Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 212

Briar

“I underestimated you.” Latrisha said, standing on the deck in her fusha suit.

“Get your dogs in line,” I ordered to her as we passed her, holding up Carter

between us.

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She gave me a bow of her head.

“As you wish Alpha,” she said demurly. I didn’t know she could be demur. I had

wanted her here. At the end of the day, the woman was a “girls” girl disguised as a

total bitch. Her eyes shifted to the cluster of men gathered still in shock from their

alpha’s demise, as she narrowed her eyes at them, they all flinched. I nodded in

approval.

“Nobody leaves,” I stated. Latritsha just nodded surveying her charges as Lana held

open the door for us and we slipped inside. I had Latrisha show up for a reason, but

right now Carter was all that mattered, others rushed in behind us, our people… not

far behind. We laid Carter out on the first couch we saw, his blood stark against the

pale cloth as it seeped into it. I fell to my knees next to him, cupping his face. I was

barely aware of Lana adjusting Uncle Jake’s jacket over my shoulders to cover my

body better, as we were joined by the guys from the shop and a few others that had

taken mine or Mazzie’s plea to be here, It seemed they had called a few other

trusted friends to join us, I wouldn’t be complaining about that. However my

attention was on my mate as I ran my fingers through his hair, I let the rest drown

out, my blood still roaring in my ears. He had to be okay.

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Chapter 212

He took my hand from his hair and placed it on his chest as he interlaced our

digits.

“How can I help you?” I pleaded. Instead of responding, his other hand snaked into

my hair, pulling my blood covered face to his. His mouth met mine and I dived in,

starved for him, feeling his love run through me from the inside out as his emotions.

bubbled up through the bond. Pride, love, acceptance, relief. It all washed through

me in a cocooning wave of solace.

‘I love you,‘ his voice echoed in my mind. My heart dropped as it filled with

overwhelming emotions ones I had staved off in order to concentrate on the fight,

and others so immense they overtook me in a wave of rightness. One fact clear, our

bond had finalized. Tears streamed down my cheeks at the beauty of it, along with

the release of everything I had pent up. Our bond was complete, I had shifted, by

doing so, we had become something more.

I willed to reach for him inside my mind.

‘I love you so much,‘ I tried. He deepened the kiss, in response, his tongue running

along mine. He heard me! Satisfaction coursed through my being. I felt whole

again, impossibly so. It all snapped into place like many pieces of a moving puzzle.

Carter had made me whole piece by piece in so many ways over the last several

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