*Grayson*"I'm thinking of calling for reinforcement." I said to Ryan and Jax. We were seated in my office and my hands were folded on the desk as I tried to explain why I had come up with the idea in the first place. I'd already placed a call to the Alpha of one of the packs nearby and he'd assured me that he was going to do whatever he could to help. Ryan and Jax met each other's gaze for a spell before turning to me. "We've lost a total of fifteen people now." I reminded them, pinching the bridge of my nose. "I want the killer found and apprehended immediately." Ryan leaned forward in his seat, shooting me a concerned look. "We want the same thing," He said calmly. "Of course we do." He seemed to be contemplating his next words carefully. "But I'm not sure what you hope to achieve by calling in reinforcement from some other pack." Jax echoed that he felt the same way. I groaned, wishing that they would understand.Didn't they get it?I tapped my knuckles on the desk a little impat
*Keera*"Fuc-fudge!" I yelled as I turned, barely stopping myself from throwing the coffee in my hand away in fright. The little girl responsible for scaring me in the first place was kneeling on one of the dining chairs, her upper body bent over the table. Her blonde hair was tied in cute pigtails, a bright pink headband the same color as her shirt resting on her head. She had big dark eyes and they were no doubt focused on me.She looked a little around six years old. "You scared me." I said a little harshly.She blinked once, tilting her head.I looked around the kitchen, past the dining space and into the living room for any sign of the person she had come with. Seeing no one, I frowned slightly as I picked up some tissue and dabbed at the slosh of coffee that had splashed on my hands. I trashed the tissue and then picked my coffee back up, resting against the fridge as I turned to stare at her.She was still looking so intently at me.My frown reappeared as I brought the mug to my
*Grayson*I didn't do this often. Eardrop, that is. Usually I'd always been the type to mind my business and not give a fuck what anyone else was up to. Which was why I was a little surprised that I was standing stealthily by the foot of the stairs, using my abilities to listen in on the conversation going on in the dining area. From what I could make out, Keera, Kathryn and Lexi were the only members of the team who weren't present in the discussion. It was just Josie and Joe talking. I could definitely see how Keera wouldn't be present anyway.She was the topic of discussion after all."She's not exactly as cold as I thought she was," Josie was saying a little warmly. My eyebrows rose at that. It was very easy to see why anyone's first guess on meeting Keera was that she was cold. She wasn't exactly the laughing playing around type. She hardly even smiled at anyone. What I really found surprising was Josie's statement that she wasn't as cold as she'd earlier thought.Keera might hav
*Keera*I turned off the cooker, moving my pancakes from the pan to a flat plate. It was still a little early but I had a few things I needed to do personally before going on with the day's activities. Like reply to a few emails for one. I'd asked someone else to cover for me at work for the meantime. Well, Trevor had asked. And she was going to be paid extra but still. I couldn't shake off the fact that the case had first been assigned to me so I'd asked that she keep me in the loop. I pushed the button on the coffee maker, watching as the coffee began flowing into my cup. I rubbed my eyes, feeling a dull ache in my head from lack of sleep during the night. I'd just kept replaying the entire meeting over and over again in my head. I'd thought I'd imagined it at first but it was becoming more and more obvious that Ria didn't like the fact that humans were in the pack. Or more specifically, she didn't like the fact that I was in the pack.And I didn't even know her personally.I wonde
*Grayson*The pack had been more than a little busy the last two days. I'd asked Keera and her team to pause whatever plan they had set in motion until we were done with the bonfire ritual. I didn't need them upsetting anyone or poking any wounds since the ritual was already emotional and a bit upsetting as it was. More than that, it was also a way of having them show some respect for our dead.I haven't even been in the house for more than an hour in the past two days. A lot of preparations were being made. Fifteen people had died in total. The council had to pay a collective visit to each of the affected families, bearing a lot of consolation gifts. It was the first step to kick the ritual in motion. We'd covered fourteen of the victims when I'd decided to come back home to freshen up and get a few things.The last victim was Sam.And since he had no family, we'd all decided that we were going to pay our respects to Ginny instead. He had always said she was like the daughter he'd ne
*Keera*I was definitely going to lose my mind.It was the only conclusion I could reach as I stood stealthily behind an extremely thick tree. These werewolves had somehow collectively planned to drive me to the brink of insanity because there was no way I, out of everyone else, had been the one to find myself in such a tight corner. I let out a slow breath and let my eyelids drift shut as I came to terms with exactly what was going on a few feet away from me. A werewolf couple were going at it openly in the woods.Hard.I squeezed my eyes tightly, trying to block out the sounds they were making but nothing worked. Against my will I was forced to listen to his dirty talk and her loud moans. I twisted at my waist so I could get a look at them. She was hoisted on a huge slab of rock and he was kneeling in front of her, his face buried between her legs. I shivered from the sheer erotic appeal of the scene. Was that something werewolves did often?Go out to the woods to have sex? Or was
*Grayson*My attention drifted to Keera. Again.We were trying to go over the plans for today but I kept getting distracted by different thoughts of her. The security squad was going to arrive today. We had to get them settled and then Ryan and I had a few tasks we had to get done before we conducted the ritual tomorrow. Like getting enough wood for the bonfire, for one. We were all in the conference room and by all I meant the council and Keera's team. Conall and Ralph were talking about a few places in the forest where we could easily find all the wood we needed.As pack lead hunter and lead warrior, no one knew the forest better than them and so everyone was paying attention. Or at least everyone except me. And Keera. But mostly me. I stared deep into her brown eyes, the knowledge of what happened last night screaming in the silence between us. I run a finger along the edges of the table, recalling her taste, like sweet nectar. I'd never thought I'd ever be so intoxicated by a fema
*Keera*If anyone had told me I would get to a point where I would enjoy spending time with a six year old, I would definitely have laughed in their faces. If they'd been more specific and said that the six year old in question was a werewolf pup, I might have even cut their heads off. But here, I was actually spending time with one of the spawns of the species which is to not be named. I slanted a glance at Ellie from my spot on a small bean bag in the room. She was lying on her stomach on my bed, her nose stuck in her damn coloring book.I swear she was obsessed with that stuff.I studied her discreetly, wondering how Nyx and Jax had managed to birth such a smart child. She wasn't eighteen yet so she could assess all of her abilities as a werewolf. Everything she knew she had gotten from asking questions and paying attention. And she knew a whole lot. I'd been reluctant to be put on babysitting duty in the morning but after spending half the day with her, I was pretty impressed.Her