LOGINADELINEIt was like getting a moment breather after long minutes in the water. Kris and Jay would always be home, anchors no matter how chaotic my life got. Kris dreamed bigger, but Jay always had one dream, to live a simple life no matter how rich he got. Maybe I should have listened to him because whatever I was doing sure as hell wasn’t working in anyway for my peace of mind.“Adeline!” Kris’s excitement broke through my area of despair and concern. Rich family problems can wait till later!She bundled me into the tightest hug I’ve received in a while, there wasn’t even enough air to tell her she was actually going to kill me if she didn’t let up.I tapped her shoulders in panic because my lungs were starting to close in and remind me that I was infact only but a feeble human at its mercy.“Well, you said you’d be back in no time, it’s your fault for making us miss you so much!” She whined already yanking my wrist towards the house like I was some child.“Can we stay out for a bit?
ADELINE“Who do you think you are, bitch?!” We’d barely made it more than three steps from Grayson’s room before her mask fell right off like a stack of poorly arranged cards. She shoved me to the wall before I could think of reacting any other way. My back crashed against the hard surface with a worrying crunch. Pain shot from my right shoulder and spread like a virus down the length of my arm.It’s always when you decide to change your spots that the universe decides to test you. Breathing was a chore, patience was impossible. I forced what little air agreed peace was the route to go, and the next time I faced her, the annoyance on her face ease some, shock coated her face for a second before she shoved it out barely a second later.“I’m Adeline.” The words were like metal on metal, unbearable to my ears, but the last thing I wanted was to start a war with Scarlett, especially with how she crazed out last time. I happen to like my face very much.I pushed off the wall, ignoring the
GRAYSONWilling.That was the only accurate way to describe her. So damn willing. I couldn’t tell if it was the pregnancy hormones or she actually wanted to but my body craved her so much, I wasn’t even thinking straight anymore. One moment she was at the door and I was struggling not to pull her in for a crushing hug and the next I couldn’t get enough of her. Her touch, her scent, the smell of her hair, the feel of her against me, it was all so intoxicating I didn’t ever want to have her away from me, ever again. I was exactly where I wanted to be.Crazy thinking really, considering I still needed to keep Scarlett happy enough not to go digging for answers. And that meant putting up with a few excesses that might put a strain on us.“Are you sure?” It was her chance to stop me, heck, I thought she would the moment I touched her, all things considered, but she still hadn’t and it was getting increasingly harder to be…gentle. Everytime I reached for her, took a bolder step with her, I
ADELINEKris. Kris would be able to help. She always knew so much about so much anyways, this would probably be a walk in the park for her. I halted at the door, his scent wafted through the crack in the door straight to my nose. The strong woody mix and my hormones were the absolute worst combination for my sanity.I lingered by the door, caught between entering his room, just because, or going ahead to actually speed things up by finding out more about Scarlett and her life before coming back here under the guise of missing her son, the same son she couldn’t wait to toss to Grayson when she up and left years ago, not months, years! Yeah, I didn’t believe shit that came out of her mouth, that was for sure.Maybe I’d just tell him where I was headed. What with what happened last time Scarlett was involved, communication might actually do some good. Grayson was obviously not used to it, so someone had to start things up.“Hey” I poked my head through the door, did more of a quick scan
ADELINEWhispers. Angry and impatient.The house was boring. Another reminder that I really needed to start working again, but Grayson wasn’t having it. Especially after the recent scare. Kris and Jay had dropped in from time to time and when I thought they would be the voice of reasoning and get him to understand why it would actually help me, they chose now to agree with their arch enemy, the little traitors.“That’s what you want!” The whisper was so loud all I had to do was follow it. If I had to explain why I was so drawn to it, I really couldn’t, but that voice, it was way too familiar to ignore, especially with how important it was to get more evidence.The more I questioned myself, the harder my hunch pushed me in the direction of the voice till I was walking down the hallway to the forgotten guest room, the one no one ever really used anymore. It should have been locked, no one was allowed in any of the rooms that were occupied.The closer I got to the room, the faster my hea
JASPARA gather of musk had settled over the garage, thick and unrelenting from days without ventilation. The windows shut tight just the way they should be.Clanks and bangs filled the space above from the weldering taking place in the blacksmith’s back shop upstairs, but that wasn’t loud enough to distract my thoughts from the one that mattered the most.Her smile was wide, bright and if I didn’t know any better, I would say genuine. But I did. I wasn’t there, I wasn’t by her side, there was no way she could be happy, not without me. She liked to lie to herself that she was every now and then, but I knew more about her than she did about herself.She might have the biggest, brightest smile on, but she could never be happy without me, our souls were one and would always be one no matter where she went or how far she decided to go, we would always find each other and even when she didn’t ask, I would always find her. She was mine and will always be mine.Like a bubbling cauldron, ange







