Claimed By The Irish Wolf Shifter (Irish Wolf Shifters Book 2)
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“I still waited a few months to propose,” he argues, but some of the anger has gone from his voice. When he looks at me though, it’s still there in his eyes.
“I’m not happy about this Killanney.”
“I know. And I know we need to straighten this out. But there’s something else I have to tell you...I tried to phone you last night.”
“There’s more?”
I tell him about the man I attacked in the garden, the way he disrespected Aisling and the fact that he was linked to Rizzi. I would have thought it wasn’t possible, but now Tommy looks even more furious.
“So he was keeping an eye on you...and his man tried it on with Aisling? Why didn’t you tell me straight away?”
“I tried, last night and this morning,” I point out. “Your phone was off.”
“Yeah, well, it was an important meeting. As soon as I turned my phone on I had a message from the hotel and I came straight home. They didn’t say anything about a fight.” Tommy manages to look both furious and thoughtful at the same time.
“Rizzi doesn’t trust us, that’s fair enough,” I say with a shrug, “but I’d be more concerned about the lack of respect. If there’s no respect there’s no loyalty.”
Tommy nods. I’m not telling him anything he doesn’t already know...he’s been in this game longer than I have.
“Let’s pay Rizzi a little visit. Hopefully he’s got the message after you overpowered his guy.”
“He’s not expecting us until tomorrow,” I point out.
“Good. Then we’ll have the element of surprise. Come on. Aisling, we’ll be gone an hour or two. I want you to put the security systems on and stay in the house, okay?”
Aisling looks from me to her father with her mouth open.
“You were just fighting,” she points out.
“Yeah and I’m still furious,” Tommy snaps, “but we need to get this sorted before Rizzi makes some kind of move.”
He gives Aisling a hug and leaves, jerking his head at me to follow him. I let the rudeness go. He’s had quite the morning and is no doubt desperately trying to claw a sense of status back. I kiss Aisling quickly before I follow him.
“Don’t let him get hurt,” she begs me.
“He won’t,” I say confidently.
Tommy stops on the way to pick up two of his boys, a redhead with a scar on his face and a short dark guy with an unnerving stare. I want to tell him we won’t need the back-up, but Tommy doesn’t know what I am. Besides, I remember the machine guns. They could incapacitate me long enough for Tommy to get hurt.
Tommy quickly fills in his men on the situation. They’re both heavily tooled up and I realize Tommy is fully expecting a turf war to start the minute we arrive. It all seems a bit of an overreaction to me, but perhaps that’s how they do things in the States...or perhaps it’s just a human thing. Our would-be rivals back home, the O’Donnell brothers, are the same. No finesse.
We reach our destination and get out of the car and head towards the back office we were shown in to last time. The place seems quiet and there’s no one on the door. I look at Tommy and raise an eyebrow. Something is going on.
There’s a goon standing outside Rizzi’s office door, looking bored. As soon as he sees us he reaches for his gun, but I move in a blur of speed and knock it out of his hand before knocking him unconscious. Tommy and his boys just stare at me.
“I knew you were fast Killanney, but that was something else.”
“Martial arts,” I say with a shrug. I push the door open and see Rizzi, who has jumped up behind his desk, pointing a gun at us. He looks shocked to see us. Tommy has his gun out too, but I step in between them both, eyeing Rizzi and wondering what we’re missing. He looks taken aback at my lack of disregard for the weapons.
“You’re not supposed to be here...how did you get out? I sent my best men?”
It takes a minute for his words to sink in, then I realize in a flash what he means. He’s sent his men to kill us...he was planning on double crossing Tommy all along. After his man reported back on my show of strength at the hotel, he’s made sure to send his best men...and the only place he could have sent them is to Tommy’s house.
Where Aisling is.
I leap over the desk and break Rizzi’s neck with my bare hands. I’m vaguely aware of the sound of the gun and a sharp pain in my chest, but I shrug it off. It will heal. Then I turn and run back to the car, Tommy and his men following me.
“Aisling,” I say to Tommy as he pulls off. He nods grimly, putting his foot down as hard as he can.
“You were shot,” he says. I nod.
“Flesh wound,” I murmur. Tommy shakes his head.
“I saw it. Point blank range. You should be dead.” He says it quietly, not wanting the men in the back to hear.
“I’ll explain later,” I say impatiently. The only thing I care about now is getting to Aisling on time.
What if we’re too late?
