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1,649,690	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) '{"alias":1649243}'	Yes	2024-05-03 04:04	active	665	1095696868375735	🔥🔥 Click to Read 👉🏻👉🏻	After being abused by my father, I finally met my mate.<br /> It was he who saved me. And he said he would never hurt me.<br /> He was my everything, in these few short moments, he has given me a safe haven, a home in his arms.<br /> When I came to his pack with him, I noticed that everyone around me was staring at us.<br /> “Seriously, why are they staring at us? It’s kind of creepy,” I asked him.<br /> “Luna, it’s so good to meet you!” a girl said to me.<br /> “Why are you calling me Luna, and what is wrong with all these people? Have you never seen an overgrown giant carry a broken girl before?”<br /> “We are calling you Luna because Drake is our alpha.”<br /> My jaw drops as I look back at Drake. <br /> “They are all staring at him because they are scared of him. He is Alpha Drake Moon of the Blood Moon pack.”<br /> ————————<br /> Lilly's POV<br /> I limp out of the room. It takes all of our concentration to stay on our feet, but after a minute bile rises up my throat. My insides churn as I trip and fall, the ground moving below me, but as I land, I land in someone’s arms.<br /> I look up, my eyes watering as I take a large inhale of his scent, the anxiety and turmoil inside my body relaxing as I look into his perfect, perfect face. Tingles of pleasure ripple under my skin as his hands hold my body, replacing the pain with peace. As our eyes meet it’s like a current flows through me, straight into him. Layla gasps as we watch each other.<br /> “Mate.”<br /> “Mate,” we both cry at the same time, tears flooding my vision as he pulls me against him.<br /> “Wha—oh my—who did this?” he roars, my body flinching. “Sorry, no, don’t be scared of me. But who would do this?” he says to me, stuttering.<br /> I wasn’t sure if he was talking to me or not, or maybe he was just in shock, rambling because he was nervous.<br /> But before I could find out, My body shuts off as I pass out in the mate of my dreams’ arms, Layla finally relaxing as the world around us goes into darkness.<br /> --<br /> I wake up with a sense of loss. I panic, not knowing where I am. Machines are beeping, I am cold, I have no idea what is going on.<br /> My heart pounds in my chest as I try to move, my body screams in pain. I’m blinded by a light as I try and remember what is going on.<br /> The faster my heart rate beats the louder the beeping gets. I squint, lifting my head.<br /> Just then the man of my dreams runs through the door. Realising I am dreaming I take a breath, relaxing as my breathing starts to level out.<br /> “Are you ok!!!” He grabs my face. But to my shock sparks light up all over my body. Layla pushes forward as his touch wakes us up.<br /> “That doesn’t normally happen,” I whisper to him.<br /> He frowns. “What doesn’t?”<br /> His voice is louder than usual. It was like velvet, smooth but strong, demanding but patient. The sound brought life to my ears, filling me with hope.<br /> “In my dreams you didn’t feel sparky.”<br /> Layla pushes forward, purring as she moves our head into his hands. He looks at me, puzzled. “You dreamed of me?”<br /> “Am I not dreaming now?” I ask.<br /> His eyebrow shoots up into the air as he lets out a chuckle, shaking his head. “Nope, I’m all real, babe.”<br /> My mind is racing, trying to think of what he is talking about. What day was it? What happened? When did he get here? I had so many questions that I needed answers too, but every time I tried to ask, the sheer beauty of his face stunned me to silence.<br /> “You’re not dreaming, Lilly. This is real, he is real,”<br /> Layla tells me softly. Tears pool in my eyes as I take in every inch of his perfect face.<br /> He is all man, ruggedly handsome. His messy hair was long, out of place where his fingers had slipped through his dark brown locks. It is scissor cut at the sides, giving definition to his sharp and chiselled jaw. The muscles in his cheeks ripple as he talks.<br /> He must be 25/30 years old, clean shaven and so so beautiful. His dark long lashes frame his beautiful brown eyes. They hold wisdom, sparkling against the bright light, but the dark circles under his eyes had me worrying.<br /> Was he ok? Why did he look so tired? So stressed?<br /> He is tall, really tall, maybe 6ft 2/6ft 4. His large wide shoulders are perfectly proportioned to his huge muscular body. The black T-shirt he was wearing stretched over his body, fitting him far to snug for my liking.<br /> A sense of jealousy overwhelms me as I see what every other female sees, simply put he was walking, talking perfection and the thought of anyone but me ogling him left a bad taste in my mouth.<br /> My dreams have done him justice, but not even my subconscious could muster up the true beauty that stands before me.<br /> I reach out to touch him, my hand connecting to his face, sparks lighting up my fingertips as I watch him, amazed that anyone could be this beautiful, shocked that he was made for little old me and fearful that I would never be worthy of such a hunk.<br /> But as he closes his eyes at my touch, moaning, I can’t help the smile that spreads across my face.<br /> I was stunned that I too could make him feel that same sense of peace and acceptance that he made me feel every time we touched.<br /> dropping his head slightly, his breath fans my face.<br /> My body goes to blubber as his sweet vanilla scent makes my mouth water, setting every nerve end in my body on fire. Filling me with need and a desire so strong it almost chokes me.<br /> Layla pushes forward before I have the chance to stop her, her own strength overpowering my body easily, she grabs his face and slams our lips against his.<br /> My eyes slam closed and my mind comes to life, every colour of the rainbow explodes behind my eyelids as our lips touch for the very first time.<br /> We both freeze in shock, I was nervous he would reject us, but my body slowly relaxes as he busses me back.<br /> My body immediately responds, my lips fit against his perfectly, made for each other, like it was always meant to be.<br /> He moans as his tongue softly prods at my lips. My mouth opens just as he sweeps his tongue against my own. My body jolts to life when the sparks start in my mouth and spread throughout my body.<br /> Our buss is amazing, all consuming as every painful sore muscle loosens, my body wrapping around his as I pull him towards me. All sense goes out the window at his touch.<br /> “Achhhhhhhhhmmm.”<br /> He starts to pull away but Layla isn’t having it, instead dragging him closer.<br /> “Acccchhhhhhemmmmmmm.”<br /> He pulls back only slightly, chuckling when I realise we are no longer alone but Layla continues to cling to him, not wanting to let him go.<br /> “Babe, the doctor’s here to see you. Maybe we can pick this up when we are alone.” My face flushes red.<br /> “Oh, sorry. I might have gotten a little carried away,”<br /> Layla tells me, giggling. I roll my eyes at her. “A little? Jeez, I don’t even know his name,” I snap back as she cackles away in my head.<br /> “I’m so sorry, I’m so embarrassed,” I whisper, my cheeks heating. He snorts, shaking his head. “Don’t be, I didn’t want to stop either.”<br /> A girly giggle escapes my lips at the fact someone that bloody beautiful wanted to buss me. Just then the doctor walks over, smiling. “Don’t worry about it. I can’t say I blame you to be honest,” he tells my mate, winking. My mate growls, glaring at him. “Mine,” he snaps.<br /> The doctor snorts, shaking his head as I blush again, bright red. Gosh, I can’t remember ever blushing this much before ever.<br /> “What’s your first name?” the doctor asks.<br /> “It’s Lilly, Lilly Morgan,” I say with a small smile. “And what pack are you from, Lilly?”<br /> Oh, the pack! My dad’s going to kill me. I am meant to be helping them.<br /> “Oh, fuckity balls!” I squeak, jumping up and looking around the room.<br /> “Hey, wow, it’s ok! Stay calm, you’re ok here.” I shake my head, realising my clothes are covered in dry blood.<br /> My mate runs his hand up and down my back gently. “Shhh, it’s ok, I promise.”<br /> I take a breath, his touch calming both me and Layla. It almost makes me feel sedated as my entire body relaxes. “Um, I’m from Droim Mor pack,” I say nervously, afraid I will get in trouble.<br /> “And what happened to you, Lilly?” I chew my bottom lip. What do I say? I look between them nervously.<br /> “He is our mate. We can trust him.”<br /> “But what will he do? What if dad turns him against us?”<br /> She shakes her head. “No, no more thinking about him. We need to move on, Lilly, and our mate is the way out!”<br /> “Lilly, it’s ok. They won’t hurt you ever again. But I need to know who hurt you, baby.” I look into his eyes and every fibre in my body believes what he says, but it is still extremely hard to admit it out loud.<br /> “Myyy f-atherrr,” I whisper.<br /> He lets out a sharp growl. My body tenses at the noise. I clench my eyes closed, taking a deep breath to calm my racing heart.<br /> Suddenly the noise stops and his hands land on my back, calming me once again. “Sorry Lilly, I didn’t mean to scare you.”<br /> He lifts my chin, his eyes meeting mine. “I won’t hurt you, I won’t ever hurt YOU.”<br /> Every emotion possible passes through me at his words, my heart shattering as all the fear, the anxiety and depression all come crashing down as I sob into my hands. I had been holding it all back for years, only letting a little escape at a time.<br /> But it felt like it was a dam that my mate pulled to pieces in a few short seconds, exposing the truth of the past, the pain that I had been through and the trauma that I would live with forever.<br /> “It’s ok, he won’t hurt us,” Layla says softly, trying to comfort me.<br /> “I know, but I can’t believe it’s over,” I tell her. He pulls me against his chest, running his hand up and down my back. “Shhhhh, it’s ok, I’ve got you now, babe.”<br /> For some silly reason that makes me cry harder. Every pain, break, bruise, every time he raped me, hit me, kicked me. It all hits me, it all destroys me as I cry it all out. I felt like a weak little girl, being held together by a big strong man. Strangely, I didn’t hate it, in fact, I craved that strength, that safe space where I could fall apart and still be held together.<br /> He was it, he was my everything, in these few short moments, he has given me a safe haven, a home in his arms.<br /> “I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry I scared you, I’m so sorry I wasn’t there. But I am now, and nobody will ever hurt you again,” he tells me, rubbing calming circles up and down my back.<br /> I pull back, wiping my face as I shake my head. “It’s not on you, he did this, not you.” I use his shirt to wipe my tears.<br /> He chuckles, watching me as I pull myself together.<br /> When I’m done sobbing like a big baby he lifts my chin and he places a gentle buss against my lips.<br /> “Ok, Lilly, I need you to lie back so I can check you over,”<br /> the doctor says, pulling me from my thoughts.I smile, lying back as he comes to my side.<br /> My mate whose name is still a mystery glares at him. He watches as he lifts my top to check my body. My mate’s eyes widen as he gasps, looking to the doctor and back to me.<br /> He starts to poke and prod at me. Nothing hurts all that much. I look like bad but I no longer feel like bad. Layla turns away from me, going to the back of my head and shutting me out.<br /> “I don’t know how, Lilly, but your ribs are already healed.”<br /> “Yeah, they don’t hurt either.” He frowns, looking to my mate. His face is like stone as the doctor helps me sit up.<br /> Other than feeling a little dizzy I feel ok. He checks me over, shining lights in my eyes, tapping my reflexes and checking the wound on my head.<br /> “Other than a concussion and a lot of bruising, your body has somehow healed. I’m not sure how, but it has.” He starts writing stuff down on a chart. “If you promise to take it easy I don’t see why you can’t take her home today.”<br /> I look to my mate awkwardly. His face lights up as he smiles down at me. “I think I can see to that.”<br /> I sigh in relief. The thought of going back near that monster makes me feel physically ill. “Of course it goes without saying that you stay far away from your father.”<br /> “Don’t worry, if I have my way she won’t ever see his dirty rotten face again,” he snaps.<br /> I smirk up at him as he turns, lifting a bag and placing it on the bed beside me. “I had my people run out and grab you some clothes.”<br /> “People? You have people?” I ask, chewing my lip. He nods. “Yes, we have people now,” he answers.<br /> “Do you need help getting changed, Lilly—” Before the doctor even has a chance to answer, our mate growls, his wolf pushing forward and grabbing him by the scruff of the neck. “Mine!” The doctor puts his hands in the air.<br /> “I meant the nurses! You’re really big,” he wheezes, catching his hand. Satisfied with that answer, our mate drops him. “If my mate needs help I will help her,” he snaps impatiently.<br /> “Yes, I think we have established that, jeez.” He pats his shirt down, clearly amused by the entire thing as I take into a fit of giggles, shaking my head.<br /> “So not to make things awkward but would you mind telling me your name?” I ask, scratching the back of my head. The doctor bursts out laughing at the fact.<br /> My mate smirks, looking at me. “Drake, Drake Moon.”<br /> “Seven, double O seven,” the doctor teases. Drake glares at him as I laugh, shaking my head. “You realise it’s Bond, James Bond, right?” I ask, his face flushes red.<br /> Drake snorts, laughing with me.<br /> “Yeah, I think it’s time for Mr Bond over here to get out, get out right now,” he snaps at the poor doctor.<br /> I am so busy laughing I don’t even care that that was totally rude. “Just trying to lighten the mood, dude, but whatever. Good luck, Lilly.” He winks as he leaves, closing the door behind him.<br /> Drake watches him go. Then he turns back to me. “Did he just call me dude?” He says it like it tastes funny, screwing his face up as I laugh even harder. He chuckles, pulling clothes out of the bag for me.<br /> “We didn’t know your size, so Fiona got you one of those long dresses with a cardigan.” He pulls out a black maxi dress with a yellow cardigan. It is simple but pretty.<br /> I pull off my shirt and hand it to him. His eyes widen as he freezes, his eyes on my chest. I take the dress from his hand and I pull it over my head, smirking at him. “You ok over there?” I ask.<br /> He shakes himself a little, his eyes returning to my eyes as his face flares slightly. “Yeah, sorry. I just wasn’t prepared,” he says, clearing his throat.<br /> I chuckle, grabbing the cardigan. I pull it on. He hands me a brush next, so I pull it through my tangled web of hair, giving up and pulling it into a messy bun on my head.<br /> “What time is it? I’m starving.”<br /> “Breakfast.” I’m surprised by that. “How long have I been sleeping?” He checks the time on his watch. “I found you at 3pm yesterday. It’s seven now, so 16 hours.”<br /> I shake my head. “He started the beating at around seven yesterday morning. I must have passed out until I walked into you.”<br /> His jaw ticks, closing his eyes. “I’ve never seen anything like it before. I don’t know how you were even conscious and I definitely don’t know how you’re healed right now.”<br /> I shrug, wondering that too. Layla is still locking me out so she is zero help. He passes me my Converses next so I pull them on and touch my toes to the floor, cringing as the muscles in my legs ache. He catches my hips as I take a step, my head going woozy as I grab hold of his arms.<br /> “Wow,” I snap, losing my balance.<br /> He scoops me up. “Yeah, you’re not walking anywhere like that. I’ll just have to carry you,” he smirks, planting a soft buss against my lips. I smile against his lips, relaxing into his arms as he surrounds me, making my tiny frame feel so safe.<br /> “Do you want to eat in the room or in the dining hall with my—no, sorry, our people?” I wish I knew what ‘our people’ meant.<br /> Layla comes forward smiling at me. “Do it! I want to meet them,” she tells me encouragingly. “The dining hall, please.”<br /> He smiles, grabbing my phone off the side table and he hands it to me. I check it as we walk. I have so many messages from Emma. Feeling guilty, I open them immediately.<br /> ‘Hey how’s the summit?’<br /> ‘Hey where are you?’<br /> ‘Lilly you’re doing that really annoying thing that you do, text me back please!!’<br /> ‘Oh for heaven's sake you better have a good excuse for not answering me’<br /> “Who is that?” Drake asks, pushing his head between me and my phone to look at my messages. I giggle. “It’s my best friend Emma. Sorry, only friend. She just met her mate and moved to the Blood Moon pack and she gets crazy if I don’t text her back.”<br /> He smirks, pursing his lips. “What does she think of it? Blood Moon I mean?”<br /> I shrug. “She seems to like it ok, said the people are nice. The alpha is a little scary but the pack is better than the one we came from.”<br /> He nods his head. “Why is he scary?” he asks, screwing up his nose.<br /> “I don’t know. She said when he walks into the room he shuts most conversations down. He only really socialises with his ranked members.” He shrugs.<br /> “Maybe he only socialises with his ranked members because that’s all the people in the world he can trust. Blood Moon’s a big pack, a lot of people would be out for his job.” I nod my head. “I hear that. Up until now Emma is the only person in the world that I can trust.”<br /> He smiles, not adding anything more as I type a message back.<br /> ‘Hey sorry, I met my mate and I didn’t have my phone. But I’m ok, I can ring you later when things settle down’<br /> “If you trust her, why are you lying to her?” I shrug.<br /> “I don’t want her to worry about something she can’t change. She’s all the way there and I’m all the way here, plus I’m ok really.”<br /> “You’re ok? Lilly you’re black and blue. You have a concussion. You are the definition of not ok.” I smirk at him.<br /> Layla purses her lips. “Maybe he has a point,” she says thoughtfully. “I am, yeah I’m black and blue, but I’m not in pain. I found you. To me I’m ok.”<br /> He smiles at me. “You’re really rather remarkable, aren’t you?” I blush as he drops his head in the crook of my neck, sniffing me. “And you smell so good!”<br /> He nips my neck with his teeth, sending a shiver straight down my spine. I gasp at the feel of his lips against my skin. It feels like I have just found my heart and soul. Now it’s having a party, celebrating the fact that we are finally back together.<br /> “So these people that are ours, who are they?” I ask, trying to distract myself from the flooding of my arousal flowing through my body. I definitely don’t want the entire lobby smelling my arousal. “Just our people,” he says, heading towards the dining room.<br /> “But why are they our people?” He purses his lips, thinking. As we walk, everyone in our path steps out of it. It is like they are grapes shrivelling up and turning into raisins.<br /> --<br /> Reaching the dining hall the entire place goes quiet. I look behind us, wondering what they are afraid of. He snorts, chuckling.<br /> “What are they so afraid of?” I snap, making him laugh, shaking his head. A table not far in front of us all stand up, grinning as we approach. But by now you could hear a pin drop. The entire place has completely shut down.<br /> “Seriously, why are they staring at us? It’s kind of creepy.” He just continues to chuckle as two men and a lady smile. “Luna, it’s so good to meet you!” I freeze, looking up at Drake.<br /> “Why is he laughing, why are you calling me Luna, and what is wrong with all these people? Have you never seen an overgrown giant carry a broken girl before?”<br /> I snap louder, glaring at the crowd as Drake throws his head back, howling. His friends look between each other, then back at us. “I can’t—you—tell—her, I can’t,” he splutters, taking a seat with me on his knee.<br /> The girl starts to giggle, shaking her head. “We are calling you Luna because Drake is our alpha, me and Ben are his betas, and Mark is his gamma.”<br /> My jaw drops as I look back at Drake. “They are all staring at him because they are scared of him. He is Alpha Drake Moon of the Blood Moon pack.”<br /> My face falls as I gasp. Turning around I slap his shoulder. “You big prick, you let me go on and on.”<br /> He howls in laughter again as the crowd around us gasp at me hitting him.<br /> “Oh shut up. He’s my mate, I’m allowed to hit him.” I glare at an old pair sitting behind us as Drake takes a deep steadying breath.<br /> “I swear that was amazing,” Drake says as he finally stops laughing at me. He leans forward, bussing my lips as I glare at him.<br /> “Oh come on, don’t be grumpy. It was a little funny.” I smirk, trying to hide my smile. Lifting my fingers I pinch them together. “Ok, maybe a little.”<br /> He pecks my lips again, pulling back, and he buries his head in the crook of my neck, sniffing in my scent. His body relaxes immediately as I look back at ‘our people’.<br /> “So I’m a luna? Are you sure you want me as a luna?”<br /> I ask, screwing up my face.<br /> “Oh we want you as a luna! You just hit the alpha. I love you already and there is no give backs. We are keeping you,” the one called Ben says.<br /> Fiona nods her head in agreement. “Agreed, we are keeping you.”<br /> “I also think you’re awesome,” Mark adds.<br /> Drake snorts. “You’ve never called me any of those things.”<br /> “That’s because you’re a big grump. Luna Lilly is already winning,” Fiona says. Drake flips her the bird. “That’s your birthday present going into the furnace when I get home.”<br /> She snorts, rolling her eyes. “Oh please, I have your card in my back pocket. I don’t need no half assed attempt at a gift when I can just buy my own, thank you very much,”<br /> she snaps, opening her menu and winking at me. I giggle as Drake rolls his eyes.<br /> “So are we ever going to get to the part where you tell us who did that to you, Luna?” My body tenses immediately. All thoughts of my father have all but disappeared. But as I shake off the feeling and go to open my mouth I hear a growl rumbling through the dining hall.<br /> One so familiar my entire body runs cold. My heart rate accelerates as all the breath leaves my lungs. I scrunch my eyes closed as my frame starts to tremble in fear, tears pooling in my eyes. Waiting for the hit that usually came after that terrifying sound.	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1,649,711	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) '{"alias":1649243}'	Yes	2024-05-03 04:04	active	665	1127683424937663	🔥🔥 Click to Read 👉🏻👉🏻	After being abused by my father, I finally met my mate.<br /> It was he who saved me. And he said he would never hurt me.<br /> He was my everything, in these few short moments, he has given me a safe haven, a home in his arms.<br /> When I came to his pack with him, I noticed that everyone around me was staring at us.<br /> “Seriously, why are they staring at us? It’s kind of creepy,” I asked him.<br /> “Luna, it’s so good to meet you!” a girl said to me.<br /> “Why are you calling me Luna, and what is wrong with all these people? Have you never seen an overgrown giant carry a broken girl before?”<br /> “We are calling you Luna because Drake is our alpha.”<br /> My jaw drops as I look back at Drake. <br /> “They are all staring at him because they are scared of him. He is Alpha Drake Moon of the Blood Moon pack.”<br /> ————————<br /> Lilly's POV<br /> I limp out of the room. It takes all of our concentration to stay on our feet, but after a minute bile rises up my throat. My insides churn as I trip and fall, the ground moving below me, but as I land, I land in someone’s arms.<br /> I look up, my eyes watering as I take a large inhale of his scent, the anxiety and turmoil inside my body relaxing as I look into his perfect, perfect face. Tingles of pleasure ripple under my skin as his hands hold my body, replacing the pain with peace. As our eyes meet it’s like a current flows through me, straight into him. Layla gasps as we watch each other.<br /> “Mate.”<br /> “Mate,” we both cry at the same time, tears flooding my vision as he pulls me against him.<br /> “Wha—oh my—who did this?” he roars, my body flinching. “Sorry, no, don’t be scared of me. But who would do this?” he says to me, stuttering.<br /> I wasn’t sure if he was talking to me or not, or maybe he was just in shock, rambling because he was nervous.<br /> But before I could find out, My body shuts off as I pass out in the mate of my dreams’ arms, Layla finally relaxing as the world around us goes into darkness.<br /> --<br /> I wake up with a sense of loss. I panic, not knowing where I am. Machines are beeping, I am cold, I have no idea what is going on.<br /> My heart pounds in my chest as I try to move, my body screams in pain. I’m blinded by a light as I try and remember what is going on.<br /> The faster my heart rate beats the louder the beeping gets. I squint, lifting my head.<br /> Just then the man of my dreams runs through the door. Realising I am dreaming I take a breath, relaxing as my breathing starts to level out.