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Alpha Enzo 066 | CINNAMON AND CLOVE
Enzo’s POVI felt permanently on edge after Bennett’s latest intrusive message. It became impossible to distract myself, because every time I opened a book in the library or ran past a tree at training, I expected to see the words ‘I told you so’ inked or carved there. He’d effectively managed to infiltrate our lives – and my blooming paranoia wasn’t even the worst problem Scar and I had to deal with.So much for our peaceful paradise. Even now, with Scarlett’s head resting sleepily on my chest and the first rays of dawn spilling in through the open curtains, my brow was furrowed and stress pounded at my temples. Lifting a hand, I pressed my fingertips into my temples and started to rub. Hard.Scar lifted her head, her eyelids still closed, her lashes forming a dark crescent over her freckled skin. “Whassmatter?”Despite it all, I huffed out a laugh. “In English, please?”She yawned widely and snuggled back in. “What. Is. The.” She paused, yawning again, before she finished. “Matter?”
Alpha Enzo 067 | THE TIME IS NOW
Scarlett’s POV“So,” I said, leaning forward on Enzo’s bed, frowning at the television, “he’s an alien?”“Yeah.” Enzo rubbed my knee, but his gaze didn’t once falter from the screen. “From the planet Gallifrey. And he travels around in a blue box that he stole…”“No, go on.” My lips twitched. “And the plastic?”“Is alive.” He grinned and, at last, turned to face me. “I’m sorry. We don’t have to watch it.”“No, I’m enjoying it. I’m confused, but happy.”“Well, that’s all I can ask.” He kissed my cheek. “I’m glad you’re happy.”“Me, too. Your parents are so nice.”They really were. We’d chatted easily, amicably, once I’d settled into myself – and got past the fact that Enzo had snickered at me for saying ‘Most welcome.’ Geno and Resme were warm people in a warm home, and with the mulled wine sinking into my flesh I’d found that our conversations had flowed as easily as drink into my cup.And, if I’d caught them sharing sad, almost pitying, looks whenever my past came up, no matter how q
Alpha Enzo 068 | KEEP YOUR SECRETS
Enzo’s POVScarlett was keeping something from me. I was sure of it.Since we’d got back from my parents, she’d been… tense. There wasn’t anything specific that I could pinpoint, just a vague feeling of wrongness. Her smiles seemed false, forced somehow, even when I knew her laughter was genuine. The mate bond fizzed between us, rather than glowing as it usually did. But I trusted her, and it wasn’t like I was being entirely honest either, so I let it slide. She’d tell me whatever it was when she was ready – I just hoped that moment didn’t come too late.In the meantime, I had plenty else to keep my mind occupied. Ryker’s tyranny was seemingly unstoppable, and my pack were getting increasingly rowdy, demanding that I do something to keep us safe.I didn’t want Ryker or Bennett coming here. I’d lost myself in the last few months, but I was ready to be a defender of my people again. A protector.So I’d gathered everyone in the pack house’s meeting room. Everyone except for Scarlett, wh
Alpha Enzo 069 | SCANDALOUS
Scarlett’s POVMy breath stilled in my lungs. The world compressed around me. I never should have kept this from Enzo. Never.Because now he was looking at me like he didn’t know me, and my heart was being torn clean out of my chest. I couldn’t even move to hold the fractured pieces of it together; I was frozen to the spot in every way possible, save for the blood pounding loudly against my temples. “You – you asked him to come?” His voice was caught somewhere between a breath of disbelief and the same growl he’d spoken to Bennett in. “We talked about this, Scar. He could be working for Alpha Ryker!”“That’s a risk we have to take. What choice do we have otherwise? Do we just keep coming up with plans that may or may not work? Do we hide out here until Ryker comes for me again? At least this way, I’ll go down fighting–”“You shouldn’t be going down at all!”I stood up. My hands trembled, so I clenched them into fists at my sides. Fake blood dripped down my chest; suddenly angry, I g
