Her legs wrapped tightly around me and she instantly started to grind against me. When her lips locked with mine, I lost all restraint. I slammed her back against the wall, forcing her to fully feel my frustration. My tongue pushed and moved with her as the carnal sounds of our desires rumbled between us.“Awesome. Someone go get some popcorn. We’re getting the live show now.” Jamie sounded excited, but I didn’t give two fucks right now. All my attention was on Chloe and the stiffness burning in my pants.“Out! It’s dinner time. A certain feisty grandma might need help carrying dishes,” Cindy said sternly.“You’re right,” Jamie growled. I heard the door open and close, and could just guess it was him and Cindy. Ivar could still detect others in the room, so I knew it wasn’t yet safe to rip the clothes from my mate’s perfect, writhing body.“Same time tomorrow, Chloe!” Driana yelled out. Chloe didn’t even flinch. If she heard her, there was no telling. Driana sighed. “She’s lost it. Fi
Chloe POV“Quit crying, you brat,” Cortina said to me as I darted up the stairs. “You’re getting worked up and don’t even know what’s wrong.”Angry tears were burning my eyes as I hurried through the packhouse halls. No, I didn’t know what was wrong, but I knew for certain now that both of my mates weren’t trying to get me pregnant. They were doing everything to prevent it. I could see that now. That’s my biggest role as Luna, and for some reason, neither of them want me to have their pup."There's something wrong with me.""No there's not, besides having some screws loose. You shouldn't have yelled at him and just asked what the hell was going on."No, I probably shouldn’t have exploded at Miles like that, but it hurts. It feels like being rejected to know that they didn’t want that with me. My fear and my hurt made me lash out, and now the depression is setting in.“You don’t even want a baby. You used to dread the thought of getting pregnant by Cameron.”“I didn’t like Cameron,” I
Mick POV “She’s safe. Lenny has her,” I told my brother. He grunted, still in a furious funk from whatever happened between them before the chills crept over me, nausea settling in my stomach telling me that we had intruders in the pack. Being in the warrior center, I bolted for the border right away, Rome tearing through me the second we were outside. Estel even snapped into action to help. Her little red wolf was small but fast. She couldn’t mind link any of us, so she had to fall back to follow as I gave commands to the others. I’m sure she would have been the first to the border if not for that. It wasn’t until I was almost to the border that my brother mind linked me that he couldn’t find Chloe. That’s when the panic hit. I had to turn around, leaving Billy and Darren in charge. Dez was leaving the pack house when I got there, ordering warriors ready to help at the border to search for Chloe. There was no scent of her anywhere. We tried to follow one, but all the trails were
Chloe POVEverything was silent. Everything was still. The lights had been off for so long, and the room was completely black. We’ve been stuck in this room with roller shutters blocking the windows and doors since yesterday. I was curled up in the center of the bed, hugging a pillow to my chest, pretending to be asleep to avoid more awkward conversation with Lenny.The first few hours in here were tense. He was unable to tell me what exactly was going on, but I think he felt the need to fill the silence with any other random topic of conversation. He would slip into his native tongue often, which he only does when he is nervous. That made my mood worse with the tension of the situation, so I said I was going to bed and have been faking it ever since.I'm an expert at faking being asleep. I had a year of practice when I was mated to Cameron. I've mastered the art of keeping up the facade.According to the clock on the nightstand, it’s now four in the morning, and my mates have yet to
Miles POV“No. It’s okay,” Chloe said in a quiet tone, not lifting her eyes from a catalog on her desk. “I’m not really hungry.”I looked away, rubbing a hand down my face and scratched my stubbled chin. “You need to eat lunch, Chloe. You skipped it yesterday too.”It’s been like this for the past two days. Chloe hasn’t left her office for anything during the day. From morning until late evening, breakfast to dinner, she stays quietly in here, and won't even leave for lunch. Everyone has been getting worried. When she needs to go to the restroom, she asks Emily to go with her, and makes sure Jamie knows where they’re heading. It’s a complete attitude change from before…. And I hate it.“Then talk to her about it!” Ivar snapped, feeling as frustrated as me. “You both never talk to her!”“I tried to talk to her. I thought we were fine!”The morning after we felt the border breach, and Mick suspected that her ex-mate had tried to sneak into the pack, I woke up to find Chloe sitting next
Chloe POVThe air sucked out of my lungs. It was like time had stood still in my moment of breaking down, and I realized in slow motion how I had just snapped. I cracked open and released all my pent-up emotions in one whining burst.Crap. I didn’t want to break down like that. I didn’t want to crack. I didn’t want to be the reason for that cold look on Miles’s face. Mick has been distracted, stressed and working non-stop, and Miles has been stiff and cold. That coldness has been freezing me over for days.Where his hands were holding me was so warm. It just wasn’t enough to thaw the ice around my heart right now. Especially since he had that faint smell of the mysterious she-wolf on him still.“Chloe, I… I didn’t….” Miles’s voice sounded stiff and forced, and it just hit me what position I had just put him in. He doesn’t need a whiny mate right now. “It’s not that I don’t want to have pups with you. I just…. We just agreed not to right-”“Stop,” I begged, pushing away. I didn’t want
It’s not that I think they’re frail. Chloe is just the most precious thing to me. When Estel finds her mate, I’m sure he will think the same. Having a mate and someone you want to protect, above all else, changes one's perspective on everything.“I can’t wait to meet this new Luna,” Estel said. “She sounds like a badass.”“She has her moments,” Beau shrugged. “She’s like a kept doll at the moment. Everyone is desperately hiding her away.”“You sound like you disagree. Do you have a problem with us protecting our mate?”Beau and Kai exchanged a look, then Beau just sighed. “You sure protecting her the way you are isn’t just going to remind her of her first mate? He locked her away in the pack house too.”I growled deep in my chest. “She’s not locked away.”“No,” Beau scoffed, “She just can’t go anywhere without you two flipping out or without Lenny and Jamie babysitting her inconspicuously. She’s not stupid. She’s going to catch on.”“Wait, you’re having her guarded without her permiss
Estel POV“There. Now I just need to neutralize the scents lingering on your body from this pack, and you should be good to go.” The soft-spoken warlock moved his smoking hand in front of me, from my head to my feet. We were standing far away from the others, near the car he had driven. The car had been de-scented too, and now the only smells coming through are from me. I only smell like my pack now, which is the point.“This dress looks expensive,” I looked down at my borrowed attire. “Are you sure this is what a realtor would wear?”“No, but Winnie insisted that it would be perfect. I wasn’t telling him no.”The little werecat definitely had a pair of claws on him. I wouldn’t argue either.To keep myself hidden from the public, and this mission top secret, I’ve only been with the Alphas and these new stripper men for the past few days, staying at a house lived in by two witch sisters and away from the pack house. I’ve gotten to know these men decently over the past few days and hav