That was when the first encrypted message popped up on her screen. As I worked to disentangle it, the image of a snake appeared, and an email address. Something so simple and welcoming at a time, I was feeling so resentful to the girl starring in the videos I was working to erase. I tried to ignore it. I didn’t want to betray Rodger, and if I were to correspond with some hacker that was trying to get to Chloe, I would be betraying Rodger. Chloe wouldn’t be the only one affected. Then there was the whole situation with Mick being her mate. If she had a mate, she wouldn’t be Rodger’s problem anymore. Part of me was holding out hope for that. That Chloe and Mick could ride off in the sunset to fuck off together and everything else would go back to as it should be. She and Mick could have the help of his old pack on getting rid of her first mate, and then Rodger would quit beating on himself for events that were never his fault. Broom StiXXX would be my safe haven again, and the heada
Chloe POV“What a stressful last twenty-four hours,” Cortina sighed, still exhausted from our lack of sleep and excessive use of magic yesterday.“I agree.”After the air was cleared between Rodger and I last night, we stayed in my office talking about the past, what happened with my mom and Alpha Carlton. Hearing why I had grown up as an orphan hurt. My mother being killed because of Fire Moon Pack’s prejudices and the Alpha’s need to control reinforced what I had always known.Fire Moon Pack was full of monsters. All of them. How could every single one of the ranked wolves condone taking a pregnant shewolf from her fated mate and killing her all because she was mated to a witch?I could feel Rodger’s pain. He fought through tears to tell me his entire story. When he was done, I hugged him, unable to keep my distance any longer, seeing him relive all his heartache in some misplaced attempt to confess all the ways he thought he had failed me and my mother.He didn’t fail me. He was a
Mick sighed, pulling me against him and burying his nose against my nape, right over his mark. He inhaled deeply, over and over again, obviously trying to calm himself.Once he was calmer, he said, “I fought against the urge to lock you in our room. Again.”“Why,” I grabbed his face so that I could see his expression. “What’s wrong?”He shook his head, then rested his forehead on mine and closed his eyes. “You’ll hear what’s wrong soon.” He lifted his head, looking over Lenny and Jamie. His eyes narrowed, then he said to me, “I need to ask them a question, cara. Can you head in first?”Confused, I studied his hard expression, then looked back to see Lenny and Jamie were just as confused as I was. Mick didn’t waver, so I knew whatever was going on, it was serious.I softly kissed Mick's cheek, letting him know I trusted him in whatever was going on. He rested his head on mine briefly, then smacked my ass to get me going.The guard by the door opened it for me, and inside Miles was stan
Chloe POVLenny and Jamie must have passed whatever test Mick put them through. When Mick walked into the holding room, both of my babysitters followed after him with solemn looks on their faces.Finding out there was a mole in the pack was crushing. It meant that someone didn’t want me here as their Luna.Darren was adamant that it couldn’t be someone from Broom StiXXX. I felt the same way too. We were a family. A family that sometimes slept together for work, but a family unit nonetheless.I understood Mick and Miles taking precautions, commanding Jamie and Lenny to answer questions to assure their loyalty. They were the two that spent the most time with me apart from my mates. My safety was in their hands and they needed that reassurance. Mick not commanding Lenny before retrieving me meant he already trusted that Lenny wasn’t the mole. I bet it was Miles that needed the confirmation more than Mick.Lenny took a syringe full of wolfsbane while protecting me. If that doesn’t scream
I stood silent, sandwiched between my mates’ arms, thankful I accepted them both and didn’t leave either of them because of my own insecurities and cowardice. This could have been them. That hit me like a ton of bricks. As much as it pained me to know someone in this pack was conspiring to get rid of me, it pained me more to think about my world without Mick and Miles in it.“I love you both,” I whispered roughly. “So much.”“You’re our miracle, cara,” Mick husked.“Our love for you is infinite,” Mick murmured against my hair.Miles kissed the top of my head as I felt Mick’s lips tickle the back of my neck. We have had our ups and downs since becoming one, but I felt more united with them than ever at that moment.We stayed in that bloodied room with the corpse of Alpha Ford longer than I think any of us realized as both my mates held onto me. I didn’t want to let go of them, and they sure didn’t seem like they felt any differently.All the exhaustion of the past twenty-four hours hit
Nap time didn’t entail much napping. I wasn’t complaining. Even if this didn’t result in my first pregnancy scare, the taunting was worth the end result.I feel relaxed and loose all over. Even better than that, something about my magic felt more alive. I didn’t have to make a conscious effort to feel for it in my veins. It was so natural, feeling the pulsing and tingling inside my body, it was like breathing or blinking. I wasn’t trying to control it, but at the same time I was.Mick was taking me from behind not long ago, my hair twirled into his fists. I was about to cum again and suddenly wanted to be in control.Without even realizing I had done it, I moved my magic over him, the purple spark traveling up his arm where he was locked around my hair. We were suddenly flipped, my magic jerking us around, so he was on his back, and I was riding him backwards. His dick never left my cunt.Another time, Miles was being too tender with me, taking me deep but painstakingly slow. My heels
Rodger POVBANG BANG BANGI started awake, almost falling off the couch as someone knocked furiously on the door.Without prompting, the door flew open, Jamie standing naked in the doorway. He was a sweaty, panting mess, leaves and twigs all in his hair.“She was taken,” Jamie bellowed, still struggling to catch his breath.It didn’t take me more than a second to fully wake up, pushing off the sofa and sliding on the shoes laid beside me on the floor. I don’t even think they were my shoes. Kai’s by the feel of them, but my worst fear come to life was too much for me to comprehend anything else.“When?” I demanded, grabbing my keys and pushing past Jamie out the front door.“Ten minutes.”“Where!?”Jamie was right on my heels, nakedly hurrying into the passenger door before I put my car into reverse and pulled out of the dirt driveway.“The main road. Cindy and Chloe were, like, just fucking swallowed,” Jamie tripped over his words. “It just ate his fucking car and closed before Alexi c
My blood ran cold, and something started to vibrate deep in my chest. It was my magic, now boxed up and contained. I didn’t feel it coursing through my body like it normally would have been, but it was still triggered deep inside of me where it was contained, affected by Mr. Smith right in front of me.This man, monster, whatever the fuck he was, was with Cameron now. I didn’t feel triggered by dark magic at all when Cameron was putting his disgusting hands all over me. The only thing Cameron triggered was my disgust and homicidal side. That meant Cameron was choosing to work with him. Willingly.Why?“My, you are even lovelier than I could have imagined,” Mr. Smith hooked his snake-like cane under my chin, forcing me to look up at him.I scoffed loudly, tearing my chin away from the cold, hard metal. “You’re a hell of a lot uglier off-screen.” I spat on his shiny, expensive-looking shoes.He looked more amused than offended. Staring down at the flem smeared on the shiny black leather