Chapter Twelve
Aisling
I wander around the house not sure what to do with myself after Dad and Aiden have gone to see this Rizzi guy. I’m not too worried about them, not now that I know what Aiden is, but I do wonder how they’re getting on and hope my dad doesn’t try to start anything. I know he would take on a whole pack of werewolves if he thought he was defending my honor. I can only hope that he will realize how I feel about Aiden and understand. Him and Mom had a whirlwind romance...this isn’t so different.
If you ignore the wolf part anyway, but Dad doesn’t need to know about that.
I sit down and turn the TV on, trying to distract myself. There’s nothing I can do about the situation until they get back.
I’m halfway through an episode of some reality TV show when I hear a noise at the door and then footsteps. They’re back. I look over my shoulder, wondering what to expect. Are they friends again?
Except it isn’t my father and Aiden. Three dark haired men stand there, glaring down at me. They’re holding machine guns, and one of them, I notice with a sinking stomach, is the same man who accosted me in the hotel garden. Too late, I remember I didn’t turn the security systems on.
I jump to my feet.
“Get the fuck out of my house,” I snap, trying not to show my fear even though my heart is jumping in my chest. The tallest of the men sneers at me.
“Where’s your father and his feral friend? Apparently he tried to bite Matteo here. Can’t be having that.”
“They’re not here,” I say. “Obviously. Duh.” I know I’m pissing them off but I’m not going to give them the satisfaction of seeing how terrified I am. Matteo swings his gun in my direction and I freeze.
“Sit down,” he leers at me. “We’ll wait. Perhaps you can entertain me while we do.” He stares at my boobs and I feel myself go cold. The taller man glares at him.
“We’re not here for that. Concentrate. When we’ve sorted Tommy and his Irish friend, then we can take turns with her.”
I close my eyes. Please hurry up, I think desperately, wondering how long Aiden and my father will be. I have no idea where they were going, but when they went to see this Rizzi the other day they weren’t gone more than an hour. I glance at the clock...it’s been forty minutes. I wonder if Rizzi is one of these men.
But even if they do come home...what about the machine guns? My dad just had a sawn-off on him. And Aiden might have supernatural powers but I don’t know if he can withstand that. These men came to kill. To my father’s house.
If we get out of this alive, I seriously have to talk Dad into retiring, I think.
The men make themselves comfortable and the third man picks up the remote. Matteo pats the couch next to him.
“Sit down.”
I perch on the edge of the couch, keeping as far away from him as humanly possible. Hurry up, I think, even though I’m terrified of them getting hurt. As I sit there in silence, the minutes ticking by painfully slowly, I try to think of a plan. There’s a pistol in my bedside
drawer...Dad insists I keep it. If I can convince them to let me go upstairs...but how? And what use is a pistol against a machine gun? It seems there is nothing I can do but wait.
Finally, after what feels like hours but can’t be more than thirty minutes, I hear my Dad’s car pull up the driveway. The men jump to their feet.
“Stay quiet,” the tall one hisses at me. I nod, but the minute I hear the door turn I scream loudly. Matteo back hands me across the face and I go sprawling to the ground.
Then I hear a loud snarl and see a huge black shape racing towards me in a blur of black eyes and teeth. Aiden. I hear the machine guns. As if in slow motion I watch the scene play out before me as Aiden leaps onto Matteo and rips out his throat before he can even lift his gun. But the tall man shoots him and I scream again as I see Aiden’s coat soaked in blood. But it doesn’t stop him...he leaps on that man too. The other man looks terrified and doesn’t even have time to shoot before a gun comes through the open doorway and a bullet goes straight between his eyes. My dad comes running in followed by two men I don’t recognize. He blinks in shock at Aiden who is shifting back just as he runs in, then lays on the ground panting, his clothes shredded and covered in blood. His breath is ragged and his eyes are closed. I crawl over to him, sobbing, and he opens his eyes.
“I’ll heal, don’t worry. Your dad...I heard a shot...”
“I’m here,” Dad says. I get up and hug him, tears of relief filling my eyes as it sinks in that the men are dead and my love and my father are safe.
Well...Aiden isn’t in great shape. I crouch down next to him, terrified of what I’m about to see, and I’m amazed to see his wounds are healing already. Dad looks over at the other two men who are standing in the doorway looking confused.
“Go home,” he snaps at them. They look at each other, shrug and leave. Then Dad looks down at Aiden, looking both worried and angry.
“What’s going on Killanney? I’ve seen you take enough bullets to fell an army.”
“Dad,” I hush him, “He’s hurt.”
“I’ll be okay,” gasps Aiden. “I just need some sleep. And some water would be good.”
I jump to my feet. “I’ll get you some.” I take my dad’s arm and he comes with me, looking more and more confused by the minute. This is going to take some explaining. And we need to sort the bodies out too.
