Adea “I didn’t just want your body or your lips around my cock. I’ve wanted you for years, every fucking part of you. I didn’t go about it about the right way in the beginning, I know that but… I’ve never really done things the right way, have I? I’ve wanted you to be my person, My Luna. Like I said, I’m in no rush and I mean that.” His eyes remain on the view outside and I’m thankful for the chance to sort my thoughts and fix my face. Shane has been full of surprises since I returned. I hate to admit it but I’ve been caught off guard more times than I can count. “I don’t think you know how long I’ve waited for you to come home,” Shane murmured. His broad shoulders, muscular arms, and hulking figure were as still as a statue. The sun was almost completely set and the remnant of a glow from the sunset surrounded him making him look like an angel. If I didn’t already know him so well, I’d believe it. His skin glowed and his hair fell almost majestically. “I’m not sure if you can see
AdeaMy body was flushed and I ignored the tingly feeling I felt whenever his lips were on me. His proximity was doing things to me that I had no business feeling. I could pretend that I couldn’t feel his hardness but there was an ache building in me that couldn’t be played off as well.“Let’s not pretend we care about other girls, huh, Ady?” Shane’s voice was husky and full of dark promises. His lips were so close that his breath tickled my ear. He didn’t sound angry but there was something in his tone.“I don’t know what you mean,” My voice was calm and composed. The opposite of how I felt. The opposite of how he was making me feel. My voice betrayed nothing and as Shane pulled back a little to me, my expression didn’t either.My hands were held firmly above my head and I knew it would be futile to struggle. Deep down a part of me didn’t want to put up a fight. Despite being unable to move, I managed to look unfazed as I looked into the eyes of my captor.“I’m a dick but that’s what
AdeaBefore I could cuss him out or possibly swing at him, Shane had turned from me and headed to his desk. I watched as he shuffled papers, closed books, and threw things into the trash. When he was done, he looked up, his eyes finding me for a second before he straightened his back and checked the table once more.The sun was barely peeking up over the horizon and no longer lit up the room. The moon had started to rise and was almost in place. The lights in the corner of the room were dimly lit.Shane walked around the table and came to where he’d left me standing by the window. He didn’t stop a safe distance away, he stopped barely a foot away from me as he intruded into my space.His arm wrapped around my waist and I was pulled into his embrace. Shane didn’t say anything as he turned for the door. My eyes caught on the red leather love seat I first noticed when I first walked into his office.“Why don’t you have any seating for guests?” I asked.Shane stopped and his gaze slid ove
AdeaBy the time we reached the top of the stairs, my heart was in overdrive. It didn’t matter what I knew he said or what I knew wasn’t going to happen. I was nervous, my mind was racing, and my heart was pumping twice as fast. My eyes lingered on the door to my old room as we passed. Shane made his way towards the room Luna Rose had used as her private reading room.I let out a sigh of relief when he reached for the handle. Walking in after him, I realized this room had also changed. I’d never been allowed in here other than to clean. Back then, the walls had been covered in bookshelves. The shelves had been packed with books from fantasy to dark romance.The reader in me wished I could have sat in here for hours but couldn’t even touch the books. The only books I was permitted to read had been the ones in the pack library. A fancy hair had been in the middle of the room with one small table to hold a handful of books, tea, and a desk light.Now, all the bookshelves had been replace
Adea“Well, there was another reason I came up here,” Shane said, distracting me from my thoughts. Before my mind could go off spouting off a whirlwind of possible reasons. Shane motioned with his hand towards the one wall that didn’t have any paintings on it.I’d been so enamored with all of the paintings, I hadn’t seen the large wooden wardrobe. It had to be twice the size of the dresser I had back on Desert Moon. There were intricate designs and swirls cut into the wood.I followed him until we stood in front of the large doors. Shane reached out and gripped the handles. Pulling them open, we were met with a blur of colors. Everything from fancy dresses to jeans and comfortable leggings hung on the racks.“I told you I’m taking you out. That means a date. This-”“What is all this, Shane?” I asked.“These are your clothes.”“Why do you have clothes for me here in this room?” Should I even be surprised? I’m not sure if I’m more surprised at the fact that he has clothes for me or by t
Adea Of all the people he could have sent to help me, he chooses the person who bullied me as a teenager? Wait, I don’t know why I’m surprised. I am talking about Shane, my number one bully. What else was I expecting? I wanted to scream at being face-to-face with this two-faced bitch again. I can’t even count how many times she pretended to hit my books down, bump into me so hard that I was shoved into the lockers, or just tripped me for no damn good reason. The young Adea had cowered under her gaze and kept her head down in front of her. Goddess, maybe this was a blessing in disguise. Now, I had the chance to make things right, to make things better, to get a slice of revenge for all the shitty times I had to endure. I bit the left side of my bottom lip to try and calm myself, to stop myself from reaching out and wringing her neck. It could have only been a little longer than a year since the last time I’d had to deal with Beka. Beka looked as surprised to see me as I was to see
Adea Shane had given me a specific time to be downstairs. Did that make me rush? No. Did that make Beka rush? Not one bit. From the history we shared and the argument we had when she walked in, you would think she would be trying to sabotage me but that’s not what happened. Beka was not only quick at what she did but she was really good at what she did. And from what I remember Nikki saying once upon a time, beauty can’t be rushed. It didn’t matter how good I thought I looked. Beka was not about to let me leave until she thought I was flawless. I already knew it wasn’t for me. We didn’t share an ounce of friendship or any kind of bond outside of pure hate for the other. She only had one motive. She was trying to please her Alpha. “There,” she said with a satisfied smile. She took her time looking down my body, eyeing everything, and praising her handiwork. “No one can do a better job than I can.” With one spin, she turned me around so that I was facing the mirror by the wardrobe.
