When Beau and I arrive at the hospital, Neil is doing much better than when we last saw him. In fact, he looks better than he has in weeks. He’s not even in bed right now, but walking around the side of it, dragging his IV along. “Chloe! Beau!” he says as he sees us in the room. He comes closer to
An hour later, a knock sounds against the door of Neil’s room exactly three seconds before Beau bursts inside. He has a big smile on his face that only grows bigger as he takes in the sight of us. Neil has just proven his virility, and while he gave me just enough time to get redressed, I’m still
“This is a big change for you,” Beau says. “Standing up to dad…” Neil glances at me. He’s wearing a small, pleased smile that I can’t help but mirror even as my heart is in turmoil. “Some things are worth fighting for,” he says. Later, while Neil lays down to rest for a while, Beau and I head
Two days later, Neil is officially able to return home. Steven travels with him and helps the doctors and the technicians set up the medical equipment in Neil’s bedroom. It is a bit unsettling, walking into his room and seeing the IV bags and the heart machines and other things I don’t even know t
“Absolutely not,” Archer says first, the most abrupt, and the loudest. “What a fucking terrible idea,” Beau says secondly. “No,” Steven says simply, as if this is all a scientific process he can refuse. “You can’t take it back,” Wyatt says. “The challenge has been cast and accepted. It’s the r
I need the element of surprise to have a hope’s prayer of winning, so I fake like I mean to go left, but actually go right. Yet before I can even wind up for my jab, Archer moves so fast, I don’t even see him move. Next thing I know, I’m on the floor with the wind knocked out of me. Archer stands
Long after Archer’s more personal training, he decides to actually help train me to fight. Eventually Beau comes to help, though most of his advice continues to be about how reckless I was to even consider fighting someone with a wolf. After that, when Neil is feeling a bit better, he comes down t
Even rusty, his strength is impressive. As are the toned muscles in his arms and his chest. What has he been hiding under all that looser clothing he wears? Gods, he’s probably just as hot as his three brothers. My libido takes the helm in my brain for a hot moment and I find myself pressing back