Roxie sat back in the hospital bed. She was so tired. Her throat hurt, she was unable to speak. There was so much she wanted to say to Avery. However, she was unable to do so. When she attempted to speak, it felt as though her throat was on fire. She was thankful to Avery for saving her, but now all she wanted was to tell him, how thankful she was. She knew that her father was coming to the hospital, but she did not want to see him. She partially blamed him for allowing her mother to do the things that she did. As it stood, the only person in that room that she trusted, was Avery.Collin had got the call from the hospital while he was at work. He couldn’t believe that something so horrific had happened to his daughter. When he left for work that morning, he was under the impression that his daughter, and his estranged wife were out together. He was shocked to learn that not only was that not the case, but now his child was in the hospital with serious injuries. as he arrived at the ho

Alpha James had no choice, but to return to the Packhouse, and finalize his decision. By the time he returned, Taylor and her parents were already in his office waiting for him. “What do you plan on doing about our son’s murder?” Taylor’s parents asked. Alpha let out an exasperated sigh, and looked at the trio solemnly.“I have conducted an investigation into your son’s death. In light of the fact that your son spent money in an attempt to purchase another person, and tried to force himself on that person without her consent, he is just as responsible for his death as she was. It is my decision to have this incident ruled as a self-defense case. Your son broke our laws, and has paid for it with his life. I have decided that Roxanna‘s punishment for ending the life of my beta, is exile. She has been exiled from our pack effective immediately.” Taylor and her parents did not seem to accept that decision. “That’s it? That’s all you’re going to do to the person that killed your best frien

Roxie couldn’t believe that she was kissing Avery. She laced her fingers through his hair. As she instinctively parted her lips to allow him to deepen the kiss. He slipped his tongue into her small mouth to fully taste her. She could feel him pulling her tighter to him. She could feel her body heating up, fully feeling the electric surge from the bond that she had tried to ignore. There was a knock on the door, that caused them to separate. Roxie slid off his lap and back onto the bed. “What is it?” Avery asked. The door opened and Sienna made her way inside. “I was coming to apologize for my behavior earlier today. “ Avery looked skeptical but shrugged and attempted to wave her away. “is that all?” Avery asked, he was a little irritated by the interruption. Sienna glanced towards Roxie and smirked. “Was I interrupting something?” Sienna said innocently. Avery growled in response. “Were you trying to interrupt something?” Avery asked in disbelief. Sienna chuckled. “Of course not! I o

Allison collected Avilene and Roxie and piled them into her car. They left the packhouse. Roxie watched the packhouse get further away. She turned her attention back to the car and Avilene shot her a smile from the front seat to reassure her. They left the housing district of the Pack's town and turned off heading towards the commercial lots. This was the first time that Roxie was actually able to get a good look at the town itself. She had still been exhausted from her ordeal the first time they came through. There were many more stores and shopping districts in this Pack as compared to Redwood. She liked looking through the window at all the different stores. She wondered if the clothing choices were a lot different too. Avery had been excited about possibly taking her to purchase new clothing. She didn't have a lot of outfits to choose from, and a lot of her clothing was so old that it had rips and tears or worn holes in the fabric. Roxie noted the building of the store front that

Celia growled in frustration as she gripped the phone in her hand. She never once believed that this could be the outcome when she sold off her daughter to Grayson Reid. That little runt offspring of hers killed the Beta of the Redwood Pack? She could hardly believe it. She didn't dare return there, no doubt she shared the blame in some of the outcome. Shit! Nothing was going according to plan. She spent three days cozing up to that little weakling of a daughter of hers, and this was the result? Bullshit! Celia sighed and pulled her dark hair away from her face. Nothing was going according to plan! The plan was simple. She bought off those two mediocre bullies to be nice to her kid from now on. Sell Roxanna to Grayson and once he had fucked all the resolve out of that defiant little whelp, she would be the perfect clay to mold into the perfect chess piece for her long game. She had been naive enough to think that if she got rid of Allistair Jackson, that the kingdom would naturally fal