“It’s not what it looks like!” I call out as I scramble out of bed.No one says anything.Steven ambles over toward the bathroom.Beau continues laughing.Neil clears his throat and tells me, “We have to get ready now. We are leaving in one hour.”“Okay,” I say. There’s more I want to say but no one
We all piled into two cars. I entered the car with Neil and Archer. Steven, Beau, and Isaac followed along in a second car behind us.We should be discussing strategy. Instead, we are just riding along in silence.It feels like we’re riding along on our final death march. It is far too morbid. I hat
Archer’s first punch is quickly followed by many, many more, delivered from both sides. The guards outnumber the brothers five to one, but each brother, even Steven, fights with a determined ferocity I haven’t even seen before.Anyone that so much as comes close to the opening where Isaac and I are
The elevator dings at the top floor and the doors open.The Alpha King, still gripping my throat with one hand while the other holds a gun to my temple, drags me out of the elevator first. The entire top floor is just one room. A massive meeting room with windows on every wall.The view is incredibl
No way in hell that Neil is actually thinking about the Alpha King’s offer?Return back to normal, and all it would cost is my future. Sure, my life would be spared. Maybe, if the Alpha King actually keeps his word. I feel like I’m more likely to turn up in a ditch somewhere. Still while taking all
I school my face, trying to hide the hurt. This can’t be real. I can’t believe the brothers would hurt me this way.But… haven’t they always been selfish? Maybe the sides they showed me when I first arrived at the Pyramid were the true them. Maybe they haven’t changed. Maybe they’ve just been playin
The bullet hits the ceiling.Distantly, an alarm blares. At once, more guards and goons storm off the elevator and from the stairwell and flood into the room.The brothers are strong. They keep fighting. But the numbers are too many, and soon even they are overwhelmed.Archer kicks his father’s gun
Archer stares back at her. He’s at my right. I can see the wildfire of rage burning in his eyes. He doesn’t have to speak his rejection, it’s written plainly all over his face.Mrs. Hayes looks to Steven instead. “My youngest,” she says. “Surely, you can see how illogical it is to stand with such an
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