Finding Hope (The Others Book 2)

by Sabrina Rue

  “What’s your interest in Justice Kassis?”

  “Alpha, he’s the rightful heir to Montana Pack. The eldest male in the Kassis line. There are questions about orders we’ve been given. Particularly regarding the boy.”

  Pulling from Hope’s grasp, Justice stepped forward to stand beside Ryker. “I’ll read him.”

  Dark blue eyes focused on her son. “Is it safe?”

  “Safer for me than Desiree. She absorbs their pain. I don’t. Rogues endure a lot of pain, Alpha.”

  Inhaling deeply, Ryker nodded.

  Justice walked to the male and gestured for him to lower. He knelt in silence. They stared at one another for a long moment.

  Then the boy lifted small hands and held the man’s face firmly. They were frozen for several minutes.

  When Justice dropped his hands, the man rocked forward and caught himself on the pavement of the landing strip.

  “They wish to join us, Ryker. Denver commands the last rogue faction Gregor recruited to fight for him. He leaves them to starve, to survive outside, and filled their heads with hatred that didn’t belong to them.”

  Ryker asked loudly, “Who wishes to join our side in this fight?”

  Every Were stepped from the hard-packed dirt to the pavement and took a knee.

  “They have to be read, Alpha.” Holding out his hands, he looked at Talon and Hope. “I’ll need more power.”

  They took his hands. Everyone watched as Justice’s eyes glowed bright green and his canines extended. “Mommy?”

  “Yes, Justice?” she asked softly.

  “Don’t let go.”

  “Never, darling.”

  Harmony walked over and clasped Hope’s hand. Jax held his Mate’s. Ryker gestured for his men to guard their backs.

  “How impressive all of you are together.”

  Justice threw his head back in a howl. Every male in Texas Pack joined him. It was when Hope and Harmony joined them that the boy’s body tightened painfully.

  The energy he sent out could be felt by every person in the general vicinity. Strung taut like a bow, Justice used the extra power to read the members of the rogue faction.

  Then he went limp and Talon caught him before he could touch the ground. He was still for a few seconds before his eyes blinked open.

  “Power surge. You can set me down, Father.”

  When he was on his feet again, Justice walked along the line of kneeling Weres and touched the shoulder of one.

  The male glanced at the little boy in terror.

  “Denver didn’t know he had a spy in his midst. I wish it wasn’t true. What were your orders?”

  The Were started to scramble back but Justice transitioned behind him. There were gasps and shouts from dozens.

  Small claws at the male’s throat, Justice repeated the question.

  “Crush the Kassis scum. You’re a bunch of traitors! You’re not even Were kind, you little mutant!”

  “Do you forget how our kind came to be? I’m more Were than you. As is my sister, Juliette. The Daemon blood in my veins hasn’t been diluted over a thousand years. The dabbling of witches and stolen blood from Daemon kind created us.”

  Looking around, Justice announced, “Slade Kassis made sure his infant daughters received the voluntary blood of one of the oldest Daemons living. His friend knew Were kind would be wiped out between the Purists and people like Gregor.”

  “That’s a lie!” the man shouted.

  Slapping his small palm in the center of the Were’s chest, the male jerked with a small scream.

  Releasing him, Justice stepped away.

  “He now knows it isn’t a lie. He should be bound.” Texas Pack and the rogues stared at him in utter silence. “Heed the words I told him. I can show each of you the truth but we have no time. The rest of the rogues will fight with us.”

  Hands on his hips, he waited. Then he threw back his head and released a howl that split the night. Every Were joined him. They had no choice.

  He was the strongest among them.

  Clapping his hands loudly together, Justice looked at his mother. “Now, can we please go get my sister?”

  CHAPTER TWELVE

  Ryker murmured, “Dear gods, we have much to discuss.”

  “When we’re safely behind walls in our own territory,” Harmony agreed. Grabbing her sister’s shoulder, she added, “How terrified you must have been alone, Hope.”

