~Cadence’s Point of View~
“Mom, dad … this is our mate, Cadence Mattison,” Lenox said, smiling brightly.
I took in the pair, I could certainly see the allure as well as the trepidation. They both had an aura about themselves, an air of … better. An air of … arrogance.
The mom wasn’t too tall, easily a couple inches shorter than me. Then again the twins were probably only about six feet even. She was pretty but I would hardly call her gorgeous. She had shoulder length curled brown hair and brown eyes, no make-up and no jewelry. Yet her casual sundress and sandals were very high end, certainly designer.
My eyes quickly moved to the father, who was the very stere
~Cadence’s Point of View~ I didn’t trust the twins for a single, solitary second. I made them drive in front of me the whole way back to school, convinced they would somehow go back to my pack. They’d do something ridiculous. Then they insisted one of them ride with me, and hell no was that gonna happen! *Well they’d certainly leave us if they heard you car singing,* my wolf said, shaking her head. “I happen to love singing in the car and if you don’t like it I simply don’t care. You didn’t grow up with an appreciation of the finer things in life,” I said, wiggling my head around. *Finer things? Oh, oh really? You are going to try and convince me that ‘to the window, to the wall’ shit is real music,* she sai
~Lenox’s Point of View~ I absolutely refused to believe that Cade’s little attitude wasn’t on purpose. I knew this whole back and forth turned her on just like it did for us. If she wanted to play hard to want, I was absolutely going to play her game. But she needs to understand, I don’t fight fair. Not when it comes to my mate at any rate. I wasn’t getting her another fucking cookie though. She owed me that after the stupid way she acted in front of our parents. Yeah we might have sprung the entire thing on her with no warning, but it’s no excuse. Especially not when literally everyone else in her family couldn’t have been happier and more welcoming. I’m not just going to sit back and let her keep whatever opinion she’s decided to have about us. I want to show her who we are, who our family is and what we do. She thinks we’re some pretentious assholes, but that’s just what she’s decided to believe. “Valerie, nice to see you. Shoot me an email to my school address with the details
~Cadence’s Point of View~ I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I couldn’t trust the twins worth a shit. They just seemed far too smug and sure of themselves and it got under my skin more than anything ever had. Why the hell did I agree to go watch this neanderthal bullshit? I could be having a nap! Brushing my hair, hell … flossing would be more productive! If I had to endure this hell I wasn’t doing it alone, that’s for certain. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK I sighed and chugged the rest of a bottle of water, ready to get this over with. I really had no intentions of adding to their story, they already wrote the article so I wasn’t about to do more work than necessary. I knew good and well Alec would likely tweak it to his liking just so he could add his name somewhere. I fixed my messy hair and marched to the door, then threw it open to see Hailey. She was wearing jeans shorts that were dangerously short and a tank top that was beyond paper thin with NO bra. Ohh yeah, just the distracti
~Cadence’s Point of View~ “You sure,” Hailey said, in a low whisper, as she tucked a loose piece of hair behind my ear. I tingled all over at her touch, and damn she still smelled so good! I felt two pairs of eyes on me and even though they were in the middle of the field I felt their heat. I felt their irritation. “Yeah I think I’ll … take your advice,” I said, awkwardly and not knowing what to do with my hands. “All right go get ‘em girl,” she said, and turned to run off. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t watch her lucious ass that was barely contained in those little shorts… “Hey 27, got a minute,” she yelled. I drew a deep breath and looked up to see the twins staring at me. There were easily two dozen pigskin tramps out here, and I hadn’t seen them look at a single one. It almost made me feel … made me feel like… *Seen, I feel seen. Appreciated,* Fanny said, swooning. Damn, damn it all! Is that what that is? I slowly walked toward them, and they kept their stares the e
~Weston’s Point of View~ Could this female possibly be any more beautiful? Any more sexy? Why did it turn me on to watch my brother kissing her, shouldn’t I have been jealous? Wanting to rip his throat out? *Because he makes her happy too,” my wolf said, stating the obvious. I certainly never gave a damn what he did with any other female. But Cade was nothing, nowhere even close to any other female. Whether she knew it or not she looked at us like she wanted to devour us. She looked at us like we could be minutes away from stripping each other and joining our flesh. So why weren’t we?? Lenox and I had never had sex without a condom, that would absolutely only be for our mate. There could never be a risk that we get another pregnant. So now that we’d found her, now that we knew she was ours for life, how could our bodies wait? How could our wolves wait? Well there was an easy answer for our unnecessary sexual frustration. Her mouth and her attitude needed to get out of the way. No
~Cadence’s Point of View~ I woke up Monday morning feeling completely out of sorts. I’d had an exhausting conversation with Valerie to get more details of this auction business so that I wouldn’t sound like a blithering idiot courting rich people. I made the calls but only got to speak to two people, one of which was their football coach who was positively giddy that his star players were getting front page action in the paper. He insisted I meet up with him to get his picture with them added to the article and in exchange, I managed to convince him to also invite a few people to the auction. No one pulls the wool over my eyes, I always come out on top. I always … win and get my way. But at the same time it is a give and take, both parties walk away happy. I just had no idea how I could translate that into my personal life. This new reality I had to navigate that said I was about to lose everything I worked tirelessly for all these years. After my first class I went to the library
~Cadence’s Point of View~ The guys actually left me alone all day Monday, which was quite a shock. I’d like to say I used the time to solve all of my problems but the more time I spent with myself mulling over all the possible ways this would could blow the fuck up in my face, the worse it got. I stared at my counter in disgust. I’d finished off half a loaf of Italian bread, two pieces of chicken parm and some ziti. I felt sick and about to blow out of my jeans. *And nearly a full bottle of wine,* Fanny scolded. I pulled myself off the barstool and fell onto the couch. *We need to run it off, it’s the only way you’ll feel better. We BOTH need fresh air,* Fanny insisted. “I don’t trist you,” I said, out loud and pointing to the wall. *Cade, come on! Stop being childish! You’re already slurring your words. Nothing some cool air in our hair won’t fix,* she scolded. I sat up and rubbed my face. I did feel like shit and I knew what Fanny was saying was true. I just wasn’t sure she
~Cadence’s Point of View~ “Fuck it’s hot in here. Why is the heat on,” I mumbled as I popped open my eyes. Flesh. With a little light brown chest hair mixed in. I gaped at my hand, resting on said chest and scowled. “Reporter wakes up in the middle of her own news story hell, stay tuned for Mother’s Day gift ideas.” I moved slightly and felt an arm fall off my back. Their light snores continued uninterrupted. Shit, how am I going to get them out of here? My eyes rolled around the room and I suddenly realized I was not in MY apartment. Aw fuck me! They took me to THEIR house?? Was I about to be seen doing a walk of SHAME from the green house of testosterone I’d always desperately avoided? AND I HAD NONE OF MY OWN CLOTHES HERE?? Could this be ANY worse?? I closed my eyes and cursed myself. Then I had a brief moment of clarity and rolled my foot around. Still sore but I could walk. No, no no no! I couldn’t let anyone see me leave here, and like this? Seriously my WORST nightma