All Chapters of The Lost Pack: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

** Paige’s POV ** “I don’t need an entourage,” I argue, standing in the middle of the living room with my arms crossed, glaring at my four very stubborn men. “I’m going to see my sister. That’s it. Five minutes down the road, no danger, no hunters, no apocalypse waiting in the bushes.” Ryder shakes his head. “Not happening.” “Paige,” Callen says softly, already pulling on his boots, “you could trip and break your ankle. Or someone could show up uninvited. Or…” “Or a squirrel might look at me funny?” I cut in, rolling my eyes. “You guys can’t come everywhere with me.” Parker, who has been quiet until now, lifts his brow at me. “Yes, we can.” I throw my hands up. “Do you realise how insane this is? Poppy is going to wonder why I have a group of men sitting in my living room like a pack of…” “Wolves?” Callen finishes with a smirk. I glare at him, but he only looks amused. “Do you know how suspicious you’ll look? Four guys, all hovering, all glaring at my sister like

** Paige’s POV **Callen lets out a sigh, running his hands through his hair. “Don’t worry about Jax, we will get him settled. You stay here and try to relax,” he says before turning to follow Rye.“Thanks,” I try to say, but my voice comes out weak, barely above a whisper as my mind begins to spiral again.The words in the letter keep flashing through my mind, playing on a loop like they’re haunting me.I don’t even realise I’m shaking until Parker moves closer. He lowers himself onto the edge of the bed, slowly. His eyes soften, and when he speaks, his voice is low and steady.“Hey,” he murmurs. “Breathe with me.”“I can’t.” My voice cracks as my chest tightens. “It’s too much. He can’t… he can’t take Jax, Parker. I can’t let him…”“You won’t.” He cuts me off gently, his hand sliding over mine. “You won’t lose him, Paige. You have us, and Greg doesn’t stand a chance against that. Jaxon is this pack's most precious member. We will go to war for him if we have to.”My eyes sting a

** Paige’s POV **The next days pass by in a blur of video calls with solicitors, paperwork and waiting for DNA results.We had opted for an at-home test, which had consisted of mouth swabs for both Ryder and Jax. Then, both samples were sent to a lab for comparison. I know without a shadow of a doubt that Ryder is Jaxon’s father, yet I’m still nervous about the results. A hundred scenarios run through my head. What if the samples get mixed up? What if they do it wrong? What’s the percentage of the results that are wrong?There’s also the nagging question of what I should tell Jax about Greg. I don’t want him to know anything, especially not that the man that he grew up with, the man I trusted to be in his life, was just using him all along. That he is the enemy, that he wants his father and the entire pack dead, and that he’s willing to use him to achieve that. How do you explain that to a small, innocent child who only sees the good in people?I do need to tell him, though. He n

** Paige’s POV **I wake up alone… again. You’d think having four mates would mean I’m never in bed alone, but it happens more often than not. I know they have patrols, and they like to be up before Jaxon, but I think mostly they’re trying to give me space.I do need my own space, but I need their company just as much. I was hesitant at first. I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to have this many partners to try to keep up with, but this feels wrong. Like they’re avoiding me.I drag myself into the bathroom, turn on the shower and wait for the water to heat. The water soothes me, washing away the restless sleep, but the strange ache in my chest only grows. It’s not loneliness exactly, because they’re all around, it’s just a lack of connection. Or maybe it’s just me being needy and insecure after my stale marriage with Greg. I lean my head against the tiles, letting the spray soak through my hair, while I think. This can’t keep going. If I don’t tell them how much this is gett

** Paige’s POV **The words swirl around my mind over and over.A heat cycle.I don’t even know how to process it. I’m human, and yet my body is doing something that shouldn’t be possible. I wrap my hands around the coffee cup, letting the heat seep into my skin, but it’s not enough to stop my mind spinning out. Not when Ryder is looking at me like I’m his next meal, and when Remy’s wolf is so close to the surface that I can almost feel him pacing. Parker and Callen don’t seem to be as affected. I’m not sure if that’s because I haven’t completed the bond with them or because they weren’t part of the moment we shared upstairs.They’re all watching me though, waiting for me to react. But before I can even open my mouth, Jaxon’s voice cuts through the tension.“Mum!”He barrels into the kitchen with Lego clutched in his tiny hands. His grin is so wide that I forget all thoughts of heat cycles and mate bonds.“Look! I added a booster to my spaceship. It’s going to make it super fast.”