But then Aiden winks at me as I look back at him and I take a deep breath. Everything is going to be alright.
Epilogue
Eight months later
Aiden
Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
My mouth drops open as I turn round and watch Aisling walking towards me. She looks as beautiful as I’ve ever seen her look, even with that big belly on her.
Especially with that big belly on her. Seeing her grow with my child inside her is the most amazing thing I’ve ever witnessed. I feel even more protective of her than I did before, if that’s even possible. And her growing body is sexier than ever, round and full and with her tits growing and getting heavier in my hands. She’s all mine, every inch of her. My mate.
And now she’s about to become my wife. She walks towards me on Tommy’s arm, radiant in a flowing white dress and holding a huge bouquet of pink roses. Even Tommy looks as proud as punch, beaming as he walks his daughter down the aisle.
After the incident with that idiot Rizzi I stayed in Chicago for a while, helping Tommy sort out his business and spending more time with Aisling. I rented an apartment downtown for a couple of months and we spent plenty of nights exploring each other. It was on one of those nights our son was conceived.
Our son...I wonder if he will be able to shift too. If so he will have the three of us to help guide him. As well as the most wonderful mother...I can’t wait to see Aisling with our baby in her arms.
We came back to Ireland a few months ago, and Aisling loves it here. My family loves her too. Tommy misses her...so much he’s talking of moving over here. He doesn’t want to miss out on his grandson. It’s fine by me, and I know Aisling would be happy. I will go to the ends of the earth to make my woman happy.
They reach me and Tommy kisses her on the cheek and goes to sit down. Aisling turns to me with her eyes shining and my breath catches in my throat. She’s so fucking gorgeous; I want the ceremony to be over so that I can get her out of that dress.
I can barely concentrate on the vows as I repeat them after the priest and I’m only vaguely conscious of the watching guests, including my proud brothers. I breathe a sigh of relief when it’s all over and I can take Aisling in my arms and kiss her. We’re rewarded by whoops from the audience.
“How long now before I can get you back and get that dress off you?” I whisper into her ear. She laughs quietly.
“Aiden,” she reprimands gently. “We can’t let our guests down. There’s the signing, the photographs, the dinner and the party.”
I growl in frustration as I kiss her again, but I can wait for our first night together as man and wife. I know there will be many more to come.
After all, what’s a few hours when I’ve been waiting for her for all of my life?
Extended Epilogue
Seven Years Later
Aisling
My husband walks into my office and I feel desire ripple through me at the sight of him. Even after all these years he never fails to take my breath away. Dressed in his trademark outfit of black jeans, impossibly tight dark t-shirt and a black leather jacket, he’s as gorgeous as the day I laid eyes on him in my father’s kitchen. If not more so.
I finish my call to my client and replace the phone, smiling up at Aiden. I’m in my home office, finalizing a new deal. I’m now a successful interior designer and it’s something I’ve achieved all by myself without needing a hand up from Dad. Although he has helped out with childcare.
Dad moved over here after I had our first son, Donal, and is now retired and married to Nina, a woman he met in Aiden’s brothers bar. He’s the happiest I’ve ever seen him since Mom died, and he’s a great granddad. Him and Aiden are still the best of friends.
The Killanneys have pretty much gone legit and now own a string of successful clubs and bars all over Ireland. I didn’t ask Aiden to make that move, but we both wanted an easier lifestyle for the kids. We still have a few years to wait until Donal hits puberty and we find out whether he can shift or not. I’m not worried...he has Aiden and his brothers to guide him through.
“Are you busy?” Aiden asks, a cheeky twinkle in his eyes. I raise an eyebrow, knowing exactly what his motives are. The sex between us is still as hot as ever.
“I have some paperwork to do, but I don’t have to go out today,” I say as he stands behind me and starts to massage my shoulders. One hand slides around my collarbone and then down into my bra. I gasp as he pinches a nipple.
“I was thinking we should make the most of the time then while we’re both free and the kids are at school,” he suggests, kneading my breasts. They’ve gotten even bigger after two pregnancies and Aiden seems to love them all the more.
“How were you thinking we could do that?” I ask teasingly. He bends down and nibbles at my neck, sending delicious shivers all down my spine.
“How about I lift that skirt up, pull your panties down, bend you over this desk and ride you until you scream my name?” Aiden suggests in a rough tone.
I smile up at him.
“Now that, my love, sounds like a great idea...”
As his cock slips into me and he buries a hand in my hair, tugging lightly, I let out a low moan of pleasure. I couldn’t be more content.
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