ALEKSANDER VON SINCLAIRALEK WAS DRESSED immaculately very early. He looked at the bed where Claire was still sleeping, he did not want to wake her, but he wanted to speak with her before he left. He patted her leg gently. She woke up slowly and looked at him. "Are you going somewhere?" She asked, covering her mouth with her hand as she yawned.He nodded. "I have to go to the city for a while."She rubbed her eyes and sat up. "What's going on?" She asked."There is a small issue with my company, I have to sort it out in person." He replied."But you'll be back soon?"He shrugged his massive shoulders. "It might take a couple of days.""That serious?" She asked. "And I'll be here alone?"He sensed the slight panic in her voice and the irregular beating of her heart. "Don't worry about it. Joram is here, and you are the Luna. Nothing will happen. No one can touch you even when ik gone."She nodded, unconvinced.He leaned in and kissed her forehead. The kiss was more to soothe his agitat
CLAIRE FISCHERI FELT A deep longing sensation in my heart as I watched the limousine and Alek leave. I waved at him again, even though I was sure he did not see me anymore. I remained standing there a long time after they left."Come in, Claire," Joram said softly from behind me. I turned sharply. I had forgotten that he was with me. I sighed and nodded, wrapping the blanket tighter around me as I went back into the mansion."Breakfast," He said and we went to the dining table.We ate in relative silence. My eyes often strayed and watched him, trying to see just how different he was from Alek. Apart from their large physical sizes, there were not many similarities between them. Joram was collected and thoughtful. Even each chew of his food seemed to have been thought through. He was calm, unlike Alek's more brashful nature."When you are done examining me like a microorganism under a microscope, you will ask me the question on your mind," he said without even looking at me.I snappe
CLAIRE FISCHERWE WATCHED EDGAR stomp away. I was not angry at his outburst; on the contrary, I felt bad sending him away, but as the Luna of this pack, I would not allow myself to be disrespected."What did you have to say?" Jamie asked me.I looked at him and realized that he did not still like me. He only feared what might happen to him if he disrespected me, even in the absence of Alek."Walk with me," I said."I was about to go and have lunch," he grumbled."Walk with me, Senator Jamie," I said again.He muttered something inaudible under his breath, but he fell into a step beside me. We walked for some minutes in silence, as I led us towards the woods."Do you even know where you are going?" He finally asked."The woods," I replied."And for what?" He asked."When I came here, I did not expect to live, more less to be in a place of power as I am now."He scoffed. I could tell that he wanted to say something else, but he swallowed his words and looked away."This clan - or pack -
CLAIRE FISCHERI LOOKED AT Darius for a second, then I went outside. I was aware of his walking behind me, but I chose to ignore his presence.I went towards the woods and to my surprise, it was bustling with activities. Almost 3 dozen men were busy chopping down trees; some of them were using their werewolf strength to good use by carrying the logs on their shoulders and stacking them carefully in a corner.I saw Jamie standing and organizing them; I went up to him. "I'm impressed," I said.He turned and looked at me with a smile on his face, but the smile died on his lips when he saw Darius standing stoically behind me. "Ignore him," I muttered. "It was not my choice and it's for my safety.""You think you're in danger?" Jamie asked. "Look at them..." he cocked his head towards the working men. "You think they would hurt you?""Maybe not all of them," I said truthfully. "But you know as well that I have not been fully accepted.""And having a Lycan bodyguard is not going to help yo
CLAIRE FISCHERDARIUS PULLED INTO the parking lot of the hospital and we took Elizabeth into the waiting room. The hospital was not very busy, but the nurses did not pay any attention to us as we walked in.I placed Elizabeth on a vinyl chair and walked up to the counter. "Excuse me," I said to the nurse. She looked at me lazily. "I'd like to admit my friend to the hospital. She is ill.""Well, what is wrong with her?" The nurse asked. Her eyes went behind my shoulder to look at Elizabeth."I'm not a doctor; how would I know?" I snapped, suddenly angry at her nonchalance. "Are you going to help or not?""I don't have a choice," He blew a bubble with her chewing gum before she asked. "Does your friend have her records with me?"I shook my head."Well, she has to be registered before we can do anything." She said, closing her laptop."Register her now," I pressed."Are you sure?" She asked. "It costs a lot, and you don't seem to be like the type that can afford it.""Do it," I growled.