Alpha Enzo 070 | THE WOLVEN REALMS
Enzo’s POVScarlett wrinkled her nose as she waved a hand down at her bloodied front. “I’m going to have a shower. Then I guess we’d better call a meeting with him.”It was like before, I thought, like when she’d suggested an Omega show Bennett to one of our guest rooms. A double punch – she’d not only taken the lead and made that suggestion, but she’d said our guest rooms, too. Not mine. Not Moose Creek’s. Ours.I could feel my brow furrowing slightly, but I couldn’t seem to smooth my features out. I just kept staring at her, jarred. For a wolf without a wolf, who had been an Omega less than a year ago, Scarlett seemed to have a real knack for leadership. Hell, I hated that she’d called Bennett and not told me about it – but she’d taken charge and made a huge decision that would affect not only our pack, but wolves in all four of the Realms.Proud of her as I was, awed as I felt, it didn’t change the fact that she’d gone behind my back on this. Even if I didn’t fucking hate Bennett a
Alpha Enzo 071 | PROPHECY
Scarlett’s POVI kept pacing, needing to move to be able to think clearly. “Okay, but if he does attack another Wolven Realm first,” I pointed out, “he’ll have a bigger army when he reaches the Canadian Realm. Right?”Bennett bit his lip before saying, “Yes.”“You’ve made it quite clear that you know what’s coming. You managed to leave messages everywhere for us to find; if you could manage that, you should be able to tell us, plainly, what we need to do.”He grinned. “There we go. It only took a few weeks.” He eyed me pointedly. “This was the best outcome, by the way. You always left me in Adelaide. Well – there were a couple of potential futures where you didn’t, but they ended… badly.”I huffed. “You wanted me to leave.” It wasn’t a question.“I did. Nobody can persuade anyone to do anything; you had to grow to trust yourself, and your powers, on your own.”Suddenly I was back in the alleyway, hearing the squeal of tyres straining to stop, the creak of footsteps inching down the tr
Alpha Enzo 72 | ENZO! ENZO! ENZO!
Enzo’s POVThe blood drained from my face. My heart pounded so loud and so hard that all I could hear was its rapid beats. I should never have stayed. Eavesdropping never brought good news, did it? I’d been a fool.And yet I couldn’t bring myself to regret listening in on Scarlett’s conversation with Bennett. I should’ve trusted her to tell me, should’ve trusted him to make me aware of anything I really needed to know, but… I didn’t.I’d thought we were fixing things between us, but I knew now that there was something seriously broken in our bond. I mean, she still hadn’t said she loved me back - that had to mean something, didn’t it? I screwed my face up, pressing my clenched fists against my cheeks. All of me hurt. I was breaking her trust now, just as she’d broken mine. Fuck. All of this was just… well, that. It was all fucked. And now she was going to have to sacrifice herself to stop Alpha Ryker. Just when we’d had a taste of what our life together might look like, with her taki
Alpha Enzo 73 | LIFE, MY DARLING, IS NEVER FAIR
Scarlett’s POVI had to die to stop Alpha Ryker. That knowledge rattled my bones, tried to force me to my knees. It made me want to give up. I spoke coldly to Bennett, laughed without amusement, and I wondered why I'd ever bothered to try.Because what was even the point? Everything I’d ever had, Ryker had taken it from me. That was the relentless pattern of my cursed life, and it seemed it would continue into my death, too.Bennett kept talking. I responded, but I wasn’t truly there. My head was pounding. Not fair, not fair, not fair. I wasn’t in control. Had I ever been?Not fair, not fair, not fair –I’d thought I’d been working towards my happy ending. My damned well deserved happy ending. And it was all for nothing! Even if we won, I lost. Again. Fate must be having a field day with me, I thought. A real party time. I stared out at the grey sky, narrowing my eyes. Fucking fate. It was a joke. A sick, twisted joke. I wrung my hands together; they were starting to tingle. I clench
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