Hunter’s POVI looked around the market curiously. It was teeming with people, all rushing around with wicker baskets slung over their arms, all hurrying from stall to stall, all clamouring to find the best prices in town. Jane was lost in conversation with her wolf, so I slipped away from the stall and went to find her a present. That was the next step on Reg’s list of How To Win Over a Woman. Food first, then a heartfelt gift.“Roses! Come and get your red, red roses!” hollered a curvaceous woman. ‘That’s it, Hunter! Roses are perfect.’ Reg shooed me over to her stall.“Hi.” I grinned at her awkwardly. I still felt out of kilter without my own face. Colin had a goofy smile, the kind that endeared women, but he couldn’t pull off the cold mask I liked to wear or the smug smirk that got women on their knees.“You want some of my roses, handsome?” she purred, leaning over her stall and running her fingertip up my chest. I swallowed hard, glancing back at Jane. Was she watching? “I do
Hunter’s POVI grabbed the whip – and my stomach dropped down to my belly. Would she realise I hadn’t lost my memory? Would she know I wasn’t really Alpha Colin? Why would a stranger go to such lengths to protect her?“Let my sister go,” said the red-faced man with a horrible beard holding the other end, “and I’ll spare your life – this time.”‘Ew, Hunter! Why is that man wearing a squirrel on his face? Maybe I should chase it off!’Hearing Reg chatting nonsense made some of my tension ease. Jane didn’t seem to have noticed me, which stung a little but was ultimately a good thing. Her gaze was fixed on Squirrel Face, who was practically vibrating with rage as he wrenched the whip from my grip. “I only gave you a choice because I know you’re Ed’s niece. Don’t piss me off!”He lifted the whip, aiming it at Jane again. I darted to her side, standing between her and him. I wouldn’t let her get hurt – and I needed her to see that. Jane had to learn that men could be protectors, too. She h
Hunter’s POV‘Poor Jane.’ Reg’s eyes were wide and sad. ‘She’s thinking so hard right now I can practically hear her brain throbbing. And speaking of throbbing, Hunter, what’s going on with your dick? It doesn’t feel normal.’‘My dick is fine,’ I said calmly. I tried to open my eyes, but I couldn’t. I felt weighed down, sluggish, and so tired I couldn’t move, but I could still feel everything. ‘At least it will be – if this goes to plan.’Ed told her she’d have to have sex with me. I heard her take three shaky steps back, then the soft smack of her back hitting the wall. My ears started to buzz after I’d strained them so much, and everything sounded distant, as if it was travelling through a long cave before reaching me.My breaths were coming in hot, fast pants; my skin was burning with heat and sweat was pooling along my collarbones and at the small of my back. The old man started cackling. “Let him hold himself back until he explodes, or becomes a eunuch, or dies.”‘Hunter,’ Reg w
Hunter’s POVIt was time for my memories to come back.Now Jane knew how she felt about me, deep down, we needed to be able to develop our new connection. She couldn’t do that with a giant baby; she needed a little taste of the real me.Reg poked his head out around the block, his paws covering his eyes. ‘Is it safe to come out?’ he asked, lifting one paw slowly and squinting out at me.‘Drama queen,’ I muttered. ‘Yes, it’s safe.’‘Well, I can’t be too careful with you around, Hunter!’ he chided. ‘Remember that time I saw you doing a naked conga line? You were holding a pineapple, yes, that’s it!’ He laughed. ‘And then you put the pineapple on your head and did the helicopter–’‘Sorry, who are you talking about? Because that sure as hell wasn’t me.’‘Well, it was you if I say it was.’ He shrugged.My face paled. ‘Do you – do you make stuff up like this regularly? And do you tell people this nonsense?’‘Oh, yeah! All the time! Ian loves hearing it, and he’s such a gossip he tells every
Jane’s POVI spun around, my jaw dropping. “No, Colin!” I cried. ‘Yes, Colin!’ cheered Ina. ‘It’s all coming together. You and Colin and Leif…’I tuned her out. “You can’t,” I went on, but Leif cut me off.“I don’t want you.” He sneered. “Just Jane.” He turned to me, eyebrows raised. “So what do you say? A hundred thousand dollars to be my sex slave. Do we have a deal?” He held out his hand.I swallowed hard as I eyed his hand, which was meaty and shaking slightly. That much money could get me out of here. It could keep my boys safe…I reached for his hand and shook it firmly. “I’ll be your sex slave,” I said.Colin grabbed my arm and pulled me to him, his brown eyes burning with intensity. “Don’t go,” he rasped. “Please, Jane. Just… don’t go.” ‘Oh, Jane!’ Ina pouted. ‘Look at those big sad eyes. How can you leave my chef like that? Let him come with you! He’d make a great sex slave – just look at those broad shoulders! And you remember how great last night was.’‘You just want Coli
Jane’s POVColin spun around, leaping at Keila again. She shifted before he could touch her, her big wolf form sprouting from her flesh. She snarled at him, lowering her muzzle to snare his shirt as he skidded to a halt in front of her.He was an Alpha. I didn’t understand why he didn’t just shift! An Alpha wolf would easily be able to handle Keila’s rogue wolf. Then I remembered what Ina had said before – that Alpha Colin didn’t have a scent because he was hiding a big secret. Did that secret have something to do with the fact he never let anyone see his wolf form?Keila shuddered, shifting out and holding Colin flush to her naked body. She licked a trail from his collarbone to his ear, laving the skin behind his neck. He was completely expressionless as she did, but the second she stopped he met my gaze with desperation in his eyes.“Jane, please,” Colin said, staring at me with huge brown eyes that looked so, so familiar for a moment that I frowned at him. Was it his resemblance to
Jane’s POVLeif threw me into a cell. I felt the cold bite of the concrete against the bare soles of my feet; I heard the metallic clang of the door swinging shut and the rasp of the lock being forcibly closed by rough hands.But I had no idea which cage he’d chucked me in. ‘Colin is in the middle,’ Ina reminded me, ‘so whichever one you’re in, you’ll be able to touch him through the bars. Why don’t you try to walk to the edge so you can feel your way around?’‘What’s the point?’ I sighed around the gag, recoiling from the wet cloth pressing my tongue down. ‘I can’t get out of this, Ina.’‘The point is that Colin might be able to help you out of the gag and blindfold, dummy! Do you want to stand still like a statue the whole time Leif is gone? That could be hours! At least try to make yourself more comfortable before you give up.’‘You’re right.’ I straightened my spine as much as I could, wincing as I felt the cable ties around my wrists digging in. But before I could step forward a
Jane’s POVStood alone in the dark, with even Ina blocked out, I didn’t know how long I waited. My ears strained constantly to hear anything, but no sound reached me in the dungeon. Cool air made my naked skin prickle. If I thought about Colin, I would be torn apart – half by lust, half by terror. I could still feel his hands mapping out the contours of my body, his tongue laving the soft spot behind my ear, his fingers teasing…But where had Keila taken him? What was she doing to him? Somehow, I didn’t get the feeling that she was pretending the way Leif was.Eventually I heard the soft slide of a door opening upstairs. I twisted around, wishing I could hug my arms around myself. “It’s me, Jane,” said Leif, and I couldn’t decide if I was more relieved or disappointed that it was his voice and not Alpha Colin’s. I grunted into my gag.“I’m coming, I’m coming,” he muttered. His rapid footsteps accompanied his words, and a moment later I heard the grind of metal as he opened the cell