Melody POV
The woman stares at me and her eyes change color or is it the light, before she speaks, “uhm, why are they all running in there and why did you pull me out?” I turned as a growl erupted, shaking all the closed doors.
I sighed, “your Alpha, his monitors, when I walked in were going through the roof, that’s not normal, he was going to have a heart attack, if the RESUS team hadn’t gotten there in time.” I smiled, “come on, you can sit and wait, I’m sure he’ll be fine in a bit.”
She giggled under her breath, “you believe what your saying don’t you, there’s nothing wrong with his heart, didn’t you just hear him growl, he’s fine, pissed off now, but fine.”
My eye’s widened a bit to her and darted to the door as it flung open, and the RESUS team came out glaring at me. “My name is Clair, and your team seems a bit pissed too,” she arches her brow at me, “are you going to be, okay?”
I shook my head, “I’m Melody, yea I’ll be fine, I’m sure Dr, Fabian will be happy to give me a little ass chewing over this, but nothing I can’t handle,” I shrugged.
Before I could say another word, Dr. Fabian stepped out, “Mel, follow me, office now.”
I bit my lower lip and spun, following him down the hall, Clair called out, “sorry Melody.” I almost chuckled, why is she sorry, she’s not the one that forgot fucking werewolves 101, their practically indestructible, self-healing and fucking perfect creations.
I shut the door behind me and stood with my back to it, “Dr. Fabian, I apologize, I guess I just forgot about the whole werewolves can heal like GODS thing.”
He glared at me, “That’s not funny Melody, curb your jokes huh, that is my Alpha in there that you just single handedly made a joke of, he is not amused and neither am I, you’re relieved of your duties until we investigate what the hell happened to the equipment in that room.”
My brows furrowed, “Wait, WHAT? I’m being sent home because of technical malfunctions of the monitors, and you think that’s fair? I only did what I was trained to do when the monitors do that and now, I’m being sent home, like I did something wrong.” My hands flew into the air, “okay, so I forgot about the werewolf higher on the healing scale than us mere mortals, but to send me home really Dr. Fabian, isn’t that excessive, why was he even hooked up to them when they’re not even necessary.”
He shook his head, “it still stands, what you did to the Alpha he…”
I cut him off, “WAIT, this has to do with me trying to save his fucking ass from having a heart attack on my watch and he is what embarrassed because why, WHY? Because I made a judgement call, hit the CODE button, then I’ll apologize for doing MY FUCKING JOB!”
Dr. Fabian stood and walked towards me, and I moved from the door, opening it and moving out it, “not a problem, I’ll leave,” I don’t want him touching me as if he’s consoling me, we both know he wants to get handsy with me in a sexual way. I walked back to my COW and grabbed my drink and sweater. The woman was standing outside Room 1 and the door was opening, I nodded to her, “see ya Clair,” I turned and walked with meaningful purpose down the back hallway to the lounge. To say I was fuming is an understatement, livid is more like it, I could literally hear the blood rushing in my ears as I gathered my belongings from the lounge and barreled through the back door leading to the staff parking lot. I was so busy cursing out their stupid Alpha under my breath, that I didn’t notice the stretch limousine parked and running on the side of me. I walked by whisper shouting to myself, “the asshat doesn’t have enough manners to thank a person for trying to save his arrogant, self-centered, egotistical life anyway…”
“You sound as if your upset about something,” a deep baritone voice spoke from beside me, making me jump and clutch my bag to my chest as I spun staring at a cracked window of the back of the limousine.”
I arched a brow, “yea, well sorry you heard any of that, I’m usually more professional, have a good night,” I went to walk off when the driver’s door opened, and a large man stepped out.
He nodded, “My boss asks if you’d like a ride to your car?”
