Damon Madden moved back because he knew he couldn't win this fight."You think we've won this battle? You think you've won, but you're wrong.""With all due respect, Damon Madden, you'll only hurt yourself if you say anything else."Emma looked at him steadily and spoke in a serious tone. "Damon Madden, you should stop trying and move on. If you hadn't looked down on people who weren't alphas, you wouldn't be in this situation right now.""You could have been nice to and helped your sons, and you could have left me alone back then. But because you stuck to your opinions, you lost the company you gave up everything else for.""You think that you can tell me what to do?" He screamed and moved forward one step. Lucus barked at Damon Madden to tell him to be careful, but Emma just shook her head."I'm not giving a speech. Think of it as the first thing you would do for your younger son. Don't try to hurt my family again. If anything, if you hurt someone I care about again, I'll show you w
Lucus relaxed in the back seat of Emma's car with his head against the cool window. After making the necessary calls and asking Alex to update the website to say that they would be closed until the end of the week, he printed out some signs and put them on the doors before going outside, where Emma was waiting for him. Even though Emma tried to make him feel better, his father's words kept making him doubtful. Could Emma really be happy with someone who had completely changed her life?"Who is "Lucus?"Lucus stopped when Emma crossed her fingers and put their hands together between their seats. "I'm sorry, but did you say something?""Will Jay and the rest of your workers be okay if they don't have to work for a few days?"Lucus laughed and smiled at Emma to make her feel better. "They will be fine and then some. Everyone will still get paid, and now they have a longer weekend.""That's great. You run things well.""Most of them have worked for me for a long time, so I try to be nice
Lucus smiled as the words made Emma's scent sweeter and her face soften and glow. As he got back up from the bed and pulled Emma's legs off the bed, his gentle smile turned evil."Oh, what are you?" Emma let out a gasp as Lucus wrapped Emma's things in his mouth in one smooth move. Lucus sucked and licked at Emma's things, and then he stuck his finger in her hole. He added another quickly and began moving the two in and out. The room was filled with the sounds of Lucus's long fingers squeaking and Emma putting and taking things out of his mouth. Emma's gasps and moans could also be heard. When Lucus added one more finger and then moved forward to touch Emma's prostate, he jumped off the bed.The pleasure Emma felt from Lucus's mouth and fingers pushed her to the limit. She pulled on Lucus's hair in a panic."Lucus, I'm on my way. Please stop."Lucus stopped playing with Emma's stuff and smiled at her. "You're wrong if you think I'll stop at one. We have to make up for seven years."Be
Emma woke up to soft kisses on her face and hands running through her hair. When she opened her eyes, Lucus was sitting on one arm and looking at her with love in his eyes. Emma saw that Lucus was fully dressed when she got a better look at him. She shook her head in shock."Are you going somewhere?""Yes. I did want to see you wake up, though, before I left.""You're going away? In this big bed that is empty? "By yourself?"Lucus groaned and rolled over. He then wrapped his arms around Emma and kissed her lips. They kissed slowly, nibbling at each other's lips. Emma stuck her tongue in Lucus's mouth, and Lucus leaned back."I will never leave you if I continue to kiss you.""Simple, just don't leave.""True. I think something changed in you last night, and now you're a sneaky siren.""I'm not sure what a siren is... Probably more like the pied piper."Emma got out of bed and pulled her knees up to her chest. "It's just that we don't have much time to spend together. So, what's keepin
"You two did it, right?""Zia! Clary will listen." Emma hissed when she hit her on the hip. Zia just smiled and raised her eyebrows in a flirty way."It's still true, though, isn't it?"Emma huffed and turned around to put the chopped kimchi into the pot with the sizzling pork belly. She was making a quick kimchi stew for dinner. She was in a hurry so that Zia could join them before the last train back to the city."Come on, Emma," Zia begged, trying to get her to say something."All right, we did sleep together. "Are you happy?""Yes. "It's about time."Zia tried to hit Zia with the rice scooper she was holding by waving it in her direction. As she dodged and moved to the other end of the kitchen, she laughed."Look, we took the time we needed to be ready, and that was yesterday.""I'm making fun of you, Emma. I'm glad you two finally had enough time to spend together.""Many thanks, Zia. "So am I."Emma's face still showed a soft smile, and Zia did the same. She was really happy to
As they plan, they transfer Clary to a new school in the next few months. Clary is happy to have both her parents with her. Jasmine and Luke surprised Emma when they told her that they were going to open one dance studio in the city and that Luke was going to work with Allen.Emma is so happy to have her family and friends with her; they had a pretty good party last night and had a lot of fun.So, of course, it's really just Emma's luck that she manages to get sick in the weeks leading up to December.When Emma wakes up—with a throat dry enough to rival the Sahara Desert and full of enough razors to stock a barber shop for a year, not to mention the entire marching band ensemble in her head banging against her skull—she honestly believes she's either dead or has been cursed by some low-life scum.She rolls over, seeking the comfort of Lucus smooth chest, but the movement takes an hour, and her limbs feel heavy and sluggish."Emma?" Lucus says, and Emma simply groans in response."Emma
There are many times, many occasions, where Emma finds himself heavy-limbed and lethargic after a work escapade, wanting nothing more than to curl up in bed, with Clary at her arm and Lucus cuddled close.Much the same, there are nights where Lucus comes home after a near-traumatizing meeting or a painfully annoying customer and wishes for nothing else but to shut himself in his bedroom with Emma, to just let go of everything and enjoy himself, to revel in the pleasures of his life.And, when you add another variable in the form of an adorable bundle of baby girls, they're both bound to be more exhausted than usual.Lucus never knew parenthood could be so hard.He knew it took a fair amount of work and a lot of patience to look after a child—he was practically raised by his big brother—and he'd never realized what it took to look after a child.And it's not that he regrets anything; he promised Emma all those months ago that he would look after her and Clary, and he meant it in the sa
"You want to get a tattoo?"Out of all the things Lucus ever thought he'd hear Emma say, getting a tattoo was not even a registered possibility."Yes." Emma nods, and Lucus knows Emma enough to accept that she's being completely serious."But you already have my mating mark on your body." Lucus states. He folds his hands behind his head, leaning backwards against the headboard. He had a feeling this conversation would be one he'd need to be relaxed for."Well, yes, but that's not the same." Emma replies. He sighs as Lucus raises his eyebrows."Mark's fade; some are permanent, but not all of them, and they're different. Mating marks speak of my mating. Tattoos are something that both of us can have, and it's more special and ... forever."Lucus leans over and kisses Emma's bare shoulder."You genuinely want this?" He asks to be certain. There's a warmth flooding him just from hearing that Emma wants to get something permanent that they can both share. Something different that no other