Fiona “Thank you.” I accepted the steaming mug from my husband and took a sip of the sweet, spicy coffee he’d just brewed for me. He hovered at the bedside to watch me enjoy it. He was waiting on me hand and foot this morning, still making far too much of a fuss over my having passed out the day b
She was a very curious child. And a very good listener. Alexander I was drenched in sweat by the time we finished running drills, and it felt great. The afternoon sun had peeked out to warm the courtyard hours earlier, but it was back to overcast now and the cold breeze on my exercise-warmed skin
Fiona “Really? Okay. Fi and I will be right there.” Alex hung up the phone and smirked at me curiously. “What?” “That was Kayden. Jacob’s been down in the dungeon talking to Roland for the past few hours, and apparently… he says that he is ready to talk.” “Oh. Wow. My idea worked?” Alex shrugge
I had caught a glimmer in his eye when we left the interview room. He was interested in getting me alone, that much I knew. And now he was guiding me by the hand back toward that room that Nina had filled with roses and candles the other day. He produced a key from his pocket, unlocked the door and
“Somebody’s looking satisfied.” Nina raised her eyebrows while looking me over. “Have a good time ‘getting some work done’ with your husband?” I squeezed her elbow and gave her a glare of mock reprimand. Alex had picked up a phone call moments after we returned to relieve our babysitter. I glanced
She planted her feet on the ground and brought the movement of the rocking chair to a slow stop. “What’s going on?” I glanced at Nina. She misunderstood and jumped up off the floor, saying, “Should I let you two talk? I can go—” “You’re fine, Nina. This will be all over the news soon enough, anywa
AlexanderI heard Fiona’s voice when I opened the door. She was reading a nursery rhyme to the baby, speaking in a songlike cadence, her voice just above a whisper. Wishing not to interrupt, I quietly closed the bedroom door behind me, removed my shoes and jacket and crept in to the adjoining room.
“It seems ironic… The emotions of others are all available to me, all I have to do is open myself up to receiving them. But I keep my own feelings tightly locked away. Until they force their way out in the form of nightmares or blackouts…” Alex leaned in and gave me a short, soft little kiss on the
“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