I'm sitting with Victor on the couch, smugly smiling, when I notice Wyatt glaring at Victor. His face is that of pure jealousy, and with the most giant, most satisfied smile, I turn to Victor.
"So, Victor, do you know Angelica? Or did you come here without an invitation?" I ask the man, who won't stop looking around as if it's his first time being at a party.
Victor meets my eyes, still wearing that blush from earlier. "I didn't receive an invitation," He admits. "But as soon as I walked past this house, some girl dragged me inside. She fell asleep in the hallway after talking for about an hour about her garden. I tried waking her, but she was dead to the world."
"Oh," I laugh. "Brown long hair and big boobs? Glasses?"
Victor nods.
"That's Ashley," I tell him. "She started drinking ten hours ago, so it doesn't shock me that she passed out."
His lips curl. "I've never had alcohol before."
I stare at him. "You must be joking!"
I'm brushing my hair while looking at myself in the mirror. For the first time in my life, I'm wearing a dress. I even put mascara on! I'm not sure what Wyatt's taste in women is, but I'm trying hard to look presentable. Black suits me, and I love the way the dress hugs me."Maeve?" My mother walks into my room, gasping when she sees my reflection. A smile tugs on her lips. "You look beautiful!"I beam at her, happy at the compliment. "Thank you!""Let me fix your hair."I stand idle, letting my mother brush my long hair to the right side of my shoulder. She combs her fingers through my brown locks, reaching for my table to pick up a hair ornament and place it in my hair. It's a blue butterfly with glitter on it."There," My mother smiles. "Wyatt will drop his jaw to the ground seeing you tonight."I blush. "You think so?""He would have to be blind if that weren't the case," My mother leans in to kiss my forehead. "Good luck tonight.
Wyatt I grab a bottle and pour up some scotch, making my dad laugh from the table. He is cutting into his steak, shaking his head at me. As usual, he is reading my mother's diary on his Saturday night. She wrote three before she passed, and my dad loves reading them during the weekend. He can often be found smiling to himself because of her witty writing. "Where is Maeve?" He asks from the kitchen table, turning a page to smile in amusement. "Did she cancel on you, or is she late?" "She probably stood me up." I clench the glass in my hand, angry because my heart is breaking. Maeve is a drug. No matter how hard I fight, I can't get her smile out of my head! "Not surprising, considering how you have been behaving." My dad smirks at me from behind his reading glasses. "Bringing other women here when she is your mate was a real classy move." I turn around. "Maeve doesn't like me—okay? You don't have to tell me I'm an asshole. I'm aware! I shouldn'
Maeve"You kidnapped me, and now you're out of gas?" I laugh like a madman, powerless to keep myself from snorting. The sun is beaming, and we are stranded in the desert. "Whose plan was this? Fire them from their job immediately! How can you forget to buy gas when you're about to kidnap someone?"The ugly man, with rotten yellow teeth and the creepy haircut, growls at me. His name is Bob, and I've learned that he doesn't have a wife or children to come home to—Marcus murdered them after Bob failed to kidnap Ryan and Amelia in the past.Bob lives a sad life, but I think he has a good heart beating inside his chest. For the last couple of hours, I've been trying to make friends with him, and I think it's working—he is in between opening up and hating me at the same time."Why does everything always go wrong for me!" Bob Is ripping up his hair and spreading it like spices over the ground. Crazed eyes are bulging out of their sockets as he yells
WyattI’ve never wanted to punch someone as much as I long to beat the crap out of Victor right now. The sun is melting us alive. I’m not exaggerating! We are cookies slowly turning crisp and delicious in the oven, and the bastard is singing Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You,” and he is tone-deaf!Is there a worse hell than this?!“AND I AHHHHH I AHHHH!” Victor is holding out his arms, rupturing the last nerve in my forehead. His eyes are closed, enjoying the moment of breaking my eardrums.I’m burning like the morning star. “Will you shut the fuck up?!”Victor grins at me. “You don’t like my singing?”I snap my fingers, enjoying every moment of Victor screaming at the vision I’m showing him. Excellent. I sent him to a black space where his song is magnified. He should give up soon and agree to never open his fucking mouth again.I don’t
MaeveA dark figure is standing on the dunes. It must be Wyatt if I'm to judge from the muscular frame and the thick, veiny arms that could easily snap someone's neck. He is merely standing there, sending ominous waves from every pore on his body.I always found Wyatt intimidating, larger than life, but knowing he isn't on my side makes him appear way more massive."Your friend must be under mind-control already," Bob comments as he steps out of the car. He places a thin hand on my shoulder, and wrinkles appear on the side of his eyes when he warily smiles down at me. "Maeve, you need to run far away from here, and don't you dare look back. Victor likes to play with his victims and probably sent your friend to kill you.""No!" Unease flares within me. Leaving people behind goes against everything I believe. "I can't just leave you guys to save my stupid ass!"Garett laughs. "You've only known us for a few hours, woman, and yet it unsettles you to l
