We all step inside, and I bring up the rear, casting one glance around at the blizzard. It’s getting worse… “Do you have the groceries and everything you need for the coming week?” I ask Zaia, especially if me and the kids are going to be here. She’ll need a lot more… She looks at me before glanc
ZAIA. Sebastian left for town despite my worry that the weather looks extremely rough, but I’m sure he’ll be fine. He is a big boy. Big indeed. A very dirty image flashes through my head of Sebastian naked with his hand around his cock and the wooden platter I’m holding slips from my fingers when
ZAIA.My heart is pounding as his gaze flickers to my lips, and he runs his tongue along his own plush ones. I swallow hard as a dangerously sexy smirk crosses his lips.“Relax, I’m only teasing,” he whispers, letting go of my neck. My breath hitches and he gives me a wink, stepping back before he t
“Do you know how to check?” I ask, bending to look under the sink again.He looks up, our eyes meeting and I realise we’re too close…“It can’t be that hard,”“Which means no.” I counter lightly tucking my hair behind my ear, only for it to fall forward once more.“Do you think I can’t?” he asks cha
SEBASTIAN. It’s the following evening and for the first time as far back as I remember, I am enjoying Christmas time. The blizzard has gotten worse, and that just sealed the fact that we are indeed spending Christmas here. I am not going to complain, spending night and day with Zaia and not once b
Fuck, is she fine… “Hmm. Then I’m glad you’re not alone out here.” “Do you know her?” she asks curiously, now turning towards me. Her knee brushes mine and I try not to focus on it. “I’ve met her,” I say. We both know her, but I don’t plan to be the one to break that news to her. She narrows he
“Why the silence, Foxie?” I whisper, calling her something I haven’t in years. She shakes her head and looks up at me. “I was just reminiscing about our lives.” “It’s sure been a wild ride,” I reply, downing my wine as she still holds hers, barely touched. “It has, but don’t you feel that the sto
ZAIA. My heart’s pounding as I gaze into his eyes, those piercing blue that make my heart implode, his touch is driving me crazy, and his scent is like a drug, sending me onto cloud nine. His words echo like a whispered lullaby and my gaze dips to his lips. Where do we go from here… I slowly wra
I slam the brakes.We’re both launched forward and Zion’s arm flies out, catching me before I break my nose on the wheel.The SUV shoots past us and propels straight over the edge.It flips, hitting the rock face below, and erupts in a fireball that lights up the cliff side. The ground trembles slig
~ MILENA ~“Oh, you did not, you fucking assholes!” I snarl, rage tearing through me. The pain in my forearm barely registers as I wrench the wheel to the side, slamming our car into the one on the left. I time it perfectly. Their tyres catch the curb and the vehicle lurches violently.“Milena!” Zio
“Your dad gives me a reaction, and he’s a tad more gullible than you, so it’s fun to mess with him.” Her impish smile reminds me of Xander, and I shake my head.“I’m glad this isn’t real then. You and Xander would be the death of him.”“Yeah, we’ll keep the pretence going though. If the Arkan had an
It’s crazy how I actually would trust her around them, even if she is one of the Arkan. She has some compassion when it comes to kids… looking at her now as she talks to Kaia about something it’s almost hard to imagine she’s a killer. Almost.The image of her cold eyes as she raised a gun and pulled
~ ZION ~Milena. She has a way of keeping me on edge when nothing else or no one else has that effect on me; I don’t know what she’ll do next; it was one of the things I like about her, but right now I’m not enjoying it. Her sly smiles that tell me she’s up to something and the way she hugs Mom and
Kaia, on the other hand, is confident and bubbly. That’s the only way to describe the twenty-one-year-old redhead with the huge smile and bright blue eyes like Zion’s.His uncle is a few tables down, but occasionally I feel the prickling sensation at the back of my neck of someone watching me, and I
~ MILENA ~“Smell me?” I repeat, my cheeks involuntarily flush as I shove him back, only to meet hard fucking muscle.“Your arousal, to be precise.” He smirks, baring those teeth in a dangerous smile.Oh, hell no.I know what werewolves are capable of, but right now I don’t need to hear that. I don’
I nod, smiling slightly. “Yeah, thirteen. And she has, a lot of time has gone by hasn’t it?” I agree, looking at her. Even her… she’s not that girl anymore. So much time has gone by and yet… seeing her all dressed up like this makes me picture a life we can never have.If I didn’t kill her brother.
~ ZION ~My eyes widen as I see Uncle and Milena staring one another down right after she gave me the finger, for goddess knows what reason.Fuck, I didn’t think he’d be here today. He hates these things. My stomach twists with unease as I stride across the hall.“Uncle, this is Milena, my girlfrien