Fiona I woke to the bedroom door opening. I thought I’d only closed my eyes for a few minutes and almost asked Alexander why he was back so soon. But when I peeled my tired eyes open I found the room was dark. I’d slept longer than I realized, and still felt very groggy. I tugged on my bedside lam
“We killed a lot of them. It’s hard to say exactly how many, since…” His eyes flicked to the baby. He didn’t want to get too gruesome with his story in front of her. I appreciated that. “I don’t know how many more of them have infiltrated our borders and are lying in wait. We must assume the worst
Alexander “I really can’t be sure,” the doctor said. “Iris frequently complained of headaches when she first arrived, but there was no apparent trigger that I could determine. She hasn’t called for a refill on her pain medication, so I must assume she is doing better. I last saw her about two weeks
Fiona followed me into the bedroom. “I loved my job there very much, Alexander,” she said. “And I’m so grateful for the opportunity.” Her voice had a neutral, professional quality to it, giving me the feeling that she’d been practicing this resignation speech. Thinking about that made my stomach tu
Fiona I’d known for a while now that I would not be returning to work at Alexander’s company. But it felt real and final now that I’d told him. Now that I’d officially resigned. I had to put the baby down again after he left, because I was feeling exceptionally lousy. I felt like I was in mournin
But when we turned the corner around a hedge wall and walked a few paces down the garden path, everything changed. I felt her strange, heavy energy in my body at the same moment that I saw her with my eyes. Iris. She was in the open center of the garden, standing before an easel and holding a pain
Alexander Kayden traced an imaginary line with his finger, running it between two circled points on the map. “I think there’s a good chance we’ll find their nest in one of these places. Or close to one of them.” He had been feeling a lot better, though I forbade him from participating in outdoor t
I laid her in bed and covered her body with my own. “If you want me to be quiet,” she whispered reprovingly, “perhaps you should stop startling me.” “Oh, but you like my surprises so much.” I trailed my open mouth over the sensitive areas on her neck while greedily breathing in Fiona’s scent. I co
“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