Chapter: Who Shot Tawnie?TawnieFor about ten minutes after Talon forced Alek to shift, I stood there, staring after him, hoping that he would come back, so I could protect him, but he didn’t. Finally, I sighed as I turned away to head back to the casino, where I knew Storm was waiting for me to get back. When I walked into my office, Storm looked up at me from the couch, where she was reading a magazine.“You really do love him, don’t you?” she asked softly.I sighed as I threw myself down in my seat. “Yeah, I do.”She tilted her head as she studied my face. “Are you ever worried that you're just repeating what happened with Jonas?”I immediately stiffened as everything in me screamed to hide from her words. I took a deep breath as I shook my head. “No. I used to. When he first told me that we were mates, I worried about it. I tried to push him away, but I couldn’t. I was too drawn to him. I wanted him too much. I know it sounds crazy, after everything I went through with Jonas, but Alek is different. I don’
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Chapter: A Sorrowful GoodbyeAfter Tawnie got dressed, I took her hand, smiling softly at her as I led her out to the main area, where Storm raised her eyebrow.“That wasn’t much longer than 5 seconds,” she mused.I bared my teeth at her. “Well, if you weren’t here, I’d still have her on her knees. So, thanks so much for ruining our moment!”“ALEK!” Tawnie roared as Storm leaned back against the chair and put her feet up on the coffee table.“You’re welcome.”When I growled and took a step toward Storm, Tawnie pulled me back to her side. “Can you two behave, please? I really want you two to get along.”I bared my teeth at Storm, whose lips curled up in a smirk. “Get your second in command under control, Tawnie. I’ll fucking tear her throat out!”“Whatever, you big cat! I’m not afraid of you! You’re pathetic!” Storm sneered.“I’ll show you pathetic!” I seethed.Tawnie let her aura out when Storm opened her mouth to respond. “Meet me in my office in an hour,” my mate ordered. “I’m going to walk Alek to the border.”
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Chapter: Not Wanting To LeaveAlek-4 days laterI brushed my lips over Tawnie’s forehead as she slumbered peacefully next to me. I had been willing to give everything up for her the night we met, simply because I was drawn to her. When I left here today, I’d be willing to give up everything for her for a different reason. While I had fallen in love with her cruel, cold, and deadly personality, I was hopelessly in love with her now. The last week that I had been here with her, I had fallen hopelessly in love with her.I mean, how could I not? She was all fiery and bossy until my hand went around her throat. Then she was the best good girl anyone could ask for. I loved how easy life was with her. I couldn’t remember if I had ever laughed this hard, but damn if she didn’t make me howl with laughter every chance she got. I could see her melting in ways that I never thought she would, and I was enjoying every second of it.It was going to kill me to walk away from her, but I had to. If I didn’t die at Andresky’s hands,
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Chapter: A New PlanMr. XI stumbled through the dessert, trying to shift, but my tussle with that asshole had weakened me to the point of exhaustion. When I couldn’t go any further, I collapsed on the ground, breathing hard as my body tried to heal itself. I rolled over onto my back to look up at the sky, desperately trying to ignore the pain that was ravaging my body.I hadn’t expected him to be able to sense, but thinking about it now, I should have expected it. His brother had sensed me, too. They had both done the impossible. Not even Tawnie or Osirus had been able to sense me, which led me to the only two questions that mattered: Just who in the hell was this ‘Alek’ guy, and why was he so strong? Had being marked and mated by Tawnie made him stronger, or was he that powerful on his own? I couldn’t be sure, but all I knew was that I didn’t want to brawl with him again. I had never had such a hard time healing as I was right at that moment. It was almost as if I had been injected with an anti-healin
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Chapter: Truth Or A Lie?AlekLater that evening, after making love to Tawnie all day, she went to meet Storm, leaving me alone in bed, waiting for her. I sighed as I stared up at the ceiling above me, wondering what I should do while I waited. Finally, I sighed as I got up. I had a feeling that if I somehow survived the return home, I would be spending an extraordinary amount of time at Tawnie’s place, so it would be a good idea to figure out where she kept the important stuff, such as toilet paper and Motrin for when she got on my nerves. I chuckled softly as I walked into the bathroom to explore it. Tawnie drove me absolutely bonkers at times, but I still loved her to pieces.As I was exploring the cabinets, I got the intense feeling that I was being watched. I slowly turned in a circle, looking all around me as Talon tried to scent for whoever was there, but he couldn’t figure out exactly where the person was. Talon pushed forward, letting his senses flare out even more. I let Talon take over in anticipat
