Knock! Knock! “Grace!” Callie’s voice filled my room as I opened my mouth to respond to Ethan. “Oh! I’m sorry, I can come back?” She looked at our body language and knew she had interrupted. “No, it’s okay.” I said, as Ethan walked out of the bathroom and out of my room. “I’m sorry...” Callie looked sadly at the open doorway. “Ready to go?” I asked, grabbing my purse. “Yeah, let’s grab breakfast.”“Here or...”“No, somewhere with fried foods.” Callie rubbed her stomach. “Can you drive?”“Of course.”“Thanks.” Callie still looked ragged, so I had a feeling we were staying home this evening. Walking out of my room, I was able to lock it before she hit the elevator button.The elevator dinged, and we could get on, but she looked even more questionable. “Are you going to throw up?”“Maybe.” Callie gave me a look. Thankfully, the elevator was fast. Callie ran straight out of the pack house and threw up in the bushes. I made it just in time to see Damon shake his head before walking up t
Ethan: good luck, beautiful. Me: thanks.“Grace!” I got up and went over to her. It took three people to put the transfer paper on me. Using my pictures, she positioned it on the side of my knee and wrapped each part around my leg. Slowly, they peeled it off. I looked at it as they did it. “How does it look?”“Amazing. You did amazing at capturing it!” I was blown away by how accurate it was. “Great, have a seat and we will get started.” Anson said. Getting on the chair, she got the supplies out.“Turn to your left a little... Perfect.” Doing as she said, she cleaned my leg and got started. “Here we go.” As soon as the needles went in, I was shocked.“Well, shit.” I said as she stopped and got more ink.“First one?”“Yeah.”“Are you okay?”“Yes, ma’am.”Pulling out my phone, I texted Ethan. Me: shit hurtsEthan: ha! TherapeuticTaking a picture, I sent it to Stella. Capturing it, tattoo time! Me to Ethan: sure, let’s go with thatStella: holy shit! Wish I was there! How is it?Me
“GRACE!” The sparks on me told me it was Ethan. I was still crying. “Baby, you’re okay. Please be okay!” I didn’t respond, but curled into him. Grabbing his shirt, I just buried my face and tried to collect myself.“Did you sleep with her, too?” I finally whispered.“No. I didn’t. I wasn’t going to. I put you on my lap to show you and her I wasn’t interested.” Ethan pulled back my face. He was holding me like a child. “Is this how this is going to be? I’m going to have to fight off all these horny she-wolves?”“When we make the announcement tonight. I’ll put a warning out that all attempts will be punished severely.” Ethan pushed some hair out of my face, but stopped when I flinched. Pulling his hand back, there was blood on it.“Callie!” I yelled.“I’m okay!” She yelled. “You okay?”“Yeah... I think.”Ethan sat me up and looked at my head. “There is some glass here.”“Wonderful. Just pull it out.”“No, you will go to the hospital.” Ethan sat down beside me. Grabbing his face, I kis
“Whoa!” It was Damon.“Ow...” I whined. Damon picked me up bridal style and carried me to the car. “I’m sorry. Alpha John wants you in his office. Ethan will meet us there.” “Okay. Just get me Tylenol, please.” I sat back as he got in the front and drove to the pack house. It was a short drive, but it saved me from walking.“For what it’s worth, I think he is getting more pissy because he is starting to really care. The thought of losing you is making him act irrational. Now he wants you. He is scared of you.” Damn said before getting out and opening my door to help me stand.“Maybe he needs some Midol.” I groaned as we walked. “Tattoo looks good.” Damon said as we walked up the stairs. He kept an arm around me so if I fell, he would catch me. “Thank you. I really like it.” We made it to Alpha John’s office, but Ethan wasn’t there yet. “Grace, are you okay?” He asked as Damon sat me down.“I’m fine.” I said and looked at Damon.“Ethan is bringing it.” He leaned against the wall a
“How are you feeling?” Callie was across from me.“Headache from hell, but okay.” “I’m sorry. I really wasn’t trying to do that.”“It’s okay. I’m really not upset.” Shaking my head, I took a sip of water. “How do you like her tattoo?” Callie asked Ethan.“I only looked at it briefly at the hospital, but it looked good.” Ethan was still pissy with his sister. “Come on, you can’t stay mad at me!” “I can and I will.” He narrowed his eyes at her.Callie crossed her arms and pouted, but Alpha John stood up. “Thank you all for coming. We have an exciting announcement to make.” Alpha John looked over at Ethan.“You okay?” He looked at me and asked.“Sure.” I shrugged. He frowned, but stood up and adjusted his shirt.“Some of you are aware, but we wanted to let the pack know I have finally found my mate!” He sounded so cheerful and the entire dining room erupted in cheers. As much as I tried not to cringe, the noise was a lot for my headache. My eyes closed for a second for me to open th
“Whatever makes my mate happy...” Ethan sighed.“In that case, make my headache go away, get me chocolate cake and I want a back rub.” Pushing my plate away, my eyes met some girls that were looking at us and laughing. “Ready to go?” Ethan ignored my last comment.“Yeah.”“What do you guys have planned?” Callie asked.“We have some things to discuss and have a quiet evening. Watch a movie and relax.” Ethan said as I stood up.“Have fun.” She had a big smile on her face. “Night, LUNA!” the girls yelled. I smiled and waved at them as Ethan put his hand on my lower back and let me walk first. A few others said bye as we passed, but when we got on the elevator, I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.“It wasn’t that bad.” Ethan shook his head.“It was more of the quiet this offers.”“Damon said you looked like you were in pain.” Ethan muttered.“What? You had him watching me?”“Not exactly, but he is being rather protective.” “Oh?”“Yeah, he wants this to work. Apparently, I’ve been
“Nothing. I have already dealt with my internal battle. I told you about my issues of your safety. I’m scared shitless, but the more I spend time with you, the more I’m falling for you. I’ve developed these feelings for you and each time we are together, they strengthen. I stopped fighting my natural feelings.”“You are ready to, mate?” I was shocked to even hear him say these things.“Yes, but we will wait until you are ready.” Ethan didn’t have an expression on his face. As hard as I tried to read him, it wasn’t happening. I didn’t say anything but I must have had a look on my face. “What’s wrong?”“Just feels so anticlimactic. I always imagined it would happen the night we found each other and it would be magical, but we are just deciding to mate. Like it is a job position.”“We will do it when it feels right. Not when we are told to do it, and I will happily stand up for us. I have no problem pissing off anyone who thinks differently.”“Okay.” “Grace, we will continue to learn fr
Stomping back, I was ready to give Ethan more of an ass chewing. “The fu-” I started, but stopped when I realized it was Callie and Damon. “A-are you okay?” Callie looked into my room to see if anyone else was there. “Fucking peachy.” Turning instantly, I went to the bathroom to change. “What happened?” Callie yelled through the door. “He’s your fucking brother. What do you think happened?” “Oh, boy.” I heard Callie sigh. There was some whispering, but I couldn’t make it out. As soon as I was changed, I walked out. “Ready to go lay out?” I asked in a more calm voice. Damon was missing. “I am.” Callie gave me a small smile as I walked past her. “How’s your head?” Turning, I waited for her to shut my door, but Ethan and Damon came out of his room at the same time. Neither one of them said anything, but I could feel Ethan’s eyes on my body. The cover up did little to hide what I was wearing. “It’s my ears that hurt.” I grumbled. “They are bleeding really from listening to so muc
“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