Desert Heat (Complete)
Desert Storm Chapter 77

{Allie’s P.O.V.}

“Baby, are you ready?” Dorian called from the bedroom. I was still in the bathroom getting ready for Lacie’s memorial.

“Yeah, I’m coming out now,” I say. I took a last look at my hair, and dress and walked out. “You know, I don’t know how I am supposed to react to all of this now,” I tell him.

“It’s a fake memorial,”

“Yeah, to us, and a few selected people, but her family and other friends, they think it’s real. Am I supposed to ugly cry, or just sniffle?”

“Somewhere in between?” he said. Although it was phrased more like a question.

“You’re not helping,”

“And I think you’re overthinking,” I rolled my eyes because I knew he was right. I was way overthinking everything. Apart of me was just so desperate to catch Heather. I want her to pay for everything that she has done. While I was deep in thought on how I was going to make Heather pay for everything, there was a knock on our door. Dorian went to open it, and it was Amber and Ronnie.

“Hey, are you guys coming or what?” she asked.

“We are, Allie is just over-analyzing everything,” Dorian says. I squint my eyes and stick my tongue out.

“Sister, you’re such a little kid sometimes,” Amber says to me. I scoff at her remark.

“It doesn’t help that she looks like one too,” Ronnie replies.

“What is this pick on Allie day!?” I said annoyed. They all just chuckled at me.

“Come on, we need to go,” Dorian and I nodded, and we all headed downstairs. We were having the memorial at the packhouse because it would be kind of odd to have a memorial at a funeral without a body, and since our kind didn’t do funerals the way humans did, it made more sense.

Mercury and I were on high alert. I focused on Heather’s soul, or lack thereof just in case I would be able to sense her. What everyone didn’t know what Fury, Warlord, Poseidon, and Carter were in St. Petersburg searching for any signs of Heather. They came on their own dime because we needed to be sure that no one would suspect anything. The only people that knew were Dorian, Aries, and me. Even Lacie was kept in the dark for her own safety and sanity.

We were all gathering in the backyard, which thankfully was plenty big enough to hold the 300 plus people attending Lacie’s memorial. I could sense plenty of humans around as well. What I didn’t like was the fact that there were more than one a few women both werewolf and human checking out Aries and Dorian. I was this close to gauging their eyes out for even looking at my husband.

“Allie, I can sense your anger, and you need to calm down,” Dorian whispered.

“Too many skanks and sluts are trying to eyefuck you, Dorian,” I reply.

“Too bad for them, they’re only eye-f*****g the space around me, cause the only thing in my mind is my d**k inside of you,” I pressed my lips and my thighs together because that one statement made me wet.

“Baby, you get horny too easily nowadays,” he said and gently pinched my a*s cheek. Thankfully Cianna and Lucian were behind us, so seeing a little PDA such as that wouldn’t phase them. After all, they have seen Bandit mount Mercury. While I was trying to fight the urge to kill every woman eyeing Dorian and keep myself from trying to f**k him in front of everyone, Bernie came to the podium. Thank God, I said to myself.

“Good morning, everyone,” Bernie started his speech. “As many of you know, my youngest daughter Lacie was kidnapped and murdered last week,” this was the story we had to spin to the non-supernaturals because saying she was taken out by a bounty hunter would be, well, to say the least, alarming. “Lacie was a blessing to all those who knew her, and everyone who met her fell in love with her. Lacie was a beautiful soul, she was kind, caring, loving, passionate, and empathetic. She was the kind of person who always put others above herself. She was wise beyond her years, and intelligent. She was an overachiever in every aspect of her life, and she was never afraid to go after her dreams. Although Lacie decided not go to college, we were never worried about her making it in this world. Although she was young, barely 20 years old, Lacie lived a full and prosperous life. She fell in love, got engaged, and had more than plenty of friends who loved her dearly. To my precious daughter, I love you with everything that I have, and I miss you dearly,”

