Nothing. I felt no sadness. No pain. No anger.Nothing. I was completely numb. Was it normal for me to feel nothing? Should I be crying? Should I be lashing out? Should I be demanding answers? The air locked in my throat as they started lowering the coffin. This shouldn’t have happened. Everything could have been avoided if Jackson had accepted that Sin didn’t want him. It’s too late now.A hand slipped into mine and squeezed, pulling my attention away from the lowering coffin. I frowned down at Bella. “What are you doing here?”“I thought you might need some support,” Bella said softly. “You know for when you face the firing squad, but since you’re all the way over here, I take it that it already happened?”I nodded. “That bad, huh?”A sigh fell from my lips. It was much worse than I had imagined, but I wasn’t going to tell Bella that. With one last glance at the people standing around the grave, I turned away. “Aren’t we going to the after service?” “No,” I muttered. “How
I could remember one time when I knocked on death's door. It was that day when the dogs attacked me. The doctors told mother that I was lucky to be alive because I had lost a lot of blood. I had wished to die that day because I hated my life. But things were different the second time I knocked on death's door. Michel had been by my side, begging me not to leave them, apologizing for not being on time to protect me. I had been shot that night. Not on purpose, but by a stray bullet that hit me while I was running. Draven had taken me to the motel where he found me to return me to my pack, but things had gone wrong when Jackson and his men showed up. He hit me and then told me to run if something happened to him. Jackson had pulled his gun first, demanding that Draven tell him where I was, but he had refused. Maybe Tyrone was right, maybe it wasn’t my fault. I hadn’t asked Draven for help, he had decided to help me on his own free will and it had unfortunately ended up getting him
David straightened as I stepped out of the house. “I’m going for a walk,” I told him when he frowned at me. “I don’t need my alphas to go with me.”“But alpha is going to walk with you. Where are you going?”It was on the tip of my tongue to tell him that I didn’t need him to go with me, but I changed my mind and gave him a shrug instead. He followed me down the steps and waited for me to choose the path before he fell into step next to me. Both of us were silent as we walked. It gave me time to think about what Bella had said. Will I be like my mother? Will I scream at it if it wouldn’t stop crying? Would I hate it like my mother hates me?“What are you thinking about so hard?” David questioned, breaking the silence. I hesitated. “I feel…confused,” I told him. “And scared. I don’t know what to do.”“Is it about the baby?” he questioned. “Yes.” David smiled. “I’m all ears, darling.”“I told Tyrone that I don’t want to keep it.” When he remained silent I continued. “Bella told me
We almost lost her. It might have been just a gaze, but she was close to death. Sin lost so much blood…I should have checked her over for injuries when I found her on the road. I should have fucking stopped the bleeding. I should have gotten to her sooner. Sin stirred, turning onto her back and kicking one part of the blanket off. My eyes trailed over her, lingering on the bandage that covered her upper arm. Just a graze…but it could have been fatal. Just a stray bullet that grazed her arm but could have hit her in the head or stomach or heart. She was so close to death and it was because I didn’t get to her in time. Leaning forward, I rubbed a hand down my face and stood. I froze in my tracks when Sin whimpered. My eyes snapped over to the bed as I spun around and hurried over to the bed. Taking the seat on the edge of the bed, I leaned closer and pressed a hand to her forehead. Another whimper fell from her lips as her body jerked. “Sin.” I slipped my hand down to pres
I sucked in a deep breath and savored the smell of made pancakes. My stomach rumbled, reminding me of the fact that I hadn’t eaten much last night. I haven’t had much of an appetite after everything that has happened in the last few weeks.At least I had both my mates at home and healing.But I was worried about Sin. She was not herself. After what happened to her, we had all been expecting the nightmares but the pregnancy was something else.I was nervous for Sin…for all of us because this was something none of us had even thought about. It was stupid of me, I should have checked to make sure that they had given Sin the birth-control implant but I was too pissed at her to even think about checking.Shaking my hea
