XanderI couldn’t stand to hear anymore of it. Watching the way they bowed to her. They didn’t even know Blue. They had no idea who they had chosen as their leader.“OPHELIA!”She sticks her head out from around the corner as I storm through the house.“What?” She snaps“She has been made Luna.”“I heard.”“Why were you not out there with the others?” “I could ask you the same thing, Xander?” Her green eyes lock onto mine. “It isn’t just me that is hiding stuff, is it?”“I don’t know what you are talking about.” I mutter, defensively.“Really? I know you and Carla had a thing when you couldn’t get Blue.”“Carla is my ex mate.” I don’t deny or confirm that I had let Carla blow me.“So, if you can’t get your own way with Blue, you go to her.”“This has nothing to do with Carla. Besides, she is too busy sucking up to Blue. Are you working for Quinn?” I was done with playing games, it was time to ask her straight.“No.” Her eyes shifted away from mine and I knew she was lying.“You some
BlueIs he actually being serious? Anika mutters. ‘How the hell am I supposed to know? We all know he plays games.’Then tell him to fuck off!“You’ve lost the plot, Xander.” I mutter, turning away from him.“If I was to grab hold of you, the way my brother does. Would you freeze up or would you feel comfortable?”He has a point?“It’s different with Jaxon. It’s gradually happened.” I try defending myselfHe reaches a hand out and my body automatically moves back a step. He was doing it to prove a point.“You would be happy if I rejected you? Like truly happy?”“I’m not sure if it would make me happy. But I think it’s for the best. Watching you together brings out something in me that I don’t like.”Pussy!“What if it doesn’t work?” A woman had never been the one to reject a mate bond.“There is only one way to find out.”I look back to Emilia’s body. Some of her final words had been about my mark from Jaxon. And the other phrase she used ‘open your mind.’ I still didn’t understand i
Jaxon Carla and Xander quietly slip away. They think that no one has seen them. Or maybe they hoped they weren’t being seen as they disappear around the corner of the pack house. “It’s weird.” Blue mutters next to me. “Being Luna or no longer being mated to my brother?” I hadn't had a chance to ask her how she felt about Xander. “Not so much that. Knowing that there are so many that are watching me.” “I’m sure you will get used to it. They are just doing their jobs” Antony tells her with a smile. “Plus I will help and there are a few others that will help too.” She nods her head. “Did Emilia have an office?” “No. She isn’t a Lycan, she didn’t need one.” Antony makes a point of looking at me. “What’s your problem?” I snap. “You’re judging me because I’m a Lycan.” “Lycan’s shouldn’t be here. You won’t follow the way of the wolves.” “Blue is my mate. Do you think I intend to hurt her?” “That’s enough!” Blue snaps, her arms are folded over her chest as she scowls. “I can’t be de
Blue“Who, Quinn?” Jaxon asks.“I don’t know. Their words are not making any sense.”“You need to stay here, Blue. Stay where it’s safe.” I could see the worry in his face. The gold flecks of his eyes couldn’t hide his fear.“I need to help them. They have pledged their lives to me. Someone they don’t even know. I can’t let them die for me.”And I won’t!“That’s exactly what they are willing to risk. Loyalty means they will do anything to protect you. Just as I will. You can’t go out there.” He tries to hold my hands. Tugging them away, I frown.“Alpha Cyrus would have fought alongside his men!”“Pfft! No he would not. The Alpha doesn’t fight and the Luna definitely does not.”“I have Anika.”Too fucking right. I can protect us.“Blue, please. If there is anytime that I need you to listen to me, it’s now. If it’s Quinn, you will be playing right into his hands. He knows stuff about you that none of us do. He will have already figured out the best way to take you or Anika down. Let the
JaxonCarla and Xander had stopped me from going after her. They told me that this was something that Blue had to do. That she was trying to prove to her pack that she was a worthy leader. But now, Blue was in trouble. And I hadn’t heard another word from her.“I have to help her. She is in trouble.”“She linked you?” Xander mutters, cocking a brow at me.“Quinn is using wolfsbane. The one thing that will fuck her and the other wolves over.”“Where is she?” Carla asks as she bites a nail. She was clearly regretting making me stay. “I can scent her. She will be easy enough to track.”“I’m coming with you!” Carla mutters as she pulls her boots back on.“You said she asked you to find out about the Night Shadow Pack. You need to stay here. Xander can come with me!”Xander nods his head. His eyes flashing to Carla. He makes a point of pressing his lips against hers before he follows me out the house.“You and Carla?” I mutter as we make our way towards the forest.“Problem?” He snaps bac
XanderHe had lost it. They both had.Ant and Jaxon were talking in hushed tones. I wasn’t sure why when we could hear everything they were saying.Ant was trying to convince Jaxon that going to the Night Shadow Pack without permission was a death wish.“Would you rather we let Blue stay with that twat?” Jaxon snaps.“Obviously not. But we can do it without that pack.”“Look at you. You can barely walk. You said it yourself, the pack lost a lot of wolves because of what Quinn did.”“Yes, but going to them means we will owe them. Luna Emilia was friends with Luna Charlotte and still, she continued to warn us not to mingle with them.”“I am not leaving my mate in his clutches.”“I will go!” They both turn to look at me. Ant with his eyebrows knitted together in a deep frown. My brother had a near identical look.“What the fuck are you talking about Xander? How will you going, make a difference?”“I’m not going as a member of Red Moon. I am not going as Blue’s mate. I will go as their b
Blue Sitting in silence, I watch Quinn as he takes another swig of his drink. He chatters to himself about how he had won. How I had come willingly. I say nothing. I wanted him to believe that he had won. Anika was quiet too, watching his every move. She could come out and just kill him. She knew that and I knew that. Instead, we just watched. He spins around. His golden eyes settling on me. “They still haven’t come for you.” “They won’t.” I mutter, locking my eyes on his. Anika was feeding me all her strength. She wanted me to hold my place. To not be afraid of him. She wanted me to kill him. “Of course they will. They both love you.” Pressing my lips together. I don’t respond. He said it like he knew. Jaxon may love me, but Xander didn’t. It was why he wanted the rejection. I hoped they wouldn’t come, not until Carla had found the Night Shadow Pack. I was certain the Alpha’s were Jaxon and Xander’s brothers. They would have to help. Quinn comes a little to close. His hand gra
Jaxon“What the fuck is Oleander?” I demand as Blue’s body goes limp. Her pupils were like saucers as she stares at nothing.“It’s worse than wolfsbane.” Ryan mutters. “It’s a slow poison. You need to take her to the nearest human hospital. It’s not the death of her wolf you need to worry about. If she dies, it won’t matter about her wolf.”My mother’s gaze falls on me. “Take her Jaxon. We will catch up. I need to make sure Mr Blake won’t be going anywhere.”Carrying Blue to the car. White foam appears in the corner of her lips. As she tries to speak, her words come out in a slur. Putting her in the back, I climb into the front where Xander is already waiting.“The nearest human hospital is thirty miles away.”“Then we better get going!” I snap in irritation.Her slurs turn into screams. Gut wrenching, painful high pitched screams. She was getting weaker and weaker by the second. Her hands claw at her chest and throat. Her nails pierced her skin, leaving tracks of fresh blood.Xander