Poor Rose. What do you think about what happened to her? Will Tyson leave after hearing her story?
TYSON Rose begins her life’s story and all of the instincts that reside within me are telling me to stop her. Stop her from talking by kissing her and letting her know she is treasured. But I don’t. I need to know what happened to her. What made her into who she is today. She has told me she didn’t have siblings or living parents. I didn’t know that she had been an orphan as a child. That is hard for anyone so young. I had a feeling she was sexually assaulted, it made logical sense. No one has a panic attack like she did, mid hot and heavy make out session that would have definitely led to sex, if it wasn’t something along those lines, right? Nothing could have prepared me for the story she tells though. She was literally told she was a throw away person, just before she was raped, sliced open and left to die. She was thrown away like garbage. Who does something like that? Who sets out to ruin a life like that? A psychopath, that’s who. And by all accounts, he thinks he got away wit
TYSON“I love you, Tyson.” My eyes widen at her declaration. My breathing picks up, hoping I didn’t mishear her. How could I have? She said it clearly and strongly.“Do you really mean that?” I close my eyes just in case she decides to take it back. “Please don’t say that and not really mean it, or you’re only saying it because you think I want to hear it. Please… please mean it when you say that to me.” I beg her quietly, letting all of my emotions color my words.Rose leans forward and gently kisses my lips. When she breaks our kiss, I open my eyes and stare into hers, knowing that what she says next will forever imprint itself onto my soul.“I mean it, Tyson. I love you. I’ve felt it for a while now, I just wasn’t sure love was what I was feeling. I tried to reason myself out of it, but that didn’t work. My emotions for you are so incredibly strong, even from the very beginning. The moment I saw you in the hospital with me, I have felt pulled to you. To be near you. To touch you. T
TYSONRose caresses my cheek, “You aren’t responsible for his choices, Tyson. He was an adult, it’s on him.” She snuggles into me and sighs. “Thank you for telling me some of your history and about your parents. I know that was probably really hard for you. I’m so glad you stayed with me.” She tiredly whispers the last part. I feel her relax and quickly slip into sleep, her nose pressed into my chest, like always. I lie awake for a while, thinking on all that has happened tonight.*Mike.**Yes, Alpha.**I’m sorry to disturb you so late at night. You seem rather awake, though. Everything okay?**Oh, yes sir. Lucy has been having a few Braxton-Hicks contractions at night, but she is fine. She has a few weeks till her due date. Nothing to worry about… for now. I still struggle to sleep after she has them though. What can I do for you?**I will not be in tomorrow.**Everything okay on your end, sir?**Yes. I need to spend tomorrow with my mate.**Understood, sir. I’ll change the schedule
TYSON Tears begin to line her lower lashes and Rose nods at me. She turns away and I hear her sniffle as she starts walking to her closet. I can’t let her stay hurt; I didn’t mean to upset her. I approach her and encircle her in my arms. I turn her to face me, and I see the tears have spilled over, staining her cheeks down to her chin. I gently wipe them away and place my forehead on hers. “I’m sorry, my love. I didn’t mean to hurt you. I tend to focus on one thing sometimes at the expense of everything else. I never want to hurt you or make you feel like you’ve done something wrong. Yes, I did plan an actual day-date for us, but if you would prefer to stay here, I’m okay with that.” “Do…do you want me, Tyson? It seemed like you did before I told you my history. And since then, you’ve turned me down twice. Did you change your mind about me? About us? I still wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to walk away.” Rose asks me with sadness written all over her face. I choose not to answer h
TYSON “I can taste myself on you,” she whispers as her cheeks turn red. Then she squirms as my fingers find her entrance again and push in. “Ooooh, Tyson. I need you. I need you inside of me.” Before I can respond, Rose has grasped my cock through my boxer briefs and rubbing against my full length. I hiss at the touch. “Did I hurt you?” She asks in shock as she lets go. “Oh no, honey. That felt so good. But if you touch me too much right now, I’m going to embarrass myself by cumming in my pants, again.” I say and she smirks at me. I reach down and quickly remove my boxer briefs. I settle between her legs as I slowly rub the head, and then the length of my cock along her wet slit. She inhales sharply at the unfamiliar touch of my manhood against her. But she wiggles and grinds against me. I continue to do that, over and over again, getting my dick good and wet with her lubrication. Rose continues to squirm, and I can tell she’s climbing that mountain again. “Tyson, please…” I don’t
ROSE I think back on the last 24 hours as I blow dry my hair. It has definitely been emotional and a bit of a roller coaster ride. But I finally admitted it to myself and to Tyson, I love him. I cannot believe that in such a short amount of time, I have fallen and fallen hard… FOR MY BOSS! Like seriously, who does that shit? Apparently, I do. I snicker at myself. I just knew that when I told him my story, he’d be appalled and leave. That he wouldn’t want to have anything to do with anyone with that much baggage, the biggest baggage being Maddie. I need to ask him how he really feels about her. She is my world, and he is now part of that world. But if he can’t accept her fully, then I have no business being involved with him, even if it will break my heart to walk away from him. She adores him, but he needs to adore her back or at least be willing to grow into loving her. He seems like he does, but that’s not something I need to assume, I need to ask him outright. It was nice getting