Maeve There is no distance between Wyatt and me. He is holding me like a dearly beloved pet, smiling like a dork, even though Victor is behind us. The chemistry between us seems to make the atmosphere sparkle like the fourth of July. "Maeve… I'm so, so sorry…" He studies my face, speaking in a gentle voice. "Did I hurt you?" I nod because lying isn't part of my personality when it comes to injuries. Most of my body parts are aching, still sore from having Wyatt crash into me like a professional football player. I'm a trained assassin, not an MMA fighter. "Don't worry about me." I trace his bottom lip with a finger. It's random, but I like the gentle curve of his mouth, loving the safety of his arms. I'm filled with warmth. "I'm not fragile and a lot tougher than you expect. I'm packed with muscle under these clothes—don't let my five-feet-something height fool you." Wyatt's eyebrows rise in disbelief while there is a glint of humor in his eyes
WyattHandshakes are special because some people only touch your skin, while others affect your soul.Maeve is sitting next to me in the middle seat of the car. I'm glancing out through the window, pretending Maeve's hand on my thigh doesn't reach deeper than the surface of my jeans. The truth is that she is under my skin, and I can't remove her from there.My eyes briefly glance down at Maeve. She is sleeping peacefully, and with a heavy sigh, I brush her hair with my hand."You're a pain in the ass..." A soft smile touches my face, and with warmth flooding my senses, I hug her to my chest. "But I wouldn't want you ever to change."Maeve snores in response, and I chuckle.When I was younger, I was always smiling and trying to make people like me. I feared being lonely, which surprise-surprise made everyone think I was annoying. Little Wyatt was too horny for attention, and I was bullied for it.As a child, I was small and motherless.
MaeveMy breasts feel heavy when Wyatt carries me outside of the car. I'm wrapped around him but not able to circle his large torso entirely. He is too broad, too damn powerful, and the awareness makes my clit throb with hot, pulsating need.He is this ridiculously tall mountain of a man, while I'm the lucky woman allowed to touch him. My heart is beating double-time in my chest. I can't wait to fuck him, or get fucked by him, whichever is fine. I was drawn in hours ago, tricked to get turned on, when Wyatt let me touch his enormous pecs much more prominent than my boobs."I'm so hard for you," Wyatt speaks huskily; even his voice sounds like sexual frustration. His breath is warm, evaporating in the frozen air. "I wish you could touch me."Pure ecstasy hits me when I hear his deep, raw voice filled with desire. I can't confirm if his words are valid, but I'm dying to find out. I'm quivering with anticipation as Wyatt explores the surface of my clothes.
Ryan My memory is foggy. The last thing I remember is that uncomfortable hospital bed with my five grandkids crying and holding my hands. Maeve was smiling sadly from a chair in the far back, and Wyatt leaned in to whisper: "I love you, dad." Did I die? I glance down at my hands, oddly aware that I'm not dreaming. My wrinkles are there, but my back pain is gone. How peculiar. What is this place? I've never been here before, yet I feel at ease. And the air is so fresh, like apples, a rainy day, and the ocean breeze combined. Breathing it in is like experiencing a rebirth, and I look ahead, wondering what I might find if I keep walking. Carefully, I walk forward, lifting my head to be blown away by the waterfalls crashing down and landing nowhere. "This place sure is beautiful... Like a dream..." The sky is darker than black, but the flowers on the floor, growing on the walls of the mountain in clutches—they are glowing in these
Maeve We have spent one week in the hybrid village. I haven't recovered entirely yet, and I'm not sure if I ever will. We are giving the magical healing thing one more day before giving up and accepting that I'm blind. The world is scary when everything is dark, but things still feel light even if my vision is gone. Like my feet when I'm around Wyatt. We have talked things out and decided to become a couple. Even though I'm blind, he is still the sexiest man on earth. And me being blind isn't precisely a handicap—now I can freely grope him, squeeze his super-hero muscles, and blame it on being blind. It makes him laugh every time, especially when I was using that excuse when I was licking his abs yesterday. And fuck me. Wyatt seriously has the mightiest abs, like rocks inserted into his body and then draped over with human skin. He is seriously so gorgeous—a sex god sent to earth. Flames sear within me—merely thinking about having Wyatt to mys
Maeve Wyatt gently places me down on a bed. The innkeeper told us to get some rest before she attempts to heal my eyes. She used up most of her stamina, patching up my wounds and stopping the bleeding—it no longer feels like I'm leaking. "I shouldn't have brought you with me," Wyatt says as he crashes down behind me. "It's my fault that Bob and Garett died." His sheer weight got me tumbling into him, and his arm falls over me, holding me in place. It sounds like he is crying. It breaks my heart because I feel at ease with him, safe. He is like a giant teddy bear, but right now, he is vulnerable, and it tears me apart. I suck oxygen into my lungs, fully aware of my heartache. "Hey," I whisper at Wyatt, holding his shaking hand. "It's not your fault that they died—we didn't know Marcus had a bomb, and Bob made his own decision to save me." "I know, I'm just..." He is breathing into my neck with his curly locks brushing against me. It tickles. I
