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Damon blinked a few times and took a step back. His mouth opened and closed a few times, unsure of what to say. “She owns copyrights to a security system.” Ethan put his arm around me. Damon put his hands on his hips and frowned. “I’m going to need you to break it down for me.”“The Anderson System. More specifically, the Model G version for your understanding.” I said, hoping he didn’t freak out on me.“What is our security system…” “Correct. I designed it and own it. I have leased it to a company to sell, but it is still my design.” Damon blinked for a full minute before he responded. “You got money, is what you are saying. Why…why?” “I have money. I don’t want the pack knowing, as money tends to make people treat you differently. The biggest thing my dad doesn’t know. Vincent has always been on my side and helped me accomplish it. I enjoy programing. Which I told you. I didn’t tell you what kind of programing I excel at. Now that Vincent took his name off everything, it is comp
Callie was putting all my bras and underwear in the suitcase. “Well, no.” “Good. You have started packing.” Ethan walked through the open door, making me jump a little in surprise. “I’m glad you guys are here. Carry all this to Ethan’s room and we will start putting everything away.” Carrie zipped up the suitcase and dropped it on the floor. “Can you go ahead? I need to speak with Grace.” Ethan didn’t take his eyes off me as he spoke to his sister. “Sure, but if she isn’t in your room in a few minutes, I am going to put things where I want them.” Callie warned before she and Damon walked out of the bedroom, closing the door behind them. “What can I do for you?” Pushing off the bed, my eyes stayed on my clothes. “You need to also be thinking about your luna ceremony. I received this in the mail.” Still avoiding his eyes, I took the envelope from his outstretched arm.It was already opened, but I already knew what it was. Stella was getting her luna ceremony, but it was scheduled t
“It’s really a gift.” Ethan said. Reaching over, he grabbed my thigh and pulled me so I was sitting next to him. The cart never swerved, but he had moved me, so our legs were touching. The damn sparks were threatening to ease my hurt. He didn’t say anything but just drove us to the entrance of the beach. Not letting me climb out, he pulled me alongside of him, tucking me into his side. There were some people around, but it was mostly bare. “I wanted to walk alone.” “That sucks.” Ethan drug me a few more yards before he stopped to take his shoes off. “Do you want to take yours off?” Not wanting to answer him, I just took my shoes off and tossed them beside his. Since I wanted to walk on my own, I just took off while he was putting them off to the side. “You can run, love, but you can’t get away from me.” Ethan’s voice was louder, but not that far behind me. “I’m not trying to run, just accept my reality.” As much as I tried to sound calm, my heart was beating in my chest. “Accep
As if he put them in order, I pulled out a large catalog from Ashleys. There k a few pages with corners bend over. Flipping through a few, Callie had left a note saying how cute it was. It made me wonder if Ethan knew she did that. A huge paint sampler was next, then the most beautiful laptop I have ever seen. It was perfect for my needs. The sundress was white with small groups of red flowers with green stems. It was honestly so beautiful that I could barely take it. Getting overly excited, I ran to the bathroom and got undressed. Callie had set up a makeup part on the vanity with my curler. It was as if she knew exactly what I needed. Even a strapless bra was laying out for me to us. “That woman.” I muttered, but put on the bra before putting the dress on. It fit perfectly. The top was a not quite a V neck but it dipped down. It was tight on the girls, making my cleavage perfect. The rest of the dress fell over my body, loosely to my knees. Fixing the spaghetti straps so it was s
“I mean…” Callie started, but Travis and Kevin came back with two random girls. “Hey, luna! I am Patsy and that is Kathy.” She seemed to be our age, but she had this dark edge to her. Patsy had long, thick brown hair. Her jeans or threatening to bust open from the holes and her crop top showed off her tiny stomach. It was the heels that told me what I needed to know. Kathy was wearing shorts, her ass just about finished eating, but it was the amount of cleavage that she was showing off. “Nice to meet you, girls.” I said politely. Callie was clearly not impressed but kept her mouth shut. “Did you get your laptop?” Damon asked me. “I did. I’ll take it tonight and get it set up.” “Was it the right one?” “It was perfect.” Ethan came back with our drinks. “Alpha.” Patsy bowed in respect. “Alpha.” Kathy said with a flirty voice that instantly annoyed me. Lifting an eyebrow at Kevin, he seemed a little put off. Ethan grabbed my chair and pulled me against him so there wasn’t any roo
“You. Are. Mine.” Ethan growled as he roughly pushed me against a tree. There wasn’t anything gentle about this. His kissing was rough, his hands firmly squeezed my ass as he pounded into me. “HARDER!” I screamed. Welcoming the pain in my back and from taking every inch of him.“Oh, fuck…” Ethan came hard and fast, but it was his hand that did it for me. Grabbing the back of my neck, his lips slammed into mine without mercy. Only when he let me go was I able to breathe again. My legs gave out, but Ethan caught me before I hit the ground. “Whoa.” “I can’t feel them.” Laughing, Ethan lowered me down to the ground before he buckled his pants. “If this is how you act when you are jealous, I should do that more often.” “Please… don’t.” Ethan reached down to help me stand up. “Your back!” “Is it bleeding?” “Why didn’t you tell me?” I felt Ethan wiping some dirt off my back. “Is my dress ruined? I really liked this one.” “No.” Ethan was still grumpy, but he cleaned me off. Turning a
More than one warrior’s eyes got wide as they allowed Patsy to walk forward. However, she had a smile on her face. I wasn’t looking for a fight. She might have thought I would allow her to square up, but I just walked up to her and punched her in the nose. Blood splattered everywhere, but I wasn’t done. My foot landed in her stomach, forcing her backwards onto her ass. Everyone moved out of my way as I stood on top of her and grabbed a fist full of hair. Her eyes were filled with rage as she looked at me. “Next time, don’t be a bitch and just challenge me.” Delivering one last punch, she was knocked out cold.“Kyle, take this trash to the hospital. I felt her jaw break.” No one spoke as Kyle picked her up and walked towards the hospital. “Satisfied?” Ethan asked me. Both he and Damon were standing there, watching me with their hands folded over their chest. Ethan was proud, and a little turned on. “Yes.” “Good.” Ethan nodded at Damon. I was done being at training. Turning around,
“Why must you make everything so difficult?” Ethan smirked as he kissed me. The doors opened just in time for him to grab my legs and wrap them around his waist. “I just like make up sex. It’s so good.” “So our regular sex isn’t good? Wow.” Ethan carried me to our bed before he dropped me, but he stayed on top of me. “Anytime I get to touch you is amazing.” “Well, Callie is waiting for us, so you need to change, and so do I.” Ethan slammed his lips on mine before getting up. “Fine.” Ethan went to the closet, so I went to the bathroom. Thankfully, I had waterproof makeup, but since I didn’t plan on actually getting in the water, it didn’t matter much. After putting on the tiny two-piece suit, I grabbed Ethan’s shirt I wore to bed last night and used it for a coverup. Putting a hair tie on my wrist, I was ready to go. Ethan had his swim trunk hung low on his hips. It was the color that got me. We were matching. “Matching?” “Yes. You like black and neon pink, so I found matching
“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