*Rose* “I have something for you!” Shelby has a crooked grin on her face as she hands me a box, but I don’t want to open it. Kelly is with us, and we are in my room after brunch. I am sitting in the infamous chair that we used last night. It has been disinfected…. Still, I didn’t think it would be
I think she’s crazy, that’s what I think. I think… in the end… I will end up alone with only the memories of these amazing men to keep me warm at night–and this stupid vibrator. That night, in Eli’s room, he can tell I’m upset. We sit on his couch, and he holds me against his muscular chest, strok
*Rose* I sit at the small table in my room and look at the words in the book in front of me without fully comprehending the text. All I see are letters and words splayed throughout the page. Stabbing pain on the left side of my lower abdomen makes me wince. I can’t help but make a faint moaning sou
A dumbfounded Vienna and Shelby stare at me. “I prepared the eggs myself, my lady. I never left them unattended.” Shelby frowns. She must be thinking the same thing too; Emily is trying to kill me. “Friend, I think you are overthinking things. I know Emilyis a bitch, but would she be evil enough t
*Rose* I watch as all four of the Alphas continue to pace up and down in the doctor’s room. I feel dizzy and restless as I watch them. Won’t they just sit down or just stand still? They all look worried, and they are acting a bit like mother hens. I love their attention and care, but they’re being
“They will answer to me, if they dare,” Shelby’s voice cuts in. She is standing in the doorway, arms folded across her chest. She gives all the Alphas a warning look. I smile. I’m sure I will be fine. I have so much support. “So who is the father?” Eli asks. The doctor, whose name still won’t com
*Rose* I find myself walking around with one hand over my abdomen because I know that there’s a tiny person inside of me. I know that this is the reality I am experiencing now, that I have fulfilled my duty and become pregnant. Yet, I’m still having trouble wrapping my mind around it. There is a
Someone else is going to take care of my child! Someone else is going to rock my baby to sleep each night. Someone else is going to be there when my child says his or her first words. It will not be me that my baby calls, “Mama.” It will not be me that my baby walks to on unsteady legs when they
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.