Rayne’s POV My eyes fluttered open as I took in a deep breath. Was I alive or did the wolf kill me? I sat up quickly taking in my surroundings and realized I had no clue where I was. The room had a masculine look with the touch of a contemporary style to it. I was now beginning to wonder if I got so drunk last night that I went home with some stranger and dreamt the whole wolf attack when I looked down at my arm and there were no bite marks but it seemed so real. As I pulled the covers off my body, I assessed my apparel. Yep, definitely went home with some random guy, whose tee shirt was I wearing now. Pulling the shirt to my nose I inhaled and something within me stirred as I took in the scent of mint or was it spearmint. Either way what was this weird feeling inside of me? Putting my feet on the floor I stood up and that’s when the pain hit me. It felt like I was being ripped from the inside out. I screamed in pain not caring who heard me. The door busted open and Shawn stood i
Rayne’s POV “Rayne don’t listen to him. Get in the jeep.” Emma says to me as she grabs my hand pulling me towards the jeep. I look at Reese standing there stiff as a board with his jaw clenched and his hands in fists. He knew he couldn’t make me stay but he wanted to and at this moment I wanted to stay but Emma was pulling me to the jeep and I honestly had no clue what was going on and desperately needed to talk to her. So, I got into the jeep and we drove off towards the cabin that she had rented for us for the weekend on the outskirts of town. “Here.” Emma said passing me my friendship ring. “It must have slipped off your finger.” Sliding it back on my finger I looked at her, “What the hell just happened back there?” “I’ll explain everything when we get to the cabin and off their territory.” Emma said and I was confused. Who’s territory? What was Emma talking about? The rest of the drive to the cabin I looked out the window thinking about what just happened and how on God
Rayne’s POV My legs began to tire after I had run for what felt like hours but I knew it wasn’t that long. I was exhausted not only physically but mentally too. Nothing could have prepared me for what I had learned tonight about my parents or what my best friend had done to me. Emma had taken away a part of me without my consent and I couldn’t accept that she had done that to me. I felt betrayed by her and I don’t know if I will ever be able to forgive her for this. Than I realized that I had been lied to my whole life. My parents and my grandmother have kept this secret from me too. There was nobody that I could trust and once again I felt alone in this world and I didn’t know where I even belonged. Emma had made it very clear that if I was a wolf that the town of Canyon Ridge wouldn’t accept me but what about Ridgewood? I was only half wolf. Reese did say I wasn’t leaving but then did he know that I was half witch? Would he still accept me knowing this? I needed time to think a
Reese’s POV After Rayne got in the jeep and left with Emma I was fuming. I couldn’t stop her from leaving on her own free will. I would never force her to stay here but I wasn’t happy about the fact that the one person she trusted the most has been lying to her for years. “Shawn, where are we with finding Kera?” I asked him as we made our way to my office. With Rayne not in my protection, I needed to find Kera before she has the chance to finish what she started. “Eric is still tracking her as we speak.” Shawn tells me and I’m wondering what is taking him so long to find her. “Well find out where he is so I can send some more men out to find her.” I order him and I can feel my wolf is aggravated that I let our mate go. Ethan was quiet as he followed me to my office. “What’s up with you and the witch?” “I don’t know. Something seems to pull me to her.” Ethan tells me as he rubs the back of his neck. “You don’t think she put a spell on me or anything, do you?” “She suppress
Rayne’s POV Looking around me I saw over a dozen wolves as Reese held me in his arms. Ethan thankfully stopped Kera before she got to me and I was grateful to him. My heart felt full seeing the wolves come to my rescue and I realized they accepted me as one of them. Reese commanded Kera to shift back and she did on his command and I was starting to piece together who Reese truly was after just about every wolf here took orders from him and called him Alpha. After everyone cleared out and Kera was taken away by two of the men Reese pulled away from me assessing my injuries. “We’re going to have to get you back to the packhouse to get you checked by the pack doctor.” Reese says as he finishes his examination of my body. For some reason I didn’t feel weird being in front of him naked anymore. “I think I’m healing already. It doesn’t hurt anymore.” I tell him as I look at the dried blood on my skin. My blooded body looked like I was a murder victim in a horror movie. “I may need a ba
Rayne’s POV Reese’s lips crashed into mine as he lifted us out of the bathtub carrying me to his bed. Gently he laid me down on his satin sheets without breaking the kiss and I began to burn deeper to have him release the pain that was building up inside of me. His body hoovered over mine and I was feeling the need for our skin to touch once again so I pulled him down to me and wrapped my legs around his torso. My hands then began to roam his body wanting to map out every sculpted muscle as Reese lips moved from mine to that sensitive part of my neck and collarbone. I moaned and arched my back into him feeling his hardness against me. “I want you so damn bad.” Reese whispers in a husky voice in my ear as his warm breath against my skin sends jolts of pleasure to my core. “Then take me.” I whisper back in his ear and take his ear lobe into mouth and pull gently on it. A growl rumbles in his throat and I know I hit a soft spot as Reese rocks his body against mine as I continue
Rayne’s POV My eyes fluttered open as I awoke the next day unfortunately to an empty bed. A single piece of paper laid on Reese’s pillow and I quickly sat up and reached for it. Sorry baby, I didn’t want to wake you. I have matters I need to attend to this morning. Ethan retrieved your stuff from Emma and they are lying on the chair in the corner of our room. If you awake before I am finished please join me in my office, down the stairs and to the right third door on the left. Can’t wait to see you. Love, Reese I held my chest as I read the note. His choice of words pulled deep at my soul. “Our room” and “Love, Reese” both took me off guard. He really was wanting forever and I was on the verge of giving him forever after the night we had spent together making love. He asked me to never leave him again last night and it about broke my heart hearing the pain in his voice when he asked but I couldn't promise him that just yet. I had things I had to figure out first and one was wha
Reese’s POV Walking Rayne around the packhouse I realized why it might take time to convince her to be my mate. Rayne wasn’t brought up as a wolf she was raised in a normal human like home. Even though Emma had said she is part witch Rayne was never exposed to even that side of her. I could feel the wolf growing stronger inside her especially when we made love last night and today when I took her on my desk. Her walls are starting to crumble that she had put up after she found out her best friend betrayed her and I wanted to be the one responsible for her shedding them. What Emma had down to Rayne was betrayal of the highest and I don’t think Rayne will ever forgive her for that but we did need to talk about that and about her coming here to live with me. So, I took her next for a walk outside to show her the grounds so we could have some privacy so we could talk about the important decisions that need to be made sooner than later. The snow crunched under our feet as we walked