ROSE I keep my questions to myself though as Tyson opens my door and helps me down. We hold hands all the way into the building. There are people around and about, but not nearly as many as there are during the peak blooming seasons. Of course, there are winter flowers, but most things bloom during the other three seasons of the year. Tyson continues to hold my hand while he leads me to an area I’ve never been before. There are several round about passages and hallways we go down, but soon we are emerging outside into a large clearing that is fenced off. In front of us is a rather large greenhouse. I look over at him and he smiles down at me as he opens the greenhouse doors. I gasp in shock when we walk in. Inside are some of the most beautiful tropical flowers on the planet. Most I’m only able to recognize from books I’ve read. Not living in the tropics makes it hard to see them in person. I had no idea the arboretum has a tropical greenhouse full of flowers. However, there are man
TYSONWhen we get to the arboretum, Rose looks confused, but intrigued as to why we are here. I know she is very familiar with this place, but the greenhouse where we are going is not in a public area for regular visitors to see. And with the pull I have here, getting a private viewing for the afternoon wasn’t an issue. I just had this feeling that she would love it.She loves all flowers, and I did notice that she downloaded dozens of books onto her kindle about flowers and plants. I need to get with Cynthia, the packhouse manager, to see where we can set up a garden or a greenhouse just for her. I want her to be able to indulge in that hobby if she wants to, once we are fully mated and she moves in.When I open the greenhouse door for Rose to enter, she is stunned with the beauty she’s seeing. She lets out an audible gasp and she covers her mouth with both hands at first. When she removes them, her eyes are sparkling, and she is smiling. Quietly and slowly, she makes her way down th
MADDIE—EPILOGUE THREE10 YEARS LATERI stand in the master bedroom of the newly renovated Alpha suite of Blue Meadow’s packhouse. Today is my 18th birthday and also the day I take my place as Alpha of my pack. I stare at myself in the full-length mirror and think about everything that has happened in the last decade to prepare me for this moment and the life I have ahead of me.I graduated from Zeus Academy at the age of 10. I attended college classes online through the University of Arizona. It wasn’t the Ivy League like everyone expected from me; those didn’t offer a self-paced program or enough online courses for me to get my degrees. I didn’t want to separate myself from my family to attend university, so I chose a less prestigious route that worked the best for me. I have zero regrets with my choice in schools.In eight years of education post-high school, I’ve earned four bachelor’s degrees, two master’s and one PhD. I’ve also studied diligently with Tyson on how to run a pack an
ROSE—EPILOGUE TWOIt’s been 6 months since I delivered Nolan into this world. He has grown like a damn weed and has become the center of our little universe. None of us can get enough of him and his baby scent.Both Tyson and I have retrofitted our offices to accommodate an infant including changing tables, swings, refrigerators, diapers, wipes, spit up rags and pacifiers galore. All the necessities for having an infant. And I can say, without a doubt, Nolan is the easiest going baby I’ve ever experienced. He rarely cries and he’s always happy, as long as he’s being held. He loves skin to skin contact, so much that he rarely wears any clothes. Mads and I always wear spaghetti strap shirts when we’re holding him, and Tyson just takes his own shirt off.It was hilarious when we first figured out that he likes skin so much, Tyson walking around the packhouse shirtless. Granted no one said anything to him about it, but I had the hardest time not whisking him away for sexy time. I mean, all
TYSON – EPILOGUE ONEThe last three months, post war, have been absolute hell! Yeah, I said it. Hell. Getting Blue Meadow back on its feet has been a huge challenge in and of itself. Much worse than most of the other territories I’ve taken over throughout the years. I honestly kept so much from both Maddie and Rose. Neither of them needed to know the intricate details of the rebuild. They were both getting over the trauma and horrors of the battle itself. I didn’t want to worry them.Kent, that worthless piece of crap, really did a number on this pack, it’s health and its finances. I had to pay over three million dollars to a mob pack in Las Vegas, for both Blue Meadow and Pine Woods’ debts. The last thing I wanted was for the mob to demand parts of the pack or worse, them going to the council for payment. I want to keep the council out of any and all of my affairs, as much as possible. They have proved, repeatedly, that they can’t be trusted to do their jobs.I made that trip to Vegas
