Novels by Margo Bond Collins

Drake laughed. “I’ll be with you, sweetheart. Let’s tell them as soon as Roman gets here.”When Roman walked in, he frowned, immediately sensing the tension in the room. “What is it?” he asked, worried. “Have the Losoyas shown back up?”“Nothing like that,” Drake assured him.“But I have something to tell you,” Lana said. “All of you,” she added as Jackson came into his living room from the kitchen.“Let’s sit down, then,” Jackson said, a frown on his face.Lana took a deep breath before she spoke. “I’m going to get right to the point. I found out today that I’m pregnant.”Roman looked at her blankly for a long moment, as if he were wondering if maybe she was teasing him.“I’m pregnant,” she repeated.Jackson was the first to speak. “How do you feel about it?

December 24For the next two weeks, everything went perfectly. Lana’s life had never been better—even her first love with Ian hadn’t been this wonderful. This complete.And the happier she was, the happier the entire streak seemed.“It’s the magic of the Alpha Mate,” Roman said. “Nothing cements the bonds of a streak more.”She laughed aloud. “Tell me that the next time you’re cranky because I’m with Jackson or Drake.”Roman shrugged. “It’s good for all of us.”Even Drake seemed to have come to terms with Lana splitting her time four ways. “I have to have time for myself,” she’d finally announced. “Otherwise, you three will wear me out.”But they didn’t. Somehow, she still wanted them. All of them. All the time. Her decision to take time for herself was preemptive—but apparently unnecessary.Mayb

By the time Drake’s mouth trailed down her stomach to the top of her pants, Lana was trembling. As he licked along the waistband, desire surged through her in a searing wave, rolling from her chest and moving down, as if it had been released directly from her heart. It settled in the deepest part of her as a hot throb of need."Please, Drake," she whispered. "I want you. I need you.""Are you certain?" he asked."Absolutely certain," she replied.With a deft motion, Drake unbuttoned her pants, sliding them off her hips and catching her silk panties with his thumbs on the way down, dropping them atop the shirt and bra.Lana tugged ineffectually at the button on his jeans. “Take these off, too.”One corner of his mouth crooked up. “Is that an order?”“A request.” She matched his smile, but the expression faded at the sight of him as he stepped back and removed his pants. Her mouth

As Drake dropped her to her feet near the doorway of her room, panic flashed through his eyes. Lana didn’t bother to try to calm him, choosing instead to pull his lips down to hers until she was kissing him, first softly, then harder. Even the taste of him seemed right, hot and slightly spicy, his tiger underscoring the taste that was uniquely Drake.Pulling her closer to him, Drake deepened the kiss, his tongue tangling with hers in a way that was both brand new and achingly familiar, as if she had been waiting all her life for him to complete her.The shape of his shoulders under her questing hands was uniquely Drake as well. Lana ran her fingertips down the back of his arms, tracing the sharply defined triceps and sliding her palms down to his wrists.With a strangled noise in the back of his throat, Drake slid his own hands down her back until they cupped her ass, then pulled her up against him, the hard length of him burning through hi

Three hours later, Drake stood in the hotel lobby, alone.What the hell? Where is everyone?His first question was answered a few seconds later when Lana made her way out of the stairwell that led down to her suite. “Hi, Drake,” she said, her voice drawing him to her against his will.“Is this a setup?” he asked, and Lana laughed aloud.“It’s Roman’s orders,” she said. “We’re supposed to spend the night together.”“Oh, fuck that.” He spun away from her and started to stride to exit, planning to leave the hotel entirely. But seconds later, he returned to her side. “What will he do if we don’t follow his orders? How much trouble will we be in?”“I don’t want to ignore this order.” Lana’s words left Drake aching to grab her in his arms and carry her to his bed. He growled under his breath.S

Chapter 26December 3Drake Torres didn’t want any part of Roman’s plan for him to join the Alpha Mate.Whenever Drake he felt overwhelmingly lonely—which, granted, was often—he would venture into town to mingle among the humans, where he would find a new willing lady to plow—then dash away from.No strings attached meant no opportunities for either party to get hurt in any way.Drake’s sexual encounters provided him with much-needed chances to blow off steam. Humans meant nothing to him, and he meant nothing to the female humans he picked up. And that was the way he liked it.He didn’t need someone else’s leftovers. Even if that meant giving up a chance with Lana.He stared at her in the meeting hall, where she was handing out assignments to the various groups of tigers who were headed out on patrol.As if any of those Losoya fuckers are left. “Hey, Dra