"I couldn’t agree more." Antoine beamed. "Haidan and I have already been briefed by Asher, but I would like for you and Ashton to hear him out too."
"Sure." I nodded, looking around the room until my eyes rested on Asher, who was sitting against the far wall looking uncomfortable. "Get your ass over here and take charge, dude." I commanded with a smirk.
At first, Asher remained in place, looking very uncomfortable, but in the end, he let out a breath and got up, making his way to the front of the room, where he was overlooking everyone.
His lips were pressed into a thin line, and you could tell just by looking at him that he was exhausted, but he seemed to have regained some of his strengt
Work was much more busy than usual, giving me the perfect opportunity to keep myself distracted. The day had been long; hell, the past couple of days had been long. In a way, I felt that I truly needed this."Thia, I need six beers for the muscle heads at the end of the bar." Audrey called."On it."Bending down, I began to pull out the bottles one by one and pushed them towards Audrey, who gave me a smile as thanks.Turning, I found myself face-to-face with Andrew, who had managed to sneak up to the counter without being det
I busied myself getting dressed, trying to understand how I actually did what I just did. Beside me, Andrew remained quiet as well, pulling his pants back up and looking around for his shirt that I had thrown on the floor.My mind screamed at me to say something, anything, but my embarrassment was getting the best of me. Sure, I was experienced, extremely experienced, but it was pushing it to have sex in the broom closet of my own place of employment. What did that make me? A whore? Easy? I didn’t fucking know."I should get back to the bar." I said once I was fully dressed. I knew it sounded like a fucking copout, but I needed to get out of here."Hey… wait…." Andrew spoke a
Letting out a string of profanities, I jumped over the counter and grabbed Ashton by his collar. Yanking, I managed to dislodge him from Andrew."Let go!" Ashton growled, attempting to use his alpha order against me."I"m not in your pack." I hissed, beginning to pull him through the crowd of gawkers. "Move!"Shoving my way along, I held tight to the thrashing Ashton until we were outside in a back alley behind the building.Once I was sure that he couldn’t get back in, I let go and watched as he snarled and situated his shirt."What the fuck
For the next few days, I remained locked in the house, not leaving for anything except to run to the grocery store or to get essentials. It was a peaceful time spent with my younger siblings, without worry of running into a certain alpha that I had no interest in seeing.By day three of my isolation, I began to feel antsy, which is what led to me and the kids finding ourselves at the amusement park. After much begging on the twins' part, we had decided to go, though overly crowded places like this always made me nervous."Look, Thia!" Chloe beamed, tugging on my arm.Letting my gaze drift towards where she pointed, I found a large rollercoaster with many flashing lights.
"Leah, I’m going to break this glass and I need you to get out of here with the twins." I said, yanking off my shirt and wrapping it around my elbow. "Don’t argue with me." I continued as Leah opened her mouth to speak."What about you, Thia?" Theo asked, fixing his scared eyes on me. "You’re going to come with us, right?""That’s right, I’ll be right behind you, sweetie." I murmured, kissing his forehead. "Now, Leah shift!"Turning, I looked towards the glass that was facing the ferris wheel poles. That was the one that I needed to break to make an exit for Leah and the twins.Moving forward
"Leah…" I said, slowly trying to process what she said. "Who took them?"There were quite a few possibilities for who would have the twins. Was it the dark mages? The rogue lycans? Or could it be the mastermind behind them all?"The Lycans." Leah responded, beginning to try to sit up. "Fuck, that hurts."Confused I looked over Leah’s body, trying to figure out where she was hurt. It was only when I checked her back that I saw the five long gashes already beginning to heal across it."Don’t move." I hissed, unwrapping my shirt from around my arm where it was still wrapped. "Those look painful."
Ashton and I stood by the edge of a babbling brook, dipping our hands in the mud along its edge. Slowly, we spread it across our skin, being sure to use enough to cover the skin of our arms and faces."Do you think this will work?" I asked as doubt began to claw at me. "We don’t know how many are in there.""Do you have a better idea?" Ashton snapped in annoyance. "Weren’t you the one that said that there wasn’t any time to waste?"He was right. I was the one that was insistent. I didn’t know if the twins were okay, and I needed to see them with my own eyes. I still couldn’t understand why someone would even want to kidnap them; they weren’t even part of
I waited with Ashton as smoke billowed into the cave in front of us. From within, we could hear growls and hissed conversation."Here they come." Ashton whispered. "Best to shift before they arrive.""Right."Turning away from Ashton, I began to pull off my dirty clothes and place them on the ground beside me. I would need something to put on once this was all finished, because there was no way in hell that I was going to be naked for a long time with Ashton.From behind, I could hear a slight rumble, causing me to peek and find Ashton eyeing my ass and bare back.