LOGIN“We all need to rest,” Willow told him with a smile. She slipped into the walk-in closet to pull on some clothes. Willow walked out in a long, pale blue night gown.“You’re going to bed?” Elmer asked. It was a stupid question, seeing as his mother wore a night gown.“I think I will read a little,” Willow said, holding up her Kindle. She was reading Lucee Lovett’s book. Hot and steamy, just the way she loved it. Elmer kissed his mother on the forehead.“Night Mom,” Elmer said with a smile on his face. He went into his room to sleep for the next week. It would never happen that, it never did. Elmer didn’t get to sleep that long.***********************Quinn looked around the house that Russell told him he could stay in. It was a small cabin that was homey if you asked Quinn. A large bear skin rug stretched its way across the wood floor. A fireplace took up part of one wall and heated most of the house. The door had windows on either side of it. Long curtains covered the glass to keep t
“I don’t know at this point, Willow. I know my heart says to come with you, but my mind says you have no love for me.” He moved toward the porch but didn’t move up the steps. “You seemed happy enough earlier tonight, but now you are unsure of me. I don’t understand you, Willow. Either you take me as I am, or you let me go.”“I was so happy to have you in my life, but I worry about the age difference. I am older than you know.” Willow started but stopped when he gave her a look of understanding. He did know how old she was.“You are going to play the age card? Willow, love isn’t about a number. It is about being with the person you love. If you can’t understand that, then I won’t come back.” Quinn told her. She could see that it was tearing him apart to say these things. Willow moved toward him, but Quinn moved back.“I know you say that, but do you understand that my childr
An hour later, they arrived at the restaurant. Nix greeted her father and stepmother. The young man with them, Nix, didn’t know. Conor walked with her to explain that the man was Connell. Nix looked him over, noticing that the man stood six feet six or more. Wide in the shoulders with a swimmer's build. With his clothes on, Nix couldn’t tell if he had muscles or not. The way the T-shirt hugged his chest, she would guess, he had muscles. When she took in his scent, she was shocked to find he was a werewolf.“Wolf?” Nix looked the new guy up and down to see him all over. Connell gave a stunning grin that, if she hadn’t been married, might have swept her off her feet. His deep-sea blue eyes danced with the thought he might get her naked. Nix let him believe what he wanted. Aarshon moved up behind Nix, kissing her neck.“Can you explain to me why that wolf is looking at you like he can see you nude?” Aarshon growled into his wife&r
“Why in the name of the great goddess did this happen? He came to fix things, not die.” Nix screamed at an invisible force. The night didn’t have any answers for her. Tears streamed down her face, but Nix wanted to be pissed, not sad. Her brother had done what the Goddess wanted. Quinn had come to find love with Willow. Instead, the bitch killed him. Power ran through her, making her scream again as pain ripped through her body. The markings on her arm glowed blue, then red. Aarshon rushed to the porch when he saw her arm.“You can’t take her. She is protected by the fae. If you want to turn evil, take that to some other place. No one in this house has done you wrong. Quinn did as you bid him to do; he came to the house to save Willow. You are the one who is killing her.” Aarshon spoke to the wind. Nix gasped when the power rushed away from her. The marks on her arm went back to their normal brownish color.
He let his emotions move through his hands. Quinn knew that he would never hurt anyone he loved with pain, but this helped.“I don’t understand that, Nix. I feel it, but I don’t understand. It is like my mind says that isn’t possible, but my heart is all for it.” Quinn told her after she cleaned up his hands again. Aarshon took a break to get drinks again. Quinn was shocked that Rayne and Conor hadn’t come down. “What happened to Conor and Rayne?”“You will in time. Conor didn’t sleep well, so he went to bed. Rayne is upstairs waiting for you to help Willow. She won’t leave until you do.” Nix told him with a smile. Quinn almost laughed at the thought.“Will I?” Quinn wasn’t sure that he could save Willow. He didn’t trust these new emotions and didn’t understand them at all. The pain in his heart said that he was missing a part of himself. His mind told him to st
The stress of the last month was starting to ease, and he felt almost free. The moment he stopped hitting, he noticed that Nix wasn’t holding the bag any longer. Aarshon gave him a look that said, 'Are you done?' Quinn nodded, then looked down at his hands. Blood was dripping off his knuckles.“Well, shit.” Quinn rolled his eyes up at the ceiling, wishing he could have thought through the punches. Nix laughed but brought the first aid kit over. She cleaned the wounds and then put bandages on them. By the time they went back upstairs, the wounds would be healed, he was sure. Nix hugged him, Quinn felt so out of place in that moment.“It’s ok to let others help you, Quinn. If you let others in, you will have family and friends. People who would have your back no matter what was happening aren’t always blood relatives. Tell me what you are seeing in the memories.” Nix asked, but her tone was soft. Somehow, she had understood that Quinn didn’t want to talk about the memories that he was s







