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The predator, my captor stared down at me. Amusement danced across his features and I was already irritated with him. I was almost afraid of what he was thinking, what he was up to. “You look good like that,” Shane murmured.“What?” I asked as I looked into his eyes. Fuck. I told myself I wasn’t going to ask. “You look good folded in half, looking up at me with fuck me eyes as you wait for my cock.” I bite down on the inside of my cheeks to stop the cuss words from coming up. I wanted to tell him to go fuck himself. I can’t help but laugh, the asshole. “Oh, thanks,” I scoff. “Come on,” Shane said. His voice was low, husky, and teasing. “What?” I ask irritated as he jerks his hips against me. “Tell me you’re ready for my cock,” Shane said. His lip curled in a smile that had no business being as sexy as it was. The same fucking smile that tells me he’s not going to stop until I give him what he wants. The same stupid smile that tells me he’s enjoying every minute of this and is pr
I think they could have been. I think they could have been great. We could have done more together, we could have gotten to know each other more. We could have done all of this earlier. I giggled tiredly. If you think about it this isn’t my first shower with Shane. I had just been with him in here last night. The difference in why and the difference in me were great. The last time I was in here, I swore he was the enemy. Now, he’s washing me after he dicked me down. My, how the tides have changed. I shook my head. The last thing I needed was to start down the path of before or after. I just needed to stay in the moment a little longer. I didn’t want to think about what I should be doing or what I was going to do after this. I wasn‘t going to think about tomorrow and I wasn’t going to think about war, or dreams, or mates, or witches. I was going to enjoy this. I hurt and I’m tired but I want to make the most of this. I turn around and face Shane. We don’t have much time left togethe
Slowly, I turn and face the other side of the bed, my side of the bed. My heart skips a beat before it starts beating fast as my eyes lock on something leaning against the wall. I swallow and my gaze darts back to the door before returning to the object. The fantasy I’d been living before I went to bed popped and burned to the ground. Reality quickly slapped me in the face and I was left feeling cold and empty. My hands get clammy as I stare at the sword. The one that was hanging above the fireplace in Shane’s office. The one from my previous life with Shane. The one I used to sever his head from his body. I still hadn’t had time to slip out and get into his office. I was always with Shane. Whoever it was, whoever slipped into the Alpha of Half Moon’s room had to know something. My heart flip flops and I turn back to Shane. Tears fill my eyes as I look at him sleeping peacefully beside me. His curls caress his face, his eyes are closed so I can’t see those dark pools of ash and bit
OdisGetting into Half Moon was easier than I thought it would be. I found the opening exactly where Ethan told me it would be. I slipped past a few warriors without being seen easily enough. I was starting to get suspicious about how easy it was but Briana had my back, while Leo looked out on my left. Somehow, we had managed to get to the packhouse unseen. There weren’t any guards at the entrance and there weren’t any on the inside. This is where I started to grow uneasy. Either this was too easy or Shane was a shit Alpha. It was after midnight, so it’s understandable that most pack members would be asleep and out of sight but seeing it so empty was eery and I couldn’t help but be cautious.As we passed the stairs, I stopped in my tracks, lifting my nose to the air, I caught a whiff of Luna. As much as my wolf demanded I follow her scent and find her. I couldn’t, not yet. Ethan was my priority. I needed to get to him first and take him to safety before we rescued Luna. Our pack was j
The smell of burning flesh filled my nostrils is eyes rolled into the back of his head as he inhaled deeply. My lip curled in disgust and I took this opportunity to lift my chin, lowering my head back before I slammed my head forward. When my forehead connected with his nose, there was a sickening crunch followed by a grunt. Hot liquid splattered on my forehead and dripped down my eyebrows. A couple of drops of it oozed down to my right eye. My opponent did the same, his head smashed against mine and I groaned as my head jerked back.The pole was ripped from my hands and I blinked a couple of times while I strained to see where he was and if the pole was coming back. I figured it out when it slammed against my cheek. My skin burned painfully as the wolf’s bane made contact. I took it, I didn’t look away. The pain hurt now but the end goal was surviving. I could take this pain, I could take anything as long as I survived. I wouldn’t lose, I was going to take him down, and I was going t
Elijah leans over him until the blonde opens his eyes. He stares up at him but he doesn’t cower, there’s no fear in his gaze. He’s accepting of his fate as he stares up at him. Elijah is weakened but it doesn’t take much to kill a man. “My human counterpart wanted to kill you himself but I’m going to have to do it for him. Elijah reaches down, I stare at his hand, it’s covered in fur and his claws extend. I watch as he slowly pierces the blonde’s flesh. He cries out as claws dig into his chest slowly. He can’t do anything but lay there and wait for it to be over. “Do you have any regrets?” Elijah asked as they stared into each other’s eyes. The blonde’s eyes widen and for a second he just stares at Elijah as his claws continue to sink into his chest. His mouth slightly hangs open. There’s an emptiness in his gaze and I wonder for a second if he’s going to unload before he goes to meet the Goddess. “There are too many to count,” he grunts as Elijah’s hand stretches out as he starts
Leo’s gaze raises and we lock eyes. We don’t have time for this, we don’t have time for a traitor, we don’t have to stand out here in the enemy’s hallway. What the fuck is going on? “What’s going on here?” I demand. “Are you a traitor?” Briana was one of the best if not the best warrior we had. Her skills surpassed even those of our high-ranked warriors. Losing her was a huge loss and if Leo was a traitor, the odds Ethan and I were going to get back to our pack weren’t looking good. Leo shook his head. “No, she was the traitor,” Leo said as he held my gaze. “How can we know for sure?” I asked as Elijah coughed up blood beside me. He should be healing. We didn’t have time. We needed to get out of here and fast. Elijah was getting heavier by the minute, sicker by the minute as whatever was happening upstairs played out. “If I was a traitor, I would have let her go and report our presence to Shane. You would come open the door to a hallway full of people,” Leo said. “You guys were
Ethan was withering in our grip and I knew we would have to wait until it passed. Like wolf’s bane, the pain through the bond was slowing down the healing process and there was nothing we could do. Darci ran forward. “What happened? What’s wrong with Alpha?” She asked. “He’s okay. Let’s get him somewhere he can lay down. I’ll explain everything after. A few of them put down their jackets and Leo and I lowered Ethan to the ground. When we got up, we stared into the other’s eyes until I exhaled a deep breath. It was pointless to start this now. We would have to wait until we got home to question him. Right now, we had the battle in front of us, we had a war at hand. We needed to be ready and we needed everyone who could fight. He proved his loyalty when he helped me bring Ethan out. I started by filling in Darci about what had happened and what Ethan was going through. She nodded her head and took in every detail. When I was done updating her, it was her turn. “Fill me in. Is the oth
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