I snooze my alarm and roll over, yet when it sounds a second time ten minutes later, I resolve myself and pull myself out of bed. Wearing my pajamas, with my hair up in a messy bun, I shuffle into the kitchen for coffee. While the maker works its magic, I go into the living room and click on the new
What a vile man, the worst sort of person. I need to train harder. I need to really give it my all, push myself to my limits, so people like him can never make me feel as scared as I was last night. Determined, I hop to my feet and look around the room. As a woman training to be a warrior, I’m n
I open the door later that evening after a knock and find Steven standing on the other side. He’s dressed to exercise, in sweatpants and a moisture-wicking t-shirt. He carries a drawstring bag over his shoulder, presumably with a change of clothes inside. His expression seems unsure. He’s frowning
I’m glad that Steven cares about me and doesn’t want to see me hurt. But I’m never going to learn anything at this rate. “I’m not asking you to throw me around on the floor,” I say. “But if you don’t at least show me what works and what doesn’t, I could learn the wrong thing. I’ll think I have the
Steven leads me into the bathroom. “Where is the first aid kit?” “In the medicine cabinet behind the mirror,” I reply. He gestures for me to sit down on the counter near the sink. When I hop up onto it and am seated securely, he turns to the mirror and finds the small kit. He sets it down on the
Unless he smells it. Panicked, I press my thighs together tightly, but the action gives me friction against my clit and I bite back a strangled moan. With dread in my heart, I snap my eyes open and look at Steven. Maybe he didn’t notice? He’s gone totally still and he’s staring right at me wit
Steven holds out his hand for me. I take it and let him lead me into the bedroom. We come to stop at the foot of the bed, and then he turns to face me. He continues to hold my hand, rubbing his thumb over my knuckles. He stares down at our conjoined hands rather than look at me in my face. Even th
His glasses are on. He looks over at me and freezes. I can see now, the desire sparking like fireworks in his gaze as he trails it down and along the curves and valleys of my body. He licks his lips as his eyes trace my tits. He’s practically drooling as he looks down at my pussy. “Spread your
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