  “He wanted to get Juliette himself. Transition into Montana Pack alone and take her.” She met Harmony’s eyes. “He’s not strong enough yet. Not for that.”

  “And yet…already powerful.”

  “Yes.” Justice appeared at her side. “We’re going to get your sister. I need time for one thing.”

  He nodded. “I understand, Mommy.”

  “Stay with your aunt and uncles as they prepare for battle.” Turning to Talon, Hope whispered, “Can we talk privately?”

  “Of course.” He placed his hand at her lower back to lead her into the empty plane. To the pilots and attendants, he said, “We need a few minutes.”

  “Yes, Alpha.” Moments later, they were gone.

  Hope pulled the door closed behind them. When she stood in front of him, he smiled. “So many changes.”

  “Yes.” She cleared her throat. “I need a favor, Talon.”

  “Anything, Mate.”

  “I need you to claim me, to Mark me, before we go into battle.”

  His eyes instantly glowed and his teeth extended. He took a small step back and she could see the internal war he fought.

  “I know the timing couldn’t be worse. I know it’s a strange request.” She pointed to the outside of the plane. “There are hundreds of Weres out there waiting to rescue my daughter.”

  “Your injuries…”

  “Healed.”

  “How?”

  She shrugged. “Justice lends me power when we’re close. It’s why I’ve been able to avoid going into Change.”

  Placing her hand on his chest, she listened to the steady rumble he made and felt the strong beat of his heart.

  “There will be time for patience, for exploration, when things are settled. Those we face today have consistently tried to use sex to break us, to control us, to get what they want from us.”

  Shaking her head, she told him, “No matter what happens today, no matter what, I need them to know I’m forever out of reach. I want to carry the Mark of my Mate into battle. For them to know I’m no longer alone, no longer vulnerable.”

  “Hope…”

  “I’ll never be alone again because I have you.”

  Keeping her eyes on his, she stepped back, shrugged off her jacket, and stripped her t-shirt over her head.

  Balancing, she removed her boots and shimmied her jeans over her legs. Unhooking her bra, she dropped it on her pile of clothes and reached for the band of her panties.

  Then Talon was on his knees, his arms gripping her tightly as he rubbed his face side to side across her hips.

  Raising up slightly, he sucked her nipples as if time wasn’t an issue and her body would be savored no matter the demands waiting for them.

  His body was wrapped around her. Hope could feel the heat of his groin against her shins through his clothes. The low growling purr he made was louder now, vibrating against the skin just above her mound, and it made her heart race.

  Pressing the lower half of his face against her through the fabric of her panties, he inhaled deeply and released a low whimper of need. He sucked her folds through the thin material and she gasped.

  He pulled her panties down her legs and released a small sound that sounded almost painful.

  Bracing one hand on his shoulder, she stroked her fingers roughly through his hair and Talon looked up at her.

  Leaning back, he shrugged off his jacket and laid it in the aisle behind her. Stripping his shirt over his head, he included that as well. Holding her snugly, he lowered her fully to the floor and crouched over her body.

>   Placing his palm over her heart, she knew he could feel how it pounded beneath her breastbone.

  “All my life, I’ve wanted to find you, to love you, to make you mine. Thinking of what you’ve been through without me guarding your back makes me physically ache, Hope.”

  Lowering, he kissed her for a long time and she stroked her palms over his sides.

  Breaking the kiss, he rested his forehead against hers and whispered, “Your value to me can’t be expressed in words, Mate. Let me show you.”

  Kissing his way down her body, she was shocked when he settled between her thighs and proceeded to lick and suck every inch of hyper-sensitive skin.

  Gripping his shoulders with her legs, she sighed his name and he growled against her.

  Uncertain if there was anything she should be doing, she made the choice to let him guide her, teach her, and promised herself she’d become an apt pupil at returning pleasure.

  Then there was no thinking because he stole the ability with his lips and teeth and tongue.

  Gasping for breath, she stared at the ceiling of the plane in genuine surprise at what he could make her feel outside the confines of Heat.

