Her words stopped me. Are you sure? I will kill him now and save her the trouble. She found him balls deep in your sister. She rejected him, but he refused the rejection. He then used their bond to torture her for over a year. And Vince here commanded her silence. Megan’s eyes glowed. Yes. Yes, I am sure she will want to kill him herself. I turned back to Brandon. His hand squeezed mine. “I didn’t know.” He leaned in closer. “But I will help you get justice.” I saw Vince give a tiny nod out of the corner of my eye, and I nearly snarled. “Promise me.” My words were stiff. “Come to my father’s office and I swear it. I will help you.”I turned back to Vince and snarled. “The only reason I am not killing everyone in this fucking house is because your son is my friend.” Vince nodded. Then he turned on his heel and went back up the stairs, stiffly. Brandon smiled. “I’m your friend?” His words were soft as his thumb rubbed the side of my hand. “Just a friend?” He lifted his hope filled
The world seemed to slow down. Vince closed his eyes and clenched his hands, but Brandon went into full panic mode. “Amy I swear I don’t know.” He cupped my face. “Please look at me.” I growled and flashed my eyes again. “Look at me.”I snapped my eyes to his. “Do you do this too?” The disgust in my voice was thick. Good. Megan nodded. Make him panic. Make them both panic, they will give you what you want.I want to kill them. Nix snorted, but I was too far gone to laugh.I know. Megan’s voice was calming. But we need him to agree to accept the rejection. I can command him to do it. He’s weak. But Megan shook her head. A command won’t work. If it did, an alpha could command any wolf to reject their goddess given mate. And the goddess wouldn’t allow that to happen. Wolves have to reject their mates from their own free will. I wanted to rip them to shreds. Dead men don’t matter. My words were soft but rage filled. Nix laid down. That they do not. Calm yourselves, sisters. We can k
Everyone in the room hit their knees, and I had barely released half of my power. Disappointing. I let my eyes shift to the golden hue of my wolf and I stepped up to Derek, lifting his face with my claw. “How does it feel to be the bitch in the room, Derek?”He trembled at my feet. “You…”“Yes. Me.” I tilted his face back farther, forcing my claw into his skin. Blood trailed down his throat, and it gave me a small sense of satisfaction. “Not Vince, and not Brandon. This is all me.” I slammed my hand against his throat and I tightened my grip. His choking for his breath was another small satisfaction. I pulled him from the ground. “Do you know why I am here, pup?”Derek was turning purple as I dropped him. He fell to the floor in a heap of wheezing. Brandon came to my side and grabbed for my hand. But I flashed him a look. Nix pushed forward, sending her voice through my lips. “My human might like you, pup, but I will not allow you to interfere with this.”Brandon swallowed and nodded.
Spit flew from my mouth as I screamed at him. “You tortured her for finding you fucking my step sister. She had every right to reject you.” I squeezed. “You are an unworthy male.”Brandon tugged me off Derek, and I allowed him to do it. Vince watched with hawk eyes to every movement, every gesture. Brandon pulled me against his chest, and again I allowed him to. “Calm down. At least let him speak. If you rip out his throat, then you won’t get to hear his reasoning.” “His reasoning?” I snarled, and Vince winced. But Brandon cupped my face. “I’m sorry. I said the wrong word. But let him speak and then your conscious will be clear if you kill him.” Vince nodded, and I knew he was feeding him the words. I wanted to roll my eyes and scoff. Megan rubbed against the barrier. Allow them to believe they are convincing you. Fine, but you owe me. She chuckled, but I turned back to Brandon. “Fine.” I turned back to Derek. “Speak boy.”He pushed back a bit, and I took in a deep breath. His fe
“So you tortured her for what? Hope that she would accept you as her mate.” I scoffed, but I made it weak. “How was that ever going to work?”“It could have worked.” He shouted and then wilted. “If she wasn’t so strong, it could have worked.”I leveled him with a look. “She was from my father’s pack. You should have done more investigating.”He threw up his hands. “What does that even mean?”“This pack follows the old ways. They give males an excuse to not hold true to the mate bond.”“Hey.” Vince looked a little agitated at that, but I just raised an eyebrow. “We have had this conversation before.” Vince sighed and then nodded.“Yes, we have. All I will say on this matter is that we follow the way my forefathers paved for us. Wolves, not just males, when they shift have too much going on to control every urge. Sex is a way to curb the aggression.” I just looked at him and he raised his hands. “Yes, I know your father’s pack pivoted to training, but not every pack does.”I finally no
His gaze moved to face Vince, but he looked away. Then he gazed at Brandon, who was behind me. I don’t know what he saw there, but I watch the fight drain out of him. “Make your choice.”Vince stood and walked over to my side. “Does it have to be decided right this second?”I slowly turned my face to look at Vince. “Yes. I know you have seen her. Her condition is nothing new to you. She is wasting away. You both will come now to release her, or I will kill him. Then I will only need you to come to release her. But either way, it will be done right now.” I let my eyes flash. “Not later. Not tomorrow. We will all be leaving this office to head to my house, or the three of us will leave to head to my house, and the omegas will have a body to clean up.”I left no room for negotiations. No chance for confusion. Brandon pressed against my back. “He is my beta.” I looked at him over my shoulder. “There are other beta’s in the fucking world.” I snapped back. “You might be friends with him,
