We manage to get the three of us clean, it takes a little juggling of limbs and imagination, and our little mate is soon tucked snugly back in her bed. Christian curls around her, pulling her back close to his chest and I lay in front of her, unable to drift back off. I decide to mind link Gabriel and Uriel, mine and Chris’s Betas, to let them know we need to see them in our home office at seven am. Neither of them are happy to be woken up, or be called to such an early meeting, not that they would ever voice their displeasure. Gabe and Uriel guessed the meeting has something to us finding our mate, they felt her mark us through the pack bond, but they are clueless about her circumstances or the fact she has been here for almost a week. It’s not that we don’t trust them, we decided to play our cards close to our chest in case she was a rogue, or spy from another pack. If that had been the case, we would have had to approach the whole situation differently. Knowing she is our mate we w

Zander’s POV“I’m back baby. That was quite the show.” One I certainly won’t forget for a very long time. “Sorry, I didn’t think…” she starts trying to explain herself.“You don’t need to apologise little one. We are both your mate, what happened is natural, I’m just glad I got to see the grand finale. Although we are going to have to get showered and ready quickly, I heard Lottie crashing around in the kitchen when I saw the guys out.” of course today would be the one day Lottie crawls out of bed before ten. The three of us managed to get showered and ready in under thirty minutes. I was fairly impressed to be honest, Lottie not so much. She is itching to get her retail therapy fix, and happier still that she has Liberty to corrupt. We take on of the pack vehicles, knowing Liberty needs absolutely everything, from clothes and shoes, to toiletries and little bits and pieces to call her own. We found her with not even clothes on her back, and Christian and I are determined to giv

“He is eager to mark and mate, don’t worry baby, I have control.” He walks me to the changing room and releases me. “Finish doing your thing, I’ll be just out here. He takes a seat next to Lottie and folds one ridiculously long leg over the other, reclining in the chair with a frustrated sigh. I try everything Lottie picked and do a little turn in each one. I leave it up to the two of them to decide which ones to get or reject. Lottie’s excitement is contagious and Zanders words and looks of appreciation build my confidence with every outfit change. By the time I’m finished there is a substantial pile of assorted clothing on the counter. Zander insisted on several pairs of shoes, more than I’ll ever wear, there must be about 10 pairs, some of them are hard to walk in, I look like a new born lamb stumbling around, but Lottie claims I’ll get used to it with practice.“Let’s take these back to the car before we head to the next place.” Zander suggests from behind the stack of shoe bo

“I think that’s for the best. Security at the house is going to be tightened, she will probably find it reassuring to have another female around.” I had been thinking about asking Lottie to stay since the meeting this morning. She is the best hope we have of Liberty opening up and the only person Caleb and Max trust around her right now, that isn’t likely to change until we mark her and they feel secure in the knowledge that unmated males wont try to claim her. The downside of that whole situation being, most of the elite guards are unmated. Their duty and job role keeps a lot of them from seeking their mate, not wanting to cause them the pain of loss if they are killed in action. Gabriel almost choked on his tongue at the thought of Max’s reaction to a house surrounded by sexually frustrated, instinctually driven, unmated males, around his mate. At the time I found the thought amusing myself, now the thought is playing on Caleb and he isn’t taking it as well as I had hoped. Our two

“Alpha Kendrick reached out to grab me and tried to pull me from my mother’s arms but she wouldn’t let me go. I was sure my ribs would break from her tight grip or he would pull my arm clean off. He got really angry, shouting that I would be his. He pushed her onto the bed and she landed on top of me, my face was pressed into the blood soaked mattress, I could barely breathe. All I could hear was shouting, grunting and my mum’s cries. I felt her body curl around mine, hiding me from him. He was... he… he…” Oh fuck, no. She can’t be about to say what I think she is. I’ll peel every scrap of flesh from his bones, Caleb growls as I fight the urge to shift.“He raped her. She used her body to protect me, and he raped her. When he was done he tore out her throat. Blood poured over me and her body went limp on top of mine, I was sure he would kill me next. Sometimes I would wish he had, I would curse the goddess for leaving me behind, I was angry at my parents for leaving me alone. Alpha