Page 261 of His White Moonlight
Emotions hit me hard.I wanted to run and jump on them and hug them hard.But I also wanted to hit them just as hard for leaving me when I’d needed them.
“She’s mad,” Aiden said to Karter.
“I have eyes,” Karter said.Then he stepped behind Aiden and pushed Aiden at me.
It was a ploy to hug me without me having time to react, and it worked.His smell was exactly how I’d remembered.I hugged him and sniffled.
“I hate you,” I whispered.
“I know,” he said back.
“Not you, Aiden,” I said, turning my head and looking at Bennett.“Never take them away from me again.”
“I won’t,” he promised.
Karter tugged Aiden away to hug me, too.Neither of them undressed, thankfully, as the rest of the pack finished up.But Bennett did.I watched him strip and saw his anger and aggression.Mom and Dad’s was close but not quite to his level of rage.
When he turned and locked gazes with me, his softened.
“Tonight, they pay.Tomorrow, the world will be a little better because of it.”
I didn’t say anything.The human in me had a hard time following pack law, especially when it meant violence and death.But I knew Lindi had no problem with either.She’d proven it so many times.She’d had plenty of opportunities to reform and hadn’t taken them.She’d only gotten worse.And while Storm had always been a pain in my ass, I’d never believed she was a killer.She’d proven me wrong by working with Lindi, knowing what Lindi meant to do to me.Olivia, I didn’t know well, only that she’d never liked me.
Bennett kissed my forehead.“Everyone needs to witness.”
I nodded, understanding what he was saying—if I wanted to have a place in the pack, whether as a daughter, sister, or mate, I couldn’t turn away from what was about to happen.
“You have a five-second head start,” Dad said.
Olivia and Storm sprang to their feet.
Lindi didn’t move.Instead, she looked me in the eye and said, “I hope you wake up feeling like you're being suffocated for the rest of your life.”
“Five,” Mom said before shifting.
The rest of the pack shifted and sprang for the woods.
Mom tore out Lindi’s throat where she still knelt, making sure to keep her body between me and Lindi.She blocked my view to spare me, and I thanked her by not looking away.
Bennett chuffed to gain my attention then sprinted for the trees.
“Come on, my little Wren,” Grandma said.
She led the way with Aiden and Karter trailing behind me.
“So, did either of you find your mates?”I asked as we walked.
“No,” Aiden said.
“We weren’t really trying,” Karter said.“I heard you hoped we’d mate with a Rottweiler.”
“Not nice, by the way,” Aiden said.
“Wasn’t meant to be.”
“What’s it going to take to earn your forgiveness?”Karter asked.
“Bennett gave me nine million dollars.What do you have?”
