All Chapters of Ruling The Pack (Mated To The Night Book 3) : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

I popped in every once in a while just to set eyes on things, make sure things were running well, and put some distance between me and the psychological warfare the council was waging on me. I had Samara escorted to Kings territory, figuring the less hostile mood would be a better environment for her.Of course, every time I visited the Kings, I found that things were going fine—my beta and sister were amazing at what they were trained to do. That was a relief in most ways, but sometimes I wondered whether I was needed there at all.On the day that marked two weeks since we returned to Wargs’ territory, Lance and I were walking around, checking out the progress of the construction and discussing pack safety. The attack on the Camas had made us all hyper-aware of security, and fortunately, Lance was an expert. He was close to Theodore, whose son I’d saved during Troy’s attack. Because of what Lance had learned from one of the Kings’ strongest warriors, he had plenty of ideas for how we

“You know,” she whispered against my skin, “we haven’t been ‘together’ since we left the Camas Pack. Don’t you think it’s been long enough?”Her voice was sultry with lust, stirring an answering desire in me. I turned my head when she made to kiss my cheek, catching her lips with mine. She tasted divine, and she felt even better when she moved onto my lap and ground herself against me. It should have been easy to lose myself in the feeling of her, in the kisses she left across my skin, but my brain wouldn’t shut off.The mood was right, and the time and place were ideal. We were as far from anything that reminded us of Troy as we could get. My body wanted it, my wolf was ravenous for it, but I just wasn’t feeling it.When she started to pull off my shirt, I took her hands in mine. I pulled back and gently eased her off my lap and onto the bed. My wolf howled in protest, but I ignored him.Bryn looked up at me, her lips a bit swollen, her cheeks red, her eyes dark with lust. Her blouse

I smiled, relief filling my chest with warmth. “Of course. I’m here for you, baby.”“I know you are.” He rubbed my back in slow, tantalizing circles. “We should head back. We should talk to Samuel and his family.”I propped myself up on my elbow and looked down at him. “Yeah?”“Yeah.” He moved his hand to my shoulder and continued to caress me. “If you still feel that Samuel has information to give us, then we should get what we can from him now. Troy’s only going to get more aggressive in his future attacks because he’s searching for something he’ll never find: the key that’ll open that portal.”I started to tear up. This was the Night I’d been missing, this brilliant, intelligent, thoughtful man. The man who made me feel precious and loved. I was so glad to have him back again.I sniffled and nodded. “I agree. And I was thinking it might be good to bring Tavi along to help Samuel through it.”Night was confused for a second, but then he understood. “You’re thinking she would be able

Though I’d expected this answer, it filled me with a sense of relief that followed me through the day and into the night. The next day, the day of the ritual, that relief slowly shifted into prickly nervousness.I believed in the ritual’s effectiveness, but I had no doubt that I’d be seeing some disturbing stuff in Samuel's memories. When I’d looked into my mother’s memories, it had been to learn more about my parents. Though her life ended tragically, seeing things through her eyes had given me closure and strength. Because of that experience, I felt like I could be a better woman, a better mate, and a better mother.But Samuel would be different. When Night and I had spoken to him months ago, he’d mentioned a shadow monster. There was no telling what he had actually seen, but it had been enough to cause deep hurt and fear that had lasted a decade.Adam and Cathy told us it would be better to do it in the daytime because Samuel was at his most calm, so Tavi, Night, Violet, and I were

“Oh.” Suddenly, Trevor didn’t look so dazzling up there; he looked like a little kid. “Maybe we should go home after all. I…I don’t want to end up like them.”“Okay. Do you need help getting down?”Trevor shook his head, then both boys jumped as the leaves rustled. Samuel stared with wide eyes as a dark figure stepped out from between the trees. Trevor yelped and fell off the trunk in his haste to get away. But all Samuel could do was stare as the figure got closer and closer. Finally, the figure started to look less like something dragging itself out of the shadows and more like a person.“Hey, what are you two doing out here?” The figure pulled back its hood, revealing Troy’s face.Seeing Troy as a young teenager punched me in the chest. I recoiled from the memories of him yanking my hair and pushing me down. The gray film over the vision grew thicker as the shock rolled over me.Get it together, Bryn, I coached myself. Just get through it. You can’t lose it now. It took a couple of