<br /> “Are you ok!!!” He grabs my face. But to my shock sparks light up all over my body. Layla pushes forward as his touch wakes us up.<br /> “That doesn’t normally happen,” I whisper to him.<br /> He frowns. “What doesn’t?”<br /> His voice is louder than usual. It was like velvet, smooth but strong, demanding but patient. The sound brought life to my ears, filling me with hope.<br /> “In my dreams you didn’t feel sparky.”<br /> Layla pushes forward, purring as she moves our head into his hands. He looks at me, puzzled. “You dreamed of me?”<br /> “Am I not dreaming now?” I ask.<br /> His eyebrow shoots up into the air as he lets out a chuckle, shaking his head. “Nope, I’m all real, babe.”<br /> My mind is racing, trying to think of what he is talking about. What day was it? What happened? When did he get here? I had so many questions that I needed answers too, but every time I tried to ask, the sheer beauty of his face stunned me to silence.<br /> “You’re not dreaming, Lilly. This is real, he is real,”<br /> Layla tells me softly. Tears pool in my eyes as I take in every inch of his perfect face.<br /> He is all man, ruggedly handsome. His messy hair was long, out of place where his fingers had slipped through his dark brown locks. It is scissor cut at the sides, giving definition to his sharp and chiselled jaw. The muscles in his cheeks ripple as he talks.<br /> He must be 25/30 years old, clean shaven and so so beautiful. His dark long lashes frame his beautiful brown eyes. They hold wisdom, sparkling against the bright light, but the dark circles under his eyes had me worrying.<br /> Was he ok? Why did he look so tired? So stressed?<br /> He is tall, really tall, maybe 6ft 2/6ft 4. His large wide shoulders are perfectly proportioned to his huge muscular body. The black T-shirt he was wearing stretched over his body, fitting him far to snug for my liking.<br /> A sense of jealousy overwhelms me as I see what every other female sees, simply put he was walking, talking perfection and the thought of anyone but me ogling him left a bad taste in my mouth.<br /> My dreams have done him justice, but not even my subconscious could muster up the true beauty that stands before me.<br /> I reach out to touch him, my hand connecting to his face, sparks lighting up my fingertips as I watch him, amazed that anyone could be this beautiful, shocked that he was made for little old me and fearful that I would never be worthy of such a hunk.<br /> But as he closes his eyes at my touch, moaning, I can’t help the smile that spreads across my face.<br /> I was stunned that I too could make him feel that same sense of peace and acceptance that he made me feel every time we touched.<br /> dropping his head slightly, his breath fans my face.<br /> My body goes to blubber as his sweet vanilla scent makes my mouth water, setting every nerve end in my body on fire. Filling me with need and a desire so strong it almost chokes me.<br /> Layla pushes forward before I have the chance to stop her, her own strength overpowering my body easily, she grabs his face and slams our lips against his.<br /> My eyes slam closed and my mind comes to life, every colour of the rainbow explodes behind my eyelids as our lips touch for the very first time.<br /> We both freeze in shock, I was nervous he would reject us, but my body slowly relaxes as he busses me back.<br /> My body immediately responds, my lips fit against his perfectly, made for each other, like it was always meant to be.<br /> He moans as his tongue softly prods at my lips. My mouth opens just as he sweeps his tongue against my own. My body jolts to life when the sparks start in my mouth and spread throughout my body.<br /> Our buss is amazing, all consuming as every painful sore muscle loosens, my body wrapping around his as I pull him towards me. All sense goes out the window at his touch.<br /> “Achhhhhhhhhmmm.”<br /> He starts to pull away but Layla isn’t having it, instead dragging him closer.<br /> “Acccchhhhhhemmmmmmm.”<br /> He pulls back only slightly, chuckling when I realise we are no longer alone but Layla continues to cling to him, not wanting to let him go.<br /> “Babe, the doctor’s here to see you. Maybe we can pick this up when we are alone.” My face flushes red.<br /> “Oh, sorry. I might have gotten a little carried away,”<br /> Layla tells me, giggling. I roll my eyes at her. “A little? Jeez, I don’t even know his name,” I snap back as she cackles away in my head.<br /> “I’m so sorry, I’m so embarrassed,” I whisper, my cheeks heating. He snorts, shaking his head. “Don’t be, I didn’t want to stop either.”<br /> A girly giggle escapes my lips at the fact someone that bloody beautiful wanted to buss me. Just then the doctor walks over, smiling. “Don’t worry about it. I can’t say I blame you to be honest,” he tells my mate, winking. My mate growls, glaring at him. “Mine,” he snaps.<br /> The doctor snorts, shaking his head as I blush again, bright red. Gosh, I can’t remember ever blushing this much before ever.<br /> “What’s your first name?” the doctor asks.<br /> “It’s Lilly, Lilly Morgan,” I say with a small smile. “And what pack are you from, Lilly?”<br /> Oh, the pack! My dad’s going to kill me. I am meant to be helping them.<br /> “Oh, fuckity balls!” I squeak, jumping up and looking around the room.<br /> “Hey, wow, it’s ok! Stay calm, you’re ok here.” I shake my head, realising my clothes are covered in dry blood.<br /> My mate runs his hand up and down my back gently. “Shhh, it’s ok, I promise.”<br /> I take a breath, his touch calming both me and Layla. It almost makes me feel sedated as my entire body relaxes. “Um, I’m from Droim Mor pack,” I say nervously, afraid I will get in trouble.<br /> “And what happened to you, Lilly?” I chew my bottom lip. What do I say? I look between them nervously.<br /> “He is our mate. We can trust him.”<br /> “But what will he do? What if dad turns him against us?”<br /> She shakes her head. “No, no more thinking about him. We need to move on, Lilly, and our mate is the way out!”<br /> “Lilly, it’s ok. They won’t hurt you ever again. But I need to know who hurt you, baby.” I look into his eyes and every fibre in my body believes what he says, but it is still extremely hard to admit it out loud.<br /> “Myyy f-atherrr,” I whisper.<br /> He lets out a sharp growl. My body tenses at the noise. I clench my eyes closed, taking a deep breath to calm my racing heart.<br /> Suddenly the noise stops and his hands land on my back, calming me once again. “Sorry Lilly, I didn’t mean to scare you.”<br /> He lifts my chin, his eyes meeting mine. “I won’t hurt you, I won’t ever hurt YOU.”<br /> Every emotion possible passes through me at his words, my heart shattering as all the fear, the anxiety and depression all come crashing down as I sob into my hands. I had been holding it all back for years, only letting a little escape at a time.<br /> But it felt like it was a dam that my mate pulled to pieces in a few short seconds, exposing the truth of the past, the pain that I had been through and the trauma that I would live with forever.<br /> “It’s ok, he won’t hurt us,” Layla says softly, trying to comfort me.<br /> “I know, but I can’t believe it’s over,” I tell her. He pulls me against his chest, running his hand up and down my back. “Shhhhh, it’s ok, I’ve got you now, babe.”<br /> For some silly reason that makes me cry harder. Every pain, break, bruise, every time he raped me, hit me, kicked me. It all hits me, it all destroys me as I cry it all out. I felt like a weak little girl, being held together by a big strong man. Strangely, I didn’t hate it, in fact, I craved that strength, that safe space where I could fall apart and still be held together.<br /> He was it, he was my everything, in these few short moments, he has given me a safe haven, a home in his arms.<br /> “I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry I scared you, I’m so sorry I wasn’t there. But I am now, and nobody will ever hurt you again,” he tells me, rubbing calming circles up and down my back.<br /> I pull back, wiping my face as I shake my head. “It’s not on you, he did this, not you.” I use his shirt to wipe my tears.<br /> He chuckles, watching me as I pull myself together.<br /> When I’m done sobbing like a big baby he lifts my chin and he places a gentle buss against my lips.<br /> “Ok, Lilly, I need you to lie back so I can check you over,”<br /> the doctor says, pulling me from my thoughts.I smile, lying back as he comes to my side.<br /> My mate whose name is still a mystery glares at him. He watches as he lifts my top to check my body. My mate’s eyes widen as he gasps, looking to the doctor and back to me.<br /> He starts to poke and prod at me. Nothing hurts all that much. I look like bad but I no longer feel like bad. Layla turns away from me, going to the back of my head and shutting me out.<br /> “I don’t know how, Lilly, but your ribs are already healed.”<br /> “Yeah, they don’t hurt either.” He frowns, looking to my mate. His face is like stone as the doctor helps me sit up.<br /> Other than feeling a little dizzy I feel ok. He checks me over, shining lights in my eyes, tapping my reflexes and checking the wound on my head.<br /> “Other than a concussion and a lot of bruising, your body has somehow healed. I’m not sure how, but it has.” He starts writing stuff down on a chart. “If you promise to take it easy I don’t see why you can’t take her home today.”<br /> I look to my mate awkwardly. His face lights up as he smiles down at me. “I think I can see to that.”<br /> I sigh in relief. The thought of going back near that monster makes me feel physically ill. “Of course it goes without saying that you stay far away from your father.”<br /> “Don’t worry, if I have my way she won’t ever see his dirty rotten face again,” he snaps.<br /> I smirk up at him as he turns, lifting a bag and placing it on the bed beside me. “I had my people run out and grab you some clothes.”<br /> “People? You have people?” I ask, chewing my lip. He nods. “Yes, we have people now,” he answers.<br /> “Do you need help getting changed, Lilly—” Before the doctor even has a chance to answer, our mate growls, his wolf pushing forward and grabbing him by the scruff of the neck. “Mine!” The doctor puts his hands in the air.<br /> “I meant the nurses! You’re really big,” he wheezes, catching his hand. Satisfied with that answer, our mate drops him. “If my mate needs help I will help her,” he snaps impatiently.<br /> “Yes, I think we have established that, jeez.” He pats his shirt down, clearly amused by the entire thing as I take into a fit of giggles, shaking my head.<br /> “So not to make things awkward but would you mind telling me your name?” I ask, scratching the back of my head. The doctor bursts out laughing at the fact.<br /> My mate smirks, looking at me. “Drake, Drake Moon.”<br /> “Seven, double O seven,” the doctor teases. Drake glares at him as I laugh, shaking my head. “You realise it’s Bond, James Bond, right?” I ask, his face flushes red.<br /> Drake snorts, laughing with me.<br /> “Yeah, I think it’s time for Mr Bond over here to get out, get out right now,” he snaps at the poor doctor.<br /> I am so busy laughing I don’t even care that that was totally rude. “Just trying to lighten the mood, dude, but whatever. Good luck, Lilly.” He winks as he leaves, closing the door behind him.<br /> Drake watches him go. Then he turns back to me. “Did he just call me dude?” He says it like it tastes funny, screwing his face up as I laugh even harder. He chuckles, pulling clothes out of the bag for me.<br /> “We didn’t know your size, so Fiona got you one of those long dresses with a cardigan.” He pulls out a black maxi dress with a yellow cardigan. It is simple but pretty.<br /> I pull off my shirt and hand it to him. His eyes widen as he freezes, his eyes on my chest. I take the dress from his hand and I pull it over my head, smirking at him. “You ok over there?” I ask.<br /> He shakes himself a little, his eyes returning to my eyes as his face flares slightly. “Yeah, sorry. I just wasn’t prepared,” he says, clearing his throat.<br /> I chuckle, grabbing the cardigan. I pull it on. He hands me a brush next, so I pull it through my tangled web of hair, giving up and pulling it into a messy bun on my head.<br /> “What time is it? I’m starving.”<br /> “Breakfast.” I’m surprised by that. “How long have I been sleeping?” He checks the time on his watch. “I found you at 3pm yesterday. It’s seven now, so 16 hours.”<br /> I shake my head. “He started the beating at around seven yesterday morning. I must have passed out until I walked into you.”<br /> His jaw ticks, closing his eyes. “I’ve never seen anything like it before. I don’t know how you were even conscious and I definitely don’t know how you’re healed right now.”<br /> I shrug, wondering that too. Layla is still locking me out so she is zero help. He passes me my Converses next so I pull them on and touch my toes to the floor, cringing as the muscles in my legs ache. He catches my hips as I take a step, my head going woozy as I grab hold of his arms.<br /> “Wow,” I snap, losing my balance.<br /> He scoops me up. “Yeah, you’re not walking anywhere like that. I’ll just have to carry you,” he smirks, planting a soft buss against my lips. I smile against his lips, relaxing into his arms as he surrounds me, making my tiny frame feel so safe.<br /> “Do you want to eat in the room or in the dining hall with my—no, sorry, our people?” I wish I knew what ‘our people’ meant.<br /> Layla comes forward smiling at me. “Do it! I want to meet them,” she tells me encouragingly. “The dining hall, please.”<br /> He smiles, grabbing my phone off the side table and he hands it to me. I check it as we walk. I have so many messages from Emma. Feeling guilty, I open them immediately.<br /> ‘Hey how’s the summit?’<br /> ‘Hey where are you?’<br /> ‘Lilly you’re doing that really annoying thing that you do, text me back please!!’<br /> ‘Oh for heaven's sake you better have a good excuse for not answering me’<br /> “Who is that?” Drake asks, pushing his head between me and my phone to look at my messages. I giggle. “It’s my best friend Emma. Sorry, only friend. She just met her mate and moved to the Blood Moon pack and she gets crazy if I don’t text her back.”<br /> He smirks, pursing his lips. “What does she think of it? Blood Moon I mean?”<br /> I shrug. “She seems to like it ok, said the people are nice. The alpha is a little scary but the pack is better than the one we came from.”<br /> He nods his head. “Why is he scary?” he asks, screwing up his nose.<br /> “I don’t know. She said when he walks into the room he shuts most conversations down. He only really socialises with his ranked members.” He shrugs.<br /> “Maybe he only socialises with his ranked members because that’s all the people in the world he can trust. Blood Moon’s a big pack, a lot of people would be out for his job.” I nod my head. “I hear that. Up until now Emma is the only person in the world that I can trust.”<br /> He smiles, not adding anything more as I type a message back.<br /> ‘Hey sorry, I met my mate and I didn’t have my phone. But I’m ok, I can ring you later when things settle down’<br /> “If you trust her, why are you lying to her?” I shrug.<br /> “I don’t want her to worry about something she can’t change. She’s all the way there and I’m all the way here, plus I’m ok really.”<br /> “You’re ok? Lilly you’re black and blue. You have a concussion. You are the definition of not ok.” I smirk at him.<br /> Layla purses her lips. “Maybe he has a point,” she says thoughtfully. “I am, yeah I’m black and blue, but I’m not in pain. I found you. To me I’m ok.”<br /> He smiles at me. “You’re really rather remarkable, aren’t you?” I blush as he drops his head in the crook of my neck, sniffing me. “And you smell so good!”<br /> He nips my neck with his teeth, sending a shiver straight down my spine. I gasp at the feel of his lips against my skin. It feels like I have just found my heart and soul. Now it’s having a party, celebrating the fact that we are finally back together.<br /> “So these people that are ours, who are they?” I ask, trying to distract myself from the flooding of my arousal flowing through my body. I definitely don’t want the entire lobby smelling my arousal. “Just our people,” he says, heading towards the dining room.<br /> “But why are they our people?” He purses his lips, thinking. As we walk, everyone in our path steps out of it. It is like they are grapes shrivelling up and turning into raisins.<br /> --<br /> Reaching the dining hall the entire place goes quiet. I look behind us, wondering what they are afraid of. He snorts, chuckling.<br /> “What are they so afraid of?” I snap, making him laugh, shaking his head. A table not far in front of us all stand up, grinning as we approach. But by now you could hear a pin drop. The entire place has completely shut down.<br /> “Seriously, why are they staring at us? It’s kind of creepy.” He just continues to chuckle as two men and a lady smile. “Luna, it’s so good to meet you!” I freeze, looking up at Drake.<br /> “Why is he laughing, why are you calling me Luna, and what is wrong with all these people? Have you never seen an overgrown giant carry a broken girl before?”<br /> I snap louder, glaring at the crowd as Drake throws his head back, howling. His friends look between each other, then back at us. “I can’t—you—tell—her, I can’t,” he splutters, taking a seat with me on his knee.<br /> The girl starts to giggle, shaking her head. “We are calling you Luna because Drake is our alpha, me and Ben are his betas, and Mark is his gamma.”<br /> My jaw drops as I look back at Drake. “They are all staring at him because they are scared of him. He is Alpha Drake Moon of the Blood Moon pack.”<br /> My face falls as I gasp. Turning around I slap his shoulder. “You big prick, you let me go on and on.”<br /> He howls in laughter again as the crowd around us gasp at me hitting him.<br /> “Oh shut up. He’s my mate, I’m allowed to hit him.” I glare at an old pair sitting behind us as Drake takes a deep steadying breath.<br /> “I swear that was amazing,” Drake says as he finally stops laughing at me. He leans forward, bussing my lips as I glare at him.<br /> “Oh come on, don’t be grumpy. It was a little funny.” I smirk, trying to hide my smile. Lifting my fingers I pinch them together. “Ok, maybe a little.”<br /> He pecks my lips again, pulling back, and he buries his head in the crook of my neck, sniffing in my scent. His body relaxes immediately as I look back at ‘our people’.<br /> “So I’m a luna? Are you sure you want me as a luna?”<br /> I ask, screwing up my face.<br /> “Oh we want you as a luna! You just hit the alpha. I love you already and there is no give backs. We are keeping you,” the one called Ben says.<br /> Fiona nods her head in agreement. “Agreed, we are keeping you.”<br /> “I also think you’re awesome,” Mark adds.<br /> Drake snorts. “You’ve never called me any of those things.”<br /> “That’s because you’re a big grump. Luna Lilly is already winning,” Fiona says. Drake flips her the bird. “That’s your birthday present going into the furnace when I get home.”<br /> She snorts, rolling her eyes. “Oh please, I have your card in my back pocket. I don’t need no half assed attempt at a gift when I can just buy my own, thank you very much,”<br /> she snaps, opening her menu and winking at me. I giggle as Drake rolls his eyes.<br /> “So are we ever going to get to the part where you tell us who did that to you, Luna?” My body tenses immediately. All thoughts of my father have all but disappeared. But as I shake off the feeling and go to open my mouth I hear a growl rumbling through the dining hall.<br /> One so familiar my entire body runs cold. My heart rate accelerates as all the breath leaves my lungs. I scrunch my eyes closed as my frame starts to tremble in fear, tears pooling in my eyes. Waiting for the hit that usually came after that terrifying sound.	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1,649,700	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) '{"alias":1649211}'	Yes	2024-05-03 04:04	active	665	1119632515755378	🔥🔥 Click to Read 👉🏻👉🏻	"Don't walk away from me, Zell," Kosta yelled.<br /> "Why not? You don't need me. You have Khalis here to take care of all your needs. She is welcome to you. I hope you all will be very happy together. As for me, I'm done. Good luck to you and this pack. I hope you can handle the fallout for you and your bimbo's actions."<br /> "Mind how you talk to me, Zell. I may be your mate, but I am still the alpha. As a matter of fact, as of right now, I am stripping you of all of your luna privileges."<br /> I spat. "You should know, you didn't deprive me of Luna's title, but I didn't want it myself. I no longer want it. As for the business, have you forgotten that I own 51% of every business we have? I will withdraw all of my personal finances from the pack."<br /> "Oh, and Alpha, You, of all people, know how ruthless I can be if pushed."<br /> ————————<br /> "Well Zel, I just wanted to let you know that I plan on being the Luna of this pack, and your days as Kosta's mate and luna are numbered. I have decided that I deserve to be luna of the third strongest pack in the nation. I mean why should you get everything and I get stuck with nothing?" Khalis says.<br /> <br /> Is this bimbo serious? I just sat there staring at her for a few seconds. Not much shocks me, but this is something else. I knew Khalis was selfish, but this is on a whole other level. There have been rumors about Khalis sleeping with mated males, but I always gave her the benefit of the doubt. I never thought we would be having this kind of conversation. We have been friends since elementary school. Her father and brothers are elite warriors in my father's pack. She was with me when Kosta declared we were mates. She even encouraged me to go with him when he begged me and my father to let me come to his pack with him before I turned 18. She moved to this pack with me, hoping to meet her own mate. She knows Kosta is my fated mate. The moon goddess chose for him me. We both have known Kosta for most of our lives. Kosta is one of my brother's best friends. I keep thinking about everything we have done together and now this bimbo is sitting in my office telling me she plans to take my mate. I'm really speechless. This is a new low, even for her.<br /> <br /> "Just so that I am clear, what exactly do you mean that you want my goddess-given mate and title," I asked.<br /> <br /> "I mean exactly what I said. I want Kosta. I want to be his luna and I am going to make that happen. I've already started the process. I deserve to be a luna."<br /> <br /> "So you just want to come in here and tell me that you want my mate? What about your own mate? Have you thought about that? If the goddess meant for you to be a luna, you would have been fated to an alpha."<br /> <br /> "I waited for my mate. I gave the goddess a chance to do right by me. She gave everyone around me an Alpha. My sister got one, my little ugly cousin got one and even you got one, but what did I get? I got a lowly elite warrior as a mate." She spat.<br /> <br /> "How can you speak like that about elite warriors? Your father and your brother are elite warriors."<br /> <br /> "I know, and I deserve better than that. I deserve to be a luna. I deserve to have people respect me and cater to me."<br /> <br /> "Well, obviously the goddess did not agree with you," I said. "Just to clarify, you're saying that even though you found your destined mate, the one that was made specifically for you by the goddess, you're still interested in my mate? You are unbelievable. What is wrong with you?"<br /> <br /> "It's simple. I'm not meant to be the mate of a warrior. I am meant to be a luna. The moon goddess got it wrong and I am correcting her mistake. As soon as I scented my fated mate and realized he was a warrior, I rejected him and he accepted my rejection. Good riddance."<br /> <br /> "So you think you know better than the goddess?" I asked.<br /> <br /> I am still somewhat shocked. I have a hard time reconciling this cold-blooded bimbo to the person that has been my best friend for over a decade.<br /> <br /> "Zell, I told you a long time ago not to trust her. She has always been this person. She just pretended with you." Sapphire said.<br /> <br /> "This isn't personal, Zell. It's simple since the moon goddess did not give me an alpha, I'm going to take one."<br /> <br /> This bimbo is sitting here calmly telling me she is going to take my mate from me like we are talking about going shopping. She actually thinks this is ok. How could I have been so blind for so long? Everyone tried to warn me about her, but she was my only friend and I just didn't want to believe that about her. I convinced myself that the others were just jealous of her.<br /> <br /> "Do you really think it is ok to try to break your best friend's mate bond?" I say.<br /> <br /> "Oh Honey, I'm not going to try. I'm going to do it. He will be mine. I'm just giving you the courtesy of walking away with your dignity. You might as well start making arrangements for yourself because once I am the luna, there is no way that I will let you remain in my pack. He may keep some tender feelings for you. After all, you are fated."