تسجيل الدخولVIOLET“How long is it going to take you two?”Reese huffed as we hurried down the stairs. Well, I hurried. Lucian was taking his sweet time coming down.“Sorry, sorry.” I winced.She huffed, glaring at Zayn when he tried soothing her. “Why are we always late to things?”“It’s part of our flair,” Zayn grinned. “You can’t fake pizazz, you know. Plus, it makes us more original.”“Oh, lord.” Reese groaned.The look on her face screamed ‘put me out of my misery’. It was almost like the pregnancy hormones were already kicking in. Or maybe just their usual banter.“Well, let’s get going then.” Lucian adjusted his collar.We took the black mustang, with Zayn at the driver’s and Reese at the passenger’s. I and Lucian took the back seat.“Ooh, this is my jam.” Reese hummed, turning up the volume.I giggled, following her to bop and sway to the pop beat, much to Lucian’s chagrin. He looked like he was just about ready for the car seat to swallow him.“Admit it,” I elbowed his side. “You love th
LUCIAN“A baby?”The words had echoed in my mind far longer than it should have. It wasn’t like I was particularly opposed to that. But I wasn’t expecting it to happen so soon.The look on Zayn’s face was nothing short of pride as he glanced at Reese. My sister had something similar on her face as well, albeit along the lines of peace. This was something she’d really wanted for a while.And yeah, there’d been some hiccups at the time, with Zayn not wanting a child. But it was nice to know they’d manage to work their way around it.Violet was the first to move. She got out of her seat and immediately went to hug Reese.“You’re going to be an amazing mother.”My sister’s eyes glistened, before she tightened her arms around Violet. “Thank you.”I took that as my cue to move as well, clasping Zayn’s hand before giving him a hard pat. “So you finally came around, huh?”“What can I do?” he grinned. “Gotta give the lady what she wants.”“And you’re completely ready for this.” My voice had dr
VIOLET“Get out of my way.”You’d think he’d actually listen to me on that one. He hadn’t come to Reese’s room to demand I come with him as I thought he might. Not like I was looking forward to that anyway. He’d made his choice on how he wanted to act, and I’d made mine.“I have things to do.”As soon as I moved, he sidestepped as well. It was annoying enough that his huge frame blocked my path, but that look on his face, made me want to just give in without a second thought.“Please?”I frowned. “I said I don’t have—”He dropped to his knees before I could get another word in. My mouth remained wide open with shock. I must have looked dumb staring at him that way.But I was too shocked, and at a loss for words. Never in my life did I believe Lucian Sinclair would ever kneel to anyone. And yet—“Violet, please.” His eyes never wavered even once. “Hear me out.”Every bit of fight left my bones. My shoulders sagged a little. “Fine.”His eyes seemed to glisten at that. Slowly, he got bac
VIOLET“Men are the complete worst.”Reese hummed out a reply. “Totally agree.”After Lucian’s fiasco the day before, I’d gone straight to Reese to vent about what happened. Of course, I couldn’t tell him it was about Tristan though. It would draw too much suspicion.Reese had been a good listener. In some way, she always was. And she’d offered me all the comfort I needed. Including a way to get the pills I needed to take.I didn’t think I could feel worse than I did yesterday. But somehow the feeling still lingered this morning. With a sigh, I forced myself out of bed and reached for my phone. Lucian’s text was still on delivered.He didn’t deserve a reply. Or maybe I didn’t even know what I would say to him. A flurry of emotions ran through my mind, faster than I was sure I could keep track of. I didn’t even want to look at his face. Yet stupidly, my wolf was still yearning for him. To be the close to him at the very least.“Are you gonna keep stalling?”I turned to f
LUCIAN“What did you say?”There were lots of times when I’d said things and immediately regretted saying them a second after. That was one of those times.The look in Violet’s eyes had me utterly shattered. Should I have said that? Probably not. But Roman was in full throttle anger mode and every other word that left my mouth was a product of his rage. Didn’t mean I wasn’t any less guilty. One look at Violet and I knew I’d screwed up by saying that.But it was too late to back track on that now.“You belong to me,” I said with a tone of finality. “I don’t care what anyone else thinks.”I stepped closer, my lips barely brushing over hers. “And I would rather die, than let you return to Tristan.”It probably sounded so wrong but this was me baring my heart as best as I could. Baring the thought running through my head. Baring all my fears.“You’re crazy.” She let out a breath, before shaking her he
VIOLETLucian remained frozen on the spot for a good minute. Maybe he couldn’t move. And even if he could, I doubt he actually would.“What the hell?”I nudged him off in a less than gentle way. My wolf howled for the unfair treatment but I was too pissed to care.Lucian let out a breath, his eyes wide with realization. “Violet—”“You didn’t think to fucking pull out?” I snarled. “What the actual hell?”“It wasn’t intentional.” He ran a frustrated hand over his face.I put a bit of distance between us, noting the look that immediately clouded his face. The stab of guilt was fresh but I set it aside, for the sake of my justified anger.“You’re not in a fucking rut or anything. And you thought it’d be okay to just…not pull out.”“Fucking hell, Violet.” Lucian ran another frustrated hand through his hair.He reached a hand to me but I instantly slapped it away. We’d had an agreement and here he was doing this. Pregnancies were very probable when things like this happened. A pregnancy had