WyattI approach the hybrid town through the forest with my skin bleeding and pants leaving my body. My exhaustion is rising, and my thoughts are scattered, running wild with worry as I clutch Maeve to my body. She was so close to dying. Shit. I will never let her go again, never look away!"Wyatt..." Maeve chuckles a little. Her head slumps to my shoulder, where she rests with her eyes closed. It's beyond me how she can appear so peaceful after what we have survived. "You can slow down. No one is chasing us, and we are both alive.""But you are-..." I stop talking, confused about the growing smile on Maeve's lips. Why does she seem so entertained? It's annoying not to know!"I'm what?" Her hand strokes over my chest, and she digs her cheek into my naked skin, inhaling my scent. My heart swells. I care about her so much, and she is injured because of me. "Well… I'm alive, Wyatt. I'm grateful for that, and if I'm blind, then so what? At least you ca
WyattWhen I can see again, I crawl on all fours while my heart is aching with the knowledge Maeve is hurt. I'm a hybrid, and my skin is burning. One of my legs is hurting tremendously—nothing important. It will heal in mere minutes, but Maeve won't heal if she is injured.She is a human who might need a hospital—Shit, I shouldn't have taken her with me! I won't forgive myself if she is dead or injured! I'm already responsible for my mother's death, and now maybe I've also murdered Maeve.I'm such a monster!A fucking idiot!Maeve isn't a superhero—why the hell did I bring her here?!"Maeve!" I call her name through the smoke, making my way forward over rocks and debris from the mansion. White fragments are circling in the air like snow, and I cough as I crawl. My heart is beating a mile per minute. "Maeve?!""Fucking shit! That hurt!" Bob swears to the right of me, and I watch him stand up, entirely unscathed as if
WyattMy heart is in pieces, shattered, as I walk into the building where Marcus is supposed to live. I should plan on how to kill him, how to make Marcus suffer as he deserves. Instead, my entire focus is on what I told Maeve yesterday.I told her the thought that has plagued my mind for as long as I can remember—that I can't have children. If I could decide, I would have plenty of children, at least three, but I don't want my lover to die.I wouldn't be able to live with the grief of losing Maeve in childbirth. My father raised me and handled his sadness, but I don't want my life to be a repeat of his tragic one. He had Giovani and me by his side, but his gaze would always turn sad whenever we would pass a lake as if he could imagine my mother being there.Halting in my tracks, I glance over my shoulder, finding Maeve tilting her head at me with a weak smile. She is beautiful, like a gemstone in a place with rocks. Her soul is so pure. I love how
MaeveAs we drive through the woods, past ghostly trees, I hold on to Wyatt as if he is my lifeline. My guy tells us to turn around the car, but Marcus chasing our families and sending his men to kill us must end. I'm tired of running, and I don't want my children to fear him like I've done since I was a child.My mother, Zoya, taught me how to fight at the ripe age of four. It was when we started, and no child should be using guns that early.In the future, I want my children to enjoy their childhood. I want them to play with the other kids instead of teaching them how to use a flamethrower.I look out through the window, squeezing Wyatt's hand. "I hope us murdering Marcus will be easy. I have a bad feeling about visiting him, but we have to end this horror story.""I think it will be easy to get rid of the man," Wyatt replies. "Marcus is old, almost blind if you ask Bob. Victor was his strength, and he is dead."Bob meets my eyes in the re
MaeveMy breasts feel heavy when Wyatt carries me outside of the car. I'm wrapped around him but not able to circle his large torso entirely. He is too broad, too damn powerful, and the awareness makes my clit throb with hot, pulsating need.He is this ridiculously tall mountain of a man, while I'm the lucky woman allowed to touch him. My heart is beating double-time in my chest. I can't wait to fuck him, or get fucked by him, whichever is fine. I was drawn in hours ago, tricked to get turned on, when Wyatt let me touch his enormous pecs much more prominent than my boobs."I'm so hard for you," Wyatt speaks huskily; even his voice sounds like sexual frustration. His breath is warm, evaporating in the frozen air. "I wish you could touch me."Pure ecstasy hits me when I hear his deep, raw voice filled with desire. I can't confirm if his words are valid, but I'm dying to find out. I'm quivering with anticipation as Wyatt explores the surface of my clothes.
WyattHandshakes are special because some people only touch your skin, while others affect your soul.Maeve is sitting next to me in the middle seat of the car. I'm glancing out through the window, pretending Maeve's hand on my thigh doesn't reach deeper than the surface of my jeans. The truth is that she is under my skin, and I can't remove her from there.My eyes briefly glance down at Maeve. She is sleeping peacefully, and with a heavy sigh, I brush her hair with my hand."You're a pain in the ass..." A soft smile touches my face, and with warmth flooding my senses, I hug her to my chest. "But I wouldn't want you ever to change."Maeve snores in response, and I chuckle.When I was younger, I was always smiling and trying to make people like me. I feared being lonely, which surprise-surprise made everyone think I was annoying. Little Wyatt was too horny for attention, and I was bullied for it.As a child, I was small and motherless.