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Frankie POV We waited in the waiting room of the hospital for 10 hours while Nikki was in surgery. Mom and dad left just a little while ago to take care of pack business. Gideon left just before dawn and Maisey and the twins came just after breakfast this morning. Jonas has popped in and out, I think he’s been camping out in the doctor’s lounge. Marcus and Tatum have been here in the waiting room since they came in from tracking that bitch. I am not upset they didn’t catch her but I have thought of many ways to make her suffer before she dies. Make no mistake this will end in the death of Lady Keegan, she can burn in hell with her father. Sitting here holding her hand, waiting for her to wake up, I am trying to remember life before Nikki. The funny thing is I can’t. Don’t get me wrong I had a life before her, but it pales in comparison to life with her. I never want to know what life would be like without her and last night that could have happened. Dr. Lynn said I should talk to Ni
Nikki POV I woke early the next morning and turned my head to watch Frankie sleep. I didn’t want to move because I knew it would wake him. He had looked so worn down last night. His beautiful blue eyes were so red it broke my heart. If I just stay still a little longer, he can rest. “I can feel you staring, Little Bee,” Frankie murmured, as his eyes opened. “Sorry, I was trying to be quiet so you could rest,” I giggled. “I’m not the one who needs rest. Why are you awake? Is everything okay?” he asked, sitting up to look me over before visibly relaxing. Oh I can’t resist the opportunity to tease him a little. “Actually, I am in a little pain,” I said while giving him puppy eyes. He jumped straight out of the chair and started looking me over, “Where does it hurt baby? Do you need me to call the nurse?” he asked and the panic was rising in his voice. Oh this was gold, I bit my cheek to keep from smiling. “Frankie, it hurts right here” I said pointing to my lips. His look of panic evap
Nikki POV When I think about my life over the past 6 months, it has definitely been a wild ride to put it mildly. If you had told me then, that I would be sitting in the Alpha Mansion with Frankie falling all over himself to take care of me, I would have said you were crazy. As it is, I am pretty sure I am the one who may go crazy if he doesn’t back off. I get it that I just got out of the hospital and I could have lost my life in the car accident, but the fact remains I am alive and well. “Where are you going?” Frankie asked, as I moved from my place on the couch. “Pee Frankie and no you can’t help me. I am capable all by myself,” I said as I continued to walk to the downstairs bathroom. I know that seems a little crass, but I swear he would wipe my ass if I would let him. I wish Maisey or Charity had the pack mind link, I could use a little mischief in my life right now. I have been home for six hours and if I lift a finger Frankie gets all hovery and does whatever I set out to do,
Frankie POV I’m mad and I have a right to be. I feel like Nikki isn’t taking her safety seriously. She doesn’t get that it will kill me if something happens to her. She has apologized three times now, but I can’t find the words to tell her how I feel without losing my shit, so I remain silent. When she came into my gym room and knelt on the floor, I nearly lost my cool. I don’t want my girl to grovel at my feet. I want my Luna to stand beside me and lead our people. As I sit here in my dad’s office, I have read the same shipping report three times and I just can’t focus on the task at hand. Damn that Little Bee for buzzing around in my brain. Why can’t she just understand that I want her safe? Once I have finished going over these reports, I will go talk to her and find a way to make her understand how I feel. An hour later I finished reading all of the reports and logging them into the computer. I have calmed enough to where I think I can speak rationally. I opened the office door
Nikki POV Today is definitely going much better. Frankie will ask if I need something but doesn’t hover. He is currently in the office with Alpha Kieran working and I hate to say it, but I am bored. I have watched movies, listened to music, slept and I just don’t want to sit still anymore. There has gotta be something I can do that is constructive. ‘Frankie?’ ‘Yes Little Bee, do you need something?’ ‘I am bored.’ ‘Go see Luna in her office, she probably has something to keep you occupied and out of trouble.’ ‘Oh, like I get into trouble all the time?’ ‘Nikki!’ ‘Well I don’t!’ ‘Behave.’ ‘What will you do if I don’t Alpha?’ ‘Stop, my dad is gonna wonder why I am walking around with a tent pole in my pants.’ ‘That sounds delicious. Can I have a taste?’ ‘Nikki!’ ‘Yes my Alpha?’ ‘Behave.’ ‘Spoiled sport.’ I love having the mind-link, okay so I haven’t used it for anything important yet, but it sure is fun to use with Frankie. I wandered through the mansion looking for Luna Fran and found
Frankie POV This has been a trying day to say the least. Alpha and I have been working all day on a proposal for a shipping contract that could benefit our pack greatly. We have gone over the proposal with a fine tooth comb, revising and refining the details meticulously. The highlight of the day is my feisty Little Bee trying to literally get a rise out of me. I would rather be feasting on her than doing this. At least the day is nearly done and I can smell dinner. If my nose is correct, then Alpha will be ready for dinner when it’s served, because pot roast is his favorite. “I think this is as good as it is going to get. Either Cold Moon Corporation will get this contract or we won’t, there is nothing further we can do to this proposal,” Alpha Kieran said rubbing his stomach. Yeah, I called it. He knows what we’re having for dinner. “Fine by me, I can’t think of anything else we can do either,” I replied though I wasn’t 100% confident we had done all we could. We still have to beat
