"On the other side, there is a pet store, a couple farmer’s market stores that are only open in the summer and a few clothing stores.” Callie pointed to the other side of the street. “The flowers on the street are beautiful.” On every corner had a massive pot with overflowing flowers. They ranged from all the colors, but it was the plaques in remembrance that really caught my attention. “That is actually my doing.” Callie said quietly. “Luna! Alpha!” I heard a little girl yell behind us. “Lilly! No!” Her mother tried to catch the little girl, but we all watched as she ran up to us. “Hi!” Kneeling down. The little girl ran up to me and gave me a huge hug.“I’m so sorry!” The mother looked appalled. “Don’t worry about it!” I waved her off with a smile. Lilly let me go and took a few steps back. “I’m five!” She held up her hand for me to see she had five fingers. “That’s awesome! Does that make you in kindergarten?” “It does!” She squealed. “Do you see my dress? My mommy said I c
"Just because I am good at it doesn’t mean I like it.” “Seriously…. I-”“Callie.” Ethan said and gave his sister a look. Whatever he said to her or his look made her drop the subject. Damon was looking between Ethan and I but didn’t comment. “Dear brother.” Callie batted her eyelashes at him. “What do you think about renting a yacht again?” “When do you want to go?” Ethan asked. My eyes drifted to the surrounding restaurant. Security cameras were in every corner, moving slightly to any motion that was detected. Looking behind Ethan, I saw the front door had quite the impressive locks on the door. “Sounds good, Grace?” Callie brought my attention back to their conversation. “Huh?” I was vaguely aware of Damon watching me. “Renting a yacht?” “Will there be jelly fish?” Callie busted up laughing as Carol came out of the kitchen with our food. Ethan took his arm back to pick up his sandwhich. “Does anyone need anything?” My wrap looked amazing. “No, thank you.” Picking up my fork
Callie was just smiling at me, so I knew something was up. “Sounds good. Check on the emails for me to see if we have got a reply yet.” Damon nodded and turned. “Will do.” Ethan took my hand and led me down the street. “What are they up to?” “No idea, but by the look on Callie’s face, this may or may not be a good thing.” “Thanks for saving me about the dancing thing.” We were walking slowly. He wasn’t really showing me anything, but just allowing me to look around and take it all in. “You’re welcome. You really don’t like the ballet though, huh?” I looked at him and smiled. “It’s kind of boring.” “Very boring. If you haven’t left your pack, how have you seen them?” “Videos. I assume watching a video isn’t much different than seeing it in person.” “How did you go to Juilliard?” “My dad paid for a teacher to come to the pack and teach me. He even held all the competition in the pack. They said he was the biggest financial supporter they ever had.” “Damn.” “Yup. Money gets yo
“No…” “Yeah. That is my design. I own the copyrights to it, but since my dad didn’t approve, I had to do it behind his back.” “You dad doesn’t know that his daughter is what… a millionaire?” “No, he doesn’t, and that is something that stays between us. Promise me on our mate bond you won’t tell a soul.” “I promise….” Ethan’s mind was reeling. “Who does know about this?” “Only Vincent. He knew what would happen if our dad found out, so he helped me. He really did all the legwork to get it published in the world.” “Stella didn’t know?” “Nope. She just assumed it was daddy’s money I was spending and dad gave me an allowance. I really just used the allowance and put the security money in savings. I’m not a big spender anyway, so it wasn’t hard. Still, when we would go shopping, I would always buy something for a family in need or do a good deed with it my money.” “What do you want to do with the money?” “I honestly don’t know. I’ve been trying to find a good business to invest in
“What should I wear to the date tonight?” Ethan looked back at me as we came out on the other side of the forest. Taking my hand, we started walking. I was still trying to gather my bearings to see where I was even at. “Something lightweight.” “What work do you have to do?” “Basic stuff. Things like budgeting and replying to emails.” “Do you have a computer I can use?” He looked down at me. “You can use my laptop but what do you want to do with it? I don’t have any programing soft wear.” “I can access my accounts and start the process of switching everything over.” It was a partial lie, but omission wasn’t truly lying, was it? Thankfully, we couldn’t feel everything from each other yet, so I was safe. “Yeah. That’s fine. I don’t have much seating in my office, but you are welcome to sit in there with me.”By this time, I saw the training field come into view. We were on the other side of the territory. “Sometime, I would like to walk the perimeter to know that part.” “Yeah, th
Ethan had a golf cart waiting for us as we walked out of the packhouse. There wasn’t a picnic basket on the back or anything to drink. Not wanting to ruin it, I just got on and enjoyed the warm evening sea breeze that hit me in the face as we headed down to the ocean. The sun was getting low enough that we had around an hour or so before it completely set. As we got to the ocean and Ethan parked, the sun was illuminating each peaceful wave that came. There wasn’t much wind, and it was unusually calm. As we walked hand in hand, a little table came into view. There was a bottle of wine with two plates of food with metal covers sitting on top. “Oh my.” I whispered. My heart was swelling just thinking about the plans he put into this. “I wanted to do something just intimate. I’ve never done this and since you enjoy the beach as much as I do, this seemed like a good idea.” Ethan was clearly nervous about this. “This is perfect.” Ethan pulled out my chair and helped me push it in. The s
We sat in silence as we watched the sun slowly move down under the ocean. Everything was perfect. The sound of the ocean, the random calls of a seagull, and the warmth of my mate. This just became my happy place. The place I want to remember when I am stressed or need a mental get away. “Are you wanting to head back?” Ethan asked, as the sun was just about gone. “Do we have to?”“No, we can stay out here as long as you want. We won’t get interrupted. I have commanded everyone to stay off the beach tonight.” “Why?” Sitting up, I looked back at him.“I wanted to have an uninterrupted date. We haven’t done much talking, but this turned out pretty good.” Deciding to put my big girl panties on, I took charge. I knew he wasn’t going to do it since he was waiting for me, so I did it. Turning my body, my arms wrapped around his neck. It was as if he expected it and rolled over, making me on the bottom, but he kissed me all the same. His hands traveled down my sides, grazing my breast on t
Only when he was satisfied that I came off my high did Ethan moved back up so he was facing me. His kiss was sweet and I could taste myself on his lips. A zipper was sliding down, telling me his pants were about to leave.After a brief struggle, I felt something rather large hit my thigh. Ethan moved on top of me, pushing my legs apart. Looking down, his penis was very much ready and was larger than I ever expected. “This is your last chance. Once it is in, you are mine forever. There is no turning back. I will not give you up. I will cherish you until you die.” “I’m already yours.” “I love you, Grace.” Ethan said to me. He didn’t move, but waited for me to register the words. “I love you too, Ethan.” The words were barely out of my mouth when Ethan rammed his dick into me, quickly and forcefully. “AHH!” I screamed as my back arched against him. “I know, love. I know. Relax. The pain will go away in a minute.” Ethan didn’t move as he waited for my body to relax. My legs clamped
“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