Beau, being the marathon lover that he is, stays until the middle of the night before he rolls out of bed and begins collecting his clothes off the floor. He trails the whole way back to the front door, then brings them all back to the bedroom and drops the clothes pile on the foot of the bed. As
My first thought is to defend myself, so I straighten my stance, take a strong step forward, and open my mouth. Yet before any sound can leave my throat, Steven places his hand on Archer’s shoulder and says, “It was my idea.” Archer’s angry gaze immediately snaps toward his brother instead. St
I walk into Neil’s room with a strong determination. Neil needs to wake up. Steven believes that I’m the one who will be able to wake him. I hold onto that confidence, making it my own… Right up until I come to Neil’s bedside and get a truly good look at him. He looks even worse up close than he
When I glance at the window in the door, I see an empty hallway. The brothers maybe gave up on me – or at least, on a quick and easy solution. They must have gone back to the waiting room. A few minutes later, a doctor enters. We greet each other. I recognize him as one of the vetted ones that was
Beau suddenly stands up. He leaves behind his sandwich, forgotten on the chair, as he storms to the door and hustles through it, out into the hallway. I’m left staring after him, confused down to my very soul. What the hells just happened? A minute passes, maybe two. Then Archer bursts into th
I stay with Neil, continually holding his hand, even into the night. Eventually, despite my best efforts to keep standing, my legs start to hurt and I have to sit down. The brothers take turns sitting with me. Beau first, then Archer, who refuses to tell me exactly what he did with the doctor who
Archer rushes out of the room to find the doctors. I quickly return to Neil’s side. “Are you sure you are healthy enough for this? You only just woke up? She we wait to make certain you are well?” Neil’s face softens as he looks at me. He gives me a small, comforting smile. “I’ll be okay, Chloe.
I pace back and forth the length of the waiting room, my anxious nerves making it impossible to sit still. Archer, Beau, and Steven are in other areas of the room. Archer is standing near the hallway to the operating rooms. He has his arms crossed, and is still as a statue. I’m certain he’s not
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