The baby’s pale, tiny eyebrows furrowed questioningly in response to our gaze, making Alex and I both burst into laughter. Her eyes darted back and forth between us again, apparently intent on figuring out what exactly she was looking at. She was something else. Quiet, so far. And so attentive.
Holding my sweet baby in my arms had me on cloud nine. And it was a huge relief to have reconciled with Alexander, too. Physically, though… Ugh. I was sticky all over and my scalp itched, because of course I’d been sweating profusely through labor. I was just exhausted, too. I felt like I could ha
“Something happened to me when I gave birth to Alexis. Seems like I activated a latent ability I did not know I had. And now, when I touch people… I mean, I’ve only tried with you guys, and Alex and Lexi… but when I have touched all of you, I’ve been able to feel what you are feeling. Not read your
Alexander Funny how time seems to move at different speeds when different things are happening. The night of the attack on my father – those ten or twelve hours passed by in a flash. But then that awful argument with Fiona – that fight only lasted a few minutes, but it felt like an eternity. E
Strategized about the vampires. Speculated about Scarlet. And brainstormed about Fiona’s new gift, and how we might start putting it to use. Fiona I have always enjoyed a challenge. And it turns out Nina had some helpful insight into my abilities. She’d known a girl in the past who’d possess
Iris was all smiles and pleasantries when I met her at our dining room. I’d instructed the staff to serve coffee, tea, and snacks for our little meeting. I sensed Iris’s energy in a small, hazy way when we sat down across from each other at the table, but it was difficult to read. Each individual
Iris put her elbows on her knees and let her face fall down into her hands. I got the sense that she was stalling. “What else, Iris? What happened after? We need to know that, too.” “Mm-hmm. Alright. I… There’s a second dumb thing I did. I probably should’ve run to get help, that’s a thing I’v
I couldn’t get away from Iris fast enough. She probably felt I was being very rude. Vaguely, from somewhere far away, a little voice in my head told me that this episode wasn’t going to be great for my relationship with her. But I had to get somewhere private right away regardless. I just needed
“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