<br /> <br /> "You got one thing right; Kosta and I are fated. You are not the first she-wolf to try to break our mate bond and since he is an alpha, I'm sure you won't be the last. I will tell you what I tell them all, If you can get Kosta to cheat on our bond, you can have him. If he can do that, then he is not the man I have believed him to be and wouldn't deserve me. You would be welcome to him. Just remember, it is because of me and my family that this pack is ranked third. All of that goes with me, but you would be more than welcome to whatever is left." I say.<br /> <br /> "It's not an if, it's a when it happens. And when you leave, Kosta will still be the alpha of this pack. You will just be the ex-luna of the pack. I will be the luna."<br /> <br /> "That's where you are wrong. I am alpha born; a pure-blooded alpha. If I leave, I will still be an alpha and you will still be that bimbo on the side. Some males may be dumb enough to sleep with you, but I have not seen any of the mate men you've been accused of leaving their mates for you. Even the ones who got rejected didn't choose to be with you. Now I suggest you leave my office while I am still being nice or else you will find out why I am feared by others. And if you are successful, don't think for a minute that my family will let either of you go."<br /> <br /> "I will leave for now. Enjoy this office while it is still yours. Your arrogance will be your downfall. Why should I fear you or your family? They have not even been around since your luna ceremony. I'll give you 1 week to make arrangements for yourself. In 7 days, all of this will be mine and you will be out. I will break you and completely disgrace you. I have to thank you for working so hard to build this pack up for me to take over. I will be sure to enjoy the fruit of your labor. I and my children will enjoy this. I am glad he listened to me early on when I told him to wait to have children so you could live your life first. I had to set the groundwork just in case. Now it's time for you to go before you give him an heir." Khalis says and walks out of my office like nothing happened.<br /> <br /> She has caused a lot of chaos since coming to this pack. I just didn't realize her character before now. I thought she was misunderstood. Now I know I was just naïve. It appears that I was the only person blind to her true nature.<br /> <br /> I spent the rest of the day working on pack security and setting up meetings. There are a few alphas wanting an alliance with us. Kosta and I have become quite the power couple in the werewolf society. Since we took over as alpha and luna, the pack and the businesses have grown tremendously. I put my heart and soul into making our pack the best. I got an early start. I graduated from high school when I was 16 and went to university. I graduated with a business degree at 20. Kosta has let me take the lead in our businesses. He knows that beast at negotiation and a whiz at growing businesses. I have acquired several new companies since working in the pack business. Kosta is still the CEO, but I am the COO of the company. I broker the deals and then call Kosta in to close the deal. Most alphas in our circle are jealous of Kosta because he has me at his side. Kosta used to be proud of me and what I did for the pack, but lately he has been resisting the changes I have been making and trying to take over more of the daily operations of the pack. He can't take it all because I am the sole financial backing of the pack and the businesses.<br /> <br /> I am known in werewolf society as a child prodigy, but don't get it twisted, I am not all brains. I can be very deadly when needed. I train every day. I am one of the strongest wolves alive, although I keep that hidden. I can be ruthless, but fair. I know that I am the total package. I am athletic, tall with curves in the right places. I've never been one to compete with other she-wolves. I thought I was happy and had a good life. I thought Khalis was happy. We used to talk about finding our fated mates. I just can't understand how or why Khalis would try to come between me and my mate. I wish I could believe that my bond was safe and solid, but Sapphire is right about Kosta acting suspiciously lately. Kosta has been questioning me a lot lately. It's like he woke up a different person one day. He suddenly lost trust in me, but I have never given him a reason to doubt me. I have found him outside of my door listening to business phone calls, which is crazy because he could just walk in at any time and join the conversation. I have never hidden anything I was doing from him. The worse thing is that our life is now nonexistent. Kosta is always too busy or too tired. His behavior has led me to believe that he is not attracted to me anymore. He had the nerve to ask me why I have been trying so hard to seduce him lately. Like he didn't just stop making love to me cold turkey all of a sudden. We went from making love every day, sometime multiple times a day, to nothing in over a month. Seems like he should have been worried if I didn't try to seduce him. I don't know any mated pair that has gone this long without being intimate with each other. I don't know what the issue is. If we were not marked, I would wonder if he was cheating, but I know he is not. I would have felt it. Why did all of this suddenly become so hard? Why do I even need to seduce my goddess-given mate? It was never supposed to be this way. At least not yet. I'm only 20 years old. Much too young to be going through a dry spell while mated.<br /> <br /> I got so desperate at one time I asked our friends what was going on with him. Kosta tells his beta and gamma everything. I figured if there was a problem, they would tell me and I could fix it, but they just said that he was under a lot of stress. What exactly does he have to stress about? The pack is doing better than it has been in years. In half a year, the pack will be self-sufficient again and won't need to depend on my finances to keep it afloat. I have everything set in motion for the pack to have more disposable cash and residual income. I have a feeling this has Khalis written all over it. Kosta appears to have fallen in line with her already. Maybe this was their plan all along. Kosta needed me to get his pack back on track and now that they are almost completely independent, they don't need me anymore. If that's the case, they are in for a rude awakening. My six-month plan depends on me closing several more deals. All of these deals are allies with my father, uncle, and grandfather. They will not work with Kosta if our bond falls apart. He would erase everything that I have done over the past three years. Well, that would be his problem.<br /> <br /> I got so caught up in working and thinking; I didn't realize I worked up to dinner time. No one called me for lunch. In fact, no one called me for dinner. That is strange. One of the omegas usually checks on me when I am working too much and makes sure I am eating. I guess everyone is following Kosta. Since he has not been showing me any care, they are not either. That really hurts. I sacrificed a lot for this pack. I thought they cared more than this for me. I should just go back to my room. I don't know if I want to be around this pack right now, especially if they could turn their backs on me this quickly. Were they all just using me for my family's wealth?<br /> <br /> "We need to eat Zell. Remember, we are eating for our pup as well. Don't let them win. We are better than this. If they show us they don't want us here, we will leave. Remember, we are alpha born. We will rise above this. We will go back to where we are celebrated. If they turn against us, they don't deserve us. We will sit back and let them destroy themselves."<br /> <br /> "You are right Sapphire. Let's go eat. Our pup needs sustenance."<br /> <br /> I went and cleaned myself up and walked to the dining room. As soon as I walked through the door, all the talking stopped. The whole place went silent. As I walked all the way in, I saw why everyone went silent. Khalis was sitting in my seat, putting food on Kosta's plate like she is the luna. When she saw me, she just smirked and kept doing what she was doing. Kosta just keep eating like I was not standing there. Sapphire stared, pushing forward. She wanted blood. I did too, but I have to think about our pup.<br /> <br /> "What is going on, Kosta? Why is she sitting in my seat feeding you?" I growled.<br /> <br /> "I meant no harm, Zell. You were busy, so I decided to take care of Kosta for you. Someone needs to care for him while you are caring for other things. "<br /> <br /> "I was speaking to my mate, not his bimbo on the side."<br /> <br /> "You were not here for your mate, so I have been taking care of his needs."<br /> <br /> Sapphire pushed forward and growled loudly. Everyone in the room bowed their neck to her.<br /> <br /> "I could kill you in less than 30 seconds, Khalis. I would advise you not to keep crossing my line and you will find yourself very dead. You obviously have forgotten who I am. Don't make me remind you what my family name is," Sapphire said.<br /> <br /> I regained control and looked at Kosta. He didn't even appear to be concerned. He didn't show an ounce of regret or remorse. That took a little of the fight out of me. Khalis can only do what Kosta allows her to do.<br /> <br /> "Kosta, I asked you a question. What is going on?"<br /> <br /> "As Khalis said, you were busy, so she came to do your job for you. If you spent more time catering to me, your mate, and less time working or whatever you are doing, Khalis wouldn't have to step in and take care of my needs." Kosta said.<br /> <br /> I and every pack member gasped. I could not believe he openly disrespected me like that after everything I have done for him and this pack. I did all of that for him. This ungrateful hip.<br /> <br /> "So now I'm working too much, making your pack financially secure? You were not complaining when the pack was bankrupted and I worked day and night just so you could feed the pack another day. I was working too hard then. It's only now that you think the pack is out of the woods that I am working too hard. Now that everyone is comfortable and not at risk of starving, you want to change. Ok, I see who you are now. So instead of appreciating the sacrifices I made for us and the pack, you are sitting here with your bimbo, enjoying the feast that my hard work made possible. I am glad I finally understand where your priorities lie. Trust me, I will never make the same mistake twice." I said and walked away.<br /> <br /> I need to get out of here before I wolf out and kill one of them. After tonight, Khalis can have him. He is not the male I thought he was. I refuse to fight for someone who can spit on all the effort I put into making him great.<br /> <br /> "Don't walk away from me, Zell," Kosta yelled.<br /> <br /> "Why not? You don't need me. You have Khalis here to take care of all your needs. She is welcome to you. I hope you all will be very happy together. As for me, I'm done. Good luck to you and this pack. I hope you can handle the fallout for you and your bimbo's actions."<br /> <br /> "Mind how you talk to me, Zell. I may be your mate, but I am still the alpha. As a matter of fact, as of right now, I am stripping you of all of your luna privileges."<br /> <br /> "Alpha, what are you doing?" Beta James asked<br /> <br /> "Mind your business Beta. This is my pack." Kosta says.<br /> <br /> "Yes, and as your beta and friend, it is my job to tell you when you are making a mistake. Alpha, you are dangerously close to crossing the line of no return. Let's all calm down and discuss this later." Beta James said.<br /> <br /> "Beta, my word stands. Zel, until you learn to respect me as your alpha, you can forget about representing this pack in any aspect. I will be instructing the security team to restrict all of your access. You are no longer the COO of our businesses. As of now, you are just a regular pact member with no power."<br /> <br /> "First of all Alpha." I spat. "Respect is earned. While you are trying to throw your weight around, you can have the luna title back. I no longer want it. As for the business, have you forgotten that I own 51% of every business we have? I also provide 60% of the pack budget from my personal accounts. So while you can restrict my duties as Luna, you cannot touch the business, but I'll do you a solid. You can buy me out of the business and I will withdraw all of my personal finances from the pack."<br /> <br /> I can see that he had forgotten how dependent his pack was on me, but oh well. He made his bed. Now he and his bimbo can lie in it.<br /> <br /> "Oh, and Alpha, if you try to strong-arm me, I will have to call in the full loan that I gave this pack when we mated. Remember, we signed a contract for the loan. You have only paid me a small portion of the loan and I have not pushed the issue, but the contract is legal and binding. Don't push me, Kosta. You, of all people, know how ruthless I can be if pushed."<br /> <br /> I walked off again and made it as far as the stairs. I realized that I could not stay in my current room anymore. There is no way on this goddess-green earth that I want to be in a room with Kosta. Not that he has really shared it with me lately. Now I know why. Khalis has been feeding him and he has been eating it up. They both miscalculated. They thought I would be leaving here with nothing. The jokes on them. I may have been in love, but there is no love in business. I may have put my all into saving this pack and making it independently wealthy, but my parents did not raise a fool and I protected my finances. I invested millions in this company and pack. Did he really think I would protect my money? Does he not remember the prenup my father made him sign since I was a minor when he brought me to this pack? He never gained control over my finances.<br /> <br /> Khalis just showed her hand. After what I just saw, she has a right to be confident. Kosta has completely changed. He is not the man that I mated. He is not the boy that I followed around when I was younger. I don't know what happened or when he changed. Maybe this is who he really is and, like with Khalis, I just never saw his true self. He must have hidden it from my father and brother as well. There is no way they would have let me come here when I was 17 if they knew this was how he would end up treating me. I can see now that it is over between Kosta and me. I need to start planning my exit. I pulled up my computer and moved all of my finances from the pack accounts. I closed all the joint accounts I had with Kosta. It was mostly my money that financed them. I left the ones that he financed in his name. I don't want anything from him at all. After I handle business, I call my brother. I will need his help to leave here safely. Now that Kosta knows that all the money is still tied up with me, I doubt he will let me leave easily. I'm sure he and the bimbo are plotting up something.<br /> <br /> I called my brother and tall him waht happened.<br /> <br /> "So what's the plan, baby sis?" my brother answered.<br /> <br /> "Well, I have already moved all of my personal money from the pack accounts. They are now responsible for themselves. I'm not sure how that is going to go over. I was covering most of the pack's budget. Tomorrow, I will contact my attorneys to protect all of my other assets. I also plan to call our allies and let them know that I am no longer associated with the pack. I am erasing everything I've done over the past three years. They will need to start over from scratch and rebuild it all on their own. There is no way they will get to enjoy my hard work. No, sir."<br /> <br /> "Very smart Zell. What do you need me to do?"	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1,649,723	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) '{"alias":1649334}'	Yes	2024-05-03 04:04	active	665	1246450206329756	🔥🔥 Click to Read 👉🏻👉🏻	When Elliot sees me approaching them, I see the panic in his eyes.<br /> Owen's words from last night replay in my head.<br /> “Maybe he's screwing with someone as we speak. "<br /> "Elliot, what's going on?" I look at him, then at her, and back at him.<br /> He quickly stands up from his seat. "She was just leaving. Weren't you, Clara?<br /> She bats her eyelashes rapidly. "Honey, I think it's time for her to learn the truth. Don't you agree?"<br /> Clara laughs, looking at me. "I'm the woman who slept with him yesterday and the days before."<br /> "Taylor, please let me explain." He has the nerve to plead with me, after what he did.<br /> No. I won't stay here and listen as he tries to find an excuse for what he did. <br /> "Taylor, please. I want to talk to you." He tries again.<br /> "There's nothing to talk about" I snap at him.<br /> <br /> ————————<br /> <br /> I take the stairs to go to my apartment. I’m so lost in my thoughts, that I don’t pay any attention to my surroundings.<br /> "Watch it!” Someone warns me.<br /> I look up, and a man that I have never seen before is standing right in front of me. He has dark hair cut in a military style and deep blue eyes. I see tattoos on his neck that seem to go all the way down to his torso. I can’t help, but think how handsome he is. I take a step back to put some distance between us.<br /> He must be my new neighbour.<br /> I smile as I present my hand to him. “Hello, my name is Taylor Walker. What’s your’s?”<br /> He glares at me as if I’m already a nuisance to him. “Annoyed.” He let out as he walks past me.<br /> Rude! I say to myself before I keep walking up the stairs.<br /> I unlock the door with my keys and look through my mail. “Bills. Bills. Bills.” I mumble to myself.<br /> I will deal with them later. Right now, all I want is to take a cup of coffee before I put myself pretty for my date with Elliot.<br /> I don’t smoke or drink. My only dope is coffee. I need at least four cups per day, and that’s when I have a good day.<br /> As I make a cup of coffee for myself, I take a disposable cup to make another one. I don’t know why I even bother with this. So why am I purring a second cup for a man I don’t even know, is beyond me.<br /> Okay, I’ll admit. I didn’t like our first encounter.<br /> I wonder if he takes sugar or milk. He seems like a man that likes his coffee black.<br /> I bite my lips nervously as I pass my threshold.<br /> Why am I doing this again? I ask myself on the way to his apartment.<br /> I know where he leaves. He’s my next-door neighbour.<br /> I clear my throat as I knock on his door.<br /> No response.<br /> I knock again.<br /> “What the freak do you want?” He snaps at me while he opens his door.<br /> My heart skips a beat. Maybe it’s because of his deep blue eyes that they keep staring at me as if they want to devour my soul or something.<br /> I smile so he won’t notice how nervous he makes me. “Uhmm, I wanted to properly welcome you to the building.” I give him the cup of coffee that I made for him.<br /> He takes a drag at his cigar, looking at my body all the way up to my eyes. “Are you here, because you want to freak?”<br /> My jaw drops on the floor. “What? No!” I nearly scream at him.<br /> He chuckles, seeing my reaction. “That’s what I thought.” He starts to close the door.<br /> “Wait, you could at least tell me your name.” I won’t back down, even if his words made me uncountable. I put my hand in my chest to give a little drama. “Don’t tell me that a man at your size is scared by a little woman like myself.” It’s my turn to tease him.<br /> I’m five foot tall, and he’s like six. He’s a mountain man.<br /> He takes the cup from my hand. “I’m not scared. Thank you for the coffee, buttercup.” He then closes the door in my face.<br /> Argh!<br /> You don’t get to take my coffee and not answer my question.<br /> I knock on his door harder this time.<br /> “Leave me the freak alone!” He says, glaring at me.<br /> I shake my head stubbornly. “Not until you tell me your name. It’s rude otherwise.”<br /> “You won’t leave me the freak alone, is that it?” He let out a growl. “Owen Blake. Now Piss off!” Once again he closes the door in my face.<br /> I smirk as I walk back to my place.<br /> I look at the time. “Freak! I’m going to be late for my date with Elliot. I have to hurry to get ready.”<br /> I drink my coffee in a hurry and run inside the bathroom to take a shower.<br /> Elliot and I have been together for over a year now. He wants me to move in with him, but I don’t want to. I love my independence and my apartment to give them up.<br /> I brush my teeth after my shower as a towel covers my body.<br /> As I look inside my closet, I wonder what I’m going to wear. I think I’m going to go with my green cocktail dress and some black heels. I decided to put light makeup on myself.<br /> I run, hearing my cell phone inside the kitchen. “Hello.”<br /> “Hey, baby,” Elliot says over the phone. “I’m sorry, but I have to reschedule our date. I have an emergency at work that I can’t get out of.”<br /> I sigh. It’s not the first time that this has happened.<br /> “I can always come over tomorrow.” He suggests.<br /> “Sure.”<br /> “I am sorry, but I truly have to go now. See you tomorrow.” He hung up before I have the chance to say goodbye to him.<br /> I just got dressed for nothing.<br /> I need some air.<br /> I grab my jacket to go upstairs to the rooftop. I love to go there and think.<br /> As I arrive, I stare up at the sky. A full moon is out tonight.<br /> I hear a noise and when I look to where it was coming from, I jump as I see a shadow not far from me.<br /> “Relax, buttercup. It’s just me.” He smirks, seeing my reaction.<br /> I put my hand on my chest while my heart beat fast. “God, Owen. Warn someone before you give them a heart attack.”<br /> He takes a drag from his cigar, as he keeps staring at me.<br /> Will he stop doing that?<br /> “You know, one of these days, this will kill you.” I point at what he has in between his fingers.<br /> He exhales the smoke from his lungs while his eyes try to pierce my soul.<br /> I feel nervous under his stare, but at the same time, I feel drawn to them.<br /> “Who cares how I would die. Eventually, everyone will meet their fate. Not that I care, but where are you going dressing up like that?”<br /> I look down on myself. “I was supposed to go out on a date with my boyfriend. He cancelled at the last minute. He has an emergency at work.”<br /> Owen licks his lips. “Maybe he’s screwing with someone as we speak.”<br /> I cross my arms in front of me, feeling annoyed by him. “Why are you so mean to me? I never did something to deserve this. Besides, I trust him. He would never do something like that to me.”<br /> I take a few steps to leave but stop at the last minute. “All I did was try to be nice to you, and that’s what I get.”<br /> He frowns his eyebrows. “I never asked you freak. It’s not my problem if you can’t handle the truth.”<br /> “Ugh, I’m leaving,” I say as I step further away from him.<br /> “Good riddance.” He says loud enough for me to hear him.<br /> Owen’s words start to hunt me more than they should. I trust Elliot. He’s a good man. I’m sure all he wanted was a reaction from me, and he succeeded.<br /> That’s all and nothing else.<br /> I trust Elliot. I say one more time.<br /> <br /> I look around my apartment, and I’m satisfied with the cleaning. I’m not a clean freak. I just love my apartment to be spotless. While I cleaned my apartment, it distracted me from what happened yesterday.<br /> <br /> Owen’s words still bother me.<br /> <br /> “<br /> Maybe he’s screwing with someone as we speak.”<br /> <br /> Ugh! Why did he have to say this?<br /> <br /> I know it isn’t true. I trust Elliot. When we spend time together, he never gives me the impression that he’s cheating. He’s always a sweetheart.<br /> <br /> I’m so lost in my thoughts that when the door’s bell ring, I jump a little.<br /> <br /> “It must be Elliot,” I say to myself as I go to answer the door.<br /> <br /> “Hey, baby.” Elliot smiles at me, holding a huge bouquet of red roses in his hands.<br /> <br /> Like I said, a sweetheart.<br /> <br /> I love roses. I think they are pretty, but they aren’t my favourite kind. The flower that I love the most is called sakura in Japanese. Which means cherry blossom.<br /> <br /> “Are those for me?” I ask him.<br /> <br /> He smirks. “Why of course. Only the best for my girlfriend.”<br /> <br /> “What did I do to deserve such a gift?” I play along.<br /> <br /> “Do I need a reason to spoil you?” He wonders in a playful tone. “I saw them, and I thought of you.”<br /> <br /> Out of nowhere, someone chuckles behind Elliot. As my boyfriend moves to the side, I see Owen ready to go inside his apartment while he has an arm around a woman’s waist.<br /> <br /> Off course.<br /> <br /> “<br /> Are you here, because you want to freak?”<br /> I remember Owen saying those words to me.<br /> <br /> Stop thinking about this, or you’re going to blush in front of him, and FYI you aren’t interested in him. You have a boyfriend so you can forget it. I scold myself.<br /> <br /> “So this is the boyfriend.” Owen looks at the flower in Elliot’s hands. That’s what I thought.” He laughs, guiding his guest inside his apartment.<br /> <br /> What did he mean by that’s what I thought?<br /> <br /> Is he referring to his words from last night?<br /> <br /> Why do I even bother racking my brain over this?<br /> <br /> Owen isn’t worth my time if he's acting like a jerk.<br /> <br /> Elliot clears his throat once we are inside my place. “So, who was that?”