All Chapters of Ruling The Pack (Mated To The Night Book 3) : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

“You know, you’re asking for help,” he said, “but you’re acting like you’re trying to beat me, not spar with me.”I smirked. “No idea what you mean.”“Ha. Liar.” He lunged at me, grabbing hold of my shirt.I jerked back, and my shirt tore. As bits of cotton drifted away in the wind, Lance and I looked at each other. All pretense of this being a training session had disappeared the moment we heard the fabric tear. It wasn’t first blood, but it was close enough.Lance grinned. “First point’s mine.”“The next point won’t be.”When we stepped toward each other again, we didn’t speak—talking would waste breath. He jumped around, light on his feet. His attacks were quicker, perfectly accurate. When I went harder to get him off his game, he smirked and matched my ferocity. He was so fast, all I could do was duck and weave between attacks. I stepped back, trying to get space between us, but he closed the distance. I had a greater arm span than him. If he gave me the inches I needed, this woul

Now the tears were flowing freely. I rubbed uselessly at my eyes, but I couldn’t stop them.“Baby.” Night’s arms went around me, and he pulled me against him. I pressed my damp face to his chest, and he rubbed my back as my shoulders trembled. “You’re right. I’m sorry.”“You’re just saying that because I started crying,” I muttered.I felt his chuckle rumble through his chest, and I pressed closer to him. “No. It’s because you’re right. I lost control earlier today. I was just too ashamed to admit it.”I sniffled. “You don’t have to be ashamed around me.” I peered up at him, looking deep into his viridian eyes. “I’m going to be here for you no matter what. There’s nothing you could say that would make me stop loving you.”“You mean that, don’t you?” he asked gently.“Of course I do.”He bent to kiss me. I leaned into the kiss, only for him to pull away and drag his shirt over his head. I kissed his collarbone as I slipped my dress down my body. When it pooled around my feet, Night pul

A few miles later, Dom announced he was going to call it a night. I walked him to his cabin.“Are you going to keep at it?” He, like me, was sweating through his shirt. He wasn’t tired; I think our conversation just made him miss Tavi.“Yeah. Now that we started, my wolf is eager to keep going.” He was running around inside me. “I think I’ll shift and do another lap.”“Okay. See you in the morning. And Night?”I’d turned away from his cabin, but when he said my name, I looked back at him. He was smiling.“Thanks. I think I needed this.”I smiled back. “I think I did, too.”I felt much lighter after talking to Dom, and the run had really helped tire me out. I was eager to get back to my mate. I jogged to get back to the trail. On the way, I passed the library. It was dark because it was closed, but I saw a candle flicker in one of the windows.The sight brought me up short. It was probably just a wolf doing some late-night reading, but my gut told me I should investigate. I altered cou

Chapter 9BrynThe next morning, I woke alone to the scent of frying bacon. My stomach rumbled, and the baby did a somersault.I put my hand over my belly and smiled. “Okay. Let’s get something to eat.”I rolled out of bed and made myself presentable. I could hear several people shuffling around in the kitchen. One of them would be the person who would get as much bacon in me as I could stand.I made my way downstairs and found Violet, Mom, Night, and Dr. Stan talking in the kitchen. They all looked at me as I walked in.“Morning, everyone,” I said. Night came to me and hugged me tightly, as if this was the first time he’d seen me in days. I peeked around him to see our visitors. “Violet, Dr. Stan, long time no see.”“Likewise,” the doc replied. “But remember, you can call me Damon if you like.”“Oh, right.” I giggled. “Sorry.”“We’ll have another checkup when you and Night have the time,” he said.“Of course. We’ll figure out the best time to do that.”Night finally let me go, and I

We’d just gotten back from Wargs’ territory the night before, and while Bryn made sure the Kings were ready for the winter, Dom, Tavi, Lance, and I were back in the office, going through more piles of paperwork. It was a nice change of pace to visit home, but I was eager to get back to the problem of the children who had disappeared a decade ago. Dom and Tavi had been working to find any evidence of where the children were taken or where their remains might be. We were hoping to find evidence in these documents of secret, undeveloped land Gregor owned. It was a long shot, but we had to keep looking.Getting Lance to agree to team up had been like pulling teeth, but after I’d caught him in the library, he seemed to realize he couldn’t do this on his own. Supposedly, he still found the idea of looking through paperwork tedious and unnecessary, but he was here, helping.Tavi laughed suddenly, pulling my attention from the stapled stack of business projections. She was sitting on the grou