" that's a terrible lie and you know that, don't you? You are scared of me, the darkness - everything that bounds you down, say the truth, Thalia, I can practically smell your fear off you" said Carter letting go of her nipple but before she could sag in relief, he planted his palm against her stomach, trailing the dark inscription that covered her abdomen " you can't lie, at least if you are going to lie, make it fucking believable"He was right, Thalia was more afraid of him than Marcus. Which made no sense, he wasn't the one who made her the blood bank of his pack and has her chained in the corner of his basement, he wasn't like Marcus whose eyes were filled with avarice that made her skin crawl. He was more controlled .... And patient, but something about him set off her fears." I don't know why you are asking when you are so sure about it" answered Thalia, she wasn't one to accept her fear, her wolf though chained had her pride as a dominant wolf but Carter just

Running always helped, demons chasing you? Run. Don't want to face your reality? Run.And Thalia did the same, she ran and ran and kept running once Carter left the dungeon. When she arrived at the artificial man-made lake near the packhouse, she could feel her clothes sticking to her skin. Her shoes were splattered with mud and leaves, her calves burning with sweet pain.Her hair was scattered all over her forehead, running erratically as sweat dripped down her temple, she could feel her face flushing with each heave of her breathe that escaped her body.She stood near the bank, pressing her palms against her knee cap trying to catch her breath. She was shaky and trembling as she took one long breath and heaved, her back slouching because of the impact.  Once. And twice. Once her breathing eased, she walked closer to the lake and splashed cold water on her face, trying to get soothe the burning heat in her body. The cramps in her stomach d

Thalia plopped down on her bed the second she returned to the packhouse and went back to her room. After the little quarrel with Alex, what she needed the most was sleep but the thing was sleep wouldn't just come to her. No matter how much she tried to sleep, all she could think about was what Alex said to her. At first, she thought he was just saying it to screw her up but then again he looked so serious when he said it. Did she really do something to Carter? If so when? God. What was she doing? Thalia sat up straight, clutching her hair as she tried to comb her mind for anything that might help her case but then again nothing came up. As far as she knew when she got cursed she was somewhere in Arizona, far away from here. If she ever stayed or lived around here then maybe the chances of ever crossing paths with Carter would have been possible but she was quite sure she never lived in California. Even the reason why she could come this far was

" what do you want Carter?" even to herself Thalia sounded like she was on the verge of snapping. He was driving her crazy and going by that overly pleased smirk of his, he knew it too.His answer was simple " I don't accept answers that I don't like, Darling. I thought by now you should have learned that"Smiling, faintly Thalia looked at him " well that's too bad, isn't it? If anything this sounds a bit unrealistic to me. Everyone has to listen to answers that they don't like, sometimes. That's what we call life"" for some people that might be applicable to," said Carter matter of factly, like what his stubborn ' I owe the world' pace was totally justifiable. And maybe in his world, it was."That's where you are wrong, it's for everyone. No one can win all the time"Carter studied her for a while and when he spoke again there was something like subtle fondness in his voice " I'm giving you chance to put a stop to everything Thalia,

Carter lifted a brow as he snatched the business card from her and tapped it with his forefinger " look, did I ask you to suck me off? Sleep with me or did I ever once mention in our entire chat that I wanted to do something to you? I think I haven't so your question of whether or not there is a catch, really doesn't make sense. " he pointed out " I am just trying to do something nice to you as your Alpha, I am giving you a decent paying job so that you are not stuck with just dirty laundries and picking up used condoms from the floor. That's all, so relax" Carter threw back the business card in her lap as if he was done explaining whatever he wanted to, it did make sense in a way. As her Alpha, he should be giving her his protection but it was weird as hell when he wasn't so inclined to do so, in the past. Thalia narrowed her eyes " you don't do anything without a motive Carter, so I call this bullshit" She was right.   He wasn't the type of man who doe