I can’t stop thinking about Archer’s offer to be my first. It haunts me, even as I try to go about my day. I know he was genuine, and that means something. The way he said the words… I shake my head. On my way to Mia’s room to wake her from her nap, I walk past each of the brothers’ bedrooms.
No way I want to have this conversation somewhere he can overhear. The poor guy is going through enough. “You know I would be happy to give you advice if you ask for it,” Beau says, smug. I want to tell him off just for his cavalier attitude alone. The thought of revealing such embarrassing thou
Now, I’m even more confused about what to do. Archer’s offer to claim my virginity was unexpected. But Beau’s? That was even more out of left field. Although, knowing Beau, maybe I should have expected it. Now, I’m in the kitchen with Mia in her high chair. I just fed and burped her and now I’m tr
His mouth stays a hard line for a moment more. Then he says, “Is Beau pushing you into having penetrative sex?” If I was blushing before, it’s nothing compared to the full blast of heat that burns my cheeks now. My embarrassment is all-encompassing. I shake with it, as it pumps fiercely and relent
I don’t know how long I sit on the bathroom floor holding Neil, unconscious, in my lap. It could be seconds. It could be hours. Time doesn’t really have meaning right now. Neil is cold. He’s barely breathing. He looks like death. That is all that matters. I continue to scream my head off. My v
She’s such a smart baby. Maybe she knows what’s going on. Or at least, how nervous we all are. Archer drops us off at the entrance before he goes to park. We rush inside. The nurse assures us that Neil has been admitted and is being seen to by the doctors, but she won’t let us see him. “Not unti
My heart pumps so hard, so quickly, I’m half sure I’m going to need to be admitted into the emergency room now too. The rest of the world has fallen away. The only people in the entire world are me, the brothers, Mia, and the doctor about to tell us the bad news. “The silver inside of Mr. Hayes,
My heart lurches at Neil’s words. “Neil,” I say, as gentle as I can. He’s looking at me like I’m some kind of angel, eyes full of awe. “You aren’t dead.” He seems confused at first, as if the words surprise him. Then he places a hand on his own chest, then his shoulder where the silver is. He’s
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