I stuck close to a group that was entering at the same time, hoping the superintendent wouldn’t look too closely at all the members if they recognized a few. Nervous sweat dripped down the back of my neck as we walked past the front desk. The superintendent glanced once, but then not again. Relief
I watched Aimee as she tried to sneak into Brent’s dorm as I had earlier done. But the group Aimee tried to tag along with recognized her at once and knew she didn’t belong. She was cast out onto the sidewalk faster than I had been. Joseph might have dragged me hard enough to bruise my wrist, but A
And right now, I wanted Asher. When he opened the door after I knocked, he seemed relieved to see me, shoulders slouching ever so slightly. I was relieved too. I hated when we argued. It felt like the whole world was tilted the wrong way when we weren’t in sync. We stepped back into the room and I
Thinking I had overstepped Asher’s boundaries by hugging him from behind, I began to release him. But then he caught my hands with his and gently returned them to where they had been, palms flat against his hard, muscled abdomen. We both relaxed into the hug, and I felt the emotional distance betw
I was beginning to reach the upper limit of my studying. Now I was simply rehashing topics I’d already drilled thoroughly into my brain. So when my phone finally lit up with a message, I picked it up eagerly. The message surprised me, it was Aimee. Help! Brent agreed to meet me in the park! I don
“I warned you.” “I’m sorry!” Brent said, bracing his arms over his head like the apparition might strike him. “You did not apologized. You accused!” My rage seeped into the voice I projected through the ghost baby, making it roar. “My mother did not summon me to haunt you. You did!” “Oh, God… Oh,
“Aimee went to meet Brent in the gazebo. I followed her.” I could say that much, at least. “Then I got really tired, and I… well, here you are.” He sighed. “This was dangerous. If you had called me before you went, I could have gone with you.” I supposed now that I could have done that, though I w
Aimee’s eyes were red from crying. She carried a full tissue box under her arm, with several tissues bunched into her hands. When Brent saw her, he tossed his megaphone aside, rushed toward her, and dropped onto his knees at her feet. “Aimee,” he said, begging. “I’m so sorry for the way I treated
“Please.” That all sounded so good. I wanted it. I wanted everything. He stood to kick off the rest of his clothes. I watched, my mouth watering as he exposed his dick. He was so big, so hard just for me. Carefully, he moved me how he wanted me, stretching out my legs farther, and then slipped
Asher guided me back into the bedroom. As I stood near the bed, he walked behind me and slowly tugged down the zipper of my dress. His knuckles traced the newly-revealed skin inch by inch, following down the length of my spine. When the zipper had lowered as much as it could go. He spread his hand
I held my breath as Dylan threw the first punch. Asher dodged back and Dylan’s fist flew through the open air. Asher then stepped forward, ready to retaliate. Dylan backpedaled, placing a few feet between them again. In a flash, Dylan moved close again. His speed was lightning-quick. I barely even
“’Might?’” He squeezed me gently. “It will be fine. Trust me.” I did trust him, with my life and more. But… this was my brother. My brother and the love of my life were about to fight a challenge with yet unknown terms that would undoubtedly involve me and my baby. I couldn’t help but be a b
I opened my mouth to begin to explain, but the truth seemed worse than even Dylan’s worst assumptions. No, Asher isn’t the father of my baby. The father is actually a terrible person who is now in prison. But Dylan wasn’t waiting for me to figure out a softer way to explain, and Asher was no hel
On the evening of the Academy’s winter dance, I slipped into my shining purple gown and checked myself out in the bathroom mirror. Gone were the days when I could pass as not pregnant. Now, my bump was a distinctive round bulge, pressing out the front of my gown – which I had bought in the materni
“I… um…” I had no idea how to answer Dylan. Panic set in, sending my heart into overdrive. Should I admit to Asher being beside me? It was getting late at night. Surely Dylan would have follow-up questions. Like, why was Asher in my room after dark. “Oh, shit, I have to go,” Dylan said suddenly.
Asher’s words stole my breath away. For a long moment, I simply stared at him, desire coiling inside of me. He stared back, his blue eyes deep as the ocean. I swallowed thickly. I couldn’t wait to go home with him and see all of his promises in action. Nancy cleared her throat from the doorway.
The real Asher was safely behind the line of fake wolves. He glanced back at me in concern. I understood his worry. Holding this many projections was a strain. But I was done running. I was done standing back. Joseph would lose. And I would help bring him down. In the circle, Joseph started to