He smiled. “We’re all family here. It’d be selfish of me to make that decision myself.” He gestured to where the joyful sounds of celebration poured through the crack of the open door. “Go talk to them. Maybe you’ll find one that’ll make you want to give their species a second chance.”
Silas looked up with a twitching nose, and I registered the look of shock on his face when he rushed past me without a word, swinging the door wide open.
“Yo, Alpha!” Lamar called from inside the house. “You won’t believe whose fine ass is strutting up the walkway!”
I followed close behind Silas, and the sweet scent of hyacinth wafting in the house confirmed my suspicions.
Latoya walked through the open doors with her head held high and a seductive grin on her face. She’d styled her locs into a high bun. Large gold hoop earrings hung from her lobes.She wore a black and green lace corset that pushed up her supple breasts and framed her small waist. The leather pants she wore seemed made for the curve of her hips.
“Marcus!” she squealed, skipping past Silas in a classic pair of Chucks. Before I could stop her, she grabbed my face and placed a kiss on my closed mouth. “I’m glad you made it.”
I remained silent but knew she read mywhat-the-fuck-are-you-doingglare.
She tilted her head to the side with feigned innocence. “What’s the matter, sexy? You don’t look happy to see me at all.” She smirked.
“You didn’t tell me Toya was the friend you were referring to,” Silas mused, staring at the back of her head.
I removed Latoya’s hands from my face. “You never asked,” I answered with a friendly smile.
Latoya turned to face Silas. “Hi, Alpha.”
Silas let his gaze travel down her body, his eyes drinking up every inch of her. “Where have you been?” he finally asked, his voice low.
“We thought you were dead,” Lamar added near the door with a shrug. “Your phone has been off for days.”
Latoya rubbed the back of her neck. “Yeah, about that…” She paused. “I guess any girl in my situation wouldn’t be allowed a phone.” She pouted.
I forced my breathing to stay steady. If Latoya betrayed us, there was no way I was dying without first breaking her neck.
Silas crossed his arms. “What does that mean exactly?”
She smiled. “I had a lot of explaining to do for being MIA all these years. My little sister demanded all my attention. No distractions.”
“Your sister…” Silas rubbed his chin. “You found her?”
Latoya all but threw herself into Silas’s arms. “I knew you would remember. Yes, and we…”
Time stood still, and the world quieted as the lavender fragrance I’d craved for hours consumed everything around me, enveloping me in its warmth. My eyes shot up to the door, and I shifted my stance, hoping to make my pants comfortable again.
Breathe, Marcus, breathe. And calm—
Holy fucking shit.
As expected, Joanna walked through the door, and her veryhumanscent made everyone stare, allowing me to take my time breathing her in without being suspicious.
She was so fucking beautiful.
I don’t know when she’d had the time to get her hair done, but she now had braids with curly loose strands peeking out of them. She wore a mesh long-sleeved turtleneck with a black bra underneath. She turned to Lamar, and her ass looked amazing in her high-waisted jeans.
I wanted to smudge her red lipstick all over my cock. I wanted to rub my hands up and down her long legs while they dangled over my shoulders and she came all over my tongue…
But first I would have to kill Lamar, whose eyes were still roaming her body as he greeted her.
“There she is now.” Latoya’s voice cleared the haze in my mind.
Joanna turned to the voice expecting to find her sister. She found my gaze first.
It was showtime.
