Mag-log inAshley “Omega school?” I asked softly before I winced. I’d been told not to speak unless spoken to. That kind of defiance was why I had so many scars on my thighs. “What’s that?”Kieran bared his teeth as he whirled around toward me. “You’ve never even heard of omega school?”Afraid to speak again, I shook my head. There were schools for this kind of thing? That would be helpful—there was so much I didn’t know. And I’d been punished for it.I risked my safety with another question. “How can I attend?”Lucien laughed hollowly. “You’re kidding, right? She’s kidding.”Kieran ushered Lucien out, and I found myself alone again. Kieran took the warmth with him. It felt nice when he was around, or maybe it was just the heat of his fury. Either way, I was cold when I was alone. I sighed, crawled into bed, and pulled the covers over me.I hadn’t lied to Kieran—this room was the nicest thing I’d ever seen. It was all I could do not to gawk at the hotel when we’d first arrived.The bed was sof
Kieran After heating a frozen dinner, I returned to my room. The first thing I did was check the security camera.Ashley’s door was open.Un-fucking-believable. Snarling, I flew back down the stairs to the basement level. The door at the bottom was still leaning against the wall on the other side. Jumping from the last few steps, I landed in a crouch and growled. There was no Ashley in sight, but I could smell her. Slowly, I prowled down the hallway until I came to her room.An odd noise came from the bathroom. Following the noise, I entered the room and walked to the bathroom, where I found her half-naked and staring at herself in the mirror. Her eyes flickered briefly, but she didn’t react. Of course she didn’t. She’d felt me coming.I hated how my eyes immediately roamed over her body. Betty had called her pretty. She sure as hell looked better when she wasn’t covered in blood, but I didn’t know that I’d go as far as to call her pretty.She was too damn skinny. Her ribs were showi
KieranEyes glued to the security monitor, I watched the closed door with some intensity. We’d been back at Ashewood Hotel for thirty-six hours, and she hadn’t opened the door once—not even to get the cart of food left in the hall for her.“She still hasn’t eaten,” Conrad growled as he stormed into my office. “But then, you fucking already knew that. All you do is stare at that screen.”I didn’t have to explain myself to him. “You’re supposed to be picking Betty up from daycare.”“She didn’t go.”That got my attention. “What do you fucking mean she didn’t go?”“I mean that this morning, she toddled in here with her sweetest smile and said Gurrzly and Candy needed to stay, and you nodded. I was there, so I didn’t take her to daycare.”Fuck. I rubbed my hand across my face. I needed coffee. I hadn't even noticed Betty had been on the premises all day. How the fuck was I going to protect anyone when I was so hung up on Ashley?Not Ashley. The omega.“What have you found out?”“That she
Ashley Hauling me up, the stranger placed me back on the bed. “What the fuck are you doing? Yesterday, you were nearly dead, and now you’re trying to run?”Something pulled me toward him, and I couldn’t form any coherent thoughts. I just needed to press my body against his, and I’d be just fine. He’d protect me.Instead, I found myself unable to move as he held me to the bed. “Don’t touch me,” he snarled as if he could read my thoughts. “Do you understand? Don’t ever touch me.”My gaze moved down to where he was touching me, and he snatched his hands back like he’d been burned.“But it’s you,” I said as if that should mean something to him. As if it should mean something to me. I was so confused.“You don’t know me,” he snarled and moved to the far side of the room. I didn’t contradict him, and we stared at each other. I should thank him. He and his alphas had saved my life, but from how he looked at me, I didn’t think he was happy about that.He looked like he abhorred me, but I’d
Ashley “You’re a fucking broken omega, and I’m going to make sure no one ever fucks you.”Pain exploded in me, and I cried out and began clawing at my gown. Stabbed. He’d stabbed me over and over. So much pain—and I couldn’t fight back. He’d held me with his bond, and I’d just laid there and taken it.In an instant, the alpha was there, grabbing my hands. Terrified, I tried to jerk away, but he held fast.“Fuck, stop it. We’re not here to hurt you. Just breathe. The doctor is on her way.”“The doctor is here,” a woman said as she walked in and stared at the scene before her. She was an older wolf with gray strands peppering her dark hair. Despite being a beta, she had that no-nonsense look of a healer. She gave that look to the alpha now through narrow eyes.“Alpha, you’re scaring my patient. Please step away from her.”He growled but released me, and I huddled in the corner of my bed.“If you could just give us some space,” the doctor began, only to be hustled further into the room
ConradShe was so small.Eyes glued to the omega in the hospital bed, I watched the machines beep and light up. My uncertainty grew. Did the doctors even know what the hell they were doing? What if these machines weren’t working? What if she was dying right now, and everyone thought she was on the mend because some hundred-thousand-dollar machine wasn’t working, and nobody knew?How could someone hurt an omega like this? In most cases, wolves were wired to protect an omega. Who the hell in their right mind would try to kill one?Other than us.We’d never told anyone the truth about Lana. Not even King Cyrus, although he’d probably guessed. Everyone else assumed our old omega had died with the rest of the betas.Omegas were precious and rare. It took someone perverse and twisted to hurt an omega like this.Unfortunately, wolves with darker tastes weren’t hard to come by. I feared what would happen to Kieran if we didn’t find some way to get him some help. What would happen to all o
Natalie God, those online pictures don’t do him justice. The bastard is still obnoxiously handsome in person.That’s my first thought when I see him, because the moment Jaxon walks through those doors, I know I'm in trouble.At thirty-nine, he's grown into his features in a way that makes my mout
JaxonAdjusting my cufflinks in the hallway outside the media conference room, trying to get this interview over with as quickly as possible, I watch as my assistant Liza approaches.She’s clutching her tablet with that look she gets when she thinks she needs to sell me on something.“I really thin
Jaxon The afternoon air is thick with the metallic scent of sweat and cut grass.I run through the practice drill, my arm snapping forward and launching a tight spiral thirty yards down the field.The ball rockets through the air, landing right in the corner of the end zone, where my receiver wou
Natalie “You are gonna poke a hole in his face if you keep staring at him like that.” Freda’s voice slams me from behind, and I turn around, hand on my heart.“Jesus Christ, you scared me.”Standing in the doorway, my best-friend-slash-roommate holds grocery bags in one hand and a gym bag slung ov