I laughed, “no, I’m good, the day I can’t walk 10 feet, is the day they can nail the lid closed on my coffin, thank whoever is hiding in your backseat though for me.” I spun and walked briskly to my car, not wanting anything more to do with whatever species is in the back of the limousine. I blew out a breath when I was safely in my driver’s seat. Not many things give me that foreboding feeling but whoever was in that backseat, just sent shivers throughout my entire body, a foreign feeling for me, one I’m not fond of.
I woke up the next morning still livid over what had happened last night and not caring if I ever went back to that hospital, I did nothing wrong, I did what I was trained to do when the monitor’s act that way. I opened my laptop and started hunting for a new job, I’m a nurse I can get a job easily enough. I filled out a few on line applications and then decided eating a gallon of chocolate chip ice cream was all I could do at this point. Yes, I’m now in the self-pity stage of my anger, so I’m going for it. I turned on the TV and tucked myself into a soft blanket and watched every season of some Italian gangster series on cable.
Melody’s POV I hate having pity parties, but it’s inevitable that bad things happen in my life, I don’t like being angry it’s a waste of good energy and it always brings me back to him, the one person that changed me, Tommy.The first time I met him, I couldn’t take my eyes off him, he was gorgeous, tall, his wavy brown hair sexily ruffled by the wind, as he leaned against his car talking with a group of his friends. I remember staring at him like a love sick school girl, which is exactly what I was then. My friend Maria elbowed me, “stop staring at him, he looks like bad news, the type of guy our Mom’s warned us about.”My voice came out too dreamily, “yea, he does.” We continued to walk in their direction, and she pulled me into the nearest store, I know she wasn’t paying attention to where she pulled me into, because an auto store is nowhere either of would be in.I looked at her, “why did you pull me in here?” I looked around and scowled at her, “what do you need in here?”Sh
Melody's POVMy phone rang Friday morning waking me up with a start, I grabbed it and almost yelled in it, “HELLO.”Elaine giggled, “what the hell, where are you, it’s Friday morning and I usually get a breakfast date, and your food is getting cold?”I groaned, as I looked around my now disgusting apartment, old pizza boxes, empty ice cream containers and Chinese food containers all over the coffee table and floor, I sighed heavily, “I’ll be there in 15, put my plate in the oven.”I bolted from the couch and ran into the shower, not sparing a second look at the mess that I created within the last 3 nights. I pulled on a summer dress and flats and ran out the door. I walked into Elaine’s kitchen and smiled, “I’m here and starving,” I went to the stove and removed my plate.” I took a piece of bacon and bit into it, “you know, I might be fired all because of your asshat Alpha and his humongous ego.”Her brow lifted, “hmm, how so?”I told her what happened, and she creased her brows at
Melody's POVHe arched his brow, and I felt Elaine’s entire body go stiff against my back, “he glared down at me, “the hospital, when you …”Elaine’s breath fanned my ear, “please apologize to him, get this over with before something bad happens, I have a pup at home Mel.”My anger flared, holding up my hand to him, “okay sorry, alright, sorry for trying to do my job properly, sorry for having you as a patient, sorry for whatever it is you need me to be sorry for, I’m sorry for all of it, is that better now, feel better about yourself, is your ego healed now.”Yea, I could have left that ego poke out of it but hey, I’m me, Elaine gasped, and I continued, “excuse me Mr. Dominick,” I pushed up against him as I slid by, “I need a fucking drink after you just made me swallow any pride I had in myself for my career choice in life and your standing in my way.” I pulled Elaine past him with me and headed directly for the bar and Steve. I placed Elaine next to him, grabbed my drink and do
