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 immediately start forward, ready to talk to Carrie, but Archer grabs me by the arm and holds me back. “Archer, what --?” Next thing I know, my back is against the brick wall of a nearby building. Archer places his hands on either side of me, preventing my escape. He steps closer, creating a ba
Archer comes to stand behind me so that he can read Carrie’s note over my shoulder. He doesn’t make a noise as he reads, and doesn’t say a word afterwards either. It seems a bit unfair I think, reading this. Why is it addressed to me? Carrie could have learned my name from overhearing one of the
We return to the Pyramid just as Angela is leaving. She seems to be in a huff, frowning and muttering to herself as she pushes open the door. When she sees us on the other side of it, she straightens at once. She gives me a shaky sort of smile, but it doesn’t last before she glares at Archer. He d
I enter the Pyramid and run into Beau, who is leaning against the hallway, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand. How long has he been standing there? Had he also suffered from Angela’s wrath? “Guess she got to Archer, too?” Beau asks. He motions his head back down the hall, likely indicating
With only 4 days left until I leave, I have to divvy up my time carefully. The brothers have taken over for most of my nanny time, dividing Mia’s schedule among three of them. Neil, unfortunately cannot help, as, even with the treatment to his silver poison, it’s still dangerous for him and Mia to b
But, an examination is an examination, and it’s not like I hate the thought of a good-looking guy like Steven looking at my body one way or another. So I lift my top over my head and set it beside me on the table. Steven doesn’t look at me right away. His gaze is on the ceiling. I check on Mia q
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