~ Jace ~ “Here, let me take your things Auntie Rosa.” I move around Jaxon, ignoring his sudden issues with Ares as I retrieve the bags from the floor to take inside into their guest room. “Jace.” She almost jumps aside at my closeness, her eyes concentrating on Ares as he meets Jaxon’s scrutinis
But I know for a fact, her relationship with her mother hasn’t been as rosey as Auntie Rosa might want to make out. “What’s going on?” I move to stand next to Jaxon, just as Josie and Knox move through the house from the back door, towels wrapped around their bodies from swimming in the lagoons.
~ Jace ~ “I promise…it’s not what you think!” I hear Jaxon grunt out as he tries to push me off him but I’m too busy pummelling him with punch after punch. How dare he even try to take advantage of her in that kind of way. “Why else were you in her bedroom?” I’m like a man possessed as all I
“Why is she vulnerable?” My low rumble snaps both of their heads towards me. “My car…” Jaxon shouts out. “What?” “She took my car the night she left…she was so desperate to leave. I’ve regretted letting her use it since, but maybe…” “Jaxon!” Josie roars out in frustration. All of us were o
~ Jace ~ “Baby, what baby?” “Of course…” Mum gasps out but I can’t keep up with everybody else’s words, all I can concentrate is on one image…Cleo having a baby. “What baby?” I roar out again, surely, they must have it wrong. She can’t be with child, she would have told me. “Cleo is pregnan
“No…no…I wasn’t willing.” Her voice is firm yet quiet in volume. I wish I had misheard, I wish I had this wrong…is she saying what I think she is saying. “You mean?” “It was a long time ago..” “Mum…” Josie starts to sob out, as she tries to take a step closer to Mum. “You knew about this?”
~ Jace ~ “Grandchild?” A few voices ask at once, all eyes looking to Jaxon in replica astonishment, myself included. “Jaxon, what are you talking about…” Josie calls out, but my eyes are locked on my brother, whose hand…that has remained on my shoulder for some time, suddenly has some weight to i
I need to right my wrong, before it is too late and I have lost her forever. “You stay here.” Uncle Orpheus finger is pointed aggressively towards my face, his face twisting with anger. “Not a chance in hell.” “You’ve done enough damage. I don’t want you anywhere near my daughter.” “No, she is
“Oh right, yes Kit and I are both the Alphas of the Clear Waters pack.” I hadn’t heard of this… “I didn’t know…” “Really? I thought it was common knowledge now, where have you been?” She chuckles out before pausing at my frown. “In a cave.” I deadpan. “I’m sorry Runa, I didn’t think…of course.
~ Runa ~ I was losing control, losing focus. Even as I wake up in Jaxon’s bed, his scent surrounding me…I can feel my resolve weakening. I should have gone through with it last night, I would be back at the Silver River pack righting my Father’s past wrongs. I should have gone through with it,
~ Jaxon ~ It is clear she has an aversion to touch, which isn’t wholly surprising given her experienced with the rogues. But I was struggling to rein my wolf in, he wanted to touch her…to feel her soft skin under touch, to kiss her….to claim her. My biggest fear was not being able to keep him
His eyes are watching me, his glare darting between my eyes and my now clear neck. It would take him a mere second to claim me, to take me as his. To sink his teeth into me. I freeze, panic coursing through me as I hold my breath…it would only take a second. But he isn’t that kind of man, I know
~ Runa ~ “Alpha, the evening report.” A male with ash blonde hair that is turning grey by the temples enters into the dining room, a file within his hold as he hands it over to Hector. “Beta Riley, I think my son can take the report tonight.” Hector nods out before Jaxon shifts in the chair next
“Sure there is, you don’t just end up in a rogue camp without a back story. How long were you there?” Jaxon’s Mum pours herself another glass of wine, her eyes watching me like a hawk. “You talk as if it were a holiday park.” I scoff out slightly. “Enlighten me then…” Her voice rings out, a co
~ Runa ~ The aura radiating off the man before me was palpable, he was an intense individual. His aura dark, powerful. If I thought Alpha Darnell and the bitch, Medea, were intense…they were a walk in the park compared to my next target. His aura, when I was strangling his brother, threaten
…. “I should have informed you the moment I knew she was awake, this is my fault.” Jace stands by the bedroom door, Josie next to him as she once again has used her healing abilities on my mate. “She had been captured by a rogue camp, beaten for I don’t know how long…she was just scared. If it’s
~ Jaxon ~ “Jace!” Cleo’s desperate cry wakes me from the pathetic sleep I finally allowed my body to cave into. I should have known I wouldn’t be able to rest. She clutches at her chest, her frantic cry waking the entire household, most of us having fallen asleep downstairs whilst taking it i