Melody's POVWe talked about my friends and family and then she told me about hers and how it was to grow up as the packs princess. When she mentioned her brother Tommy and how his anger issues have been ongoing since he was a preteen, She was empathetic when I told her he was my first boyfriend and what had happened and gave me knowing look, “he’s always been that way, he’s angry that he wasn’t the first born son and will never hold the title Alpha, but Dominick is a good Alpha a great one really and if you get to know him, I’m sure he could win your heart.”I laughed hard, “no, my heart isn’t up for anyone to win, it’s not a prize.” We danced and shot a few games of pool and then darts.After going to our 4th bar and she finally figured out what beefcake was, we called it a night. She gave me directions to her house and my eyes widened at the size of the mansion she lived in. She called it the pack house and she grew up in it along with her brothers and sister. She smiled as s
Melody POV “Hi Cliff,” I walk to the far side of the laundry room, placing my basket on the floor and begin to load the washers.“Mel, any plans for tonight?” he asks with too much excitement.I shake my head, “no, full moon, staying in, cleaning and packing for a trip,” oh hell, why did I tell him that, now he’ll continue this conversation, and I’ll have no way out. I’m not leaving my clothes with him down here, the first time I did, I was out 3 of my favorite undie sets, perv.“Really, where you off to now?” he leaned on the washer opposite the one I was filling.”I took an exasperated breath, “cruise with my girlfriends, nothing too exciting.” I tilted my head to him as I shut the washer and held up a book, “look, I have a massive hangover and just want some quiet, please don’t be offended okay,” I gave him a sweet smile and sat in a chair facing my washer.“Oh, sorry,” he whispered, “if you like I’d be happy to hang tonight, you know full moon and all, this way you’re not lonel
Melody’s POV “CHEERS,” we raised our frufru drinks together and clink, as we look out over the ocean just barely off shore of the dock. “feel that ocean air and look at the smorgasbord set out in front of us, dear God your too good to me sometimes,” I giggled.Carla arch’s a brow, “well let’s hope none of them are here for their engagement party or you may cause an issue,” she smirks at me.I bit my bottom lip and chuckled, “not my problem if the guy can’t keep it in his pants, plus he shouldn’t be looking to score if he’s engaged,” I smiled sweetly at her. Yea she knows, Charlie isn’t that good of a liar, I also know she doesn’t care if I did him, she knows it will never happen again anyway. She puts her arm around my shoulder, “it’s all good, let him get it out of his system now before the wedding, because once I have him, I’ll kill him over fucking another woman.” I shuddered, “scary bitch, glad I got mine before, and you are a lucky girl.”Elaine’s head snapped to me, “you di
Melody’s POV 9He chuckled as his hand landed on my back, the heat from it was scorching and a shiver ran down my spine, his hot breath fanned my ear as he whispered, “there are many things I do well, but absolutely nothing I wouldn’t do to see you come undone under me.”I turned my head towards his, “don’t make promises you can’t keep handsome, I just might take you up on that.”He removed his hands and stood, “I’m more than willing to prove my words to you little goddess right this second,” he offered me his hand.Oh, game on and score one for me, I took his hand with a sexy smile playing on my lips, “your cabin or mine?”He smiled, “yours, you’ll feel more in control and safer don’t you think?”I chuckled, “why are you planning on hurting me?” I threw my coverup over my shoulder with my towel.He wrapped his hand around my waist, “only in a good way, the way that will make you scream my name will make others envious.”I turned my head over my shoulder and winked at my girls as the
Alpha Dominick’s POV “NO, just patch me the fuck up and let me leave, I don’t need anything else Fabian,” I growled as he assessed my injuries.He shook his head, “Alpha Dominick, I assure you, we will get you out of here quickly, but a CT is needed, if there is internal bleeding or a piece of metal in your bloodstream from these open gashes, it could turn life threatening, allow us to do our jobs and we will have you on your way within a few hours.”I huffed as he continued stitching on my lower leg, Clair watching with intensity his every movement, my baby sister is totally into this shit, wanting to help heal the injured and if her nose gets any closer to him, I’m going to rip his head off, he’s loving the fact that his princess is hovering over him right now, he’s a fucking man-whore. I’m not any better, but he’s a fucking clingy bastard, me I’m the total opposite, I’m an F.U.F.U. man, I’ll Fuck You and Forget You, that’s all you get from me. There isn’t a woman alive, but my f
