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VIOLET

My stomach felt like it was eating itself with nerves. I walked slightly behind Graham, using him as a cover as we entered the barn.

I royally messed up. I should have just apologized and left it there. Without a doubt, I would be more careful, but what I’d done wasn’t that bad! They were definitely over-reacting.

Adan and Bryan stood next to the doors beside Frank, the Beta from my old pack. Frank’s eyes widened on me and his nostrils flared. I shuffled closer to Graham, almost tripping myself with how close I got.

Lupita, our pack doctor, sat in the final row nearest to the Betas, watching something ahead of Graham with trepidation. There were three more after that, the rest of the seats had been removed.

“I am an Alpha.” Simon’s growl echoed.

“From what I’ve heard, Beaumont won in the challenge,” Elton’s familiar voice clenched my stomach. I didn’t want to see that nasty jerk. I hugged myself like that could protect me.

Simon’s familiar growl sent shivers down my spine. I peeked around Graham’s huge body blocking my view.

“Is that what they’re saying?” Graham barked out a bitter laugh.

It dawned on me, I didn’t need to protect myself. My mates would protect me. A sour scent burned my nostrils; familiar, cloying, and nausea-inducing. Thank Goddess he smelled the same. There was never any sort of attraction on my end. Not while his ham-like hand had been shoved down my shirt squeezing my breast.

Thank Goddess she hadn’t tied me to him.

His gaze snagged on my face and his body jolted.

“So the rumors are true. My pack female is an Omega.” He was full of crap; I was nothing of his .

Graham’s shoulders bunched.

“Is that what you heard?” Graham’s voice remained calm and even, but I could sense the utter rage in his body. Behind Elton, closer to the wall, were a handful of my past pack mates. Phil stood among them. Why was the male I’d been close to kissing with this pack?

Nausea swirled. Elton had sent someone to find me.

Would my mates recognize him as the male I’d flirted with? No way because Simon would have already snapped his neck. We stopped feet away from Elton and Simon. On the platform was the curled form of his chosen mate inside a cage.

“I’m no longer part of your pack.” I really tried to say it with more force, but it came out warbling. I bunched Graham’s shirt, stepping to the side of him, but still slightly angled toward him. I wasn’t exactly sure if it was to jump behind him at a moment’s notice, or to throw myself in front of him. The dichotomy of emotions battled. Hiding behind them and making sure the male that hurt me would never hurt my males. But it wasn’t like I could outmatch him in strength.

“A problem I’m here to fix,” Elton drawled. Simon was suddenly in his face, bumping their chests together.

“No!” I shouted. Graham put a hand on the back of my neck, stopping me from running to Simon. My scream was enough to stop them from shifting and lunging. That was asking for a slaughter, and I would rather die than my mates’ lives be put in danger. “I’m not going anywhere with you.”

“You have no choice, female,” Elton said. “You were not granted permission to leave my pack.”

Simon stepped back to look at me.

The truth I hadn’t wanted to admit to a soul; I’d run away.

I wrung the end of my shirt.

“I-I’m sorry, Graham,” I shuddered. “I didn’t think he’d come look for me.” Tears flooded my eyes.

“Still a cowering, female,” Elton tsked. “I’ll take the bitch off your hands.”

Graham snarled and Elton stiffened, returning the sound. Simon moved closer, blocking me from Elton’s view.

“You can’t take me from my mates.” My voice held the strength they’d fostered to life.

“Mates?” Elton scoffed and disbelief coated his voice. “You, Luna?” He threw his head back chortling. “Stop with the sad attempts. Phil let me know your little moment with him. If you were their mate, they would never have allowed their Omega female within sniffing distance of another male.”

Simon stepped away from me, and I could see he was connecting the dots about Phil.

“Well, we had a few misunderstandings at the beginning,” I said defensively, trying to ignore the heat burning my face. Elton scanned Graham and Simon. “Deeana is here. We will return her to you. Just leave and never return.”

He raised an eyebrow at my hurried words. I ignored Graham and Simon. They wouldn’t stand for it, but I had to try to get this over with, without bloodshed.

“She deserves whatever fate she receives for helping an Omega leave.” I could only gawk. He was talking about the female he’d chosen to mate with. “As for you, there is still time, you are not claimed.” His nostrils flared. “They do not smell of you and you do not smell of them.”

Graham’s body stiffened to the point of breaking. My mates were poised to strike.