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Chapter: Making UpTawnieI met his eyes as I slowly got down off the counter, letting Alek’s hand in my hair guide me to the floor. I put my hands on his thighs, dragging them down his thighs as I sank down to my knees. I looked up at him from under my eyelashes, loving the way his eyes darkened with desire. My tongue flicked out to wet my lips, and his eyes followed its path, causing my pussy to clench in anticipation.He stepped closer, spreading his legs a little as his free hand wrapped around his erection, stroking it slowly. When I saw a bead of precum form on his tip, I groaned, my tongue dipping out to touch my lips again. He moved closer before tapping the head of his cock on my lips. “Open up, Tawnie,” he ordered huskily, his eyes flashing at me.“No,” I whispered, lowering my eyes from his.He growled loudly, the sound vibrated his chest, and sent waves of pleasure through me. He yanked my head back so that I was forced to look up into his eyes. I swallowed hard when I saw the fury in his e
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Chapter: Losing Everything To Find Forever TeaserI rushed to get in the car before Rip could change his mind. I wasn’t scared of him, per se, but I had been around him and Becky enough to know that he was serious about everything he would do to protect her. The year I lived with them while my parents were going through their divorce was very enlightening. I was never going to do anything to make him come for me. That year I spent with Rip and Naomi, who thankfully I knew better than to ever develop a crush on, I had learned a lot about being a good partner. I was young, but not stupid. Rip showed me all the things that my father never bothered to. Rip taught me that real men opened doors, pulled out chairs, and held their woman’s hand in public. He taught me the value of anticipating your partner’s needs, moods, and wants. He taught me the importance of knowing your partner inside and out, and actually listening to them. I had seen Rip fix Naomi’s meltdowns with a king-size KitKat bar and a kiss on the forehead. He was the type of m
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Chapter: Choosing HimselfRipI smiled at Becky as she bounced down to the main hallway, smiling widely at Simon, who eyed her closely. We were all worried that Becky would freak out. When Simon agreed to come grocery shopping with me, Naomi and I both looked at Becky. She had been panicked, but had given Simon a watery smile. Her next words had my chest constrict painfully.“Promise that you’ll come back,” she had whispered.“Of course, Becky.”She had nodded and continued to eat her breakfast, surprising all of us. Now we were getting to walk out of the house. This was the moment that would determine if Simon actually went or not. I watched as Becky hugged Simon, who held her tightly for a moment before letting her back away. She tilted her head back to look into my eyes.“Keep him safe like you keep all of us safe?” she requested softly.I knelt in front of her, so I was on her level, looking into her eyes as I cupped her face. “Listen to me, Becky, I promise that he’s going to be coming home. He’s not goin
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Chapter: Loving And Letting GoNaomi-Two weeks laterI moved through the house almost as silently, taking a moment for myself after getting Penny back to sleep. She hadn’t been crying, but I couldn’t sleep with her minor fussing. I stopped at Becky and Jess’s room, peeking in, and was completely shocked when I didn’t see Simon sleeping on the cot like he had the last few months. I instantly became worried. If Becky woke up and he wasn’t there, she was going to freak out.After gathering the dogs, I took them downstairs to go to the bathroom. As I passed Simon’s room, I almost stopped outside his door, but I didn’t want to wake him up. As I was nearing the back door, Simon’s door opened behind me, making me turn around to face him as he softly called out, “Becky?”“No, it’s Naomi.”“Oh. Okay. I’m sorry. I just thought…”“That Becky was coming down to find you?”“Yeah,” he replied, bringing his hand up to massage the back of his neck.I tilted my head toward the back door. “Do you want to come outside with me so we c
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Chapter: The AftermathNaomi-3 months laterI was sitting in the courtroom next to Rip, holding his hand tightly while we anxiously waited for the jury to come back in. We had been called back to the courtroom thirty minutes after the jury had been dismissed to deliberate. Simon was seated beside Raj at the defense tabl and I could tell he was extremely worried about what was going to happen. Thankfully, he had been able to remain at the house with us after Rip paid the $1,000,000 bail, which he did without hesitation. As the jury walked in, Simon turned around to face us for a moment, and I let Rip’s hand go to form a heart with both of mine. He gave me a soft smile before looking straight again. I knew he thought that he was going to be taken away from us, and while that was a very real possibility, I was praying that they would go easy on him. With the charges against him, he was possibly facing life in prison, which made me even more grateful that Raj was such an amazing attorney.He had brought dozens