<br /> <br /> I take the bouquet from his hands. “Owen Blake, my new neighbour.”<br /> <br /> He nods his head, but he doesn’t seem happy. “What did he mean by that what I thought? Did you speak to him?”<br /> <br /> I open a kitchen cabinet to grab the vase. “He’s my new neighbour. I couldn’t ignore him.”<br /> <br /> Even if he’s an hip.<br /> <br /> “So.” He rubs his chin with his fingers. “What did he mean when he said that’s what I thought?” He repeats the question.<br /> <br /> I bite my lips nervously. I don’t know how he will react if I tell him, but I can’t lie to him. That won’t be fair. Besides, I don’t have anything to hide.<br /> <br /> I pour some water inside the vase. “I told him that you were working late last night, and he said that it was because you were cheating on me. “<br /> <br /> He frowns. “Did you believe him?”<br /> <br /> I shake my head. “Of course not. I know you will never do such a thing to me.”<br /> <br /> He let out a sight. “I don’t like this.”<br /> <br /> I turn my head to look at him. “You don’t like what?”<br /> <br /> He folds his arms in front of him. “Him. He seems dangerous. You should stay clear of him. Better yet, come live with me permanently.”<br /> <br /> Not this again!<br /> <br /> We already talked about this. He knows exactly where I stand on that matter. How should I put this in words so I won’t upset his feelings? He barely stepped inside my apartment, and we are already talking about this.<br /> <br /> Yes, we argue sometimes. We are a couple. Everyone argues sometimes.<br /> <br /> I cut the edges of the roses before I put them in the vase. “ We talked about this. I’m not going to move in with you, just because you dislike my neighbour. I’m a big girl, I can take care of myself.”<br /> <br /> Freak!<br /> <br /> Was I too harsh?<br /> <br /> Elliot inhales sharply, nodding his head.<br /> <br /> I know he’s not happy with my answer, but it’s the truth. I’m not saying. I’m saying not right now.<br /> <br /> Maybe it’s time to change the subject?<br /> <br /> Before I have the chance to do any of that, I feel Elliot’s arms circling my waist from behind. “I’m sorry, okay? I don’t come here to argue with you.<br /> <br /> It’s like he read my mind.<br /> <br /> I turn around to bring my arms around his neck. “So, how was work yesterday?”<br /> <br /> Elliot makes a face, looking at me. “I don’t want to talk about work when I’m with you.”<br /> <br /> It’s not the answer that I was looking for. I can’t blame him as I didn’t give him the answer that he wanted. So I will put this matter to the side and concentrate on my boyfriend.<br /> <br /> I smile at him. “And do tell me, what do you have in mind?”<br /> <br /> Elliot smirks before he pecks my lips. “Trust me, baby, I have an idea, but first I want us to go out, and then later at my place, I will show you what I have in mind.”<br /> <br /> Yesterday, I took the time to make myself pretty for our date that didn’t even happen. If he wants to take me out, he will have to take me with what I’m wearing.<br /> <br /> I move away from him to go grab my purse and my jacket.<br /> <br /> “Are you going to change first?” He wonders, looking at my body.<br /> <br /> I put my hand on my waist. “Are you saying that what I’m wearing isn’t good enough for you?<br /> <br /> “No.” He’s quick to say. “It's just that I love seeing you in a cute little dress.”<br /> <br /> I cross my arms in front of me. “If you haven’t ditched me yesterday, you would have seen me into one.”<br /> <br /> “It wasn’t my fault. I had an emergency, and you know it.” His words raise a little as he speaks.<br /> <br /> That’s exactly what I wanted to avoid us arguing.<br /> <br /> I go to him and peck him on the cheek. “I’m sorry, okay. I don’t know why I said that. I know it was out of hand on my part. Can we go now?”<br /> <br /> He leaves a peck on my forehead. “I’m sorry too.”<br /> <br /> Elliot takes my hand in his to guide us out of my place. I guess he doesn’t want to argue either.<br /> <br /> As we walk, a noise that comes from Owen’s apartment makes me freeze on the spot.<br /> <br /> “Yes! Yes! Blake, yes!”<br /> <br /> I bite my lips. I never screamed this way when I’m intimate with Elliot. Am I missing something? I’m not saying that our drill life is boring, I’ve never been so loud.<br /> <br /> Is it me, or does Elliot make us walk faster than necessary?<br /> <br /> I look around after the hostess of the restaurant shows us our table. As I look around, I notice that everyone is wearing nice clothes. We are definitely in a luxury fashion restaurant.<br /> <br /> I should have probably listened to Elliot and worn something nicer.<br /> <br /> Did he do it on purpose?<br /> <br /> No, I’m sure he didn’t. I don’t even know why it crossed my mind.<br /> <br /> As I sit on the chair, I notice that the woman who’s sitting to my right is judging me for the way she’s looking at me. Maybe it has something to do with what I’m wearing. I feel undressed. Is it as if everyone’s judging me? I clear my throat, looking at the menu instead.<br /> <br /> Elliot didn’t notice anything. He’s on the phone with someone from his work. I don’t mind. I’m used to it by now.<br /> <br /> “No. No, this isn’t a good idea.” Elliot frowns as he speaks. He doesn’t seem happy. “We will deal with this tomorrow.” He hung up right after.<br /> <br /> I look at him with concern. “Is everything ok?”<br /> <br /> “Mmhmm.” He mumbles.<br /> <br /> I won’t push on the matter. If he wants to talk about it, he will.<br /> <br /> A young woman around my age stands beside us. “Hello, my name is Lucy. I will be your waitress for tonight. Are you ready to order?” She asks with a smile on her lips.<br /> <br /> I look through the menu, and even though everything seems delicious. I decided to go with something light. “A Caesar salad for me.”<br /> <br /> She nods her head, writing it on her pad. “Anything to drink?”<br /> <br /> I shake my head. “No. Just water, please.”<br /> <br /> Lucy turns her intention to my boyfriend. “And you, sir?”<br /> <br /> “I’m going to go with the lamb shanks and a bottle of your finest beverage.” He closes the menu and gives it to her.<br /> <br /> I let out a sigh. It’s not that I’m bothered that he has money, but he doesn’t have to show it every time we go out. He would have brought me to a food truck for our date, and I would still enjoy myself. I don’t need much. Just spending time with him would be enough for me.<br /> <br /> Elliot takes my hand once Lucy leaves with our order. “So, what did you do today?”<br /> <br /> I give him a smirk. “I don’t want to talk about work. Wasn’t what you wanted?”<br /> <br /> He let out a chuckle. “I guess I deserve that.”<br /> <br /> I look to my right, and the woman from earlier once again is staring at me. The guy that’s with her is trying to get her intentions, but he falls miserably.<br /> <br /> Poor guy.<br /> <br /> As Elliot looks at the same woman, I notice his expression change for only a second.<br /> <br /> I’m about to ask him what’s up with that when I’m distracted by Lucy as she brings our meals.<br /> <br /> I get up from my seat. “If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to powder my nose.”<br /> <br /> Elliot takes my hand to leave a peck on my skin. “Ok.”<br /> <br /> I’m not going to powder my nose. It was better to say this than say I’m going to the toilet to do the number one. I have manners.<br /> <br /> Once I’m finished, I look at my reflection in the mirror. The thing I love the most about me is my hair. At first, you think they are black, but when the light hits them, the brown shines through them.<br /> <br /> As I walk back to my table, I stop on my track. I see the woman from earlier sitting in my seat while she talks with Elliot. He doesn’t seem happy with her presence.<br /> <br /> What’s wrong with this picture? I wonder.<br /> <br /> When Elliot sees me approaching them, I see the panic in his eyes.<br /> <br /> Owen’s words from last night replay in my head.<br /> “<br /> Maybe he’s screwing with someone as we speak.”<br /> <br /> Am I gullible to think that Elliot isn’t cheating on me? I have to get to the bottom of this before I make any accusations. I could be wrong here. It can be nothing.<br /> <br /> “Elliot, what’s going on?” I look at him, then at her, and back at him.<br /> <br /> He quickly stands up from his seat. “She was just leaving. Weren’t you, Clara?<br /> <br /> She bats her eyelashes rapidly. “Honey, I think it’s time for her to learn the truth. Don’t you agree?”<br /> <br /> I cross my arms in front of me. “And who exactly are you?”<br /> <br /> I suspect what’s going on.<br /> <br /> Clara laughs, looking at me. “I’m the woman who slept with him yesterday and the days before.”<br /> <br /> I can’t believe this. He told me that he wasn’t cheating.<br /> <br /> I look around, and everyone is staring at us.<br /> <br /> I can’t believe what is happening.<br /> <br /> “Taylor.” I hear Elliot says my name.<br /> <br /> I ignore him completely. I go grab my coat and purse to get out of here. On the way out I call a uber company to come and pick me up.<br /> <br /> Once I’m outside, waiting. Someone grabs my hand, and I know who that is. I’m quick to remove my hand from his hold.<br /> <br /> “Taylor, please let me explain.” He has the nerve to plead with me, after what he did.<br /> <br /> No. I won’t stay here and listen as he tries to find an excuse for what he did. I ignore him completely as I look ahead me.<br /> <br /> “Taylor, please. I want to talk to you.” He tries again.<br /> <br /> “There’s nothing to talk about” I snap at him.<br /> <br /> “Elliot, there you are.” Clara joins us outside. “Now that she knows, we can finally be together.”<br /> <br /> Don’t cry. I say to myself. Not here, and certainly not in front of her.<br /> <br /> He turns to look at her to ask her to leave. An argument between them starts, and thankfully, I see the uber appear on the road.<br /> <br /> Neither of them notices that I get in the uber.<br /> <br /> All I want is to go home. A tear falls down my cheek as I try to keep it at bay. The driver doesn’t seem to be effective in my situation. I’m sure in his line of work he saw this a lot of times.<br /> <br /> I stand in front of my door with the keys in my hand. I don’t want to go in. Something tells me that Elliot is on his way to talk to me. I don’t want to see him.<br /> <br /> A stupid idea coss my mind.<br /> <br /> I’m sure that I’m going to regret this, but for now, it’s my best option. Elliot will never think to search for me there.<br /> <br /> I walk until I’m in front of Owen’s door and knock on it.<br /> <br /> Freak! Maybe the girl that he was with is still with him.<br /> <br /> I’m about to turn around as I change my mind when his door opens.<br /> <br /> He frowns at me. “It’s you again.”<br /> <br /> “I’m sorry to bother you.” I feel shy under his stare.<br /> <br /> I don’t know why I’m standing here. I don’t even know the guy. I swallow my pride. “Can I come in, please? I argued with Eliott, and I’m not ready to face him yet.”<br /> <br /> To my surprise, he opens his door wider, just enough for me to enter his place.	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1,649,749	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) '{"alias":1649192}'	Yes	2024-05-03 04:04	active	665	1420334095258900	🔥🔥 Click to Read 👉🏻👉🏻	"Don't walk away from me, Zell," Kosta yelled.<br /> "Why not? You don't need me. You have Khalis here to take care of all your needs. She is welcome to you. I hope you all will be very happy together. As for me, I'm done. Good luck to you and this pack. I hope you can handle the fallout for you and your bimbo's actions."<br /> "Mind how you talk to me, Zell. I may be your mate, but I am still the alpha. As a matter of fact, as of right now, I am stripping you of all of your luna privileges."<br /> I spat. "You should know, you didn't deprive me of Luna's title, but I didn't want it myself. I no longer want it. As for the business, have you forgotten that I own 51% of every business we have? I will withdraw all of my personal finances from the pack."<br /> "Oh, and Alpha, You, of all people, know how ruthless I can be if pushed."<br /> ————————<br /> "Well Zel, I just wanted to let you know that I plan on being the Luna of this pack, and your days as Kosta's mate and luna are numbered. I have decided that I deserve to be luna of the third strongest pack in the nation. I mean why should you get everything and I get stuck with nothing?" Khalis says.<br /> <br /> Is this bimbo serious? I just sat there staring at her for a few seconds. Not much shocks me, but this is something else. I knew Khalis was selfish, but this is on a whole other level. There have been rumors about Khalis sleeping with mated males, but I always gave her the benefit of the doubt. I never thought we would be having this kind of conversation. We have been friends since elementary school. Her father and brothers are elite warriors in my father's pack. She was with me when Kosta declared we were mates. She even encouraged me to go with him when he begged me and my father to let me come to his pack with him before I turned 18. She moved to this pack with me, hoping to meet her own mate. She knows Kosta is my fated mate. The moon goddess chose for him me. We both have known Kosta for most of our lives. Kosta is one of my brother's best friends. I keep thinking about everything we have done together and now this bimbo is sitting in my office telling me she plans to take my mate. I'm really speechless. This is a new low, even for her.<br /> <br /> "Just so that I am clear, what exactly do you mean that you want my goddess-given mate and title," I asked.<br /> <br /> "I mean exactly what I said. I want Kosta. I want to be his luna and I am going to make that happen. I've already started the process. I deserve to be a luna."<br /> <br /> "So you just want to come in here and tell me that you want my mate? What about your own mate? Have you thought about that? If the goddess meant for you to be a luna, you would have been fated to an alpha."<br /> <br /> "I waited for my mate. I gave the goddess a chance to do right by me. She gave everyone around me an Alpha. My sister got one, my little ugly cousin got one and even you got one, but what did I get? I got a lowly elite warrior as a mate." She spat.<br /> <br /> "How can you speak like that about elite warriors? Your father and your brother are elite warriors."<br /> <br /> "I know, and I deserve better than that. I deserve to be a luna. I deserve to have people respect me and cater to me."<br /> <br /> "Well, obviously the goddess did not agree with you," I said. "Just to clarify, you're saying that even though you found your destined mate, the one that was made specifically for you by the goddess, you're still interested in my mate? You are unbelievable. What is wrong with you?"<br /> <br /> "It's simple. I'm not meant to be the mate of a warrior. I am meant to be a luna. The moon goddess got it wrong and I am correcting her mistake. As soon as I scented my fated mate and realized he was a warrior, I rejected him and he accepted my rejection. Good riddance."<br /> <br /> "So you think you know better than the goddess?" I asked.<br /> <br /> I am still somewhat shocked. I have a hard time reconciling this cold-blooded bimbo to the person that has been my best friend for over a decade.<br /> <br /> "Zell, I told you a long time ago not to trust her. She has always been this person. She just pretended with you." Sapphire said.<br /> <br /> "This isn't personal, Zell. It's simple since the moon goddess did not give me an alpha, I'm going to take one."<br /> <br /> This bimbo is sitting here calmly telling me she is going to take my mate from me like we are talking about going shopping. She actually thinks this is ok. How could I have been so blind for so long? Everyone tried to warn me about her, but she was my only friend and I just didn't want to believe that about her. I convinced myself that the others were just jealous of her.<br /> <br /> "Do you really think it is ok to try to break your best friend's mate bond?" I say.<br /> <br /> "Oh Honey, I'm not going to try. I'm going to do it. He will be mine. I'm just giving you the courtesy of walking away with your dignity. You might as well start making arrangements for yourself because once I am the luna, there is no way that I will let you remain in my pack. He may keep some tender feelings for you. After all, you are fated."<br /> <br /> "You got one thing right; Kosta and I are fated. You are not the first she-wolf to try to break our mate bond and since he is an alpha, I'm sure you won't be the last. I will tell you what I tell them all, If you can get Kosta to cheat on our bond, you can have him. If he can do that, then he is not the man I have believed him to be and wouldn't deserve me. You would be welcome to him. Just remember, it is because of me and my family that this pack is ranked third. All of that goes with me, but you would be more than welcome to whatever is left." I say.<br /> <br /> "It's not an if, it's a when it happens. And when you leave, Kosta will still be the alpha of this pack. You will just be the ex-luna of the pack. I will be the luna."<br /> <br /> "That's where you are wrong. I am alpha born; a pure-blooded alpha. If I leave, I will still be an alpha and you will still be that bimbo on the side. Some males may be dumb enough to sleep with you, but I have not seen any of the mate men you've been accused of leaving their mates for you. Even the ones who got rejected didn't choose to be with you. Now I suggest you leave my office while I am still being nice or else you will find out why I am feared by others. And if you are successful, don't think for a minute that my family will let either of you go."<br /> <br /> "I will leave for now. Enjoy this office while it is still yours. Your arrogance will be your downfall. Why should I fear you or your family? They have not even been around since your luna ceremony. I'll give you 1 week to make arrangements for yourself. In 7 days, all of this will be mine and you will be out. I will break you and completely disgrace you. I have to thank you for working so hard to build this pack up for me to take over. I will be sure to enjoy the fruit of your labor. I and my children will enjoy this. I am glad he listened to me early on when I told him to wait to have children so you could live your life first. I had to set the groundwork just in case. Now it's time for you to go before you give him an heir." Khalis says and walks out of my office like nothing happened.<br /> <br /> She has caused a lot of chaos since coming to this pack. I just didn't realize her character before now. I thought she was misunderstood. Now I know I was just naïve. It appears that I was the only person blind to her true nature.<br /> <br /> I spent the rest of the day working on pack security and setting up meetings. There are a few alphas wanting an alliance with us. Kosta and I have become quite the power couple in the werewolf society. Since we took over as alpha and luna, the pack and the businesses have grown tremendously. I put my heart and soul into making our pack the best. I got an early start. I graduated from high school when I was 16 and went to university. I graduated with a business degree at 20. Kosta has let me take the lead in our businesses. He knows that beast at negotiation and a whiz at growing businesses. I have acquired several new companies since working in the pack business. Kosta is still the CEO, but I am the COO of the company. I broker the deals and then call Kosta in to close the deal. Most alphas in our circle are jealous of Kosta because he has me at his side. Kosta used to be proud of me and what I did for the pack, but lately he has been resisting the changes I have been making and trying to take over more of the daily operations of the pack. He can't take it all because I am the sole financial backing of the pack and the businesses.<br /> <br /> I am known in werewolf society as a child prodigy, but don't get it twisted, I am not all brains. I can be very deadly when needed. I train every day. I am one of the strongest wolves alive, although I keep that hidden. I can be ruthless, but fair. I know that I am the total package. I am athletic, tall with curves in the right places. I've never been one to compete with other she-wolves. I thought I was happy and had a good life. I thought Khalis was happy. We used to talk about finding our fated mates. I just can't understand how or why Khalis would try to come between me and my mate. I wish I could believe that my bond was safe and solid, but Sapphire is right about Kosta acting suspiciously lately. Kosta has been questioning me a lot lately. It's like he woke up a different person one day. He suddenly lost trust in me, but I have never given him a reason to doubt me. I have found him outside of my door listening to business phone calls, which is crazy because he could just walk in at any time and join the conversation. I have never hidden anything I was doing from him. The worse thing is that our life is now nonexistent. Kosta is always too busy or too tired. His behavior has led me to believe that he is not attracted to me anymore. He had the nerve to ask me why I have been trying so hard to seduce him lately. Like he didn't just stop making love to me cold turkey all of a sudden. We went from making love every day, sometime multiple times a day, to nothing in over a month. Seems like he should have been worried if I didn't try to seduce him. I don't know any mated pair that has gone this long without being intimate with each other. I don't know what the issue is. If we were not marked, I would wonder if he was cheating, but I know he is not. I would have felt it. Why did all of this suddenly become so hard? Why do I even need to seduce my goddess-given mate? It was never supposed to be this way. At least not yet. I'm only 20 years old. Much too young to be going through a dry spell while mated.<br /> <br /> I got so desperate at one time I asked our friends what was going on with him. Kosta tells his beta and gamma everything. I figured if there was a problem, they would tell me and I could fix it, but they just said that he was under a lot of stress. What exactly does he have to stress about? The pack is doing better than it has been in years. In half a year, the pack will be self-sufficient again and won't need to depend on my finances to keep it afloat. I have everything set in motion for the pack to have more disposable cash and residual income. I have a feeling this has Khalis written all over it. Kosta appears to have fallen in line with her already. Maybe this was their plan all along. Kosta needed me to get his pack back on track and now that they are almost completely independent, they don't need me anymore. If that's the case, they are in for a rude awakening. My six-month plan depends on me closing several more deals. All of these deals are allies with my father, uncle, and grandfather. They will not work with Kosta if our bond falls apart. He would erase everything that I have done over the past three years. Well, that would be his problem.<br /> <br /> I got so caught up in working and thinking; I didn't realize I worked up to dinner time. No one called me for lunch. In fact, no one called me for dinner. That is strange. One of the omegas usually checks on me when I am working too much and makes sure I am eating. I guess everyone is following Kosta. Since he has not been showing me any care, they are not either. That really hurts. I sacrificed a lot for this pack. I thought they cared more than this for me. I should just go back to my room. I don't know if I want to be around this pack right now, especially if they could turn their backs on me this quickly. Were they all just using me for my family's wealth?<br /> <br /> "We need to eat Zell. Remember, we are eating for our pup as well. Don't let them win. We are better than this. If they show us they don't want us here, we will leave. Remember, we are alpha born. We will rise above this. We will go back to where we are celebrated. If they turn against us, they don't deserve us. We will sit back and let them destroy themselves."<br /> <br /> "You are right Sapphire. Let's go eat. Our pup needs sustenance."<br /> <br /> I went and cleaned myself up and walked to the dining room. As soon as I walked through the door, all the talking stopped. The whole place went silent. As I walked all the way in, I saw why everyone went silent. Khalis was sitting in my seat, putting food on Kosta's plate like she is the luna. When she saw me, she just smirked and kept doing what she was doing. Kosta just keep eating like I was not standing there. Sapphire stared, pushing forward. She wanted blood. I did too, but I have to think about our pup.<br /> <br /> "What is going on, Kosta? Why is she sitting in my seat feeding you?" I growled.<br /> <br /> "I meant no harm, Zell. You were busy, so I decided to take care of Kosta for you. Someone needs to care for him while you are caring for other things. "<br /> <br /> "I was speaking to my mate, not his bimbo on the side."<br /> <br /> "You were not here for your mate, so I have been taking care of his needs."<br /> <br /> Sapphire pushed forward and growled loudly. Everyone in the room bowed their neck to her.