“What do you mean?” Beau looked confused. I had all eyes on me, and by Lenny’s slight nod, I could tell I was coming to the same conclusion as him.“If she was fully mated to her Alpha, she wouldn’t have been able to use you three and Boyd the way she was. She would have had no enjoyment in it.”“But she was mated.” Alexi looked at me like I was crazy. “We all saw them. They marked each other in front of the entire pack.”“A marking doesn’t form a full bond. Not when another has already been formed between wolves on a spiritual level, or if their emotions connecting a fated pair are strong enough.” I looked at Mick. “You need the spiritual bond and the connection to fully become mates. I think that’s how Chloe was able to take Rome and give him to you. Her spiritual bond with Rome was so strong, even though her emotional one with her ex was nonexistent.”“Is that why Chloe never had any problems sleeping with others?” Darren asked. “I didn’t think it was possible when she first asked
Chloe POV“Eat. Eat!” Nonna scolded me, pushing a spoon to my lips. It was soup with small meatballs and the smoothest, aromatic broth, but my stomach was full already. Too full. I couldn’t take another bite.“I really can’t,” I tried to say, but as I opened my mouth a little wider at the can’t, Nonna shoved the spoon in my mouth, and I was forced to chew as the meatball fell into my mouth. The broth was spilling from the sides of my lips, and she was quick to dab at it with a tea towel.Taylor was watching me from the end of the hospital bed, seemingly amused. She had been recruited to help Nonna carry in several containers of food from the kitchen and stayed to watch Nonna force-feed me everything she could over the last half hour.“I think she’s had enough,” Luna Gail said, flustering over her mother-in-law. "Maybe we should let Chloe rest now. The boys should be here soon."“Nonsense,” Nonna waved her away. “She hasn’t eaten in three days and all she's done is slept. She needs mo
Miles sighed, dropping to sit on the bed beside me. “Okay. We’ll talk about this later.” I grimaced, not agreeing, but not refusing out loud again. Not with their mom, grandma and others listening in. Mick helped me up from the bed, and Miles stood with his arms crossed, a deep scowl on his stoic, handsome face. Their mother had already brought me clothes to change into when I woke up in a hospital gown. Leggings and a comfortable cami. As I was sliding shoes on my feet, Nonna had Taylor at the table putting lids on all the food. “Um, what are you doing with all that, Nonna?” I asked warily. “Packing it for you to go.” I sent a panicked look towards Mick and Miles, then mind linked, “Get me out of here fast.” They exchanged a look, then Mick stooped down, lifting me into his arms and taking off out the door, shoving past Rodger quickly with Miles right behind. My arm bumped into Rodger’s as we went past, and this surge of energy traveled between us. It made me gasp, and in the sp
Rodger POV“Stubborn girl,” I muttered to myself. “Headstrong, reckless, stubborn, stubborn girl.”Why would she refuse to be safe-guarded so adamantly? Why does she not treasure herself the way she should?Her mother was so similar in so many ways. She had herself captured and killed by trying to handle things herself. If she had just woken me, I could have saved her. That horrible, haunting night, if she had just cried out once or told me she hadn't rejected her pack, I would have done whatever I could to save her. Our daughter is just as stubborn, unwilling to be selfish enough to cherish herself.Her mates may be unable to change her mind, and I doubt I can either, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to stand by and do nothing.I marched back to my sister’s cottage, fuming the entire walk, muttering to myself about all the things frustrating me, including myself. I couldn’t do anything when that cursed wolf tried to take off with my daughter. My power didn’t touch him. It was unlike
Emily leaned over my chair again, clicking on another program on the computer. “Most of our employees' salaries are listed in these computer files, along with any requests for time off, bank information, and their evaluation reports conducted by their supervisors each year, but for the employees that have been working since the beginning of Alpha Dario’s reign, the bulk of their files are still in paper form. We didn’t switch to paperless until about fifteen years ago. You also have access to the other pack employee files through this system, like the hospital, school and warrior center. Even the restaurants and shops. Billy handles the warriors, but it will be your job to decide Christmas bonuses and stuff like that.”“Do I get a bonus?” Jamie asked from the couch in the corner of the room. “I am a warrior now, aren’t I?”He and the others, all of them from Broom StiXXX, have now joined the pack. Most of them have been working hard as new warriors, except Winnie and Cindy who are sti
“Well,” Emily stood up slowly, stretching her arms over her head. She didn't look tired at all. I think she was acting. “I’m going to go take a nap during lunch. I’ll see you guys later.” “Have a good rest,” I smirked, trying not to let it show I knew what she was really going off to do. “The rolling pin is in the drawer on the far right when you pass through the kitchen,” Jamie said, clearly not giving a fuck. Emily’s cheeks turned a brilliant red all the way down to her neck. “Shut up! I’m just taking a nap.” “Sure you are,” Jamie winked at her. “Baby power is good for after. We don’t want our Beta unable to sit the rest of the day.” She growled and stomped off. I noticed she was walking towards the kitchen and not the opposite direction to the main stairs though. “Beta Desmond might not be making it back to work after his nap,” I chuckled. “I’m jealous,” Jamie sighed. “Maybe I should go hunt down a certain feisty Nonna.” “I think you need to leave Nonna alone,” I glowered. “
“You smell so fucking good,” Mick growled against my skin, kicking open the bedroom door. “Are you wet for me, cara mia?”“So wet,” I moaned, gripping the hair on the back of his head. “Can you hear it?” I moved my hips, grinding my center against his firmness. You could hear the lewd sounds of my moist pussy.“I want to taste it,” he husked. “Fuck, Chloe. Mi ecciti.”“Shit,” I groaned, my body vibrating with dirty needs. I fucking love it when they whisper Italian words in my ear. He could have just told me he needed to poop, and I would still get so fucking hot.“Voglio fare l'amore con te,” he said in a raspy deep whisper while carrying me to the bed. “Ti farò urlare.”“Yes!” I cried, arching my back as he glided down my body. His hot breath left a trail of aching tingles down my center.He stared up at me with heat in his blue eyes, drawing me into his spell as he unfastened my jeans and began to pull them down my legs. He buried his nose between my folds, inhaling deeply as I wat
Miles POV“You back with us, Alpha?” Billy asked as I groaned, leaning over the table with my head in my hands.“Fuck off,” I growled.I was so fucking pent up. Mick offered to come lead this meeting and let me be the one to take Chloe to lunch, but I insisted on coming instead. I have so much regret, the bulk of it bulging painfully against the zipper of my jeans.“How rude,” Billy grumbled.I tried to ignore him. I’ve been unreasonably testy for the past few days. Chloe not accepting guards to watch over her was only a fraction of the reason for my frustration. The biggest part is the lack of finishing during sex. Not the lack of sex. We are still having it whenever we know she wants it, but neither one of us has finished inside of her since she woke up. Because I’ve become too much of a pussy to talk to her about it, since I didn’t want to start another argument like with the guard thing, I’ve had to resort to faking it most of the time.We can’t get her pregnant right now. Not on