All Chapters of Hunting Her Hunters: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

NatashaI woke up, keeping my eyes closed and nuzzled into the body next to me. I ran my hands over his chest and slowly raised my head to look at who was next to me in bed. My heart sank when I saw Lee. I ran a finger down his face, sighing. I slowly climbed out of bed, careful to not wake him up.I went into the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. My eyes were swollen and red. My nose was red and I could see where I had rubbed the skin off of it clearly. I closed my eyes and a vision of Falcon smiling at me flashed before my eyes. I clutched the edge of the sink and pressed my forehead against the mirror.A small sob escaped me and wrapped my arms around my waist. I rocked myself back and forth as I tried to curb the pain of knowing that I would never see him look at me like that again. I took a deep breath. I needed to go for a run. I needed… my eyes opened. I needed to get out of the town. I needed to go find Falcon. Somebody knew where he was. I had to be close to him ag

Natasha looked away from me as I tried to wipe my face discreetly. I was grateful that she understood my need to hide my pain. She suddenly laughed.“What?”“I remember the first woman he ever brought here. The sleuth was so excited that he had brought her home. We thought he had found his mate.” I frowned at her. “When she left the next day, we had arranged for her to bump into Mona. Falcon hadn’t mated with her. We were confused and when asked what they had done all night, he was embarrassed.”“What did they do?,” I asked.“They had spent the night prepping a nursery and a room for his mate.” She smiled at me. “He had hopes that his mate would like to read like he did, so he had a library put together for her. He had a couch and a recliner in there. He even had a little day bed in there positioned under a window so she could look out if she wanted. In the nursery, he had everything that any child or parent might want. He had scratching posts and a lot of wood. You know our children

TaraMona and her mother both wrapped their arms around Tasha, trying desperately to comfort her. I made sure the men had all left before joining them. Tasha clung to Natasha while she continued to sob hysterically. I glanced around the room and sighed when almost everyone had disappeared. I rubbed her back as my gaze landed on a man at the back of the room, watching from the shadows. He had wanted to remain invisible. A secret protector from afar. He was never far from the Alpha Sow and it made my heart ache.He pointed at the women and I rolled my eyes but turned my attention back to my grieving best friend. After all this was over, I might leave the sleuth. I had been talking to Terse about it and he was hurt but he understood. He couldn’t leave the sleuth due to his position but he would allow me to take our cub. I took a deep breath to refocus my attention on where it needed to be. I could finish hashing out my game plan after the funeral. I glanced at the man again and opened Mo

TashaI waited for Lee to climb into the shower after thoroughly checking to see if I was asleep. I knew they had drugged me every night since the funeral a little over two weeks ago so that I would sleep but the last few days it was lasting less and less. I was waking up earlier and I had been biding my time. I didn’t want to be here. I knew they loved me and I loved them, too, but I was broken. Empty. I knew nothing would ever make me feel better. My parents had instilled that suicide was wrong so deeply into my being that I knew I could never do it, no matter how desperately I wanted to die.When the sound of the body wash bottle being squeezed came, I threw the blankets back and ran from the house. I sprinted into the woods until a twig snapped and the accompanying growl made me stop. I slowly turned towards the jet-black wolf with haunting green eyes whose hackles were up and had its teeth bared at me. I swallowed nervously and got on the ground with my hands up.“Your alpha told

MonaI stormed into the room where the council was holding a meeting that I had not been made aware of with Tara at my side. I glared around at the men there until my eyes latched onto the head councilman’s. He watched me as I stomped up to him. I put my hands flat on the table and leaned down into his face.“What the fuck is going on and why wasn’t I invited?,” I hissed.He leaned back and tapped his fingers on the table in front of him. “We didn’t need you. I was just telling them that I would be leaving for a few days with a small team to collect the rest of the wolves.”I jerked back as if he had hit me. “Excuse me? No, you need to stay here. You are the-”“Head councilman, I know. The sleuth will be fine. You will be here to keep everything running smoothly.”I straightened my back and glared at him as my hands fisted at my side. “I said no! That’s final. You can’t just make up an excuse to leave because you want to stretch your legs. The rest of us haven’t shifted in a week eith