We tried tracking them, but it seems a helicopter came and got them. The few people that were here didn’t make it long into question before they died. John already did a number on them.”“Fuck.” “Yeah. We tore down the building. Wasn’t hard as it was almost down, anyway. This is a dead end. It seems this was more of a convenient spot that a location they normally used.”“Fuck… pack it up and go home. We are transporting Travis back to our pack.” “We will come and follow as an escort.” Damon
Grace POVThe first thing I remember was the cold, empty bed beside me. My face was stiff, but it was healing. So, slightly opening my eye was a little harder than I wished it was. Ethan was gone and by the tempature, he had been gone for a while. “Ethan?” Yawning, I opened the mind-link.“Good Morning, sleeping beauty.” Ethan found something funny.“What time is it?” “Almost 10am.” Shooting up in bed, I looked at the clock on the bed-side table. Sure enough, it read 9:53am. “I’ve never slept in so late.” “You needed the sleep. I hoped I didn’t wake you when I left this morning.” “You should have woken me.” “Nope, you needed to sleep. Let your body heal faster that way.” Ethan grunted like he was doing something heavy. “You need sleep, too.” I said stubbornly as I got out of bed. Tossing the covers off me, I really had to pee. “I slept in until 8am. That was pretty late.” He grunted again.“What are you doing?” “Working out at the gym.” “Great, I’ll be right there.” I heard
As much as I wanted to show him I was more than capable of doing this weight, that first set was a bitch. My arms shook as I slowly came down before going up.“That was one…” Ethan kept his hands right below the bar. “I can count…” My voice was strained as I forced myself to complete the set. One after another, I kept going. Only stopping after I hit ten. “See. I’m fine.” My arms were already like jello as I sat up. Ethan leaned over the arm. “Or you can just take it easy.” “I am taking it easy.” Standing up, I started stretching. Catching my reflection in the floor to ceiling mirror, my scar stuck out like a sore thumb. The sound of a gun going on echoed in my mind as I relived that moment. The feel of the burn. The smell of my flesh….“You are still beautiful.” Ethan said quietly as he came up behind me. His words snapped me out of my flash back. “It’s not that.” Shaking my head, I walked away from Ethan and sat back down on the bench. There were too many people around for us t
“Oh!” I had to put my hands on either wall to steady myself as Ethan’s mouth moved down my stomach. Ethan grabbed my foot and placed it on the edge of a shelf. I knew what he was going to do, but my body still jumped when his tongue separated my folds. This wasn’t a hungry session, but he took his time. His hand ran down my legs, making goosebumps erupt all over my body. My head fell back, letting the water rinse out the conditioner. The pressure built up in my body, making my legs shake. “Ethan!” I groaned. “Not yet!” Ethan growled. Just as I was about to burst, he stood up and moved me to the other side. Only then did I open my eyes to see Ethan washing his body. His dick was rock hard, standing at attention. When he wasn’t looking, I knelt down and grabbed his dick. He wasn’t expecting it either. “Shit!” His eyes popped open as my mouth wrapped around him. Instead of making me stop, his hand grabbed a handful of hair. He helped me move him in and out. Too soon, his blew his l
“What took you so long?” Callie asked as we walked into our office. “I was fucking your brother. Is that okay?” There was no hesitation. Damon busted out laughing. Ethan shook his head and walked to his desk. Callie spit out the sip of water she started drinking. “Ew!” Callie coughed a few times. Sitting down beside her, I grabbed my salad she brought for me. “You asked.” Shrugging, I dug in. “I lost my appetite.” Callie sat her food down. Ethan had pulled up his computer and Damon was looking out the window. “Might as well get started at our meeting.” “By all mean, grind away at it.” Ethan snorted at my choice of words. Callie gagged, chose to ignore it. “This is how it is going to go.” Callie grabbed a binder. “A binder? What do you need a binder for?” Taking a bite, I leaned away from the glare she was giving me. “Tomorrow, guest will start arriving. The first ones should be around lunch, but some are waiting until tomorrow and only coming for the day. You will need to be lo
“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