After Bernie’s eulogy, there was not a dry eye in the crowd. I mean, I could tell that some were forced and faked, but even I was actually shedding a few tears. I looked over at Corinne was completely beside herself. I shook my head and just kept my head down. I don’t think I could make contact with her without completely caving. I knew what she was going through better than anyone. In a sense, Lacie was murdered. Her baby was murdered. If there was one person who knew what that felt like, it’s me. The only difference is that Lacie is alive and well, and my baby isn’t. I will never forget that day my pup died. It was the worst pain I had ever experienced. Corinne may be in pain, but it’s because she doesn’t know the truth. Her pain will eventually go away. Will she and Bernie be pissed, hell yeah they will be, but they will be happy knowing that their child is perfectly healthy.

Cianna was up next, and her eulogy was actually very comical. She told the entire crowd half the stupid s**t Lacie did when she was growing up, and most of it I’m sure Lacie would not be happy about that she told. A lot of the stuff she talked about was quite surprising, and I didn’t expect from someone as mature and responsible as Lacie, but I guess everyone had their terrible teens and acting out moments. Lacie turned out to be quite the prankster, and when I turned to look at Aries, he just nodded. Apparently, Lacie has been playing a lot of pranks on him lately out of sheer boredom.

The rest of the memorial was actually pretty monotonous, and after individual eulogies were given, a small plastic sailboat with a picture of Lacie was placed into the harbor to sail off into the open waters. Bernie and Corinne eventually disappeared into the house, so Amber, Ronnie, Henry, and Melanie helped take care of the guests. There were plenty of refreshments and small finger foods for everybody. While the humans were mingling, most of the pack members were either off doing their own thing or went back to their condos.

Dorian, Lucian, Aries, Cianna and I were hanging out in the back corner of the backyard where no one would bother us,

“Shorty, anything?” Lucian asked me.

“No, I don’t sense her anywhere,” I bit my bottom l*p. “Guys, if she doesn’t show up this entire plan is a bust,” I tell them.

“Not completely, we still got that b***h Maya out of the picture,” Cianna replied.

“Maya was merely a pawn. Even Heather used her to an extent. Maya and Heather may have worked together, but Heather was the mastermind behind it all,” I reply. Aries looked like he was about to say something when I saw his eyes cloud over. Even though his eyes were open, his face looked angry and really irritated.

“Aries, what is it?” Dorian asked when his eyes were back to normal. Thank goddess no humans were around us.

“That was Carter, they spotted Heather,” he replied but his voice didn’t seem excited.

“Why do I feel that there’s a but coming?” I said to him.

“But he lost her,”

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE LOST HER!?” I growled through my teeth trying to not gain any unwanted attention.

“Aries, what happened?!” Dorian growled as well.

“Carter said that an Uber dropped her off at the condo complex, but before she could in, someone pulled her off to the side. He said that they were talking and then they both took off,” my hands were in the tightest fists they could ever be in. We were so close, but someone intervened.

“Please tell me that Carter got photos of the person who helped her,” I said.

“He did, and he’s currently following them again. He’s called for the others, and they’re going to try and ambush them,”

“They can’t do that in the open!” I exclaimed in a shouting whisper.

“Baby, they’re professionals, they know how to make it discrete,” Dorian said to me.

“Who are you guys talking about?” Cianna asked. Dorian explained to them that we had four bounty hunter pack members scattered with a few miles of the packhouse to try and catch Heather and warn us of her arrival.

“So, the plan in itself worked, she actually came,” Lucian said. “The only problem is that a third party we didn’t plan for just got in the way,”

“We need to leave the packhouse. There are way too many eyes and ears here,” Cianna said and we all nodded in agreement. Dorian mind linked Amber to update her, and to let her know we needed to leave.

I was not about to let Heather getaway. We were too close to finally catching her. I don’t care who this third party is, he was not going to get in my way.