<br /> <br /> "I could kill you in less than 30 seconds, Khalis. I would advise you not to keep crossing my line and you will find yourself very dead. You obviously have forgotten who I am. Don't make me remind you what my family name is," Sapphire said.<br /> <br /> I regained control and looked at Kosta. He didn't even appear to be concerned. He didn't show an ounce of regret or remorse. That took a little of the fight out of me. Khalis can only do what Kosta allows her to do.<br /> <br /> "Kosta, I asked you a question. What is going on?"<br /> <br /> "As Khalis said, you were busy, so she came to do your job for you. If you spent more time catering to me, your mate, and less time working or whatever you are doing, Khalis wouldn't have to step in and take care of my needs." Kosta said.<br /> <br /> I and every pack member gasped. I could not believe he openly disrespected me like that after everything I have done for him and this pack. I did all of that for him. This ungrateful hip.<br /> <br /> "So now I'm working too much, making your pack financially secure? You were not complaining when the pack was bankrupted and I worked day and night just so you could feed the pack another day. I was working too hard then. It's only now that you think the pack is out of the woods that I am working too hard. Now that everyone is comfortable and not at risk of starving, you want to change. Ok, I see who you are now. So instead of appreciating the sacrifices I made for us and the pack, you are sitting here with your bimbo, enjoying the feast that my hard work made possible. I am glad I finally understand where your priorities lie. Trust me, I will never make the same mistake twice." I said and walked away.<br /> <br /> I need to get out of here before I wolf out and kill one of them. After tonight, Khalis can have him. He is not the male I thought he was. I refuse to fight for someone who can spit on all the effort I put into making him great.<br /> <br /> "Don't walk away from me, Zell," Kosta yelled.<br /> <br /> "Why not? You don't need me. You have Khalis here to take care of all your needs. She is welcome to you. I hope you all will be very happy together. As for me, I'm done. Good luck to you and this pack. I hope you can handle the fallout for you and your bimbo's actions."<br /> <br /> "Mind how you talk to me, Zell. I may be your mate, but I am still the alpha. As a matter of fact, as of right now, I am stripping you of all of your luna privileges."<br /> <br /> "Alpha, what are you doing?" Beta James asked<br /> <br /> "Mind your business Beta. This is my pack." Kosta says.<br /> <br /> "Yes, and as your beta and friend, it is my job to tell you when you are making a mistake. Alpha, you are dangerously close to crossing the line of no return. Let's all calm down and discuss this later." Beta James said.<br /> <br /> "Beta, my word stands. Zel, until you learn to respect me as your alpha, you can forget about representing this pack in any aspect. I will be instructing the security team to restrict all of your access. You are no longer the COO of our businesses. As of now, you are just a regular pact member with no power."<br /> <br /> "First of all Alpha." I spat. "Respect is earned. While you are trying to throw your weight around, you can have the luna title back. I no longer want it. As for the business, have you forgotten that I own 51% of every business we have? I also provide 60% of the pack budget from my personal accounts. So while you can restrict my duties as Luna, you cannot touch the business, but I'll do you a solid. You can buy me out of the business and I will withdraw all of my personal finances from the pack."<br /> <br /> I can see that he had forgotten how dependent his pack was on me, but oh well. He made his bed. Now he and his bimbo can lie in it.<br /> <br /> "Oh, and Alpha, if you try to strong-arm me, I will have to call in the full loan that I gave this pack when we mated. Remember, we signed a contract for the loan. You have only paid me a small portion of the loan and I have not pushed the issue, but the contract is legal and binding. Don't push me, Kosta. You, of all people, know how ruthless I can be if pushed."<br /> <br /> I walked off again and made it as far as the stairs. I realized that I could not stay in my current room anymore. There is no way on this goddess-green earth that I want to be in a room with Kosta. Not that he has really shared it with me lately. Now I know why. Khalis has been feeding him and he has been eating it up. They both miscalculated. They thought I would be leaving here with nothing. The jokes on them. I may have been in love, but there is no love in business. I may have put my all into saving this pack and making it independently wealthy, but my parents did not raise a fool and I protected my finances. I invested millions in this company and pack. Did he really think I would protect my money? Does he not remember the prenup my father made him sign since I was a minor when he brought me to this pack? He never gained control over my finances.<br /> <br /> Khalis just showed her hand. After what I just saw, she has a right to be confident. Kosta has completely changed. He is not the man that I mated. He is not the boy that I followed around when I was younger. I don't know what happened or when he changed. Maybe this is who he really is and, like with Khalis, I just never saw his true self. He must have hidden it from my father and brother as well. There is no way they would have let me come here when I was 17 if they knew this was how he would end up treating me. I can see now that it is over between Kosta and me. I need to start planning my exit. I pulled up my computer and moved all of my finances from the pack accounts. I closed all the joint accounts I had with Kosta. It was mostly my money that financed them. I left the ones that he financed in his name. I don't want anything from him at all. After I handle business, I call my brother. I will need his help to leave here safely. Now that Kosta knows that all the money is still tied up with me, I doubt he will let me leave easily. I'm sure he and the bimbo are plotting up something.<br /> <br /> I called my brother and tall him waht happened.<br /> <br /> "So what's the plan, baby sis?" my brother answered.<br /> <br /> "Well, I have already moved all of my personal money from the pack accounts. They are now responsible for themselves. I'm not sure how that is going to go over. I was covering most of the pack's budget. Tomorrow, I will contact my attorneys to protect all of my other assets. I also plan to call our allies and let them know that I am no longer associated with the pack. I am erasing everything I've done over the past three years. They will need to start over from scratch and rebuild it all on their own. There is no way they will get to enjoy my hard work. No, sir."<br /> <br /> "Very smart Zell. What do you need me to do?"	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1,649,779	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) '{"alias":1649117}'	Yes	2024-05-03 04:04	active	665	1510997342886392	🔥🔥 Click to Read 👉🏻👉🏻	"And you have a mate..." his eyes narrow on my mark and I feel the need to just claw it off.<br /> "My mate found his mate and now I'm just ... the luna of our pack." My chin begins to wobble as tears form in my eyes.<br /> I shouldn't be crying, but I know that he won't accept me. I'm ruined ... I'm marked, claimed to be someone elses ...<br /> "Why are you crying?" he inches closer and only stops when he's in front of me. I want to fall into his arms, to beg him not to reject me, to save me, but how can I when I'm claimed ...<br /> "You're going to reject me." my eyes squeeze shut as I suck my lips into my mouth.<br /> "You might be marked, but I can fix that."<br /> "How?" I stare up at him with teary eyes, "We remove it." he shrugs, his eyes filled with lust.<br /> ————————<br /> JESSICA'S POV<br /> Nick and I have been married for three years, we are high school sweethearts and married when we were twenty when neither of us found our mates. These days, fated mates are rare and hard to come by ... we both agreed I'd be a good Luna to the pack since I trained with him, I learned to be a luna from his mother and we have been inseparable since we were in diapers.<br /> He's my best friend and my true love.<br /> We made a promise to never leave, to never break the bond, to never reject one another when we found our real mates, which is likely to never happen.<br /> We are attending a ball tonight, but my insides are twisted, as if the Moon Goddess herself wants to shield me from whatever is going to happen, I tried to talk Nick into staying at home, but as stubborn like all alpha's are, he refused and said that we would get a bad name if we didn't attend.<br /> Sitting in the car while our driver takes us to a nearby pack, a strong and mighty one.<br /> I know it's our duty to attend, but holding his hand in the back seat, something is terribly wrong.<br /> We arrive and there are a line of cars outside, one by one driving by , guests getting out, wearing gowns and suits.<br /> It's our turn and Nick opens the door, holding his hand out to me and I happily take it as we get out, photos are taken and a red carpet is rolled out as if we were famous.<br /> Nick looks handsome with his dark blonde hair gelled back, his chiseled jaw tense, and the edges of his lips curled up into a small smile.<br /> We arrive inside and we're led to the ballroom, servants with trays walking with snack food and drinks pace all over while the guests stand and chat.<br /> I notice the alpha of The Deep Mountain pack greeting people, making rounds to greet and speak, there's a stage in the middle against the wall, a bar to the side and a dance floor in the middle where couples are dancing elegantly.<br /> I smile at my surroundings and freeze when I look at Nick, staring at a beautiful dark haired girl .<br /> "Nick." I tug at his hand, but it's like he's under a spell, frozen in time as the girl stares back at him.<br /> "Nick." I tug harder, his shoulder shrugging back, "Huh?" he turns to me with a frown, his fingers letting go of my hand and I feel cold.<br /> "I'm going to grab a drink." he smiles at me before walking off towards the bar, closer to the strange woman.<br /> I was an omega and the room is filled with power, I could even feel hers because she is of a higher rank.<br /> I gulp as I watch him walk to the bar, his eyes locked on hers and she elegantly turns in her navy blue dress, walking towards him with dark lustful eyes.<br /> I can't be ... but it is ... it's his mate ..<br /> I stand frozen and a shoulder bumps into me, making my head turn at the woman glaring and snarling, "Watch where you are going!" she scolds and I apologize before walking over to the bar, joining my mate's side while he absentmindedly stares at the woman next to him.<br /> I clear my throat, but there's no response from him.<br /> He doesn't even notice me ..<br /> "Nick." I smile , hope filling my heart as he glances at me, fear flashing through his perfect green orbs as he steps back and then looks at her again.<br /> "Jess, this is Tiffany ... my mate." he smiles awkwardly at me but when he looks at her, it's a genuine smile ...<br /> "Nick." I frown in concern and he takes my hand, giving it a tight squeeze, "Don't worry, I know what to do." he smiles, "Shall we talk outside?" the gloominess in his eyes makes me relax only for a minute until she holds out her hand, smiling gracefully with her full lips and pretty blue eyes.<br /> My heart sinks when her hand hooks into his arm and they head to the balcony. alone ...<br /> I should go with ... but it is a private matter.<br /> 'He's ours...' Zola, my wolf, whimpers.<br /> I stand at the bar, staring carelessly at my mate walking off with his true mate and I inch closer, frowning as every nerve in my body is burning to follow them.<br /> I glance around and there are so many people that they don't even notice until the Luna of the Deep Mountain pack steps closer, "Jessica, is it? From the West Pack?" I nod, trying not to be rude when I look at the balcony and not at her while she speaks to me.<br /> "Oh honey, it's done." she shakes her head and I frown, cocking my head at her in confusion.<br /> "What do you mean?" My eyes stare into her honey ones.<br /> "He found his mate, I'm sorry but it's fated and you are now the other woman." she sighs, glancing at the balcony doors.<br /> I stare at her, my heart racing a million miles an hour and I excuse myself.<br /> I step out of the house, moving around the arriving couples when I feel my heart squeeze, pain taking over and I know what it meant ... Disgust fills me and I start to run, glancing over my shoulder no one notices and I shift, my beautiful pastel pink dress ripping to shreds as I run into the woods.<br /> The pain had stopped, but I did not return home until after midnight, finding Nick sitting on the couch, watching tv.<br /> "Jessica, where have you been?" he stands as I slam the door shut, standing undressed in front of him.<br /> I cross my arms over my chest, glaring at him. "Excuse me?" I shake my head at him, "Where have I been? What have you been doing!" I growl, making his eyes widen in shame and his gaze flicks to the floor when he scratches his nape.<br /> "That's what I thought, you couldn't even resist ten minutes before sleeping her, could you?" I see the pure rage filling me.<br /> "I didn't, I swear..." he promises, but I don't believe him.<br /> Scoffing, I strut past the couch to our room, "Can we talk?" he yells and I turn , "Did you reject her?" I frown and he falls silent, raking a hand through his hair.<br /> "Then no, we can't ." I turn and walk to our room.<br /> He follows me, closing the door behind us, "Jess, I love you. I promise I will reject her, I just ... I couldn't, it's much more difficult than you think." he frowns, explaining himself.<br /> "And will you go and do it?" I grab clothes from the closet, "I will, just ... I need time." he begs and I snort, "Can I come when you do it?" the silence says it all, he doesn't want me there ...<br /> "You're saying you'll do it, but you won't, because you are weak." I tut, shaking my head.<br /> "I will, I just need to distance myself, to keep myself away and then I'll do it when I have the strength to." he explains, his eyes pleading for forgiveness.<br /> I hum, ignoring him as I strut past him toward the bathroom and he reaches for me, grabbing my wrist and I snarl at him, making him let me go instantly, "Don't touch me after sleeping someone else." I grit out, backing up into the bathroom and I slam the door shut, the heavy thud shaking the windows and I lock the door.<br /> I take a hot shower, the water pouring down on me as my back slides down the tiled wall, tears streaming down my face as I weep.<br /> I hear the door handle jiggle and I wipe the fog from the glass door, staring at the handle go up and down as he tries to enter.<br /> I feel a tug at the mind link, but I shut him out.<br /> He disgusts me, he promised, both of us promised one another that we would immediately reject our mates before the bond grew and he is letting it grow, making it ten times more difficult to reject them.<br /> I can't believe I trusted him ... I expose his mark in the crook of my neck, I hold our love dear in my heart and he just let it all go down the drain, letting it sink into the sewers.<br /> I am nothing under his shoe and here I am, still loving him with every breath I take.<br /> After sitting more than an hour under the steaming water, it turns cold and I sit for another half an hour before standing and I shut the water off, taking my time to get dressed and when I stride out in silk booty shorts and a thin strap silk top, I notice how Nick lays in bed, his thumbs circling one another as he stares at the ceiling.<br /> He doesn't even notice me and I am sure he's thinking about her.<br /> The one who stole his heart within a second, the one who is going to steal my life, my bed, my position and my mate.<br /> We are real mates, we accepted one another, we marked each other, we might not be fated, but we are real or we were before her.<br /> ==<br /> My heart starts racing as we head further up the stairs, my pulse is beating in my ears and the musky scent is intensifying. When we reach the top, there's an entire living room in the middle and then two halls, but the scent up here is stronger ... "What's that smell?" I ask Louis without hesitation. He turns to me, his arched brows furrowing together, "The sweaty smell? Must be Nate, my alpha, but please, call him Alpha Nathaniel, he doesn't like strangers calling him Nate, or anyone else. As his best friend, I have perks." he winks at me, his smile so genuine and he seems like a totally different guy in his own pack than what he was at the party.<br /> I wet my lips and it still stings, it's taking forever to heal but I could feel it start from the inside.<br /> "Louis! Have you seen my phone?" Nate's voice comes from the opposite hall. "No, I've been out doing your job!" Louis yells back and the power lingering in the air is suffocating me. I'm stiff and upset about the stupid dress I thought would impress Nick.<br /> "Come.." Louis tugs me down the other hall, away from Alpha Nathaniel and once I enter his room, I'm shook. Everything is so white except for a few decorations. "Wow." I breathe out, his room is bigger than Nick and I's.<br /> He marches over to his closet and grabs a shirt, tossing it at me, "The bathroom is over there." he nods behind me and I turn, smiling before looking over my shoulder at him, "I'll be right back." he struts over to the door and I head inside the bathroom, the white marble walls knock the air right out of my lungs and I stand for two minutes and just look at everything.<br /> The bathtub looks huge, almost like a hot tub, the shower has benches built in and is large with great shower head equipment, the sink is built into a large white counter with beautiful engraved cupboards below it.<br /> I quickly undress and put Louis' white shirt on that fits me like a dress. I drape my dress over my arm and pick up my heels before exiting the bathroom, standing awkwardly looking at the bed ... wondering if he'll come back to peck me ...<br /> I know I shouldn't think of it, but I've been feeling so alone ... It doesn't matter if Nick slept next to me last night, his mind wasn't with me ... he didn't want me in his bed ... he wanted her.<br /> He didn't even come near me when all I wanted was for him to hold me, to tell me I'm still important too ... but he didn't. When he climbed into bed, he turned his back to me and fell asleep, but it seemed forced, like he didn't want to see me at all.<br /> The door opens and Louis stands there, his eyes trailing me standing in his shirt. "You are tiny, aren't you?" he comes inside, holding out his hand and I take it, "Let's get that dress fixed." he grins and leads me down the hall again.<br /> Before taking the first step, a clearing of a throat makes us stop, "Louis, who's this?" Alpha Nathaniel's voice makes a shiver run down my spine and Louis turns first, "Jessica." he smiles and before he could explain anything, I turn, freezing when our eyes lock.<br /> My lips part as I stare into Alpha Nathaniel's beautiful olive orbs, his entire body language changes, his laid back look now tense.<br /> "Mate." he growls lowly and I gasp, fear and excitement mixing inside of me. My stomach flutters and Louis let's go of me, stepping aside, "Nate, I didn't know." he moves away from me and Alpha Nathaniel's eyes lock on my busted lip, his eyes flicking a bright silver as he looks at Louis, "What happened to her lip?" he grits out, anger clear in his tone.<br /> "Her..." , "Wait!" I blurt out, looking at Louis with pleading eyes and Alpha Nathaniel's head snaps to my direction, curiosity visible in his gaze, "Why wait?" Alpha Nathaniel asks, his tone calm when speaking to me.<br /> "I just ... I think I should tell you." I pick at my nails nervously, hoping that he wouldn't reject me.<br /> Louis walks over to me, "Give me the dress, I'll get it cleaned." he smiles and Alpha Nathaniel gives him a weird look as I hand it over.<br /> "Excuse me." Louis mutters before trotting down the stairs, leaving me alone with Alpha Nathaniel.<br /> "So, what happened?" he asks, his muscles tensing. I want to inch closer, every fibre of my being wants to be near him ... but his gaze falls to my neck, looking at the mark embroidered into my flesh.<br /> "My mate his Louis for dancing with me and he accidentally hit me too ... I was in the way." his eyes flash bright, anger written all over his face, "Accidentally?" he frowns, dragging his large veiny hand through his black hair. "Yes, I believe so." I gulp, his aura makes me feel like running away.<br /> "And you have a mate..." his eyes narrow on my mark and I feel the need to just claw it off.<br /> "My mate found his mate and now I'm just ... the luna of our pack." My chin begins to wobble as tears form in my eyes.<br /> I shouldn't be crying, but I know that he won't accept me. I'm ruined ... I'm marked, claimed to be someone elses ...<br /> "Why are you crying?" he inches closer and only stops when he's in front of me. I want to fall into his arms, to beg him not to reject me, to save me, but how can I when I'm claimed ...<br /> "You're going to reject me." my eyes squeeze shut as I suck my lips into my mouth. I flinch as his fingers brush over my cheek, wiping the tears away and sparks erupt in my face, sending a calm sensation down my back.<br /> "You might be marked, but I can fix that." his hand brushes my raven hair back over my shoulder, his thumb dragging over my mark and it slightly stings because he isn't the man who gave it to me ...<br /> "How?" I stare up at him with teary eyes, "We remove it." he shrugs, his eyes filled with lust.<br /> I step back, "How?"<br /> I never heard of a mark being removed ... and if someone did, they sure didn't survive to tell the tale.<br /> "It's a rare ritual, but you seem tough enough." he shrugs, making my blood run cold ... I'm not tough ... I was an omega before being a luna ...<br /> "I was an omega before being a luna." I blurt out, feeling like it's a fact he has to know.<br /> "But you are a luna, it changes your status. Didn't you feel yourself change?" his fingers drag down the side of my arm before he takes my hand and I feel like I might just jump him right here.<br /> "Let's get you out of Louis's shirt ... I know he's kind but you smelling like him pisses me off." his eyes widen, his jaw tense and I follow him without hesitation.<br /> Walking into his room is like walking into a fancy black interior design room, the walls are black, his bedding his black, his cupboards are black ... everything is black with beautiful gold detailing.<br /> "Wow." I breathe out as I absentmindedly march over to the double doors and just open them without asking. I step outside onto the patio, staring at the dark forest that surrounds us. We're far from the ground and I turn, looking at the dark exterior.<br /> Alpha Nathaniel joins me outside with a black t-shirt, not that I expected anything else, "Here, this will suit you much better." he grins, handing me the black shirt. "Where's your bathroom?" he frowns at my question, "Inside." he nods to behind him and I smile up at him, his emerald eyes glistening as he watches me pass him.<br /> I could feel his eyes on me as I disappear into the bathroom and it's even bigger than Louis' ...<br /> I find it extremely weird that the guy who brought me home is my mate's beta ... for Goddess sake ... I thought of pecking him!<br /> I take a few minutes to glance around the bathroom, staring at myself in the full length bathroom mirror across from me.<br /> My lip is almost fully healed at least ...<br /> Nick ... oh Goddess, what do I tell Nick?	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1,649,827	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) '{"alias":1649599}'	No	2024-05-03 04:04	active	665	1607718629999238	🔥🔥 Click to Read 👉🏻👉🏻	"You keep avoiding me. You won't talk to me, and every time I get close to you, you scurry away." He put his hands in his pockets.<br /> "Christian, there is nothing to talk about. I don't have time for your gibberish. Don't you have other girls to bother? What can you possibly talk to me about? !" I was losing my cool.<br /> "Natalie, I like you a lot." His eyes were getting dark. That look, there it was again. Desire? "CHRISTIAN!" I yelled. "Spit it out now! What did you come here f–" Before I could finish my statement, he slammed his lips on me.<br /> ————————<br /> ~Christian's POV~<br /> Last night I heard my parents talking about Natalie coming home. I knew they were talking about Natalie Adams, the one girl who was untouchable or unapproachable. That vixen thought she was hiding in the shadows but I saw her.<br /> The thing is that she didn't realize how badly guys wanted her. Even if they came up to her it was funny because she would stare at them like they were stupid and her resting b-face said it all. She didn't even have to respond, and because of that they never approached her again. Talk about painted black. I think that was the color of her soul.