LOGINDARIUS “Get up.”I pulled out of her and the sudden emptiness made her gasp. Her legs wobbled when I dragged her off the bed. The silk robe had long since fallen to the floor, a dark puddle on the hardwood. Naked. Flushed all over. My handprints on her ass had deepened to a shade of crimson that made my mouth dry.“Daddy, where—”“Chair.”I pointed to the armchair in the corner. Overstuffed, upholstered in some pale fabric that showed every stain. We’d already left a few. She walked toward it on unsteady legs, her spine a question mark of anticipation, and I followed close enough that she could feel the heat coming off my chest.“Bend over.”Vanessa draped herself across the armchair. Arms stretched forward, gripping the opposite armrest. Her back dipped into that impossible arch again, the one that made her look like something painted by a man who understood exactly what women’s bodies were for. Her ass presented high, cheeks spread slightly from the position, and I could see everyt
DARIUS Vanessa’s bedroom always smelled faintly of jasmine and something darker. Musk, maybe sex from the night before.I pressed my palm flat between her shoulder blades and pushed.She folded forward over the edge of her own bed, that ridiculous silk robe pooling around her elbows, her back bowing into an arch that made my cock twitch against my thigh. The curve of her ass presented itself like an offering. Pale skin. Still faintly pink from four days ago. The woman healed slow, and I appreciated that more than I could put into words.“You’ll be a good girl and take this baby. Daddy wants to see your arse go red,” I said.Vanessa whimpered.The sound traveled straight from her throat to my groin. I didn’t rush. Rushing was for men who didn’t understand what they had. Keal, for instance. That thought flickered through my mind—Keal, the fool, trading this woman for Gina with her pressed slacks and her judgmental mouth and I almost laughed. Instead, I brought my hand down.The slap cr
DARIUSBy the time I pulled into the driveway on Saturday night, the dashboard clock read a few minutes past eight. I killed the engine and sat there for a moment, staring through the windshield at the house.The lights in the living room were still on. So was the one in the dining room.Malia was waiting.She always waited.I wasn't sure whether to admire her persistence or resent it.With a sigh, I got out of the car and walked to the front door.The house was unusually quiet when I stepped inside.No television.No music.Just the faint ticking of the grandfather clock in the hallway.I loosened my tie as I walked toward the dining room.Malia was exactly where I expected her to be. She sat alone at the table.Dinner was laid out neatly between us.Untouched.I guess the food had long gone cold.She looked up when she heard my footsteps."I was beginning to think you weren't coming home tonight."Her voice was calm.Too calm.I pulled out a chair but didn't sit."I didn't know I ha
GINAI woke slowly, stretching one arm across the bed before my eyes had fully opened.My hand met cool sheets.Empty.I blinked a few times and turned my head toward Keal's side of the bed.He was already up. A small smile found its way onto my lips.He always tried to let me sleep for as long as possible these days. If I woke before him, he would insist I stay in bed. If he woke before me, he quietly slipped out of the room without disturbing me.My hand drifted to my stomach.The baby shifted gently beneath my palm."Good morning, little one," I whispered.Another little movement answered me.I laughed softly."I know. You're awake too."The memory of the previous night came rushing back, and warmth spread through my chest.I smiled to myself.That man...Keal…He loved with everything he had.A sudden knock sounded against the bedroom door.Before I could answer, it flew open."Mama!"Daniel came charging into the room, his little feet pattering excitedly across the floor.I opened
KEALMy muzzle was slick. Her skin gleamed, scrubbed pink by my wolf tongue, every trace of my earlier release now vanished into my gullet.As I was looking at her in awe, I felt a wave that started at the base of my skull, signaling that I was about to transform again. It rolled downward, loosening the grip the wolf had on my bones. Fur retracted first, each silver-tipped strand drawing back into my follicles with a sensation like electricity running in reverse. My spine compressed. My jaw wrenched backward, shortening, flattening. The world dulled as my wolf senses dimmed, but something else sharpened: the specific texture of her breathing, the heat radiating off her flushed skin, the way her fingers had found my knot and were still stroking it even as the swelling tissue shrank beneath her touch.My knees buckled. I caught myself on the edge of the mattress, human again, gasping.Gina stared up at me. Her dark hair was a wild halo on the pillow. Her eyes, God, her eyes were black
GINAThe bed sheets were damp beneath me. Not just with sweat; with us. With the evidence of what my Alpha had poured over my skin, still cooling on my throat, my breasts, and the crest of my belly.I looked up at him. At the wolf.Keal’s wolf stood over the bed, chest heaving, yellow eyes fixed on the mess he'd made of me. His tongue lolled slightly between those enormous teeth. The tongue that wrung two orgasms from my body not up to ten minutes ago. Now it hung there, dripping, and I wanted it on me again."Look at what you did to me," I whispered. "Look at this mess, Alpha."His ears swiveled forward. A low whine escaped his throat.I dragged one finger through the cooling stripe on my collarbone. Lifted it. Let him watch as I sucked it clean…slow, deliberate, my cheeks hollowing."There's so much more," I said. "And you're just standing there."The mattress dipped as he planted one massive paw on the edge. I shook my head."No. Not like that." I crooked my finger, beckoning. "Com
KEALI woke up to silence.That soft, lived-in kind.Sunlight filtered through the curtains in warm streaks, landing across the empty side of the bed where Gina should have been. I stretched instinctively toward her, fingers brushing cool sheets. Two in the afternoon. I had slept like a man who had
KEALI nodded as I observed the look on her face.That look.It wasn’t hopelessness anymore. It wasn’t fear. It was a resolve, sharp and burning brightly on her face. The desire to fight back. The kind of fire that either destroys a person or turns them into something dangerous.That was exactly wh
GINAI finished telling him about myself in fragments; nothing too deep, nothing too revealing. Just enough to answer his questions. My voice had steadied by the end, though inside, everything still felt unreal, like I was walking through a life that belonged to someone else.Keal listened without
KEALThe room was quiet afterward, the kind of silence that settled only when the body was tired but the mind refused to rest.I rolled onto my side, turning my back slightly to the wide windows that overlooked the Silvercrest grounds. The night lights glimmered faintly outside, steady and unmoving