“Do you want me to go get Bella?”I clutched at Michel’s hand as we followed the nurse down the hall toward the doctor’s room where she would do the scan. They had already taken my weight, checked my wound, and made me pee in a cup. “I’m sure I can find her before the doctor starts your scan.”As much as I would’ve loved to have Bella by my side, I needed her to be with Tyrone. She needed to make sure that she knew how to take care of Tyrone’s wounds at home because when I tried, I ended up puking my guts out. “You can stay,” I told Michel. “Are you sure? Because it looks like you’d rather be anywhere else but here with me.”I looked up at him to find him smiling at me. “I’m just scared.”“So am I.” Michel squeezed my hand. “Here we are.” The nurse stopped and turned to gesture us into a room. “You can go ahead and take off your underwear and lie down here on the bed. The doctor will be with you in a few seconds.”“Thank you.”My eyes locked on the bed and the strange things at th
“Breed you,” Michel growled. “I remember our beta telling us that a certain omega doesn’t want to be a breeding machine.”I remembered that conversation with Bella clearly. A lot had changed since we had that conversation months ago. Back then I had been uncertain of what my future held, but at the moment I knew where I wanted to be. “I want to be your breeding machine.”Another growl fell from his lips that made my stomach clench. I whimpered, trying to move closer so I could grind the hard length that was pressed against his zipper, but Michel had other plans. He wrapped an arm around my waist and turned, laying me down on the seat. Hovering above me on one elbow, he stared down at me with his brows dipped into a frown. “Sin, I want you to want it because you want it. I don’t want you to want it because we want it.” His frown deepened. “Do you understand what I’m trying to say?”I nodded. “Are you really paying attention, sweet pea?”I was trying to but it was hard to focus on w
“I’m happy with you’re healing.” He took a step back and nodded toward Bella. “You will be healed in a week or two.”“What about scaring?” I asked him, holding my arm up for Bella to rub ointment onto my wound. “Scaring will be minimal.” He dumped the rubber gloves into the pin and turned to face me. “If you have a problem with it then you can look into skin crafting. If you’ll excuse me, I have other things that require my attention.”I sneered at the door after he left. Fucking bastard thought that he was better than everybody around him. “Michel messaged me when they were done with the doctor,” Bella said softly. “I didn’t want to say anything with him in the room.”“Is there something wrong with the baby?” Bella straightened and looked me right in the eye. “There is no baby Tyrone.”No baby. I blinked at her. Sin wasn’t pregnant. A wave of relief flooded me, followed by guilt and then sadness. I was happy that Sin wasn’t pregnant because now she could decide when she wanted to
I will not be like my mother.I’ll be good for our baby.I’ll love it and care for it. It’ll have a family with two moms and two dads.“Okay, let’s get a look at this baby.”I gripped Tyrone’s hand tighter as the doctor squirted some cold gel onto my stomach. His eyes locked with mine when he raised my hand to his lips and pressed a kiss to my knuckles. “Is this your first scan?”Tyrone looked at the doctor. “Yes.”“The baby is growing accordingly, and your weight is right on point.” I flinched when the doctor pressed the wand to my stomach and spread the cold gel around. “And there’s your baby.”My eyes stayed glued to his face. I watched as his eyes widen and his lips slowly curl up into a smile. His hand tightened. “Look at our baby, doll.”I didn’t want to look. But I wanted to look. Our baby. I slowly turned my head to look at the small screen. My heart slowed to a stop before it began beating erratically a few seconds later. There it was. So small.“Your baby is fully f
“Did Sin ever get her birth implant?”I paused for a few seconds and then slowly continued to lower the bag to the floor. “Why?”Michel shrugged. “I’m just asking.”“No, you’re not.”Michel swallowed loudly. “David said that there are a few possibilities for Sin to want her nest.”I pursed my lips, stopping myself from mentioning what Bella told me about Kate and David. We had agreed not to mention it to Michel and Sin because we didn’t want to upset them on the trip. And what a trip it was. A damn fucking mess. “You think she’s pregnant.” I leaned against the back of the couch and frowned at him. “There are a lot of reasons for an omega to want her nest, Michel. Just because she wanted to come home, doesn’t mean that she’s pregnant.”He growled at me and then stormed out of the house. I watched him as he grabbed the last few bags from the car and stormed back into the house. Dropping them next to the others, he straightened to glare at me. “Don’t look at me like that,” I muttered.
