I shook my head. "I had no idea about any of it. I still think that I can talk some sense into Paul."Alexis glanced at me, his brow drawn together in displeasure. I shut my mouth."Was it not Paul Kinninsky who is responsible for the condition that you are in now?" the woman asked."Well, indirectly…" Damn, I worried that I sounded like a woman about to tear up a restraining order. "We fought, but others were involved."The woman's expression grew cold. "But of course. Council woman, why do you think your husband failed to disclose his treachery to you?""Well…of course he knew that I could compromise his plan.""So, you are saying that you would not have gone along with this plan?"I frowned. "Of course not. I don't want a war."They looked at each other, talking silently.I turned and looked at Alexis, my mouth gaping open. Did these people think that I would be a party to something like that?Alexis didn't look happy but gave me a slight nod indicating that I should remai
My friends showed up bright in early the next morning, all except for Tyler who was afraid that Paul would be able to track her to our location.The Ladies and I hugged each other and cried. They touched my face in misery at the sight of my healing injuries. They cuddled BJ and gripped Sam as if she was one of their long-lost sisters. I tried to give them time to rest after their long flight, but they were too anxious to tell me about all they had been through with Paul and his Wolfpack."In the beginning he was reasonable," Karen said. Her normally pressed hair was in a curly mass around her head, and she had shadows beneath her eyes that marred her normally perfect milk chocolate complexion.Karen described how he had tracked each of them down, bursting into their homes with his security, and sniffing out their belongings for any evidence that they had been with BJ or me."At first, he called the house searching for you and we talked for nearly an hour. He kept beating himself up
I thought I was going to black out when I heard those words coming from my daughter's lips. I knew without a doubt that Paul was here somewhere on the grounds, but I couldn't sense him or even smell him. And then I remembered that I was no longer connected to him. He could be out of bounds but still close enough to pounce.When we reached the bottom of the stairs, I was elated to see Alexis' Elder Council was waiting for us. The cavalry had arrived!Ran, however, didn't look happy. He took a defensive posture in front of the Ladies, who were terrified. Alexis rushed forward, but my footsteps faltered."My security is being alerted to the possible presence of the beasts breaching the compound," Alexis said while holding his cellphone to his ear."No," Ferris said. "Your security has been made…indisposed."Alexis' face seemed to crumple when he realized the Council's treachery. Bernard hadn't sold us out, but the group that Alexis had served for decades had. Alexis was livid but qui
The sound of crashing waves awakened me. With a groan, I opened my eyes, squinting against the bright sunlight.BJ!I sat up quickly and looked around. The wet sand stuck to my legs and back. I jumped to my feet and looked around in desperation. A few yards away was a familiar beach house."Alexis!" I screamed. My eyes hurt as I searched the beach until I saw an unmoving figure on the rocks. I ran across the beach, and as I grew closer, I saw an unconscious man."Ran?"I crouched carefully beside him and patted his cheeks. He mumbled groggily and then his eyes flashed open. He had stubble on his usually clean-shaven face, and his lips were dry and cracked."Shit." He rubbed the back of his head. "What the…?" He looked around. "Where are we?"I shook my head, unsure of what to tell him. "We have to find Alexis."He stood on shaky legs. "I cracked my head…and I'm…thirsty." He seemed surprised at this, even more than waking up in daylight on a strange beach.I scanned the beach
I pushed his pants down roughly over his firm ass then held him at bay by placing my hand on his chest. I gazed at his nude body. Finally, my Alexis, and he was beautiful.His hard chest held soft dark hair that trailed down past his belly button to the dark hair surrounding his thick cock. I reached out, wrapped my hand around his hard root, and heard his soft moan. He didn't move forward, watching me with dark eyes filled with desire.I tugged on his cock to pull him forward until he lifted me in his arms and my legs encircled his waist. He cupped my ass with his hands while his mouth and tongue devoured mine. He walked us blindly to the bed then lowered me to it gently.I expected us to fuck with years of pent-up desires, him between my thighs pounding away, his cock claiming ownership of me through my pussy and my pussy weeping with need as it clutched and pulled him deeper inside. But instead of ravishing me, Alexis lay beside me and looked at my entire body—from the expression
On the rare occasions when I wanted to listen to music from my club days or dance those old tired line dances that now felt nostalgic, I would play "Cupid Shuffle" or R. Kelly's "Step in The Name of Love." I would dance, my body somehow remembering all the moves. Alexis laughed at me, I mean really gut-busting laughter, until I challenged him to dance.He took me up on the challenge, and I discovered that he moved like water! He was a natural-born dancer. The Cha-Cha Slide, Wobble, even things that I made up to throw him off, Alexis picked up with no trouble. Ran couldn't resist joining in, compelled by the beat of the music to forget, even to laugh for a while. We would all dance for what seemed like hours. Shyly, Ran even taught us how to clog, and no one made fun of him for knowing how to clog.They took me out of my comfort zone and taught me how to ballroom dance. We had nothing but time on our hands, so there was no reason not to learn and enjoy the various dances of their time
"Why does it matter? I can't die of starvation, can I?""No. You cannot. But you can experience pain, and there is no need for that. It will not change anything. So eat. Please."It wouldn't make me feel better, but it would make him feel better, so I sat up feeling groggy and lethargic. The smell of the coffee on the tray turned my stomach topsy-turvy. I caught one sight of the eggs and knew I was going to vomit.I jumped out of bed, pushed past Alexis, and ran to the bathroom, barely making it to the toilet before I vomited. Ran and Alexis came into the bathroom while I was heaving."What's wrong?" Ran asked."She got sick." Alexis bent down and rubbed my back. "I tried to tell you that you will experience the same discomfort that you did as a human.""I know," I grumbled. When I felt strong enough to stand, Alexis gave me a cup of water to rinse my mouth then he carried me back to bed.I averted my eyes from the sight of the eggs. "Get rid of those please," I croaked. "The sm
"Our memories don't go back that far," Ran replied. "But we give credit for our origins to She-Who-Has-No-Name.""The Mother of all Neratomay," I added thoughtfully.Alexis narrowed his eyes."What if we went to her again?" I asked. "We can plead our case—and this time it wouldn't be for us. I mean, this affects all of the Neratomay. Hell, it affects the entire world as we know it.""What do you mean talk to her again?" Ran asked. "You spoke to the First Mother? I didn't even know she had language…"I explained about our visit to her and how she had given Alexis permission to use our powerful bond to prevent me from dying during my punishment."She doesn't have power over the Neratomay," Alexis said with a sigh. "She formed the laws, she can interpret them, but she cannot enforce them. Besides, we are trapped in this bubble. I have tried many times to move outside of this realm."I lightly bit my lip. "But this realm is where she exists?""Yes," Alexis said. "She is quite power