Adrian Shephard Novels & Stories

he said, and she paused to look at him. “Aww, that’s so sweet and thoughtful of you,” she smiled at him, taking the coffee and drinking it. “You returned unexpectedly late today. Was the mission successful? How did it go?” she asked. “It wasn’t easy. I found out that the person representing them wasn’t their real CEO, so I had the boys fish out the real one. Don’t worry, I didn’t kill him—just made him sign some of the documents I presented,” Adrian said as he took a sip of his own coffee. His demeanor was a giveaway that he was bragging and wanted compliments from Charlotte.

The firelight danced across his face, softening the edges of his features. “He did love once,” he said after a moment. “His mate. A powerful she-wolf from the Eastern Ridge.” Serena leaned forward slightly, drawn in. “She left him,” Alexandro continued, voice calm, low. “For someone else. A warrior from her own pack. She broke the bond, publicly. It humiliated him. Wounded him in a way no blade ever could.” Serena’s lips parted. “That must have destroyed him.” “It did,” Alexandro said. “But he didn’t show it. Not the way others do. He buried it. Deep. And let the bitterness shape him.”

and then I remember where I saw him. This guy walked into Creed’s office that one time. My eyes widen in recognition. “Oh! You’re-” “Luka Volkov, Creed’s Beta,” he says, holding out his hand and I shake it. “You’re the girl I saw in Creed’s office, right?” I nod. “Cherie. I fight under the Volkov brand now.” Why I felt the need to tell him that, I’ll never know but the smile that followed made me relax a bit. “I don’t think we’ve been formally introduced.”

If I hadn’t seen what I’ve seen and done what I’ve done. She leads me down the hall from her daughter’s room to her own, and on the way, Taylor tells me all about her mate, Cyrus, who is also the beta of Reid’s pack. Apparently the adjustment to parenthood has been rough on both of them, but Cyrus has stepped up more than she ever expected him to. Her hazel eyes light up when she talks about her mate, her wavy shoulder-length honey brown hair bouncing as she speaks animatedly.

“I—I can’t lie to them. They’ll know. They’ll kill me, Inzaghi, he—he’ll skin me alive. Please, tell me what to say, please!!” I stare at him, utterly unimpressed. This was the man who murdered a loan shark. Who handled millions. Who followed my brother and I, which is brave. Now he is crying on a dirty warehouse floor, with snot running from his nose like a child. “Get up,” I order. He scrambles to his feet so fast he nearly slips. I tilt my head. “What’s your name again?” “A-Adrian.” I nod. “Well, Adrian… this is what you’re going to do. You’re going to tell Inzaghi’s men that you found nothing. That we’re clean. That you murdered our loan shark for no good reason.”

Once he lay down, she turned off the lights and said, "Hubby, I..." "Who's more important, Adrian or me?" He interrupted her. "Of course you." She held onto him tight and took his familiar scent in. "I just want to do the best that I can. Adrian is Shea's brother, after all. I promise that I won't let this affect our lives." "It already did," he said, "You said that you are upset. Do you think I can be in a good mood when you are sad?"

She stumbled back two steps, pointing at him as she screamed, "That's not true! You're lying! She's just an employee! You told me your wife was overseas! You said she was a washed-up nobody! How could she possibly be the Shea heiress?" "Shut up!" Adrian roared, like a wild animal breaking loose. He shoved her hand away so violently that Evelyn crashed to the ground. His mind was spinning. He had crossed the Shea family. He knew he was finished. Looking at the woman whose face once had him obsessed, all he felt now was disgust. She ruined everything. "You! This is all your fault, you bitch!" Adrian lunged at her, ready to kick, but the Shea family's bodyguards arrived just in time to block hi

Sheila said through sobs. “You aren’t going anywhere, Sheila!” Adrian exclaimed in agony. Sheila finally vanished and Adrian shouted at the top of his voice in pain. Oh, dear! I could feel the excruciating pain weakening me even more, for a moment. Adrian could not take the loss. I always thought that he was someone who was very selfish, cruel and manipulative. Well, the last one for sure he was. Still, I could not believe what I was seeing. I was taken aback at the vision. Adrian was obsessed with Sheila and it turned dangerous for him.

Alpha Reed looked to be in his early 30s and he had short brown hair, dark eyes that were almost black and he had a few scars on his bulging arms, which pulled against his tight white tee as he crossed his arms behind his desk. He had a few personal photos in his office of a young woman. He raised a cut eyebrow at me and waved his hand to indicate for me to begin. "Well the letter has some inaccuracies, but there are some correct aspects such as I was a breeder and my mother still is a breeder, but I am a born shifter. When I was sent to the market, Timothy bought me and it turned out that he is my mate. Timothu burned off my breeder mark and marked me as his mate."

The confusion must have shown on my face because she smiled weakly and started to explain a little more. “My mate didn’t exactly know I was taking a trip. With how things have been lately, he's wanted me on house arrest and basically on lockdown until everything is over. Liverpool and Charwood just recently formed an alliance, and he’s still having a hard time adjusting to Ollie being my family, and that I used to be his Beta. He struggles a little whenever I want to help out with some things.” She sighs again, twirling her finger around one of her locks of hair.