<br /> The girl was beyond gorgeous. Every time she walked in a classroom or the cafeteria, her dark and mysterious demeanor attracted anyone. She would never know, because when you saw her with her earbuds on, it's as if Natalie was always in her own world.<br /> I wonder where she goes every summer because I never saw her around the pack when school was finished. I was thinking about asking my parents, but that will have to wait.<br /> I was always surrounded or being approached by girls, it never failed. I've slept around and I wasn't ashamed of it because I am an Alpha and an Alpha needs that release. I did have an ex-girlfriend that seemed to not know the meaning of "ex". Elle was always around when I needed an easy contact.<br /> She was Zeo Wilson's sister, our future beta, and was captain of the cheerleader squad. This girl would sometimes scare the other girls away and acted like she owned me. The girl is hot but has a nasty attitude and thinks highly of herself. No shame whatsoever.<br /> Natalie, however, she was the one girl I was profoundly attracted to. I wanted to feel and taste her. She had this strong aura around her and that confused me because I know her parents are warriors, but there was this ambience about her that made me want her more than any other she wolf. Just maybe, maybe she could be my fated mate.<br /> I went on Instagram and just like I assumed, she has her account in private, so you can only see her profile picture. It was a set of earbuds on top of a book in black and white. This girl was fascinating. I wanted to know her so badly…all of her.<br /> I mean come on, who wouldn't want a piece of me. I'm 6 '6, muscular, I have the lightest gray eyes with dirty blonde hair, medium on the top and short sides. I'm every girl's wet dream. I've been told I look like the younger version of Christopher Egan. I'm better looking though.<br /> So I did what I have never done with any other girl. I sent her a friend request on Instagram. "Now the waiting game begins."<br /> ~Natalie POV~<br /> "Pfffsh, no!" He may be attractive, and I won't deny it. After all, I am a girl, and the guy is hot. Every girl may go crazy for him and desire him, but not me. He's a scumbag. His cocky disposition said it all.<br /> He sleeps with anything that has a hole. It's like a stray dog, leave it alone, you don't know where it's been. 'He probably has STDs or something, not to mention where his mouth has been,' Zoe said in disgust. Can't disagree. I know we may be exaggerating, but Christian's been around with almost every chic in that school.<br /> ~<br /> I was already running for 20 minutes, when I sensed another wolf running too. 'A warrior on security watch?' No. My wolf Jasper sensed it was a girl. As I got closer, I smirked. 'Well, well, lookie who it is.' I told Jaz, a shorter name for my wolf.<br /> I knew I would get to her first before she sensed us because Alpha's have stronger abilities than all other wolves.<br /> 'Lucky us. I am fond of this one, Chris.' Jaz said. 'Well let's go say hello, maybe we'll get lucky to allure her.' I said cockily.<br /> As we got closer, she turned around in defensive mode. 'That was odd.'<br /> "What, Christian! What are you trying to do? Give me a heart attack numb nuts!" She said, trying to catch her breath.<br /> I started to laugh, "Woah baby, no need to go in attack mode and…numb nuts?" I said, raising an eyebrow looking offended with her word choice of insult. She was fiery, and her voice sounded hot.<br /> "Yeah…well…you should never sneak up on anyone running ALPHA!" She said angrily.<br /> Every time she spoke, my shaft twitched, and this time, I stepped closer. I smirked and licked my bottom lip. "Nat, you don't have to call me Alpha, just Christian or Chris for short." She noticed the action.<br /> She raised an eyebrow, "Okay…Christian…but you will have to call me Natalie. Only my close friends and my parents call me Nat. What are you doing here? Were you stalking me? You know better than anyone never to sneak up on someone like that unless you're looking for a hip whooping," She spat. "You know how rogues don't follow rules and are ruthless killers!"<br /> "Wait, stalking! No, I was out for a run today. Why did you say it like that…wait…unless you saw the friend request." I said, dismissing the rogue statement.<br /> "Please…yeah I saw it. Now that you bring it up…no." She simply said.<br /> "No…" I said, looking dumb founded.<br /> "We are not friends, and you have never spoken a word to me, Christian. What did you expect? It would be like you invading my personal space!"<br /> "Speaking of personal space, back off, you keep coming closer, dude." She looked pissed and was already fisting up her hands.<br /> "Shorty, why do you have to be so angry? It's just a friend request, and it's not just from anyone, but from your future Alpha," I chuckled. "Sweetheart, you make it difficult to get near you. In that case, let me get to know you better, Natalie. It's never too late." Now biting my lower lip.<br /> As I got closer, she kept backing up until she hit a tree. I leaned to her face, and I could smell the vanilla scent in her hair. She smelled good. I wanted to peck her badly. But that thought disappeared when I suddenly felt pain down south. 'Did she just hit my balls!' I went down on one knee holding my pair to soothe them.<br /> "Don't for one, think, I am attracted to you or treat me like those other girls you have luring around. I am nothing like them. Never invade my personal space. You may be my Alpha soon, but even the Alpha has to respect his pack members." She looked down on me and if I wasn't more attracted to her than ever.<br /> She was beautiful. 'Chris, mate or not, we want her!' Jaz said, and I couldn't agree more. ' She definitely is unique, Jaz, one of a kind. ' I said as I saw her curvy body making her way back home. My hands ached to touch her.<br /> 'The nerve of that fool' I told Zo. 'Did you see how he was licking his lips like if I was a piece of meat,' I said, all pissed off. 'He was sniffing my hair too! Creep!'<br /> 'You sure kicked him hard, girlie! If I could hi-five you, I would, so I'll do it mentally' she snickered. 'He is cute, though Natie. The guy has muscle. I wouldn't mind seeing his wolf Jasper.' Zoe said.<br /> Ugh…maybe so, but he is too arrogant and cocky. Zoe kinda caught me off guard with that comment, though. Traitor.<br /> I ran fast, heading home. So much for a quiet and peaceful run. I got home showered and changed. My parents weren't home. I noticed it was past 9, so I called Evie.<br /> "Good morning Natie! I woke up at 9 thinking you weren't kidding on calling me, but to my surprise, you didn't call on time. That's not you, Nat." She said, concerned.<br /> "Evie, you will never believe what happened to me. Come over so we can talk and head out!"<br /> _____________________<br /> "No freaking way! What are you for reals? ! Christian!" Evie's mouth was wide open.<br /> "The devil in the flesh Ev's!" I told her. I explained what happened this morning about receiving his friend request and what happened on my run, almost scaring the pee out of me by sneaking up on me. The way he caged me by a tree and how he was acting weird, like trying to make a move on me.<br /> "Nat, Christian has the hots for you." She said in a teasing voice. Christian is not a one woman man. "Ev's, no dude. Honestly, there is only one guy that I really would like to know and…ugh," I said, now feeling a little sad.<br /> "Who! ? Ivan Carter? ! He is an attractive one, buddy."<br /> Ivan Carter belongs to another pack, the Midnight Pack. He is the son of Alpha Easton Carter. He also attends the academy, and every time I sneak a peek at him, my body reacts to him. I've touched myself just thinking about him.<br /> 'You ain't lying Nat, he's a total package.' Zoe said breathlessly.<br /> 'Okay make up your mind! ? I chucked.<br /> I have never gotten close to him or talked to him. Well it's my fault, actually. I don't like getting close to anyone, and I was scared that he didn't feel the same way. I can't get my hopes up anyway. He's meant to be an Alpha. We shouldn't really mess with Alphas either way. I've heard Alpha's can choose their mates as well, but a true fated mate can make a strong heir.<br /> He also has this chic that is always around him, Camila Ares. She is next in line for Gamma in his pack. She is always with or on him. She freaking irritates me.<br /> 'He doesn't look interested in her, but they are always together. Well him and his click.' Zoe putting her two cents in. 'Yup,' I sighed.<br /> "Evie, do you think this year will be different? I don't know if I'm ready to see who I'm mated to." I can't believe I sound so down. I mentally slapped myself, I got up and shook off all of those unwanted emotions and thoughts.<br /> I'm scared of these feelings I have for Ivan, only to be hurt if he's mated with someone else, which probably will happen. I have to do something fast and stop whatever this is before I get a broken heart.<br /> "Nat, you're gorgeous, and anyone mated to you will be lucky as heck because you are one of a kind! To answer your question, yes! This is our year!" She leaned over and gave me a big hug.<br /> "You're gorgeous too, buddy. Anyone would be lucky to have you as a mate. I'll kick your mate's hip if he thinks otherwise. I got your back, babe!"<br /> We got up and headed for my car. My parents had gotten me a used Red, fourth generation Camaro from 2004, on my 16th birthday. I love my car.<br /> I rammed my engine and headed to town.<br /> ~Ivan's POV~<br /> "Alpha Ivan! Hey, earth to Alpha!" Jerry hollered. "I'm right next to you idiot" I growled. "Put me on the spot, why don't you."<br /> Jerry Scott is my Delta, and he's already taking charge since his father stepped down. He is the head warrior and trains our pack members.<br /> Training is about to start, and we are about to spar each other.<br /> I will soon become Alpha of the Midnight Pack. At the age of 18, the current Alpha, my father, Easton Carter, will step down, and I will claim my place as Alpha.<br /> I got distracted with my thoughts. In a few weeks I'll be going back to school at the Blue Moon Academy. It's our last year, and I'm anxious, though. There's this girl that has been on my mind rent-free. I haven't made the effort to talk to her. It seems she's not the talkative kind and brushes anyone away.<br /> This year will be different. I will make the initiative to get closer to her. I'm all giddy just thinking about her. When I think about her face, her hair, and her body, I get turned on. Natalie Adams makes me feel things I've never felt for anyone.<br /> Striker, my wolf puts these images in my head of us sleeping. 'There is something about this girl Ivan, that when I see her, it makes me go crazy, she belongs to us. That aura around her when she is pissed is captivating?' Striker says calmly.<br /> It's not common when a person's wolf feels infatuated with a certain person who is not their mate. I've heard that Alpha's get signs if a girl belongs to them, but we haven't been too close to her to sense any of those signs. Honestly, I wouldn't even know the signs if they were there.<br /> Just watching her from afar has been enough for us both these past years. But it's time to change that because just looking at her is not sufficient anymore. We need and want more of her.<br /> However, he's right. We've seen people piss her off from a distance. She doesn't show emotion like other girls, but when she is angry, her aura is strong, and with that, she scares them off. She's fierce.<br /> Her demeanor says it all. I can't put my finger on it. Only wolves with high rankings have that type of aura that demands respect and obedience.<br /> But if I am correct, her parents are warriors from Christian's pack. So…it can't be possible. Werewolves take their rankings seriously. Well, most of us. That's just the way it should be. Your destined mate and you should make a strong heir.<br /> It also irks me of the fact that Christian has had his eyes on her. It sucks that she is from his pack. You can see the gleam in his eyes when she walks into the lunchroom. My wolf wants to peek out and claw his eyes out each time. Arrogant nutsack.<br /> 'That's true. Should we do a bit of research regarding her family line?' Striker eagerly says. 'Yeah, maybe we should. Just maybe there is something more to her, and by luck, we could have a chance to be mated to her.' With that thought, I couldn't help but smile.<br /> You may ask, what is it about this girl that makes her so interesting? Well, she is definitely not like the girls at school or my pack. She is attractive, and that fierce, mysterious, emotionless demeanor she gives out makes her so alluring. Makes you curious about her personality and what she thinks. This girl attracts unwanted attention without even trying.<br /> All other girls yearn for that attention and throw themselves at guys, but not her. She also doesn't give any guy her undivided attention. It's like no one exists around her. She is in her own world.<br /> "Ay, what's that on your face! Are you smiling? Wipe that off Alpha, ain't nobody got time for that when you're about to get a beat down." Jerry says laughing.<br /> …and just like that, my face is emotionless.<br /> 'Alright, you got jokes!' I scowl. Turning around, I yelled, "BEGIN!"<br /> _________<br /> After our training, I headed to the pack house. As I open the front door and head to the stairs, I hear footsteps behind me, and someone jumps on my back. I knew it was Camila because of her scent. It's too flowery and strong for my liking. Striker growls.<br /> Everyone thinks that we are together, but that is far from the truth. We are friends with benefits. I don't feel anything for her, honestly. Striker gets pissed off. He dislikes her scent and voice.<br /> He only accepts it if we imagine Natalie beneath us.<br /> "Get off me, Camila! I'm your Alpha!" I yelled. She flinched and quickly got off. I already do Alpha affairs as I'm slowly transitioning into the labors of a true leader. I take my job seriously because leading is what I do best.<br /> "What's wrong baby, you've been distant lately? You don't want me anymore? You haven't invited me up to your room. It's been weeks now, Ivan." She said, with her whiny voice.<br /> Striker snapped, 'She better remember her place, Ivan! It's Alpha to this bimbo!'<br /> I palm my face. "ALPHA! ALPHA IVAN…CAMILA! ! ! Don't forget my title and don't forget your place." I growled. I was being a scumbag.<br /> Don't get me wrong, Camila is hot. She is 5'8 taller than most girls, with chocolate brown hair. She has these pretty hazel orbs. However, she has an ugly attitude, especially with girls that get close to me. I can't stand that. I may have slept with her a couple of times, but I feel nothing for her. She is not Natalie.<br /> ~<br /> "What's up Ivan, you rang! ?" Pointing at his head trying to be funny.<br /> Jerry, Axel, and Camila are allowed to call me Ivan without using my title. Especially if we are alone or having a group conversation with just the four of us.<br /> However, Camila has been irritating me lately. I may have acted like a scumbag but I have to somehow hammer it in her head that we are not a thing.<br /> I said this before, but I take my position seriously. Being a leader is a serious matter and the decisions I make can have a life or death impact on my pack.<br /> From here forward, she will have to understand that I can not condone that type of disrespect especially if we are not together. I allowed it in my bedroom but now, things have changed. She also has to take her position seriously. If and when I find my Luna, she will be the one to be protecting her. That's the role of a Gamma.<br /> "Yup, I got a mission for you. But this is low key." I said glaring at him.<br /> "Okay, whatcha got? !" Jerry said now sounding excited.<br /> "You remember Natalie Adams from the academy? From Christian's Pack." I asked.<br /> "Yeah…who doesn't! She's freaking hot!" He sheepishly replied.<br /> "Watch it! I want you to look into her family background," I said possessively.<br /> He covered his mouth and jokingly said, "Whaaa…? !" I pinched the bridge of my nose and furrowed my brows. "Well can you or can you not! ?" sounding bothered now.<br /> He chuckled, "Of course I can, anything for you bro. Is there something I should be concerned about though or something I am looking for in specific?"<br /> "Have you ever noticed the aura she gives out at times? I sense power and strength like if she comes from a higher rank, but her parents are warriors," I calmly said. It may not be a big deal but I'm curious now.<br /> "I just think there's more than meets the eye with her," I wasn't lying. "She is so different. It's like Camila, she's a Gamma because of her dad, but Natalie seems to be stronger than a Gamma if you get my drift."<br /> "Ah, okay, okay, I get it. I'll get to it. You don't have to explain…it makes sense," he said. "This can not leave this room. This is between you and me," I said, trusting him.<br /> The less people know what I do, the better. It may be stupid to others but for me, this is imperative.<br /> "Got it!" Jerry said leaving the room. Jerry is my best tracker and hacker when it comes to technology. He is a genius, very observant, and fast. That is why he is our Delta.	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1,649,271	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) '{"alias":1649192}'	Yes	2024-05-03 04:04	active	665	419596474015494	🔥🔥 Click to Read 👉🏻👉🏻	"Don't walk away from me, Zell," Kosta yelled.<br /> "Why not? You don't need me. You have Khalis here to take care of all your needs. She is welcome to you. I hope you all will be very happy together. As for me, I'm done. Good luck to you and this pack. I hope you can handle the fallout for you and your bimbo's actions."<br /> "Mind how you talk to me, Zell. I may be your mate, but I am still the alpha. As a matter of fact, as of right now, I am stripping you of all of your luna privileges."<br /> I spat. "You should know, you didn't deprive me of Luna's title, but I didn't want it myself. I no longer want it. As for the business, have you forgotten that I own 51% of every business we have? I will withdraw all of my personal finances from the pack."<br /> "Oh, and Alpha, You, of all people, know how ruthless I can be if pushed."<br /> ————————<br /> "Well Zel, I just wanted to let you know that I plan on being the Luna of this pack, and your days as Kosta's mate and luna are numbered. I have decided that I deserve to be luna of the third strongest pack in the nation. I mean why should you get everything and I get stuck with nothing?" Khalis says.<br /> <br /> Is this bimbo serious? I just sat there staring at her for a few seconds. Not much shocks me, but this is something else. I knew Khalis was selfish, but this is on a whole other level. There have been rumors about Khalis sleeping with mated males, but I always gave her the benefit of the doubt. I never thought we would be having this kind of conversation. We have been friends since elementary school. Her father and brothers are elite warriors in my father's pack. She was with me when Kosta declared we were mates. She even encouraged me to go with him when he begged me and my father to let me come to his pack with him before I turned 18. She moved to this pack with me, hoping to meet her own mate. She knows Kosta is my fated mate. The moon goddess chose for him me. We both have known Kosta for most of our lives. Kosta is one of my brother's best friends. I keep thinking about everything we have done together and now this bimbo is sitting in my office telling me she plans to take my mate. I'm really speechless. This is a new low, even for her.<br /> <br /> "Just so that I am clear, what exactly do you mean that you want my goddess-given mate and title," I asked.<br /> <br /> "I mean exactly what I said. I want Kosta. I want to be his luna and I am going to make that happen. I've already started the process. I deserve to be a luna."<br /> <br /> "So you just want to come in here and tell me that you want my mate? What about your own mate? Have you thought about that? If the goddess meant for you to be a luna, you would have been fated to an alpha."<br /> <br /> "I waited for my mate. I gave the goddess a chance to do right by me. She gave everyone around me an Alpha. My sister got one, my little ugly cousin got one and even you got one, but what did I get? I got a lowly elite warrior as a mate." She spat.<br /> <br /> "How can you speak like that about elite warriors? Your father and your brother are elite warriors."<br /> <br /> "I know, and I deserve better than that. I deserve to be a luna. I deserve to have people respect me and cater to me."<br /> <br /> "Well, obviously the goddess did not agree with you," I said. "Just to clarify, you're saying that even though you found your destined mate, the one that was made specifically for you by the goddess, you're still interested in my mate? You are unbelievable. What is wrong with you?"<br /> <br /> "It's simple. I'm not meant to be the mate of a warrior. I am meant to be a luna. The moon goddess got it wrong and I am correcting her mistake. As soon as I scented my fated mate and realized he was a warrior, I rejected him and he accepted my rejection. Good riddance."<br /> <br /> "So you think you know better than the goddess?" I asked.<br /> <br /> I am still somewhat shocked. I have a hard time reconciling this cold-blooded bimbo to the person that has been my best friend for over a decade.<br /> <br /> "Zell, I told you a long time ago not to trust her. She has always been this person. She just pretended with you." Sapphire said.<br /> <br /> "This isn't personal, Zell. It's simple since the moon goddess did not give me an alpha, I'm going to take one."<br /> <br /> This bimbo is sitting here calmly telling me she is going to take my mate from me like we are talking about going shopping. She actually thinks this is ok. How could I have been so blind for so long? Everyone tried to warn me about her, but she was my only friend and I just didn't want to believe that about her. I convinced myself that the others were just jealous of her.<br /> <br /> "Do you really think it is ok to try to break your best friend's mate bond?" I say.<br /> <br /> "Oh Honey, I'm not going to try. I'm going to do it. He will be mine. I'm just giving you the courtesy of walking away with your dignity. You might as well start making arrangements for yourself because once I am the luna, there is no way that I will let you remain in my pack. He may keep some tender feelings for you. After all, you are fated."<br /> <br /> "You got one thing right; Kosta and I are fated. You are not the first she-wolf to try to break our mate bond and since he is an alpha, I'm sure you won't be the last. I will tell you what I tell them all, If you can get Kosta to cheat on our bond, you can have him. If he can do that, then he is not the man I have believed him to be and wouldn't deserve me. You would be welcome to him. Just remember, it is because of me and my family that this pack is ranked third. All of that goes with me, but you would be more than welcome to whatever is left." I say.<br /> <br /> "It's not an if, it's a when it happens. And when you leave, Kosta will still be the alpha of this pack. You will just be the ex-luna of the pack. I will be the luna."<br /> <br /> "That's where you are wrong. I am alpha born; a pure-blooded alpha. If I leave, I will still be an alpha and you will still be that bimbo on the side. Some males may be dumb enough to sleep with you, but I have not seen any of the mate men you've been accused of leaving their mates for you. Even the ones who got rejected didn't choose to be with you. Now I suggest you leave my office while I am still being nice or else you will find out why I am feared by others. And if you are successful, don't think for a minute that my family will let either of you go."<br /> <br /> "I will leave for now. Enjoy this office while it is still yours. Your arrogance will be your downfall. Why should I fear you or your family? They have not even been around since your luna ceremony. I'll give you 1 week to make arrangements for yourself. In 7 days, all of this will be mine and you will be out. I will break you and completely disgrace you. I have to thank you for working so hard to build this pack up for me to take over. I will be sure to enjoy the fruit of your labor. I and my children will enjoy this. I am glad he listened to me early on when I told him to wait to have children so you could live your life first. I had to set the groundwork just in case. Now it's time for you to go before you give him an heir." Khalis says and walks out of my office like nothing happened.<br /> <br /> She has caused a lot of chaos since coming to this pack. I just didn't realize her character before now. I thought she was misunderstood. Now I know I was just naïve. It appears that I was the only person blind to her true nature.