“Because,” Daphne says, giving a happy little sigh and taking a long sip of her wine, “you’re right – the boys here would throw themselves at my feet just because I’m the only girl here – at least, the only admitted girl here.” I raise my glass in toast to her, conceding the point. “But,” she co
“Probably,” I say, nodding and meaning it. Jesse – I love him so much, and I know his heart is in the right place, but all of my friends? He would certainly deserve it. But still, he’s my cousin and I love him. He deserves some loyalty, after all. “Jesse’s not a bad guy, Daphne, I don’t want you t
“Fine,” I say, yawning into my wine. “Just for you, Daphne. I’ll bite the bullet and make out with Luca Grant someday and tell you all about it.” She laughs with me, but…well, my wolf turns in an eager circle in my soul, desperately hoping that I do. “Thank you, what a martyr you are,” she says,
“What the hell!” I shout, choking a little and scrabbling at his wrist, scratching and smacking at it, trying to hurt him enough so he’ll let me go. “You!” he seethes, shaking me again, so hard this time that I my head snaps back on my neck. “You’re the reason my brother didn’t get in to the Acade
“Luca!” I gasp, still shocked as he slams the door shut behind him and locks it. But he doesn’t say a word as he turns towards me, still livid, his jaw clenched. My eyes go wide because – is he mad at me? Is he going to – But he just closes the distance between us in one step, his hand flying up a
“How long have you known!?” “What the hell were you doing walking the halls by yourself!?” “Why wouldn’t you talk to me all week!?” But then we’re kissing again, and we both lose ourselves to it, all of our questions forgotten for the moment as my fingers stroke through his hair, as the warm s
“Shit,” Luca whispers, staring down at me as he freezes. The knock comes again, more insistent this time. “Ari!” My eyes flare when I hear Jesse’s voice outside the door. “Oh no!” “Ari!” Jesse shouts again, pounding on the wood. “Let’s go!” Luca jumps up, looking frantically around at the
Down a pretty little bond that I suddenly feel between us, shining silver in my soul. A smile bursts onto my face as I realize that I can feel that Luca is anxious – that he doesn’t want to let his mate away from his side for a second. Even though he knows, obviously, that I’m in good hands with Jes