Across the board, performance was improving. No one here wanted to be next to be singled out and made an example of. But we were not finished yet. Around the time when we would usually be finishing up our morning training, I told the pack to take five for water. And then return for strength traini
Fiona A sharp cramp in my abdomen nearly buckled my knees in the middle of the morning meeting. I gritted my teeth through the sudden pain, doing my best to make sure no one in the room was any the wiser to my troubles. No one seemed to notice. That’s just instinct to me—hiding pain. It’s a we
“Sure.” She didn’t look up from her task. “Go ahead. My head’s okay. Doctor gave me something earlier.” I pushed the curtains aside on the big window near the door, then eased the window open. It was a crisp, breezy day. Fresh air and sunlight flooded the room, making it feel easier to breathe ins
Fiona Gerald was very nervous. That was not normal. Usually my colleague was calm and confident. He’d been working for Crescent Ventures for over a decade, up on the eighty-ninth floor for nearly half of that tenure, and seemed very much at home here. “Hey, Fiona,” he said, gritting his teeth.
I had Conrad on the line a minute after rolling past palace security onto the service road that led to the highway. He answered, “Alexander,” then coughed loudly. I pushed a button on the back of the steering wheel to lower the volume on the car speakers. “How are things back home?” “Things are
Fiona Alexander responded to my text just a few minutes later. To my relief, his tone was light and understanding. He wrote: That’s too bad. Good luck with everything there and let me know when you’ll be home. I replied: Of course. I’ll keep you posted. Three moving dots told me Alexander was ty
“There’s something else I wanted to talk to you about, as well,” I told Brandon. My attorney was a tall, sturdy man in his early forties with youthful facial features that contrasted sharply against his prematurely pale gray hair. He had stern gray eyes that were slightly magnified by black-rimmed
I knew Fiona was busy at work. But it couldn’t hurt to give her a little more encouragement. Send one more text that would be waiting for the next time she had a break and checked her phone. I wrote: The pics don’t have to be sexy. I just want to see your pretty face. Missing it. X There was no tr
“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