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2024-11-07 16:00:58Lily shot James a nasty look, and Andrew shook his head. “I am sorry, James, but using Lily as bait is the only advantage we have over him, and I agree with Xavier that we must use it if Lily is willing to play the part,” the alpha told him. James frowned but kept silent.
“I’m willing,” she started, then looked at Tony with a serious, but pleading, look on her face. “He’s proved that he can get to me when he wants. He’ll get me, but we don’t know when. Our best shot is forcing the when,” she explained. The Alpha and Xavier Thompson nodded in agreement. James just shook his head. She made all the sense in the world, but it just seemed too easy. This “maker” would see through it, and James knew he would have the perfect counter for it.
“This won’t work and you’ll end u
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“Lily, get out of here,” an animalistic voice echoed through Lily’s head and she gave a small squeak of surprise. They could communicate telepathically; she thought with amazement, but realized this was not the time to think about it. She had to get back to Andrew’s house as soon as possible. So, without another thought, she ran off into the woods.She nearly stumbled in surprise because she had automatically oriented herself in the direction back to Andrew’s house by using the scents of the forest and that of the other werewolves. Lily knew everything would be different, but never had she imagined the magnitude of the change. It was as if all her life she was seeing the world in black and white and now suddenly she could see in color.Everything was so much more alive. Everything appeared to be sharper and brighter and that was ju
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The blonde smiled and leaned back in his chair. “Well, as I told you, I was disappointing to my parents. I’d been very strong and in our world, strength means everything. The other kids, mainly your brother and good old James, always picked me on. My mother and I had hoped when I could shift it would get better, but when the day finally came, I nearly died. I was just as weak of a wolf as I was in my human form. That’s when my father started with the insults and beatings,” he explained, taking the knife out again.“If that wasn’t bad enough, after that day, your brother and James decided their usual pranks on me weren’t good enough. They took it upon themselves to make every day a living hell for me! Every single day, they had some pranks on me. The bigger the crowd, the better,” he snarled, stabbing the table furiously.
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“Where is she, Kyle?” Lily heard someone ask. That voice was familiar, but she wasn’t sure from where.“Where is who?” Fluffy’s teasing voice replied. So his name was Kyle. She’d have to remember that if she ever escaped.“Don’t play dumb with me, boy! You know very well who,” the other demanded and Lily suddenly got very excited as she recognized the voice. He wasn’t the maker; he was one of the good guys! If he was here, everyone else probably was out hiding somewhere waiting for his order to rescue her. He’d save her!“Oh, you mean the pretty little piece of bait, Lily, I think is her name. Haven’t seen her,” Fluffy or Kyle responded. She started pounding on the door and shouting that she was in the bathroom.
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James looked at the men before him; the werewolves were bound around their wrists with silver laced chains so they could not break free and the humans with normal handcuffs. All of them were on their knees in a straight line; there were a total of five werewolves and three humans.James kept his shoulders back in a rigid, erect position, glaring down on them, hoping to appear intimidating, and Tony was doing the same at his left. Andrew walked in front of them with an angry expression that James, if he didn’t know him better, would consider hateful. Doctor Thompson stood not far behind the alpha, glaring at all of them with an angry expression as well.He watched as Andrew began his speech to the werewolves. He started out kindly, promising that they would receive the highest level of mercy if they cooperated with him. James was sure some were about to speak, but something seemed to keep them quiet. The alpha let his disappointme
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“Xavier Thompson?” James repeated, unable to believe what he was hearing. “But he’s been friends with your father since they were kids. He’s the beta and the pack’s doctor. Back when I escaped, he helped me recover.”“Apparently, Xavier has had something against my dad for a long time, and this is his plan for revenge. From what Greg tells me, he wants to be the alpha,” Tony explained.“How can you be so sure he is telling the truth, Tony? Maybe this is the psycho’s plan to divert our attention from him. If it’s Xavier and he wants to be alpha, why didn’t he attack you or Lacy instead of me, Greg, and Lily? Greg and I have no sway over Andrew and Lily may be like his daughter, but she was only a human. Why would he plan a trap for himself and head a search party for Lily?” James
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Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -79- Lily
The room was huge, twice if not three times larger than her room in Andrew’s house. The bed was the showstopper, though; she couldn’t help but smile at the thought of sleeping with the most comfortable king size bed she had ever felt while James got stuck with his little hard lumpy hotel room bed. She snuggled into the bed even more with a content sigh; life at that moment was good.It was late morning when Lily had gotten up, showered, and dressed back into her ratty t-shirt and jeans, but feeling like a new person, she had the best night’s sleep in years! She sat on the bed, crossed legged, and dialed Greg’s number.“Lily, how are things?” Greg asked her once he picked up.“Actually good Greg, it’s amazing what a good night’s sleep can do for a person,” s
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -78- Lily
