Archer pries the frame from my twitching fingers and tosses it to the side. “Come on,” he says, directing me. “Let’s get the things on your list.” I’m in shock. I must be, because my body isn’t listening to my brain. “Where’s the list?” Archer asks. With shaking hands I manage to reach into my
“Leave it to me, Chloe,” Steven says. He lifts his chin, pride covering the guilt in his eyes. “While we are there, I will secretly install a new security system. We’ll be able to keep regular tabs on your family.” “If it works,” Archer grunts. “It will work,” Steven snaps back. He’s more confid
I’m a deer in headlights, except I’m trapped in a situation totally of my own design. I don’t have the slightest clue how to explain to my mom my current relationship with the brothers. We’re not dating, but we’re not nothing. Friends with benefits doesn’t quite feel right either, not even with Be
The ride to Mom’s is tense but quiet. Since marrying Isaac, she’s moved into a nice part of town, with mansions, big back yards, and tall rod-iron fences. Between ever house, it seems like there’s an actual park with benches and trees and flowers. It’s beautiful really, but it doesn’t feel like ho
We all turn around to head back to the car. No one says anything and the tension is thick. When Wyatt sees the packed trunk, he grunts. “You assholes staying for a month or what?” Archer glares at Wyatt like he’s planning on ripping his head off. Beau narrows his eyes like he fully intends to he
“Why the hell would you go to war with the most powerful man in the entire world?” Wyatt grunts. By now, the worst of the tension has passed. Archer has stepped back, allowing Wyatt to stretch his back and catch his breath. I’ve moved away to collect my dirtied belongings off the ground and mind
All the brothers could still be jerks sometimes. With our baggage in hand, we return to the house. Wyatt is nowhere to be seen, but Isaac is glaring up the stairs. They must have had a fight. When Isaac sees us coming, his face shifts into a more warm expression, though some tightness still remain
“You can wear it while your other things are at the cleaners,” Beau says. “Beau.” I have so many questions. One, why in the world did he have this gift, ready and waiting, and thought to bring it with him to my parents’ house? Two, in what universe does he think that skimpy lace and string ensembl
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