LOGINCal's POV
Maybe I craved her bite over and over again, but this was messy. She hadn’t even cleaned up. The smell of farm in her mouth made me want to keep drinking from her till eternity
She tasted like trouble and I had my hands full of her anyway; literally.
Behind the bleachers was a terrible idea. Practice was still running on the other side of the wall, coach screaming, skates grinding, sticks cracking against ice. Anyone could walk around the corner. Anyone could look through the gaps in the metal bars and see exactly what was happening, but the possibilities of cameras rolling on us again made me more fierce.
I did not particularly care.
“More,” my wolf, Calee had been grunting in my head
Me: I heard you.
*Calee: Did you though?*
I pressed her further into the bars and kissed her like I was settling an argument. Like I was making up for the years I never owned her public
Her hands grabbed my collar. I loved how the weight drew me closer to her. Her breathing was completely wrecked, my fantasies were finally coming true.
My phone buzzed in my pocket.
I ignored it.
Her mouth was warm and her hair was damp and my hands were at her waist, thumbs pressing into the softness at her sides, grabbing her love handles, holding her so close I could smell her breath.
I turned her around and let my tongue trace the stretch marks on her back that looked like cute red worms in a maze.
*Calee: Say it.*
Me: Absolutely not.
*Calee: You're already thinking it.*
I raised her skirt and kissed her ass, the smell of cotton of her underwear mingling with how sweet she smelt underneath. I kissed and bit for a while, holding back my wolf as I wondered if I should shift her panties to the side and just have a tongue to skin direct contact.
I loved the way she panted. The way my name rolled off her lips.
I turned her back around. My mouth moved to her jaw. She made a sound she was clearly trying to keep small and my grip tightened.
"Say his name again," I said against her skin.
"Eli."
*Calee: Oh she wants problems.*
I kissed her harder.
She kissed me back just as hard
My phone buzzed again.
Ignored.
I pulled back slightly. Just to look at her. Hair a disaster, grey-green eyes dark, cheeks flushed deep against her pale skin, lips swollen. I had memorised the way she looked, because she was always behind my eyes whenever I shut them. She was the most compelling thing I had been looking at for two years.
She was nothing like the girls who stood in corridors performing themselves for Alpha blood.
My thumbs pressed into her hips.
"I've always liked this," I said.
It came out quieter than I intended.
She went completely still.
"What?"
"You," I said.
*Calee: FINALLY. I have been wishing you would tell her how you feel.*
Me: I didn't say anything.
*Calee: You never do. That is the problem.*
She was looking at me, trying to catch up. I watched her try to find one. Watched her fail. I smirked inwardly.
My phone buzzed a third time.
She glanced toward my pocket. I felt her brain switch gears before she even opened her mouth.
Then she said, "I've never done this before."
Everything stopped.
*Calee: Oh.*
Me: I know.
*Calee: Careful.*
Me: I know.
I did not pull back. Did not push forward. My hands shifted, grip loosening slightly. I wanted her to feel safe with me.
"We don't have to rush," I said.
She searched my face. Looking for the trap.
"I can arrange it," I added.
That almost broke her into a laugh. I watched it fight its way up her throat.
"Arrange it?" she repeated. A chuckle escaped
"Yes."
"You're insane," she said.
*Calee: She likes insane.*
Me: I'm aware.
My phone went off again. Relentless. Buzzing like something was on fire.
Wren's eyes cut to my pocket and the relief that crossed her face was so transparent it was almost funny. She grabbed onto it like a lifeline.
"Your phone is losing its mind," she said.
I exhaled once.
My father's name sat on the screen.
I answered.
"Yes."
My father's voice swam in like cold water.
"Come see me. Now."
The call ended.
*Calee: That tone.*
Me: I know.
*Calee: That was not a normal tone.*
Me: I said I know.
I looked at Wren. My libido died when I ended that call
"I have to go," I said.
"Emergency?" She was trying to arrange herself.
"Yes."
I stepped back. Straightened my collar, already walking to the door.
“When are we doing this again?” she seemed to adjust her breast in her bra.
Her question made me smile a little, but I hid it from her. “I would find you”
I opened the door only to find Lyra was standing there.
I held back immediately, stopping myself from cursing out loud. Forcing myself to stay unaffected.
*Calee: PROBLEM. MASSIVE PROBLEM. WHY IS SHE SMILING LIKE THAT. I DO NOT LIKE THAT SMILE. CAL.*
Me: I see her.
*Calee: DO SOMETHING.*
Me: I am doing something.
*Calee: WHAT ARE YOU DOING.*
Me: Standing here.
*Calee: THAT IS NOT DOING SOMETHING.*
Outside my head, my face did nothing. My pulse stayed level. My hands stayed loose at my sides. I held my ring finger from tapping
"What are you doing here," I said.
Lyra tilted her head. Her loose blonde curls bounced, grinning ear to ear.
"I came to check on my betrothed," she said sweetly.
That word landed exactly where she threw it.
She leaned past my shoulder and looked inside. Saw Wren on the equipment shelf, dishevelled, flushed, arms crossed, grey-green eyes already doing their dangerous narrow thing.
Lyra's nose wrinkled delicately.
"Ew," she said, in the pleasantest voice imaginable.
Then she stepped up, quick and light, and pressed a soft kiss to my mouth.
And walked awa
y humming.
