I thought I had prepared for every situation imaginable. I had carefully gone through every scenario, except the one that lands me face to face with my one true mate. The way Ramirez had spoken to her and then dismissed her made me want to rip his throat out. I was distracted and wanted to follow her when she left, but I couldn’t find an excuse to leave.
Fortunately, Carlos moved on after only a few minutes. I had clearly pbutted his buttessment.
“Please enjoy the party, Mendoza,” he had said before moving on. “You’re in,” Painter said through the tiny earpiece we used forcommunication. “Good job, Juan.”
I knew I had a mission to complete, and I was torn on what to do. Stay with the mission or follow my mate. I found myself gravitating towards the door I’d seen her leave through. I felt like a moth drawn to a light and I couldn’t stop myself.“Looks like you have company, my man,” TI was furious that they took my bag. My life was in that bag and something told me that my hidden compartments weren’t going to fool these people one bit. Who were they?I was trying not to freak out. I didn’t know who Juan Mendoza was, but the others called him Tom, so I had already pieced together the fact that I wasn’t the only one undercover in disguise. At first, I nearly smiled as the one guy asked if there was such a thing as gay mates. I didn’t know one way or another, but the way Juan, Tom, whatever his name was had been acting, you’d think these idiots would have realized I was female. But who knew, maybe it could happen and I’d just not heard of such a thing before.Things weren’t so funny though when they mentioned O’Connell. I didn’t know who I was dealing with here, but it was obvious they were shifters. From their smells, they didn’t all smell like wolfs though. It was screwing with my head and I di
I didn’t want to concede, but john’s power was too strong. I was pissed that they’d brought john in on this, but when I settled down and thought about it, I probably couldn’t argue the need for it.As far as my wolf was concerned, my team was a threat to my mate. I could acknowledge the fact that I put her in that situation, but that only made my wolf all the more protective trying to make up for it.“Don’t john,” I warned him as I stood up before them fully naked before my mate.Her scent of arousal spiked in the room and ben smirked. “Yup, definitely a she-wolf.”I growled even though I was no longer in my fur and still maintained my ground to cover and protect her. I could feel the aggression rising within me again.john smacked ben. “Idiot.” Then he addressed my mate. “Look, I’m sorry, I don’t know what to call you, but Tom’s mate, I need you to please touch him
I couldn’t believe I’d landed myself in this mess. I wasn’t even sure what exactly I’d gotten myself into. I was thankful I had cleared out the van thoroughly before this final push. I had planned on leaving the country anyway, just not quite like this.Tom seemed to be calming down now. He was thinking rationally again. I think it was easier when he was acting all feral and unable to communicate beyond “leave her alone”.john seemed very laid back, but young for an Leader. From what I remembered, Pack was one of the biggest, too.“You sound like you’re speaking from experience, but you’re too young for that,” I buttessed.Tom smiled at me. “There were extenuating circumstances, but he fully bonded with his mate quickly. Kelsey’s pretty badbutt and the best Pack Mother in history,” Tom told me proudly.“What sort of extenuating circumstances?” I asked.“It&
“Uh-oh,” beth said. “I know that look all too well.I had thought my mate was safe at the Lodge. I had taken the shower to give her a few minutes alone to snoop around and get settled, sensing she had needed it. Well, it had been that, and the fact that my wolf was still very unsettled. I needed to calm down and relieve myself of the physical pain she was causing.I hadn’t been that long, but apparently it was long enough for her to plan and execute an escape. When I realized what had happened, I’d dressed quickly and started to track her. ben and my team were in the hallway downstairs just past the elevators laughing and carrying on. I could smell that she had been there.I stopped and growled at them. “Where is she?” I had demanded. “Who?” Baine asked. “You talking about that beautiful chickjordan’s screwing?”I roared in anger. There was only one female scent and I knew it was my
I didn’t know what to think. Between Tom and now ben I was on an emotional overload and I wasn’t familiar with having to deal with my own emotions. I was good at pushing them down, allowing me to think rationally and make solid decisions. But now my head was whirling with everything happening.“Wow, cousins,” Elise said. “How long has it been since you last saw each other?”ben shrugged. “Ten or more years.”I nodded surprised he even remembered. I was struggling to trust him, but it was obvious Patty had also changed a lot in that time.The girls rallied around me. It was like I was already fully accepted by them.“Are you set?” Kelsey asked, sounding truly concerned as she hugged me.I shrugged. “It’s a lot,” I admitted.“Do you need another drink?” beth asked.“I think you’ve had enough,” her mate said, but she just brushed him off.
I could feel Jasmine’s nerves washing over her. I had tried to help her relax before going inside. The water seemed to have a similar calming effect on her that it had on me. She had opened up some and I thought things were going well, but I could feel her shutting me out the moment I mentioned going inside.She was hesitant going in, but relaxed a little once inside, likely overwhelmed by my scent. I knew hers was soothing me and I hoped it was the same for her.“Wow, this is nice, Tom,” she said. My wolf stirred in excitement when she said my name. I liked hearing it roll easily off her tongue.“I’ve never required much,” I confessed.She shrugged. “I live out of this bag,” she told me.“That’s it? That’s all your belongings?” I asked unable to believe what she was telling me.“Well, no, and yes. I do own more clothes than this. This is my minimalist pack.”&l
Sleeping next to Jasmine wasn’t nearly as hard as I thought it would be. I was usually a light sleeper. Comes with the job, but I crashed hard with her next to me.When I awoke the next morning, I was holding her in my arms as she used my chest as her personal pillow. I looked down at the beautiful creature next to me, so full of mystery and strength. I’d never met anyone quite like her before and having her there next to me, touching me in an intimate way, made me feel calmer and more at peace than I’d ever experienced in my entire life. It also made me hard, but there was no way I was going to be able to hide that fact.I laid as still as I could, not wanting to disturb her, but watching her gently wake was the sexiest thing I’d ever experienced in my entire life. She moved slowly like a sultry goddess. I didn’t think she realized it, but she was rubbing herself against me. When she started to moan, I wasn’t sure how much longer I co
My whole life I’ve felt like I was on the outside looking in. One night with Tom, and I suddenly felt like I finally belonged somewhere, like this was where I was supposed to be, and it scared the hell out of me.I was a loner, but I didn’t feel so alone when he was near. In a way it was freaking me out that I needed someone else to feel complete, but only when he wasn’t there, and I was thinking with my brain instead of my heart.Living in the Irish Clan, women were looked down upon. We were told we didn’t need college, and we weren’t expected to work either. The role of the female was to make babies and keep house. It was an archaic view that I knew I could never live up to.My mom had worked. She was a cook at one of our small restaurants, and Aidan had harbutted her for years to take another mate and give up working. He even went so far as to find her a mate. I was sixteen at the time. He was a brutal man who beat my mother when s