I still felt apprehensive. I was resolved before tonight to be alone forever, never mating again. That went long out the window. From the moment Mick carried me on stage, I was caught in his spell, and now I don’t know what to think. I was biting my lip, staring at the laptop screen while Cindy continued looking up all the other guys just to avoid looking at Mick. Until I come to terms with these changes, I think it is best I don’t get caught up again in this new bond. Look what happened already. I was so wrapped up in Mick that I forgot about the mask, the live stream, Cameron, and everything else. I watched as Cindy typed in ‘L-E-N’, obviously searching for Lenny now. Something familiar flashed on the screen for a brief minute, but left as Cindy continued typing the rest of his name. Lenny didn’t come up, so Cindy deleted it to try his full name. Leonard. When Cindy got to ‘L-E’ what caught my eye before caught my attention again. “Stop!” I said, leaning forward to delete the ‘O-N

Miles POVEver since last night, there has been this weird throbbing pain against my neck and this anxiety building in my chest.“It’s HIM,” Ivar stressed to me once again. “We need to bring him home.”“Yeah. If it were that easy we would have done it years ago.”“Everything okay, Alpha?” Emily asked, sitting at the secretary's desk outside of mine and Dez’s office. She’s my Beta’s mate, and filling in at the office while we sort out all the staff changes now that the new ranks taken over leadership. Without a Luna, and my mom busy taking care of pops, Emily is the next highest female and is doing her best to wrangle the new staffing.“Yeah,” I said, rubbing my neck. “I slept on it wrong, I guess,” I lied.“I know any number of she-wolves that would willingly work the kinks out for you,” she grinned, winking at me. I growled at her and she laughed. “I’m just kidding. The elders did send a new list of Luna candidates, though. Want me to put them where I put the last ones.”“In the tras

Mick didn’t answer. He was still viciously glaring at Miles. I could feel the waves of hostility and defensiveness. He wasn’t going to let Miles near me, and really didn’t want him looking at me. I was getting worried about what this Alpha would do. “Mick,” I whispered, placing my hand on his tensed back. He twitched, then started to relax under my touch, the sparks traveling between us. “She’s mine, Miles,” Mick stated. “She doesn’t want an Alpha and I don’t want to share. If that’s going to be an issue, we will just leave.” “Oh, shit,” Billy muttered, looking between Mick and Miles, then his eyes landed on me, appraising me. He let out a low whistle, “So much for calling dibs.” Miles growled, showing the first signs of hostility, but it was aimed at Billy and not Mick. “Mickey, Rodger said she would be safest here,” Beau said. “We can’t just leave. This is where he’s expecting us to be. Cindy is heading this way tomorrow, and the others soon after.” “Who’s Cindy? Is she hot? D

Mick POVKeeping calm was no longer an option for me in regard to Boyd. I tried to keep my cool this entire fucking trip, even at his worse, because I knew Chloe didn’t want another possessive Alpha. When he called Chloe a slut though, that was it. I wasn’t going to play nice any more.“I can find the way out myself, Mickey-poo,” Boyd said, using the degrading nickname he knew I hated.“Just making sure you don’t lose your way,” I muttered, biding my time until we were outside. Fighting in the packhouse isn’t something I’m willing to do. Only the Alpha has the authority to fight in here, and I don’t want any claim over the Alpha title with my brother. Once this threat is gone, I plan on taking Chloe and leaving, making a life somewhere else far away from the brother I was never able to measure up to. I’m not losing her to my brother too. She’s my miracle. He’s an Alpha with a wolf and a pack. He can take a chosen. Chloe will be it for me. I don’t want anyone else. Ever.We got to the

“You may be able to protect me from just Cameron, but his entire pack is a different story. All the males in that pack are violent monsters. The Alphas and ranked members were always assholes, so all their underlings got away with everything.”“Hmph,” he huffed, burying his head in my chest.I laughed softly, combing my hands through his silky hair again. “It will be okay.”“No it won’t,” he mumbled against me.“Why not?” I was having a hard time keeping the humor out of my voice, seeing him act so childish. I never expected this kind of attitude from him. If he showed me this side to him sooner, I would have easily fallen for him even before the mate bond hit us.He sighed and lifted his head. “I don’t want to stay here. Miles always got everything. He got all the love of the pack and all our parents' affection too, all because I didn’t have a wolf. I don’t want him taking you from me too. You are the one thing I don’t think I could survive losing. Not after I made you mine.” He move