LOGINI gave up on the idea of sleep shortly after 5 AM. There was something about sleeping in my father’s old room which made me feel uncomfortable. Even though all the soft furnishings had been replaced in preparation for my arrival, it still felt more like his room than mine. Every time I felt myself falling asleep, I would wake myself up again, hyperventilating and heart pounding, convinced that my father was there to take me back to my prison.A number of times during the night I had thought about sleeping in one of the guest rooms, or Brianna’s old room, but it wasn’t a good idea. According to Eddison, my reputation with the pack was already poor. Being too afraid to sleep in my own room would only make things worse.By morning I was even more exhausted than when I had gone to bed, but I couldn’t change that. All I could do was load up on coffee and hope that I managed to make it through the day without publicly humiliating myself or falling asleep in any inappropriate places.I had ag
Why the fuck did I have to declare that Eddison was my mate in front of so many people? Now it was going to be even more humiliating when he chose that other woman over me. There would be gossip going around the pack after this, and I would be lucky if anyone took me seriously when they found out the truth about me and my mate.The men who were trying to hold Eddison back let go of him and took a step back while flashing an apologetic look in my direction. Eddison brushed down his clothes while slowly walking towards me. My eyes slowly swept to the left, where his girlfriend was standing. She was also no longer being held back, but unlike Eddison, she seemed to be stunned and unable to move.“Hey, Becka. I have missed you so much.” He reached out as though he was going to hug me, but I stepped away from him at the last second, shaking my head.“What about your girlfriend?” The word felt bitter on my tongue. I almost wished that he hadn’t bothered to come see me if it was only to rub m
I had lost track of the number of days I had been stuck in the hospital suit. I had been tortured within an inch of my life, then left for dead in a cell when my sister’s mate found me. He had taken me out of there and put me in hospital to recover, which had proven to be a slow process with my wolf feeling weakened by the distance from his mate.“How are you feeling today?” My sister came through the door with her baby in a car seat balanced on one arm and a shopping bag on the other. She looked tired, and it made me hate myself even more for putting the extra stress on her.“A bit better, perhaps they will let me go home today.”My sister placed the car seat on the chair beside my bed, then looked at me for the longest time. I knew she was looking at the cuts and bruises that still littered my face, and thinking that I had lost my mind. Maybe she had a point though, because I no longer cared about the pain I was in or the fact I wasn’t fully healed. All I cared about was getting to
After agreeing to be the next Alpha of the Kennedy pack, everything seemed to happen around me in fast-forward. There wasn’t even any time for me to adjust to the idea of becoming the Alpha of a pack, because Mason and Brianna didn’t want to give their enemies a chance to take advantage of the Kennedy pack not having an Alpha in residence.That was how I found myself standing outside of Mason’s mansion two days after agreeing to take the position. I had two large suitcases beside me filled with clothes and other essentials that Brianna had gifted to me, and I was waiting for Kaiden, my new Beta, to arrive and take me to lead a pack I had never seen before.As the car swept down the long driveway, I wondered if Kaiden would have any animosity towards me because I was coming into his pack and effectively becoming his boss with no experience or training. Brianna had told me he wasn’t interested in becoming an Alpha, but I wasn’t convinced. I didn’t think he would admit to his future Alph
Showing my cards to Brianna had been a mistake. That was the night everything changed for me. I lost my place in the pack, lost my job, and drove the woman I loved into the arms of another man.My father had mind-linked me a while ago to let me know that Alpha Kennedy was no longer the pack’s Alpha and it was safe for me to come home, but I hadn’t been ready to face everyone back then. I didn’t want to hear about how happy Brianna was with her mates, or realise how lonely the pack felt without her in it. So I ignored his mind-link and continued travelling through the nearby human towns.If it were up to me, I would never have gone back, but my wolf couldn’t live without a pack forever. I needed to find a new pack to take me in, and I was hopeful that my father or my brother would be able to help me with that. They had connections in some of the nearby packs, and their reputations would go a long way to repair the damage Alpha Kennedy did to mine. After the rumours he had people spread
I was in the middle of breakfast at Brianna’s new pack when a male Omega in his early twenties ran into the breakfast hall and looked in every direction. He stopped when his eyes landed on me, and then started running towards me.Internally, I groaned. I hated being the centre of attention, and I had found myself in that role far too many times since being taken in by this pack. The pack’s infatuation with my sisters and me was understandable. We had been kept captive and hidden for our whole lives. It was an interesting story, even if living through it had been incredibly tedious.“Hi, is your name Becka?” He asked, being careful not to make eye contact with me. When I first came here, I found it unnerving the way Omegas seemed to be afraid of everyone and refused to make eye contact with ranked pack members. They didn’t seem to be mistreated in any way, but they were so unwilling to even talk to me, which was depressing at a time in my life when I felt desperately alone and in need
Trusting Mason to handle my father was difficult for me, but if this thing between us was ever going to work then I needed to trust him, so that is what I did. By the time my father stormed out of the room, it felt as though my trust in Mason had been rewarded because somehow he had managed to get h
Leaving Dominic alone with our mate didn’t sit well with me but it wasn’t as though I had any other choice. It wouldn’t exactly be fair to leave Rowan to deal with repercussions of Brianna’s prison break. It would be even worse considering that it was Brianna’s father who had turned out at our pack
When I walked into the room Brianna’s parents were whispering amongst themselves. Her father was wearing his usual stern expression but her mother looked to be almost distraught, she was quietly begging her mate for something. They broke up their conversation abruptly upon noticing me. It was clear
I punched the punching bag in front of me as though it would solve all my problems but even as I was hitting it I knew it was impossible. Neither the three destroyed punching bags nor the broken bones I just gave my future beta were going to change my parent’s minds. It didn’t matter that I was ju







