“I hope I always manage to put a smile on your face. I don’t think I can bear to see you sad or crying.” I look at him, searching for a hint of humor in his features but realize that there is nothing but stern genuineness there. My heart does a little spin and I know my skin must be resembling a to
*Rose* Nervous anticipation fills me as I wait for Tristan to arrive. Unlike last night with Mark, there’s no dinner. There’ll be no walk in the garden or anything romantic. He’s just coming to my room. To fuck me. It isn’t my choice for it to be this way, but Vienna informed me that this is the
Then, his hands are on me, and he is pulling the tie around my robe so that it comes undone. His large hands are on my shoulders, pushing the smooth fabric down my arms to the floor. When he finally pulls away from me so that I can take a breath, my lungs are burning. He is so much more intense tha
My eyebrows lift. I know what it’s like to have pain with pleasure because I just lost my virginity, but is he saying some women like that–all the time? I don’t have time to answer him because he has a hold of my nightie and is lifting it, so I sit up slightly, and it goes off over my head. Then, i
*Tristan* The other guys are likely hanging out in Eli’s room. That’s where we spend our evenings most of the time. I take a quick shower in my own chambers, get dressed, and then rush off to meet them. I can’t help the huge grin that’s on my face. Rose is amazing–that was some of the best sex I’v
“About what?” I fold my arms and lean back against the wall. “About… Rose,” he begins. “I know what you do in there is your business, but she–” He stops talking, his eyes widen, and I turn to see why. It’s Rose, walking down the hallway, wearing a dress–an actual dress, not the little pink nightie
*Rose*The next day, Shelby wants to take me shopping. She says it will take my mind off of everything, but I’m not sure that’s true.After Tristan said, “Well, I guess I’ll see you later,” and leaped out of my bed, I’d lain there for several minutes, trying to figure out what to do. My body hurt, a
She doesn’t let me walk away, though. She comes around the rack, two of her friends in tow. “By the way,” she begins as Shelby and Kelly step toward me, alarmed looks on their faces. “I’m super pissed that you talked to Mark about me!”I turn and look at her. “I didn’t–”“Save it!” she shouts. “He c
I look at Shelby. “Shelby… why?” She looks like she’s about to burst, and she finally spits it out. “Because I’m pregnant!” My eyes go wide, and I want to grab her and jump up and down, but I don’t want to squish Reeva, so I do a milder equivalent of that, which involves one arm and bouncing more
Rose It feels strange going back to Castle Dark Forest, and it’s going to feel even weirder being there again. It’s been so long since I first arrived there for the stupid contest… well, I guess without that contest, I would have never met my Alphas, so I suppose I won’t call it stupid anymore. I
Eli seems only half-convinced, and once Kelly and this guy are finally separated, he clears his throat.“I’m going to need the name of the guy who just sucked face with my sister,” he says firmly. “And I need to know where you’re from, and whether you have a criminal record, and—”Kelly slaps Eli’s
RoseI can’t believe how much the Goddess has blessed me. I remember all the times I was hunched over on the floor of the sewage plant trying to force myself to breathe through my mouth to avoid the stench. It didn’t work very well. I also remember all those lonely nights in my high school years whe
After a moment, I remember and quickly free him from the rest of his clothes. He pulls my nightgown over my head and tosses it exactly where he thought it should go and then lays me on the bed, All I’m wearing now is a tiny red thong. He stands at the foot of the bed and takes me in. “Damn,” he mur
Mark It’s my turn to spend the night with Rose, and I can hardly wait. It is a little odd being in this position, sharing my mate with four other men, but now that we have our situation settled, I realize I wouldn’t want it any other way. I’m carrying flowers as I go into her room. I think she’s p
“No, little flower,” says Tristan.The smile on his face and twinkle in his eye made my heart skip a beat.“He’s not allowed anywhere near our precious little pups,” he clarifies. “Just the diapers. Dirty diapers, all day long… that’s his new job! We’ll watch him every second.”“But you don’t have t
RoseI love spending time out in the garden, and now I’m doing it with four little bundles of joy. I’ve heard that expression so many times, but now that I’m a mother, I really understand just how much joy those little bundles can bring. And with all the fear of losing them that I’ve experienced ove
“No.” Alpha Alice crosses her hands across her chest. “I’m staying out of this. If these Alphas want to take you, so be it. I know how the contest was supposed to go, and if one of them had a male baby, then that will be the next Alpha King. I’m not getting on their bad side.”“Appalling!” I shout.