Katie is an Omega - beautiful but almost powerless. Her brother—Theon Kilgrayne—is the strongest Alpha in her pack but has never shown an interest in leading until the beautiful and alluring Devlin shows up. She falls in love with the newcomer immediately, but Theon will only give him permission to date her if she agrees to undertake a dangerous mission. She has no choice but to use herself as bait to capture the leader of the vampires, but will the mysterious Devlin be worth the risk?
Lihat lebih banyak'Theon Kilgrayne.'
'An alpha with a unique skillset and immunity to a vampire's powers—feared by his enemies and valued by his pack. A merciless killer. A natural leader. And... my cousin.'
As Katie peered through the slats of his wardrobe, she wished she had been born into another family. Any other family would do. Being the cousin of the strongest, most vicious Alpha in the pack might sound like an advantage, but she knew the truth. At eighteen years old, not only was she a mateless virgin, but she'd yet to even kiss a boy. Or a girl, for that matter.
Despite being considered the most beautiful Omega her peers had seen in decades--according to her friends at least—she had never dated. She'd watched her friends pair off and dreamed of being in love—of forming that special bond with her mate. The problem was—none of her potential mating partners would dare so much as look at her. Not with Theon keeping his watchful eyes on her every move.
'It never mattered so much before,' she thought, staring longingly through the cracks in the wood. 'Not until you showed up.'
The newest member of her cousin's group—Devlin—sat on the floor with the others. With his knees up and his head resting on his hands, he looked almost feminine. Cheek-length jet black hair fell across his face as he listened intently to Theon, his ice-blue eyes never wandering from his leader.
"Well?" Theon asked. "Are you going to own up?"
Theon stood and paced about the foot of the bed, the floorboards creaking under his feet. "I know one of you didn't vote for me, and while I didn't want leadership, in fact, I can think of nothing more tiresome, I expect at least my own pack members to vote for me."
Katie scanned the group, her eyes flitting to Devlin first. He looked innocent.
'Thank God.' She breathed a quiet sigh of relief. The thought of Theon hurting her future soul mate made her stomach turn.
"I'm sorry!" Adam cried, bowing his head to the floor in a dramatic fashion. "It was my parents. They're traditionalists. They forced me to vote for Jason because he's a Goldman. I didn't think it mattered since you said you didn't want to lead."
Adam cowed as the larger boy approached, stepping through his pack with delicate footfalls.
With a strong build and a height just under six foot eight, Theon was formidable in stature, but it was his aura that truly terrified his foes. Unlike most werewolves, his yellow eyes pointed teeth remained visible even in his human form.
Those jagged teeth showed as he smiled at the Beta who had betrayed him. "You don't have to cower. I won't hurt you."
These words loosened the tension in Katie's muscles. She hated violence and the sight of blood, but the words had the opposite effect on Adam, causing him to panic.
"No. No, please. Please don't. Please, Theon."
"Sorry." Theon stood over him, casting a long shadow over the shaking boy. "You're out."
"No, no, no, no," Adam pleaded in a tearful panic. To him, this had to be a fate far worse than violence. He'd been a member of her cousin's pack since as far back as Katie could remember.
Katie felt sorry for Adam. That, and a little guilty for feeling so relieved it wasn't the new guy being pushed out.
She jumped slightly as Theon slapped his hands together and rubbed them, grinning widely. "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."
When he turned his back to the others, facing the window, the other members grabbed Adam and dragged him from the room, ignoring his protests, pleas and promises.
With dreamy eyes, Katie stared at Devlin, who was now left alone with her cousin. She watched as Theon turned and smiled down at the ridiculously beautiful boy. She frowned, leaning forward to get a better view as Theon placed a finger under his pale chin and tilted his head back.
'No way... he doesn't also have a crush on Devlin, does he?' Katie wondered in a panic. Theon was straight as far as she knew, but Devlin was a whole other level of attractive. 'He might be tempted—'
Katie's brain paused mid-thought as Devlin's head snapped in her direction.
