I wake up to the sound of the doorbell ringing what seems to be hours after I must have fallen asleep while watching movies with Richfield.It’s dark out, the TV is off, and there’s a blanket over me. Richfield isn’t in sight, but I can hear his heartbeat, it’s slow and steady, so I know he’s asleep
He’s been crying too.While he set up a movie for me and got us ice cream, laughed and smiled with me through movie after movie, his heart was still breaking, and when I finally fell asleep, he came to his room, the room he shared with Helena, and mourned her alone. The ball of guilt already firmly
“And thank you, for having us. You could have turned us away, but you didn’t, and I’m grateful too.” My heart warms. They are right, we really need the company, all four of us.So as not to waste the food, we have the beef noodle casserole first, and it tastes heavenly we all dig in.“So, Mars, I ha
“I just…at first, I thought it was you, but I realized it wasn’t. you all looked at me like I was crazy the first time I mentioned it, and so I stopped. I knew the man in black was the only one who’d do that, so I just let it be. It was the same as the present he gave me on my seventh birthday. That
I’m purring and trying to burrow into Rome’s skin if I can. He holds me against himself, but he seems tense and stiff.“What the hell are you doing here, and what did you do to her?” I hear King snap at Rome.Is he trying to make Rome leave again? I don’t like it.I pull my face away from Rome’s che
“Regardless of that,I do respect you all. You, as her father, you, as her friend, and you, as a mother figure. I won’t hurt you unless I have to. You were there for her in ways I couldn’t be, because I couldn’t be around her.”He couldn’t be around? Does that mean he won’t be around even now?I don’
“So, Romulus, is there anything you’re allergic to?” Luna Daisy asks when we get to the dining room and she b-lines to the kitchen to get Rome some food.“You don’t like my name.” he states instead, and her steps falter.“No, it’s not that. It just doesn’t feel right to me.”“Right?”“Yeah. Shifter
“Why should I believe that you’re being sincere right now?” King and Luna Daisy walk in at that moment with the food that’s now warm. They set it in front of each of us.“I have no reason to lie to you or deceive you. If I wanted, I’d go on and no one can say or do anything about it, so it’s not lik
“Rome, what the hell?!” I whisper yell, “My dad kicked you out, what are you doing sitting on my bed.”“I came to see you, he didn’t let me, so I had to come in another way.” I facepalm, he can’t be serious.“The point of kicking you out was so that you’ll stay out, not sneak in and stay in my room,
“What do you want?”“I need to see, River.”“Are you sure, River wants to see you?”“Why wouldn’t she?”“Because you’re the ass who left her this morning when she was expecting you to stay.”“I can’t always stay.”“Maybe you should work on that before trying to see her again, she deserves more than
“Remus?” I ask.It doesn’t make a move, and I find myself feeling unsure in its presence.“Remus, is that you?” It stands to its impressive seven-foot-something height and comes closer. I’m well aware that I should be running for the hills, screaming all the way, but I feel safe in its presence, so
“You are friends with the moon goddess.” He says, slowly enough that I fear the information has managed to break his brain somehow.“Yes.” I reply slowly, mimicking him, and when he realizes what I’m doing, he rolls his eyes in amusement.“It’s just really…it’s a lot, but I’m following as best as I
“But I’m sure he’s been with other women before he met me, and maybe even after.” Saying that leaves a sour taste in my mouth, but I voice it anyway. “he can’t say he’s sexually frustrated if he’s getting the sexual attention he needs.”Aria shakes her head at me.“I can assure you that the only att
“Mars…”“I’m going to the kitchen, have a nice shower!” I say and sprint to the kitchen like my life depends on it, limp momentarily forgotten.“Oh, why does he always catch me.” I groan and bury my face in my hands as I stew in embarrassment for a while, and then I begin to get everything ready for
“I’m gonna shower,” Richfield says when we get to the house. “I stink.”“Agreed.” I say with a smirk as he helps me off Remy.“I’ll heat up some of the leftovers from last night and go shower too, but I think I’ll go out today, some fresh air would do me good.”“Are you hanging out with King, then?”
“You better not be developing a crush on him, he is our father, F-A-T-H-E-R, father…and we have a mate.”“Yeah, a mate you want to strangle right now.” I glare at him.“Don’t encourage her.”“A father is supposed to encourage his daughter.”“Unbelievable you two, simply unbelievable.” They laugh as
I wake up to the sound of knocking on my door, and turn to wake Rome up, but when I stretch my hand to touch him, I find the space beside me empty and cold. I jolt awake, and surely enough, King is nowhere in sight. My heart clenches painfully. The knocking persists and I throw the covers off my bod