~Serena~Cora followed me, her fingers brushing my neck as she pulled my hair out of my face. My stomach wrenched, I heaved, and spilled out air from my guts. Pain drew a stripe from my gut through my throat, and I cursed inwardly as I felt another retch building in my belly.Cora pressed a hand on my spine, rubbing my back up and down as she waited for me to empty my stomach’s contents.“This is so embarrassing. I don’t know what’s happening to me,” I murmured, standing straight as I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand. Cora didn’t mind that I’m a mess. She looped a hand around my arm and whisked me inside the house. “Don’t worry about it, honey. Let’s get you cleaned up.”Declan and Alpha Oren were nowhere in sight when we walked back into the mansion. The tapping of Cora’s sandals as we headed for the wide staircase filled the mansion. My head reeled as I glanced up at the chandelier hanging from the ceiling. The exposed overhead beam on the house became blurry the longer I lo
~Serena~Alpha Seth’s pack shaped their lives coexisting with humans on a daily basis. But as werewolves, there was still this need for each pack member to roam freely in their wolf form, especially during the full moon. Fallenmist pack’s solution to that was to own acres of land at the edge of the city, a safe haven away from the humans’ prying eyes.Declan drove through a metal gate with an arch stating we were about to enter Hawkins’ property. The guards stationed at the guardhouse allowed us entry when they recognized Declan. My shoulders were stiff, worried that they would scent me, until I noticed the bite marks on their necks. They were already mated.“Don’t worry, Seth made sure that all unmated guards would not be around when we arrive,” Declan said, and relief instantly washed over me. At least all I have to worry about now is being with my mate a little while longer inside this car.We took the dirt path lined with towering trees and endless green landscape until a mansion
~Serena~When we stepped outside, Declan’s car was still revving. He must’ve been too distracted and forgot to turn the engine off earlier.“You two take the car,” Alpha Oren announced, grabbing another set of keys from the keyholder.“You’re not coming with us?” I frowned at him, worry drumming in my chest just thinking of being confined inside the car with Declan again.He smirked and headed for the bike parked side-by-side with Alpha Seth’s car. I thought the Rebel 300 belonged to Clint. He looked like he would maximize the speed of that motorcycle on the highway when he was mad.“I don’t do cars,” Alpha Orean added, throwing a shuddered gaze at Declan’s rental car before climbing on the bike. He slotted the key in and turned the engine on. “You know the way back to the mansion?” He asked Declan.Declan nodded. “Don’t knock over people along the way, Alpha.”Alpha Oren smirked, feeding fuel into the motorcycle, the engine groaned, ready to cover miles in just a few seconds. I under
~Serena~“Seth,” Alpha Oren’s voice was a calm warning, “command Clint to stand down.”I tried to be as calm as Alpha Oren, but when I spun on my heels and met Clint’s glowing eyes, my heart hammered in my chest. He stood at the kitchen entry, his shoulders stiff and broad like a cobra ready to attack. “Stand down, Clint,” Alpha Seth allowed a sliver of his alpha command to slither around Clint. The latter shook his head, a turmoil brewing inside him.In a normal setting, Clint’s wolf should’ve bowed down to his alpha by now. Every wolf in a pack was made to follow the alpha’s command. It was in a shifter’s nature, but Clint’s wolf was putting up a fight, challenging his alpha’s instructions, and his eyes were trained on a prize. Me.“What did you do?” Clint growled, throwing a prosecuting gaze at me. “What is that scent?” he tipped his chin up, sniffing the air and morphing into the same look as the four shifters back in the cabin. Desire, need, and hunger sank their claws into Clin
~Serena~Worry crescendos in my chest as the three wolves move in my direction. They had the eyes of a lethal predator, and I was in their direct line of sight.Steadying my feet on the ground, I thought of the best way to get out of this situation without hurting anyone. If this guy behind me was telling the truth, they were under some kind of compulsion, a compulsion to mark me.I can take all four of them down, end them even, but what good would that make? Clearly, something was going on here that was beyond my control. And hurting them would go against my vow of never hurting the innocent ones.Their movements were slow; their senses were on high alert. At some point, they glance at each other, a silent understanding binding the three of them. The guy on the right nodded, then the middle and left guys answered with a bob of their head.My eyes thinned, anticipating their next move. When they crouched, I prepared myself for the worst, but what happened next was something I didn’t e
~Serena~I shot up from the couch, heart still pulsing as I gathered my bearings from that toe-curling orgasm. I had to drag my mind back into the cabin, back from swimming into indecent thoughts about Declan as another series of pounding on the door echoed.“Open this door!” the man on the other side growled. He sounded mad as hell, agitated even. I was still processing what he said earlier when he started kicking the door. This cabin had been up for some time and won’t stand long against an angry werewolf’s tantrums.Groaning, I stomped towards the door, pulling it open, and shoved whoever was behind it without another thought. My intruder flew across the lawn, quickly steadying himself by clawing his hand on the ground. His boots and hand drew a long line on my lawn. My eyes narrowed to slits at the mess he made on the perfect green front view of the cabin.He was an unmated werewolf, barely standing five feet tall, wearing a flannel shirt, denim jeans, and a cowboy hat, his eyes