“You know what’s going to happen to him,” Archer says, frowning deeply. His grip is tight on the steering wheel. I sink back into my seat. Yeah, I kind of do know what’s going to happen to him. Their father is such a monster, Neil’s certain to receive a hell of a beating this time. Will that alone
I wish I could go to the gym and spar out my excess energy. Instead, I’m trapped here in this car with Archer who is still glaring at me every now and then, like he hates me. Maybe he does hate me. I hate that it hurts to think he might. I still care about him, the bastard. Archer pulls into h
“Leave?” I echo, not trusting my ears. Did I hit my head in the bathroom? Maybe this is some kind of dream or hallucination. “What about the contract?” “Null and void,” Neil says. “You’ve done enough. Just get out.” “But what about Mia? Who will be the nanny?” “We’ll find someone else.” His ga
When the back of my knees hit the bed, he shoves me and I topple. Quickly, he crawls over me. He grabs my wrists and pins them up above my head. He only needs one hand to shackle both of my wrists. With his other hand, he grabs one of my tits and brushes his thumb over my hardened nipple. I shudde
The next morning, I wake up with Neil curled around me. We’re both naked and sated. We didn’t have penetrative sex last night, but we had both found release multiple times throughout the night. In Neil’s arms, in the dark, I felt safe and contented. But now, with the dawn light shining in through
“I guess,” said the first. “Angela is so lucky,” said the third, a girl with a dreamy look in her eyes. “Neil is the perfect man. I bet he’ll make a great husband.” I glower without meaning to, and force myself to stop paying attention. My legs feel sluggish but I push myself forward. I don’t wa
By the time I return to the Pyramid after class, my entire body is shaking. My nose is running. I feel burning hot one minute, and then freezing cold the next. I pass through the living room. Beau spots me first. “You look like shit,” he says. “Thanks a lot,” I grumble, too tired to do much mo
“Thank… you…” My eyes flutter closed. A hand touches my forehead and lightly brushes back some damp hairs from my skin. “Get better,” Archer says. And I’m definitely hallucinating now, because I’ve never heard his voice that soft before. I drift away with thoughts of Archer, and wake up to see
I’m happy because I have four hearts beating alongside mine.“Do you feel it, too?” I ask. “My connection to each of you?”I blink my eyes open once more. I want to see their faces, their reactions.Neil has his hand over his own heart. “It’s strange. It’s like part of you is inside of me.”“Me, too
In the darkness of my mind, I floated, surrounded by the comforting embrace of love. Distantly, I could feel another presence, one that grew stronger and stronger, the more I focused on it: my wolf.As I thought of her, she appeared before me as if I willed her into being. Maybe I did. We are in my
Damn alpha wolves and their heightened senses.“I’ve already made my choice,” I say. “Honestly, I think I made it a long, long time ago.”Archer relaxes marginally. Steven starts to smile.Neil turns to me, worry still on his face. “You say that now, Chloe. But the pull could be strong…”“I don’t ca
The eve of my birthday, I rest in bed and stare at my ceiling. It’s late, near midnight, but I still have my bedside light on.With my feelings shared and grown with Neil, Archer, and Steven, I didn’t expect to spend any night alone, especially the one right before the day that could change everythi
I awake to a sharp knock on my bedroom door. Neil’s arm is still draped over me but some distance had inched between our hot bodies in the night. I’m able to slink out from under his arm without him waking.Naked, I quickly stop by the bathroom to throw on my fluffy bathrobe. Then, after glancing ba
They.Beau glances at me and see my incredulous look. “What do I need to go out every night? Can’t a man just enjoy staying home for a change?”“You can do whatever the hell you want,” I say.“Good, then.” Beau slumps down on the couch. He stretches out, lifting his feet up and into my lap. “Now tel
For the rest of the morning, I desperately try not to think about Neil. Whoever he’s in love with, I won’t be offended by it. The hurt I feel has nothing to do with this new person. She must be great for her to have won Neil’s affections.The hurt is my own loss, my own problem. I let my feelings fo
After Steven and I have cleaned ourselves up with a quick shower, we fall back into bed together, giggling and laughing all the way. My now, Steven has discovered a few of my tickle zones, which he is exploiting. As revenge, I touch the places I now know make him shiver.For a while, nothing seems l
His hands fumbled with the buttons of his own shirt. Such usually steady hands are rendered useless by his nervousness.“Allow me,” I tell him. I lightly bat his hands out of the way before replacing them with mine on his shirt buttons. My times with Neil have served me well. I’m able to undo all th