Perfect Reflection (15 page)

When Jewel couldn’t take how slowly they were going,
she yelled, “Dammit, fuck me harder!”

Ret looked over to Lex who smiled. Retten smiled
back, then started to thrust in and out of Jewel harder.

“Yes, oh yes,” Jewel muttered. The goosebumps and the
shivering started, letting Jewel know she was so close. Lex stopped
the assault on her breast to take the time to remove his pants
while he watched Ret take Jewel harder and faster.

The sensation was unbelievable. Jewel pressed herself
into Retten, allowing him to go deeper still and take her harder.
Before Jewel knew it, Ret flipped her over and continued to pound
into her.

“That’s it, Jewel, let it go, baby,” Ret said between
gritted teeth as he reached around and rubbed her special spot
until she screamed out, letting the orgasm take control of her
body. Ret pumped into Jewel a few more times, then reached and
grabbed Jewel by the hair, pulling her back, allowing him enough
room to bite her on the shoulder, causing Jewel to orgasm
again.

She couldn’t hold herself up when Ret grabbed her.
Jewel didn’t have time to rest or think about what Ret had just
done when Lex flipped her over and brought her down onto him. Jewel
straddled Lex.

“Baby, you have to be the sexist woman I know.
Watching Ret fuck you was driving me crazy,” Lex said as he pushed
farther into her. Jewel’s body took over, allowing her to rise up
and push back down. She started to ride Lex. He pulled her head
closer and kissed her deeply. Ret came up behind her, grabbed her
breasts and squeezed them, then flicked the nubs that were already
so oversensitive. Jewel screamed out again when the orgasm took
her. Ret reached farther and started playing with her while Lex
fucked her. She could feel the liquid flowing out of her, flowing
down onto Lex.

“Fuck yeah, baby. I can feel your cream as you come
all over me. I love you, Jewel.” Jewel looked up but before she
could think about Lex telling her that he loved her, she screamed
out again, shaking hard when Lex reached and grabbed her closer to
him as he bit into her shoulder. Lex bit down, allowing her blood
to flow into his mouth. He sucked her blood in, then licked her
shoulder, allowing the puncture wounds he had made to close.

Jewel was so tired that she slumped over onto Lex and
passed out. Lex hugged her closer knowing the deed was done. He
hoped Jewel wouldn’t fight this when she woke. Lex picked her up
and took her back into his bedroom. He laid her in the middle of
his bed then Retten and he laid down on each side of her and
snuggled close into her heat.

Chapter Sixteen

The phone woke them once again.
Damn, she needed
to get an answering service
. Moaning, she rolled and felt the
pull of the marks on her neck. She was mated, to the two men who
had quickly become important to her.

“We will be right there,” Ret said and rolled off
her.

“Who, what?” Jewel said drowsily.

“We have to go, issue at one of the sites, a building
partially collapsed. No one hurt, but there is a mess,” Ret said,
pulling on his clothes. Lex stood up looking for his clothes.

“Let me get up,” she said, sitting up and seeing both
of her mates getting dressed.

Ret shook his head and when he finished buttoning his
pants, he leaned over and kissed her quickly. “No, stay here. I
will have Enforcers at the doors until we get back.”

Jewel growled and shook her head. “Please, we will
sort this out when we get back, they will remain at a discrete
distance if you leave,” Lex said and kissed her quickly.

“Fine, but we will talk about this,” Jewel said
grumpily, fell back onto the bed, and yawned.

“Right, we will call you,” Ret said. “Wait,” he said,
stopped at the door, walked back to the bed, and pulled her into
his arms. “I love you,” he said and smiled at her.

“I love you, too,” Lex said, leaning back in and
winked at her.

“Ditto,” she said, rolled over, and smiled to
herself.

***

Jewel tried to go back to sleep, but it was
impossible. She couldn’t help think about the night before. She was
missing something, showering and looking at the board again would
be good. She could call for breakfast and make Vander and Benny
come over to talk this through.

