Liam POVI remained behind my mates as they walked hand in hand to our bedroom. Riley had been glued to Jax's side since he woke and I loved seeing them together. I was reluctant to claim him so openly because this relationship between us was so new. We hid our bond for years, then a few days after accepting each other publicly he was cursed asleep. Also, I was afraid it wasn't going to last. I knew it was him, Jax was really here and seemingly unaffected from the spell he was under for so long. I prayed that was true, but worried somehow Allura or Mildred added some twist to his awakening.I sat in a chair to the side of our bed and listened to my mates argue. Even red eyes and screaming I was filled with joy watching them together.Riley filled Jax in about Claire's disappearance and her blood vow to Allura as she changed into her pajamas. She acted like it was all nothing, but Jax was pissed, as I expected he would be. He tried laying down orders to Riley and I chuckled how she sho
Liam POV“I think I'm going to love this life a thousand times more than I thought possible. I can feel Riley's pride in her wolf, something I knew she was ashamed of before. I know this was because of you." Jax finger's ran over my neck, then hers. "You claimed her as yours.""It was only a few months ago. We wanted to wait for you, but then she went into heat and raped me.""I did not!" Riley smacked my shoulder. I grabbed her hand, kissing it sensually."I remember being thrown to a bed and attacked with that slutty pussy.""Attacked!" Her eyebrows rose to me."Mmm, yes, attacked! Jax is right though. You need to be reminded who is the Alpha here.""I'm a Lycan!" She countered."In the bedroom you're our little slut, and you know you love it." I spun her around and forced her chest to the bed. "Be a good little slut and bend over." I demanded. Her body relaxed and legs parted with ass in the air. She knew she loved it. Jax moved beside me. "She is a Lycan, which means she can take
Riley POV"10 years of my life wasted because of one overbearing, ridiculous... stupid... asshole!" I threw some random papers and nick-nacks into a box from my desk as I carried on with my rant. "Ri, you will get through this. It was one bad meeting. Everyone has bad days, even you girl." Becky was sitting in my leather chair watching me throw my little tantrum. She was the closest thing to a friend I have and thankfully she knew me well enough to know the most recent office gossip was total bullshit. How anyone would believe I touched that sleazy, vile, sorry excuse for a human is beyond me. Now that I completely humiliated myself to one of our biggest clients, no one is going to believe me that I was setup.I was the top of my class all through school, then worked my ass off to get to assistant marketing director at one of the top firms in New York. I would never need to sleep my way to the top, but once it is out there, the truth doesn't matter. Everyone wants to believe the di
Riley POV I spent the last three weeks in sweatpants eating mostly ice cream. I don't even like ice cream, it just what people who are sad always seem to do so I thought I'd give it a try. It didn't help. I think it made me put on a few pounds too.I filled out every application that was out there from executive level to entry level. No one so much as emailed me back a rejection. After two weeks Becky finally called me back. I was beginning to think she was avoiding me too. She said she had a family emergency and with work being so crazy she kept putting it off. I didn't know what to really think because I never had any close friends before.She told me that Darrell had me black listed. He said I was mentally unstable, slowly becoming more uncontrollable after my mom died. That bastard actually told her that if I was willing to get help he would pay for my treatment and welcome me back to work.It seemed the entire office and the world bought his lies because no one was giving me a
Riley POV I did exactly as my father had said. I emailed the company in Seattle, Brookstone Inc., the second I got home accepting their offer. It was only 3 o'clock because my father refused to let me come with him for his treatment. I wasn't expecting a reply from them the same day but within an hour I had an email requesting a video interview tomorrow. I couldn't help but squeal in joy. I of course accepted and then cleaned my horribly smelling apartment. I still can't believe I let it get this bad. I'm normally so put together, but ever since I lost my mother my emotions are all over the place. I seemed off balance without her and nothing I did seem to make me feel like the women I was. I know it's normal to feel lost after losing a parent but this was something else. I never really connected with anyone my entire life. I felt like an alien that didn't belong except when I was with them. I tried to be friends with kids in school but we just never really clicked. We would hangou
Riley POVI spent the next three days running around to get everything packed and ready to move. Brookstone's wanted me there asap so they encouraged me to expedite the move. I had a moving company booked to come in two days and already picked a very stylish two bedroom apartment on the 22nd floor of a prestigious high riser. It was only a few blocks from work so I could even walk there every morning if I wanted. I tried to convince my dad to stay with me but he refused. He said I needed my privacy for my own life and he needed his for his treatments. He knew I had no personal life. I also knew he didn't want me to be burden with watching him slowly deteriorate. Some days he seemed to be better and others it looked like he took a sharp turn for the worse. All I could do was keep praying he beat this cancer and stayed around another fifty years, at least. I was moving boxes from my kitchen when a loud bang came at the door making me drop everything. "Fuck!" I shouted watching my gl
Riley POVBy the time I got off my flight I was finally feeling better from what happened this morning. I couldn't seem to shake this fear that someone was going to grabbed me all day. I probably felt better because I had several around the world shots, but no one was complaining.I settled into my hotel and decided to dress up a bit. I needed to feel good about myself. I'm a strong, confident, and independent woman. Darrel may have destroyed my career in New York, but he wasn't going to destroy myself esteem too.I headed for dinner at a hip local place that drew a younger crowd. Halfway through my appetizer a group of women approached me. I wasn't sure how to react but figured I'm here less than 24 hours so I would just go with the flow."Hey my name is Sophia. You mind if we join you?" A blonde woman with a cute white dress asked.I looked at the other two ladies who look like they could all be sister. "I guess. This is a little strange though.""I told you this is crazy. Leave the
-Liam Russel of the Silver Moon Pack-Liam's POVI spent the last ten years of my life building up my pack. I was born a powerful Alpha and trained everyday to take over when I turned 21. The problem was I had too much strength that my parents didn't know how to tame me.We usually have our first shift at 16 but it was common a strong wolf, usually an Alpha, shifted earlier. It was my twelfth birthday for me. A day that changed my entire life. I lost my father that day and my mother never forgave me. We tried to hold out until my eighteenth birthday before I fully took over but my mother was too weak after losing her mate to carry the responsibility. After everyone saw the destruction my power could cause few ever came around me. I was feared by my friends, siblings, and of course my own mother. There was only one person that stood by my side and he was the only person I could truly rely on. I took over my pack at 17 and I made my best friend, my only friend, my Beta.We went strong