I closed the door behind Kayden and let my polite mask slip off my face, frowning. Our conversation had been very enlightening but also very heavy. I wondered if Alexander had ever actually grieved his mother, or if he had only been distracting himself for the past decade. It was sad to think about
The PI drummed his fingers on his desk, considering something carefully. “You’d need a lot of help,” he said at last. I frowned. If Iris had no family, who would have been helping her remain in hiding all these years? Her being dead was, unfortunately, sounding more and more likely all the time.
Fiona I heard Alexander’s key turning in the door and flipped the magazine I’d been reading upside down, so it wouldn’t be the first thing he saw when he walked in the room. It was an old issue of a finance magazine I’d picked up months ago, before I started working at Crescent Ventures. The one i
I wished I could release the irritated growl that wanted to rumble out of my throat. But an emotional reaction wouldn’t be helpful in this moment. I choked it down. “I have time,” I said calmly. I was very careful not to tinge the words with any trace of sarcasm, very much wanting to keep the conv
I did believe that Alexander was very sorry. But believing the promises he kept making me was not quite as easy. I asked him for some space after we returned from dinner. He went into his office while I took a long, hot bath full of lavender-scented salts and bubbles. When I got out and went to c
“Please eat,” Alexander said earnestly as he untied his apron and slung it over a wood block table nearby, along with the oil-stained towel. “This is all for you.” I was happy to oblige. And it all tasted just as good as it smelled. Better, even. Savory herb potatoes, perfectly fluffy eggs, thin b
Alexander heard me sighing as we walked back from the car and asked what was wrong. “My feet.” I groaned. “I really hope this is not the norm now, for the whole rest of the pregnancy. They hurt so bad today.” Alexander frowned. “Stop for a second,” he said. When I did, he swept me up into his arms
It was a fair point. “Okay,” I said once more. I was like a broken record. Alexander scampered up the bed, coming to sit right next to me. “I’m sorry about this,” he said. “And you can tell me later, what you think about a day that would be best, that would impact you the least. And I’ll devote as
“Maybe. But I could say the same to you, Alex.” He looked down and suddenly became aware that he was holding my full weight while standing on his two legs. This was the strongest Alex had been yet, since returning from the desert. I could feel the power pulsing off of him. He was back to himself a
Fiona “I’m so glad we’re finally doing this.” I closed my eyes and inhaled a deep breath of fresh, cool forest air. The smells of pine, damp earth and my Alpha’s masculine scent combined to soothe and excite my senses all at once. Alexander pulled his shirt off and dropped it onto a large, flat
“I just can’t believe it,” Fiona said. She had the baby slung lazily but comfortably on her hip. Both of them had their blue eyes focused on Nina while she worked on packing her belongings into a big suitcase splayed out atop her fluffy white bedspread. “We’re going to miss you so much here.” “I w
Third person Having his wrists in handcuffs was still unpleasant. Lucas wondered if the sensation of wrist restraints would ever stop triggering memories of his time in captivity. But after weeks in prison, where he was given adequate food and reasonable living conditions, Lucas was pretty sure th
TWO MONTHS LATER. Alexander I slid my hands all over Fiona’s soft, wet skin, tracing the shapes of her curves. It was a relief to have mostly normal use of my hands again, though I was still getting used to the new sensation of having my thumbs free and being able to move them. I was loving this
AlexanderIt was as simple as that. Fiona ignored the stupid things coming out of my mouth, pinned my broken body underneath her and forced me to change my mindstate.She snapped me out of that dark place of near insanity by feeding me her beautiful, intoxicating body and pressing her own energy into
He knew that I was close. He let out a sexy, vibrating growl as he moved his lips up to my clit and sucked it hungrily, then returned his tongue to my core and pressed it up inside me again. I cried out his name and gripped his head with my thighs when ecstatic relief hit me like a wave. The volum
He tried to push me away, but I shoved his arms down to the bed. “Are you going to fight me, Alex? Are you going to force me off of you? Hm? Are you going to hurt me?” My voice was razor-sharp, my tone ice-cold. “Fiona—” “Now you listen to me.” I straddled his broad chest and sat down onto it. “
I’d heard Alexander throwing up in the shower, that night when he fought the vampires at the courthouse. He’d been absolutely covered in that black gunk when he returned from that first battle, and he’d used up half a tube of toothpaste cleaning his mouth afterward. But when he returned to the pal