LacyThe mate bond was a little frustrating, and I wondered if this was how humans felt when they fell in love with someone. Did they also feel a little trapped in a situation that wasn’t entirely what they wanted? The only difference was that accepting a mate bond made us physically stronger. I wondered if humans also felt stronger if they were with the ones they loved and finally pushed all the strange thoughts to the back of my mind.I wasn’t human. No matter how hard I tried to leave this world, it was clear I wasn’t going to, and I would never be human. I sighed deeply as I looked around my bedroom and thought about the fact that my dreams had been completely crushed.“Oh, now, I’m just being dramatic!” I threw my hands in the air reprimanding myself. “I could just accept a new dream.” But I was really looking forward to moving into my first home all on my own. I was already planning what I wanted to buy to decorate everything. Goodness! I had so many plans and if I accepted Kai
LacyI changed my outfit four times before my mom finally told me we had to go. I would probably have changed another six times if I had the time. I couldn’t understand why I felt so nervous and clamped my hands together all the way to the alpha’s house.I relaxed the moment I saw Kai. It felt so weird. He made me nervous but calmed me down at the same time and I felt my cheeks turn bright red. He was handsome. That much was clear. I found him attractive. I couldn’t deny that. The only problem for me was what I dreamed my future would look like and what it was really going to be like.“How are you holding up?” Kai asked me as soon as we could find a moment alone and I sighed deeply.“It’s all a bit much.” That damn silly giggle escaped between my lips, turning my cheeks bright red again. “I mean that we didn’t have time to just date.” I couldn’t tell him that I dreamed of meeting someone and dating for a while before even thinking about getting engaged and married.“We can take it as
MicaI was happy that two of our three children had finally found their mates. I was getting a little worried that none of them would. I was sad that Eve wasn’t living with us anymore, but she seemed happy to be where she was. I also had to admit that I was very proud of Kai.Our son was suppressing his natural instinct so that his mate could feel comfortable first before they just jumped into a relationship. It was comforting to see that the next generation took their promises seriously. Some took the time to get to know their mate first before they just jumped right into anything.LacyKai and his family were very kind. The only thing I really had to get used to was the sudden huge amount of respect I received wherever I went, and it made me a little uncomfortable. I decided not to say anything though. It was my own emotions that I had to deal with and not a problem I wanted Kai to solve for me.Having my two omegas with me made things a lot easier and, before long, Kai was helping
LacyOne of the men pushed my head down, and I couldn’t see where they were taking me and just as I tried to sit up, a bag was pulled over my head and I could feel someone tying my hands. Who were these people and why were they doing this?! I was a nobody and I sure as hell had no enemies.With my vision blocked out completely, it felt as if we had been driving for hours before I finally felt the car come to a halt. I was dragged out of the car and someone picked me up and carried me. All I heard was the gravel crunching under his shoes, and then I heard his shoes walking on wood.It had to be a pack house, but why would another pack have kidnapped me?! The bag was pulled off, and I blinked a couple of times to focus after my eyes were kept in the dark for so long. I gaped the moment they cleared, and I saw the man in front of me. He wasn’t the boy I used to know anymore and he had a scar across his face that wasn’t there when I saw him last.“Paul! Why are you doing this?” My voice
LacyOut of all the things that I imagined that could have gone wrong, this was not on the list! I hadn’t thought about Paul in forever! I hadn’t thought about that damn pact since the day we made it. It was meant to have been a damn joke!Paul came out of the bathroom with only a towel around his waist and I looked away. I didn’t want to see what he looked like naked, and it was clear he didn’t care. I heard the towel drop as Paul laughed before opening a drawer.“I don’t care if you look.” His voice was filled with amusement.“I don’t want to!” I growled through gritted teeth. He closed the gap between us in the blink of an eye as he gripped my jaw, but I kept my eyes shut.“Look at me!” He growled, and I opened my eyes, keeping my eyes fixed to his as I felt the nausea push up from deep inside me. I knew where this was going, not because I had been through anything like it before. It was just a feeling I had.“You will love me! I am going to mark you and make you mine, and you will
LacyI pulled the dress over my head, fully aware that he was reveling in my every movement. I wasn’t sure why he wanted me to get dressed if he planned on doing what I could see in his eyes he was planning on doing. The man I once thought was a friend, had turned into my greatest enemy.I don’t know why, but I remembered something that Kai’s mother told me about Luna Ava and I felt a strength start to grow inside of me that I never even realized I had. So, she had the help of some weird goddess that kept bringing her back to life, but in the end, she was the one who changed her fate.It was her choices that saved their pack. My choices would get me out of this mess safely. I might not get out of it completely intact, but was going to get out. I couldn’t think about Kai. I couldn’t think about our bond. I had to think about surviving.My focus had to stay on that. I glared at Paul as he wiped his mouth almost as though he had been drooling. He smiled before gripping my wrists and tyin
KaiI felt her fear. What kind of danger was she in? There were still no clues as to where she was or who took her, and it had become clear that whoever did it, wasn’t looking for a ransom. Lacy had been gone for three days and there were no clues!Without a ransom demand, we had to work through all the possibilities of who it could be. It was an agonizingly slow process, and I was on the verge of pulling my own hair out. I needed to bring her back safely and my only consolation at this stage was that she was still alive.The goddess only knew what she was going through, but she was alive.LacyI knew I needed to eat, so I could keep my strength up, but I was having trouble because I knew what he wanted. I was not going to give it to him willingly, which only meant he would force himself on me. Each time he left me alone in his room, I tried to find a way out.I couldn’t just sit there and wait to be saved. I couldn’t go through what it was he was planning for me in the hopes that som
LacyI mistakenly thought I had put him off completely. I didn’t see Paul for two days and then he appeared again. He was smiling as though nothing had happened and even said sorry for being absent because he apparently had some business to take care of.I didn’t have to ask. I could smell the business on him the moment he walked into the room. Her scent was one of those thick perfumes that nearly made me gag. Only then did I wonder where the hell he slept if I was staying in his room.“Does your business know that you are keeping me prisoner?” I glared, hoping to provoke him into leaving me alone again. Sadly, it had the opposite effect.“Are you jealous?” His eyes sparkled, and I wished I could slap the smile right of his face. His smile quickly changed when I didn’t say a word. He knew I wasn’t jealous. I had a fated mate, so I couldn’t get jealous about his affairs even if I wanted to.“What do you want from me, Paul? You know as well as I do that if I don’t reject him, I could ne