LOGINElenaJax's words hit me like a physical thing — and for a moment, the world simply stopped.The realization didn't creep in. It crashed. Settled into my bones with the weight of something I couldn't unfeel, couldn't unknow. My eyes snapped to Ashton first — just a fraction of a second — and what I saw there made my breath catch. His eyes had darkened. Not the slow simmer I'd noticed before. This was something deeper. Something dangerous.Then I looked at Jax.His were already past dark. Past anything I had a word for.And I was sitting in a car with both of them.A car. Moving. Going somewhere I didn't even know — and my body had already started betraying me in the worst, most devastating way possible. The scent of my own arousal hung thick and inescapable in the closed space between us, and the heat — the heat that hadn't fully broken through yet, that was still coiling and building beneath my skin like a storm that hadn't decided to destroy everything just yet — was getting harder
JaxAs her lips crashed against mine, hard and demanding, the dormant creature inside me—the one that had been clawing at its cage since the very beginning—nearly tore free right through the center of my chest.This wasn't one of Elena's usual kisses.This was something else entirely.The vixen sitting in my lap had grabbed me by the throat, and every savage part of me had practically purred at the challenge. Even so, there was a line she couldn't cross.She wasn't going to dominate me.A growl rumbled low in my chest as I forced my wolf back, but it wasn't enough. My claws slid out anyway, sharp and uncontrollable, and I buried them into her waist as I dragged her closer.Closer.Tighter.She didn't gasp.She didn't flinch.She didn't get nervous.If anything, her fingers tightened around my collar before she kissed me deeper, harder, as though she was trying to consume every breath I had left.There was something possessive about it.Something dangerous.The edge of it was razor-sha
ElenaWe'd all climbed into the car nearly half an hour ago. It was close to three in the morning now, the empty roads stretching endlessly beneath the headlights as darkness swallowed everything beyond them. Ashton had taken the wheel, effortlessly steering through the silent night, while Jax occupied the passenger seat—with me comfortably settled on his lap.To this moment, I still couldn't wrap my head around how we'd even managed to fit like this.The car had to be custom-built.There was simply too much room—far more than any normal vehicle should have. The seats were wider, the cabin more spacious, every inch designed with suspiciously generous proportions.And for some reason...That realization sparked an unexpected flicker of jealousy.I lazily threaded my fingers through Jax's dark hair, keeping my expression as casual as I could manage."So..." I began, drawing the word out, "is this car built with all this extra space because the two of you have had... similar adventures w
ElenaThey'd been the ones to put me to sleep.Curled safely in their arms, wrapped in their warmth, I'd drifted off without a single worry in the world.When I woke up...They were gone.I opened my eyes to an empty room.The bed still held the fading warmth their bodies had left behind, and their scent lingered everywhere, woven into the blankets, the pillows... even my own skin. I smelled so overwhelmingly like them that my own scent had disappeared entirely, buried beneath traces of cedarwood, spice, and something uniquely theirs.Slowly, I pushed myself upright, rubbing the lingering sleep from my eyes before running my fingers through my hopelessly messy hair.I already hated this.They weren't here.The silence felt strangely loud."Ashton? Jax?" I called, my voice still rough with sleep as I looked around the room.Nothing.No answer.Not even footsteps.A tiny frown tugged at my lips.I reluctantly swung my legs over the side of the bed, my body still pleasantly heavy with ex
ElenaSilence spread between us upon my words. None of us spoke. Neither Ashton nor Jax looked away from me, and with every passing second, that silence only grew heavier, settling against my chest until I could hear nothing but the frantic pounding of my own heart. I couldn't tell what they were thinking, couldn't read a single emotion from their faces, and just when I thought I'd made the biggest mistake of my life by confessing, Ashton suddenly grabbed my jaw and crashed his lips onto mine, hungry, impatient, and with something strangely raw hidden beneath every second of that kiss.My body didn't need a moment to rethink before I kissed him back instantly. My hands slipped into his hair on their own accord, pulling him impossibly closer as though I'd been waiting for this without even realizing it. His fingers tightened ever so slightly against my jaw, and the kiss only deepened until every coherent thought disappeared from my mind. He only pulled away after leaving me completely
ElenaMy eyes widened, a gasp slipping past my lips as my hand flew to cover my mouth. "W-what?"God.This was too much information to take in all at once.I looked between Jax and Ashton. They both looked tense, but more than that—they looked angry. Not the kind of anger that exploded recklessly, but the kind that sat beneath the surface, cold and restrained, threatening to snap at any second. I could only imagine what had gone through their heads after learning the truth."Yes, Elena," Ashton said quietly, dragging a hand through his hair until it stood in every direction. His jaw was so tight I thought it might crack. "He killed her. He was the one behind it."I didn't know how to breathe."Are you... are you sure?" I asked, my voice barely above a whisper. I could hardly believe what I was hearing.My father...How could he do—Fuck.This was so unbelievably fucked up."We got the information today," Jax said, his voice low and controlled, though the fury beneath it was impossible
ElenaThe words made my chest tighten so violently that it almost hurt to breathe."The... murderer?" I stammered.Ashton's expression didn't change. For the next few agonizing moments, he said nothing, the silence stretching between us until it became almost unbearable. Then Jax finally spoke."I
Elena I returned to my room, a weight settling heavily in my chest as I waited for the twins. It was strange—Henry wasn’t afraid that they were planning to stop the wedding. He wasn’t worried.That meant he was prepared.And that wasn’t good news.Not because I doubted the twins could fight him.B
ElenaMonica's words wouldn't leave me alone.They'd been swirling in my skull the entire day, relentless, like smoke I couldn't wave away. Of all the people in the world — Monica was the one who'd handed me clarity on a silver platter. That was either the universe's sick joke or proof that I was t
ElenaI had been waiting for hours, tossing and turning across the bed, and the longer I waited, the more I realized just how disastrously accustomed I had become to their presence. No—that wasn't what frightened me. What frightened me was the hollow emptiness they left behind in their absence, the







