"The usual?" Elijah asks as he stands in front of me on the other side of the bar. He was tall with short dark hair and some stubble on his face."You know me so well." I shot him a devious smirk as I moved some of my chocolate brown hair over my shoulder."Well I sure would hope I do by now Violet." He responds as he pours my favorite drink into a glass for me. He then proceeds to hand it over to me while looking me up and down, noticing the revealing black dress I was wearing. "Did you come down here for business or pleasure tonight?"I took a sip from the glass and set it on the counter. "I haven't decided yet. But you'll know within the next hour or so I'm sure." I gave him another smirk."That doesn't sound very promising." He cocked an eyebrow. "Do you ever take a night off Vee?""Only when I feel like it, but I enjoy it so much I'd almost consider it more of a hobby than actually working." I answered. "Besides, the more I put in the happier our boss is and that makes life a lit
I was startled by the frantic pounding on my bedroom door. I stood up from my chair and made my way over to it. I already knew it was probably my best friend Alli. There really wasn't anyone else it could be.I open the door and I can see right away she's been crying by the mascara that streams down her face. This had to mean we had lost another one."Did she get Micheal?" My voice shook as I asked her.She nodded her head in response.I grab her arm and lead her into my bedroom. I shut the door behind us as we needed to have our privacy for this. Not that anyone would believe us if they had heard our conversation."Talk to me." I spoke as I guided her to sit down on my bed.She was breathing frantically and I could see she was trying to calm herself down. Her blue eyes looked into mine filled with nothing but fear. A feeling that I had come to know too well these last few days."Kira." She spoke my name quietly in a voice filled with emotion."Tell me what happened Alli." I attempted
*Piper's POV*The sun poured into the bedroom. It began to hit me in the face letting me know it was time to get up. I adjusted myself and looked up to notice mate, Matteo looking down on me with a smile. I couldn't help but smile against his chiseled chest."I like waking up next to you." Matteo spoke as he looked down on me with his beautiful brown eyes. His hair was a dark brown and it was short on the sides but the top had some length so he could style it into a comb over."I like waking up to you too. But we have things we need to do." I responded as I began to sit myself up in the bed. "As the upcoming alpha and luna we need to make sure we don't fall behind on anything."He let out a sigh. "I know."I got out of the bed and picked out a pair of jeans and threw them on along with a charcoal grey tank top. I looked in the mirror as I tied my dark brown hair into a ponytail. My fierce blue eyes stood out even without any make up right now."Are you ready?" Matteo asked as he came
*Piper's POV*We returned to the pack house so the exchange could be thoroughly discussed. The fact it was even a discussion was mind blowing. It wasn't even one I could take part in. Matteo and his father made me wait outside the Alpha's office. My fate was in the hands of the three men in that room and I didn't get a say in it.I tried listening in but their voices were too muffled. I could tell here and there when Matteo got angry as he raised his voice but his father shut him up. There was too much at stake to not talk about Alpha Jaxon's request. It was me or we all die.The Dark Moon pack, now in their human forms, had gathered the rest of ours here in the pack house. My pack were all practically held hostage as the discussion of my future went on. Jaxon's were stronger than ours, taking them down didn't seem possible. I could tell in their eyes they were prepared to kill if their alpha gave the word."What's going on?" I attempted to mind link with Matteo."Nothing good." His a
*Jaxon's POV*My grip was firm on Piper's hand. I wasn't giving her any opportunity to pull away. She was going to be mine and I planned to make that clear. The first order of business was to get her home where she can take a shower. She had Matteo's scent all over her from that hug. I didn't like seeing his arms around my mate.I let out a low growl to myself just at the thought of it again.My growl caused Piper to look at me for a moment. When I looked back at her and our eyes met she looked away quickly. I knew she was trying to avoid the feelings of desire when she looked at me. She didn't want to give into it. With time I was confident that would change.We led ourselves back through the woods we had come in. We had brought our cars as the drive from our pack territory was long. We needed to conserve our energy for the fight we had anticipated. However, by a strange twist of events that fight never really came. We only ended up hurting one person from the pack I set out to eradi
*Piper's POV* "Wake up blue eyes." Jaxon's voice spoke. My eyes opened and I had to face this was not a bad dream I was having. I was still stuck in this damn jeep with Jaxon and his beta. I looked around and noticed that the darkness seemed to have subsided and been replaced by daylight. I had tried staying awake but in the end I caved into sleeping. "Where are we?" I asked. Jaxon parked the jeep. "Welcome to your new home." He smirked as he looked over at me. "This isn't my home." I glared. "This is just a two month visit. Then I can go back to my real home." "Sure." His smirk grew wider. He opened his door to the jeep and got out. Nikko followed behind him. I let out a frustrated sigh to myself. Jaxon's scent was still in the car and I loved the smell. That was a problem. "Don't give in." I mumbled to myself. The passenger door opened. "Are you coming?" Jaxon asked as his hazel eyes looked me over intensely. My breathing grew heavier as I could feel the excitement within m
*Piper's POV* "Piper! What are you doing?!" Matteo's voice came through and brought me back to reality.I opened my eyes. I felt horrified with myself. I gave in to Jaxon too easily. He raised himself off and I felt the fight within me. I pushed him off of me. He was confused as he didn't expect my reaction considering what I just let him do. I moved myself as far as I could to the other end of the bed and wrapped myself in the red sheets."Stop!" I shouted. "How could you make me do that?!"He thought for a moment with a serious look on his face. His hazel eyes looked into mine. "Piper, I didn't force you." He stood up from the bed. "I don't know what you've heard but I would never force someone into that, especially my mate. You acted on your own desires."I was silent as I glared at him.He sighed. "Why don't you take a shower? I'll come get you when the food is ready."I kept my silence. He could tell he wasn't going to get anywhere with me on this right now. He turned and left t
*Jaxon's POV*I exited the room quickly and headed down to my office. When my pack members had found out I returned with a new member people started talking. Some were scared at what this meant, others said I had made a huge mistake. I called this meeting as I needed to set them all straight. The gossip going around would get mixed up as it went along and it would do more harm than good.My members needed to be open to the idea of accepting Piper as a leader. She's my mate and I'm their alpha. If they disrespected her it would be like disrespecting me as well. Together I knew she and I could do amazing things for the Dark Moon pack. It would just take some time for us to get there.I opened the door to the office where my members were waiting for me. I shut the door behind me and headed for the seat of my desk. "I figured we would meet here and then I will address the rest of the pack." I spoke as I took my seat.I had only called the pack members I needed to help keep people from tal