Nikki POV Last night was amazing. If it was a preview of what my heat will be like, then I look forward to it. But right now there are more important things to do and I will have to get Maisey to stay home from gawking at Callum for the day. I hope he is as gone on her as she is for him, or better maybe they will be mates and her dress will elicit his affection. I am surprised Frankie isn’t here in bed still, but maybe that is a blessing. I get a shower and throw my hair into a messy bun, before putting on training clothes and heading down stairs. Walking into the dinning area, no one is around except for Cookie. “Good morning Cookie. How are you this morning?” I asked when she noticed me in the room. “I am fine, Ms.Nikki. What can I get you for breakfast dear?” I am totally not used to being served so this is an awkward experience for me. “Cookie, please just call me Nikki, we both put our pants on the same way in the morning, no need for special treatment. I was just going to gra
Frankie POV I woke up early this morning to get some errands completed. I decided not to wake Nikki, since I had kept her up until the early morning hours and technically she should still be resting. Yeah, I know, no part of anything we did last night was considered resting. But I am a man and when presented with a sex goddess who was not only willing, but dressed like she was, I couldn’t deny either of us that pleasure. As I was walking down stairs I saw mom and Emily heading for the back door. “Hey! Wait a minute,” I called out and quickly finished descending the stairs. I gave mom a kiss on the cheek and said hello to Emily. “Mom, can I borrow the durango for the day? I have several things I need to do in the city, including looking for a new car,” I asked hoping I didn’t have to go ask dad for his truck instead. “Yes, just fill up the tank when you’re done,” she replied. “Will do, thanks. Have a good run.” As I left the house, my phone pinged with a notification. It was Simone
Mia POV I am not one hundred percent sure what Kendall means by public awaits, but I know I wouldn’t be dressed like this for any small event. So I eagerly placed my hand in his and followed Kendall to the back of the packhouse. When we stepped out of the back door we weren’t outside though. There was a dome that had been erected and decorated like a grand ballroom. The linens were deep burgundy and the table decor was greenery heavily trimmed in gold. The scene was absolutely breathtaking and my heart was so full, my chest could have burst right open. This had been done for me? But why? When a familiar voice came over the P.A. system, my head whipped in the direction of a small stage. “So, when I used to tease my sister about sending her far away to some evil Alpha, I never really thought about the fact that she might actually end up on the other side of the country mated to an Alpha that absolutely adores her. Phoenix Storm, may I present to you the guest of honor Luna Mia Rose De
Mia POV As Gabby drove me home I thought about Nikki and Frankie’s romantic evening ahead. I won’t lie, I am just a little jealous. Frankie is still attentive to Nikki, and I wish I could say the same was true for Kendall and I. Maybe I should try getting all dressed up and taunt Kendall with naughty suggestions. But sex doesn’t really seem to be our problem though, he’s been a little cold and closed off, he even has the mind-link blocked most of the time. Maybe I should go home for a visit. It has been a few weeks since I have seen mommy and daddy and I really haven’t gotten to know Eli’s mate Cadence. They say distance makes the heart grow fonder, so maybe if we spent a little time apart things will get better. There has to be something wrong with our bond, every couple I know can barely stand to be apart from one another. I was so deep into my own thoughts that I hadn't realized the Hummer had stopped. I was going to ask why we had stopped outside of the gates when I noticed a ba
Kendall POV Do you have any idea how hard it has been keeping a secret from Mia? It means I have had to keep my block up on the mate bond and keep mind-links to a minimum so that she doesn’t find out what I have been planning. The whole no Luna ceremony thing has really bothered me and I asked her again to consider it after I picked up the ring that I commissioned Simone to make. No go, she doesn’t need a celebration to know that the pack loves and accepts her. The thing is that pack members have asked when we will be celebrating their luna. They are so excited to finally have one and they want to shower her with affection. So while it is really a little late to have a luna ceremony because she is really their luna in every way possible, it’s never too late to just celebrate her. So the pack has been secretly planning a celebration for her. When she comes back from Cold Moon this afternoon she will hopefully be surprised. Once she cleared the gates this morning we started putting
