Hunter’s POVI could barely stand not intervening as Keila whipped Jane. It was physically painful to see her get hurt – but if I stepped up against Keila, I knew she’d only hurt my Jane more.I was proud of her, though. For an Omega, she had one hell of a stamina. She stood there, all stoic and still, as Keila lashed out at her – literally.Then, when Keila got bored, she dragged me upstairs, shouting at me the whole way. I kept twisting around, trying to see what was happening to Jane, but all I could see was darkness.“You should never had gone near her!” she shrieked. “That bitch doesn’t deserve to get her hands on you. You’re all mine, sexy.” Suddenly the screaming stopped and her hands were on me again. Then her tongue. Then she grabbed my chest and shoved me back against the wall, hard enough that shockwaves rattled through my bones. And it was right then that Reg unblocked himself. ‘Wow, that was so great! I thought about hot wings that whole time. I didn’t even have a chance

Hunter’s POVKeila screamed.‘Gosh! Doesn’t she have any respect for my poor eardrums?’ cried Reg, slamming his paws over his ears.‘It’s a taste of your own medicine, bud.’‘What’s that supposed to mean?’ he roared.‘I wonder,’ I retorted dryly.I sat silently through Keila’s temper tantrum, staring at Jane as she jerked out of the way of all the flying plates and cutlery. How could she do this to me? How could she go along with Leif’s lie? And if he wasn’t lying, then why hadn’t she told me she’d found her mate? She’d been with me a few hours ago, arching up into my every touch, desperate and gagging – literally – for more of me. And she’d already met Leif then. She would have known.So it couldn’t be true. Could it?I sat and stewed. My hands gripped the table hard enough to snap it. My gaze was fixed on Jane, and when Leif kissed her forehead, my eyes locked onto that spot and did not move. I physically could not. Why was she hurting me like this? After everything I’d done for h

Keila’s POV“Your brother’s name is David, Alpha Colin,” Mother said, glaring at my sex slave. “You should know that. That is, if you are who you say you are.”I rolled my head around to glare at him too. I still wasn’t even sure if this guy was my mate – after all, why had he told my mom before he’d told me? That seemed sketchy as shit getting sent round and round a rollercoaster to me, but I did feel drawn to him. ‘That could be his abs, girly wirly pop,’ said my wolf. Today, she said her name was Lanabeth. Yesterday, it had been Coxley. I couldn’t remember any of the days before that. But hell, who I was to tell her not to express herself? She was almost as iconic as I was, and I wouldn’t let anyone tell me who I was.Except for my Alpha Colin. I turned to him, my hands on my hips, and locked our gazes. His heart was pounding, ba-boom, ba-boom, and his pupils were dilating. With lust? For me?Or with fear? No, he didn’t seem like the type to scare easy. Maybe he was angry. Yeah, t

Jane’s POVEvery leaden footstep I took felt like it lasted a lifetime. We went back to my bedroom. My throat bobbed as Colin sat down, the bed dipping under his weight. I wanted to push him back, to kiss him all over, to mark him as mine and claim him as my own.‘Maybe I misjudged you, girl!’ said Ina. ‘You’re as hot as a hot dog on a summer’s day for this guy. And believe me,’ she purred, ‘I don’t blame you. Those muscles?’ She licked her lips.Ina’s voice took the edge off my nerves, but it wasn’t enough. ‘Yeah,’ I admitted in a small, raspy voice to her, ‘I am. But I need to focus. This is too important, and we keep… you know… instead of discussing this.’‘Okay, I wasn’t wrong. You’ve been kissing, Jane, and you’re not even calling that by its name.’ She tutted at me. Colin cleared his throat, then reached for my hand. He held it in his lap, between both of his, and started to toy idly with my fingers, one by one. I caught my bottom lip between my teeth as he started to talk.“L

Jane’s POVI couldn’t lose myself to panic. I couldn’t. My sons’ lives were hanging in the balance.So I focused on what I did know and what I didn’t. Then I could start to ask the right questions. “Ed,” I stammered, “what are they doing there?”“Hell if I know! Eating my food.” He sighed. “They say they’ve been stationed in the desert by an Alpha Hunter Burns, to keep your boys safe. I made them stay outside for the first two days, but I caved and let them in on the third for dinner. I guess I have a soft spot for sad looking eyes,” he grumbled. “To keep them safe?” I repeated numbly. There was a loud ringing in my ears.“That’s what they said. I didn’t trust them, of course – but they’ve done no harm. In fact, they’ve even been helping me with my herb garden.”“Have you seen him?”“Him? Who’s him, the cat’s father?”“The… Alpha. Hunter Burns.” I felt like I was choking as I forced his name out.“Not a peep.”A loud smash rang out down the phone line. Ed cursed loudly. “Those boys!