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
Third person “Hey… Is everything okay?” Kayden paced into Nina’s room, watching her eyes carefully until she darted them away. She closed and locked the door behind him. “Uh, yeah. I think so. Just… something I wanted to talk to you about. Before I lose my nerve.” He pressed his lips together,
Kayden reached out and almost took it, but paused at the last second and pulled his hand back a few inches. “Friends who… have sex?” he suggested with a guilty smile. Nina ran her tongue along her top teeth, actively pondering the request. “Hm. Maybe.” Her hand was still poised in the air, waiting
Fiona “Me? Really?” Nina’s eyes went round with true surprise. She pointed to her face, as if providing a helpful visual aid, when she repeated once more: “Me?” “Yes, Nina.” I shook my head at her silliness. “Of course.”She looked back and forth between the three of us. Me, Alex, and the baby. “
“Fi…” Alex’s eyes roved my form, taking me in from head to toe, and settled on the diamond necklace around my neck. I think I succeeded in rendering him completely speechless this time. “You like?” I knew he did. “This looks incredible on you,” he said, coming close and running both hands over t
Alexander We arrived at our dining room to find Nina and Kayden already there, with Lexi happily settled into her high chair at the head of the table. Our friends looked cozy together as always, seated side by side with their bodies close and angled toward each other. Fi and I took turns saying
All I wanted was to feel her skin on mine, and to make her feel good. So I removed the necklace carefully and set it into its box, which my organized and fastidious Luna had staged at on her bedside table ahead of time for just this moment.We tumbled down into the bed before we could finish undressi
“I’ll be back soon,” I promised, looking down into Fiona’s blue eyes. “I know.” She shook her head like she didn’t want to hear any more of that kind of thing right now. I kissed her again. We’d been trying to say goodbye for who knows how long, at least ten minutes, standing next to the car tha
“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