“I challenge you,” Elton announced, staring Graham down.

Instead of saying anything, Graham pulled his shirt off and handed it to me.

“Please don’t do this,” I begged, my eyes so wide it hurt.

The corner of his lips twitched. He exchanged a look with Simon.

There was movement from both packs, but I couldn’t tear my eyes off Graham. I grabbed Simon’s arm before I fell.

“Stop him, Simon.”

His arm slipped around my waist, and he settled his palm at my hip. Graham kept his jeans on.

“Why isn’t he taking the rest of his clothes off?” I gasped. Elton shifted into his wolf form and immediately went for Graham. Now that it’d begun, no one could intervene, or the opposite side won by default.

Elton sank his teeth into Graham’s leg. He slammed his boot into Elton’s head before he ripped any deeper. Elton yelped and released his leg, leaving behind damage. Blood bloomed across his pant leg.

“Graham, shift,” I screamed. Elton’s jaws clamped down on his arm. He wasn’t shifting! “Simon, why isn’t he shifting?”

Simon wrapped his arm tightly around me, supporting my weight. If he hadn’t, I’d already be on the ground.

“What are you doing?” I screamed. Graham met my eyes, the golden iris seemed especially alive. “Are you crazy?”

Graham pried Elton off him, leaving deep gouges. My stomach soured. It would take him a while to heal from that. I sniffled, holding back from vomiting.

“Maybe as crazy as you lying to us and sneaking out while we sleep.” Simon shrugged while I gaped up at him.

“Are you fucking serious?” I snarled, lunging toward the still ongoing fight. That was what this was about? “You made your point Graham!”

Simon laughed. Everyone else watching seemed as horrified as me. Why were they treating it like a joke? Graham’s left arm had deep wounds shredding his skin.

“Graham,” I screamed again. He met my gaze and lashed his arm out. His fingers dug into the wolf’s throat. Not breaking eye contact, he shifted into his beastly form, melding the beast with the man.

Screams ripped across the barn and in the flurry of movements, our pack Beta’s blocked the runners. Blood splattered on the face of a screaming female, forcing my attention back to the scene.

Graham sliced his large talons into Elton’s belly. Blood gushed from the wound. Elton’s wide eyes flicked side to side, the white showing exaggeratedly. Graham’s other hand wrapped around the bottom half of his muzzle. Each movement caused his fur to flutter, but he continued without hesitation. Gripping both sides of Elton’s muzzle, he tore in two directions, ripping the maw in half.

I winced and turned my back, trying not to let the nausea turn into vomit. In the same motion, Graham went for Phil and sliced his claws through his stomach, spilling innards out.

Simon laughed . . . and laughed while I struggled in his arms.

I threw an elbow back. He grunted, but I had the opportunity to slip out of his arms. “Violet,” Simon bellowed.

I went directly for Graham and careened in front of him to block the rest of Elton’s pack from his attack.

“Enough,” I shouted, holding up my hands. He dropped to all fours in his beastly form, the curve of his spine and legs allowed him the fluid movement.

“They hurt you,” he rumbled.

“ They didn’t.” I waved my hand behind me. “So stop.”

He grunted and shifted back to his human form.

“Let them go,” I croaked.

His chin lifted and he scanned my face.

“You heard her. I don’t want you near my pack, stay in Maine.”

Frank stepped forward; his gaze lowered.

“I will make sure nothing happens.”

“What about this one?” Simon kicked the cage on the platform.

She trembled so much the cage shook. She seemed shell-shocked. I stepped toward her, but Simon swept me up before reaching her.

“She’s obviously in no state to attack me.”

“I won’t,” she whispered, her voice cracking. She clutched the bars of the animal cage, her eyes blank and horrified. Her head turned to expose her neck.

“Take her with you. Make sure she never returns,” I said to Frank. He lowered his head.

“We’re done here,” Graham said and strode to me, his cock swinging with every step. “Make sure they leave,” he addressed someone to the side, but I didn’t get a look before he pulled me from Simon into his arms; I slumped against his shoulder.

“If I see you anywhere close to here, my mate will not save you.”

“Simon,” I shouted at him for the threat. He chuckled. I could imagine the smirk on his damn face. “Graham, was that-that- show , necessary?”

“You learned your lesson,” he grunted.

Asshole! He put the safety of our pack in danger to teach me a lesson.

I smacked his shoulder. That suffocating fear almost drowned me.

