All Chapters of The Lycan's Acquisition : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Rose’s POVI closed my eyes, not wanting to see Alpha Karl watching us. The implications were overwhelming. And my sister was untried. At least, she had been.Ivy wasn’t present. That wouldn’t have been too bad. Except maybe she’d been there when they ruined – almost ruined, I had to admit – Lolo.She liked Adam’s mom. I’d phoned her from the highway, not wanting her to worry, and received the shock of my life.Michaela. I hoped she wouldn’t judge me too harshly for what I was about to endure – and share – with her son.Legend had it there was once a she-wolf who brought a wasting disease to those who bedded her. If only it were that simple …“You’re so tight, Rosie. Who would have thought it?”He was making my skin crawl. Olga had retreated the second he pulled at my nipples in what this jerk of an Alpha seemed to believe was sufficient foreplay. I only hoped it would be over quickly and that he would be possessive and only let his brother-in-law look at the mess he’d made of me rath

Adam’s POV“He’s let me down, curse him.”I winced at her poor choice of word. Yet hadn’t I been breaking mine recently given the way I felt about Rose?“What did you expect, Jane?”“I don’t mean your precious half-brother,” she sneered.“Then who?”“Marcus.”I couldn’t take it in at first. Though they had been part of the same circles for ages.Was she still messing with my head?“You’re lying.”“I asked him to keep her safe.”“Who?”“‘Chains’ was as good a place as any to hide her.”“But he came to the auction instead,” I guessed, trying to be the voice in her head.She glared at me. “He asked Trevor to watch over her. Said he’d only be a couple hours. Instead he took himself a bitch and got wasted.”That didn’t sound like my long time friend. But he had been without a stable relationship much like me. In his case she’d rejected him.Those things could send you crazy.I wondered what Jane’s excuse was. In her case things were always more complicated.“Did you mean it when you threat

Adam’s POV I went through the motions of being angry but all I could think about was that Rose was mine once more. We needed to clear the air and did that all right. I was hoping her presence would lead Mom to change her mind about this particular mate of mine. At least she didn’t want me to take Clare back. I’d learned without much surprise she was a regular performer at ‘Chains’, just not when I happened to visit, and was half way through a submissive contract with one of the VIPs. That was so typical of her and also slightly unusual in that it wasn’t a sexual relationship. I’d reprimanded Seth for being a part of my incarceration though indicated I understood his reasons. Otherwise he was a competent bodyguard and I had no desire to change that. I wanted familiar faces around me and was relying heavily on Niall now that Timo was temporarily out of commission. Brandon was on my mind a lot yet I shelved my concerns for the sake of negotiating with Reed, now Alpha Connor. I assumed

Adam’s POVWhen Rose told me about Willow’s panicked message I tried to ease her fears by suggesting she was simply re-living the past.“It was probably just a bad dream.”“Lolo isn’t hysterical. Not like this,” my true queen protested.I now had an array of them, the others being treacherous and fake respectively.“What do you want me to do?”“You’re not going to like this.”When she suggested I contact Brandon I became angry. Because I knew she was right and that I would probably be indebted to my elder brother yet again.“Do you think Alpha Lewis has somehow escaped?”That made me feel better. It was worth saying his name just to imply that Brandon wasn’t as competent as everyone made out.“Don’t.”She clutched my arm, in the grip of a terror of her own.“I’ll call him,” I said.It seemed surreal leaving the beach to find a decent reception for my cell. I didn’t go too far, making sure I could always see her.“What’s up, bro? Having a rest between bouts?”I came straight to the poi

Adam’s POVI’d seldom felt so nervous in my life. This one was personal. And I wasn’t going to desert Brandon either. Perhaps there’d been a lot of misconceptions between us and all we’d ever needed was a clear the air talk. I vowed to make that happen sooner rather than later and hoped I wasn’t tempting yet another cycle of bad luck.It was only as we reached the outskirts of the woods that I remembered Mom knew nothing about this latest development. Unless she’d gone to the medical area in need of a remedy and Rose had told her everything. Well, I hadn’t wanted her to worry.And it was too late now.We maintained a constant silence, moving with stealth, though Erica kept glancing at me as if she wanted to unburden herself. That was when I initiated the mind link.‘Is this about Timo?’As I recalled, I’d asked him to give me a name if he didn’t want Jessie. That seemed so long ago now.‘Do you approve?’‘If it’s what you want.’‘We had a fling when I was younger. His illness brought