All Chapters of Bound by Blood: Last Ruby Wolf and Her Fated Mate: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

The day went surprisingly smoothly, considering we were meeting with packs and groups on the cats’ side of the river. There were no attacks, and no threats.We went back to my parents’ place afterward. Chandler was still staying in one of their spare rooms, so she and both of the hats she’d managed to make for Noah that day went inside with her.There weren’t any werewolves waiting to get their wolves back that night. My parents were in the kitchen, cooking together with their typical music playing while they talked and hung out.My dad kissed my mom as we walked past, and a surge of jealousy flooded me. It had been forty-eight hours since I’d gotten to touch Merrick at all, and even more since I’d gotten to kiss him.Dammit, I wanted to kiss my mate.“We’ll get this figured out,” Merrick murmured.“I know. I just wish it was already figured out,” I sighed.All I wanted was a damn hug and a kiss on the forehead—was that too much to ask for?My mom poked her head in just before I shut

I followed Noah out of the house, resisting the urge to smash my fist in his face for touching my little sister.“What do you want?” I growled, pulling my mind away from Hazel’s just in case I ended up needing to take him out after all. To save my sister from tangling herself up in an unhappy mating, I sure as fuck would kill the guy.Kissing my mate, who was permanently mine and absolutely unattainable to him, was a crime I’d wanted to beat him up for. But hurting my sister wasn’t something I could let go of.“I owe you an apology,” he admitted. “I messed up.” “You think?”His grimace deepened, and we kept walking further from the house. My sister had grizzly ears; she’d hear our conversation if we were close.“I grew up hearing that Hazel was going to die in her early twenties. We were friends; it scared me. I was twelve when I learned about the trials and decided I was going to go through them. Hazel needed me. I could save her.Her dad started training me then, even though he and

My nose twitched when I smelled chocolate. “I brought cake.” He stepped up to the doorway, politely waiting there. “Hey.” He nodded at Merrick. “Have you seen my female?”Liv was silent, and completely still.“No. We’re sleeping,” I complained, before Merrick could be a sucker and give away my friend. “Go away.”“Alright.” He eyed me, suspicious about the lumps in my blanket. “Mind if I grab a fork first? Since Liv’s not interested, I better eat this homemade better-than-sex cake all by myself before heading home.”“Go ahead.” I closed my eyes. “Don’t do it,” I warned Merrick. “Don’t tell him.”“He can smell her. He knows she’s right here.”“Well, he’s probably not willing to open my blanket up to get her out,” I countered.Merrick growled softly. “Better not.”I heard the microwave turn on, and then the most heavenly smell met my nose. I bit back a groan at the scent of chocolate and fudge. The microwave beeped, and the delicious smell increased as Jay pulled the cake out and cut int

After another long day of giving werewolves access to their animal sides again, Liv and Chandler insisted it was time for a girls’ night. I was a sucker for my girls, so I agreed.I was going to meet them at Tommy’s bar after I finished showering and getting dressed. They left earlier, since neither of them had as much shit to do as I did.“You’re sure that’s safe?” Merrick checked, eyeing my hair and the curling iron it was wrapped around. He sniffed the air, trying to smell if it was burning. He was sitting on the counter in our bathroom at my parents’ place, watching me while I got ready.“I’ve done this hundreds of times, Grizzly. I think it’ll be fine.” I released the strand from the iron, and it fell in a soft wave. “Did your mom and sister never curl their hair?”“I don’t know. I’ve never paid much attention to hair,” he shrugged. “Pink meant I could date them, red and anything else was off limits. I’m liking the dark brown beneath your red, though.” He lifted a strand of my ha

It felt like my heart stopped when Merrick went unconscious. In the place where his emotions, his life, his soul had been constantly moving and changing alongside mine, was a fucking black hole. He’d told me that was what it felt like, but nothing could’ve prepared me for the actual feeling.I tripped over my paws, crashing to the ground and hitting my muzzle on the ground.He regained consciousness as I made it back to my feet, hearing more drunk, clumsy shifters behind me. Everyone I’d been with had followed me into the forest, and then a few more who were on our side and realized something was wrong when I took off into the trees without a moment’s notice.“What happened?” I demanded.“Chloroform, I think.” His voice was groggy. “Some smelly shit on a rag.”“I’m going to kill them,” I seethed.“Taking out fifty cats won’t do much in the way of peace, but I’m game if you are.”I snarled. “Screw peace. They attacked you!” “And they abducted you.”Shit. Yeah, I didn’t want to remember