{Lacie’s P.O.V.}

I was sitting in the hotel bored out of my f*****g mind. I was currently playing solitaire on my phone trying to beat my record of three minutes to finish one game.

“Ugh, this is so stupid,” I said out loud and tossed my phone on the bed. This had to be the worst part of being dead. Boredom. “Blah blah blah, oh my goddess I am so bored! UGH!” I try to mind link Aries and am met with a block. “Ugh of course he has a block up!” I thrash my head back and forth not knowing what to do. “Grrr … at least if Aries was here we could have s*x to pass the time,” I got up from the bed and just paced around the hotel room talking to myself. I flipped through the T.V. but there was nothing good to watch. I grunted in frustration again and grabbed my phone to play Angry Birds. After several levels, I started to get frustrated because I was stuck. I threw the phone on the bed and just sulked.

Being patient was not one of my strong suits, and I had no problem admitting that. I wanted to try and take a nap, but sleep would not come easily. I was too anxious to know if my sister did indeed show up, but with everyone having a mind block up, I was in the dark. After much deliberation, I decided that I would just pleasure myself until Aries contacted me.

I stripped down to my bra and underwear and started to imagine Aries, doing all sorts of things to me. I used one hand to grab my breast, and the other hand started to rub my delicate s*x on the outside of my underwear. It didn’t take long for me to get wet. Just thinking of Aries licking my folds, sticking his tongue in, and biting my clit was enough to drive me crazy. I reach in my underwear and started to rub, pinch, and twist my clit.

When I felt I was thoroughly wet, I removed my underwear, and gently inserted two of my fingers, and quickly found my g-spot. Although the angle wasn’t the same, the pressure against g-spot along with the images of Aries having his way with me was enough to make me start moaning in ecstasy.

“f**k,” I m****d out loud. “Aries, yes, f**k,” I decided to keep my link to him open just in case I was still pleasuring myself when his opened up. That way, the first thing he would hear would be me crying out his name in pleasure. I started to rub, finger, pinch, twist, every part of my delicate p***y until I made myself c*m. It still wasn’t enough though, I wanted more. I inserted a third finger which was a lot, but the slight pain that came from it, made me think of Aries rock hard thick c**k, f*****g me until I saw stars. That alone was enough to send me over the edge. I was moaning so loud, that I was sure if there was anyone next door to us they could hear me. Oh well.

Just a little more, I thought to myself. I few more flicks, and a little imagination, and I was would c*m so hard. Just as I was about to c*m, the hotel door swung open,

“AH!” I shouted and quickly covered myself with the blanket.

“Precious, what the f**k?” Aries was standing in the doorway.

“Move, Aries!” I heard Allie’s voice. They all pushed their way in, and the next thing I knew, I was 95% naked and Allie, Dorian, Lucian, and Cianna were in the room with us.

“Lacie, were you m**********g?” Aries asked.

“I…Um…I…N-no,” I stutter.

“b***h, don’t lie, I can smell it,” Cianna said.

“Lacie, don’t be embarrassed, I masturbate all the time,”

“ALLIE!” Dorian shouted.

“What? Men aren’t the only ones that pleasure themselves. Women do too, and probably more frequently,” she responded while sitting on the bed next to me. “You know Lacie if you never help getting rid of some s****l tension, I would be more than happy to help,” she said and caressed my arm.

“Oh my god, Allie!” I squealed and smacked her arm.

“Ow!” she laughed and smacked me back. We both started to laugh. “Girl, I’m just messing, but no, seriously, instead of using your fingers, why not get a customized toy,”

“A what?”

“A toy. You know, a s*x toy, like a dildo,”

“Why would I need a toy!?”

“Yeah, she doesn’t need a toy, Allie!” Aries said sounding offended.

“I’m not saying you’re not enough Aries, I’m sure you’re plenty for Lacie; however, there are times when you guys aren’t home, and us women want s*x,”

“She has a point,” Cianna agreed.

