Scott stared around his town square. All of his people were preparing for the festivities of the full moon. During the full moon his pack went out hunting and running wild in the surrounding forests, and when they came back they feasted. The humans who lived in their community prepared the meal for them. There were no lies or secrets in the small community of Grace Hill. The humans who lived with them were made aware of the creatures of the Otherworld. Several times witches, warlocks, bears, vampires and many other shifters had wandered through their town. His father before him had taken great pride in mixing with humans, and Scott had carried on the tradition to honour his memory. Personally, he couldn’t stand the humans in his town. Sure, they were great to fuck, but they were far too fragile. He’d seen many of the men bleed from a single punch. Being strong was the skill to survival.Taking over as the alpha meant he’d taken responsibility of the humans. Not all of them were bad. T
“Shit, I’m late. I’m so sorry,” Lilly said. Her alarm decided to have a dead battery, and she’d slept through until ten.“Don’t worry about it,” Layla said. She was another human female in the small community.Lilly had moved to Grace Hill when she was sixteen. Her family hated the city life and had petitioned to be part of the Northern Forest pack. She didn’t know where these names came from, but she wasn’t about to piss off the alpha by asking.“Daisy hasn’t arrived yet. I’m sure she’ll be in a good mood,” Layla said, referring to their boss. Daisy was one of the oldest female werewolves in the pack. She wasn’t the strongest because of her years, but she scared the shit out of Lilly.“My dad has been driving me crazy about this visit from the other sectors,” Lilly said. Her father, Raymond, was in charge of organising the visit in the next few weeks. She’d never been old enough to be part of the festivities. The alpha demanded that the humans be over twenty-one in order to participa
Scott caught her in his arms. Her blood coated his tongue. The taste of her was amazing. He’d never had anything so good in his mouth. The need to claim her rose within him, as tasting her blood was not enough.“What have you done?” Layla asked, screaming at him. Lewis held her back.I’ve found her. I’ve found our mate.His wolf purred in agreement. From a young age, Scott had always talked to his wolf and felt a connection with that side of him. “She’s human, Scott,” Darcy said.Staring down into Lilly Smith’s face, Scott understood the feelings he’d had when he first met her at sixteen. His wolf had waited until she was of the right age before claiming. Their laws were sacred, and no one claimed a mate younger than twenty-one. Scott did a quick calculation and knew she’d turned twenty-one this year. He frowned. Most of the pack celebrated everyone’s birthday, but h
Throbbing in her wrist woke Lilly up. She rubbed at her eyes with the hand that didn’t hurt.“Be careful. Don’t move,” a male voice said.She started and turned to see Darcy wrapping her wrist in a plain white bandage. The man was glaring down at her hand. The sheet where her arm had been resting was stained red with her blood.“What happened?” she asked, rubbing her eyes. She never wore makeup and didn’t have to worry about smearing the stuff over her face.“Do you want the long story or the short one?” He finished wrapping her wrist before placing her hand down on the bed. She sat up bringing her knees against her chest.“I want the truth.”He let out a sigh. “The truth is simple. You’re mated to Scott, the alpha that makes you his. The bite on your wrist is the first part of the claiming.”“What?” she asked, staring at him in shock.
Lilly looked really cute when she was angry. Scott couldn’t help but be charmed by her. Her arms were folded underneath her impressive rack. He wanted to turn her around so he could watch her lose her temper.“Then why don’t you tell me what the problems are?” he asked.She turned to him. Her hazel eyes glanced into his gaze but then stared past his shoulder. He frowned. Why didn’t Lilly ever look him in the eye?“You’re old,” she said.“What?” he asked, struggling to contain the roar inside him.“I’m only twenty-one, but you’re what? Fifty or something. You’re old.”He glared at her, angry at her words. Her hands shook as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. Yes, he was nearing over fifty in age, but he looked no older than thirty. Werewolves and most of the sectors in the paranormal community aged slowly when they grew into their powers or abil
I can’t be his mate. It’s a fucking mistake.Lilly followed him downstairs to where Nathan and Darcy were waiting. They smirked at her. Heat filled her cheeks. Both men knew what happened upstairs. She was left alone with the alpha for twenty-minutes, and he’d given her an orgasm. Lilly hated herself for her weakness. No man should have that kind of power over a woman.“I’m taking Lilly home,” Scott said, addressing both men. They nodded and made no other sound.She covered her cheeks in shame. Their lack of words said it all. She was a slut.Scott headed for the door. He opened the door, and Lewis wasapproaching.“Daisy’s pissed at you, Scott. She likes Lilly working for her, and she wants to see you.” Lewis turned to her. “Daisy said you could take the rest of the day off and she’d see you tonight.”“I’m taking her home. All of you be here
Scott walked out of her house needing the fresh air to clear his mind. He couldn’t focus with her close by. Her strawberry and vanilla scent masked everything else to him. Several of his pack stared at him. The men stared at him with respect while the women stared at him with lust. He ignored their lustful stares. Lewis, Darcy, and Nathan stood waiting for him a few feet from the diner.“Did it go well?” Darcy asked.“Raymond likes me. He knows what is at stake if anything happens to her. He’ll protect her. Tonight I want to organise her protection detail. Guards will be placed around her,” he said. There was no way he’d risk his mate.“She’s human,” Nathan said. “What kind of threat is she going to pose?” “Because of her being human, she’s vulnerable. We’ve got witches, warlocks, vampires, and bears coming to Grace Hill. I don’t want them to be tempted in bringing me down because of her.” Scott kept walking. Layla was wiping down tables as the got inside the diner. There were no cust
Lilly lay on her bed as Layla finished running fingers through her hair. The other woman had stayed with her instead of going back to her family home. She and Layla were the same age, and tonight would be their first outing to the feast.“Are you nervous?” Layla asked. “Nervous about what?”“About everything. Tonight is our first feast, and you’ve been mated today. Scott is the alpha. That has got to be high on the cool factor.”She smiled at Layla’s enthusiasm. “I’m a little scared. After tonight everything is going to change. Mom keeps giving me weird looks, and my dad looks worried. Between the two of them they’re freaking me out.” She stopped to take a breath. “I don’t know. Maybe I’m worrying about all the wrong reasons.”“What is there to be worried about?” Layla asked, taking a seat on the bed.“Have you seen the way the pack treat women, human women? I’ve seenthe ones they’ve taken to their bed, and they blank them as if they mean nothing.”Several humans had left because of