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Chapter: The InterrogationAfter getting the girls tucked back into their beds at the house hours later, Brian came by to speak with Simon. After I led them to my home office, I sat Simon in my chair with Brian and his partner sitting across from him, while I hovered slightly behind him with my hands on his shoulders.“Rip, you have to let us question Simon without interference. If you impede–”“So, sorry, I’m late, Rip,” Raj said as he walked into the office with his briefcase. He turned his attention to Brian, holding his hand out. “Brian, it’s so good to see you. If you don’t mind, I need to speak to my client. If you would please give us five minutes.” He gave the police officers a stern look. “Alone.” Both Brian and his partner got up to leave as Raj turned to me. “You, too, Rip.”“But he’s my–”“Son? Yeah, I get it. I also understand that you’re paying me, but Simon is my client, not you,” Raj told me, making me narrow my eyes at him. “Now, if you don’t mind, I only have a few minutes.”I grumbled under m
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Chapter: Rip's ReactionRipWhen we got to the hospital, I escorted Simon and Becky up to the private room that I rented for our family. When we walked in, Naomi uttered a relieved cry as she ran over to hug Becky and Simon, bursting into tears as she rocked them back and forth. After I got my wife calmed down, I got Becky onto one of the beds, not missing the way she refused to let Simon go. It didn’t surprise me at all. She was terrified, and he had saved her. The next few days were going to be important. Naomi and I were going to have to start working on building her confidence back up. I had already reached out to Phoebe and asked her to come speak to Becky. While Becky was being checked out by a doctor, I nodded my head toward the door.“Come on, Simon. I want to talk to you,” I told him.“NO! PLEASE, DADDY! DON’T TAKE HIM!” Becky screamed, pulling away from the doctor to hug Simon’s arm, effectively keeping him hostage. I sighed as I rubbed the back of my neck before turning toward the doctor.“I hate
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Chapter: Chapter 223“Fuck!”I quickly began to dig the den out carefully. I stopped when I felt the still-warm body of an animal. I carefully removed it. Shit. It was Bella. I flipped her over and saw her stomach and chest moving. My gaze traveled lower and I saw the cub that was stuck half in her birth canal. I looked
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Chapter: Chapter 222Minor Trigger WarningGerald“DADDDY! DADDDY! WHERE ARE YOU?” Annie screamed as she ran down the hallway, crying.I jumped to my feet and rushed out of the room. “Annie? What’s wrong?”She waved some papers in the air. “Gerry, look.”She handed me the crumpled papers, and I smoothed them out so I co
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Chapter: Chapter 221ToyaI smiled at Hannah as Mom and Grandma got us ready. Tonight our daddies were going to go with us to the daddy-daughter dance and we were so excited. Elena and Priscilla had already gone to their dance with their daddies. It was our turn now. I twirled in front of the mirror and giggled when my
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Chapter: Chapter 220ElenaI threw the door to Annie and Hannah’s room open. I grinned at them.“I have a cookie for the one that irritates Osprey and Gerald the most.”Annie giggled and shoved Hanna. “That cookie is mine.”Hannah eyed me. “What kind of cookie?”Toya poked her head from around my back before hiding back
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Chapter: Chapter 219“Scarlett?” my brother said as he walked in to sit next to me on the bed. He put his hand on my back. “Do you want to talk about it?”I rolled over to look at him before sitting up and wrapping my arms around my legs. “Why does he have to have a mate? Can’t he just stay my best friend forever?” I wh
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Chapter: Chapter 218Epilogue (One year later)ScarlettI smiled when Osprey flung the door open. I held up the plate of peanut butter cookies I had made with him in mind.“I made cookies for dessert,” I murmured, looking down at the ground.He took the plate from me and his hands slid over mine. My eyes shot up to his
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Chapter: Coming Out Of Her ShellScarlettI glanced at Elena over Vanessa’s sleeping body.“Lena,” I whispered. “Are you awake?”“Mhmm?”“Shhh, we don’t want her to wake up.”Elena laughed as she sat up to lean back against my headboard. “You can talk normally, Scar. I slipped her one of Grandma’s Ambiens.”My mouth dropped open. “You drugged her?”“Yep. I guess it’s payback for all the times she dosed Osprey.”My eyes widened. “She drugged Osprey?!”“Yep.” She looked down at her nails. “The day that my Dad took me hunting while you were supposed to be waiting for us was one.”I looked down at Vanessa. Was that why he hadn’t woken up when she was being nasty to me? He was never a heavy sleeper, so it confused me after I left and had time to calm down.“What else did you do to keep me away from him?” I asked Vanessa angrily. “Why do you want him so much?”“Because he’s the one person she could never have. What are you going to do, Scarlett? You know Silver isn’t really your mate. They are using you.”I hesitated befor