“Cici!?” Lucian exclaimed.

“Guys are so stereotypical when it comes to m**********n and women pleasuring themselves,” Allie said sitting straight up. “I do it all the time when Dorians’ busy at the firm and I don’t go with him. My hands are so small that it doesn’t do anything for me. And there aren’t any toys out there that even remotely resemble the feeling of Dorian’s magical pole, so I ordered one of those DIY dildo makers online, and I made a mold of Dorian’s d**k,” she said and smiled with absolutely no shame.

“Big man, is that true?” Lucian asked Dorian, and he just nodded without hesitation.

“I’d rather have Allie m**********g to a mold of my d**k rather than someone else’s that you would buy at a store,” he replied.

“Okay, this is a conversation for another time,” Aries said quickly changing the subject. “Precious, put your clothes on, we need to talk,” I nodded my head, and got out of the bed wrapping myself in the sheet and went into the bathroom to quickly put my clothes back on. When I came out, everyone was sitting down and hovered over Aries’ laptop.

“What’s going on?” I asked.

“Precious, come here,” I went over to Aries and sat on his lap. The look on his and everyone else’s faces was not a happy one.

“What happened?” I asked knowing that something went wrong. Aries quickly explained to me that my sister did in fact show up at the condo complex, more than likely to get into her old unit. When he told me that some guy stopped her and then made her get into a car with him, I was shocked. I was even more shocked to replace out that our four bounty hunter compadres were basically hunting down my sister.

“Carter is emailing me photos of the man right now,” he says to me.

“Why didn’t he just text them to you?”

“He needs to upload them first. He takes photos from at least 100 feet away with a long-range telephoto lens,” Dorian explains. I made an O shape with my mouth. I honestly wondered who could be helping my sister. I was about to say something when there was a notification on Aries’ laptop indicating he got the pictures from Carter.

“Alright, the moment of truth. Let’s see who the mystery man is,” Aries said while opening the attachment. The moment I saw the man in the photo, I looked back at Allie, and her eyes were black as night. I heard a menacing growl, and at first, I thought it came from Aries, but then I realized that he came from Dorian. I looked at him, and his eyes were even blacker than Allie’s.

“Just when I thought we could rule this fucker out,” I said.

“Lacie, is that who I think it is?” Cianna asked, and I nodded my head.

“Precious, who is that?” Aries asked me.

“Babe, that’s my ex, the one that went to high school with Allie,” I answer. Aries suddenly gripped my h**s really tight, and I could feel the anger radiating off of him.

“s**t! s**t! s**t!” Cianna growled pacing back and forth. She always did that when she got really mad. I looked back at the screen and glared at the man in the photo. Shawn Jensen, this isn’t over.

{Heather’s P.O.V.}

After landing in Tampa, I got my bag from baggage claim and made my way to the Uber pick area. I ordered my ride, and it arrived a few minutes later. The drive to St. Petersburg was long and boring because of the traffic. I had the driver drop me off at the condo complex so I could drop off my stuff before heading over to the packhouse to give my sister a proper send-off. Which would consist of me telling everyone what a self-centered w***e she was, and that deserved to die.

When the driver pulled up to the condo, I gave him a five-dollar tip and got out. I stared at the condo complex, not really afraid of who would see me. No ones I’ve been up to and would assume that I just moved out to be on my own. I grabbed the handle of my bag and was about to go in when a car pulled up behind me. I turned around,

“Shawn!?”

“Heather! You need to come with me!”

“What the f**k why?”

“You’re being followed,”

“What? What the f**k are you talking about? And what the hell are you doing here?”

“I just flew back in from New Hampshire because I heard what happened to Lacie. I saw you at the airport and figured you were here for her memorial too. I was going to ask if you wanted to ride with me, but then I saw someone following you and taking pictures of you, and I could sense that he was a wolf,”

“What?!”

