It was halfway across town at the old motel where Draven first found Sin. I ran a hand down my face and looked at the bed where Tyrone was fast asleep. The doctor had sedate him an hour ago after he tried to leave. I understood his eagerness to go search for Sin, but he didn’t understand how important it was for him to stay at the hospital where they could keep an eye on his wounds. He needed to be in the best shape when we find her because Sin was going to need him. Midnight. It was five hours away. I stood and walked over to the window. My eyes darted over the dark clouds in the sky and then down to the people below, running for cover as the first drops started to fall. “I got some coffee.”Turning, I watched Bella as she placed the cups down on the small coffee tabel. Midnight. Walking over to her, I waited for her to straighten and then gripped the back of her neck to pull her lips to mine. I kissed her like I hadn’t kissed her in months. I kissed her as if it was the last
Nothing. I felt no sadness. No pain. No anger.Nothing. I was completely numb. Was it normal for me to feel nothing? Should I be crying? Should I be lashing out? Should I be demanding answers? The air locked in my throat as they started lowering the coffin. This shouldn’t have happened. Everything could have been avoided if Jackson had accepted that Sin didn’t want him. It’s too late now.A hand slipped into mine and squeezed, pulling my attention away from the lowering coffin. I frowned down at Bella. “What are you doing here?”“I thought you might need some support,” Bella said softly. “You know for when you face the firing squad, but since you’re all the way over here, I take it that it already happened?”I nodded. “That bad, huh?”A sigh fell from my lips. It was much worse than I had imagined, but I wasn’t going to tell Bella that. With one last glance at the people standing around the grave, I turned away. “Aren’t we going to the after service?” “No,” I muttered. “How
I could remember one time when I knocked on death's door. It was that day when the dogs attacked me. The doctors told mother that I was lucky to be alive because I had lost a lot of blood. I had wished to die that day because I hated my life. But things were different the second time I knocked on death's door. Michel had been by my side, begging me not to leave them, apologizing for not being on time to protect me. I had been shot that night. Not on purpose, but by a stray bullet that hit me while I was running. Draven had taken me to the motel where he found me to return me to my pack, but things had gone wrong when Jackson and his men showed up. He hit me and then told me to run if something happened to him. Jackson had pulled his gun first, demanding that Draven tell him where I was, but he had refused. Maybe Tyrone was right, maybe it wasn’t my fault. I hadn’t asked Draven for help, he had decided to help me on his own free will and it had unfortunately ended up getting him
David straightened as I stepped out of the house. “I’m going for a walk,” I told him when he frowned at me. “I don’t need my alphas to go with me.”“But alpha is going to walk with you. Where are you going?”It was on the tip of my tongue to tell him that I didn’t need him to go with me, but I changed my mind and gave him a shrug instead. He followed me down the steps and waited for me to choose the path before he fell into step next to me. Both of us were silent as we walked. It gave me time to think about what Bella had said. Will I be like my mother? Will I scream at it if it wouldn’t stop crying? Would I hate it like my mother hates me?“What are you thinking about so hard?” David questioned, breaking the silence. I hesitated. “I feel…confused,” I told him. “And scared. I don’t know what to do.”“Is it about the baby?” he questioned. “Yes.” David smiled. “I’m all ears, darling.”“I told Tyrone that I don’t want to keep it.” When he remained silent I continued. “Bella told me
We almost lost her. It might have been just a gaze, but she was close to death. Sin lost so much blood…I should have checked her over for injuries when I found her on the road. I should have fucking stopped the bleeding. I should have gotten to her sooner. Sin stirred, turning onto her back and kicking one part of the blanket off. My eyes trailed over her, lingering on the bandage that covered her upper arm. Just a graze…but it could have been fatal. Just a stray bullet that grazed her arm but could have hit her in the head or stomach or heart. She was so close to death and it was because I didn’t get to her in time. Leaning forward, I rubbed a hand down my face and stood. I froze in my tracks when Sin whimpered. My eyes snapped over to the bed as I spun around and hurried over to the bed. Taking the seat on the edge of the bed, I leaned closer and pressed a hand to her forehead. Another whimper fell from her lips as her body jerked. “Sin.” I slipped my hand down to pres
I sucked in a deep breath and savored the smell of made pancakes. My stomach rumbled, reminding me of the fact that I hadn’t eaten much last night. I haven’t had much of an appetite after everything that has happened in the last few weeks.At least I had both my mates at home and healing.But I was worried about Sin. She was not herself. After what happened to her, we had all been expecting the nightmares but the pregnancy was something else.I was nervous for Sin…for all of us because this was something none of us had even thought about. It was stupid of me, I should have checked to make sure that they had given Sin the birth-control implant but I was too pissed at her to even think about checking.Shaking my hea
“Do you want me to go get Bella?”I clutched at Michel’s hand as we followed the nurse down the hall toward the doctor’s room where she would do the scan. They had already taken my weight, checked my wound, and made me pee in a cup. “I’m sure I can find her before the doctor starts your scan.”As much as I would’ve loved to have Bella by my side, I needed her to be with Tyrone. She needed to make sure that she knew how to take care of Tyrone’s wounds at home because when I tried, I ended up puking my guts out. “You can stay,” I told Michel. “Are you sure? Because it looks like you’d rather be anywhere else but here with me.”I looked up at him to find him smiling at me. “I’m just scared.”“So am I.” Michel squeezed my hand. “Here we are.” The nurse stopped and turned to gesture us into a room. “You can go ahead and take off your underwear and lie down here on the bed. The doctor will be with you in a few seconds.”“Thank you.”My eyes locked on the bed and the strange things at th
“Breed you,” Michel growled. “I remember our beta telling us that a certain omega doesn’t want to be a breeding machine.”I remembered that conversation with Bella clearly. A lot had changed since we had that conversation months ago. Back then I had been uncertain of what my future held, but at the moment I knew where I wanted to be. “I want to be your breeding machine.”Another growl fell from his lips that made my stomach clench. I whimpered, trying to move closer so I could grind the hard length that was pressed against his zipper, but Michel had other plans. He wrapped an arm around my waist and turned, laying me down on the seat. Hovering above me on one elbow, he stared down at me with his brows dipped into a frown. “Sin, I want you to want it because you want it. I don’t want you to want it because we want it.” His frown deepened. “Do you understand what I’m trying to say?”I nodded. “Are you really paying attention, sweet pea?”I was trying to but it was hard to focus on w