*Calee: Wipe your mouth. Right now. I am not joking.*
I turned back to Wren.
She was already on her feet.
"You're betrothed to a psycho," she said.
"I know," I said.
I left.
Alpha Hayden's POV"The bond will be severed," I said. "That is not a discussion."Claire Thorne uncrossed and recrossed her legs in the chair across from my desk. The silk she had chosen to wear to a business meeting shifted with the movement and I looked away because the woman had the dress sense of a clown sometimesI picked up my pen."Alpha Hayden." Her voice had turned soft. "Yes, something has to be done. My daughters are suffering…”“Tell them not to worry,” I picked up a pen and scribbled something. “No son of mine would be mate with an omega.”She went quiet for a while. She let out a worried sigh, then she spoke. “But severing a triple bond forcibly, the damage it would do to your boys…""My boys will recover. They are strong.""They won't." She leaned forward slightly. "I have seen what that thing does to wolves. Oh Moon Goddess, Selene,” she shook her head slowly as she spoke. “You know the literature on forced bond severance. The psychological damage alone. Zade, Rook, C
Cal's POVMaybe I craved her bite over and over again, but this was messy. She hadn’t even cleaned up. The smell of farm in her mouth made me want to keep drinking from her till eternity She tasted like trouble and I had my hands full of her anyway; literally.Behind the bleachers was a terrible idea. Practice was still running on the other side of the wall, coach screaming, skates grinding, sticks cracking against ice. Anyone could walk around the corner. Anyone could look through the gaps in the metal bars and see exactly what was happening, but the possibilities of cameras rolling on us again made me more fierce.I did not particularly care.“More,” my wolf, Calee had been grunting in my headMe: I heard you.*Calee: Did you though?*I pressed her further into the bars and kissed her like I was settling an argument. Like I was making up for the years I never owned her public Her hands grabbed my collar. I loved how the weight drew me closer to her. Her breathing was completely wr
Wren's POV"Put her down."Cal's voice was so flat I bet he rolled his eyes internally.Eli didn't move. I'll give him that. This boy had been at WhiteWood for less than a week and he was standing in the middle of a corridor holding a size sixteen girl who smelled like pig shit, staring down Cal Voss like he was born without the fear gene. My knight in shining armour perhaps?"She's sick," Eli said, his body angled like he was going to fight if challenged. "I'm taking her to the sick bay.""I know where you're taking her." Cal moved closer. His ring finger started its thing against his thigh. Tap. Tap. Tap. "I can do it. So. Put. Her. Down."Two more steps and Zade and Rook rounded the corner.Oh, fantastic. All three of them. In a corridor. Over me. While I smelled like a farm.Oink Oink… Wren! I shouldn't be talking down on myself. I shouldn't let those people get into my head.The air pressure changed. The air smelled of Alpha blood. Eli was six foot three and he was not small. But
Wren’s POVI wasn't just bonded to three Alpha wolves anymore. Now I had also dropped all three of them for the new LakeDale transfer who had been at this school for four days. At that point, I was wondering, ‘Who the hell was Wren Reyes? Because she was definitely not me.’The rumours were getting more creative, day by dayI found the whole thing mildly hilarious and did absolutely nothing to correct it.Eli was the first person at WhiteWood in three years who talked to me like I was a regular human being. To him, I wasn’t just a fat omega equipment I knew the Voss brothers were going to be so mad about my relationship with Eli. The bond would twist their guts with jealousy I was walking to class when I saw all three of them, arranged in a loose half circle with Eli at the center Eli was six foot three and he was not small. But Zade, Rook and Cal standing together was a different kind of physics. Eli had his back to the lockers and his chin up. Good composure, but terrible odds.
Apparently, I had used a ritual from my dead mother to engineer the triple bond; said Lyra Thorne in the rumour she startedI got called into three separate offices. I got interviewed by three teachers. I had to do three spiritual examinations. I answered so many questions my jaw hurt. But I made sure I answered with complete composure every single time. “I didn't do it. I can't prove I didn't do it. Neither can you. Have a good afternoon,” walked out of all three rooms Fucking Lyra!I got home at half seven. Grandma's light was still on.I made tea and sat on the edge of her mattress. She reached up and touched my face, palm against my cheek"You eat today?""Yes," I said.She rolled her eyes before moving her hand to my hair and smoothed it once and said "Good," she knew I was lying and she loved me anyway.I stayed until she fell asleep. Then I sat at the kitchen table with The Ledger open in front of me.Lyra Thorne. Youngest Thorne sister. Long blonde hair with loose curls, wid
Wren’s POVCold soup meant a more sticky hairI could feel it soaking through to my bra strap, and a little trickle into my panties. I set my tray down on the nearest table, pulled my wet hair off my neck, and retwisted it into a knot. Whatever arrangement the Voss brothers had with the Thorne sisters was their business. None of that was my problem and none of it was my fault. The bond chose me. I didn't go looking for it. I had literally been alone in an equipment room on full moon night specifically to avoid things like this.I was not rejecting anything. That was my chance for revenge. And I was not standing here covered in soup while people filmed me like I picked up a paper napkin from the tray and dabbed my collarbone with it. Useless, but it was something to do with my hands.Eden Thorne rolled her shoulders back. Her signature move that fit her athletic build. She closed the distance between us without raising her voice first because Eden Thorne was not a words-first kind o







