NICO“You have to calm down, Nico.” Victor pleaded. His face, still bloody from Mariana’s attack turned pale when he saw the look in my eyes.“Calm down?” With one hand I sent the kitchen table flying and crashing into the back door. Broken glass and ceramic crunched under my boots. I lifted Victor up by his neck and pushed him to the wall.His eyes bulged out of their sockets. I wanted to crush his windpipe. How dare he take Darina to that monster? I trusted them to look after her, to keep her safe.Mariana screamed at me to stop. “Nico, don’t! Victor only did what she asked him to do.” Mariana hung onto my arm.I dropped Victor to the ground where he lay fighting for breath. I turned on my aunt. She shrunk back from me.“And you!” I snarled at her, pointing, “Keeping the truth from me all these years. Everyone in the pack treated my mother like a whore and me like trash. And you knew…”“I promised your mother and I did it to protect you, Nico.” Mariana fisted my shirt in her hands.

DARINA“Stupid, stupid girl! Going off like that and making me lose my mind!” Mariana laid into me the moment I stepped through the door. She shook me by the shoulders then hugged me. “What would I say to Nico if that beast killed you, huh?”“I’m fine and I’m sorry, Mariana. See, one piece.” I gently extracted myself from her steely grip.“For now.” Nico grumbled next to me.All the way back to his aunt’s place he didn’t speak a word to me. The icy looks he sent me warned of punishment to come. A delicious shiver went up and down my spine, but to be honest I was also a tiny bit afraid. For all his gentle words of love he was pissed as hell at me, and I’ve seen how violent he could be.“Glad you’re back, Alpha Nico.” A burly, darkhaired man greeted us, “Luna.” He bowed his head to me.“Luna?” I looked at Nico. He didn’t answer. How long would he give me the cold shoulder?“Alpha the warriors are getting impatient.” He took Nico to one side, and I went inside with Mariana.“Warriors?” I

“Wake up, Sleepyhead.” Nico whispered next to my ear, showering kisses all down my neck to suck and lick at his mark.I moaned, “Let me sleep just a little bit more…” my body was exhausted from last night’s lovemaking. I wasn’t sure I could move or wanted to.Nico chuckled softly, torturing me with his tongue and his hands roving over my body. I turned to him, opening my eyes only slightly. My eyelids felt like lead.“You’re a devil.” I groaned. “I don’t think I’d be able to get up.”He laughed deep in his throat. “I’ll take that as a compliment, baby girl.”I noticed he was fully dressed, grey Armani suit, light blue shirt, and matching tie. His hair was slicked back, and his beard neatly trimmed, picture perfect.“How long have I been asleep?” I sat up and stretched, yawning. He got off the bed and picked up a tray from the table.“Too long. I brought breakfast,” he said grinning at me.“Oh. I thought you were breakfast,” I giggled, taking the tray from him. He lifted one ginger bro

NICO Leaving her there was the hardest thing I had to do. The look on her face before she walked away… I almost grabbed her and drove away. But she would be safer there with her mother. Fucking Alexi. I know I said I wouldn’t kill him, but he asked for this. Setting fire to the drugs was the last straw. The Colombian Cartel wasn’t to be toyed with. They’ve paid and expected delivery and he knew they would come for me if I didn’t deliver. Didn’t he care about his daughter?I stood waiting for Zane at the arrivals at Heathrow. He’d stuck out like a sore thumb he’s so damn huge. Asking for help wasn’t easy. I only did it for Darina and the pups. As far as I’m concerned, he’s nothing to me. He’s just a means to an end. If he killed Petrov, I could get my group back together and he can go back to his pack. I wanted no part of it.When all this is over, I’ll planned to go back to Constantin’s pack and appoint another Alpha. My life was here in London. Darina wanted us to start a new life s

“Yes, but is it enough, Nico?” Mama looked down at her hands. “I didn’t want this for her, didn’t want to have her involved in this… Mafia business.”“Mama…” I tried to stop her, but Nico held his hand up.“Let your mother say what’s on her mind, baby girl.”Mama went on to say; “You took her from us, forced her into this life.”“It was Daddy’s fault.” I said.Mama shook her head. “One day she will wake up and she will hate you for what you’ve done. She will take your children from you.”Nico stood up. “That will never happen, Mrs. Vulpe. I can promise you that.”Mama gave a harsh laugh. “You wait and see Lupei. Children changes everything.”I went to him, took his hand. “I want to go home.” I looked into his emerald eyes to see if what my mother said made him doubt my love for him. Although what she said was true in a sense, I didn’t want our children to grow up like this. I wanted a normal life, if that was even possible.Nico shook his head. “Stay with your mother until this proble