Mia POV Everyone around here has been acting a little weird lately. No one seems to have time to talk and they are always in a hurry. Even Kendall seems distracted at times, I know we have a lot going on, but he has been so attentive from day one that it has me worried. Could our bond be broken or maybe just not as strong as everyone else’s seems to be? I really just don’t understand. I have decided that I am going to meet with Nikki and the rest of the girls at K&T this morning. I am in serious need of some girl time and a decent macchiato. I went to knock on Kendall’s office door and let him know I will be leaving for the day. “Come in,” he called out when I knocked. Gordon and Bertie were in the office with Kendall and it looks as though they are going over some sort of paperwork. I walked over and gave Kendall a kiss and said, “I am heading over to Cold Moon to have macchiatos with the girls, I will be back this afternoon. Kendall reached into his pocket and pulled out his keys
Kendall POV Things went so well meeting with the elders today and I couldn’t be happier. I realize that a name change isn’t much in reality, but I feel like it is one more step away from my father and all of his misdeeds and something that will have a positive effect on pack morale. I am curious as to what Frankie wants to speak with me about, perhaps it is just the formality of signing the alliance that we verbally agreed to back in Atlantic City. Now that we have decided on the name change, we can move forward with the fealty ceremony and that should be another step in the right direction in the healing process of the pack. If it were a financially viable option, I would have this pack house demolished and build a new one to destroy more of the bad memories. I have a little more than two hours before Frankie should arrive and I asked Anita and Letty to keep Mia distracted while I pay Simone a visit. Hopefully they have interpreted what I had in my head into another of their stun
Mia POV I am so proud of the progress that Kendall has made at sifting through the mess left behind by Hollis and the rogues. I can’t even call that vile man Kendall’s father and would never call him an Alpha. He was a disgrace to that title and his picture is next to the definition of evil in the dictionary. I don’t understand how any person can do half of the things he has done and still sleep at night. We discovered that Hollis had a lab set up in one of the warehouses, where he was testing the effects of some of the weapons he had been trafficking on different pack members who had angered him. Dr.Lynn from Cold Moon Pack came with an experimental cure that actually worked wonders in helping those who had been experimented on. She tried to explain that she used vampire blood to make some sort of protein fusion with the endoplasmic reticulum… I am definitely not science minded and it was all gibberish to me. It worked and that’s all that really matters, right? Apparently Holli
Kendall POV I honestly didn’t know what I expected to find sifting through the mess left behind by the rogues and my father’s Beta and Gamma. But the level of depravity was astounding. They took everything they could from my people and when I say everything, I do mean everything. They collected what they called ‘taxes’ but in all reality was just their greed. The more a pack member had the more they took and worse was the treatment of unmated females no matter their status. They had the packhouse running as a brothel and if a female wouldn’t submit to their whims… I just can’t even talk about it. Poor Cookie won’t tell me what she has been through and I won’t force it, but I know it had to have been bad. I accidentally knocked the broom onto the floor when I entered the kitchen and she went into complete hysterics. I had to call Dr. Lynn who came from the Cold Moon Pack hospital to sedate her. I spoke to the human authorities this morning and found that they would not allow me to
Mia POV After the battle was over, our injured and dead were transported off of the field. Kendall, my dad and I made our way to the Rip Claw packhouse. Kendall asked one of the omegas to get some fresh clothing and show my dad to the guest suite so he can shower and change. We stopped by Keegan’s room to find something for me to change into, then we made our way to Kendall’s room to shower and change. I wasn’t completely thrilled with wearing his psycho, dead sister’s clothes, but now is not the time to be picky. “How do you feel, Alpha?” I asked as we undressed quickly to get into the shower. “Relieved it’s over, if I am totally honest,” he sighed. “We freed our people and that is the important part,” I replied. “You said our people,” Kendall grinned. I looked down not knowing if I had misspoken and said, “Well, I hope they are our people anyway. You haven’t changed your mind have you?” He used a finger to lift my chin and his eyes sparkled with excitement. “Yes Luna, they are our
Kendall POV We spent the day in training yesterday and I have to say watching Mia was truly fascinating. She is remarkable both in hand to hand and in wolf form. Her movements were fierce yet graceful; she was no delicate little flower. I have said it before and I will likely say it many times more; She is my treasure, my perfect blessing from Selene. Today is the day and I wish I could say that I am ready for it but the truth is I have slept for crap these last two nights. Don’t get me wrong there is no love lost over killing my father. Quite the opposite actually. It has been two nights of the same thing on loop in my dreams, my father telling me I am worthless, I can’t do this, and he will always win. Today is the day I prove him wrong though once and for all. He may be dead, but he is still in my head and the sooner we free Rip Claw from the rogues and begin rebuilding, the better. There is so much riding on this that if I let my father’s words sway me, I would fail. Failure is