It was nearing dusk when Jane and Ryan returned to the Beta House. They settled down in the living room in front of the television, sitting side by side, Ryan’s arm around her shoulders. Grant came crawling into the room, sat down on the carpet and started babbling to them.Ryan chuckled as Grant crawled towards them again and pulled himself up using Ryan’s leg as a brace. Ryan removed his arm from her shoulder and picked Grant up. He settled the baby on his lap and Grant seemed to settle down.Jane flicked between the channels and they finally settled on an animation when Grant started clapping his little hands together. “I guess he wants to watch this one.”Jane smiled at Ryan’s words, impressed that he was so good with her little brother. An hour went by when Jane noticed Mae in the doorway. She had a sweet smile on her face and Jane sat upright. Grant was now on his stomach, sleeping on Ryan’s chest.Both of Ryan’s arms were around Grant protectively even in his sleep. Jane couldn
Ryan left Jane to get ready on her own and she welcomed the few moments alone. Her whole body seemed alive and she could still feel the tingles of Ryan’s touch. The water cascaded over her back and she closed her eyes while leaning her head against the tiles. She had accepted the bond with Ryan. She smiled as the spot where her shoulder and neck met tingled with anticipation. It was the spot where she’d be marked, well she’d be marked on both sides. Feeling the bond flow between them was something nobody could have prepared her for. No matter what people had told her, living through that moment of acceptance was amazing. She still felt torn though. She wanted to spend time with her father but she knew that at some point she’d have to go back home and face everyone there. She didn’t look forward to it, people would point and laugh and people would whisper about her. Clarissa and Roxanne had already made sure of that part. Now that everyone knew they were mates, people were bound to w
Jane and Freya’s reunion were filled with shrieks, tears and a lot of screaming on Freya’s part. Her father had watched Freya with wide eyes and then retreated from the kitchen as Mae laughed so loudly she snorted.Reid and Ryan disappeared from the kitchen not long after that and Jane knew they were in her father’s office. Reid had given her a hug, but that was all and the hug had felt like a friendship hug. It had stung a little but she smiled and knew they’d talk later.Freya kept talking, right through dinner, through dessert and all the way up the stairs and into Jane’s bedroom. Reid and Ryan would sleep in the guest room and Freya would bunk with Jane. She’d give her father this small win.“Maybe I’ll meet a hot Mexican boy to fall in love with,” Freya mused and yawned.“We should get some sleep, we need to get up in four hours,” Jane said.They said their goodnights and were asleep within minutes. Jane stifled a groan a few hours later when her alarm on her phone went off. Frey
Jane and Reid descended the stairs amidst laughter and friendly bantering. They were in the kitchen unpacking groceries, even though the villa was fully stocked. Ryan had somehow procured enough alcohol to shame a frat party. The open plan first floor had large floor to ceiling windows with foldable glass doors that opened up to a wooden deck. The infinity pool looked out over the ocean and with a few steps down to the sand there were sun loungers. A few feet from the loungers was another deck with six four-poster beach beds on a terrace. The rocky beach below had the waves breaking against it and it was the most beautiful sight Jane had ever seen. Everything was just breathtaking. Ryan came up behind her as she stood near the edge of the pool and wrapped his arms around her. “Did you and Reid talk?” Jane could feel her face heat up as Ryan chuckled in her ear. “Sort of.” “That’s good. Tonight will be a first for all three of us.” Jane half turned in his arms. “What do you mean?”
Chichen Itza was everything Jane had dreamed it would be. Flea market stalls lined the pathways and everywhere she looked wooden carved masks and other Mayan relics were for sale. It felt like hundreds of people were milling about as they walked through the crowds towards the temple.El Castillo as it was named was built more than a thousand years ago and the masonry consisted of limestone. Jane could hear a tour guide tell people that it was a new wonder of the world and she looked up at the magnificent temple.It consisted of a series of square terraces with stairways up each of the four sides that led to the temple on top. Sculptures of serpents ran down the sides on the northern side and Missy whispered at how beautiful it was.All four sides of the temple had about ninety-one steps and if counted with the final step onto the temple platform it made up a total of three hundred and sixty five steps. The steps on the southern side were eroded but the tour guide definitely had their
Every night the twins drove Jane to new levels of pleasure. At night they shared and tasted each other to finally fall down in a tangle of sweaty limbs, hearts beating rapidly and her core throbbing slightly. So much had happened that she sometimes felt like she had whiplash but she wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.“What are you thinking about?” Reid asked her one night as they lay in bed.“I can’t believe we’re going home soon. This time away from everything has been absolute heaven.”Reid shifted slightly so he could look at her. “There’s still something we need to talk about.”Jane stilled and looked at him, not sure she wanted to have that conversation with him. “About what?”“You’ve changed so much, Jane. You’ve really turned into your true self in Jenner’s pack and we know you’re not keen to return home with us.”Jane nodded her head because it was true. She had no idea how things would work from here on out. She only knew that she couldn’t be apart from them but she
Jane yawned as they descended from the plane and went to retrieve their baggage from the carousel. She’d been up the whole night with the twins. They’d done everything they wanted to do, with each other and to each other. They’d also loved their rings. That had kind of sealed the deal for all three of them. They hadn’t talked about anything that mattered, they’d sweated and squirmed, made love and had rough sex. She could feel it in her thighs as they walked but she still smiled. They piled into their respective cars with Freya now sitting front and center next to Jenner. He was taking her to the Alpha House to introduce her to his parents. She was nervous as hell and Jane had laughed at her. “Don’t worry, Jackson and June are awesome people. They’ll welcome you into the fold of their family with open arms,” Jane said before climbing into the backseat and waved at them. Jane rested her head against the window as Reid and Ryan talked in low voices, lulling her to sleep. She woke up
They drove in a convoy back to Los Avalos and the life she’d run from. Reid drove in the front with her behind him and Ryan bringing up the rear. They had left at noon, after a hearty breakfast with their friends and a tearful goodbye.They would all stay in touch, she knew that. They would drive down for Jenner and Freya’s acceptance ceremony and they would join the three of them for theirs. Jane wanted to wait until they graduated but the twins didn’t.They wanted to do it with the next full moon, make it official since they were all eighteen. She had no idea how the legal marriage would work but she knew that legally she could only marry one of them. She shook those thoughts away because it didn’t really matter and she wasn’t going to choose one, they could decide.Five hours later they parked in front of the Alpha House and Jane smiled. It really was a magnificent house and she realized then that she’d missed it. Ryan and Reid took care of the luggage as she opened the front door