'He can see me,' she realised, slapping her hands over her mouth for reasons she couldn't explain. There was no way he could hear her breathing, even with werewolf hearing. And as for her scent... she lived there. Her scent would already be all over the house.
When Theon followed his gaze, she knew for a fact she'd been spotted.
'Think up an excuse,' she urged her brain. 'If he founds out you have a crush on Devlin, he'll go out of his way to keep you away from him.'
She desperately racked her brain, thinking up any possible reason to be spying. The thought of not being able to stare at those pale blue eyes made her scream internally. 'Noooo! No, this can't happen!'
She couldn't concentrate on spying as her cousin concluded his meeting. The mood had turned sombre after the others returned. When all the members of a pack were together, they were at their strongest—a unit. These tight-knit little groups within the main pack were closer than blood families. When one was missing, it naturally made the others anxious.
'Image how Adam feels,' she thought. 'All alone in the world.'
It was likely he would try to find another group or leave altogether—a fact which made Katie sad. Adam had been her first crush. Of course, Theon had forbidden it and dished out his hateful rule: 'No dating family members.'
Not that it made a difference who she was interested in. As soon as anyone showed a lick of attention, Theon would be all over them. His intimidation tactics were famous among the villagers of Moonvale, and as such, Katie had resigned herself to a life of celibacy... when she wasn't plotting to run away.
'I can't run away now,' she sighed to herself, watching the newcomer. He was too perfect—everything about him from his scent to the shape of his eyes and even the way he sat perfectly still.
She watched as he unfolded his legs, raising himself from the floor in one graceful move. He spun on his heels and gave Kenny a sympathetic smile and arm rub on his way out of the room. Kenny had been Adam's best friend since birth, and you didn't have to look at him too closely to see he was suffering from the loss.
A faint smile played about her lips as she watched Theon following them from the room.
'I'm free to escape!' she thought. 'I got away with it. He didn't see—'
Then he slammed the bedroom door shut and yanked open the closet, leaving Katie to stare up with a big dumb grin.
"I was just looking for my coat—"
"Save it," he uttered. When he turned and plonked himself onto the bed, she crawled out of her position between the shoeboxes and old sheets. "Whatever lame-o excuse you've concocted—just save it."
"You don't know." Katie waved a finger at him, raising her eyebrows. "There could be a very pertinent and real and not made-up reason I'm sitting in your closet."
Theon said nothing, just laughed and nodded, indicating for her to go on.
"I've developed a fear of open spaces," she offered. "Or I've found a portal to a universe run by a giant lion. Or... or I was... just incredibly bored?"
She shrugged her shoulders, fluttering her long eyelashes with the most innocent face she could muster up.
Theon remained silent, letting his facial expression do the talking. He cocked his head, flashing his monstrous teeth in a growing half-smile.
"Can we please just not make a thing out of this?" Katie begged, face full of hope. "This doesn't have to be a big thing."
"Oh, Katie, Katie, Katie." He tutted and sucked at his teeth to make a whistling sound. "Whatever should I do with you?"
Unable to answer, Katie sat in silence, trying her best to look cute. The sound of heels clicking on the pavement drew her attention away from the awkward conversation. Feeling hopeful, she bolted to the window.
As she'd suspected from the tell-tale heel click, it was her best friend, Haley.
"Haley's here!" she cried with over-the-top enthusiasm. "Let's talk about this later."
Once she was almost at the door, almost free, he dashed to overtake her in a blur of speed that bordered on impossible.
"Don't go thinking I'm going to forget," he warned, leaning in to whisper. "And don't think I don't know exactly what you were doing."