ROSE“I thought I was going to lose you yesterday, Rose. Don’t do that to me again. You are my whole world.” He says as he slows his thrusts, showing me how much he loves me. I open my eyes and see Zeus shining out with him. I cup their cheeks and bring their mouth to mine. I kiss them with all the love I have within me. We continue slowly but with passion until we both explode in delicious orgasm.“I hope our sex continues to be this amazing in the years to come.” I tell him as we separate from each other.“Rose, from what I understand from other mated couples, it just gets better and better.”“I’m not sure how it can get better, but I look forward to learning.” I say with a sassy smirk over my shoulder as I step into the water. Tyson joins me in the water and does what he always does. He washes me and kisses the scars I have left. Apparently, they are much smaller than they once were.When I get out of the shower, I turn to look at my back and I gasp at what I see. The main lines are
ROSEWatching Tyson battling Kent is one of the scariest things I’ve ever had to witness. Kent looks awful and I feel horrible for his wolf, being saddled with such an atrocious human spirit. I know Tyson will take him down, but I’m still scared that something will happen to him that he can’t heal from. Tyson is my everything. My other half. I know I will live on should he perish during this battle, but it would be for Maddie and our baby only. My soul would be shattered, never to live like I did before. He has to pull through. He just has to.George holds me close, giving me comfort as we watch Tyson fighting Kent. As it progresses, my worry lessens somewhat. Kent isn’t fighting well, and he’s not healing from his minor injuries. I hope this speeds up because I hate seeing him suffer. Despite all the shit he’s put me through, I know his wolf doesn’t deserve anything long and drawn out.I breathe a sigh of relief when Tyson pulls Kent’s heart out of his chest, thankful that the man re
TYSONThe moment I see Maddie jump toward Rachel; I know it's Infinity up front and in control. Her eyes are glowing a bright green-gold-yellow and the angry expression is one I don’t think I’ve ever seen on Maddie’s face before. Plus, I can’t smell her on the wind like I can my Rose. I launch forward when I see Rachel’s eyes unfocus in that split second when Infinity lands on her back, knowing I’ll only have a moment to attack with Infinity’s distraction. What I’m not expecting is Infinity to kill Rachel in that moment. I know Infinity is an ancient wolf spirit, she’s fast on her feet and I know she’s killed in her past lives, but to see the blood of a kill on my sweet, baby Maddie’s hands, is beyond shocking.Rose, however, doesn’t even flinch at seeing Infinity toss Rachel’s heart to the ground or her splattered in Rachel’s blood. Nor does she pause with the gravity of meeting Infinity. Rose has really embraced the wolf shifter world completely and totally. I couldn’t be prouder of
INFINITYMaddie and Kevin step out of the dungeon into a warzone. Both of their eyes blow wide at the scene, and I can feel Maddie’s panic. We knew this was coming, but I don’t think she anticipated how ugly it was going to be. I lift my head and I smell the rotting garbage scent of rogues. It seems Maddie’s father knows no bounds. Humans, most likely hunters, for kidnapping, rogues as mercenaries, slavery, killing his mate and sexual deviancy. He really does need to be put down.The panic coming from Maddie hasn’t lessened as we look around on where to go and not be noticed. I have been saving up my strength the last few days, so I pull Maddie back and take full control. She doesn’t fight me on it and that tells me she is very overwhelmed right now. She puts on a good show, but the constant state of alertness and feeling the danger around her, she is slowly breaking. After this morning, seeing Odette killed, and then staying neutral to save Kevin, she’s at her max for today.“Rest Mad
ROSEI am flying across the roads and highways trying to get to Blue Meadow as quickly as I can. George and Ike are holding on for dear life and I think I can hear George whispering a prayer to Selene when my car catapults into the air. I’ve maintained my 110mph through most of the drive which has kept the guys in high anxiety mode. We don’t get too far off the pavement with that larger bump, but the way down is rough, and we bounce several times on the landing.“Luna, please slow down. The rest of the team can’t keep up. Plus, it feels like you’re trying to kill us.” Ike pleads with me, looking a little green.“Then they should drive faster. And I am not trying to kill you.”“Their SUV isn’t designed to drive that fast, plus they can’t take turns like this car doeeeeeees!” His voice goes higher pitched as I take a curve much faster than he’s comfortable with.“Well, you’re getting your wish. Wolves directly ahead and they’re fighting. I’m going to have to slow down. Do you know which
TYSONI cut the link to Rose as soon as Zeus and I tell her that we love her. I know she is worried about all of this, and it is her first experience with a shifter battle, but I know I’ll be fine. Zeus is a powerful, ancient wolf. He will decimate dozens before we hit a real challenge to our strength. Although, the biggest challenge will be to try to minimize the lives lost. These warriors we are going up against will be Maddie’s pack members one day in the future. I don’t want to kill any of them indiscriminately.It takes a few hours to run to Blue Meadow. We stopped running miles ahead of their territory and proceeded with stealth. My first warriors took out their border patrol silently, with darts laced with a mixture of wolfsbane and water hemlock. Again, we’re trying to not take anyone out needlessly. Most pack members of trash Alphas are only following orders. They don’t necessarily believe in the orders. Killing people that are just doing their jobs is what crap Alphas do.On