“Millard and Janice will drive the cars, Diana, Milly and I will go in one and you boys will go in the other. You arrive five minutes ahead of us and will take up a place to stand guard. We will arrive and hang around the bar, looking like we are having fun. Millard and Janice will act as backup. Have I forgotten something?” Rayvin asked Mikael, Ben and Diana. They had been forming their strategy for a couple of hours and had finally reached something that they all could live with.“Sounds right,” Diana said with a nod. “I still don’t see why we have to take different cars. I don’t like it,” Ben objected, placing his arm around Diana’s shoulders.“I agree,” Mikael said, pulling Rayvin closer to him. Rayvin and Diana exchanged a look and rolled their eyes. Rayvin thought they were sweet, but she also knew they couldn’t give in to their need to protect.“Because we don’t want anyone to think we are together. The human won’t approach us if he sees us hanging around you two,” she explain
The music in the club rang in Rayvin’s ears. She almost winced as they entered the place. Usually when she went out dancing, if she went to a club that was run by humans, she would wear earplugs to protect her ears. But today she might need all her senses. She therefore tried to ignore the dull pain in her ears and made her way over to the bar with Milly and Diana. She clocked Mikael and Ben standing at a high table across the dancefloor. They were surrounded by women in short, skimpy dresses. Rayvin had a primal urge to rip them all to tiny pieces. ‘We will be lucky if any humans survive today,’ she mind linked Diana. ‘You are right, luna. I’m feeling murderous at the moment, and this blasted music isn’t making it any better,’ Diana agreed. They looked over at Milly. She was happily waiting for the bartender. Rayvin glanced over at Mikael and his hoard of fans. To her relief, he was looking back at her, trying to not make it obvious and ignoring the two women that were trying to ta
As Rayvin and Diana watched Milly get into the car, Rayvin noticed the human man walking out of a side entrance. ‘Honey, do you have eyes on the target?” she mind linked her mate as she nudged Diana and discreetly nodded towards the man. Diana honed in on him.‘I’m a little busy right now, sweetie,’ Mikael answered her. ‘The target went to the back of the club and when we went to follow him, a horde of human females descended on us. We are battling our way through.’ Mikael’s answer had Rayvin on the brink of a growl. She had half a mind to walk into the club and show those humans that he was hers. But, the priority was the human.‘No worries, Diana and I got him,’ she tried to comfort her male. ‘Ray, no. You get into that car and you go home and wait for us,’ he demanded.‘Sorry, honey, the car already left. Now focus on your women problem, and I will snatch and grab the human male,’ she reassured him.‘What do you mean, the car has left? Why did it leave and why didn’t you go with
The car ride home was silent, to the point of making Rayvin feel uncomfortable even though she usually wasn’t bothered by things like that. Mikael and Ben both had insisted on placing their mates on their laps, as it was the only way to not split up the couples in the car. Diana and Rayvin had the sense not to object. When they were almost home, the silence was broken by the insistent thumping coming from the boot of the car. “The human is awake,” Ben said. He leaned his chin on Diana’s shoulder. “Good. We will put him in the cells when we get back. He can sit there for a while and think about why we have taken him. Ray and I will head over to Gray and Bella tomorrow. You two are in charge until we get back, but leave the human until we can all join in,” Mikael said, his fingers played with one of the bows on Rayvin’s dress. “Don’t forget to feed him and give him water,” Rayvin reminded them.“We aren’t animals,” Mikael huffed. “I know, honey. It’s just that humans are frail and I
Rayvin had to admit to herself that she was nervous. Even worse was that she was nervous about several things at once. First of was the fact that this would be the first time she was acting as the packs luna outside the pack. It was a big step in her world. Then there was the fact that she would meet luna Bella. According to everything she had heard about her, she was the perfect luna. It was nerve-racking to be in the same setting as her. How could Rayvin even live up to something like that? ‘Why is your anxiety spiking?’ Mikael asked through mind link as he took her hand from her lap and intertwined their fingers. Rayvin felt herself relaxing. She turned and smiled at him.‘Nothing to worry about, just nerves,’ she answered. He switched focus from the road to her for a moment. When he turned back, he brought her hand to his lips and kissed her knuckles. ‘There is nothing to be nervous about. You are perfect and they will love you,’ he said. He had hit the nail on the head. It was
On the floor next to the three pups, two men were sitting. Rayvin recognised Logan. He was sitting and playing with the pup that looked to be a little older. She assumed it was his daughter. He had not been able to stop talking about her when they had met last time. As they walked into the room, both men looked up and Rayvin saw the recognition and surprise in Logan’s eyes. “Sammie?” he said, getting up from the floor, taking the pup with him. Mikael, alpha Graham, luna Bella and Mickey all looked at her.“Sammie?” Mikael asked her. “Right,” she nodded. “Hi, Logan. Sorry to say that I haven’t been entirely honest with you. My name isn’t Sammie, it’s Rayvin,” she told the gamma. “Rayvin? As in luna Rayvin?” he asked.“I guess so.”“I didn’t see that coming,” he said. “Well, I’m happy to see you. It looks like you have met my mate. Let me introduce my daughter, Mavis.” He walked over, nodded toward Mikael and held out the pup towards Rayvin. She took the cute little pup, with big bro
‘We are heading over to you,’ Rayvin mind linked Mikael as she and Bella walked towards the alpha’s office. Bella knocked on the door and opened it. Clearly, they both had told their mates they were heading for the office. Both Mikael and Graham were walking towards the door with a smile. The two lunas got a kiss from their mates and then they handed the pups over to the men. “I’m taking Rayvin to our apartment to get changed and then we are heading down to the spa,” Bella said. Mikael looked a little alarmed. Before Rayvin had time to ask what was going on, he looked at Graham.“This spa, how popular is it?” Mikael asked his friend. Graham gave Mikael a knowing smile.“It’s okay. It’s booked for the afternoon just for the girls. Otherwise there is no chance I would allow Ellie in there,” Graham said, slowly swaying the pup in his arms as if it was a habit and not a conscious decision. “Happy to hear that. I’m with you on that,” Mikael agreed, mirroring Graham’s movement. “Allow?”
They had arrived home late in the evening and after being apart the entire day, Mikael and Rayvin had done their best to catch up on the physical intimacy. Mikael was awoken by an alarm clock going off, he felt Rayvin stir in his arms and he glanced towards the alarm clock on the bedside table, five am. “Sweetie, you are going to kill us both if you drag us out of bed this early,” he told his mate and took a firmer grip around her waist and pulled her back into his arms. He heard her giggle, and he relished the sound for a moment. “I need to get some training in. It has been a couple of days since my last one,” Rayvin told him as she snuggled up against him, rubbing her jaw against his shoulder. “I can give you a workout. Just give me an hour more of sleep and then I’ll get your pulse going for an hour or two,” he said, adding a little growl at the end.“As tempting as that is, Max. I don’t think that kind of exercise will help me when I’m on the job,” she told him. “Sleep for a co