As always when planning to visit the nursing home, I began to feel a combination of excitement and dread. It seemed lately that Grandfather no longer had “good days,” only some that were less bad than others. His condition was sure to only get worse and worse; I knew this. But knowing the inevitabil
Alexander I rested back against the headboard and continued to rub the baby’s tiny back in soft circles, trying to calm her down. I wished I could hold Fiona, too; she clearly also needed comfort. But the wailing child had to take priority, and anyway Fiona was insisting that she was fine, despite
Her face betrayed no emotion as she calmly identified herself to her confused grandfather and then introduced me and Alexis as well. But I saw her breathing change and knew she was summoning deep strength in order to keep so cool in such a painful context. We remained standing near the door for a w
Fiona We were just getting out of the car with Lexi when Nina’s shiny silver Benz appeared in the parking lot behind us. She grabbed several bags out of the trunk then trotted over to where we stood waiting, then the four of us walked inside together. Nina went with me into the nursery while Alex
Alexander Fiona blinked her blue eyes open. My body flooded with relief. “Baby, are you okay?” She released a heavy exhale and made a slightest nod with her head, squinting her eyes. “I’m okay.” She cleared her throat. “Shit. My head hurts, though.” “Fuck, Fiona. You scared me.” She forced her
“Oh, yeah. No problem. She slept most of the time you guys were out earlier, by the way.” Fiona arched an eyebrow at me questioningly. I mindlinked her in order to have a brief, private conversation. I told her I was going to go speak with Iris about setting a timeline for her moving out. “Thank
Alexander “Fiona specifically said that you were not going to kick me out. She said I could stay. Why would she say that if she didn’t mean it?” “I am not kicking you out, Iris. I am not telling you that you need to leave the palace immediately. I only want to talk about a plan for the long-term.
“She does not think you are going to hurt the baby,” I replied quietly, with as much patience as I could muster. This conversation was getting me nowhere, and starting to spiral out of control. I didn’t want to engage in an argument about Fiona. “Lexi is very young, Iris. You must understand that as
“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