Beautiful Creatures Series

Aurora caught Stanton by booth arms as his legs buckled beneath him. She held on to him as best she could, trying to ease his fall to the floor so as not to hurt him. She used all her might gently, laying him out on the floor flat on his back. He stared at her with anger in his good eye, he knew she had drugged him, but he couldn’t find the strength to utter a word.

She knelt next to Stanton, lovingly caressing his jawline. “Sorry, Big Daddy, I love you too much to let that hunter kill you. This is a task best suited for me,” she leaned over and kissed his cheek. “Forgive me,” she whispered in his ear as Stanton lost consciousness.

Standing up, Aurora set to work. She dug up her best streetwalker outfit. Opening her makeup bag, Aurora took out a small pack of colour contacts. She had worn them a few times in the past to help her blend in better. Tonight, they would be crucial in her plan. She took a moment to put them in. Then she looked herself over in the mirror. She looked great… blue eyes and all.

Aurora took a moment to place a pillow under Stanton’s head and draped a blanket over him. She hoped he would be ok; she’d put enough Rohypnol in his beer to knock out a herd of elephants. She hadn’t been sure how much to use on a Lycan, let alone one as big as Stanton. Lycans had fast metabolisms, so she wasn’t sure how long he would be under, so she had better not waste what little time she had.

She patted him on the chest as she stood up. “Sleep it off, big guy.”

Aurora took the keys and hopped into the SUV. She didn’t have a license, but that mattered very little to her at the moment. She drove into town and parked outside the only dive bar attached to a low rent motel. She had only caught a quick look at the hunter, but he didn’t look like the type that could afford an indefinite stay at any of Aspen’s classier tourist hotels.

Going inside, she found the place packed with tradesmen and truckers. It was late, so most everyone was good and drunk, but Aurora was sure the hunter would be keeping his wits about him knowing there were Lycans nearby. She spotted the hunter at the bar. He was drinking alone, writing something in a small coil scribblier. Taking a minute to adjust her top to best draw the eye to her breasts, Aurora made her way over and took the seat next to the hunter at the bar.

Casually he glanced up and away and then immediately did a double-take as he looked at her again, and his smile grew. “Hello, hottie,” he groaned as his dark eyes rolled over her slowly head to toe with approval. “Look at those legs.”

“Fifty bucks, and you can get between them,” she offered. “What do you say? Want a night to remember?”

He closed his book and tucked it into his jacket's inner pocket. “Fifty bucks for that sweet ass? That’s a hell of a deal.”

Aurora stepped in, pressing her body fully against his so he could feel her soft curves. She brushed her lips over his ear. “$500, and I’ll let you ride the attraction over and over and over.”

“It’s a two-second walk to my room,” he said breathlessly.

Aurora reached over and took the half-full bottle of whisky the bartender was using to mix a drink. She lifted it to her mouth ran the tip of her tongue around the glass rim before tipping the bottle back and taking a good long drink as she headed for the door. She looked back to see the hunter pay the bartender for the bottle she took. Then he took out his room key, smiling at her as he followed her to the door.

Aurora let him lead her to the room down the boardwalk. As he slipped the key card in the lock, Aurora used his diverted attention and quickly opened the heart-shaped locket charm on the bracelet she always wore when planning a trick roll letting three tablets of Rohypnol drop into the bottle. She swirled the dark brown liquor around a few times to help it devolve. When he looked back at her after opening the door, she grinned at him. He didn’t have a clue.

Going inside, she pushed the door shut as he threw off his jacket and, too, her in his arm groping clumsily as men often did. She pretended to giggle when he nipped at her neck. Aurora pushed him back until he was sitting on the foot of the bed. When he tried to get up, she placed her hand square on his chest and stopped him. She leaned in and lifted the bottle to his lips and poured as he followed her lead and drank. When she felt he had consumed enough, Aurora took a step back and let the drug take its effect.

She saw the moment of realization on his face when his head began to spin. He tried to draw his gun to shoot her, but in his hazy condition, he couldn’t get it out of his belt before he fell backwards and passed out in an undignified sprawl across the bottom half of the double bed. Aurora smiled as she placed the tainted bottle on the TV stand.

Men…

Two heads…

No brain.

tell you not to trust a pretty

She had to take him with her. She would wait until it was quiet outside, then

he slept, Aurora packed his things and took them out to the SUV, which she moved closer to the room so she wouldn’t have to drag him too far. She cleaned up the room so it would look like he skipped town without

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it out of his system. It took a few minutes, and then Stanton found the strength to roll onto his side. After the exertion, he had

stumbled a few steps catching himself on the table to stop from falling over once more. What the hell had she given him? Stanton took a few minutes to collect himself. He needed to wake up. He had no idea

he staggered out of the house and onto the porch to find his SUV missing. God damn it, she had stolen his vehicle. The pack was probably wondering where he was. He was going to have to run to get to the shop. He sure hoped they were still there. Stanton took off into the woods, running as fast as his unsteady legs would carry him. He was faster on all fours, but he

the clearing next to the tattoo shop. The pack was all gathered… all fifty of them. Gordon was laying

know. She drugged me, and I

Right now, we need to track down that hunter. I want him dead

seen the man up close. He knew the man’s scent.

and when we find him, I want no fuck-ups. No evidence. This hunter needs to disappear with no trace. Any evidence will only

the group. Everyone turned to see her carrying a lagged blue duffle bag in one hand while dragging the hunter bound and gagged behind her with the other.’ The pack parted as Aurora hauled the half-unconscious man into the middle of the group and dropped him at Gordon’s feet. “Here is your mighty hunter,” she then tossed the bag on the ground

looked down at the man at his feet, and he seemed to be drug and unaware of his surroundings. “You captured him all by yourself?” Gordon asked

“It was easy enough.”

to him? Why does he look

use it to knock out johns so I could rob them,” a surprised look passed around the pack, and Aurora sneered. “Why does that surprise you? It’s not like I was a Saint before I came

you gave me?” Stanton growled, drawing her attention

it was the only way I knew to keep

I wouldn’t have let you go alone,” he snapped. “You could have

doing. He

word was like a knife to the heart. Did she allow this man to touch her? The thought of another man caressing or kissing what was his made him angry. Furious and hurt, he turned and walked away. There would be no hunt,

back from Aspen by herself. Walking over the driver’s door, he looked in through the window and spotted the keys in the ignition. He opened the door to get in when

me out, Big

finger to scold her but stopped himself. “Don’t Big Daddy me? Now,

it. You are upset that I drugged you. It was for your

“Scrap that. I am furious that you drugged me. That’s not what I’m

annoyed about my

“Yeah.”

asked his best friend to seduce his girl to test her loyalty? You have