LOGAN MILLER LOGAN'S MIND WAS troubled as he got to Yolanadas house. He knocked once and walked in. The woman was in a black dress, and her eyes were red from crying. He placed a hand on her shoulder. She was startled and looked up at him, "Alpha Logan," She wiped her cheek and stood up. "I didn't know you came in." "You have to stop crying, Yolanda," He said to her as he sat down. She sniffled but didn't say anything. "Where is your mate?" Logan asked. "He should be here to comfort you." "He went out," she replied. "He said he needed something to distract him from our loss." "I am very sorry," Logan said. "He had picked out baby names already," Yolanda said to herself. "He was expecting the pup even more than me." Logan sighed. Not knowing what to say. "Is there something wrong with me, Alpha?" She asked with urgency in her voice. "What? No," He shook his head "There is nothing wrong with you. You are not the first to have a miscarriage birth." She sighed. "Some of the wo
LOGAN MILLERLOGAN led Yolanda into the hospital. He scanned the whole waiting room as soon as they entered. He took a deep breath in, trying to see if he would catch a scent he would recognize. That would have made his mind up that his eyes were not playing tricks on him."Alpha," Yolanda bumped into him softly. "Is anything the matter?" She asked.He released his breath and shook his head. Her scent was not here. But what if her scent had changed since the last time he was with her?"The nurse is looking at us," Yolanda said.Logan nodded and they went up to the counter. "Hello. I want to register my friend for some tests."The nurse looked distracted as she typed into the keyboard. "What type of tests?" She asked."Tests for the, um, female parts," Logan said uneasily.The nurse looked from Yolanda and back to Logan. "The female parts... Are you her husband?"Logan shook his head."Where is her husband?" The nurse asked. "And who are you to her?"Logan was lost for words. How was h
LOGAN MILLERLOGAN COULD BARELY concentrate on the drive back home. He did not hear anything Yolanda was saying from the passenger seat. When they drove into the pack territory, Logan slowed down and said, "Yolanda," She stopped talking and looked at him, "I want you to do me a small favor. "She nodded. "What is it, Alpha?""I don't want you to tell anyone that we saw Claire," he said. "Not yet." Her face fell in disappointment. She had been looking forward to how she would tell the story."Whyy?" She whined."Because I want to do my research first," he said. "I want to be sure of where she is before everyone else knows."She folded her hands, clearly not happy with it, but she nodded and said, "Okay, I will do as you ask." She looked out the window, "But when it is time, I want to be the first one to tell them.""You will," He parked in front of her house. "I think your mate is back." He said, nodding into the house. She got out of the car. "And Yolanda?""Yes, alpha," She leaned d
LOGAN MILLER HE WAS STUNNED beyond words. As he left Ruth's house, he heard her last sentence ringing in his head. She said she knew things. Was this one of those things? Knowing that he wanted to protect Claire and hide Bastian's body further away. But how had she known? Was it even possible to stay a step ahead of them? These questions flooded Logan's head. He could feel a migraine start as he walked through the woods. Well, the situation could still be salvaged, he muttered to himself. He could just try and avert it. If only he and Bruce and maybe a few other men knew, he could just shrug it off. He got to the strong stream and crossed it without any issues. They had gone out of the territory now. How had the men even found the body? What made them come this far in their search? It could not be that they followed a scent. He shook his head. Every scent was washed away by the current and air updraft of the stream. So what gave them the idea? As he came upon the scene,
BRUCE AND HIS man walked for almost half an hour without seeing anything. Bruce was starting to feel this plan slip through his fingers every minute they walked without finding the spot."That bitch could have been more specific," he snarled under his breath, flopping onto a rock. "We might start to head north now. We will walk at an angle, so we will meet with the others in the middle, then we will search the area together again."The man nodded and sat down. They were close to the stream. Bruce sighed and looked around. He was tired, and could not imagine the energy required to carry the rogue all the way out here, and then bury him, and go back without anyone seeing or noticing anything."Beta...""Yeah?" Bruce looked at his companion who was dipping a foot in the fast flowing stream."You know that if your plan works, Claire would be hurt too," He said.Bruce cocked his head and noted that his companion was the youngest out of the three. "Yes. I am aware of that." He replied."I t
BRUCE HURRIED AWAY from the pack. He crept behind a thick tree and watched as Logan went into Ruth's house. They had agreed to stalk Logan for as long as possible so he would not suspect where Bruce had gone.When Bruce was sure that Logan had gone in and was being occupied by Ruth, he continued his journey farther away into the woods, heading west. After almost half an hour was brisk walking, he came across the Tibet stream. It was a fast-flowing stream that was quite wide. As he looked at it and tested the current, he wondered how the Lycan had carried the body across.Using a stick, he tested how deep the water was, and luckily, it was not deep as it was only a couple of feet deep and would reach up to his knee, but even with the shallowness, the current of the water was able to sweep him off his feet."Beta?" Bruce turned to see 3 men of average build coming towards him. "Luna Ruth sent us, she told us to do as we were told without asking questions."Bruce nodded. "What we are go
