We make it back to the Pyramid just before dawn. Yet as Beau pulls the motorcycle into the garage, we see Archer standing near the door into the house with his arms crossed. He’s glaring at us, though he kind of always looks like that. I wonder when the guy actually sleeps. I’ve never seen him sle
Just like that, all thoughts fly out of my head. I’m entirely frozen, unable to move. “Gods, you are the worst when you are like this,” Beau says lightly. “Are you her keeper, Archer? Last time I checked, you stopped fucking her weeks ago.” “That’s not an invitation for you to start,” Archer say
I set Mia on the floor of my bedroom on her playmate. She has toys scattered around. She immediately grabs a plastic rattle and starts chomping on the end of it. After making sure she’s settled, I start doing some stretches. I’m running on empty tonight, after having been up all night with Beau. I
Neil looks from me down to the mess he made, and he straightens a little. “I’m sorry that you had to see that.” The wildness dims from his eyes. He is in more control. But now that I can see him from a better angle, he looks like absolute hell. Somehow even worse than before. He’s still standing s
“Mia is the result of an affair that my father had,” Neil says. He frowns openly at the pile of letters on his desk. The disgust in his voice is obvious. “My father cast her aside like she meant nothing. My brothers and I took her in to shield her from him.” “And the mother?” I ask. He shrugs, t
My next time watching Mia, I sit her on my lap and stare at her face. She has deep blue eyes like her half-brothers, but very dark hair. I suppose I can see some of their features in her face, when I stare like this. Heck, even when I’m not looking super-closely, the likeness is there. Well, she’s
When I get to the gym, I peek inside first. The lights are off. No one’s in there. It’s a shame for all that equipment to just sit there, unused. Really. I’m doing everyone a favor by making use of it. Can’t have it just go to waste. I sneak inside and flick on the light. The place is immaculate
I don’t move at first. It’s been a while since we played out little game, and though I haven’t forgotten the rules exactly, I’m tired of being led on just to be denied. There’s something different about him right now though, then there was on the jogging trail against that tree. This isn’t an impu
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