“Please stop!”
He snarled and leaned forward, his hot breath blowing in her face. It smelled coppery, like the blood she had tasted earlier. His eyes studied her up and down as she stood before him.
Please recognize me, she thought. Please.
He had obviously made the decision to save her over stopping the vampire; he had to recognize her at this point. Unfortunately the bloodlust he had from destroying the rat seemed to trigger the animal in his brain to explode back to the surface.
He flung his arms to each side, roaring in her face in the process. She took a step back and he took one forward, advancing on her and the girls.
“Travis, please,” she sobbed. “Remember me. Please remember who I am. I’m your alpha mate.”
She dropped to her knees and covered her face as the tears streamed down her face.
“I love you Travis,” she said. “I’m not afraid to admit it, I love you and I want to be with you. Please come back to me.”
She stayed on her knees, covering her face as the beast advanced on her. She expected the feeling of death to come at any moment, as she had with the gun before. For the second time that night she was spared as she felt powerful arms wrap around her and hold her tight.
“It’s okay baby girl,” Travis whispered in her ear. “I’m here for you.”
She opened her eyes to see a very bloody and naked Travis on his knees in front of her.
“You came back,” she said, fighting back tears.
“Of course I did,” he whispered. “I love you.”
“I love you too,” she said, wrapping her arms around him.
Together they stayed locked in love’s embrace, trying to forget the horrific ordeal they had just endured or the trouble that was still on the horizon.
Chapter 10
Everybody stood in front of the old house, looking up at the asylum that had turned the night into one of madness.
Travis turned away from the horrid rat den, taking some clothes Paige had pulled out of her back seat for him. He had already forgotten this all began when she decided to go shopping for him earlier in the day.
As he dressed, Angie and Janie reentered the house with a freshly human-shifted Dario as an escort. They were trying to gather up what they could of their lives before leaving their hellish prison for good.
He took a deep breath as he watched Paige comforting her nieces. In that moment he realized he had made the right decision, his former pack home was just land, nothing more. His territory would be wherever he decided to lay his head.
It was still dark outside; in the morning, bulldozers would be there to destroy what was left of his home. He felt a pang of sadness at the thought, but it instantly melted away when he saw Paige smiling up at him.
“Hey you,” she said, walking over to him.
“Hey you back,” he said with a smile.
“You came through for us.”
“Of course I did. I wasn’t going to let my alpha mate die.”
“Victor got away,” she said, her face drooping. “He has the staff.”
“It’s ok,” he said, putting his hands on her shoulders. “The vampire can have his oil, he can have his money and he can have his greed.”
“But your home,” she started to say.
Travis smiled and put one finger on her lips, silencing her. “The land is just that: land. It’s not what defines me or makes me who I am, not anymore.”
“But you’re an alpha without any territory,” she said, tears starting to form at the corners of her eyes. “You’re still lost.”
He chuckled and used the pad of his thumb to wipe a tear away from her cheek. “I’m not lost. My heart has found a home.”
Paige burst into tears and buried her face in his chest, sobbing uncontrollably.
He looked up to see Dario and the girls exiting the home, Dario wearing a pair of sweats he must have found inside. The girls carried two suitcases each while Dario carried something else, gas cans. He shuffled the girls out of the house before walking back into the foyer and dumping the
He snarled and leaned forward, his hot breath blowing in her face. It smelled coppery, like the blood she had tasted earlier. His eyes studied her up and down as she stood before him.
Please recognize me, she thought. Please.
He had obviously made the decision to save her over stopping the vampire; he had to recognize her at this point. Unfortunately the bloodlust he had from destroying the rat seemed to trigger the animal in his brain to explode back to the surface.
He flung his arms to each side, roaring in her face in the process. She took a step back and he took one forward, advancing on her and the girls.
“Travis, please,” she sobbed. “Remember me. Please remember who I am. I’m your alpha mate.”
She dropped to her knees and covered her face as the tears streamed down her face.
“I love you Travis,” she said. “I’m not afraid to admit it, I love you and I want to be with you. Please come back to me.”
She stayed on her knees, covering her face as the beast advanced on her. She expected the feeling of death to come at any moment, as she had with the gun before. For the second time that night she was spared as she felt powerful arms wrap around her and hold her tight.
“It’s okay baby girl,” Travis whispered in her ear. “I’m here for you.”
She opened her eyes to see a very bloody and naked Travis on his knees in front of her.
“You came back,” she said, fighting back tears.
“Of course I did,” he whispered. “I love you.”
“I love you too,” she said, wrapping her arms around him.
Together they stayed locked in love’s embrace, trying to forget the horrific ordeal they had just endured or the trouble that was still on the horizon.
Chapter 10
Everybody stood in front of the old house, looking up at the asylum that had turned the night into one of madness.
Travis turned away from the horrid rat den, taking some clothes Paige had pulled out of her back seat for him. He had already forgotten this all began when she decided to go shopping for him earlier in the day.
As he dressed, Angie and Janie reentered the house with a freshly human-shifted Dario as an escort. They were trying to gather up what they could of their lives before leaving their hellish prison for good.
He took a deep breath as he watched Paige comforting her nieces. In that moment he realized he had made the right decision, his former pack home was just land, nothing more. His territory would be wherever he decided to lay his head.
It was still dark outside; in the morning, bulldozers would be there to destroy what was left of his home. He felt a pang of sadness at the thought, but it instantly melted away when he saw Paige smiling up at him.
“Hey you,” she said, walking over to him.
“Hey you back,” he said with a smile.
“You came through for us.”
“Of course I did. I wasn’t going to let my alpha mate die.”
“Victor got away,” she said, her face drooping. “He has the staff.”
“It’s ok,” he said, putting his hands on her shoulders. “The vampire can have his oil, he can have his money and he can have his greed.”
“But your home,” she started to say.
Travis smiled and put one finger on her lips, silencing her. “The land is just that: land. It’s not what defines me or makes me who I am, not anymore.”
“But you’re an alpha without any territory,” she said, tears starting to form at the corners of her eyes. “You’re still lost.”
He chuckled and used the pad of his thumb to wipe a tear away from her cheek. “I’m not lost. My heart has found a home.”
Paige burst into tears and buried her face in his chest, sobbing uncontrollably.
He looked up to see Dario and the girls exiting the home, Dario wearing a pair of sweats he must have found inside. The girls carried two suitcases each while Dario carried something else, gas cans. He shuffled the girls out of the house before walking back into the foyer and dumping the
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