“Don’t ever do that again,” I hiccupped through tears. He rubbed my lower spine. I sniffled, letting the worry and fear out through them and as I did, the finality of Elton’s destruction hit me.

He was gone. Relief forced another sob out.

“Where are we going?” Graham caressed my spine again as if that gave me an answer. I swiped my hand across my face. The pack house came into view and he was headed right for it.

“Why aren’t we going home?” I pressed my palm into his arm, trying to prop myself up. My boobs were not liking this position; they pushed against the top of his shoulder. He shoved open his bedroom door.

“Because enough is enough.”

What did that mean?!

Simon shut the door with a smirk curling his lips. Graham dumped me on the bed and leaned forward to capture my jaw. His lips clashed with mine. Passion in every flick. His tongue caressed mine and his hand slipped to my throat, wrapping around my fluttering pulse. He tasted and smelled so good. I couldn’t get enough of his sandalwood scent. I moaned against his lips.

He matched my passion, his hands slipping down to tug the hem of my shirt up. Our lips parted and he tugged the shirt off my body. Fingertips touched my spine. The bed dipped, and Simon knelt behind me and undid my bra. The straps fell forward, and Graham pulled it off.

Simon’s hands slipped to my front, touching and caressing up my waist until he cupped my breasts. He rubbed his thumbs across my nipples. Electrical pulses went directly to my sex. I moaned, falling back against his body. Simon cradled me against his front while Graham hooked into the band of my sweats. He tugged once and yanked down my undies and pants, leaving me fully exposed.

Graham speared his finger inside my sex. I gasped from the suddenness, my hips arching up.

“She’s drenched,” he said to Simon.

“Perfect,” Simon rumbled and gripped my hips. His large fingers dug into my sides, and he held me tight to him as he scooted closer to the edge of the mattress. My legs were spread and draped over Simon’s. Graham’s hands settled a bit higher. Both gripped my hips to lift me and penetrate me on Simon’s shaft. My sex clasped onto him, squeezing him as he grew under me. I moaned, writhing. Slick dripped out of me. Every nerve ending felt alive and needy. I reached for Graham’s human cock bobbing a few inches from me, the tip leaking precum. He caught my wrist before I wrapped my hand around the girth.

Simon laid back, bringing me with him so I rested against his chest. The angle rippled pleasure through my channel and left me exposed to Graham. His gaze settled on my sex, but I couldn’t move. I whined needily, my body clenching around Simon, and more slick dripped from me, making me feel so incredibly wet.

Graham’s body rippled and his body shifted and grew. The stiff cock throbbed and thickened, a knot ballooning at his base.

I sank my teeth into my lower lip, watching him in a trance.

“Relax, Darling mate,” Simon said with a guttural sounding chuckle. “He’ll come to you.” He propped himself up on his arms.

His chest vibrated with a purr and my body reacted immediately, going limp against him. I watched Graham through slitted eyes. He leaned over us, the bed dipping with his movements. His elongated muzzle showed plenty of teeth, but I dropped my gaze to watch him feed himself into me.

His tip nestled at my entrance where Simon’s length was already inside me, his knot a few centimeters from entering me. Graham curved over us, his body bending and muscles rippling under his fur. His tongue flicked out against the opposite ear Simon pressed against.

“You will take me.” Graham thrust and my body accommodated, stretching around his possession. Simon groaned and his body shook. There was so much pressure at my entrance. So much delicious, mind-numbing pleasure. My toes helplessly curled, and I grabbed onto Graham’s chest fur. He pumped again and my torso curved up with a whimper.

I struggled to suck in a breath. Graham purred and slick coated their cocks. With a simple sound, they made me wetter than ever.

He pumped out and slammed back in, jostling the bed with such force it stole my breath.

I whined and cried out. Tears trickled from the corners of my eyes from the utter pleasure assaulting my senses. The grunts and snarls echoing from them caused my body to thrash.

They felt so, so good inside me. They belonged. Simon dragged his claws under my breasts, the tips pricked my skin ever so gently, not breaking skin, but with every nerve ending set aflame, it sparked my release. Screaming, I yanked fur, and writhed, riding the orgasm.

Simon licked the side of my neck, grazing his sharp teeth against my skin. Graham nuzzled the other side of my throat, inching down to the muscle in my shoulder.

They simultaneously bit down, claiming me. I screamed, writhing on their cocks as release after release crashed into me. My heartbeat repeated a single word: Mine .