Alexander “Aww,” Fiona said when she walked into our bedroom and saw what I’d done to it earlier. Our nightstands, her desk and the dining table all held small bouquets of blooming white roses in crystal vases. And the fresh gold sheets on our bed were dusted with white rose petals. She sniffe
It was a thin, delicate platinum band with a flawless princess cut diamond in the center, flanked on either side by sapphires and then two smaller diamonds beside those. It struck me as her style. I only hoped she would not think it was too over-the-top. The center diamond was… kind of huge. In th
Fiona The pieces started falling into place when I saw the ring in the bottom of my champagne glass. Then I looked up and discovered that Alexander was kneeling at my feet. An overwhelming feeling of relief rushed through me, even before conscious thoughts about exactly what he was doing cou
He came in close, very close, and only paused when our faces were a fraction of an inch apart. Suddenly one of his hands was in my hair, holding the back of my head; the other was caressing my neck. The look in his honey-gold eyes was pure and earnest, and full of longing. His hot breath fell he
Alexander Her lips tasted like sugar, sweet from the champagne. But the feeling that hit me when our lips came together was even sweeter. Sweet release. This was the realization of a dream, and the reality was even better than I’d been imagining. I wanted to sweep Fiona up into my arms and car
Alexander considered this for a long moment. Then he shook his head decisively. “No. I would want him to be his own man. Have his own name, his own identity. If that makes any sense.” “It does.” I could understand this notion very well, in fact. My father, grandfather and great-grandfather all s
“You’re really okay?” Alexander asked. “I know how much you love working.” I sighed, looking at my reflection in the full-length mirror by the front door. I’d just finished getting ready for work for what I’d decided, this morning, would be my last day in the office for a while. “I really am. I lo
He threw his hands up and coughed out a sarcastic laugh, looking exasperated. I sniffed the air and caught a whiff of the sharp smell of alcohol. “How am I to know what’s happened? You’re the one who says we can’t go down there to see for ourselves.” I bit my tongue. Because it did not matter if
“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