"How could I not know?" Theon asked. He stared at the floor, his dangly hair covering his face.Katie breathed deeply, trying to summon up words of comfort, but they wouldn't form. A cold breeze pushed a flurry of dried leaves past their feet and into the now-empty house. It was so quiet. Only Jade, Katie, Jason and Theon remained. They weren't exactly the A team, but things could have been worse. Three of them were Alphas--and one an oversized mutation. Katie knew she was the only weak link. "Haley?" Katie uttered, suddenly realising her friend had vanished with the others. "S--she was here. She was just here. They must have kidnapped her."Theon's arm draped over her shoulder. "She's with him now. His scent was all over her. I'm sorry, Cuz." He nuzzled her head with his, and for a moment his support kept her together. Then the tears began. Haley had been her best friend from birth. No male would ever come between them... they had a pack to stipulate as much."We can take 'em,"
Jade, hearing her brother's voice, shot from the house without bothering to check her state of dress or put shoes on. "What?" she asked him. "What's going on?" she followed up without waiting for a reply."Every vampire from every Clan is circling the village as we speak. They want revenge, Jade. On all of us."Jade turned to Theon. He was a monster, yes, but could he take on an entire race?His face, as always, was impossible to read. As Jade waited, listening to the wind whispering through the trees, a thought occurred. 'It's too quiet.'Even if they walked at a ninja's pace, skulking between the trees, her advanced hearing would pick up something. Animals, having even greater instinct, would be scarpering in great numbers if what Jason said were true. As sneaky as the vamps were, there was no way to quieten the wildlife in those woods."Someone's coming," Theon whispered. He frowned deeply, causing the line across the bridge of his nose to wrinkle and fold. It wasn't an express
It was the early hours of the morning when they finally made it home. Katie raised her nose, sniffing the air to see if he was there. Devlin—the only thing on her mind for the past couple of hours.They shifted back into their human forms to walk the last few meters toward the front door.The inhabitants barely stirred as Theon twisted the key in the lock and banged the door into the wall. Katie followed as he yanked the princess by her hair and threw her into the living room. She fell into the sleeping pack, all curled up and snoring in a neat pile between the two sofas.Scanning the group, she saw Devlin's hair and had to fight back the jealousy as she recognised the lap his head was nestled into. Her best friend in the world.'Quit being a paranoid freak,' she told herself, running a shaky hand through her hair. They had probably shifted and moved while sleeping. T
"Why on Earth would you do this?" Harley screamed. "What did you think you were going to achieve? Yes, we are alive but for how long? We are going to have to live out the rest of our lives like sewer rats. I'd rather be vampire food."He was right, of course, but she couldn't bring herself to admit it."Don't speak to me that way. I'm still your ruler—""No, you aren't," he spat. "You're nothing now. We are both homeless, worthless monsters."The wind picked up, spreading the trash from an upturned bin in their direction. She watched, mesmerised by a cola can that skittered across the tarmac, trying to think of a solution to this mess.Harley stood and kicked an empty can into a bush. "Screw this. I'm going home.""No." She grabbed onto his slender leg, holding him with all her strength."You can't force me to stay with
The stairs creaked under their feet as Haley followed Devlin up to Theon's room. It was bigger and neater than she'd expected and a whole lot larger than Katie's room. His belongings were stacked neatly in a dark wood bookcase that matched his wardrobe and dresser.His bed, however, had a sturdy metal frame. It creaked as Devlin took a seat atop the perfectly tucked black sheets.Feeling a growing sense of dread, Haley shifted nervously before deciding it was best to turn the computer chair and perch. It was better than sitting on the bed next to him.Devlin laughed at her. "Come here."He patted the space next to his bum."Why?" she asked."Because I told you to." He smiled sweetly. "Do as you're told."Fighting the urge to argue, she stood and took a seat next to him on the bed, albeit not as close as he'd indicated.
'This is it,'Katie thought.'This is how I die.'As she waited for his teeth to puncture the flesh of her neck, a cold hand pushed her aside. It was gentle yet firm, moving her all the way from the bed to the floor."Adam, dear sweet Adam, this girl is a rare treat," the newcomer cooed. "You don't devour a delectable treat such as this one in a single bite."When Katie dared to look up, she thought she must be seeing things or dreaming."Devlin."'It's all just a dream,'she thought, chuckling to herself. She stared up at her rescuer, seeing now that it wasn't Devlin, just a look-a-like.'Is he assuming Devlin's form like Adam did?The longer she stared at him, the more differences she saw. The poor lighting and terror-addled senses were to blame for this case of mistaken identity.
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