“Now that we’re all introduced, won’t you please follow me,” The Queen offered, walking down a large hallway. Everyone followed Queen Hazar into a smaller room, larger than any room Andrew had in his house, though.There were bookcases and statues lining the walls with old paintings on the walls. Plush sofas and chairs littered the room with an enormous fireplace that housed an equally large fire on the wall in front of them. Large rugs lay on the floor with intricate designs that almost made Lily regret stepping on them.The snooty boy from earlier rushed up with a tray of extravagant crystal wine glasses filled with a variety of liquids. Everyone took a glass, and the queen turned to Lily. “Do you drink Lily?” She asked and indicated to the glass was full of blood. She wondered how the queen knew her name since it seemed ev
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -77- Lily
Lily drummed her fingers against the door of the car. They had been driving for an hour and she was bored. Bored and frustrated, she could be doing something so much more important than going to see some referee organization for the supernatural. Dorin turned to the left down a wide little street that went into the woods and after driving ten more minutes, Lily tensed as they come to a large black gate that crossed the street with four bulky men.Dorin got out of the car, speaking to one of them, looking perfectly friendly. She also noticed the dirty looks the men threw her way. She leaned against the headrest and frowned. “My list of fans just keeps growing,” she thought bitterly. The urge to hit something was growing.Dorin returned to the car, and they drove past the gate and she shot the men on her side with nasty looks. She huffed, crossing her
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -76- James
“You can’t be suggesting what I think you are suggesting, James,” Nick said. “I’ve known her my whole life and I know she would do anything for that boy of hers, anything!”“Yes, that is what I am worried about; a woman loses her mate and nearly her son. If I was her, I would do anything to protect him, anything and everything possible,” He continued and Nick gave him a hard look.“She wouldn’t,” Nick started, but looked towards the closed door with doubt written all over his face.“Two years ago, she lost her mate. Now Xavier kidnapped her, and she is hesitant to enter the forest where we are sure he is! We have explained that he is under significant risk of being turned into a hybrid and she is arguing to wait until the morning to start the se
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -75- James
“If I lose it like all other hybrids, then the vampires are here to take me out,” Lily explained with a matter-of-fact tone and Nick eyed her with obvious surprise. Nick gave the vampires a polite but cool greeting.“This is Derek, Mike, Chase, and Bonnie. All of them have their children hostage,” Nick stated, then introduced Lily and James to his group. As usual, they all took a step back when they heard James’ names and asked if he was the James Lacrosse.“It’s not fair,” Lily demanded. “How come you get the ‘The James Lacrosse’ treatment and I only get the dirty hybrid? I’m so much cooler than you,” she complained, her hands on her hips.“Because I’ve been around longer, and I’m more badass than you are,” he repl
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -74- James
James wasn’t sure how long they had stood there holding onto each other, waiting for their racing heartbeats to slow. He nuzzled into Lily’s neck and breathed in her scent, letting it wash over him. This woman and how she made him feel were truly astounding. He thought last time was good, but this had been so much better. “James, let me get up,” she told him, attempting to shrug his arms off of her, but he only pulled her closer.He smiled as she growled with obvious frustration and attempted to pry off his arms. In this little bathroom, there was no Xavier, no vampires, no hybrid business, just them, and he wasn’t ready to let go of that yet. He kissed her neck, ignoring her. “Seriously, James, we have more important things to deal with than your libido,” she snapped at him and he groaned in complaint.“No one wi
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -73- Lily
One of his hands snuck under her shirt while the other wrapped around her waist. When the kiss ended, Lily felt lightheaded and breathless. James kissed along her jaw until reaching her ear, where he nipped the soft skin of her ear. She bit her lip, trying to suppress a moan that threatened to escape. The last thing he needed was more encouragement, she thought as James slowly trailed searing kisses down her neck.“James,” she said breathlessly, intending to say something more, but she forgot what she was going to say. He growled against her neck, making her shiver.“I love the way you say my name,” he told her huskily as he pushed up her shirt, removing it. He tossed it aside and continued to lay ardent kisses where he left off. James nipped the bite mark on her shoulder and she gasped at the immense pleasure it caused. Her body quickly heated, and the beast h
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -72- Lily
The alpha gave her a pointed look, and Lily sighed. “Okay, okay.” She felt glad to talk to someone about it, even if it was Alpha Nosey. “Soon after I changed to this, the local vampire king said if I made any mistakes and lost control, he would issue my extermination, which obviously had me feeling like crap. James showed up in my moment of weakness, saying just the things I needed to hear and, well, one thing led to another,” she explained.“He thinks it meant something more than what it was; a bite mark doesn’t make me his mate no matter what he says. Especially when, in all honestly, if any man showed up saying those things, I would have done the same,” she finished, feeling a little slutty.“Actually, bite mark is the mark of a mate,” Nick told her.“I
Therianthrope: A New Kind of Curse -71 Lily
Nick started to answer James, but Lily cut him off. She was going to extract some payback.“He found me in the woods,” Lily told him with a nasty smile and gave James a pointed look, making James growl even louder. “It was really fun. He amazed me by the things he could do to me,” she shot, noticing Nick was giving her a confused look.“Stay away from her, she’s mine!” James growled at Nick, who started growling back at him.“Are you sure because she told me she didn’t have a mate,” Nick growled back and James started towards him.“Oh God, this is so easy it’s not even any fun,” Lily complained as she stepped between the two. “You seriously need to learn how to detect sarcasm and learn what play on words is James,” she told James as she rolled her eyes.