Satisfied she had her plan, she made the call and
gave herself an hour. A nice, long shower would help her wake up.
As she walked into the bathroom, she thought of something. All of
the jewelry was from her childhood; only a few people would know
what they meant to her.

The water felt awesome, and she hummed in
appreciation. She could scent them on her still, the mating had
taken, their scents would combine and change. Jewel’s eyes popped
open. “No fucking way.”

***

“Sorry, guys, change of plans. Lex wants you at the
site instead of here. They found a body. Jewel, Benny, and Vander
are coming with us,” the man said to the two Enforcers in the
hallway and pulled out a key to the room.

“Yes, Alpha,” they said and walked to the elevators,
never questioning who he was. It would be so simple. The pack would
never know he replaced his loving brother. After his mates are
killed, the Alpha would be devastated, but with the support of his
pack, he would remain strong.

This whole time, none of them noticed. He had
approached the front desk for keys to Jewel’s room, they just
smiled and nodded, thinking they were giving their Alpha the key,
they practically groveled. Going in and out of her room had been
easy.

And all these years, Madeline thought she was helping
her new Alpha, too bad for her. The others believed everything he
said until he killed them, then the look of confusion in their eyes
was hilarious. So many that no one would ever know. However, his
followers knew. They were dedicated, and only a choice few knew the
truth about who he was, and supported his claim for the throne of
the NYC Pack.

“See you in a bit,” he said and waved as he entered
the room. Finally, he was here, in the same room, alone with her.
She had to know that he was coming for her. Tilting his head, he
listened.
Showering, nice
.

***

She scented him and knew he had come for her.
Damn
it, how could she have been so blind
? Her anger was pulsing
through her—the lies, the pain she had gone through, for what? She
was about to find out. She looked around—the shower bar was loose.
Quickly moving it from side to side, she pulled gently until it
came out.

“Hey, honey,” the smooth voice called to her. “Lex
and I decided we needed you to come with us.”

“Oh yeah, why?” she called back.

“There is a body in the rubble, they think it is the
woman they were looking for,” he called to her and stepped into the
bathroom. She grinned, right where she wanted him. The son of a
bitch was not playing any more games with her.

“Okay, well give me a few and I will be out,” she
said softly and heard him chuckle. Shivers ran up her spine.

“Need some help?” he said softly.

“Sure,” she laughed and waited, the bar from the
shower stall in her hands.

She saw the hands reach, whipped the curtain open,
and struck him across the face.

“Fuck,” he yelled and held his face as he stepped
backward. Jewel wasted no time getting out of the tub and
continuing the assault.

“You, asshole,” she bellowed and raised the bar to
hit him again. He recovered and smiled smugly when he punched her
in the stomach.

“Now, dear, why on earth would you be attacking me?”
he said and she doubled over.

“How could you, Josh?” Jewel wheezed and stood
up.

“Well, the jig is up,” he said, lifted his hands up,
and laughed. “When did you know?”

“Just now, your scent. We were not true mates, but
you did find yours, right?” she laughed and then kicked out at him,
knocking him out of the room and onto the floor, she ran and
grabbed the lamp that was on the small table and swung it wide and
hard, hitting him in the back of the head when he was standing up.
She threw the lamp and kicked him several times, hoping to knock
him out. Of course, her luck couldn’t be good for once.

“Yes, I did, and you know what. She understands me.
Are we gonna do this naked?” Josh growled and stood again.

She ducked when he swung and she hit him in the side,
and when he bent over, she used her knee to hit his face hard. “You
couldn’t be like most husbands, and just left? Instead, you stage
your death, and become a serial killer? And if you want to stop,
just let me know and I will get dressed, I have some nice
steel-toed boots in the closet.”

He stood up with blood coming down his nose. He wiped
the blood away with is sleeve, and laughed. “So the bitch has a few
moves? I prefer you this way, then when I kill you, it will be so
much easier,” he snarled, and she growled and kicked him in the
stomach.

