Gods, I don’t even know where to begin. “Mom, we’re all in danger,” I tell her. She gives me a strange look. “From what?” Before I can answer, Isaac returns. “Darling, you will never believe who decided to stop by!” Isaac calls. We all turn to him. Beside Isaac is Archer looking stern and fu
I’m a deer in freaking headlights here, shocked and unsure. Mrs. Hayes was more calculating, but Alpha King Hayes is no less deadly, no less threatening. The fact that he looks at me like I am some kind of treat he intends to enjoy only makes me feel more frightened and disgusted. I don’t want to
There are so many people set to eat dinner at once that Mom puts the table extenders in to add a couple more feet to the table. Yet even with this new space, things are so tight that the Alpha King makes two of his guards stand. They aren’t to eat at all, apparently, but stand by the doorway instead
I grip the edge of the table, my breath in my throat, as Mom circles around the table to hand Mia over to the Alpha King. Archer is still standing, but he doesn’t make another move. Neither does the guard in the doorway, his gaze on Archer, his hand disappearing under his suit coat where I know hi
The Alpha King looks surprised for a moment, before his face crumples up in unmitigated fury. “Mia’s just tired!” I say quickly, drawing his attention away from my mom. He already hates me. Let him hate me more, I don’t care. “She’s had such a long day. What she really needs it a good rest.” “Ye
Like hell I’m going to let this asshole do whatever he’s about to do to me, my mom, and Mia. He thinks a stun gun is going to stop me? I am a warrior. My wolf is manifesting. Maybe he’s a trained soldier. Maybe he’ll win this fight in the end. But I’m not going down without a fight. I crouch mys
I’m so proud of her. I think I would have been able to survive this, but it would have been so much more difficult. I wouldn’t have been able to surprise the guard a second time. Fortunately Mom evened the odds with her actions. Mom nods shakily. She seems to be coming back to herself. “He wante
Steven agrees to stay with Mia for now. “Leave it to me to get this guard outside,” he adds. I have no idea how he is going to manage that without anyone noticing, but I trust Steven. If he says he’ll be able to do it, I trust him. I also notice him eyeing the window. “Okay,” I say. He looks at
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