Lauren Sanders.I knew now why the name had sounded so familiar when it was mentioned in the ongoing investigation. Lots of people had the same names so I didn’t really pay much attention to it. Until now. Until I had an address and a snapshot of the woman. My body vibrated with anger and I was sure that everyone would’ve been able to feel it if they were awake. This fucking woman, a woman who I had known for more than six years, was responsible for my mate’s suffering. For all the fucking pain she had gone through before Draven found her in that motel room. Had he known?The question flashed through my mind along with a billion others that had no answers. I wish I had respected Sin’s wishes and told them that I didn’t want the information on Sin’s mother. But I had asked because I thought that Sin would change her mind about it. Not once in the past four weeks had she asked me or even mention it. You know where she lives.I knew everything about her and some more that hadn’t be
Memories from my childhood had been locked away when Draven found me in that motel room. I had been haunted by nightmares but it was filled with only his face, never hers because she was never there. I was twelve the last time I saw her and back then she looked like shit. It was no wonder I didn’t recognize her when Draven introduced us, but she clearly recognized me. It saddened me that a mother couldn’t recognize her own daughter but then again, I was happy that she didn’t want me to stay with Draven because if I had stayed, I would probably locked inside one of Jackson’s basements. I wouldn’t be snuggled underneath the blankets in my own nest in my own home with my three mates. A low sigh fell from my lips. The arm around my waist tightened, pulling me closer to the body behind me. Goose bumps broke out over my skin when warm lips brushed against the back of my neck. “The ranch hands will take care of the horses and everything that needs to be done today,” Michel said softly.
Bella gave me another earth-shattering orgasm. Stuck in a daze, I was barely aware of what was happening around me. I must have passed out because when I opened my eyes again I was leaning against somebody in the bathtub with Bella sitting across from us. Blinking a few times, I reached up to wipe my eyes but a hand wrapped around my wrist, stopping me. “You’ll get water in your eyes.” Tilting my head back, I looked up at Michel. “We’re in the bath.” “Yes, we are.” He chuckled. “You passed out on us, sweet pea.” Colour flooded my cheeks. I nodded and turned back to look at Bella. Smiling, she slid closer, in between my legs, and leaned forward to press her lips to mine. I sighed, lips parting under the pressure of hers. Reaching up, I placed a hand on the back of her neck and pulled her closer. Heat filled me when his chest brushed against mine. Was this what it was like during my heat? Everyone kissing and touching and fucking. Bella broke the kiss and trailed soft kiss
“It has come to my attention that our lovely omega is in need of a few things,” I drawled from the doorway. Sin's head snapped up, wide eyes locking on me. “What?”Straightening, I walked deeper into the room and took a seat on the bed opposite her. Sin hadn’t said much since Allison’s visit two days ago. I tried fishing to figure out what had her so worried but she changed the subject every time. Allison’s visit had been a surprise but I could understand why she came here. She was better suited to run the center than the bastard who used to work there. “You need some new clothes,” I told her. “You’ve gained a healthy weight and because of that most of the clothes you have don’t fit you. I know that right at this second you’re not wearing any underwear because it’s too small for you.” Colour flooded her cheeks. “I am.”“Liar.” My smile widened. “You need clothes, underwear, shoes, and whatever else you want or need. Let’s go shopping.”“All of us?” “No, just you and me.”Sin frow
“Trust me, doll. I promise you that everything will be okay.” I stared at Tyrone’s hand and then looked at the golden brown horse behind him. “Please?”They had said that I needed to face my fears and I knew that this was the first step to do that. I had to face my fear of horses by getting onto a horse again. But I wanted to pee my pants. It was the first time being this close to a horse after that incident. I shook my head. “Can’t.”Letting out a sigh, he dropped his hand and stepped forward to press a kiss to my forehead. “I still need to go, doll. Need to check and make sure that everything’s okay.”“I know.”He smiled. “Maybe another day.”I nodded, stepping back to watch him climb onto his horse. Placing his hat on his head, he nodded at me and then took off with Michel right behind him. Shoulders dropping, I turned and headed back towards the house. Bella was doing laundry and she wouldn’t let me help. Besides riding out with Tyrone and Michel, I had nothing to do. I walked
“Lauren, I can’t even pronounce her maiden name, was part of a well-known family in London,” Michel said as he scanned the laptop screen. “Wealthy fucking people.”“You come from a wealthy family,” I pointed out. “Not as wealthy,” Michel muttered, shifting on the bed. “Here’s a lot of photos taken of her with her family when she was around sixteen. A few with a boy that looks a few years older than her. An article states that she ran away from home when she was seventeen and disappeared. There’s nothing about her parents ever searching for her at all which is a little suspicious.”I frowned. I had first-hand experience on how shitty family could be. Michel’s parents weren’t any better. But weren’t they even a little worried about their daughter suddenly disappearing?“What else?” I asked him as I exit the bathroom. “Nothing that important.” He sighed. “Tell me again why I’m doing this.”Crawling onto the bed, I sat facing him. They already knew that Sin called Lauren. No matter wh
The things we ordered online started arriving two days later. I was busy unpacking the boxes in the bedroom when Bella joined me with a few more bags and a box. By now I recognized David’s club logo.“New toys?” Bella questioned when she dropped everything next to me on the bed. Colour flooded my cheeks. “I got some for Tyrone.”She raised an eyebrow. “Oh? Can I look?”I hesitated a few seconds and then nodded. Trying my best to ignore her, I continued pulling the clothes from the boxes and placing them aside. When the box was empty, I threw it to the floor and reached for another box. “I can’t wait to watch him try these out,” Bella muttered. “That is if you allow me to watch.”My eyes snapped up to hers in surprise. “Why do you say that?”“Because despite all of us being together there are times when someone would want some privacy.” Bella’s eyes dropped to the clothes on my lap. “Primarily you and Ty are mated so we’ll understand if you would like to spend time without us.”“Lik
Sin had a tight grip on my hand. She hadn’t let go since I took hold of her hand when we left the ranch. I was worried that she would have a panic attack, but she didn’t. Bella had done a great job at distracting her by playing a music guessing game. It was a surprise when Sin actually relaxed, but she tensed again the moment we arrived at David’s club. There were only a few cars parking in the lot which set me at ease a little. We had made arrangements for a private room but decided against the private tour because we wanted Sin to get the full experience of the club. Tonight the club would only be open for club members. There would be a few performances that we could watch if Sin wanted or we could head directly to the private room we had booked. The bouncer at the front door greeted us by name and barely even spared Sin a glance but I noticed that he did a double-take at the burned side of my face. Once we signed in and received our armband, we were allowed to enter. Bella