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“Stop!” I gasped the word out suddenly, my body tense and tight as pain arced through me. Holy hell, that hurt. Was it supposed to hurt that much? Clearly we were doing this wrong. Remy grimaced above me, his muscles shaking as he tried to hold back. “Stopping right now isn’t exactly an option, babe.” I glared up at him, my jaw clenched. “Well, this hurts, so make it an option, Remy.” His dark gaze narrowed. “I know. I told you it probably would the first few times.” “You didn’t mention this much hurt,” I snapped, ready to call it quits now. My body shook with exhaustion, my chest heaving.
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Lol i see what she did there
“This doesn’t look like teaching self-defense,” Rhodes said with a smirk as he strolled in and stopped beside us. “At least, this is never how we spar, Remy. Is this a new technique?”
I wish we could resurrect him so I could kill him all over again for you.”
His face was guarded, watching me for cues and tics. His alpha face was what I called it.
“Brat,” he muttered under his breath before kissing me hard.
The last thing I needed was to be the coma girl who danced like a dying flamingo.
Remy spun me around in his arms so fast I almost lost my footing. He steadied me with sure hands, his full mouth lifting into a soft smile that almost made my knees buckle again.
*wiping drool from face*
I didn’t even know what I had done. I just told them to shut up and they did. For two days.”
Man I wish I had this ability growing up with a younger brother
He barely lifted his voice as he said, almost simply, “I forbid it.” Those three simple words were an atom bomb detonating in the living room. The Blackwater cabin had just become ground zero for pack fallout. Outside, snow covered the world in a soft, glittering blanket. Inside this room it was absolute emotional carnage splattered on every single wall.
Remy’s mouth tightened. “I know you’re angry—” “Try fucking furious, big brother,” she spat.
“We need protection while we wait.” That did the trick. All four chests puffed up with prepubescent pride.
Ainsley let out a quick laugh, smothering it with her hands as quick as it came. I turned and gave her a look. “They’re setting up a perimeter, ma’am,” she said, eyes sparkling.
“He loves you,” she replied easily. “But even if he didn’t, I know my brother. And he won’t stop. He’s kind of a badass that way.”
“Safe isn’t a place, Remy. It’s not this school, or in Blackwater, or any other place. Safe is you.”
With a frustrated whimper, I reached up and wrapped my hands around his shoulders, trying to bring him down. But Remy was solid muscle and not moving until he was good and ready. A smug smirk kicked up the corner of his mouth, and my body flushed as his gaze traveled down the length of me.
Where can I find ME an alpha??
He used the kiss to claim, but there was nothing left to conquer.
Irrational irritation spiked in me, my wolf not giving a shit that I was currently jealous of my mother.
“Seriously, why do you even put up with me?” I made a face. “Mostly because you’re my boyfriend’s sister, and you’re a good excuse to spend the night with him.”
“Skye, you’re the strongest person I’ve ever met. If you need my support, you have it. Always. I love you, and I’ll be with you every step of the way, but your strength is your own,” he told me as his lips curved into a wicked grin, “and God help your uncle.”
I would take a lifetime of Linden and Cassian if Remy was waiting for me at the end.”
“He came home, and saw me lying where they left me. It hurt so much, I couldn’t move. I expected my dad to raise hell. To kill them all. Or, I don’t know … Help me?”
“I hate him.” She sucked in a wobbly breath, fresh tears falling. “But I also remember loving him.”
“You can watch movies and order room service and … whatever girls do at night. Eat ice cream and paint your nails.”
Recognition, and then disgust, flared in Daniel’s eyes. “My condolences that you’re related to him. I can see why you left.”
Remy was going to freak. I would be lucky if he didn’t handcuff me to him for the rest of the Summit. Hell, the rest of our lives.
The slam of the front door hitting the wall was the only warning I got that Hurricane Remy had made landfall and was headed straight for me.
“Do you really want to have this conversation Romeo and Juliet balcony-style?”
With a low growl, he turned away from me, reaching out to brace his hands on the railing. His fingers curved around the wood until it groaned. He bowed his head, back arching as he nearly snapped the railing in half. I stepped into him, wrapping my arms around his waist and resting my cheek against the warm expanse of his back. A few seconds crawled by before he released the railing and twisted, wrapping those powerful arms around me and crushing me to his chest.
“You expected him to punch a hole in the wall?” I asked slowly. Luke turned his glare to Gabe. “You sure he’s your kid?”
“So,” Remy started, amusement lacing his words, “want to show me which bedroom is mine?” I slapped his rock-hard stomach. “Shut up.”
His golden eyes glittered, playful and happy in a way I hadn’t seen in awhile. “This okay?”
Damn, my boy was gorgeous.
He pulled a giant fluffy towel off the shelf near the shower and wrapped me up in it like I was a glass doll that needed to be protected. He wrapped another towel around his waist before carrying me out of the shower and setting me on the counter. Stepping between my legs, he used a third towel to dry my hair as best as he could. I watched him as he took care of me, feeling more loved and cherished than I ever had before.
Tomorrow would be hard. The next day would be harder. But right now, everything was right in my world.
When I reached for my hairbrush, he beat me to it, silently brushing through the wet tangles in my hair until I was boneless under his touch.
“You kidnap my family,” Linden roared, “and have the audacity to accuse me of neglecting my duties as Alpha?” “Yes,” Gabe said simply.
I grabbed his shoulders for balance as he lifted my leg, shoving my jeans up to expose my calf. His fingers ghosted across the flesh, his mouth flattening when he found the small little scar just above my ankle.
“You’re shaking,” Remy murmured beside me. Was I? I scrambled for an excuse. “It’s kind of cold, and I’m tired-” “So, when you get cold and tired you can’t look at me, too?” he asked quietly.
He leveled a hard look at Remy. “You were lucky it was only our friends with us today. Something like that happens in front of the Council or our enemies? You damn well better be ready to fight me for the pack.”
Lion king vibe intensifies
“I love you, son.” “I know,” Remy repeated, his tone softer. “I love you, too, Dad.” “That goes for you, too,” Gabe told me. “You’re one of us. I know whatever Remy saw was awful, kiddo, but that’s over. You’re one of us now. We protect our own.”
Everyone needed a best friend, or two, to remind them of how much they didn’t suck.
“Don’t let a memory trick you into forgetting who you are,” Katy said fiercely, “or how far you’ve come.”
Our bodies were maps of scars that told our stories.
“You must be Skye,” Kace said. He didn’t hold out a hand to me. Instead he turned his smile to Remy. “She’s too pretty for you.” Remy smirked. “I’m well aware.”
“Life would be a lot easier if we could all find our mate when we were still in high school.” Nero gave her a strange look. “You’ve known me since I was eight.” Allie snorted and tossed an unimpressed look at him. “You’re right. I’ve known you for almost two decades. That’s why I didn’t agree to marry you until two years ago.”
They both dropped their eyes at the same time. Huh. Shifters.
Definitely not the worst way to wake up on a day I spent almost my entire life dreading.
“It’s you and me forever. Not even the Council could keep me away from you.”
What exactly did someone wear to bare her soul to the devil?
“You already did the hard part,” he reminded me. “You escaped, you survived. Don’t let Linden or anyone else control you. If you’re scared, use it. Channel it into making sure no one else ever feels this scared because of them again.”
