Jackson is dead. This time we could be sure of it. There was a body to prove it and the memory of shooting the motherfucker would forever be branded in my mind. I was happy to do it, and I would certainly do it over and over again if I had the opportunity. I glanced at Sin and Daisy, sitting in the corner of the porch. The right thing to do should be to call the cops, but the cops already knew he was dead unless he paid someone on the force to help him fake his death. “What happened?”I hesitated. “What makes you think something happened?”“Bella, it’s the middle of the night. There has to be a reason for you to call me so late. Now tell me, what happened?”“Jackson broke into the house,” I said softly. Something clattered to the floor. “He’s dead,” I told him before he could utter a word. “I-I shot him,” I explained where our alphas were. “I can’t get a hold of them.”“Have you tried the neighbour’s phone?” he questioned. “Nobody’s answering. I know for a fact that they’re the
“Do you want me to get you anything?” David asked softly. I shook my head. All I wanted was for my alphas to get home safely and prove Jackson’s words wrong. He hadn’t hurt them. Bella had spoken to them on the phone but that didn’t mean that they would return home. What if Jackson had planned something for them when they were on their way home?“How long until they get back?” I asked Bella. “Shouldn’t they have been here already?”I looked up when neither of them answered my question. David and Bella exchanged a glance and then David made his way over to me. He knelt in front of the couch and reached out to place a hand on my knee. “There are a few miles that separate the properties from each other, and with the rain...the roads are a mess.” He smiled. “Ty and Michel will be driving slowly with the trailers hooked to the truck and the horses loaded in the back.”“I just want them to get home,” I whispered. “I know, darling. Do you want to call them?”I instantly nodded. “No,” Be
“I hope you fucking burn in hell,” I hissed as I poured gasoline all over Jackson’s body. Stepping back, I watched as Michel threw a match onto the body, setting it on fire. We stood silent, shoulder to shoulder, watching as the flames spread until no part of his body was untouched. The smoke rose higher and higher in the sky, the smell of burning flesh filling our noses. Calling the police was not an option. Everybody in town already hated us and if Bella confessed to shooting Jackson, they would have no problem locking her up. “I’ll keep an eye on it while I tend to the horses,” Michel said softly. “Better go clean up.”“Mind if I borrow some clothes?” David asked. I glanced over at him and winced. We had both tried to get Jackson’s body out of the house without getting blood on everything, but our clothes didn’t survive at all. My eyes darted over my own clothes and then to the burning body. “Throw the clothes into the fire when you’ve changed.” Michel spun around and made hi
His body was different. I knew that no person looked the same. Everyone was different and unique in their own way. David had been with us during my heat, I could remember seeing him, but I didn’t remember many details about it. Now I had a first-row view of everything I had missed when I was in heat. My eyes darted over every inch of him, taking in the dark ink that covered nearly every inch of his chest. He was fit like Tyrone and Michel, but his body was firmer. My heartbeat increased as my eyes slipped lower to the patch of neatly trimmed hair at the apex of his thighs. Not bare but not a lot of hair either. I studied his cock next and then the tattoos on his thighs. “You have so many,” I whispered. “And he’ll probably get a few more until every inch of his body is covered in ink,” Tyrone muttered from behind me. David shifted from foot to foot. “I don’t think anybody has ever studied every inch of me like you.”Swallowing, I looked at Tyrone over my shoulder. I was still un
“Do you need any help?”Michel stiffened and slowly straightened. His eyes locked on me over the horse’s back for a few seconds. “No.”I swallowed and moved around the front of the horse to the other side. For a moment my eyes darted over the horse, taking in the wounds that has already been treated before locking on him. “How long are you going to stay mad at me?” I asked him. He didn’t answer. Letting out a sigh, I walked over to the bench and picked up another brush. I walked back around the horse and started brushing her fur. The silence between us stretched on and on, making my heart sink with every second that passed. “I’m sorry,” I muttered. “Do you think sorry is going to fix everything?” Michel growled. “No.”Michel threw the brush down on the bench and took the reins. I dropped my brush and followed behind him as he led the horse into the barn. After securing her in a stall, he spun around to face me. “You were stupid!” he growled. “You should have called me the mome
I loved the smell of my alpha. I loved watching my alpha and my beta having sex even more. It was different from the way Tyrone and Michel and I had sex. Raising my head, I looked at Tyrone. “Will you do it to me?”“Do what?” he questioned as he glanced at me. “Take me like Michel took Bella.”Tyrone’s steps faltered. I thought it was because of what I said, but when I looked at him, I found his attention focused elsewhere. I followed his gaze to the house. My stomach dropped. David sat on the steps, staring down at his phone. After what happened I thought that he had left. At that moment, he looked up. Our eyes locked for a few seconds before I looked away.“I’ll talk to him.”It would have been so easy to let him do that. I was embarrassed after what happened in the bathroom and the easy thing would have been to just ignore him and pretend that nothing happened. “No.” I pressed a kiss to his cheek. “I think that we need to talk. I don’t want it to be awkward between us, betwee
Lauren Sanders.I knew now why the name had sounded so familiar when it was mentioned in the ongoing investigation. Lots of people had the same names so I didn’t really pay much attention to it. Until now. Until I had an address and a snapshot of the woman. My body vibrated with anger and I was sure that everyone would’ve been able to feel it if they were awake. This fucking woman, a woman who I had known for more than six years, was responsible for my mate’s suffering. For all the fucking pain she had gone through before Draven found her in that motel room. Had he known?The question flashed through my mind along with a billion others that had no answers. I wish I had respected Sin’s wishes and told them that I didn’t want the information on Sin’s mother. But I had asked because I thought that Sin would change her mind about it. Not once in the past four weeks had she asked me or even mention it. You know where she lives.I knew everything about her and some more that hadn’t be
Memories from my childhood had been locked away when Draven found me in that motel room. I had been haunted by nightmares but it was filled with only his face, never hers because she was never there. I was twelve the last time I saw her and back then she looked like shit. It was no wonder I didn’t recognize her when Draven introduced us, but she clearly recognized me. It saddened me that a mother couldn’t recognize her own daughter but then again, I was happy that she didn’t want me to stay with Draven because if I had stayed, I would probably locked inside one of Jackson’s basements. I wouldn’t be snuggled underneath the blankets in my own nest in my own home with my three mates. A low sigh fell from my lips. The arm around my waist tightened, pulling me closer to the body behind me. Goose bumps broke out over my skin when warm lips brushed against the back of my neck. “The ranch hands will take care of the horses and everything that needs to be done today,” Michel said softly.
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