Page 44 of Ruined Wolf

“You do,” I panted, my eyes fixed on Maverick’s.

“Who owns this body, Nova?” Lucas said, running his hands from my hips to cup my breasts, pinching my nipples hard.

I gasped. “You do, Lucas.”

He grabbed my chin, turning my head around to look at him. “And who owns your heart and soul, Nova?”

“You do,” I whispered.

He took my mouth with a savage kiss, slamming deep inside and growling into my mouth as he came. I moaned as he dropped his hand once more to my clit, teasing me gently, urging me to join him. My eyes flew open as his knot began to swell. Lucas had never knotted me before, but I felt him grow, stretching my pussy, and the pressure shattered me as I fell apart around him.

He pushed me back onto my knees, his knot still growing, and I fought for breath, closing my eyes as the pressure tipped me into another orgasm that left me drained and shaking.

“Maverick, what do I do?” The panic in Lucas’s voice tore me apart.

The bed shifted as Maverick moved towards us. He guided us both down onto the bed.

“You need to hold her, brother,” he said gently, arranging us so Lucas was spooning me from behind. I was barely conscious, but I heard Lucas’s voice shake.

“I can’t, I can’t touch her like this.” He strained away from me, his knot pulling at my pussy, and I let out a small cry of pain.

“You have to,” Maverick replied, his tone so careful and gentle it nearly brought me to tears. “Hold her, Lucas. She needs you to hold her, and you need this too. It’s okay, look.” He pushed Lucas forward, and I felt his chest pressed against my back. “See? It’s okay. She’s warm, Luc, so warm.”

“Warm,” Lucas murmured, his voice drowsy.

“She’s so warm,” Maverick said again.

I fought against the sleep that dragged me further and further down, but my body and mind were past their limits, and I fell into unconsciousness. The last thing I heard was Lucas as he hesitantly wrapped his arms around me.

“Warm, like sunshine.”

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

NOVA

The three men around me stared for a moment and then exchanged glances. The silence that had fallen in the room was palpable, the only disturbance the sound of the rising wind outside. I took another breath and carried on. I might as well get it all out in the open now, though my heart was starting to race. If they didn’t believe me, then I could be placing myself in even more danger, but they trusted me, so they would believe me—until they found out what else I had been lying about.

“I believe that Caleb and Ethan are working together,” I began, my voice strong and unwavering despite the nervousness I felt. “I found a series of emails between them, and I have no doubt that something is going on. I think they are planning something, and I’m not sure it’s for the best.”

Maverick blinked. “What do you mean?” he asked, his brow furrowing in confusion. “Working together? On what? The alliance between the packs? Of course they are.”

I shook my head. “I’m not sure, but I don’t think it has anything to do with the packs finally becoming allies or the match between you and Tessa, but they are definitely working together for something, and I think it’s something they are trying to keep quiet.”

Maverick and Lucas exchanged a look, and Asher shifted uncomfortably. “What makes you think that?” he asked.

I hesitated, feeling a wave of uncertainty sweep over me. How much should I tell them? There were the printouts, of course, but what about Ethan’s threats? I’d have to tell them about Jaxon and how Ethan had been blackmailing me for the last few weeks.

“Remember that day you saw me outside Ethan’s house?” I said to Asher, and he nodded. I sighed. “Okay, don’t get mad, but... I broke into Ethan’s house while he was out with the council. I searched his office, and I found printouts of emails between him and my father. They were mainly talking about large sums of money and untraceable bank accounts.”

“You broke into Ethan’s office?” Maverick looked more shocked than I’d ever seen him. If I wasn’t so nervous, I’d have found his expression funny. As it was, I carried on, wanting to explain myself.

“I took the printouts of the emails with me. They were tucked into the back of my jeans when I got in the truck with Asher, but then there was the accident, and I assumed they were with my stuff at the hospital, but when I went to get them just now to show you, they weren’t in the bag the doctor gave me. I think the men who took me must have searched through my stuff and taken them too.”

Lucas and Maverick exchanged looks again, and Lucas spoke up. “We searched the guys who took you, Nova, and their boat. We didn’t find anything.”

I nodded, exasperation creeping into my voice. “Okay, they didn’t have the printouts, but that doesn’t mean someone else didn’t take them. There must be someone on the island assisting them, someone who helped them get on and off without anyone noticing. Whoever it is, they could have given them the printouts or even destroyed them before you got to us.”

Maverick frowned, and Asher cleared his throat. “That still doesn’t explain why they’d be working together. What could they possibly gain from it?”