Chapter 16 - TruthColetteI gasped as cold water was dumped over me. Sending a shock through my whole body, ripping me from the darkness that had consumed me after my wolf had locked me out. Bright fluorescent lights blinded me as I opened my eyes. The world looked hazy as I tried to understand where I was. My body hurt, and my throat felt like I had swallowed some sand. I closed my eyes again, my head ringing. A panic set in as I tried to remember what the hell had happened. All I remembered was being locked out of my mind, my wolf stripping me of the control of my body. A muffled voice nagged at me, but my eyes felt too heavy to open, and I didn't want them to burn from the bright lights. Another downpour of cold water assaulted me, and this time, I cried out in shock. My eyes darted open, spotting the culprit. Zane stood before me, no longer in his suit but in a black shirt that hugged his toned body nicely. His tattoed arms were on full display as he crossed them over his chest
Chapter 16 - Turmoil Zane I stared at Colette, her words resonating with me on such a personal level. It seemed to coincidental. I couldn't believe her. It was a lie. Or at least I wanted to believe it was. A whole pack couldn't be slaughtered without someone finding out. The elders would have known. There would have been a trail left behind. She was playing me, another one of Carter's tricks. I had to figure out his angle and put a stop to it. I needed to learn more about her pack and their history before something else happened that I couldn't stop. The images of my mother lying lifeless on the floor while my father gave everything he could to get to her flashed to the forefront of my mind. The fear, I felt, trying to creep its way out of the cold depths within my soul, twisted my gut. Before it could fully surface, though, I turned it into anger, shoving the fear further down. Because the thought of someone using my past against me like some joke made my blood boil. "Cut th
Chapter 17 - FeralColetteI stared at the door as tears started to pour down my face. My body finally giving in to the rawness in my soul as I was forced to relive the past that continued to haunt me in my dreams. I had tried so hard to keep it all locked away, but when Zane provided the proof of who I was, I couldn't deny it any longer. I laid it all out for him and told him the truth—a weight falling from my shoulder after years of keeping it to myself—one of many truths I could never share with anyone else before now in fear of what would happen to me. But now, I guess that didn't matter anymore. So instead of hiding it, I let him see how broken it made me. I thought he understood me; I thought I saw a flicker of something in his eyes, a moment of vulnerability, but as soon as it rose, he shut out and stormed off. I called for him and pleaded for him to stay, but he didn't. Instead, he slammed the door behind him, leaving me alone with my dark thoughts once again. I honestly did
Chapter 18 - TwistedZaneSophia looked at me, her lower lip wobbling as she stepped toward me. The smell of fresh blood, Colette's blood, filled my nose. "I did it for us, Zane. She tried to run away. She broke the contract. You're finally free. We can be together now, just like you wanted." I moved down the last few steps so fast that I was surprised I didn't tumble. I didn't waste any time grabbing Sophia by the throat and pinning her against the wall. A furious snarl burst through my lips; my canines elongated as Clay stepped forward. Nothing pissed me off more than someone disobeying a direct order, and Sophia had always pushed her boundaries, but not she crossed a fucking line. Laying her hand on Colette made me want to rip her throat out. I was too consumed by rage to think what that meant. To ask myself why someone I hated more than anything had me feeling this way, like my head was about to explode, and my blood boil when she was only getting what she deserved for trying to
Chapter 19 - Stressed-out ZaneDaredevil by Stellar blasted my eardrums as I pounded into the punching bag. Sweat dripped from my forehead as I took another jab. My knuckles were split under the wraps I had placed on my hands. Blood staining them pink as I took swing after swing, my knuckles stinging with every hit. But that was how I liked it. The pain kept me focused, staying on task, and right now, I needed to focus more than anything. Colette still hadn't woken up, and it had been two days since Sophia attacked her. After Drew stitched her up and had given her medicine to counteract the wolfsbane, she still slept. Doctor Peterson assured me that was normal, but I couldn't help but worry, which pissed me off even more. I wanted to go check on her, but Doctor Peterson told me it was best if I didn't, and honestly, I didn't even know what I would have done if I had gone to visit. No one knew what we were to each other, and I didn't plan to tell them either. Since she clearly didn
Chapter 20 - Inferno ColetteI was moved back to my room shortly after Zane had graced me with his unwelcomed presence. I had no idea that doctor Peterson wanted Zane to be the one to handle the rest of my care. I wasn't entirely sure she was sane after that because there was no way Zane Hendrix would take care of me. Not after how he treated me, locking me in a cell alone and asking me pointless questions because he clearly did not want to believe the truth of them. And then, to top it off, psycho Sophia had come in and nearly killed me. Honestly, I didn't even know how I was still alive. Because, between the amount of blood I lost from the head wound she gave me from smashing my head against the concrete floor and my already weakened state, I accepted my fate. I welcomed it. I even thought I was dead, but then, when I woke up with a pounding headache and the sound of ringing in my ears, I discovered that Selene still wanted to prolong the inevitable.I could feel my wolf in the b
Chapter 21 - HateZaneI had avoided Colette all day. I knew she wouldn't be alone; Paige had been asking about her since the night we captured her near the border. So to help keep me distracted, I dealt with pack issues and had Parker work on tracking down Sophia. She fled the packhouse, and he tracked her all the way to the outskirts of the Redmoon pack, somewhere near Georgian bay. It was where she was initially from before my pack claimed her small territory.Many of her family members moved closer to the heart of Redmoon, but some stayed behind. Her brother Tony was one of them. He was a big brute with a bad temper, he refused to leave his home, and I honestly didn't care what he did as long as he followed my orders and stayed loyal to me. But Sophia knew going out there would buy her some time to get her affairs in order. The bitch knew what was coming. Sure she didn't know Colette was my mate. Fuck, I didn't know it until I found her unconscious and bleeding on the floor of
Chapter 22 - ScrewedColetteEverything about Zane screamed alpha. From his presence, that seemed to consume the entire room and demand everyone's attention. To his pretentious attitude that he seemed to believe he was entitled to have.He was an arrogant, egotistical, self-absorbed asshole, and I hated him. Not only for how he acted but also for how he made me feel because regardless of how much I hated him for everything he did, I wanted him. I knew without a doubt he fucked just as hard as he hated, and the thought of that mixed with the mate bond made me feel all kinds of ways.The air in the room shifted, and suddenly, I didn't feel sore anymore. I felt hot and had electricity coursing through my veins. It was all-consuming, and I didn't want to think; I just wanted to do it. Screw worrying about how I would feel tomorrow. Zane shifted his hips, his hard cock pressing into my stomach. Heat pooled to my core, and I didn't even have to feel myself to know I was soaked. And from