BRUCE KNEW THAT something was up, and to his dismay, It seemed like Logan was starting to catch up on everything that was going on behind him. It had come as a terrible surprise when Fiona found out that she was pregnant, and it was very obvious that he was responsible, not Logan.Their plan had been to just manipulate Logan and make him fuck Fiona without condoms or pulling out, so they could easily blame the pregnancy on him. But the plan did not work out perfectly and Logan did not bite. It was like he saw through their plan and refused to sleep with Fiona.Bruce was going to try and convince Fiona to try and abort the baby. It sounded bad, but it would be worse if Fiona suddenly gave birth and the child looked nothing like the alpha.He walked into the pack house. He knew Logan had been on a call with someone. He suspected that it was Claire, and there was something he was keeping secret.He peeked out the window to make sure he was not followed. Then he put the earpiece to his e
LOGAN MILLERLOGAN AND BRUCE walked out. By now, the news that Bastian was missing had gone around the pack. Some people were glad that the rogue responsible for attacks on them months ago was gone, while some were worried. They wondered how the veteran warrior like Bastian could just disappear, and how safe they were. Some of them shared the same views as Bruce and were already suspecting that it was the Lycan clan that visited that was responsible for the abduction."How are his people holding up?" Logan asked."As they should," Bruce answered. "They are worried, some are scared. They have recorded a large amount of deaths in the past few months. Their male population has been reduced to a very few.""Those are not our faults," Logan muttered. He wanted to say it was Ruth's fault for sending them against Claire, and the Lycans. In fact, everything that happened was Ruth's fault.First, she manipulated him into dumping Claire, and then making the whole pack share in her hatred for Cl
LOGAN MILLERLOGAN FINGERED THE card that Claire had given to him. He enjoyed the texture and read the address to himself. He knew the place, it was a secluded expanse of woods uphill. So that was where the Lycan and his clan were residing.The door to his office opened and he turned around to look at Bruce. "Any news?" He asked. They had been looking for Bastian for hours, but it seemed like the rogue just disappeared into thin air. Bruce shook his head and sat down on the couch. "Ruth is going nuts." He said, looking at Logan. "Is there something I should know that I don't?"Logan chuckled and shook his head. He was constantly amazed at how tricky and deceptive Bruce was turning out to be. If he didn't know better, he would think that Bruce was also ignorant of everything. But he knew better. He knew that Bruce knew about the affair between Ruth and Bastian."Earth to Logan..." Bruce snapped his fingers.Logan shook his head. "Sorry. What did you say?""I was only just wondering wh
CLAIRE VON SINCLAIRI HAD BEEN about to leave the table to go and speak with Joram about how he was feeling before Lucia showed up at the door. She looked at Alek briefly before looking at me and saying, "I have not had breakfast. Can I join the table?"I paused chewing, wondering if I had heard properly. I felt Alek stiffen beside me too. Lucia raised an eyebrow at me and I heard Alek's voice float into my head, telling me that it was my decision to make.What could go wrong? I asked myself. "Of course, Lucia," I said. "You can join us for breakfast."I could feel Aleks's disagreement. But he had said it was my decision, and I made it."Are you sure that is a good idea?" He asked me.I did not take my eyes away from her as Lucia came towards the table and took a seat close beside Alek.The nerve of the woman, I gritted inwardly while I kept my face emotionless."Thank you, Luna Claire," she said and I did not miss the mocking sarcasm laced in her words. "I know exactly what Alek is t
ALEKSANDER VON SINCLAIRHE WAS AT peace as he washed and dried his face. He took a wet napkin and went to Claire. He wiped her black where a dried streak of blood had come from where he bit her."Did you mark me?" She asked, chuckling."I think so," he replied. He opened a bandaid and covered the place."I thought you didn't believe in any of those things," she said. He chuffed. "I didn't believe in many things before I met you. Love, for one." He said, pressing a kiss to her head."You made me believe in love." He walked away to dispose of the napkin before she could respond.She softly touched the bandaid on her neck with her finger. "Why do you treat it like an injury?" She asked."Because that is what it is," he muttered, shrugging on a shirt. "And I do not want it to get infected."She laughed and ripped the bandaid off, making it bleed again. "I am not that fragile." She said. "I am a werewolf... even though my wolf is dormant.""I hear you," He smirked. "See? You're bleeding a
CLAIRE VON SINCLAIRTHERE WAS NO way I could remain angry after what just happened. Alek lay beside me, breathing deeply and heavily. I smiled, feeling the deep purring from him as my fingers explored the unfamiliar crevices in his body.He turned and looked at me. "Are you still pissed at me?" He asked.I chuffed and shook my head. "I am not happy with what you did, but I understand why you did it.""You do?" He asked, propping himself up on an elbow.I nodded. He did it to revenge for the danger I was put in. He did it to protect me. Just as Ryana had said, I wouldn't feel totally safe knowing that Bastian was still out there and able to hurt me again anytime. "I understand," I said, pulling him down for a kiss.He pushed into me, deepening the kiss. I could feel his heart, beating in rhythm with mine as we lay chest to chest. The length of his huge body was pressed against me. His hard cock was pressed against my thighs."Well, you respected my wishes and didn't harm my mother," I