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Chapter: A Taste Of Her Own MedicineElenaI took Beanie’s hand as we marched toward Vanessa’s house. The bitch had finally gone too far by telling Scarlett that she had slept with my brother. Osprey would never sleep with that tramp. We all knew that nasty slut slept with everybody. I had even heard her bragging about how she had joined her mother and stepfather in bed a few times. That was just too much for me to process. Even the thought of looking at my fathers in any way but fatherly makes me want to vomit. As much as it disgusted me, it didn’t surprise me. What surprised me was that she didn’t have half a dozen kids already.“Where are we going?”“Beanie, can I ask you something?”“You’re my mate…”“I don’t think he would have, but I also know that if he did, he would tell you and not me.”“Osprey?” I nodded. “What did he supposedly do?”“Slept with Vanessa and is obsessed with her?”Beanie burst out laughing. “Oh, Goddess, baby. You are in rare form today. You should be a comedian with those jokes.”I shoved his s
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Chapter: Always Being AroundScarlettI couldn’t help but smile at my mother as she guided Beanie and Raul into the dining room as they carried my grandmother’s solid oak table while Elena and I carried the boxes from my mother’s car up to my room. She threw herself back onto my bed, staring at the ceiling. I hesitated before laying on the other side of the bed with our heads next to each other. She turned her head toward me.“I’m glad you’re back, Scarlett. I’ve missed you.”I closed my eyes as I turned to face her, sighing. “I’m sorry, Elena. I needed space to think.”“It doesn’t matter now. You’re back. We’ll keep you safe.”“I think she lied to me, Lena. Why would she lie to me?”“Because Vanessa is a bitch. She has always been one. It’s not your fault for believing her. Out of curiosity, what did she even say?”I opened my eyes to look into hers. “She said you and Osprey were plotting together because you wanted Beanie, while Osprey wanted to have sex with me, and that he was obsessed with her. She said that
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Chapter: Silver's PunishmentBy the time Beanie and I arrived back in town, my parents were all waiting out front for me. I slammed the car door behind me as I glanced at my father. They all fell into step behind me as I made my way to the border between our lands, letting out angry, loud growls as I demanded the Alpha and Luna to meet us. Five minutes after we arrived, a middle-aged couple came walking up, holding hands, and bringing my agitated pacing to a halt. I glared at them.“Silver James is one of your wolves, yes?”“The James family is part of our pack, yes, but Silver has not yet taken the pack oath. We don’t allow it until our teens get their wolves. He has not gotten his yet, so no, he is not an official pack member.”I narrowed my eyes. “I’m only coming to you because they are part of your pack. Silver will be punished for his crimes against our future Alpha Sow.”“What did he do?”“Which crime do you want to hear about? His lying about her being his mate or trying to rape her after he lied to get he
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Chapter: Not Blaming Scarlett(Present day)I jogged down the stairs into the kitchen, where I could smell eggs and bacon coming from. I strolled in before immediately walking over to wrap my arms around my mother, who stood stirring loaded scrambled eggs. I put my cheek on her shoulder, making her glance at me.“Are you alright, Osprey?”“No.”She patted my hand. “Wanna talk about it?”“Not really.”“Okay.”I continued to hug her from behind while she finished the eggs. I knew she would hear me out, no matter what I was feeling. Except I wasn’t sure exactly how I was feeling. I woke up feeling distraught, like something bad was going to happen. I had walked in intending to pull my father aside, but as soon as I saw my mother, I needed her comfort like I always do. She had always been my rock, even through the past few years when my fathers and I were at each other’s throats. I hadn’t said anything and she hadn't needed me to, but she had held me anyway, knowing I needed her. She was who I needed most of all when
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Chapter: Fighting For HerOsprey (3 months prior)My father grabbed my arm as I lunged at Vanessa as she moved behind Scarlett to rub her back as she vomited up the alcohol from the night before.“DON’T FUCKING TOUCH HER!” I yelled as my fathers literally picked me up off the ground.Sebastian and Tony held my legs as my father and Timothy carried my upper half out while I thrashed wildly, yelling threats to them and Vanessa. When we got outside, they set me down, and I immediately swung on my father, giving a triumphant shout when my fist collided with his jaw before I spun on Raul to tackle him to the ground, throwing punch after punch onto every part of his body I could reach.“THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU TOLD ME TO STAY AWAY FROM HER! I HATE YOU!”I was yanked off of him, quickly shoving Timothy away from me to dive back at Raul, who barely avoided me as he rolled quickly to the left. I scrambled to my feet to go after him again as Godric’s fur erupted on my arms. My father stepped between us with his arm
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