LOGINVIOLETMe?He wanted me? My head was suddenly heavier, different thoughts spinning through my mind faster than I could make sense of.Why did he want me? There was no plausible reason as to why that would be the case. He had no reason whatsoever to want me.For crying out loud, he had his own mate now. One which he obviously doesn’t fancy as much, but regardless. It made no sense as to why he was demanding for me.Reese’s eyes narrowed, right before she ripped the paper out of her mate’s hand. After some seconds of skimming through it, she tore the paper into shreds and tossed it to the ground.“He’s gone fucking mad.” She growled.Zayn looked just as pissed. “Who does he think he is? And to declare war just because he wants Violet?”Lucian had been quiet this whole time, his gaze calculating but never once leaving me. I knew there were so many things on his mind, a lot he wanted to say. It had been just as he feared.A week ago when he’d had that outburst, this had been his fear. Tha
VIOLET“Any update on those tabloids?”Zayn was focused on the phone in his hand, furiously typing away at it. “We’ve gotten a good number of them down. Some annoying blogs don’t want to let go of it though.”Lucian fixed up his tie. “I trust you can handle that.”“Leave it to me,” Zayn checked his watch. “Soon as we’re done with this meeting, I’ll get right on it.”Lucian nodded, fixing up his look one more time. Behind the doors before us was a conference hosted to address all the concerns that had sprouted after the summit. Of course it wouldn’t clear as quickly as I’d thought it would.That would be wishful thinking to assume it would. I guessed Lucian knew that much. He understood it, knew just how much things would blow up. And we were just as ready to get things straightened out.He turned to me, reaching for my hand. “Are you ready?”I sucked in a breath. “Ready as I’ll ever be.”“We’ll be at the front in case anything happens.” Reese said, reaching for Zayn’s hand. The beta s
VIOLET“How long do you think Lucian’s going to keep him for?”Reese was quiet, far more so than I’d have liked her to be. I wasn’t completely surprised about her certain unresponsiveness. Rodriguez was a touchy subject, both for Lucian and her. but it didn’t make it any easier to decipher what exactly was going through her mind.I’d told her everything that happened that afternoon, from Rodriguez’s outburst to Lucian ordering that he be thrown in the slammers. But I hadn’t imagined I would get this kind of reaction from her.So…detached.We finished up with the last of the supply checks just as the sun dipped into the horizon. I exchanged some more pleasantries with the workers before we left the warehouse.“Reese?”She finally blinked, then let out a breath. “Sorry, spaced out a little bit.”“So,” I tried again. “How long do you think Lucian’s going to keep him there for? A week? Or, a month?”“The question is, how long is he going to survive for?”That made me freeze. How long he w
LUCIANShit. Shit.I’d imagined a hundred and one things when Violet had stormed into my office like that. None like what she’d actually said.She was hot on my trail too, her footsteps echoing in sync behind me. I was too focused to pay much heed to it.“Lucian.” She triedI simply grunted, hurrying over to the border gates. Standing there was none other than Rodriguez. He seemed to have been in some sort of exchange with the guards but as soon as he sighted me, a smug grin found its way to his lips.“The Alpha finally graces us with his presence.”My eyes narrowed. “What are you doing here? I thought you’d long since known your place by now, at the north border where I stationed you.”“Oh, bullshit.” He pushed past the lanky guard before coming to stand toe-to-toe with me. No one should have such gall on any other day, certainly not him. But he seemed oddly ballsy for some reason.“You think you can just throw some wad of cash at me and keep me at that shithole? Oh spare me that. Yo
LUCIAN“Fucking bastard.”That was the seventh tabloid I was coming across in the span of ten minutes. Since the events at the summit, Tristan had gone straight to work at making sure all the blogs carried talk of what had happened.DarkMoon Alpha’s violent reaction stuns guest at Summit.Are Lucian’s abusive tendencies finally coming to light?What goes on in the mind of a narcissist?I tossed the tablet aside and sank back into my seat, trying to hold back the anger threatening to spill out of me. Zayn was all but quiet as he watched me. He must be pissed by the tabloids as well but he was doing a better job at holding back his anger.“The PR team’s already working on it, but not like that’s going to do much good,” Zayn let out a sigh. “He’s done a pretty good job of making sure this spreads like wild fire.”“And the media’s eating it up too.” I growled.Zayn clicked his tongue. “The main issue is with the Alliance. We need to make sure this doesn’t shake their standing in any way.”
VIOLETI should have known would be up to utterly no good as soon as she’d gotten that mischievous look on her face. Really the whole car drive had been a huge sign.I’d just been too in my feelings to notice it.“Well?” Reese asked eagerly, her voice slicing through the silence like a knifeLucian cleared his throat, then downed his glass of wine. Seeing as she wasn’t going to get an answer out of her brother, she pouted, then turned to me.“Yes, my brother’s a complete dickhead,” she sighed, “But I know for a fact pregnancy would look so good on you, Vee.”Lucian sputtered, wine spilling out of his mouth while he went into a coughing fit. Zayn all but laughed at the Alpha, and honestly, I couldn’t blame him for not being able to hold back. It wasn’t every day you got to see Lucian Sinclair so flustered.“Do you mind dropping this?”“No,” Reese popped, eyes focused on me. “I’m focusing the question on, Violet. She’s the one that’ll make the call.”Lucian frowned. “What? You’re trying
LUCIANSo far, so good. I’d seen the days that passed as more or less a success. I was getting updates from Zayn, so I knew Violet was slowly adjusting to life in the pack. Reese was also spending a lot of time with her, so she didn’t feel too lonely. That was at least good.I didn’t need anything
VIOLETThe sunlight peeked from the curtains as day settled in over the night. I tossed and turned in the bed for a while, pulling the blankets over my head to shield me from the annoying rays of sunlight.After some minutes, I peeled the blankets off and opened my eyes. It was already morning. My e
VIOLETMy hand continued to hover over the drawer. Each breath I took poured harder into the pool of uncertainties that was my mind. There were moments where it was paramount that you take the leap.Now was the time.“Fuck it.” I cursed under my breath before pulling the drawer open.It was empty.
LUCIANOnce I opened the door, I was met with the sounds of laughter coming from the two women. Violet was seated in a chair, facing the mirror, while Reese was applying makeup to her face.“You’re not actually serious.” Violet sent my sister an incredulous look.“Oh, I’m dead serious.” She replied