AdeaThe look on Devin’s face clearly told me I didn’t have an option. Shane wasn’t the only one to have changed. I noticed this at the meeting but my focus was mainly on his Alpha. Since the meeting, Devin had buzzed his black hair short. His lip was pierced and a small silver ring looped over his bottom lip.I hadn’t seen it before but now that I could look at him up close, he had a black sleeve of skulls and flames that started at his right wrist and went up to his shoulder. He’s wearing white slacks and a loose silk tank. A silver chain hung from his neck.“I don’t care what Alpha is or isn’t. He knows that perfection takes time and this,” Beka said as she waved her hand up and down my body, “is perfection. I don’t like to be rushed.” She has her hand on her hip and she’s glaring at Devin.My eyebrows raise. From what I remember of Beka, she was always bowing and doing whatever she could to please Shane. This was the exact opposite of how she used to act and I hated to admit that
The first month back at Desert Moon had been hard. Not a day went by without us fighting. Ethan rejected Mavy as his mate before we came home. A part of me knew he was hurt about it, missed her like I missed Shane. I felt like he was only with me because I was his Luna, because of obligation and duty. I didn’t know why he wanted to be with me. He didn’t know why I was with him when I loved Shane. We were at our lowest. We were ugly, we were at our rawest. It wasn’t until month two that we finally talked about everything. We talked bout what happened and we talked about the past. The one that I remembered and by this time, the one that he remembered. It was hard, facing the man I loved in this life and the man I hated in the past. He wasn’t him anymore, he hadn’t been him for a long time. We dug into the past and were completely honest with each other. He fell to his knees and apologized for what he’d done even though I told him it wasn’t him, that wasn’t him anymore. He asked me if I
Mavy fell back as if she’d been physically struck. She collapsed on the couch, her eyes watering. She didn’t look back at me, she kept her gaze focused on Ethan. I watched as her world crashed around her again for the second time in five minutes.“Where does that leave me?” Mavy asked. “I’m… your…” she shook her head and turned to look back at Ethan. “That’s not possible. I’m… I can smell it. I can feel it. Can’t you?” Mavy whispered. I heard the desperation in her voice.“I don’t care what you think or how you feel. I am already mated and my mate, my partner, my love, MY QUEEN sits in this room. Don’t disrespect her again.” The emotion in his voice caused me to choke up. Mavy bit into her lower lip and tears streamed down her cheeks. She dropped her head.“Yes, Alpha,” she said submissively.“I killed your Alpha,” Ethan said. “I’ve killed your brother.”“Yes,” she murmured.“Will you fight me on this?” Ethan asked.“As the next in line, I submit to you,” Mavy whispered.Ethan dismiss
The voices were getting louder, my head was hurting. I wanted to roll up into a ball and disappear from the world. Instead, I closed my eyes and tried to drown it all out, trying to ignore everyone. I wasn’t ready to deal with it.“She’s in shock…”“She’s confused…”“Enough!”A door slammed and footsteps paddled quickly towards me. Soft frail arms wrapped around me. Tears soaked my cheeks and my neck as Mavy cried. Did she know? She had to know.“Are you okay?” Mavy sobbed.I wrapped my arms around her and nodded. The tears started up again and streamed down my cheeks. Her t-shirt bunched in my fingers as I held her close. We cried and held each other.She inhaled deeply and froze. Slowly, she lifted her nose into the air and took another deep breath. Turning from me, she tried to follow the scent. She stopped, her gaze locked on someone, I turned and followed her gaze.I should have known, expected it but I’d been so caught up in my feelings that I didn’t think. I don’t know how it w
I didn’t have an answer for him and I don’t think he would have liked what I would have said. Hell, I didn’t know if I liked what I thought or how I felt. Instead of hurting him and cutting myself open for him, I didn’t say anything. I remained quiet. My world was crashing around me and my ears were ringing. I lowered my head and the tears flowed of their own volition.Ethan leaned down and I flinched as his arms wrapped around me. They were strong and broad. His embrace was warm and promised I could lean on him. I attempted to get to my feet only to fall. My face twisted from the pain and I wanted to cry and wallow in my own self-pity. Standing, he pulled me up and held me as my body gave up. I collapsed against him.I wanted to get to Shane, needed to. As if on cue, the weak mate bond snapped, and just like in my dream, it was gone. Only, this time, the pain I was feeling was because of Shane and not because of Ethan. The world was cold, the warmth I’d been able to feel from Shane f
Did what I do to him last night not bother him? I betrayed him. Did he not care that I came here to hurt him? Did he not care that I chose Ethan? I wanted to cry and scream. I wanted to run into his arms. I wanted this to stop. I wanted them to stop fighting. I wanted it all to stop. I screamed, it was painful and gut-wrenching but I screamed. I cursed the Goddess, damn her, she was useless in all of this. She sat up there above the clouds and did nothing to help us. Did she enjoy watching us suffer? When I couldn’t scream anymore, I inhaled deep breaths of air. I looked up and froze as Shane stared back at me. The way he looked at me told me he knew he was going to die. The look in his eye told me he knew he lost but for me, there was a small spark as if he wouldn’t just lay down and take it. I watched Ethan punch him. It was as if he was moving in slow motion. He hit his jaw and Shane’s head snapped back hard against the ground. Shane’s body tensed and he punched Ethan in the gut.
