By the time we returned to our room, the air between Alexander and me had started feeling tense. To occupy idle hands, do something with myself other than just obsessing over thoughts of Iris, and I guess in an inane attempt to literally clear the air in the room, I walked around the perimeter shov
“I thought of something.” I said this out of the clear blue as an idea popped into my head. Alexander sat up and propped himself onto one elbow, eyebrows raised. We’d spent a good hour or so in bed, and it had accomplished the desired effect. Obliterating the tension that had been threatening to s
“That’s a great idea.” He kept his eyes on the stove, flipping golden pancakes in a flat pan. “Though you shouldn’t be so hard on yourself for having forgotten at times. You’re very busy. No one can be perfect all the time.” “Really?” I asked sassily. “Perhaps you don’t know me at all.” In my head,
I pushed aside the uneasy feelings – they may have been all for nothing, anyway – and exited Grandfather’s room quietly, following Alexander and pulling the door almost-closed behind me. We were halfway to the elevator, passing the floor’s reception desk, when I saw that nurse again. The one who wa
“Sure.” She pushed the door aside, just enough for me to pass her by. I meandered over to the table where I usually perched for my chats here with Iris and took a seat. “So, what’s the problem? Why don’t you want to go to your appointment?” “I already told you.” She crossed the room and crawled up
“How was your day?” It should have been an innocent enough question. But ever since Fiona made it clear to me how “creepy” it had been for me to ask about her work while I was keeping secret from her that I was her boss, I’d been trepidatious about returning to the habit of asking that question.
The doctor met the three of us in her room after we ate. She had the CT scan images with her and a whole pile of paperwork. Bloodwork was all normal; Iris was a “picture of health” in many different respects, the doctor reported happily. I think she was especially impressed with this, given the fin
Fiona It had not been a lie that I was nervous about the impromptu and mysterious meeting that Conrad had requested with me. I was. It had been a half-truth, though. A half answer to Alexander’s question about what was troubling me. I texted Nina again on my way in to the office, just to check in
“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