Amy’s POVIt soon became apparent that Jake was lost to us. I missed Ingrid, too. Was he treating her right? I hoped so.Mom was inconsolable for a whole week and then, in typical Velma fashion, she moved on. That must have been something to do with Ray. One for the homilies, he was. She kept twittering on about my brother making his own way in the world.As far as I was concerned, he’d always been rogue material.I was biding my time to catch Kane off guard and then I would strike. In the nicest possible way, of course.It wasn’t long before we were back to sharing the same bed again. His hands kept straying to my tummy. So much for emergency contraception.I’d been feeling really sick in the mornings, something I’d not experienced much the last time around. Making him wait fit in well with my plan.Coaxing him back to our quarters that afternoon, I had a surprise in store in the form of a new game.This time, my intention was to win, though I allowed him a say in the ‘rules’ we were
Kane’s POV“If I’ve won, I want you to … ”Amy whispered the rest.“What? No way,” I said, and went on to issue a stern warning.Just for a second there I was tempted to cheat, claim she'd lost. Until –“Be nice,” she hissed, putting emphasis on the second word and fiddling with the knot on her blindfold.I watched her struggle for a while – why didn’t she just lift the whole thing over her head? – before going across to the monitor and calling up the incriminating evidence.“You won’t like it,” I warned her, again.That had been a part of my reply when she said, “Show me the footage of you and Omega Sharon. All of it.”As if there had been other encounters in the past.The truth was laid bare, making her huff with contempt.“Satisfied, Luna?”“I thought as much. She was faking it. On your orders?”“Yeah,” I managed, feeling like I’d just crawled out from under a rock and couldn’t find my way back there.Exposed, just like Amy, yet in a very different way.“She must have told everyone
Lisa’s POVI was pleased to see my brother so happy and even unbent enough to invite Amy to tea. Kayleigh was there, moping a little, but she brightened up when she saw the Luna. Noah was supervising the border guards. Again. I’d pouted a lot until he told me Kane was thinking of appointing another Delta.He swore me to secrecy afterwards, but Amy knew. Of course, she would.“Does this mean there will be two Alphas again?” I asked, when my daughter was paying a visit to the bathroom.“No chance,” she said. “But it’s cool. Kay looks much better.”“Do you think so? I wish she would cheer up.”“She’s been through a lot.”Did the Luna think I didn’t know that?“Have a scone. Fresh from Ray’s bakery.” My visitor hesitated. “Go on. Take one at random. I haven’t poisoned them all,” I joked. To prove that, I selected one with blueberry jam inside and took a small bite. “Mm, delicious. I don’t know why I didn’t think of commissioning your stepfather to bake my daughter’s special cake.”“He’s n
Kane’s POV It soon became clear that Miss McGregor wasn’t a rogue she-wolf. She explained that she’d been heading back to her pack above the border in Canada when her car got a flat. Jake had offered her a lift when he spotted her hitchhiking. She said he’d been on his own and never mentioned another female. I would question him later. Expecting my Luna to burst through the door and start what the humans called a cat fight, I can’t say I was disappointed when she didn’t. After a brief lecture on how lucky Miss McGregor was not to be considered guilty by association, I stood up and looked her in the eye. “You can go,” I announced. She cocked her head on one side, regarding me critically, and I knew it wouldn’t be quite so easy to dismiss someone like her. Not without proceeding to formally reject her. Faith Isla McGregor beat me to it, not even hesitating over my surname and the name of my pack. I couldn’t believe the nerve of that she-wolf. It didn’t seem to cause her much pain,
Amy’s POV“Do you know why you are here?” a deep voice asked.I opened my eyes only to see a commanding figure just inside my cell.“No, Alpha,” I whispered, hating the fact that my white nightdress was torn revealing my bruised thighs.“You are a liar, Amy,” he said, coming closer to where I hung, chained to the wall.The urge to bare my neck was overwhelming yet impossible given my restraints.“I didn’t know what Jake was planning. Honestly.”A strong hand gripped my neck. I stared, mesmerised, at his muscular biceps.“Lisa rejected her mate. Did you know that?” I shook my head. This was a whole lot worse than I had feared. “So you will pay. Cut her down.”The ropes had left red marks on my wrists and ankles, though I was more concerned about keeping my balance. My long black hair was matted yet not filthy; I had only been in the dungeon overnight.“Please, Alpha Kane, why won’t you believe me?”He didn’t answer and I saw him staring at the ripped lace which barely covered my breast
Amy's POVI emerged in search of a towel, bitterly regretting that I hadn’t taken the opportunity to look for shampoo. A rose-scented shower gel would have been nice, as well, but that would have been too much to hope for in an Alpha’s en suite. Though if he had allowed me in here, maybe I wasn’t the first female to grace his bathroom. Of course not; why else would he have installed a camera?It was hidden, if it existed at all. I can vouch for that. Not bothering to dry myself, I hunted high and low, hoping he wasn’t laughing at me via a live feed on his phone. For all I had done well in high school, technology wasn’t my forte. I was more of a sporty girl.The slight pain alerted me to disaster of a temporary kind. When I saw the slow trickle down my leg I knew one method of infiltration was definitely off the table. Damn Jake. His timing was never impeccable.Alpha Kane returned to his bedroom in something of a mood. The swearing was tolerable; the way he appeared to be trashing the
Kane's POVI was in a foul temper as I waited for the Omega to return. Grandmother had told me a few home truths about my erratic and self-serving behaviour and I was looking forward to punishing the delectable Amy. Ever since she and her brother had been accepted into the Crescent Moon pack I had lusted after the dark-haired beauty and now I had the perfect excuse to enslave her, Selene or no Selene.But it wasn’t to be. The Moon Goddess had conspired to thwart me and I needed an outlet for my frustration. Chrissy was always compliant, taking whatever I meted out. I sometimes rewarded her by allowing her to suck my cock, a task she excelled at, though it wasn’t going to be like that today.I was almost tempted to follow her around as she cleaned but restrained myself. Instead I paced up and down, tense and on the verge of allowing my wolf to take over. Rhett had been restless for weeks, ever since Selene had told me she wanted to wait until the official mating ceremony. Given that he
Amy's POVAlpha Kane was no match for one with my talents, honed down the generations. The slave collar wasn’t even the restricting kind, so he clearly hadn’t done his research, though it did have punishment buttons. Let him try.Lulling him into sleep, the kind he wouldn’t want to wake from in a hurry, I debated with myself. Should I risk a trip to his office or content myself with searching his bedroom? I’ve never been a ‘safety first’ kind of girl so I set off on impulse, a ready excuse forming in my head.I told the guard outside his office the Alpha had sent me to wait for him there. It was more believable than the alternative option. Why would he send a slave to retrieve something? His Luna would be a different matter.Why did that particular thought keep intruding?Maybe I’d had a lucky escape, though Kane couldn’t be all bad. Lisa had spoken of him in glowing terms. If only I felt the same about Jake.The door wasn’t locked and the guard didn’t even need to punch in a code. If