Having sex in a hotel bathtub was not ideal. Especially a tub so fucking small. The one in the master bedroom was custom build. Maybe we should’ve stayed at home. This trip was a damn waste. Tyrone hurt his foot before we even made it to the hotel and Sin wanted to go back home. She never said it straight to us, but I could sense it. When I planned this trip, I never took the other people into consideration. I had been thinking only about us. Our first night wasn’t so bad, but the start of our second day wasn’t a good one. Breakfast in bed, and morning sex, that was great. But Sin’s anxiety rose the moment we left our hotel room. Tyrone decided to stay back and rest while we went to the beach. Walking between us, she clung to our hands, eyes darted nervously around us. Some of the anxiety faded when we made it to the beach where only a few people sat. We chose a spot away from them. Bella spread the towels out on the sand while I set up the umbrella. Placing the cooler box down,
I felt bad. Tyrone not only twisted his ankle, but he also had an ugly cut on his heel. I had accused him of throwing us into the water on purpose and I had called him an asshole. My eyes drifted towards him where he lay on the bed, bandaged foot propped up on a pillow. It looked like he was sleeping. The doctor had given him two small white pills to drink before he left. For the next two weeks, Tyrone was supposed to stay off his feet as much as possible.Our first day on vacation was a bust. I sighed, turning to look back out the window. The hotel was located a few feet from the beach so I had a perfect view of the ocean and the activities below. There were a lot of people. More than I had anticipated when Tyrone mentioned a vacation. My anxiety levels spiked the longer I stared at them. Would they stare at me if we go down there?“Are you done unpacking?”I shrugged. “What’s the use of doing that if we won’t be staying for long.”Bella appeared at my side. She stared out of th
It’s not what you’re thinking.How could he know what we were thinking? All I got from David was that stupid text right after I tried to call him. He has been avoiding our calls since. I was tempted to drive out to his house and demand answers from him, but Sin’s excitement for our trip prevented me from doing that. She had been the one asking questions about Kate. She was right about worrying about Kate. Somehow she had managed to worm her way into David’s life. If Bella hadn’t seen them, would David have ever told us? He said it was not what we were thinking, so if they weren’t trying to tear us apart, what was it then? Were they dating? It would tear our friendship apart if she ended up being his mate. “Are we there yet?” My eyes snapped up when the soft question filled the air. To keep our destination a secret, we used blankets to cover the back windows. Another one had been used as a partition between the back and the front of the car. For most of the drive Sin and I had been
We’re going on vacation.Well, more like a short getaway because our trip was going to be a short one--only four days. I wanted it to be longer, but beggars couldn’t be choosers. It would be fun, only the four of us. Away from everyone and we would be able to forget everything that had happened the last few weeks. I was excited and despite not showing it, I knew that Sin was too. She told us that she had never been to the beach before. In about two days, she would. We had all agreed that our destination would be a surprise which was why I was in town.Sin needed some new beach clothes like a bikini. Michel had asked me to pick up a few other things that we needed because he was busy going over things to make sure that nothing went wrong on the ranch while we were away. “Bella?” I tensed. Pursing my lips, I slowly turned around. My eyes widened in surprise. The girl standing a few feet away was not the girl I remembered. I blinked, eyes trailing down her body and then back up to
Tyrone kept one hand pressed to the back of my head as he carried me out of the club. It took a few minutes for the sound of the club to fade and cool air to brush against my skin. Another few minutes passed and then we were back at the car.“Let go,” Tyrone ordered softly. My hold loosened when he started lowering me. After a moment he placed me on the seat. “Scoot over for me,” he ordered softly. I moved back across the seat, glancing around the dark car. Tyrone climbed in and then closed the door behind him. The lock clicked into place. He looked at me again and then held out his arms. He didn’t have to ask me twice. When I was within reach, Tyrone pulled me onto his lap and against his chest. My body instantly relaxed against his when he started purring. I hated and loved how an alpha’s purr affected an omega. Silence surrounded us until he broke it. “Tell me what happened,” Tyrone said softly.I swallowed. “I…I don’t like the b-bondage. It triggers m-memories.”Tyrone rub
Sin had a tight grip on my hand. She hadn’t let go since I took hold of her hand when we left the ranch. I was worried that she would have a panic attack, but she didn’t. Bella had done a great job at distracting her by playing a music guessing game. It was a surprise when Sin actually relaxed, but she tensed again the moment we arrived at David’s club. There were only a few cars parking in the lot which set me at ease a little. We had made arrangements for a private room but decided against the private tour because we wanted Sin to get the full experience of the club. Tonight the club would only be open for club members. There would be a few performances that we could watch if Sin wanted or we could head directly to the private room we had booked. The bouncer at the front door greeted us by name and barely even spared Sin a glance but I noticed that he did a double-take at the burned side of my face. Once we signed in and received our armband, we were allowed to enter. Bella
The things we ordered online started arriving two days later. I was busy unpacking the boxes in the bedroom when Bella joined me with a few more bags and a box. By now I recognized David’s club logo.“New toys?” Bella questioned when she dropped everything next to me on the bed. Colour flooded my cheeks. “I got some for Tyrone.”She raised an eyebrow. “Oh? Can I look?”I hesitated a few seconds and then nodded. Trying my best to ignore her, I continued pulling the clothes from the boxes and placing them aside. When the box was empty, I threw it to the floor and reached for another box. “I can’t wait to watch him try these out,” Bella muttered. “That is if you allow me to watch.”My eyes snapped up to hers in surprise. “Why do you say that?”“Because despite all of us being together there are times when someone would want some privacy.” Bella’s eyes dropped to the clothes on my lap. “Primarily you and Ty are mated so we’ll understand if you would like to spend time without us.”“Lik