Melody Reese"You what?" Caleb asked, almost tipping over the bleachers with laughter."I'm telling you, I knew something was wrong when Draven didn't shift when they got to the border." Holden said it with a light laugh, sending me a sideways glance."Did you seriously walk with your dress half zipped and Draven shirtless with both of you barefoot?" Jones asked again, laughing out loud when I nodded."That is some entertaining shit. I wish I saw you two running like mad people." Mason said, watching as teens in training began to trickle in."Good thing you didn't." I responded with a smile."I bet you had a lot of fun, though." There went Jones again, wiggling his eyebrows."Oh, I had fun, alright?" I remembered Draven and me on the dancefloor, moving as one to the beat. I could still feel his tight grip on me, his cock grinding on my ass, each time sending a jolt of want to my pussy. I remembered how we found ourselves in the men's washroom and went at it, locking people out as we f
Draven FoxI was seated in my office chair, listening to my trackers as they updated me on the search for Gwen. One after the other, they talked until the office phone rang. With a wave of my hand, I dismissed them, picking up the phone. "Alpha Draven Fox of the Yellow Moon Pack." I answered, letting the command in my voice be felt. The caller's loud breath filled my ear. "I know where Gwen is.""Nathan." I growled, my grip on the phone tightening the moment I recognized his voice. My wolf panted on the inside, pacing as he imagined getting his canines near Nathan's throat. A time would come when he would pay for his evil toward Melody."I will bring her to you if you bring Melody to me." He sounded smug, making my blood boil.I let out a loud, sardonic laugh, tilting the chair to face the window. "You have some nerve. I'll give you that." I hissed, the laughter dying instantly."The contract between our packs expired, and that was the only thing standing between me and my revenge on
Melody ReeseOne minute I couldn't keep my eyes open as I talked to Draven; the next I was back in our house, in our bed, covered up to my neck with the comforter. "She's awake!" I heard my mate's shout of relief, then felt his hands wrapping me in a warm hug. Then I opened my eyes, looking past his shoulder as the door burst open and Scarlet ran in, her shoulders slumping in relief when she looked at me.My father soon followed, sending a weak smile my way. "What's happening?" I asked, inhaling Draven's scent and letting it calm my racing nerves."You don't remember?" He pulled back, placing his hands on either side of my face as he gazed into my eyes. It was as if he were searching for something, something that he expected me to know, maybe."Remember what?" I asked, my throat itchy and dry. I cleared it, making his mom fetch water from the mini fridge in our bedroom."Don't overwhelm her; your magic was too much for her. She will remember after she has settled." His mother said, op
Draven Fox"I want to talk to her." Melody suddenly spoke while sitting up, her drowsy eyes directed at me."Who, Astra?" I asked, glancing at her father, who leaned on the dresser."Draven, do not test my patience." She spoke in a low, menacing voice, making me wonder what had changed. Could she have somehow known that Nancy had poisoned her? Did she have a recollection of what happened?"I don't know who you're talking about." I shrugged, watching as she turned to her father."Are you also going to pretend you don't know what I'm talking about?" She raised her eyebrows, shaking her head, when her father swept his hand over his face. Mom came back with a bowl of chicken soup and a spoon in her hand, flashing a smile at Melody, who put on a straight face."Feeling better?" Mom asked Melody, who just stared at her, not uttering a single word back."What did you do now?" Leave it to her to blame everything on me. She handed me the bowl, an understanding crossing in her eyes."When was t
Melody Reese"Pl-ease." Nancy's whimpers had my weak legs tingling, itching to deliver a kick to her mouth to make her shut up."It must feel so bad to know that you're a failure." I mocked when the guard inside unlocked the door following Draven's command. She was suspended in the middle of the cell, her hands tied with silver chains that were attached to the concrete above. Her clothes were torn, and her body was whipped, clawed, and bitten, allowing blood to trickle and pool on the ground beneath her.The cell reeked of iron, burnt flesh, ammonia, tears, and so many other things I didn't have the luxury to pinpoint. "Has she revealed who she's working with?" Draven asked the guard, who glared at Nancy and then punched her in the stomach. She winced, coughing blood mixed with saliva that trickled down her chest."She hasn't said a word, except beg." He replied, nodding at the alpha after they exchanged a word telepathically. He left, leaving us inside alone with her."Why did you wa
Draven Fox"Mom, do you know where dad's keeping his torture tools?" I asked after we were done eating, helping mom clear the table."Are you sure you want to take that path, Draven?" Instead of answering, she asked, emptying the left-over remains on the plates into the bin and then handing them to me as I loaded them into the dishwasher."What path?" I asked, leaning on the kitchen counter, when she stopped with the dishes."You once told your father that he enjoys spilling innocent blood and that you don't want to be like him." She reminded me of the day my father accused me of being lenient with Gwen. As it panned out, he had been correct all along."Now you want his tools? What changed?" She probed, a smile dancing on her lipstick-covered lips. I didn't understand what she found funny in our conversation."Nancy isn't innocent." I pressed my teeth together, forcing the words in between them."Neither were the people your father used his tools on." I didn't respond immediately, try
Melody ReeseMy chest constricted as I watched Draven walk away, his shoulders slumped and his gaze cast down. The sound of the door closing with a bang pulled me back to bitter reality. I had hurt him in front of his own mother and my mother. I had undermined our bond without a care, disregarding his love for me and his alpha position. But for my plan to work, it had to be done. I needed to make him angry and create tension between us so I'd have a reason to raise a barrier between our bond."As the luna, you just want to do what's good for the pack," his mother said, placing her hand on my shoulder as a tear passed past my eyelid, "but don't let it come between you and your bond." She finished, busing herself with the dishes."If I were you, I'd be running after him." Those were the only words my father uttered before fishing out his phone from his pocket. He furiously typed before looking at me with an emotion I couldn't identify. Then he spoke, his voice trembling before he covere
Draven Fox"Why?" I simply asked Nancy with the thumb crusher in my hand as Jones adjusted the tightness of the silver chains around her wrists. When I saw it previously, the device had two vertical, distance-spaced round bars, but a third one had been added, with the middle one containing threads for the screw. A rectangular metal bar was affixed to the top of the three bars. On top of it, another one with three holes was slung into the vertical bars, with space for fitting the fingers."I hate repeating myself, Nancy." I hissed lowly, my jaw ticking, when she coughed and spat blood, glaring at me with drowsy eyes."Big mistake." I roared, licking my lips as I anticipated hearing the sounds of her finger bones being crushed slowly in between the metal bars."You fucking bitch!" Jones wasn't patient; he backhanded her, sending her swaying in the air. She screamed when the movement made the silver chains burn further into her skin, leaving a hefty smell of burned skin."Hold her hand."