Neither of us said a word as we peeled each other’s clothing off. Ben undid the buttons of my red dress slowly as I stripped his T-shirt off over his head. I ran my hands over the muscles of his chest, my fingernails dragging down the stone-like surface. I had to let go of his lips with my own so that he could pull my dress up over my head and toss it aside, leaving me in a matching red bra and panties, lacy and silky, and needing to come off.
His hands slid my bra straps down to my elbows, and I lifted my arms out before he unhooked my bra. He circled my nipples with his fingers before he took my left breast in his mouth. I tipped my head back and moaned, pushing tighter against him, wishing his jeans and my thing were not in the way, but I didn’t want him to let go of me in order for me to get up and remove these final barriers. The idea of magicking our clothes away came to mind, but I let t
I wasn’t nearly as nervous going back to the airport as I had been leaving Montana to come to Paris. I was excited to be getting home to see my friends. I desperately wanted to talk to someone about what was going on with Ben, even though I hadn’t quite decided who I wanted to confide in. I didn’t want to tell everyone because I didn’t want it to be a big deal. I didn’t want it to be a deal at all. I just wanted someone to advise me on what to do and tell me I wasn’t crazy, but I didn’t know if it would be best to talk to Melanie, Raven, or Sam. I had the idea that if I told either one of the girls they would end up talking to one another about it. I knew if I spoke to Sam about it, he would be a straight shooter with me and never tell another soul. The only problem was, I didn’t know if he’d want to hear it. He’d listen, whether he wanted to hear or not, though. It was just a matter of wheth
It seemed weird having Brice drive the truck with Ben and I sitting in the back seat, so I insisted that Ben sit up front, telling him I’d probably just fall asleep anyway. He reluctantly agreed, and I climbed in the back with the two suitcases, but I wasn’t tired now. I wanted to know where Sam was--but I also didn’t want to know where Sam was.We left the airport and headed down the highway toward home. We hadn’t gone far when I had to ask the question I didn’t actually want to ask. “So… what’s going on?” I asked Brice, knowing he’d know immediately what I was referring to.He didn’t want to answer me, and I could tell he was wishing he’d asked me something first, like more details about our trip. He had asked us in general how it was while we were walking out to the truck at the airport
Brice didn’t want to tell me everything. Brice didn’t want to tell me anything. Even though I’d told him I wanted to know everything that he knew, when he started talking, it was sketchy and disconnected at best.“What did Raven tell you?” he asked me. How he knew it was Raven I had sent the text to and not Melanie or Joshua, I wasn’t sure, but again, it’s that stupid wolf sense they all have that let’s them know a bunch of junk I am not privy to.“She said that Starla’s grandfather found out about their relationship and that he was angry. Her parents wouldn’t let her move in with Sam because they aren’t married, so they went to Vegas to get married,” I said in a bout of verbal diarrhea. I watched Ben’s face and saw that he seemed to know this already, something that didn’
“Welcome home!” Melanie said, wrapping me up in her arms and squeezing me so tight, I thought I might pass out.Once she let me go, I said, “It’s nice to see you.”“You, too,” she said as I hugged Raven and the others. Tony is always slightly standoffish but didn’t mind when I hugged him a little. Joshua gave me a tight hug, though not the bone crushing kind Mel had given me, and then we all walked inside, Brice insisting he’d get the luggage.We took a quick tour of the new space, which I absolutely loved, and then sat down in the new super huge living room area. All of the furniture was new and so comfortable. I sank into one of the couches and almost fell asleep snuggled in the soft, gray fabric.Of course, n
“The guy with the blond hair?” I echoed Melanie’s question, as If I didn’t know what she was talking about. Of course, I did. Well, sort of. I had it narrowed down to two suspects, anyway. It was either Liam Finch or Leo Finch she was somehow seeing in Ben’s head, maybe both. I still had no idea how she knew what it was Ben was thinking about and wanted to go off on a tangent and ask that question first, but I knew neither Melanie nor Raven were going to let it go that I knew who this blond guy was, and they still had no idea.“Yeah. He’s hot,” Melanie said without even looking around to make sure Joshua can’t hear her. “Did you meet him in Paris?”“Sort of,” I said, realizing she’s not going to buy my shenanigans if I tried to pretend that I don’t know who she’s ref
“Eavesdrop much?” I asked as Brice stepped into the room from the adjoining room, where the light was off, and it was impossible for me to see that he was there. I was a little surprised that neither of the wolf shifters I was speaking to had detected him. But then… they might not have realized he was within earshot, or perhaps they did know he was there and figured it didn’t matter if he overheard what we were talking about since they all seem to share each others’ thoughts and experiences anyway.“I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop,” Brice said as he took a seat on another couch near the one I was sitting on. “You’re loud.”I rolled my eyes at him. I knew that wasn’t true. I had been doing my best to make sure that I kept my voice down so that no one would hear us unless they were really tryin
Once again, I found myself staring at Brice, dumbfounded. “What did you say?” I asked him, cocking my head to the side and looking into his eyes. I heard a cheer come up from the living room and hoped that meant that Ben wasn’t overhearing us, not that it seemed to matter with these mindlinked shifters.“Leo Finch. He’s the one you haven’t met yet, right?” Brice asked me, his hands buried in the pockets of his jeans.I nodded. “Yes. I met Liam, but not his brother. Why would I need to meet him? “ I asked. Brice was supposed to be Ben’s friend now. Why would he want me to meet someone who might be able to ruin the relationship I have with Ben? Wouldn’t it be better if I never met Leo at all?“Because then you can show Ben that he has nothing to w
The drive to my parents’ house was long and quiet. Ben and I weren’t upset at one another. It was just so early. I was tired, despite a full-night’s sleep, and it was easier for me to doze off than it was for me to think about talking to him about what Brice had told me.I knew that Ben was aware of the conversation Brice and I had had by the stairs. Not that I thought Brice had told him or that Ben had overheard. It was just clear to me by this point in time that something I said to one wolf shifter was going to be shared among all of them, at least the ones in my pack. And there wasn’t much I could do about any of it.When we arrived at my mom’s apartment, it was really hard to find a parking spot. Even though we’d gotten there early, a lot of people who lived in the complex must’ve been having guests who’d spen