“Stop fucking calling me boy. I’m a twenty-seven-year-old man.” Derek snarled, but I just smiled. “If you want me to treat you like a man, like a male worthy of the beta title…then act like it.” I turned to Vince. “Are you ready?”“I am quite busy.” He started, but froze when another savage growl ripped out of me. He raised his hands. “But I will make the time to come down with you right now to remove my command.”I nodded. “Good.” I looked down at the ground. “Sorry, I am obviously on edge. She is the last member of my pack and I failed her.” I looked at the wall and waited for Vince to nod. “No alpha wanted to feel like they failed a member of their pack. And I can understand your anger. You left her in my care, and you came home to this.” Vince scratched the back of his neck like he was feeling bad. But I knew this was just an act. “I apologize for my hand in this mess.”I nodded. “I appreciate it. As long as it rectified today.” Brandon walked over and grabbed my hand. “I’ll ta
I looked back to Brandon and I mouthed sorry. I wasn’t, but I needed him to this I was. Then I turned Lynn back towards my house and brought her inside. We headed straight to my bedroom, but I froze. The fucking door. “Toya?”“Yeah?” She came up behind us. “Take Lynn to my room. I need to speak to my mom about some food.” She saw the look in my eyes and nodded. “Of course.” She sidled up next to Lynn. “Hey honey, I’m Toya. We are going to become the best of friends you and I.” Lynn barely registered her, and just leaned on her. They started upstairs, and I turned back to the kitchen.“Mom?” “Yeah baby?” She came around the corner and she saw my face. “Did you kill that boy?” I just shook my head. “Pity.” She turned around and headed back into the kitchen. I followed her inside and leaned against the counter. I needed a second. “That bad?” I nodded again. She just came over and hugged me. “You did good, baby.”I shook my head. “No, I didn’t. If I did, this wouldn’t have ever happen
I opened myself up as I sat down and sent out a call. “Sorry it took so long.” I sighed as I sat down next to her. “You were busy.” Carl’s voice was sad, and as I looked over, both he and my grandmother looked worried. “But you are here now.”“I didn’t expect both of you.” I sighed.“Daddy.” Carly called as she jumped up, but I grabbed her. “He’s not really here, baby, remember? You can’t touch him.” She trembled and then she sat back down. They settled across from us with the grave between us. “I forgot.” She looked at him. “I miss you, daddy.”“And I miss you too, baby.” He leaned over, then need to touch his daughter too much. “I heard every time you prayed to me.” His eyes softened. “And I want you to know, baby. That if you want to call Amy mom, or if at any time Amy gets a mate and you want to call him dad, your mother and I won’t mind. We will always be your mommy and daddy.” The tears in his eyes were full of love.Carly looked at me and I smiled down at her. “You don’t hav
I pulled into the house a little earlier than I expected. The grocery store was pretty empty. I only saw two workers. I grabbed my groceries and was out of the door before anyone said hello to me, which was fine. I needed a shower, and to see my girl. I brought everything inside and put it next to the closet. I left the door locked until I was ready to go over. I would do everything I needed to first because I knew if I went to the cabin, I was going to get an earful. I hopped in the shower and groaned. It felt amazing to have my shower again. I had bought new shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. I had a brilliant idea as I was shopping. One that was sure to make Brandon go slightly insane. I smirked as I sniffed the strawberry scent I had missed the last few years. Nix and Megan both sniffed the air and sighed. I missed this smell. Nix purred in my mind.Megan nodded. It makes me feel at home. I finished my shower and got out, covering myself in more strawberry scented product. My
I ran past my house, and I wanted to turn in, to check in on everyone. But I had to run back and pretend I just got back in. I ran past guards and patrols, gaining speed. When Nix got tired, Megan took over. I kept feeding magic into our feet, and after a few hours of running back and forth, weaving through the groups of wolves, I was finally off pack lands. Nix? I turned back to my exhausted wolf.Yeah? She rolled over to look at me. Use the vacuum. She furrowed her brow. What the hell are you talking about?Remember when we were learning to change our scent? The candle changed it and the vacuum…Made it disappear completely. I nodded. Exactly. I don’t want anyone following our trail. She nodded and hopped up. I watched as she dragged herself to the clearing and I summoned the vacuum. Itg was funny to watch her blow out the candle and then turned on the vacuum. She got the switch on the third attempt with her claws. She grabbed the hose with her teeth and sat down with it pointe
