I have to admit that the entire world feels a little surreal three hours later when I’m sitting pressed between Daphne and Ben in a booth, laughing and watching as Jesse, and Rafe, and Luca spray bottles of champagne into the air and down onto the crowd below, who are all going mad for it, screaming
Something has shifted between us now, after tonight – after I’ve finally realized how deep our bond really goes. Luca and me – we’re tied now, both in the nation’s mind and in our souls. I don’t really know how to describe it, even now as I watch him dancing with Jesse, both of them singing along to
I hesitate for a second, trying to remember what it was like when I first realized that my mates were in the room. “Um…it felt like…like someone threw a brick at my wolf. But I didn’t know who threw it.”He bursts out laughing, and then I do too, because I realize it’s ridiculous.“Clarity, please,
I just grin, a soft breeze swirling up around us, cool and fresh, as I tighten my arms around him.“Booo, lovebirds!” Jesse calls over to us, cupping his hands around his mouth so his voice echoes. I laugh, opening my eyes. “Come on, stop being boring! We’re doing shots!” He points to a tray of flam
My wolf yips inside of me, suddenly incredibly eager and awake, turning in circles as we walk closer and closer to Jackson’s door. Suddenly, I stop in the hallway, my jaw falling open as I look down at my chest – where she lives, alongside my spirit.“You little brat!” I whisper aloud, appalled at h
“I missed you,” he murmurs, holding me close and falling back against the wall next to the door.I grin at him in the dark of the room, my face very close to his, my feet nowhere near the ground. God, I love how he always picks me up. I don’t know why – it’s not like he carries me anywhere or it doe
“And yeah,” Jackson says, his voice humming with a little apology that he has to break it to me like this, “I’m having a little trouble getting in the mood to rip your clothes off when I can smell your other mate all over you.”When Jackson lowers me to the ground this time I put my feet down and co
At first, my eyes flutter shut because of how good it feels – Jackson, something about when he touches me, it just…lights something in me, kindles a warmth, makes me feel so cozy and warm and adored. But then, after a few minutes – after I realize that he’s taking quite a bit of care to ensure that