<br /> <br /> I spent the rest of the day working on pack security and setting up meetings. There are a few alphas wanting an alliance with us. Kosta and I have become quite the power couple in the werewolf society. Since we took over as alpha and luna, the pack and the businesses have grown tremendously. I put my heart and soul into making our pack the best. I got an early start. I graduated from high school when I was 16 and went to university. I graduated with a business degree at 20. Kosta has let me take the lead in our businesses. He knows that beast at negotiation and a whiz at growing businesses. I have acquired several new companies since working in the pack business. Kosta is still the CEO, but I am the COO of the company. I broker the deals and then call Kosta in to close the deal. Most alphas in our circle are jealous of Kosta because he has me at his side. Kosta used to be proud of me and what I did for the pack, but lately he has been resisting the changes I have been making and trying to take over more of the daily operations of the pack. He can't take it all because I am the sole financial backing of the pack and the businesses.<br /> <br /> I am known in werewolf society as a child prodigy, but don't get it twisted, I am not all brains. I can be very deadly when needed. I train every day. I am one of the strongest wolves alive, although I keep that hidden. I can be ruthless, but fair. I know that I am the total package. I am athletic, tall with curves in the right places. I've never been one to compete with other she-wolves. I thought I was happy and had a good life. I thought Khalis was happy. We used to talk about finding our fated mates. I just can't understand how or why Khalis would try to come between me and my mate. I wish I could believe that my bond was safe and solid, but Sapphire is right about Kosta acting suspiciously lately. Kosta has been questioning me a lot lately. It's like he woke up a different person one day. He suddenly lost trust in me, but I have never given him a reason to doubt me. I have found him outside of my door listening to business phone calls, which is crazy because he could just walk in at any time and join the conversation. I have never hidden anything I was doing from him. The worse thing is that our life is now nonexistent. Kosta is always too busy or too tired. His behavior has led me to believe that he is not attracted to me anymore. He had the nerve to ask me why I have been trying so hard to seduce him lately. Like he didn't just stop making love to me cold turkey all of a sudden. We went from making love every day, sometime multiple times a day, to nothing in over a month. Seems like he should have been worried if I didn't try to seduce him. I don't know any mated pair that has gone this long without being intimate with each other. I don't know what the issue is. If we were not marked, I would wonder if he was cheating, but I know he is not. I would have felt it. Why did all of this suddenly become so hard? Why do I even need to seduce my goddess-given mate? It was never supposed to be this way. At least not yet. I'm only 20 years old. Much too young to be going through a dry spell while mated.<br /> <br /> I got so desperate at one time I asked our friends what was going on with him. Kosta tells his beta and gamma everything. I figured if there was a problem, they would tell me and I could fix it, but they just said that he was under a lot of stress. What exactly does he have to stress about? The pack is doing better than it has been in years. In half a year, the pack will be self-sufficient again and won't need to depend on my finances to keep it afloat. I have everything set in motion for the pack to have more disposable cash and residual income. I have a feeling this has Khalis written all over it. Kosta appears to have fallen in line with her already. Maybe this was their plan all along. Kosta needed me to get his pack back on track and now that they are almost completely independent, they don't need me anymore. If that's the case, they are in for a rude awakening. My six-month plan depends on me closing several more deals. All of these deals are allies with my father, uncle, and grandfather. They will not work with Kosta if our bond falls apart. He would erase everything that I have done over the past three years. Well, that would be his problem.<br /> <br /> I got so caught up in working and thinking; I didn't realize I worked up to dinner time. No one called me for lunch. In fact, no one called me for dinner. That is strange. One of the omegas usually checks on me when I am working too much and makes sure I am eating. I guess everyone is following Kosta. Since he has not been showing me any care, they are not either. That really hurts. I sacrificed a lot for this pack. I thought they cared more than this for me. I should just go back to my room. I don't know if I want to be around this pack right now, especially if they could turn their backs on me this quickly. Were they all just using me for my family's wealth?<br /> <br /> "We need to eat Zell. Remember, we are eating for our pup as well. Don't let them win. We are better than this. If they show us they don't want us here, we will leave. Remember, we are alpha born. We will rise above this. We will go back to where we are celebrated. If they turn against us, they don't deserve us. We will sit back and let them destroy themselves."<br /> <br /> "You are right Sapphire. Let's go eat. Our pup needs sustenance."<br /> <br /> I went and cleaned myself up and walked to the dining room. As soon as I walked through the door, all the talking stopped. The whole place went silent. As I walked all the way in, I saw why everyone went silent. Khalis was sitting in my seat, putting food on Kosta's plate like she is the luna. When she saw me, she just smirked and kept doing what she was doing. Kosta just keep eating like I was not standing there. Sapphire stared, pushing forward. She wanted blood. I did too, but I have to think about our pup.<br /> <br /> "What is going on, Kosta? Why is she sitting in my seat feeding you?" I growled.<br /> <br /> "I meant no harm, Zell. You were busy, so I decided to take care of Kosta for you. Someone needs to care for him while you are caring for other things. "<br /> <br /> "I was speaking to my mate, not his bimbo on the side."<br /> <br /> "You were not here for your mate, so I have been taking care of his needs."<br /> <br /> Sapphire pushed forward and growled loudly. Everyone in the room bowed their neck to her.<br /> <br /> "I could kill you in less than 30 seconds, Khalis. I would advise you not to keep crossing my line and you will find yourself very dead. You obviously have forgotten who I am. Don't make me remind you what my family name is," Sapphire said.<br /> <br /> I regained control and looked at Kosta. He didn't even appear to be concerned. He didn't show an ounce of regret or remorse. That took a little of the fight out of me. Khalis can only do what Kosta allows her to do.<br /> <br /> "Kosta, I asked you a question. What is going on?"<br /> <br /> "As Khalis said, you were busy, so she came to do your job for you. If you spent more time catering to me, your mate, and less time working or whatever you are doing, Khalis wouldn't have to step in and take care of my needs." Kosta said.<br /> <br /> I and every pack member gasped. I could not believe he openly disrespected me like that after everything I have done for him and this pack. I did all of that for him. This ungrateful hip.<br /> <br /> "So now I'm working too much, making your pack financially secure? You were not complaining when the pack was bankrupted and I worked day and night just so you could feed the pack another day. I was working too hard then. It's only now that you think the pack is out of the woods that I am working too hard. Now that everyone is comfortable and not at risk of starving, you want to change. Ok, I see who you are now. So instead of appreciating the sacrifices I made for us and the pack, you are sitting here with your bimbo, enjoying the feast that my hard work made possible. I am glad I finally understand where your priorities lie. Trust me, I will never make the same mistake twice." I said and walked away.<br /> <br /> I need to get out of here before I wolf out and kill one of them. After tonight, Khalis can have him. He is not the male I thought he was. I refuse to fight for someone who can spit on all the effort I put into making him great.<br /> <br /> "Don't walk away from me, Zell," Kosta yelled.<br /> <br /> "Why not? You don't need me. You have Khalis here to take care of all your needs. She is welcome to you. I hope you all will be very happy together. As for me, I'm done. Good luck to you and this pack. I hope you can handle the fallout for you and your bimbo's actions."<br /> <br /> "Mind how you talk to me, Zell. I may be your mate, but I am still the alpha. As a matter of fact, as of right now, I am stripping you of all of your luna privileges."<br /> <br /> "Alpha, what are you doing?" Beta James asked<br /> <br /> "Mind your business Beta. This is my pack." Kosta says.<br /> <br /> "Yes, and as your beta and friend, it is my job to tell you when you are making a mistake. Alpha, you are dangerously close to crossing the line of no return. Let's all calm down and discuss this later." Beta James said.<br /> <br /> "Beta, my word stands. Zel, until you learn to respect me as your alpha, you can forget about representing this pack in any aspect. I will be instructing the security team to restrict all of your access. You are no longer the COO of our businesses. As of now, you are just a regular pact member with no power."<br /> <br /> "First of all Alpha." I spat. "Respect is earned. While you are trying to throw your weight around, you can have the luna title back. I no longer want it. As for the business, have you forgotten that I own 51% of every business we have? I also provide 60% of the pack budget from my personal accounts. So while you can restrict my duties as Luna, you cannot touch the business, but I'll do you a solid. You can buy me out of the business and I will withdraw all of my personal finances from the pack."<br /> <br /> I can see that he had forgotten how dependent his pack was on me, but oh well. He made his bed. Now he and his bimbo can lie in it.<br /> <br /> "Oh, and Alpha, if you try to strong-arm me, I will have to call in the full loan that I gave this pack when we mated. Remember, we signed a contract for the loan. You have only paid me a small portion of the loan and I have not pushed the issue, but the contract is legal and binding. Don't push me, Kosta. You, of all people, know how ruthless I can be if pushed."<br /> <br /> I walked off again and made it as far as the stairs. I realized that I could not stay in my current room anymore. There is no way on this goddess-green earth that I want to be in a room with Kosta. Not that he has really shared it with me lately. Now I know why. Khalis has been feeding him and he has been eating it up. They both miscalculated. They thought I would be leaving here with nothing. The jokes on them. I may have been in love, but there is no love in business. I may have put my all into saving this pack and making it independently wealthy, but my parents did not raise a fool and I protected my finances. I invested millions in this company and pack. Did he really think I would protect my money? Does he not remember the prenup my father made him sign since I was a minor when he brought me to this pack? He never gained control over my finances.<br /> <br /> Khalis just showed her hand. After what I just saw, she has a right to be confident. Kosta has completely changed. He is not the man that I mated. He is not the boy that I followed around when I was younger. I don't know what happened or when he changed. Maybe this is who he really is and, like with Khalis, I just never saw his true self. He must have hidden it from my father and brother as well. There is no way they would have let me come here when I was 17 if they knew this was how he would end up treating me. I can see now that it is over between Kosta and me. I need to start planning my exit. I pulled up my computer and moved all of my finances from the pack accounts. I closed all the joint accounts I had with Kosta. It was mostly my money that financed them. I left the ones that he financed in his name. I don't want anything from him at all. After I handle business, I call my brother. I will need his help to leave here safely. Now that Kosta knows that all the money is still tied up with me, I doubt he will let me leave easily. I'm sure he and the bimbo are plotting up something.<br /> <br /> I called my brother and tall him waht happened.<br /> <br /> "So what's the plan, baby sis?" my brother answered.<br /> <br /> "Well, I have already moved all of my personal money from the pack accounts. They are now responsible for themselves. I'm not sure how that is going to go over. I was covering most of the pack's budget. Tomorrow, I will contact my attorneys to protect all of my other assets. I also plan to call our allies and let them know that I am no longer associated with the pack. I am erasing everything I've done over the past three years. They will need to start over from scratch and rebuild it all on their own. There is no way they will get to enjoy my hard work. No, sir."<br /> <br /> "Very smart Zell. What do you need me to do?"	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1,649,121	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) '{"alias":1649192}'	No	2024-05-03 04:04	active	665	277746588733925	🔥🔥 Click to Read 👉🏻👉🏻	"Don't walk away from me, Zell," Kosta yelled.<br /> "Why not? You don't need me. You have Khalis here to take care of all your needs. She is welcome to you. I hope you all will be very happy together. As for me, I'm done. Good luck to you and this pack. I hope you can handle the fallout for you and your bimbo's actions."<br /> "Mind how you talk to me, Zell. I may be your mate, but I am still the alpha. As a matter of fact, as of right now, I am stripping you of all of your luna privileges."<br /> I spat. "You should know, you didn't deprive me of Luna's title, but I didn't want it myself. I no longer want it. As for the business, have you forgotten that I own 51% of every business we have? I will withdraw all of my personal finances from the pack."<br /> "Oh, and Alpha, You, of all people, know how ruthless I can be if pushed."<br /> ————————<br /> "Well Zel, I just wanted to let you know that I plan on being the Luna of this pack, and your days as Kosta's mate and luna are numbered. I have decided that I deserve to be luna of the third strongest pack in the nation. I mean why should you get everything and I get stuck with nothing?" Khalis says.<br /> <br /> Is this bimbo serious? I just sat there staring at her for a few seconds. Not much shocks me, but this is something else. I knew Khalis was selfish, but this is on a whole other level. There have been rumors about Khalis sleeping with mated males, but I always gave her the benefit of the doubt. I never thought we would be having this kind of conversation. We have been friends since elementary school. Her father and brothers are elite warriors in my father's pack. She was with me when Kosta declared we were mates. She even encouraged me to go with him when he begged me and my father to let me come to his pack with him before I turned 18. She moved to this pack with me, hoping to meet her own mate. She knows Kosta is my fated mate. The moon goddess chose for him me. We both have known Kosta for most of our lives. Kosta is one of my brother's best friends. I keep thinking about everything we have done together and now this bimbo is sitting in my office telling me she plans to take my mate. I'm really speechless. This is a new low, even for her.<br /> <br /> "Just so that I am clear, what exactly do you mean that you want my goddess-given mate and title," I asked.<br /> <br /> "I mean exactly what I said. I want Kosta. I want to be his luna and I am going to make that happen. I've already started the process. I deserve to be a luna."<br /> <br /> "So you just want to come in here and tell me that you want my mate? What about your own mate? Have you thought about that? If the goddess meant for you to be a luna, you would have been fated to an alpha."<br /> <br /> "I waited for my mate. I gave the goddess a chance to do right by me. She gave everyone around me an Alpha. My sister got one, my little ugly cousin got one and even you got one, but what did I get? I got a lowly elite warrior as a mate." She spat.<br /> <br /> "How can you speak like that about elite warriors? Your father and your brother are elite warriors."<br /> <br /> "I know, and I deserve better than that. I deserve to be a luna. I deserve to have people respect me and cater to me."<br /> <br /> "Well, obviously the goddess did not agree with you," I said. "Just to clarify, you're saying that even though you found your destined mate, the one that was made specifically for you by the goddess, you're still interested in my mate? You are unbelievable. What is wrong with you?"<br /> <br /> "It's simple. I'm not meant to be the mate of a warrior. I am meant to be a luna. The moon goddess got it wrong and I am correcting her mistake. As soon as I scented my fated mate and realized he was a warrior, I rejected him and he accepted my rejection. Good riddance."<br /> <br /> "So you think you know better than the goddess?" I asked.<br /> <br /> I am still somewhat shocked. I have a hard time reconciling this cold-blooded bimbo to the person that has been my best friend for over a decade.<br /> <br /> "Zell, I told you a long time ago not to trust her. She has always been this person. She just pretended with you." Sapphire said.<br /> <br /> "This isn't personal, Zell. It's simple since the moon goddess did not give me an alpha, I'm going to take one."<br /> <br /> This bimbo is sitting here calmly telling me she is going to take my mate from me like we are talking about going shopping. She actually thinks this is ok. How could I have been so blind for so long? Everyone tried to warn me about her, but she was my only friend and I just didn't want to believe that about her. I convinced myself that the others were just jealous of her.<br /> <br /> "Do you really think it is ok to try to break your best friend's mate bond?" I say.<br /> <br /> "Oh Honey, I'm not going to try. I'm going to do it. He will be mine. I'm just giving you the courtesy of walking away with your dignity. You might as well start making arrangements for yourself because once I am the luna, there is no way that I will let you remain in my pack. He may keep some tender feelings for you. After all, you are fated."<br /> <br /> "You got one thing right; Kosta and I are fated. You are not the first she-wolf to try to break our mate bond and since he is an alpha, I'm sure you won't be the last. I will tell you what I tell them all, If you can get Kosta to cheat on our bond, you can have him. If he can do that, then he is not the man I have believed him to be and wouldn't deserve me. You would be welcome to him. Just remember, it is because of me and my family that this pack is ranked third. All of that goes with me, but you would be more than welcome to whatever is left." I say.<br /> <br /> "It's not an if, it's a when it happens. And when you leave, Kosta will still be the alpha of this pack. You will just be the ex-luna of the pack. I will be the luna."<br /> <br /> "That's where you are wrong. I am alpha born; a pure-blooded alpha. If I leave, I will still be an alpha and you will still be that bimbo on the side. Some males may be dumb enough to sleep with you, but I have not seen any of the mate men you've been accused of leaving their mates for you. Even the ones who got rejected didn't choose to be with you. Now I suggest you leave my office while I am still being nice or else you will find out why I am feared by others. And if you are successful, don't think for a minute that my family will let either of you go."<br /> <br /> "I will leave for now. Enjoy this office while it is still yours. Your arrogance will be your downfall. Why should I fear you or your family? They have not even been around since your luna ceremony. I'll give you 1 week to make arrangements for yourself. In 7 days, all of this will be mine and you will be out. I will break you and completely disgrace you. I have to thank you for working so hard to build this pack up for me to take over. I will be sure to enjoy the fruit of your labor. I and my children will enjoy this. I am glad he listened to me early on when I told him to wait to have children so you could live your life first. I had to set the groundwork just in case. Now it's time for you to go before you give him an heir." Khalis says and walks out of my office like nothing happened.<br /> <br /> She has caused a lot of chaos since coming to this pack. I just didn't realize her character before now. I thought she was misunderstood. Now I know I was just naïve. It appears that I was the only person blind to her true nature.<br /> <br /> I spent the rest of the day working on pack security and setting up meetings. There are a few alphas wanting an alliance with us. Kosta and I have become quite the power couple in the werewolf society. Since we took over as alpha and luna, the pack and the businesses have grown tremendously. I put my heart and soul into making our pack the best. I got an early start. I graduated from high school when I was 16 and went to university. I graduated with a business degree at 20. Kosta has let me take the lead in our businesses. He knows that beast at negotiation and a whiz at growing businesses. I have acquired several new companies since working in the pack business. Kosta is still the CEO, but I am the COO of the company. I broker the deals and then call Kosta in to close the deal. Most alphas in our circle are jealous of Kosta because he has me at his side. Kosta used to be proud of me and what I did for the pack, but lately he has been resisting the changes I have been making and trying to take over more of the daily operations of the pack. He can't take it all because I am the sole financial backing of the pack and the businesses.<br /> <br /> I am known in werewolf society as a child prodigy, but don't get it twisted, I am not all brains. I can be very deadly when needed. I train every day. I am one of the strongest wolves alive, although I keep that hidden. I can be ruthless, but fair. I know that I am the total package. I am athletic, tall with curves in the right places. I've never been one to compete with other she-wolves. I thought I was happy and had a good life. I thought Khalis was happy. We used to talk about finding our fated mates. I just can't understand how or why Khalis would try to come between me and my mate. I wish I could believe that my bond was safe and solid, but Sapphire is right about Kosta acting suspiciously lately. Kosta has been questioning me a lot lately. It's like he woke up a different person one day. He suddenly lost trust in me, but I have never given him a reason to doubt me. I have found him outside of my door listening to business phone calls, which is crazy because he could just walk in at any time and join the conversation. I have never hidden anything I was doing from him. The worse thing is that our life is now nonexistent. Kosta is always too busy or too tired. His behavior has led me to believe that he is not attracted to me anymore. He had the nerve to ask me why I have been trying so hard to seduce him lately. Like he didn't just stop making love to me cold turkey all of a sudden. We went from making love every day, sometime multiple times a day, to nothing in over a month. Seems like he should have been worried if I didn't try to seduce him. I don't know any mated pair that has gone this long without being intimate with each other. I don't know what the issue is. If we were not marked, I would wonder if he was cheating, but I know he is not. I would have felt it. Why did all of this suddenly become so hard? Why do I even need to seduce my goddess-given mate? It was never supposed to be this way. At least not yet. I'm only 20 years old. Much too young to be going through a dry spell while mated.<br /> <br /> I got so desperate at one time I asked our friends what was going on with him. Kosta tells his beta and gamma everything. I figured if there was a problem, they would tell me and I could fix it, but they just said that he was under a lot of stress. What exactly does he have to stress about? The pack is doing better than it has been in years. In half a year, the pack will be self-sufficient again and won't need to depend on my finances to keep it afloat. I have everything set in motion for the pack to have more disposable cash and residual income. I have a feeling this has Khalis written all over it. Kosta appears to have fallen in line with her already. Maybe this was their plan all along. Kosta needed me to get his pack back on track and now that they are almost completely independent, they don't need me anymore. If that's the case, they are in for a rude awakening. My six-month plan depends on me closing several more deals. All of these deals are allies with my father, uncle, and grandfather. They will not work with Kosta if our bond falls apart. He would erase everything that I have done over the past three years. Well, that would be his problem.<br /> <br /> I got so caught up in working and thinking; I didn't realize I worked up to dinner time. No one called me for lunch. In fact, no one called me for dinner. That is strange. One of the omegas usually checks on me when I am working too much and makes sure I am eating. I guess everyone is following Kosta. Since he has not been showing me any care, they are not either. That really hurts. I sacrificed a lot for this pack. I thought they cared more than this for me. I should just go back to my room. I don't know if I want to be around this pack right now, especially if they could turn their backs on me this quickly. Were they all just using me for my family's wealth?