I heard Vince call out behind us, but I pushed Megan to run fast. I felt the first trap try to pull strength from us, and I realized I hadn’t carved the rune onto Megan yet.Fuck. I pushed forward, shoving my wolves back. The instincts were telling us to run, to flee, but I needed to get the rune on to her skin or else we wouldn’t make it very far. Amy, we have to run. Nix screamed from behind me, but I still forced Megan’s body to freeze. I stretched out our leg and used a claw to cut into the skin. I could hear the footsteps coming behind me. Amy! There is more the Vince chasing after us. We have to go. She tried to push, but I held her back. Trust me, we need this or else we are cooked. I looked behind us as Vince pushed through the last trees, blocking our view. His face broke into a smile, but then he faltered as he saw what I was doing.“Hey, what are you doing?” Vince stepped closer and the smell of blood hit his nostrils. His eyes snapped to my leg. “If you wanted to die, yo
The guard was pacing, nervous. He kept glancing back at me and muttering to himself. That put me on edge. Why does he keep looking back here? Nix stood and started to pace. I don’t know. But it’s not good. I moved to the clearing, checking on my magic. I had been funneling all of mine and Nix’s extra energy into our well. Building it until our flame turned into a giant bonfire. The magic was burning bright, and it took effort to keep it contained, my like my aura. How are you doing? Megan called back to me. We are ready. I shot back. I had been studying the book for days until I figured I could use a reversal rune to block the drain of our power. It will actually pull power from those chasing us and feed it into our bodies until we remove the rune. I had carved the rune into Nix and myself. Megan, I left for last. The door slammed open and Brandon strolled in. I wanted to recoil from the look on his face; it was so vicious. But I would never hide or cower from this man. “Looky l
But Megan ignored him. He stood and crowded the bars, drawing in more air and her scent. “Fuck.” Then he turned and spun away. “I’ll be back with your next meal.” He walked to the door, grabbed a tray he had left there, and came back. He pushed the food through the tray slot at the bottom of the door. Megan popped up. She walked over slowly, watching Vince. She stopped short of his hands. Then she pawed the food tray the rest of the way to her. We walked Vince’s eyes almost completely disappear into his pupils before his wolf took over. His eyes flashed to a soft chocolate brown, and there was a deep rumbling in his chest. “You smell good.”Megan rolled her eyes and sniffed the food. Each item had to be sniffed, tasted and then we had to wait for any reactions. But as soon as Megan sniffed the meat, she pulled back and swatted the tray against the bars. Vince’s wolf watched her, and then he smirked. “Smart girl. Most don’t notice the silver.” Megan let out a low growl before she tu
There was a bang, and a door slammed open. “Alpha.” The guard at the door called, and instantly we were all on guard. “Leave us.” He motioned for the wolf to leave, and he strolled down to my cell. “Hello.” He watched me with hooded eyes. “Still vicious?” Megan growled, causing Vince to chuckle. “I find it interesting that you aren’t afraid of me.” We barked out a laugh. “Why would I be afraid of you?”Vince froze. “You speak?” Megan rolled her eyes and turned out back on him. “Stupid male.” She tossed her head, glaring at him over her back. He chuckled, then turned back to the door. He grabbed the chair there and pulled it over in front of my cell. “Well, you kept your mouth shut the first day we met. I assumed you were mute.” I huffed out a sigh. “I nearly bit half of your face off. My mouth was very much open.”He threw his head back and started laughed. “You did. I will give you that.” Vince leaned closer to the bars and Megan lifted her lip. “You don’t like me, do you?”“Sho
“You are going to let me die here?” Megan let her words sound incredulous. Rick walked to the bars. “I don’t want you to die. But I have no way of getting you out of here without being seen or found out. If I could save you and only lose my own life, I would do it. You don’t deserve to be here…”“But?” Megan cut in. “But I have a pup and a mate who would be executed if I went against Vince.” He grabbed the bar and I heard the sizzle of his skin against the silver. “I can’t risk them. I hope you and Amy will understand that.” He pulled back and turned away. “Wait!” Megan called after him.He turned. “The guard is coming back in a minute. Be quick.”“Will you come back to speak with me?” She tried to get close. “I have so many questions.”Rick looked back to the door. “I can try. But Rick doesn’t like random people coming in here.”“Then why did you come in now?” Megan pushed. “Because…” His shoulders sagged. “Because I felt like a monster and I felt like I neede3d to explain. If I
He knows. Nix’s words were soft, her eyes fully focused on the man in front of us. What are you talking about? Megan turned back to us. He’s scum.Nix shook her head. Look at him, Megan. Truly look, and push away your hatred towards Brandon, Vince, and well, all the male population. Megan snorted but turned back.What am I looking for? Megan sighed, but focused. I stepped closer, trying to see what she was seeing.Nix was focused on Rick. Look at his skin. He is sweating, he’s pale, but his eyes are focused. His hand… She trailed off.He’s clutching at his neck. Megan tensed beside me. “What happened first, Rick?”He turned his haunted eyes back to us. “What?”Megan sighed as she crept closer. “What came first? You working with Vince? Or Abby getting branded?”“Does it matter?” He slammed back against the wall and dropped to his ass. “It changes nothing.”“It matters.” She growled. “It matters to me, and I know it will matter to Amy.” “Why?” He dropped his head into his hands. “It