His hand goes slack in mine. He’s finally unconscious again. When we arrive at the Pyramid, Neil is immediately taken to his room. The doctor and nurses are already there, and begin an examination at once. Archer, Beau, and I wait in the hallway, just outside the room. Steven quickly joins us. “
Archer’s gaze is heavy on my skin. I can feel it caress me as surely as if he was touching me with his hands. It trails down the column of my throat, stopping at the curve of my bare tits. I make no move to cover myself. I want him to see. After being so close to death, maybe I want to feel alive
After Steven told me what he found in Wyatt’s correspondence with the King, we went to speak with Beau. He deemed it important enough to have a meeting for, so we went to rouse Neil, only to find him waking by then on his own. Now, we are all sitting in the living room. Beau is standing. He’s hold
Beau kisses me so long and so hard, he steals the breath straight from my lungs. Since I already struggle a bit with that, I’m wheezing when he lets me come up for air. He’s a bit sheepish as he looks at me. “Sorry.” “I’m fine,” I say, because I don’t regret a damn thing. Beau’s kisses are worth
Early the next day, I put Mia in her stroller and join Steven and Beau for a walk. It’s not totally unusual. We often go for walks to help Mia get some fresh air. And since I haven’t been feeling well enough to work out or jog, I also enjoy the less taxing pace of a walk to stretch my legs. Howeve
I am sympathetic to Carrie and her motivations. If Alpha King Hayes is so uncaring about his own children, I can’t imagine he is a kind individual to anyone in his life. Not his wife. Not a lover. Not anyone. I can understand wanting to hide. But to run and hide from her own child? And I know th
I recoil backwards from Neil’s room on instinct. I don’t want to hear any more of what he might say. It is just so difficult to believe. After everything Neil has gone through to keep me here, now he is so ready to push me out the door? I can’t believe it, but I’m hearing it for myself. Worried th
Archer doesn’t react, even to grunt in acknowledgement of my words. Maybe he’s ignoring me. I roll my eyes. Well, whatever. If he’s going to be quiet like that, it’s as good as if I’m walking alone. We make it about twenty feet before the silence gets to me. Angela’s warning words kick around in
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