The triplets and Thea went to their room.
"We should check your phone and laptop, see if there’s anything we need to attend to," Alaric said.
He handed her a phone.
She looked at it.
"What do I do?"
Alaric took it back and tried to open it.
"Do you know your password?"
Thea shook her head.
"Hmm.Let’s see if we can crack it."
Alaric started trying passwords.
Thea felt something off with Conri.She went to him and hugged him.
"What's this for?"Conri said.
He wrapped his arms around her.
"You seem sad,"she said.
"What’s wrong?"
"I’m worried about you.I’m starting to realize you may never be safe."
She looked up at him.
"I feel safe with you," she said.
He smiled.
"I know I don't remember anything, and I don’t understand what’s going on, but you make me feel like everything is okay."
He leaned down and kissed her.
"Let’s get some work done while we can," Alaric said.
"Your password is our birthday." Conri broke the kiss and inhaled her scent for a moment.
He turned her around and pushed her to Alaric.
Alaric handed her the unlocked phone.She took it then jumped on Alaric, wrapping her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck.
"Are you trying to distract me?" Alaric said.
"Maybe.Is it working?" Thea said.
"No," he said.
She kissed his cheek and worked her way to his ear.She felt like he was too serious.
He needed someone to be playful with him from time to time.
"What about Axel?" she whispered.
She kissed down t o his marking spot.
"I haven’t met him properly yet.Zoe’s been telling me about him."
Alaric’s hands slid up her legs under her dress and squeezed her buttocks.
Thea pulled back and looked into Alaric’s now black eyes.
"Hi, Axel."
She smiled in triumph, and he kissed her.She moaned.
He kissed differently than Alaric.
"Caleb? Damon?" she thought.
Within seconds, Caleb and Damon were kissing their marks on her neck and roaming their hands over her body.
Caleb started to take her dress off, and Axel set her down.
As soon as her feet hit the floor, she ducked between Axel and Damon and jumped on her bed.
"I need help with this phone thing," she said.
She swiped through different screens.
Three low growls sounded.She looked up at them innocently, knowing she incited the chase in their beasts.
They all jumped on the bed and surrounded her, eyes black.
Damon pushed her onto her back.
Caleb ran a hand up her leg under her dress.
Axel went to his mark and started nibbling on it.
"I thought we needed to get some work done," Thea said.
Sparks were erupting everywhere.
Damon leaned in.His hand slid over to her breast.
Thea put her hand on his chest and pushed him away.
A low growl rumbled against her hand.
She couldn’t help but smile.
"Are you trying to rile him up?" Kai thought to Thea.
"Maybe we can save this energy for later," Thea said out loud.
their eyes turned back to
They were breathing hard.
She bit her lip.
"That’s really hot."
for you later,"
"Good," she said.
her up to
"Alright," Alaric said.
sat next to
"Let me see."
from her and opened her email
looking for approval on a few more ideas for
opening a bar?"Thea
we kind of young? We’re in
concern for
take care
do I need to
ideas for decor," Alaric
what I
Jane sent over before," Kai
schedule a meeting with her to go
was I doing
explained the
"Oh," Thea said.
manage the bar, I must have trusted him, right? Maybe
want,
have to make any decisions right now," Alaric
the manager or this interior designer
it, now that I think of
"It only happened yesterday."
I should schedule a meeting with them and let them know," Thea
a good idea.There’s another businessman you were working with on this.Davie.He should know
and interior designer aren’t in our pack?" Thea
"No," Alaric said.
an email requesting the meeting
that’s done.You have a lot of
you help me?"
"Of course."
started going through
important, but these from unknown numbers are
"Huh?"
did all those bad things?"
help anyone who was being
told people to
to help
"What should we do?"
us by your locker
go to our
texts, see what we can
to texts, and
students at
tomorrow and go home with
the texts were from people who no longer went to
already and were
also knew slaves in their packs who wanted out but didn’t
get themselves
said they could, and Alaric told them to come whenever
Some were too far.
rogues before they made
we pick them
of their pack
figure out the best place
to get Delta team in on this,"
backup and
cars?"
pack has vehicles,"
I know how to drive?" Thea
have Delta team
wouldn’t know where to go anyway,"
maps, or does everyone
all the surrounding areas,"
so you’re with everyone when they’re picked up,"Zoe
people you’ re picking up are good or bad and if there are bad
good or bad, and also to sense if there are bad
pick up
any of us getting
call Delta team
"Howe"
us.Tell him to get all of Delta team together in the
"Why me?" Thea said.
team is yours,"
"Mine, like my guards?"
strike force," Kai
with her eyebrows
an oath to protect and serve you," Alaric
my own
her eyes and
am I supposed to be whoever I was before? The person who knew what to do with a strike
are who you were before this," Kai
thing, you respond the same way you did before.It’s
eyes and
"Okay.Liam, right?"
He nodded.
head and
"Liam?"
"Yes, Luna?"
together for a meeting i n the room where we did the
"Yes, Luna,"
Liam mind linked her.
be there in fifteen
minutes," Thea said out
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