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28 - Ben“What’s with you two? You both act like you have never talked to the opposite s*x before. An I know that’s not the case for either of you.”“There’s nothing with us. We have a job to do and right now she is the only one that seems to be a real target. Everything else looks like a smokescreen. She doesn’t let anyone help unless it’s forced on her. She trusts no one and I am thinking it that might be because she was manipulated into being that way.” I jump out of the car effectively ending the conversations.Copyright ©️ 2025 Miss L Writes and Ember Mantel Productions“Ah! I get it now.” Tommy meets me at the back to the SUV so we can switch out with the next patrol. And he is apparently not done talking about this.“I’m almost afraid to ask. What do you get?” I ask ripping my shirt off and throwing it into the back.“You are a control freak with a hero complex. You live for this sh*t!” He laughs at me, stripping completely, shifting and taking off before I can even respond. Ass
27 - Elara“Ben?!” I’m still looking like maybe he didn’t leave.“Yep..”“What?” Then I look at Jax, who does not look ashamed at all, holding his phone. His eyebrows are raised in a challenge.I just glare.“El, do me a favor would you.”I sigh, “What’s that Ben?”“Take a walk, some deep breaths might help you see the situation better.” I look up sharply at my warriors. That is Ben’s code for when he thinks someone might be listening. I tilt my head to them and take the phone to keep playing along until we are sure. We each take a section of the room. I have cleared as much unnecessary sh*t out of my dad’s office as possible to give them fewer places to hide devices, but someone is still getting in. I have my guesses now that we have started systematically eliminating suspects. We just have to catch them in the act or nothing will happen. That’s been my dad’s problem all along, concrete proof. Ben keeps chattering on about where to keep looking for trails, what he thinks I need to do f
26 - ElaraHe left. He just f*cking left. Did I expect to find him in bed with me when I woke up? No.“Yes.” My wolf calls me out on my lie, but I won’t acknowledge it. I don’t know if I have ever been vulnerable with anyone like that before. I let him take full control and use me how he wanted and it was all to my benefit. He got nothing out of the interaction. Maybe that’s why he’s gone. He didn’t want reciprocation, he just knew to use the bond against me to force me to rest and rest I did. I was unconscious for the rest of the day and that entire night. I only woke to the rhythmic pounding of my best friends using our joining wall as leverage as the sun broke over the treeline and I checked my phone for the time. The erotic sounds elicit my own memories and I let them pull me under as I explore my body and loose myself in the memory of Ben and his wolf ravaging me.When we all seem to be satisfied, and quiet, I reluctantly climb out of bed and head to the shower, only to be accost
25 - BenMy wolf has never taken over my human form like that before. I didn’t fight him very hard for control once the cord of tension snapped between Elara and I. We both knew she wasn’t going to rest without force and it was either sedate her or wear her out. He chose wear her out. It was too tempting with her standing there looking fierce, dripping wet asking to be taken care of with out words. We both needed it and my wolf was tired of waiting for us to pull our heads out of our asses. He didn’t force me to kiss her or mate with her, which I appreciated and I’m sure she would too. We aren’t there yet and there needs to be an actual conversation, I won’t force her to mate with me, sealing the bond and kissing just feels too intimate right now, another thing we aren't ready for. I find Jax and Dev in the hallway smiling like idiots as I quietly walk out of her room. “She’s asleep.” I say stupidly, but there isn’t anything else to say and I need them to stop looking at me like that.
24 - ElaraHe follows me silently as I head up to my room. As we enter I hear his phone vibrate in his pocket. I catch a glimpse of his lock screen and my heart stutters a little. It’s him and a blonde laughing at something. The picture is zoomed in from a larger one based on the disembodied hands around the edges. He cropped it purposely to have only the two of them. Is this why he is resisting the bond? He does have someone else. Even after finding me, he still has her as the first thing he sees when he looks at his phone. I turn and head towards my bathroom, leaving him to his notifications. Maybe they are sexting while he is traveling, that has to be it, because he is here a lot. I don’t know if I would be comfortable with him traveling, unmarked, to a pack with a female Alpha who is also unmated and unmarked every two weeks.I step into the hot stream of water and let the heat loosen my muscles. It takes two round of shampoo and conditioner to get all the grime out, making my flam
23 - Elara“Alpha, you need to eat and rest.” Melanie brings in a tray of food and coffee. “You are not sticking to the plan that the warriors came up with.”“That plan was for them and their rotations, not for me.” I growl out at her, then close my eyes and take a deep breath. She does not deserve my bad mood. “I’m sorry, Melanie.”“It’s alright, Alpha. But I do think that you could use some rest. It will help you concentrate better and maybe make you a little less pissy.” She smirks at me. I must be tired to let her talk to me like this, but she continues before I can respond. “Mainlining coffee is only going to get you so far.” She gives me a sympathetic smile. “When was the last time you slept more than two hours?”“Yesterday when you kicked me out of my office. Why?”“That was three days ago.” She places a hand on her hip and my eyes go wide. “Now, I will give you an hour to finish whatever it is that you are doing and if you haven’t gone up to your room to clean up and sleep I wi