Alpha Dominick’s POV“That’s absurd why would she do that, Claudia your making no sense,” I shook my head at my sister.She shrugged, “I’m just letting you know what I heard and since she’s always out of the pack territory, it makes me wonder if she even wants a relationship with you or are you just hoping for something to happen?”“Claudia, I don’t see how any of this is your concern, you’ve never cared what I did with any woman, but now your all in my business for some reason and I wish you would stop, it’s not your place,” I ran my hand through my hair and sat at my desk. “You do know that when she is out, Papa is with her right, don’t you think he would say something?”She scoffed, “she is a nurse, and she could easily be drugging him, he falls asleep everywhere and anywhere, so she could be doing anything with anyone she likes, and he wouldn’t be the wiser.” She sighed, “Domino, I’m just trying to make you open your eyes, see what the rest of us are seeing, this bond you have i
Melody’s POV“Remember, I’ll be back long before it gets dark, but if he starts to get too agitated, just give him one of these mixed in his lemonade, it will calm him down and he’ll take a nap,” I smiled at Clair.She nodded, “no problem, Mel, I got this, go on and have fun at the bridal shower, I hear you humans are wild at those things, strippers and all,” she giggled.I laughed, “that’s more of a bachelor’s party than a bridal shower thing, but I won’t lie, I did think about getting her one or two,” I wiggled my brows.She beamed a bright smile at me, “Domino will go crazy if he hears you talk like that,” she nudged me towards the door.I shook my head, “he has no reason too, I’m not his Clair, he doesn’t own me just because I work here,” I rolled my eyes, “anyway, I’ll be back soon,” I looked at Caspian, “you behave for your granddaughter, don’t let me get a bad report on you,” I gave him a pointed look.He scoffed, “only if she beats me at scrabble, then she is doomed,” he gave
Claudia’s POV“I thought you said you could win her back, ruin his chances of getting close to her, make him see what type of whore he’s drooling over,” my hands flew up in the air as I glared at Tommy.He shook his head, “I tried, but she’s was cold and dismissive of me, but I still tried, hell Gamma Ashton almost fucked her, if Domino would have stayed in his cabin a few more minutes, he would have been too late to stop the Gamma.” He chuckled, “that would have been funny to see, Gamma Ashton hilt deep inside her as Dominio mind linked all of us, I probably would have pissed myself.”I glared at him, “but that didn’t happen now did it, Domino fucked her instead and now she’s living just a few feet away from us, from him.” I paced my room, “ we need to save him from her, she’s not fit to be our Luna, his mate or to even breath the same air as the rest of us.”He looked at me with a stupid grin on his face and it infuriated me, ‘what, why are you looking at me like that?”He shook h
Alpha Dominick’s POV Knowing my mate was just outback taking care of Papa, made it difficult not to go see her, but I made it the entire week. I’ve made dam sure that all the male werewolves know she is my mate and their future Luna, but now she takes him out of our territory every day and I have no idea where they go. Clair goes out every evening when they return, she says that Papa is doing great but still is confused as the sunsets. She says that Melody calls it sundowners and it is a type of dementia that will worsen in time, but for now only affects him at sundown, he’s fine during the daylight hours and is lucid.It's Friday afternoon and I’m heading there, I brought his favorite dessert cannoli’s and I know he will enjoy them with coffee after he eats dinner. I walked inside and found him and Melody dancing like no one was watching and there wasn’t anyone watching until I walked in. I chuckle as Papa is teaching her how to dance some type of way and she is trying to follow