For a moment in time, they stood glaring at each other. The sun was blaring down on us. My gaze darted back and forth between the two. Shane’s eyes wandered away from Ethan and landed on me. “Look at me, mutt. You don’t get to look at her after what you’ve done,” Ethan spat. “I’m not so weak that you can look away from me in the middle of a fight.” “What have I done?” Shane taunted. “You’ve touched what’s mine,” Ethan growled. “I haven’t done anything other than touch what is mine. I haven’t done anything but make love to what is mine. I’ve claimed her. She may not wear my mark, thief but she is mine. Don’t claim her as yours. She was mine, she was always mine. She doesn’t belong to you, she never did.” A look came over Ethan’s face as if he knew as if this was confirmation as if he was reminded of something he’d forgotten. “You’re the one who touched someone who wasn’t yours. You are the one who took what was mine. Don’t try to play the victim. Don’t pretend to be something you’re
No.Not Odis.“Devin,” I gasped.Devin heard me but didn’t stop. He didn’t look up at me, didn’t even hesitate as he continued to stomp Odis into the ground. Blood spurt from Odis’ mouth and I think I heard his ribs crack. I took a step closer to stop it, to stop him. In a flash, someone was on top of Devin. Strong arms held Devin’s prisoner in a headlock and his legs wrapped around Devin’s abdomen.I wanted to scream but it quickly died in my throat as Odis and I realized the man in front of me was Gabe. Gabe. It was Gabe and he was on top of Devin. Well, he was wrapped around him like a python ready to suffocate his prey. Gabe grunted as he continued to squeeze Devin’s head, blocking his airflow.I wanted to cry out happily but I couldn’t. Gabe was here. Why was he here? He wasn’t supposed to be here. Things were going differently since he was alive. He was standing, breathing, his head was still attached to his body. Maybe things were turning out differently.Maybe Gabe was safe, ma
“Do you understand what I’m saying?” Odis asked. I couldn’t find the words to speak, so I nodded. “Good,” Odis said as his grip on me loosened. “Why don’t you let her go?” A voice called out to us. Looking up, I searched for the source of the voice. My eyes widened as I found Devin watching up. His gaze locked around Odis’ arms that were still wrapped around me to his hands that gripped my arms. “I promise I’m more fun,” Devin teased. I know what it looked like. It looked like I was being held back from moving. It looked like Odis was stopping me from helping Shane. It looked like I was stuck between two packs, two men. The situation I found myself in was precarious. I was now stuck between two Betas who were supposed to protect me, despite their conflicting thoughts regarding me. I hadn’t had much time with Devin since I’d been back. He hadn’t been the nicest, shit, I don’t think he even liked me. That didn’t change the fact that Devin was Beta of Half Moon pack. Shane was his
I didn’t have an answer and I prayed I didn’t have to make the choice. Not only had everyone stopped moving but it had gone deathly silent. For a moment, everyone and everything froze. There wasn’t a whisper of wind in the air, the trees stood still, and it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. It was the calm before the storm. It felt like someone had pushed the pause button and all at once the play button was pressed and all hell broke loose. As if planned, the two of them ran toward each other. I looked past Ethan and my gaze landed on Shane’s chest. The sword had been taken out, a gaping hole was left in its place right next to his heart. Now that it was gone, I could see I had barely missed his heart. If I’d been one inch to the right, he would have died. How had I missed that? I didn’t kill him. Was I not paying attention? Why hadn’t I looked at his heart? I had aimed, hadn’t I? Had I meant to miss it? No, I had meant it, or else I wouldn’t have stabbed him at all. I tried to