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I watched as her best friend, Aurelia Clementine, offered her the light blue and silver pen, preparing for what would be Willow signing her freedom away for our protection. This wasn't how I pictured this.
I'd envisioned in my head for what seemed to be a millionth time her frustration at being forced to be amongst our pack. For us to strip her rights away and watch her crumble, little by little, as she watched herself lose who she was in the art of captivity.
I expected all of that and more, but never would I have imagined her signing the document on her own accord. Consenting to have her freedom stripped away and giving us her allegiance.
This surely wasn't her only option, and yet, she was making it so.
That leaves me wondering if she has something up her sleeve.
We all watched and even held our breaths as she signed on the dotted line before lifting her thumb to her mouth and sinking her teeth into her flesh until she was bleeding. Without hesitation, she pressed her thumb against the white document, all while her fierce eyes bored into mine.
"From this moment onward, I belong to the Forbidden Pack. Anyone who decides to deem otherwise can deal with them," she vowed with honor while still holding my gaze.
The way those words flowed out of her mouth with authority while her eyes filled with pride left me speechless as I watched her. She didn't know any of us. I'd had an interaction with her once, as had Saint. She had no clue who Neo and Jayce were, and yet she'd just signed herself away to us to do what we saw fit.
She knew nothing of our dark pasts. Nothing about how unstable our thought processes were or how we functioned on a daily basis. She wouldn't be able to guess our wildest fantasies and what made us ruthless fuckers to begin with.
She has no clue about our story, and yet she's willing to risk it all?
I couldn't find words to even commemorate her noble move, and yet I wondered how she could possibly be just a human. She had an Alpha father as strong and intelligent as Roberto De Luca and a mother who apparently was a witch of some sort.
We'd have to discover more about her background to figure out the truth that laid in her creation, but one thing was certain, something that left me both irritated and turned on.
This woman would surely be the death of us if we dared try to belittle her.
"Three months, Father. Four days a week. I will continue my role as William, but don't you dare push me. One wrong move and I'll make your whole business crumble."
The way she paused when using that saucy, threatening voice of hers had me hard and wishing to hang up the phone and slam her onto this table so I could fuck her senseless. No one woman -or man -had that effect on me, and yet she made me wild and made it hard to think straight.
A challenge. I love that.
We were all silent as she seemed to time out when it was right to finish her conversation once and for all. Roberto knew she wouldn't be playing to his tune anymore. She was not afraid of him or the consequences her actions may deliver.
She trusts that we'll protect her. Strange wolves from another state, and yet she believes we'd never let her down, like her father surely has.
Her eyes told me her attempts to try and meet his standards were over. Surely her wishes to be someone he acknowledged for all the hard work and sacrifices she made to receive his praise were all in vain, and that was now coming back to haunt him as he was about to lose the biggest asset of them all.
Who cared about the billions lost or the connections broken due to our arrival? The moment Roberto De Luca realized that we, the Forbidden Pack from California, just stole his only child and the apparent heir of his massive throne, all bets would be off.
He'd be pulling more than just strings to murder us.
He'll start pulling the trigger himself, but first, he’ll use all available options, which includes these three new packs.
"Either inform your business pals of the truth or allow them to do whatever they wish. I won't go down without a fight, and if I do, all you’re igniting is a war I'm not sure you'll survive through," she whispered while she straightened her back and even smirked.
Fuck...she's so damn beautiful when she's getting payback.
"Farwell, Roberto De Luca. I guess I'll see you when I see you."
She hung up the phone and tossed it behind her as if she knew Onyx was going to catch it, which he did. The room was silent as the realization of what she'd done finally sank in.
I couldn't even hide my pride anymore as I allowed it to flash through my eyes alone.
"Well," she began, looking slightly nervous as she peered at the four of us. "Guess I'm officially yours."
My brothers and I were actually speechless, and I was sure they were waiting for me to make the first move -as they should.
Clearing my throat, I sat a little taller and took the contract to review the clear thumb stamp of her blood. I was trying to ignore the scent of her blood, and yet it made me internally shiver.
