Tuesday had tried the key in the lock of her wrist cuffs once already. She could’ve died right then and there when she felt it click and turn. She cried silently with relief and said a prayer of thanks to the gods. She also prayed for blessings for the charge nurse, whose faith in her competence at
Alexander I hardly noticed the hours slipping by as the team and I stayed up all night, strategizing in my study. Grayson, Chase, Kayden, and a handful of my Gammas worked together until at last we had our battle plan completed, just as the morning sun started warning us that our visitors would ne
“Well, that’s good.” “I know that now is not the right time, of course.” Fi shook her head, then shrugged. “For Grandfather to move in here. And perhaps there will be no right time. But I just want to have it ready, in case. In case there is a time when he is up for the move, and we can bring him
Fiona“Will you be very busy for these next couple days?” I asked Alex cautiously as we walked back to our room hand in hand, after bidding farewell to our new friends. He gave my hand a firm squeeze. “Yes, but I will make as much time as I can for you and Lexi, too,” he said very seriously. “We ne
If you are interested, I can arrange for the items to be delivered directly to the palace. Or I can give them to your husband at our next meeting. Either of you need only let me know. Hoping that you are well, Conrad Rather distracted by thoughts of this email, I spent the next hour typing a
Third person Nina took the long way, the scenic route, back to the palace from the city. Her excuse for making the trip had been to check her mail. But in truth, she really just needed a little time to herself. Time for real unwinding without a baby around. And a little self-indulgent self-care.
“I liked it too,” he said, looking down at her with a fierce, dark gaze. “That was the hottest thing I’ve ever seen.” Nina’s hands, operating without her mind’s permission, caught in a circle around the man’s muscular neck. Under her palms, his jugular arteries throbbed faster and faster as he lif
Fiona I was standing in the nursery, watching Lexi sleep, when I heard Alex walking up behind me. He’d just gotten out of the shower a few minutes ago and was still fragrant, piney-fresh, and emanating wet heat. His hair was damp, and he was dressed in only a white undershirt and a pair of black b
“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