Alessio’s hand dropped from my waist as he bent down and picked up the remote, and shut off the music. My hands remained on his waist as I looked into his eyes with concern. “I am listening.” he responded to Max, “explain.” “Jeremy, Kody, William, Nate, and Sam were on pack guard duty for the past seven days. They were supposed to switch shifts yesterday night with other guards. They were in constant contact with the team until one hour ago before the shift change so everything was normal until eleven pm.” Max’s voice was laced with stress as he tried to talk fast, “but when at twelve am the replacement team reached the east border, they found out that none of them were there. They waited and looked around for an hour but when no sign was there, they called the pack house to confirm if they had returned without reporting and that is when we realized that something was fishy. No one knows what happened in that one hour. There is no struggle or fight signs or trace of scent or drugs.”

I could hear his quickened heartbeat even though his face remained emotionless. I took one step back to stand in front him. Then I bent forward slightly, grabbed the hem of my dress, and in one swift move, it was off my body. I stood in front of him in nothing but my underwear and watched as his dark eyes changed color to a bright blue. I smiled as the look on his face changed from indifferent to a heated one. His fists clenched tight by his side as his gaze roamed over my form. “I am too wet right now. Let me just go a take a cold shower.” I said, walking past him to get to the stairs. I climbed down the stairs, feelings his eyes on me the whole time. I was nervous but also excited because I could see that he was affected by me so much. “You know what you are doing to me right now is the biggest sin ever done to an innocent man like me, don’t you?” Alessio’s loud voice came from behind. I turned around, holding the railing. He was standing at the end of the stairs, his eyes o

Alessio came around and kissed me, “Finally, you are mine.” he whispered. I smiled, kissing him back. I was so, so fucking happy that I now had someone that I can call my family. I finally had someone that I could call out to when I had troubles. Someone to miss, someone to protect and someone to be protected by. It was an overwhelming feeling that was now filling up my heart in a place that had been hollow for so many years. Tears filled my eyes as happiness overwhelmed me. “Hey…” he pulled back, his hands grasping my face in his hands gently. “I am so happy.” I sniffled, “I wish my mom and dad were here to see us. To meet you. They would have been so overjoyed with love for you and me.” “I wish that too.” he smiled and kissed my cheek. I could not stop my tears from rolling down my cheeks, “I did not have a family for so long. I don’t even know if I am going to be a good mate to you or not. I just wish that I have a way of knowing that I will not fuck this up at any cost.” my

“Welcome back!” Gloria greeted me and Alessio with a smile as we stood up from the couch to hug her. Many of the people of our pack had gathered in the hall and were curiously staring at us. Some even chimed in to ask about our time at the vacation, and the atmosphere was so pleasant that for the first time I did not mind being around the pack people. “I am so sorry that your trip was a short one,” Gloria said with a soft sigh, “you both deserved a break after all the issues. “It is alright.” I leaned on Alessio’s shoulder, “we can always go on a longer trip when things have settled down for everyone. This was more important, of course.” She smiled at me gratefully and then looked at Alessio, “Daniel is already waiting for you in the office room, Leo. He gathere the information and proofs as much as he could. You can go and discuss.” Alessio was caressing my arm till now. When he heard Gloria’s words, he nodded his head and stood up but then halting in his step, he turned around

MishaSomething jumped out of the woods, and my heart almost stopped.‘Ace!’ I scolded as I jumped back in fear before realizing who it was.Ace jumped toward me and started to headbutt me, pushing me back to make me laugh and give up on the anger. I nipped at his neck with my canines playfully, making him fall back. He started to run and I ran with him. This time he was a lot slower so it was easy for me to catch up with him.‘When we saw you before we got to know you were Alessio, you did not have any scent. But now I can sniff your scent clearly. How did you do that?” I asked curiously.‘Used a potion before coming to see you,” Ace smirked cheekily, “we usually use it on warriors to hide scent from opponents.’‘Wow, so I was a warrior level emergency for you?’ I giggled.He turned around and tackled me to the ground, ‘Definitely.’We spent an hour or two going through the woods and playing with each other. The forest was serene and the smell was good and the running river made our