As soon as I park the car, Astrid wakes up and starts crying again. I open the back door and pick her up out of her car seat to quiet her down. I don’t want to draw too much attention to myself. But when I look into her eyes, and look at that adorable curly hair and feel the way she snuggles up aga
*Mark* ‘There’s a middle-aged couple on this train with a newborn,’ I hear a voice in my mind say. It’s the conductor on a train that left the station about twenty minutes before we got there. ‘Just doesn’t look right to me. They’re acting strange.’ ‘I’ll be there in a few minutes!’ I answer back.
*Gene*I swear, I can’t get anything done today without one annoying person or another screaming in my head. And this one is the worst because its whiny, high-pitched sound makes me want to hurl.‘What do you want?’ I ask, hoping that it’ll shut up as soon as she gets whatever babbling she’s plannin
My baby is back, and my gorgeous, wonderful Alpha has a huge smile on his face. I am so blessed by the Goddess. I still have two babies out there missing, but I have no doubt that my Alphas will bring them back to me.Right now, I have to focus on the two that I do have. Poor little Matthew is so hu
*Eli* Life was bad enough when it was just my sister missing. Now, my sister and my son are gone, and I am frantically searching through trains for little bundles of joy wrapped in blue–or pink since Tristan’s daughter is still missing–but I’m coming up empty handed. What’s more, everything I’ve h
It’s sort of like my sister. I know she’s in distress, and I hate that I can’t get to her myself. I have Trevor and some others looking for her still, but it’s not me searching. Yet, I know that Kelly is still alive. I can feel her life force out there in the world. If it went out, I would feel it.
*Retta* Wow, it sure is hard work being a mom. Astrid seems to be crying all the time, and I don’t know what she wants. I’ve been giving her formula and following the directions on the can, and then I change her diaper for what seems like a hundred times a day, and she still cries. I’m doing it ag
It seems to take forever to walk to a better neighborhood, but it’s worth it because there’s a nice park with some benches and play equipment. “I guess you’re a little young for that,” I say to Astrid. “But maybe we can stop for a rest at least.” I lay out her blanket on the grass, and she blinks a
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.