“Oh, what do you want to know?” I was suddenly self-conscious. “What hobbies do you like? Do you like shopping? Swimming? Can you cook?” Brittany was throwing everything at me. It didn’t feel like an integration, but it did. Laughing, “I love to read, yes I love shopping. Swimming is a hobby as well. I do laps as a workout and I would have swum competitively, but my parents didn’t think I wouldn’t have been judged fairly. I am decent at cooking, but not the best. I like to go on hikes and archery, shooting really anything outdoors.” “Oh wow! You got to do a lot!” Tina said. The boys came back with the drinks. I took a good sip of my Jack and let it burn going down. “I didn’t have many friends growing up, so I tried to learn as much as I could so I could know everything for when I take over the crown.” “You didn’t have friends?” Brittany was shocked. “By why? Y-” “Brittany!” Dom said quietly, shutting her up. “Oh, I’m sorry!” she looked appalled at yourself. “Don’t be! You ca

Waking up the next morning was the hardest thing I have ever done. There was such an ache between my legs that I had never felt before. It was a good ache but still hurt. The memories came rushing back. All the love bites, kisses and exploring we did was simply magical. My hair was in a huge knot and my room smelled like sex. Unfortunately, I couldn’t stay in bed all day as I needed to put some men in their place. Dax was still sleeping with his arm around me so slipping out of bed was more challenging. I was just about on the floor when my body started flying backwards. “Where do you think you are going? Dax asked sleepily as he pulled me against him. “To shower. We have a day ahead of us.” I said as I tried and failed to sneak away. “Fucking Calvin. I don’t know what he deal is.” “Not everyone likes change. I can’t tell you how many men have disrespected me and I have to put them in their place like this. I started keeping track. You see those dried flowers hanging over there

“My ranking men are all chipped. We will know where he is at.” Dax said calmly, looking at the forest. “We need to have a plan. We can’t just walk into her den without a plan of attack. It’s not like we know how to kill her.” I frowned at the thought. “It just feels wrong to not follow him.” Mila laid back into Jason. “I called for your parents to go to their office. We need to head that way.” Jason said firmly. Dax was annoyed at his tone, but it didn’t bother me. It wasn’t like he was taking over my job. Silently, we walked to my parent’s office. Thankfully, their office is large enough for a group of people. They hadn’t arrived by the time we got there, so we sat in silence until they showed up. It did feel wrong to not go follow him but we did need a plan. “What happened?” Mom asked as they came in. “Basically, Calvin woke up and Astra has switched to him. He tied up Tina and was going to break the bond, but we stopped him. However, he ran away.” I said, summing it up. “

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! The knife in my hand was a purple stained leather with green emeralds embedded into it. The shaft was thicker that balanced perfectly with the blade. The blade itself was black with a silver gleam to it when you moved it into the light. I had no idea what I should do, but I knew we needed to stop the bleeding and the only way I know how to stop bleeding is to cauterize it. “Dom, I need one of your knives and a lighter.” It took him a second to process my request before his eyes squinted at me. I chose to ignore him as I kneeled down and tried to heal him myself. Keeping ahold of the bond, I felt the heat in my hands for one a few seconds before it went out. I looked at my bloody hands and back at mom who also looked panic-stricken. “Here.” Dom said before walking off. He couldn’t watch it. Mom ripped Dax’s shirt off and the rest of the vest that was still hanging on. The laceration went from his spine and curved under his shoulder blade. With shaking hands, the l

Nina POV Wyatt, Reed, and I were piled into a vehicle with a few warriors as we made our way to the abandoned jail that they held me in. Jason and Mila were in another vehicle as she was feeling very anxious and seeing other men right now was a little much. My heart broke for her. Having to go back to the place that they held you captive and raped was not something to take lightly. Thankfully, I didn’t have those kinds of memories. I kept having flashbacks from waking up in that cell. No food, that skimpy dress and only having a bucket to pee in. It was really the start of my very long journey of taking Grant down. To say I was feeling very anxious over having to do it again was an understatement. It costed Wyatt is sister and me, my best friend. Our line of cars slowed down as it creeped along an old abandoned road. I could tell that it has been used more since the last time I was here. The weeds had been pushed down with a clear path to follow. Slowly, the jail started coming in