LOGINMy father’s best friend.Rolf~Rosemary was waiting outside the main room, and after one look at me, she moved toward a section of the corridor where guests would not overhear us.“I watched Eva leave dinner with you, then Petrova followed, and she came back alone while you stayed inside with him,” she said. “Whatever is happening is becoming visible, and I need to know whether I am standing beside a man who is preparing to replace me with her.”“Our arrangement has never promised either of us permanence, Rosemary, and if what exists between us no longer works for you, then you have every right to end it.”“That is not the only problem, because my leaving affects more than the two of us.”I knew where the conversation was going before she explained it, although I let her continue because I wanted to hear exactly how far she intended to push.“The coastal contacts supporting these negotiations came through me, and some of the northern trade houses agreed to meet because I put my name b
My father’s best friend.Rolf~The two ranking wolves standing behind Petrova were the first problem I intended to remove, because whatever had started between Eva and me shouldn’t be spread out there.Petrova had come into the washroom demanding that I tell him there was nothing between his daughter and me, but before I said anything, I looked beyond him at the men waiting near the doorway.“Return to the hall and make sure dinner continues without interruption. The wine spill explains why Eva and I came in here, and nothing discussed after that leaves this room.”They left immediately, while Petrova remained where he was and watched the door close behind them before facing me again.“You got rid of them before answering me,” he said, and the distrust in his eyes bothered me because I had spent too many years beside this man to pretend I did not understand what he was thinking. “Should I assume you were protecting Eva, or should I assume you were protecting yourself?”“I was protecti
My father’s best friend.Eva~My father said Rolf’s name, and the secret I had been protecting was suddenly one answer away from becoming his problem too. His eyes moved toward the head of the table, where Rolf was speaking with another Alpha, and I understood that if I allowed him to leave his chair now, whatever happened next the entire room would be aware.“Dad, please don’t do this here,” I begged. “If you want answers from me, ask me, but don’t make a scene before you even know what happened.”He looked at me again, and disappointment had replaced the concern he had shown earlier in the summit. “Then tell me everything so I don’t have to walk over there and ask him myself.”There was no answer that would satisfy him without exposing more than Rolf had ever admitted. “Nothing physical has happened between us,” I said. “He hasn’t kissed me, he hasn’t made promises, and he hasn’t tried to start anything behind your back.”My father gazed at me while the muscles near his cheek shifte
My father’s best friend.Eva~The new dinner chart placed my name three seats from Rolf’s, and the promise I had made the night before became harder before dinner had even begun.The Alpha of the North had ordered a full reseating after a security concern, forcing ranking members to rewrite place cards late in the afternoon. I had gone to the hall expecting a seat among the younger wolves, somewhere far enough from Rolf that keeping my attention away from him would be possible without effort. Rosemary’s name still rested beside his, while mine was now close enough that one glance could betray more than I wanted anyone to see.I remained beside the chart only long enough to understand what the change meant. I had decided to stop chasing Rolf. Tonight was supposed to be different. If he wanted distance, I would give it to him, and if he wanted anything beyond that, the next move would have to belong to him.The seating arrangement made the decision harder, but it did not change it.When
My father’s best friend.Eva~Rosemary’s fingers moved along Rolf’s arm again while his attention remained on my wrist, and the contradiction challenged every explanation I had been building since I left the restroom. I had spent the afternoon questioning whether desire had made me read too much into his reactions, but now, with another woman beside him and half the summit gathered around us, his attention had gone directly to the place his fingers had marked. He remembered what happened, and that knowledge should have comforted me, but remembering was not the same as choosing. Rolf could stare at my wrist all evening and still leave the hall beside Rosemary, just as he could remember how close we had been, remember the question he had almost answered, and continue keeping me away whenever other people were watching.Rosemary touched him again, and when he finally faced the speaker at the front, resentment moved through me before I could stop it because the anger was never truly abo
My father’s best friend.Eva~The knock came before Rolf could answer me, and irritation surged through me because I had spent days trying to drag honesty out of him, only for another person to interrupt when he was finally on the verge of giving me some.“Alpha Rolf?” a man called from the corridor, politeness softening his question. “Is the restroom available?”Rolf released my wrist at once, and the sudden absence of his hand left me unsteady enough that I had to shift my footing. He moved away from me and rubbed a hand across his face, putting room between us with an urgency that told me more than another warning could have.A breath ago, his attention had been on my mouth.He had been close enough that I could study the tension around his jaw and the struggle in his eyes while he searched for an answer to the question I had forced on him.If I mean nothing to you, why are you still holding me?Now he refused to meet my gaze.Disappointment twisted through my anger because I under
Seducing the AlphaRoman~The heavy door to my penthouse at the top of Thorin Tower slammed shut with a sound that echoed through the empty space like a gunshot. I didn’t turn on the lights. I didn’t need them. The storm outside provided enough through the windows. Flashes of lightning illuminate
House of Lust & Moonlight: (Story 1)Seducing the AlphaAzalea~His cock drove into me so deep I forgot my own name.The hotel room was dark, spinning, my head heavy like it was filled with thick fog. But his body felt familiar. Heavy. Demanding. It had to be Timothy, my mate. My husband of four mi
Seducing the AlphaAzalea~The Velvet Eclipse Club was buried deep in the mountain side, a den of red lights, heavy bass, and crazy wolves who came here to hunt or be hunted. I stepped inside feeling like both prey and predator, my heart racing faster, but I held still.The short black dress I wor
Seducing the AlphaRoman~The moment Azalea pushed that door open, I should have stopped.But I didn’t.I kept fucking the woman bent over my desk harder, eyes locked on the only woman who had ever managed to crawl under my skin. Azalea stood frozen in the doorway in her new tight clothes, looking