Melody’s POV Tossing and turning my mind a tornado of thoughts, from the thing I fear the most almost happening on the cruise to the total destruction of my apartment and the loss I feel from both, I finally fell into a fitful sleep. I woke to the aroma of bacon and coffee, two of the sweetest scents on earth and jumped out of bed, grabbed my robe and ran to the kitchen, Caspian stood there with a huge smile on his face as he set the steaming mug of goodness on the counter in front of an empty stool, “good morning Luna Melody, coffee,” he pointed to the mug.I shook my head, “good morning, Caspian, my name is Melody, there is no Luna in front of it, I am no one’s Luna,” I said a little to pointed. I moved to the stool and sat taking the mug in hand and sipping.He chuckled as his eyes twinkled at me, “we shall see now won’t we, now how do you like your eggs?”I shook my head, “hard like my men,” my cheeks flushed red and inwardly cringed at what I just let slip out.He laughed, “goo
Melody’s POVWe ate and I enjoyed watching Caspian, he was a sweet elderly man, and you could tell in his prime he was a force to be reckoned with. His blue eyes sparkled at the mention of his Luna, when he talked about her there was a mixture of admiration and pain in his eyes, he missed her fiercely and I could tell all he wanted was for her to be here, with him. I turned to Alpha Dominick, “how did your grandmother pass?”He sighed heavily, “she was human, and she died of breast cancer, the human doctor’s did everything they could, everything she would allow, but ultimately with everything they did, she lost the battle. It was hard to watch her wither away to nothing, even harder to watch Papa watch her die. He held her to him, they would sit in the garden every morning, her on his lap and watch the sunrise together and every evening they would lay on the lounger and watch the sunset together. He would dance with her every chance he got to his music, sing to her as if the song
Alpha Dominick’s POVI walked around my desk and looked down at my baby sister, “what did she ask for in salary?” I’m not at all concerned about the amount, I just want to make sure she makes enough to replace what was taken from her.Clair smiled, “she said she would negotiate with you on that,” she arched a brow, “said something about business is business and she’s sure you will see things her way, once she lays all her credentials out for you to see.”I couldn’t help but inwardly smile as I sat down and began the standard contract, “thanks Clair, why don’t you go talk to Papa, tell him about Melody and how she’s coming to spend time with him,” she smiled and joyfully left my office.I typed out the contract, giving her everything she wanted except for Saturday’s, if she wants out of here then it needs to be on Sundays, when my mind is focused on Papa and not on her, if it’s a deal breaker than I’ll need to adjust. She wants professionalism, that’s exactly what she will get, I kno
Melody POVI opened the door to my apartment and stood there frozen as I took in the total chaos in front of me, my apartment looked as if a tornado ripped through it. I pulled out my cell phone and called the police and sat in the hall with my suitcase and duffle bag next to me and the dozen red roses on the other side, my head tilted back against the wall trying to figure out what I was going to do. I don’t have family to run to for help, my parents died in a car accident years ago, I used the small insurance policy money for my education, which I know both would be proud of, but now I have nowhere to go. I could see if Maria would let me stay with her for a while, sleep on her couch, while I look for a job and apartment. I pinched the bridge of my nose, dam fuck my life right now. I heard the door to the building open and the sound of footsteps coming in my direction as a police officer entered my view. I stood and watched as he walked inside and allowed me entry only after
Alpha Dominick’s POVAs I listened to her describing me as something she conquered, I can’t help the smug smile that formed on my face, she has no idea her still thinking about me proves just how much she herself was conquered, how much of an impression I left, not to mention the fact her entire body is covered, keeping my marks hidden. As they passed, I couldn’t help the slow purr that left my chest as my wolf called out to her and her body visibly shivered at the sound. Elaine mind linked me, “Alpha Dominick, you may want to leave her alone for the rest of this trip, allow her to figure out what’s happening to her.”I spun around and watched as they descended the stairs behind me, “why, what has she said?”I know it’s not easy for Elaine, she’s in my pack and is loyal beyond fault to me, but Melody is her friend and now future Luna so I’m worried of where her loyalty will be. Her response was simple, “she’s my future Luna and I know her too well, leave her to herself, it’s for th