“Heather, he got into an Uber right after you did, and after yours dropped you off, he got off about two blocks from here. I’m certain that you’re a target of some kind. You need to come with me, now!” he said and pulled my arm forcing me to get into his car. He took my bag and threw it into the back a seat and drove us away.

“Shawn, where are we going?”

“Safehouse, where no one can replace you,”

“I need to go to my sister’s memorial!”

“We can go tomorrow, right now it’s not safe with you being followed,”

“Why would someone want to follow me!?”

“I don’t know, have you pissed off anyone lately!?” well I mean, I did try and kill several people and threatened to kill my ex mates new mate and their mutt pups, but other than that, nope. I think to myself.

“No, why would you even think that?”

“Because I know you, Heather!”

“Just because we f****d once a few years ago doesn’t mean you know me, Shawn,”

“I know enough,”

“Why are you even here?” I ask him.

“I told you. I heard what happened to Lacie, and I wanted to come to pay my respects. Whether she knew it or not, I loved her, and I wanted to believe that she was my mate,”

“Well, I hate to break it to you Shawn, but a year after you two broke up, Lacie found her mate, and he happened to be a lower level Omega,”

“What!?” he replied with a growl.

“Yeah,”

“Is it someone I know?”

“Doubt it, he’s not even from Florida. Lacie moved to Las Vegas,”

“What? Las Vegas?”

“Yeah,”

“Are you telling me she went to the Desert Moon pack?”

“How do you know about the Desert Moon pack?”

“Heather, every ranked wolf in America knows the Desert Moon pack and their reputation. I also happen to be old high school classmates with the Luna,”

“WHAT!? YOU KNOW ALLIE!?”

“Intimately,”

“What do you mean intimately?”

“Allie was actually my best friend’s mate, Devin McMillian. He was supposed to be the new Alpha of my pack in New Hampshire,”

“What do you mean by was?”

“Devin almost killed Allie after she turned 18, by sexually assaulting her. She was human back then, so she didn’t know anything about werewolves or the supernatural. So, after surviving the assault, she went to the police, and since Devin wasn’t Alpha yet, and there was more than enough evidence to send him away, the Elders of our state banished him while he was incarcerated, which left me to pick up the pieces,”

“You seem to know about a lot about the details,”

“I was supposed to be the Beta after Devin became Alpha. I knew that he was going to assault Allie, but I didn’t stop him. After he got incarcerated, I left town and moved here. I needed to wait out the statute of limitations because if I got caught as an accessory, I would have been banished myself, then our pack would have been dismantled,”

“So, you let Allie get assaulted?” he nodded. “Well, I’m sure she f*****g deserved it. Allie is a b***h who f****d up my life and made my mate reject me. Too bad that f*****g cunt didn’t die all those years ago,”

“What the hell are you talking about?” he asked. I gave him the cliff notes version of everything that went wrong with Deacon because of Allie. “Damn, I didn’t think Allie would do that. She always seemed so nice,” he said.

“Nice? Please, Allie’s a vindictive b***h who only cares about herself,” I cross my arms, and look out the window.

“Says the girl who seduced her sister’s boyfriend,”

“That was one time, and you didn’t have to sleep with me, you wanted to,”

“Be that as it may, I loved your sister, and I wish the hell I could turn back time,”

“It wouldn’t matter. You weren’t her mate,” I tell him rubbing salt in his wounds.

“Get some rest, we will be at the safe in an hour,”

“Whatever,” I snub and close my eyes. Thoughts kept racing through my mind. Why would someone want to follow me? It’s not like anyone knew what I had done. I made sure to keep my identity secret, and I was careful at the club. Too bad I couldn’t contact Maya, wherever the hell that b***h went. I figured her a*s is celebrating getting rid of my sister and was on her way to replace Aries as speak.

I looked over at Shawn and realized that him being a ranked member would come in handy. Maybe I could use his rank as a means to get into Yellow Moon unprovoked. That was a plan for another day. First, I needed to figure out who was after me, and why?