  Sucking her clit between his lips, she felt him press thick fingers inside her and rub against the inner walls in a way that felt both foreign and incredible.

  The air stumbled from her lungs as an orgasm crashed over her body and she nicked her own lip with her canines.

  “T-Talon…”

  Against slick flesh, he ordered her, “Ride it, Mate. Ride the pleasure and know I’ll make it my mission to deliver it regularly. For now, a sample is all I have time to show you.”

  He kept going, pushing her into another climax she didn’t expect as she fisted her fingers in his hair and held on for dear life. He left her breathless, boneless.

  The sound of his belt being unbuckled and the zipper of his jeans lowering made her realize her eyes had drifted closed.

  As he crawled up her body, Hope wrapped herself around him, pulling his mouth to hers for a kiss she needed with desperation. The taste of him mixed with her own flavor was the most intimate thing she’d ever experienced.

  The broad head of his cock pressed against her pussy. She held his face, staring into his eyes as he pushed forward.

  He took his time settling deep into her body and she panted. Finally, they were sealed tightly to one another, their bodies touching from her breasts to her feet.

  The green of his eyes was bright in the dim interior of the plane, the shine of his dominant canines made her want them buried in her flesh.

  Connecting them for the rest of their lives.

  Her legs wrapped tightly around his lower back. “Fuck me, Mate. Take what belongs to you and give me what belongs to me.”

  Bracing her body from underneath, he gripped her shoulders and started to move. Slowly at first, he built the strength and speed until she was growling with each thrust that felt as if he was touching her ribs.

  “Oh, gods…” she whimpered. “Don’t stop, Talon.”

  Gripping him with her body, digging her claws into the skin of his back, she licked the skin of his upper chest to his shoulder.

  Sinking her teeth deep, she snarled at the taste of his blood in her mouth. Growling, he placed his jaw over the heavy muscle at the bend of her neck and shoulder.

  Talon held her hard, fucking her as he left the Mating Mark that could never be hidden from their kind.

  Releasing his flesh, she gasped his name and came, her pussy tightening around his shuttling cock.

  Without removing his teeth, he drove forward once, twice, three times and stilled.

  The heat of his seed filling her, the swelling at the center of his dick, and the snarling sounds he made as he continued to hold her in his teeth made her eyes roll back in her head.

  Hope would never tire of such pleasure.

  She might have slipped into sleep or passed out but she became aware again as he removed his teeth and licked over the wound. It would heal but never disappear and he’d placed it where Others could more easily identify it.

  Then he threw his head back and released the howl of a powerful male Were. From outside, she could hear the raised voices of their Pack who would understand what it meant.

  Pressing his hips harder against her made the knot adjust slightly and she sighed, “Talon…mine.”

  “Yes. Always yours, Hope.”

  Incoherent, she licked over the bite she’d given him and collapsed against his forearms under her body. He cradled the back of her head in strong hands.

  He cleaned the blood from her skin with his tongue and tilted her head so he had better access.

  Nuzzling the side of her face with his, he whispered, “You have to relax your pussy so the knot subsides, Hope.”

  “Mm…no, no.”

  Growling, he claimed her mouth again and she subconsciously tightened her walls around him, instinctively milking every drop he had to offer.

  “More…” she begged.

  “When I have you safely home, in my bed, I’ll keep you knotted. It will be my pleasure.”

  Nipping her earlobe, he moved one hand around to massage her breast. “Relax your pussy, Hope. The sooner we rescue Juliette, the sooner I can show you everything you wish to know.” A whimper escaped her. “My beautiful Mate.”

  Gently raising his upper body, he sat back on his knees and held her gaze. She was open, every part of her revealed to him.

  Talon stroked the flat of his hand over her folds, circling her clit. As the knot throbbed, it sent her careening over the edge of another orgasm. Smoothing his palms over her inner thighs, spread wide to accommodate him, she watched him observe the way they were joined.

  “My cock stretches you so much. You’re swollen, hot, wet. I want to stay here, knotted in your welcoming pussy, until death.” He dropped his head back on his shoulders and breathed deeply several times. “Pulling from your safe haven is the last thing I want to do.”

