LOGINDominicDominic pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation as he processed everything Colby had just admitted. “I can’t believe you brought her to him.”“She wanted me to!” he whisper-yelled. “Besides, I want my friend to be as loved as she deserves to be, and it’s not like you were making a move
“Okay!” She turned toward me. “You should come make cookies with us, too!”Great. Dominic was the after-thought for his own daughter.He hated how much it made him want to respect Colby.Then Aria was disappearing behind the kitchen door to join her “sisters” and the chef.Dominic hadn’t quite reali
DominicAfter the conference call in Adam’s office to finalize plans for the prisoners, Dominic excused himself to go check on the girls. School was closed for repairs after the attack yesterday, and with Nova injured, Colby’s offer to watch the girls had been incredible.Still, Dominic felt bad not
“Yes, Alpha.”When Dominic raised his gaze to Adam’s, his Beta looked like he was ready to bite off both Aaron and Dresden’s heads. Literally.“Did Aaron… send him?” Dominic asked in shock.It felt all too closely related. Aaron was pursuing Nova, but Nova’s daughters attended Side-by-Side, so why w
DominicIt hadn’t just been Nova’s words.I would never separate a parent and a child.It had been the surprise on her face when Dominic admitted he was worried she was trying to take Aria from him. Not the surprise of someone who had been caught, but the surprise of someone who couldn’t fathom the
He stopped again, still unable to finish his sentence. And I saw my opening.“This is why I need to become a werewolf.” Dominic froze, gaze still on the floor. “So I can protect our girls and myself—our community.”I watched for his reaction, but he kept his expression neutral. When he finally raise
I nodded. Boy, did he ever.“I’m a live-in nanny, so we live at my employer’s house. He’s been filling a parental-role with Lila.” Especially since he was her biological father.“Oh,” I remembered, “and I’ve adopted my niece ever since my sister went to jail.” Aaron’s eyebrows rose in surprise, and
NovaI told Colby to keep the car running so he could peel out of the driveway the second I was out of the car. I didn’t want him to get caught up in whatever shit storm was brewing on Dominic’s face.Colby took my advice, spitting up gravel as he pulled away.“Everything okay?” I asked, worrying on
“Wow, I thought you were kidding,” I said. “But you’re actually defending him right now.”“I’m just saying,” Colby glanced at me before returning his eyes to the road, “that I can relate to the internal conflict of wanting to be with someone but not know how to fight the societal expectation that yo
NovaI ended up driving Colby to a coffee shop. I may have appreciated his honesty in coming forward about Susie, but that didn’t change the fact that he was deceptive about it up until this point. Until that trust was reestablished, if it ever was, I wanted to be in control of whatever we did toget







