Willow’s POV Joan told me my sister was working for the Alpha and that I might not see her for weeks. While I missed Rose I realised this might be my opportunity to have some fun. All harmless, though I knew she would never understand with her being so prim and virginal. I thought Dean was the hottest of them all, but it was her breasts he stared at rather than mine. I had my eye on a guard named Connor, the one who’d approached us in the corridor. But it seemed he was taken with a blonde and I began to flirt with Jason, another driver. “No-one will know,” I argued. “And I’ve been dying to see his new movie for weeks. If you sneak me out, I’ll make it worth your while.” “What are you talking about, Lolo?” I was happy he had remembered the way I preferred to be called. “Tony Stevens. He’s cute.” “And human,” he huffed. “I don’t care. He’s a real action man.” “Snuck out to the flicks often, did ya?” I fluttered my lashes. “That would be telling.” “Anyhow, it’s a no-can-do. I
Rose’s POVI woke the next morning to find I had barely an inch of space in that huge bed. A muscled arm was lying across my naked body, but the monster was still asleep. I didn’t dare to move, though I needed to pee, and the soreness between my thighs brought everything flooding back.A bird tweeted somewhere outside. I cringed, assuming he would stir. He didn’t. The deep breathing remained the same.He’d taken me brutally, there was no denying that. But there was pleasure, too, and far less humiliation than when he’d forced me to parade in front of his friends. Like a walk of shame before the event.I replayed the scene in my head. Could I go through that again – and more? How long before Alpha Lewis pulled me out?A sudden stabbing pain made me hiss.Lycan Adam groaned and opened his eyes. I shut mine, expecting further cruelty. But he just rolled over, freeing me from his grasp.“Shower,” he said.I took it as a signal I was to leave the bed. Once it was steaming, I put my head ar
Adam’s POVI couldn’t believe it. What a time to be out of control when I should have been closeted with my ranking warriors planning the takeover of the werewolf world. Total domination. It was my destiny.Instead I had a new plaything: Rose.As soon as I saw her on that stage I had to have her. She reminded me of Clare, the same colouring, that ability to transcend her surroundings.I don’t suppose she saw it like that.It was wrong of me to call her a slut when she so clearly wasn’t, unlike my late wife. Clare sought only prestige from our marriage; her favours were free to all.Remaining friends with her sister was my way of atoning. Jane introduced me to the BDSM scene after Erica confided in her that my inner beast was losing control. I soon acquired a taste for it, appeasing Marlon.And now, it seemed, I had a second chance mate.Well, Moon Goddess be damned, I didn’t believe in all that.Yet there was something about Rose which led me to think she would last longer than the ot
Rose’s POVI felt the pain radiate everywhere from the region of my chest for the third time this week. Sometimes, Lycan Adam made me watch as he serviced another. More often than not it came as a surprise, waking me from sleep and just about destroying my wolf.The clock was ticking and, as usual, I had little to report.On a positive note, the Lycan King had no plans to make a move on Alpha Lewis’ territory until he had secured sovereignty over all the clans in his county. I doubted the Alpha would be interested to know he was intending to strip a rival pack of their monopoly on the growing of beets, yet I had to pad my meagre information out somehow.My lack of real progress was worrying. I didn’t want Willow suffering a fate worse than death. That bargain between the Alpha and me, could I count on him holding up his end even if I delivered? I was trying not to think like that. Yet it would hardly be good to provoke Lycan Adam into raiding the only county in the district which cou
Rose’s POVI knew Alpha Lewis wouldn’t come in person, but I didn’t expect to see Willow with Connor. For one thing, she was under age. The signs everywhere stated you had to be over twenty-one. Maybe they had faked her ID.“Is this wise?” I hissed, as he stood beside me at the bar.Lycan Adam had gone ahead to “personally prepare the scene”.My sister was looking all around in awe.“He ditched his ex for me,” she confided.Connor frowned. “I’ll explain later, and no, but I’m not the one in charge.”The bartender overheard.“Tonight you are,” she laughed. “Unless the little missy is a dominatrice, which I very much doubt.”I followed them to a corner sofa.“I don’t have long,” I said.“Rose, what are you wearing?”The strappy leather outfit left nothing to the imagination. I reddened.“Don’t even go there, Lolo.”“It’s good to see you, sis,” she said, sucking up vodka noisily through a straw.“And you shouldn’t be here. At all,” I said, wiping the happy grin from her face.“You said i
Rose’s POV Imagine my surprise as I went through the door only to see Alpha Lewis reclining on the bed. “Did you miss me?” he smirked. I wanted to hurl myself at him and pound my fists against his chest. His bare chest with the scorpion tattoo. “Where’s Lolo?” I demanded. “I want to see her.” “You’re in no position to make demands, Rosie.” His careless use of a name which had never been mine made me furious. But I needed to keep a cool head. “I’m not saying a word about what I know until I’m sure she’s safe.” “That does it. Bring the thumbscrews, Connor.” “You wouldn’t dare … ” Would he? I was probably dispensable now and would be even more so when I had told him my news. I began to back away, only to run into a solid wall of muscle. There was no comfort to be had there, just restraint. “Only joking, Rosie. I must say, you’re looking mighty fine. Fancy a tumble first?” I struggled, but the Beta was far too strong for me. “Don’t toy with her, Lew,” he said. “Rose isn’t the
Willow’s POVThat club was something else. I felt excited despite the cosplay outfit and it meant I got to see Rose again.It was a surprise to see her showing so much bare flesh. I was the one who flaunted myself when we visited that natural pool in the woods, just below the waterfall.I knew I shouldn’t have said anything because I didn’t want to embarrass her. The gown suited her so much more.I was already slightly tipsy, yet glad to play a part in rescuing my sister for a change. The Alpha had told me she needed “saving from herself”, whatever that meant.He couldn’t keep up with the lies. Did he think I was stupid? Most people did, especially boys. Well, who had the last laugh usually? Rose to the rescue. It was never really needed, but I let everyone think it. Feeling hurt about that eased my grief a little because, oddly, it reminded me of our mother. Mom would have probably smiled and said, “Never stop being you, my girl.”I like to think so anyway.When I saw the stunning w
Connor’s POVThe air of triumph didn’t last long. Lew hadn’t received the information he needed and was promised and all because Sarah had fallen ill. I suspected she had done it deliberately to get her own back on Willow. I hoped that would be the end of it. Endless tit for tat games helped no-one, as my own sisters had found out to their cost.May now had a permanent facial scar and Alice was so guilty she seldom wore make-up.And, in the end, Rose had proved stubborn, sticking out for some assurance her little sis was okay. Good for her.“The Omega mentioned a weakness, didn’t she? I wonder what it could be.”“We have to pull her out. It’s far too dangerous.”“Eager to claim your prize? You’ll have to wait a while longer, Con.”So he had been serious about that. My Rose. I wondered how she would take it.Then the Alpha told me what he suspected – no, knew for certain from one of her messages – about her being the Lycan’s fated mate.I was crushed, wanting to shrivel and die on the