LOGINCHAPTER 97: Busted HardwareAllison's POVThe car tires crunched over loose gravel as I pulled into a spot in the hospital’s near-empty parking lot. The engine ticked as it cooled, the only sound in the deep creepy silence of the night.I killed the lights and just sat for a second, my fingers still tight on the steering wheel. My wolf was pacing under my skin, all snarling teeth and itching claws. It wanted out. It wanted to find the bitch who did this and redecorate the walls with her.“You good?” Ashley’s voice was a tight nervous whisper from the passenger seat. She looked about as ready for this as I felt... which was not at all but we were doing it anyway.“Peachy,” I grunted, shoving my door open. “Let’s go do some totally legal investigating.”We moved fast, our footsteps echoing way too loud in the quiet. The automatic doors hissed open like we’d just walked into the belly of some giant, sleeping metal beast.Inside, the hospital was a weird mix of bright and dead with the ha
CHAPTER 96: The Midnight RunAllison's POVMy heart was trying to claw its way out of my chest. I swear to God it was like a tiny boxer in there, going ten rounds with my ribcage. And the wolf? She wasn’t much better.. pacing and snarling with growl vibrating in my soul like a bad engine. The note was on my coffee table and it might as well have been a live grenade.I snatched my phone off the counter, my thumb practically smashing Ashley’s name in my favorites list. It rang once and twice. Come on, come on.“Allison?” Her voice was heavy with sleep. “You know what time it is? Did something happen? Are you okay?”“Ashley. Get over here. Now.”A pause. “What? Why? What’s going on?”“Just… get your ass to my house. If you can. Okay?” I didn’t wait for another question. I just hung up. Subtlety wasn’t my strong suit on a good day and tonight was a long long way from a good day.I couldn’t sit. Pacing was the only thing that kept the wolf from clawing her way out. Back and forth acro
CHAPTER 95: The Taste of VengeanceDerek's POVThe room was my world now. Four walls, a cold floor and the ever-present hum of the collar around my neck.. a constant mocking reminder that I was no longer Derek, the Alpha. I was a thing.. a pet and a toy.I paced with my claws... useless, dull things without my power... scraping against the metal band. Every second in this cage was a fresh hell. My skin still burned from her touch, my muscles ached from… from fucking her and lower down… damn, I was still sore from last night's session.The lock clicked and the door swung open.A guard shoved a tray inside. The smell hit me first. Roasted meat, rich gravy, fresh bread. It was good food.. the best. My stomach twisted.I knew what this meant. This wasn’t dinner. This was fuel.The guard stood there watching and waiting for me to eat. I thought about throwing the tray at his smug face. But what was the point? Refusing just made it worse. She’d use her magic, that twisted witchy crap and
CHAPTER 94: Tension and ReleaseAllison's POVMy hand snapped back from his grip like I’d been burned. His touch was electric.. a jolt that went straight to my core and set every nerve on fire and my wolf practically purred inside my head which was seriously pissing me off. Who the hell did this guy think he was?“You,” I breathed out, my voice a little shakier than I would’ve liked. I squared my shoulders, forcing some steel into my tone. “Who are you? And what’s your deal with popping up right before shit goes down?”He didn’t even flinch. Just stood there, all calm and infuriatingly composed like we were discussing the weather and not a potential ambush in a creepy parking garage. His eyes, those weirdly intense eyes, scanned our surroundings before landing back on me.“The ‘deal’ is that you need to be more careful,” he said, his voice low. It wasn’t a suggestion. It was a fact. “Stand back.”“Excuse me? This is my car. I think I’ll decide if I stand back or...”“Allison.” He sai
CHAPTER 93: The Wolf at the DoorAllison's POVMy entire staff was packed in, a sea of faces looking at me like I was about to announce we were all being shipped off to a penal colony. Which, given the last week, was kinda fair.I leaned against the edge of a desk, crossing my arms. “Alright listen up you beautiful pack of nerds,” I started and a few nervous twitches turned into genuine smiles. Gotta break the ice, right? “I know you’ve all seen the news. I know you’ve heard the rumors. So let’s just… cut the crap.”I pushed off the desk and walked through them. “Sarah Jenkins was my friend. She was a lot of your friend. And she didn’t ‘overdose at a wild party.’ Someone killed her. Someone who then planted a bag of Apex in my goddamn birthday cake to make it look like we’re running a drug ring out of the servo-motors department.”A few people gasped and most just nodded grimly. They knew the score.“The cops shut us down. Now, thanks to our terrifyingly competent allies, we’re open
CHAPTER 92: Strangers and StaresAllison's POVWe all froze. Me with my claws out, ready to turn six assholes into six pincushions. Them, looking like a pack of over-muscled, under-styled goons hired from Central Casting’s ‘Thugs-R-Us’ department.And then there was that voice.. calm.. commanding and totally not what I was expecting.My money was on Lucius. The mysterious elder wolf with more secrets than a government hard drive showing up for a dramatic, last-minute save.. classic move.But the guy who stepped into the dim light of the alley wasn’t Lucius.He was young.. maybe my age.. dressed in dark jeans and a simple jacket, hands tucked casually in his pockets like he’d just stumbled into the wrong alley on his way to get a coffee. He moved with a quiet confidence that made the hairs on my arm stand up and he walked right into the middle of the shitstorm, placing himself between me and the six werewolf hit squad.All six guys tensed. Their low growls rumbled through the alley, a
CHAPTER 20: Junkie With a BadgeAllison's POV“You have got to be kidding me,” I groaned to the empty room.I yanked my hand out of my shorts, hastily adjusting my pajamas. My heart was pounding but now it was from alarm and not arousal. I was pissed.. This better not have been some drunk asshole s
CHAPTER 21: An Unexpected VisitorJacob's POVI was at our usual spot, a booth tucked in the back of a dimly lit bar with Jasper, Emett and Boyce. For a little while, it almost felt normal.“I’m telling you, man,” Emett said, gesturing with his beer bottle. “It’s… impressive. A work of art. I could
CHAPTER 23: Too Many Wolves, Not Enough Hotel LobbyAllison's POVI was shoving a pair of boots into my overflowing suitcase when Jacob broke the silence he’d been nursing since we got back to my room.“My father is going to shit a whole brick factory when he finds out we're using the Orion Core to
CHAPTER 15: A Howling Rage and a Broken LampDerek's POVWell, that went to shit…!I stumbled back into the main party, my cheek still burning from Allison’s slap. My wife... my ex-wife... had just humiliated me in front of some billionaire pretty wolf boy nd he just… took her and led her away like







