Wolf.e (The Soldiers of Bedlam #1)

by Paisley Hope

To all my good girls who know falling in love with the king of an outlaw motorcycle club doesn’t mean your mission in life is to change him. Instead, it is to embrace the wicked inside you and become his bad ass queen.

always asked myself why I had to change to stop a man from looking at me.

“Right, sorry I forgot how touchy you are,” he raises his hands in truce. I’m not touchy, you prick. I just don’t enjoy you looking at me like I’m dessert every damn day.

Wow, acting like my mother really works.

🤣🤭don’t it though???

When my friends craved the good guy in the movies we watched growing up, I secretly always wanted the villain with his hand around the main character's throat. I want a man to look at me like he can’t wait to touch me at any given time of the day.

Gurrrrrl Don’t we all

Lovely is as close to a compliment as Evan ever gives me but I know he means it. After two years, the niceties come a little less, but Evan is always kind. I should be grateful to have someone like him in my life. He’s always steady and reliable and we get along very well. We always have.

☹️😖😩I’m sorry, girly, but…this ain’t itttt

I slide my hand from Evans suit clad knee, up the inside of his strong thigh, maybe we can have a little limo fun— “Babe,” Evan grabs my hand before it reaches anywhere near his cock. “We’re almost there.” He places my hand back in my lap and my heart sinks.

HE CAN GO ON SOMEWHERE

Be grateful, I remind myself.

No, actually, don’t.

“Brinley, I—You’re beautiful and sweet, but marriage just… it isn’t on my radar right now. My career has to come first, and you’d have to… establish yourself more before my family would accept… that.” Ouch. “By that, you mean me,” I say quietly, using my napkin to dab at my tears.

Check please

easy isn’t always right,

“The good girl with the smart mouth?” he asks low, his knuckles still grazing my arm in a static connection. “If you aren’t careful, little hummingbird, I may have to use that mouth to set you straight.” He leans in closer, and my knees go weak as his lips hover over my ear. “But maybe that’s exactly what you want… maybe you’re sick of being good, yeah?”

I feel the pull from her again, like she’s trying to see into my soul. That is not a place she wants to go.

Something I’ll be teaching her? She doesn’t leave until I tell her she can leave.

Ooooo 🤭🤭😭😝

It’s fine. She can be mad at me while she does what she’s told.

😂🤭

“Or… maybe with me, you simply aren’t afraid to be yourself, even if that looks a little different than everyone else expects.”

“Don’t be so fucking polite. Take what you want.

With it he claims me, kissing me like there’s no such thing as time. And I realize, I’ve never really been kissed before. No other man should count.

The beast in me bares its teeth, knowing without question that it’s finally about to be satisfied.

I’m gone. Let me bleed.

“You will hold no space to fear anything in this world except me. If anyone threatens you or tries to hurt you, they will be met with a suffering so deep that Lucifer himself will beg mercy for their souls. I’ll tear the flesh from their bones one layer at a time and rejoice like the angel of bloodshed I was trained to be.” Gabriel’s hands slide up my back into my hair pulling my head taut to his, he angles my face. “I own all your fear, little hummingbird. No one else can have it.”

The fire she doesn’t know how to use yet creeps into her blue eyes, the embers burning. I want to stoke those embers within her, bring out her fire.

smoking his breakfast weed.

💀

“We all have angels watching over us, even you. Maybe you’ve just been riding faster than yours can fly. Maybe it’s time to slow down a little.” I feel her smirk against me. “Let them catch up.”

My chest cracks wide open and I almost feel my heavy heart start to beat as I remember my mother’s words… Find yourself an angel to be your queen, a safe haven.

“We’ll protect her like we do you, boss,” Ax says seriously. I nod and snap the gavel down, smirking back at them. When I’m done with her, she’ll be able to protect them.

How can one see this sort of carnage and come out the other side with faith?