<br /> <br /> "We need to eat Zell. Remember, we are eating for our pup as well. Don't let them win. We are better than this. If they show us they don't want us here, we will leave. Remember, we are alpha born. We will rise above this. We will go back to where we are celebrated. If they turn against us, they don't deserve us. We will sit back and let them destroy themselves."<br /> <br /> "You are right Sapphire. Let's go eat. Our pup needs sustenance."<br /> <br /> I went and cleaned myself up and walked to the dining room. As soon as I walked through the door, all the talking stopped. The whole place went silent. As I walked all the way in, I saw why everyone went silent. Khalis was sitting in my seat, putting food on Kosta's plate like she is the luna. When she saw me, she just smirked and kept doing what she was doing. Kosta just keep eating like I was not standing there. Sapphire stared, pushing forward. She wanted blood. I did too, but I have to think about our pup.<br /> <br /> "What is going on, Kosta? Why is she sitting in my seat feeding you?" I growled.<br /> <br /> "I meant no harm, Zell. You were busy, so I decided to take care of Kosta for you. Someone needs to care for him while you are caring for other things. "<br /> <br /> "I was speaking to my mate, not his bimbo on the side."<br /> <br /> "You were not here for your mate, so I have been taking care of his needs."<br /> <br /> Sapphire pushed forward and growled loudly. Everyone in the room bowed their neck to her.<br /> <br /> "I could kill you in less than 30 seconds, Khalis. I would advise you not to keep crossing my line and you will find yourself very dead. You obviously have forgotten who I am. Don't make me remind you what my family name is," Sapphire said.<br /> <br /> I regained control and looked at Kosta. He didn't even appear to be concerned. He didn't show an ounce of regret or remorse. That took a little of the fight out of me. Khalis can only do what Kosta allows her to do.<br /> <br /> "Kosta, I asked you a question. What is going on?"<br /> <br /> "As Khalis said, you were busy, so she came to do your job for you. If you spent more time catering to me, your mate, and less time working or whatever you are doing, Khalis wouldn't have to step in and take care of my needs." Kosta said.<br /> <br /> I and every pack member gasped. I could not believe he openly disrespected me like that after everything I have done for him and this pack. I did all of that for him. This ungrateful hip.<br /> <br /> "So now I'm working too much, making your pack financially secure? You were not complaining when the pack was bankrupted and I worked day and night just so you could feed the pack another day. I was working too hard then. It's only now that you think the pack is out of the woods that I am working too hard. Now that everyone is comfortable and not at risk of starving, you want to change. Ok, I see who you are now. So instead of appreciating the sacrifices I made for us and the pack, you are sitting here with your bimbo, enjoying the feast that my hard work made possible. I am glad I finally understand where your priorities lie. Trust me, I will never make the same mistake twice." I said and walked away.<br /> <br /> I need to get out of here before I wolf out and kill one of them. After tonight, Khalis can have him. He is not the male I thought he was. I refuse to fight for someone who can spit on all the effort I put into making him great.<br /> <br /> "Don't walk away from me, Zell," Kosta yelled.<br /> <br /> "Why not? You don't need me. You have Khalis here to take care of all your needs. She is welcome to you. I hope you all will be very happy together. As for me, I'm done. Good luck to you and this pack. I hope you can handle the fallout for you and your bimbo's actions."<br /> <br /> "Mind how you talk to me, Zell. I may be your mate, but I am still the alpha. As a matter of fact, as of right now, I am stripping you of all of your luna privileges."<br /> <br /> "Alpha, what are you doing?" Beta James asked<br /> <br /> "Mind your business Beta. This is my pack." Kosta says.<br /> <br /> "Yes, and as your beta and friend, it is my job to tell you when you are making a mistake. Alpha, you are dangerously close to crossing the line of no return. Let's all calm down and discuss this later." Beta James said.<br /> <br /> "Beta, my word stands. Zel, until you learn to respect me as your alpha, you can forget about representing this pack in any aspect. I will be instructing the security team to restrict all of your access. You are no longer the COO of our businesses. As of now, you are just a regular pact member with no power."<br /> <br /> "First of all Alpha." I spat. "Respect is earned. While you are trying to throw your weight around, you can have the luna title back. I no longer want it. As for the business, have you forgotten that I own 51% of every business we have? I also provide 60% of the pack budget from my personal accounts. So while you can restrict my duties as Luna, you cannot touch the business, but I'll do you a solid. You can buy me out of the business and I will withdraw all of my personal finances from the pack."<br /> <br /> I can see that he had forgotten how dependent his pack was on me, but oh well. He made his bed. Now he and his bimbo can lie in it.<br /> <br /> "Oh, and Alpha, if you try to strong-arm me, I will have to call in the full loan that I gave this pack when we mated. Remember, we signed a contract for the loan. You have only paid me a small portion of the loan and I have not pushed the issue, but the contract is legal and binding. Don't push me, Kosta. You, of all people, know how ruthless I can be if pushed."<br /> <br /> I walked off again and made it as far as the stairs. I realized that I could not stay in my current room anymore. There is no way on this goddess-green earth that I want to be in a room with Kosta. Not that he has really shared it with me lately. Now I know why. Khalis has been feeding him and he has been eating it up. They both miscalculated. They thought I would be leaving here with nothing. The jokes on them. I may have been in love, but there is no love in business. I may have put my all into saving this pack and making it independently wealthy, but my parents did not raise a fool and I protected my finances. I invested millions in this company and pack. Did he really think I would protect my money? Does he not remember the prenup my father made him sign since I was a minor when he brought me to this pack? He never gained control over my finances.<br /> <br /> Khalis just showed her hand. After what I just saw, she has a right to be confident. Kosta has completely changed. He is not the man that I mated. He is not the boy that I followed around when I was younger. I don't know what happened or when he changed. Maybe this is who he really is and, like with Khalis, I just never saw his true self. He must have hidden it from my father and brother as well. There is no way they would have let me come here when I was 17 if they knew this was how he would end up treating me. I can see now that it is over between Kosta and me. I need to start planning my exit. I pulled up my computer and moved all of my finances from the pack accounts. I closed all the joint accounts I had with Kosta. It was mostly my money that financed them. I left the ones that he financed in his name. I don't want anything from him at all. After I handle business, I call my brother. I will need his help to leave here safely. Now that Kosta knows that all the money is still tied up with me, I doubt he will let me leave easily. I'm sure he and the bimbo are plotting up something.<br /> <br /> I called my brother and tall him waht happened.<br /> <br /> "So what's the plan, baby sis?" my brother answered.<br /> <br /> "Well, I have already moved all of my personal money from the pack accounts. They are now responsible for themselves. I'm not sure how that is going to go over. I was covering most of the pack's budget. Tomorrow, I will contact my attorneys to protect all of my other assets. 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1,649,306	/src/Template/Ads/index.ctp (line 281) '{"alias":1649171}'	Yes	2024-05-03 04:04	active	665	430661546362249	🔥🔥 Click to Read 👉🏻👉🏻	I woke up in bed and stretched. Instantly, my muscles all revolted against that idea. My entire body was sore, but my core made sure to remind me that it'd taken a beating the night before. I wiped my eyes and sat up, unsure of where I was for a moment. Until I looked around. There were toned and undressed hips all around me. I smiled to myself as I captured the image in my mind for rainy days in my future. Mack, Jones, and Xavier were all tangled in the different blankets they'd brought with them to bed the night before. Earlier that morning, really.<br /> The back of the tour bus was a bedroom, fitted with one massive bed that took up the entire room. The normal tour bus accommodations existed between the bathroom and large bedroom, but no one had volunteered to sleep in their usual bed. They'd each found a way to wrap around me in the big bed and didn't miss the chance to take me once more before we passed out for good.<br /> －－－－－－<br /> Layla<br /> "Oh, yeah! Eat me, Matty!" The woman screaming for my boyfriend was the lead singer of a moderately popular band called The Homewreckers. It was an aptly named band, apparently. Of course, she sounded amazing as she screamed. I always felt like a choking chimpanzee when I came out loud.<br /> I stood in the doorway of The Homewreckers' dressing room and took a deep breath. Unfortunately, it was scented with weed. "Hey, Matthew?"<br /> Matthew, who'd always told me he hated being called Matty, yanked his head out of Miriam Dark's private part and spun around to face me. It was almost comical how fast he spun and how wide his eyes were. He was white collar handsome. His hair was always perfectly cut, his eyebrows were never too long or bushy, and he shaved his face twice a day. He had nice blue eyes and a nice smile. Nice body, nice manhood, nice guy. Well, maybe not a nice guy. After all, his face was covered in another woman's private partl fluids.<br /> "Layla! What are you doing here?" He climbed to his feet and I watched in disgust as he shoved his flaccid manhood back into his nice dress pants. Then, as an afterthought, he wiped his face and stumbled closer to me. "This isn't..."<br /> I rolled my eyes. "It isn't what it looks like? God, Matthew, at least be original."<br /> Miriam took her time closing her legs and gently patted Matthew's shoulder. "Are we done here, Matty? Or do you think you'll be finished soon and want to finish here?"<br /> Laughing, I rolled my shoulders and leveled a hard stare at Matty. "We're done. Whatever we had is over, so feel free to finish playtime with whoever and whatever. I'm on vacation for a few days, so don't call me."<br /> He rushed after me and grabbed my arm. "Wait a second, Layla. I'm sorry. I messed up. Just give me a second to explain."<br /> I yanked my arm free and scowled at him. "Don't touch me."<br /> "Come on, Layla. Don't be like this. Talk to me. I feel terrible." He tried to take my hand again. "Please, baby."<br /> I wasn't going to let him see that I was upset. He didn't deserve that. Instead, I stepped away from him and snarled. "Touch me and I'll break every one of your fingers, Matty. Go and finish sleeping with your client. I believe she's still waiting."<br /> "Jesus. You work for me, Layla! How do you think this is going to go?"<br /> I backed away from him. "I think it's going to go just fine. Like I said, I'm on vacation. Don't call me. Don't message me. Don't think about me. As my ex-boyfriend or my boss."<br /> " Maybe not you, the perfect Layla.You have to accept that." He followed me. "I know that. I shouldn't have started anything with Miriam, but when I'm on the road with the band, it's hard. I miss you and she's there."<br /> My heart hardened and I took a deep breath. "How long have you been sleeping with her?"<br /> He swallowed so hard I saw his Adam's apple bobble. "Come on, Layla. None of this will matter. I'll stop. I'll stop and we can get engaged. You want that, right?"<br /> I gagged. "Ew, Matthew. There's not a chance that I'm getting engaged to you! I'd rather stick my papilla in a truck winch and turn it on."<br /> Miriam sauntered out of her dressing room topless and looked me over. "We've been slept for a year. Matty eats private part like a champ."<br /> A real smile stretched my lips. "Now I know you're full of foolish talk. He might get an climax, but a champ? Hardly. Anyway, enjoy him. I hope him not having a girlfriend doesn't ruin your lady boner."<br /> "Miriam, go back inside! Layla, just stop and talk to me!"<br /> Miriam and I both answered Matthew in unison. <br /> I looked at her and shrugged. "Maybe you're not all bad."<br /> Without waiting for either of them to say anything else, I turned around and walked away, ignoring Matthew as he called my name. Eventually he stopped and I walked faster. I needed to get out of there before I cried. I wasn't about to cry backstage at a music festival. Someone would probably jump out and tit punch me as some anti-crying ritual.<br /> As I walked faster, I couldn't fight the way my eyes filled with tears. No matter how lackluster Matthew was, I'd devoted years of my life to him. I'd just wasted my vacation time on him, too. I thought sneaking out to meet him on the road would be fun and lend some much needed excitement to our relationship. Things hadn't been good...ever...but I'd hoped that we could at least get back to a place where I didn't dread seeing him at work every day.<br /> I wiped at my eyes and felt the mascara I'd coated my eyelashes with earlier. Stupid. I swore and stomped my way farther away from Matthew and the ugly end of our relationship. The image of his hip in the air while he happily ate Miriam Dark's hoo-hah like a pig in slop would forever be burned into my memory.<br /> I couldn't wait to get back home to my apartment and destroy everything of Matthew's that he'd left behind. I needed to update my social media. I didn't do much on it anymore, but I couldn't stand the idea of people thinking I was still with the loser. I'd have to call Grandma. That thought made me want to sob. She hated Matthew, but she liked that I wasn't alone in LA. Knowing I was single again was going to worry her. And if she told Jagger, my older brother, about me being single, Jagger would call and demand to know what'd happened. Then, he would try to fly out and kick Matthew's hip. It was just a mess.<br /> Growling out a frustrated sound, I looked down to make sure I stepped over a big mess of cords. I couldn't believe someone had left the stage like that. It was a hazard. Not to mention, it would be so easy to show if someone tripped over the wrong cord.<br /> I should've been paying attention because when the crowd's wild cheering broke through my self-pitying stupor, I looked up to see how close I'd gotten to the main stage. Unfortunately, a man with a guitar was coming off the stage, looking back at another man behind him. I was moving too fast to stop in time and he wasn't looking. It happened so fast that I didn't even make a sound as I smacked right into the man and felt pain before bouncing off his hard body and going down hard. Those tangled cords.<br /> I heard a deep voice growl above me, but I reached up to feel my forehead and felt something wet. I knew my eyes went as wide as softballs and when I pulled my fingers down and saw red, I groaned. Blood was my kryptonite. My vision darkened and I gagged on my way down.<br /> <br /> Mack<br /> "Well." By the time I realized what was happening, the curvy brunette was flat on the ground. I dropped to my knees next to her and swore when I saw the blood on her forehead. "This is a new form of falling for me."<br /> Xavier squatted on her other side and frowned. "Not really a great time for joking. You knocked her out."<br /> Jones sighed and ran his hands through his hair. "Where'd she come from? Also, maybe look where you're going from now on. You ran the poor thing over. Big time."<br /> I brushed her hair out of her face and had a completely ridiculous moment of feeling like I was staring down at Sleeping Beauty. She was gorgeous. I gently patted her soft cheek. "Ma'am? Hello?"<br /> "Great work. She's jumping right to life." Jones looked over his shoulder. "You've got about thirty seconds to get her on her feet and out of the way before the crowd beats back security and runs back here."<br /> I could hear the commotion he was hearing and ground my teeth. We'd just come off an amazing show. I had planned on going to a bar and getting hammered. Taking care of a Disney princess hadn't been in my plans, but it didn't look like I had an option. I couldn't just leave her on the ground and I didn't know any of the stage hands enough to trust them with an unconscious woman.<br /> "Fine." I stood up and lifted her body over my shoulder. Her head and arms hung limply and bounced off my hip, but I figured it was better for her than getting trampled to death. "Let's get her to our bus and get the medics to check her out. She'll be safe there until she can wake up and go."<br /> Xavier nodded once and charged ahead, clearing a path. He was a giant of a man and no one was dumb enough to stay in his way. They didn't understand what a gentle soul he was. I was thankful for that when they jumped out of our way, though. Especially with a crowd of rabid fans chasing after us.<br /> Jones barked at security to make sure no one followed us out into the artist lot and slammed the heavy metal door shut behind us. He swore and scowled at the door like it was the problem. "What do we even pay security for if they can't keep people away?"<br /> The woman over my shoulder groaned and grabbed my hips. I waited to see if she would say anything else, but she didn't. Her arms fell limp again and I released a breath at not having her scream and freak out while dangling over my shoulder.<br /> "I'll call the medic." Xavier hurried ahead to the bus.<br /> "This puts a damper on my plans." I sighed and glanced over at Jones. "We put on a good show and I was planning on drinking my face off to celebrate."<br /> "The medics are quick. We'll get her taken care of, apologize, and then send her on her way. With the medics, hopefully." He ran his eyes over the full hip over my shoulder. "Too bad you knocked her out before seeing if she wanted to drink with us."<br /> I laughed. "She sure is pretty. I doubt she'll be in a forgiving mood, though. I should've been looking at where I was going."<br /> "Why change now? Forget what I said earlier. We're in our forties. Let's not waste our time. Old dogs and new tricks, you know." He reached the bus before me and opened the door. "You put your guitar down."<br /> I winced. "I'll send a text to Shane as soon as I put her down."<br /> "I'll do it now. They're going to have to chase down whatever fan saw it and took it, probably. I highly doubt it's still sitting where you left it."<br /> I didn't want to think about my baby being in someone else's hands so instead, I focused on the woman in my arms. I climbed the steps and entered the bus, letting the cool AC wash over my overheated skin. The first space on the bus was a living room with four comfortable couches and I eased the unconscious woman down on one of them.<br /> Stretched out on the couch, her curves were even more noticeable. She was wearing tight black jeans and a low-cut top that was black and mostly straps and lace. I didn't get it, but I liked it. It was bad for me to notice her body, but the top curves of her breasts were spilling out of the shirt deliciously.<br /> I forced my eyes to her forehead and frowned. The cut was definitely from my baby. It looked like either a cord or a corner of my guitar had hit her just perfectly to leave a small cut. The skin around the cut didn't look too angry and overall, she looked okay. Besides being unconscious. I ran my hands under the back of her head and felt around to see if I found a lump from her hitting her head on the ground, but there was nothing.<br /> "The medics are tied up at another stage." Xavier growled in frustration and stared down at the woman. "Cut looks fine. Anything along the back of her head?"<br /> I shook my head. "No. She seems fine, honestly."<br /> "I don't like that she passed out." He sat down across from her and rested his elbows on his knees. "Go ahead and shower. I'll watch over her until you're back."<br /> Xavier, Jones, and I had served in the military together. We'd each done enough time to know how to take care of basic medical emergencies and several other things we'd never need in civilian life. It'd been a long time since any of us had to do first-aid in the field, but we could still hold our own.<br /> "Sure. I'll be fast." I winced. "I'm the one who plowed her over. I should be the one that has to explain it."<br /> I showered as fast as possible in the small bus bathroom but I still wasn't fast enough. By the time I shut the water off, I could already hear a husky female voice I didn't recognize ranting away. I wrapped a towel around myself and rushed out to apologize and get her to stop chewing out Jones and Xavier.<br /> What I found wasn't her chewing them out, though. She was pacing back and forth in front of where they sat on their own couches with her hands on her hips and fury on her face. She wasn't angry at us, though. Nope. It seemed another man had pissed in her cereal that morning.<br /> "This is just the cherry on the cake. Why not get a scar to memorialize the day I walked in on my boyfriend cheating on me? I'm so angry I could punch him in the manhood."<br /> I swear all three of us males cringed. I also had to rearrange my thinking. She was no Disney princess. She had spunk, to say the least.<br /> "She had the nerve to brag about his oral skills. Please. I literally have had better climaxs humping my hand. Either her needs are rock bottom, which is great for her if that's the case, or she was just lying to try to hurt me. I'm embarrassed, sure! It's not everyday you walk in on your boyfriend motorboating Miriam Dark's private part lips, but whatever. I'm just pissed. I came all the way here. I shaved. I put lotion on every inch of my body. Even the backs of my knees. Did I care that they're going to get sweaty faster now? Nope. I wanted to be smooth."<br /> I leaned against the doorway and let myself really look at her. She was taller than I'd thought and had legs that stretched on for miles. The black jeans hugged her full hip and hips in a way that made my mouth water. Her waist clipped in just enough that my hands would fit in the notch perfectly if I was taking her from behind. Her shirt made her full breasts look even more delicious while she was standing and I was at half-mast almost immediately.<br /> Her body, as stunning as it was, nearly touched on the beauty that was her face. Her big blue eyes were surrounded by dark eyelashes and her pouty mouth was stained red. She had dark brown hair down to her shoulders that curled wildly. If she hadn't been swearing, her creamy skin would've really made her look like a Disney princess. She could've probably gone down to Florida and got a job playing one of them right then. I'd never been attracted to a Disney princess before, though.<br /> "And you want to know the worst part? I work for the stupid prick. And no, before anyone has the jackass assumption that I'm sleeping my way into my position, I'm not. I'm better at his job than he is and I've been sticking around for even longer than I should've because he kept promising that he'd put in a good word with his boss for me. Because I deserve it. I do his work. I can't remember the last time he's had to do a single thing. At least he chose to sleep with Miriam himself. Although, I'm pretty sure I'd be better at that, too."<br /> Jones snorted and held up his hands when the little firecracker spun on him. "I'm not disagreeing with you, honey. I'm just enjoying hearing you eviscerate this manhoodhead."<br /> She stared at him and slowly her face darkened and she brought her hand up to cover her mouth. She looked absolutely distressed and I hated it.<br /> "What's wrong?" I made myself known and was rewarded with watching her eyes trail down my chest. The way her eyes got all bedroom heavy and she licked her lips turned that almost solid shaft into a full blown shaft. I had to shift to hide it from her curious eyes.<br /> She glanced back at Jones and then at Xavier. "Oh."<br /> Xavier stood up and inched towards her. "Are you okay? Your head... Is it hurting?"<br /> She looked up at him and I saw the way her body naturally swayed towards my giant of a best friend. Something about that made me want to hug her. Some women treated Xavier and his size like a threat and it hurt him. "Oh. I can't believe I didn't realize before now. You're JAX."<br /> Jones sighed and nodded. "Yep."<br /> She pushed her curls back from her face. 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