He countered by grabbing her foot and flipping her on
the floor using the back of his hand to hit her in the cheek. When
she felt the pain in her cheekbone, she became more pissed. “What
about your parents? How could you do that to them? And you will not
be killing me any time soon; I have something to live for you son
of a bitch. MY TRUE MATES,” she yelled.

“Parents? You mean the couple I paid to act like my
parents, oh they were nice enough to help me play this game,
especially when their son is one of my loyal followers. Yep, Josh
Campbell is an amazing young man who has a future ahead of him. I
think you will be hearing a lot about him soon. Your true mate is
my twin brother by the way. Think about how twisted that is,
fucking one brother and then other,” Josh, or who ever the fuck
this was, laughed.

“How the hell could I not have known? You are nothing
like Ret, he is more of a man than you will ever be,” Jewel
snarled, jumped back up, and using as much strength as she could,
she punched him again, drawing blood again with a cut over his
eye.

“Because you didn’t want to. A little naïve don’t you
think?” Josh said.

“Fuck you,” Jewel said and lunged toward him. She
heard banging on the door and knew Vander or Benny had to becoming
for her. The amount of noise they were making, someone had to call
the front desk.

She ducked when he threw the table at her and it
crashed through the window to the patio.
Oh shit, Ret was going
to have to pay a lot to fix this place up
. “Still want me,
babe?” Josh said and laughed. “Sorry, honey, why do you think I am
back here, you know you remind me a lot of my mother.”

“What the hell are you babbling about, you just said
she wasn’t your mother,” Jewel said and grabbed the other lamp in
the room and held it in front of her.

“Come on, darling, think about it. Just for a
second,” Josh said, giving her time to think before he continues,
“Seconds up, I may not remember her, but I was told she was a
cheating whore—just like you.”

Jewel narrowed her eyes. “You know what, I don’t give
a shit,” she said and swung the lamp over her head.

“Can we please stop this, Jewel, you know it has to
be like this,” he said tiredly.

She grinned, feeling her own cuts and bruises for the
first time.
Damn, she was gonna be sore
.

“Jewels,” Vander yelled through the door and
pounded.

He leaned back and frowned when he heard the
commotion on the other side of the door,
shit, they were coming
too quick
. He was going to have to take his leave, and have
this fight another day. He should have known she would be ready for
him.

Josh reached into his pocket when he heard Vander
yelling and then smiled at her. “Don’t let your guard down.”

The door burst open and Vander stumbled, Benny swung
his gun in the door and narrowed his eyes.

“Shit,” the older wolf said slowly and Josh threw the
smoke canister.

The room filled with black smoke and he slipped away,
silently, just as he had entered.

Jewel heard Ret and Lex yell for her from down the
hallway as she dropped the lamp and fell to the ground.

Chapter Seventeen

“I can’t believe you kicked his ass,” Lex said smugly
when she got out of the shower.

They were in a new room once again. Ret was going to
have to close the floor to repair the rooms before they actually
left. When Lex and Ret discovered that Josh had set them up, they
rushed back to the hotel with guns a barreling. She was amused with
the fact the handsome Prince didn’t have to save her. Poor babies
were crushed, she had to do something for them. Her shifter DNA was
helping with the soreness.

She went to his side and knelt on the bed between his
legs. Running her hand over Ret’s chest, she smiled up at him,
swallowing a laugh when he narrowed his eyes and regarded her
warily.

“Every time you touch me, it feels so good, but I
want to please you, too.” Pouting, she stared up at him through her
lashes. “I want to show you how much I appreciate what you
did.”

She lowered her eyes to hide her amusement at the
heat mixed with wariness that flared in his eyes, and then snapped
her head up again in shock at their reactions.

Ret wrapped a hand in her hair and tugged, looking
pissed off still, and Lex, who had just entered the room, cursed
and threw off the towel before stalking to her, putting his hands
on his hips, and glowering down at her.

“Really, now you think you can fuck us into
forgetting? I seem to remember someone who said that sex was not
always the answer to talking. Woman, we should beat your ass raw
for the scare you gave us. I swear, when I saw you standing there
naked in front of the crazy man, I lost about a hundred years on my
life,” Ret growled.