  Lowering his head, he used his Alpha gift to compel. “Relax your body, Hope. I’ll return the moment we’re able.”

  Frowning, she obeyed and felt the muscles of her inner walls release him. She lifted to her elbows to watch him pull from her pussy as the knot gradually subsided.

  She snapped her teeth as she met his eyes. “I’ll need more, Talon. Much, much more.”

  “You’ll have everything you want and need, Mate. Until you’re sick of the feel of my cock pounding into your body.”

  He got to his feet and extended his hand to her.

  Rolling to her knees, she wrapped her hands around his partially softened length and stroked firmly. He was slick, from their combined release.

  Staring into his face from below, Hope took the head into her mouth and sucked his cock slowly for almost a minute as he growled down at her. His hips rocked against her on instinct, fucking between her lips.

  Shaking his head as if to clear it, he pulled away with a soft pop.

  “You’ll use many methods to knock me on my ass, Mate.” He bent and lifted her to her feet, his hands coasting over her shoulders, breasts, hips, and ass. “Anything you want the instant we have time and opportunity.”

  They quickly cleaned up in one of the small bathrooms at the back of the plane and dressed.

  Hope pulled him down for a kiss and whispered, “Rescue Juliette, return to Texas, acclimate the children, fuck non-stop every time they fall asleep.”

  “I love an intelligent woman, Hope.”

  They exited the plane laughing and she didn’t even care that her sister mouthed the word ho at her half a dozen times when no one else was looking.

  For the orgasms Talon could throw on her, she’d take the teasing. Like the bitch had room to talk. Her twin smelled like sex about sixteen hours of every day. Hope looked forward to wearing the same cologne, thank you very much.

  First things first.

  CHAPTER THIRTEEN

  Justice leapt at Hope and moved her t-shirt away
from her neck as she held him. Pressing his face to hers, he hugged her tightly for a long time.

  Leaning back, he held her face with a smile. “This is good, Mommy.” Turning to Talon, he held out his arms and the big man took him from her. “Father…”

  His head on Talon’s chest, huge arms tightened around him and he breathed deeply of the little boy’s hair.

  “Let’s get your sister so we can all go home together.”

  Nodding against him, Justice lifted his head and held Talon’s face, staring deeply into his eyes. After almost a minute, he asked, “Do you understand?”

  Palming his skull, the big man replied, “Yes.”

  “I need to talk to my uncles.”

  Talon put him down and her little boy walked to Ryker and Jax. Lifting his arms, Ryker picked him up. He held the Alpha’s face firmly and their eyes glowed.

  “This is important and I hope you trust me.”

  “Are you sure, Justice?”

  “I am.”

  “I trust you.” He hugged him hard. “When we return to Texas, you’ll have the chance to grow up a little slower.”

  “I don’t mind.” He tilted his head. “You grew up quickly when you lost your father at twenty. You’re the youngest Alpha in North America. Only Talon came close to such a record. Mommy lets me be little when I need it.”

  “Good.”

  Looking at Jax, he held out his arms. He took Justice with an expression of curiosity and the process repeated. Harmony’s leaner Mate inhaled carefully and nodded.

  “Alright, Justice.”

  Grinning broadly, he said, “You can put me down now.” When he was on his feet, he announced, “Okay! We need to get my sister. She’s very angry. Desiree?”

  The young woman approached and Justice said, “May I have a small drop of your blood?” She tilted her head. “I need to be able to track you, transition to you if there’s an emergency. It’s temporary. I want to make sure you and Juliette are safe.”

  She nicked her thumb with her canine and he touched the bit of blood with his small finger. Putting it on his tongue, he told her, “Thank you. You’ll have to siphon off her rage until I can calm her down.”

  He looked around at the Weres gathered on the landing strip. “I know I’m a small Wolf. I’m not strong enough to transition another person yet or this would be easier. Our Alphas have placed their trust in me and I won’t let them down.”