Matt's POVRenda's eyes had been glossy with tears after I told her. Lucas howled with grief. I wanted to hold her, but I knew she would reject me. Despite what she said, she didn’t seem to like touching much at all. I was doing my best to remember that and respect her space.When she left to return to her room it took everything in me not to go after her and comfort her. She was always pretending to be so strong, but I could feel her pain radiating out of her. It made her beautiful eyes dull and her smile dime. Why couldn't she lean on me a little bit? Why did she always pretend to be strong? It was like she was afraid to show weakness in front of me. Did she think I would hurt her or take advantage of that weakness?I know the bastards who used her while she was at Larry’s and Midnight had probably taken advantage of her youth and any weakness.She’d probably learned to hide everything she was feeling behind a mask jus

Matt left and it felt like he’d taken all the warmth in the room with him. I let out a long sigh and leaned forward against the piano. What was wrong with me? I had never been tempted by a man before, not even before Dan and the massacre.My mom would tease me about not having a boy at school that I liked. My father was glad for it, saying that it was good that I wasn’t growing up too fast. I hadn’t wanted to settle for a boyfriend when I knew for certain my mate was out there somewhere.After three years of hell, I didn’t believe in such fairytales. Even if I had a mate somewhere, what would he ever want with a whore?I took a deep breath and shook myself. Maybe I hadn’t been tempted and I was just sick. Maybe Alyssa’s interest in Matt was affecting me somehow. I’d have to have a serious chat with her about it. I heard Matt’s voice somewhere in the penthouse before my phone chimed with a message.I pulled i

I looked up at the building and got out of the car. It was strangely unfamiliar. I had spent two years at Club Heaven, but I didn’t remember most of it.I remembered trying to escape several times. They caught me so easily. I had barely gotten down the street before they’d realized I was gone. They’d beat me and starve me for a week. I remember my handler complaining about me. Someone else had kept him from killing me and putting me up for sale to their sicker patrons because I was a werewolf and they would get more mileage out of me if I was alive.“Are you ready?”I looked at him, startled from my memories before nodding. He opened the door and ushered me inside. It was early enough that there weren’t any clients inside and the hostess looked up at us as we entered.Her eyes widened as she looked at me then she slapped on a smile as she looked at Matt.“Mr. Wallber, the boss said to take you to the meetin

Matt's POV I left Renda with Grace with the feeling that Grace had lied to me about her name. It was the same feeling I’d gotten when Renda had given me her name.Lucas growled If we just commanded her–No.Lucas may not know the meaning of patience, but I knew that there was no other way to get Renda’s love and trust other than to be patient.Didn’t we know better than most that being mates didn’t guarantee everlasting love? Besides, how ridiculous would it be to try and command anyone to do anything? What did Lucas think we were some ancient, all-powerful alpha?Lucas snorted, but he said nothing else.Felix was gone before I reached the bottom floor and announced that the club would be closed. The patrons looked upset but upon seeing me, they scurried out without much else to say, whispering to each other.It was good they were curious about why I was there an

Three days after buying Club Heaven, I brought Renda to Club Heaven and let her go with Grace to search the records for any other information they could find. Before leaving, Grace gave me coded pages and a contract to be signed along with the stamp of Club Heaven to use in place of my signature.“Be arrogant about it. She’s greedy, any promise of more work will get her to tell you things.”“What about the money?” I asked her, intrigued by her coaching. “I don’t think I can just write her a check, right?”She offered me the payment request log where I would take her banking information and banking information that Club Heaven used for these purchases. There wasn’t that much money in the account, but having the information meant I could make the transfer to the account and pay the woman from the account.The account was based in the Black Mountain pack. I hadn’t heard much about them, but I planne