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One hundred and forty three

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Lisa POV

The room tilted after Cameron walked out with Evangeline in his arms. My mouth went dry. I kept staring at the doorway like he might walk back through it.

My mother took my elbow and led me to the couch. Dr. Harry stayed where he was, his medical bag open on the table. He kept staring at the door Cameron slammed, his face tight with confusion.

“Let’s just sit,” my mother said quietly. She grabbed the remote and aimed it at the TV. “The movie’s still on. Maybe it’ll help.”

Dr. Harry pac
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  • TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS    One hundred and forty nine

    Lisa POVI knew the sound of Dr. Harry’s car. The crunch of tires against gravel as he pulled in without rushing made me pull my hair into a bun. I checked the window for confirmation and went downstairs. My mother let him in. They were pleasant as usual, always finding something to talk about. He stepped into the living room with a case in one hand and a smaller bag in the other. His clothes looked sharper than the last time he came.“Good morning, Lisa,” he said.“Hi, Doc,” I said casually.He set the case on the table and opened it. “We are doing a longer session today. I want to track the markers in real time instead of relying on delayed readings.”I rolled my eyes. “That is what you said yesterday.”“Trust me on this,” he said without hesitation. “That is why I went to school for years.”“Fair.”He pulled out the portable ultrasound machine and set it up on the table in front of the couch. Wires, gel, and the monitor were laid out with precision. I adjusted myself on the couch a

  • TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS    One hundred and forty eight

    Cameron POV The office never stayed empty. People rotated in and out without thinning the room. The glass walls gave the illusion of space, but movement from the hallway bled through constantly. Files stacked across my desk. My laptop stayed open with too many tabs, each one demanding attention at the same time.Persistent knocks came at steady intervals. A young gamma held onto a file, asking for a job. Two brothers argued over land boundaries until I settled the matter and assigned oversight to a neutral party. A widow reported harassment from a relative; I issued a formal warning and reassigned property access to her name alone. A wounded guard’s family pushed for extended treatment support; I approved the coverage. The accountant presented numbers with a confidence that didn’t hold; I adjusted the allocations and set a mandatory review. None of it stopped. Each problem replaced the last before it fully cleared.Franklin stayed near the door, managing the flow. The security monit

  • TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS    One hundred and forty seven

    Cameron POVThe street stayed quiet as I turned into the driveway. Early morning blue light sat over the houses, the kind that made everything look mystical. I rounded into the driveway and slowed at the sight of the red jeep. My headlights cut off before I fully stopped.I decided to check the time on the dashboard. It was earlier than I had planned to return. I could have sworn Evangeline went out yesterday with that car and was not due to return until tonight. I stayed in the driver’s seat with my hands on the wheel, thinking about whether I miscalculated her schedule. The engine idled rougher than usual, the vibration running through the steering wheel into my palms.If she was the one, I had not expected her back this early. The air held the first sounds of birds waking somewhere beyond the compound walls. I turned off the engine and stepped out of the car. A guard mounting the door straightened and saluted. I nodded and kept moving. I reached the front door and pushed it open.

  • TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS    One hundred and forty six

    Evangeline POVThe Veiled Meridian gathered at the regional building. A large hotel stood in front, serving as a shield for the underground structure that an ordinary eye would never catch.The hall stayed quiet in a contained way. I walked in with my group. We followed the same greeting pattern we had always followed. I pressed my fingers to my wrist, gave a nod, and moved to my place.The space was arranged in circles. Low stools marked each ring to indicate rank and function. The outer rings held the new recruits. The inner circles belonged to those who had completed their assignments and were waiting to be recognized or reassigned.At the center, on a slightly elevated platform, sat the seven who ran everything. It had been decades since the apex circle was entirely female. This was a victory for our structure. Everyone wore neutral tones of gray and black. No one stood out. The celebration here was not noisy. It was a matter of record.Before we sat, we cleansed. Bowls of water p

  • TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS    One hundred and forty five

    Lisa POVThe room went quiet. He didn’t move, neither did I. It came down to one thing; tell him to leave or let him stay. He stood there, occupying the space near the door, waiting.“You’re an Alpha, Cameron. You don’t get to be unstable like this. You don’t get to say one thing and then act like it didn’t happen. I don’t understand you.”The silence stretched out between us. He reached up and ran a hand through his dark hair. The strands had grown out, losing the short, clean cut he usually kept. He looked restless, like a man who had not slept in days. I decided then that I wanted to reach out and rub the tension from his forehead. I wanted to pull him close and kiss him, just to see if he would push me away.“You’re right,” he said after a pause.He didn’t offer an explanation. He just kept watching me to see if I would yield. I stood my ground, though my head felt heavy with the confusion of the day.“What about Evangeline?”His voice went flat when he finally spoke. “This isn’t

  • TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS    144

    Lisa POVSeeing standing outside my door made no sense. Not the timing, not the fact that he came alone, not the way he looked at me as if the morning hadn’t happened. I held the door open without saying anything and stepped aside to let him in. He walked past me and stopped in the middle of the room. He seemed exhausted, with tired eyes. I closed the door and moved further inside, putting distance between us before I turned around. The silence stretched.“Are you going to keep acting like I’m not here?” he asked.“I’m not acting,” I said. “I just don’t have anything to say.”“That’s not true, Lisa You always have something to say.”I let out a quiet breath and walked toward the table, picking up the glass of water I had left there earlier. It gave me something to do that wasn’t looking at him.“You said enough this morning,” I said. “There’s nothing left to add.”“That’s not what I meant,” he said, and there was a slight delay before the last word landed. “Don’t start twisting it.”

  • TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS    One hundred and twenty

    Lisa POVI was trying to zip up a dress that had fit two weeks ago. It stopped halfway. That couldn’t be possible. There was no way I had gained weight. My stomach was still flat, just a small pouch showing. I wanted to wear that dress because it was light. I yanked the zipper, annoyed with my chan

  • TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS    One hundred and nineteen

    Cameron walked in through the front door and my heart skipped. I hated that reaction. Seeing him shouldn’t do this to me.Alpha Kieran arrived with gifts for me, my mother, and James, stuffed into paper bags. I forced a smile and gave him a quick side hug. She had talked about taking things slow; h

  • TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS    One hundred and eighteen

    Watching Nadia argue twisted something in my chest. She fought for Evangeline without hesitation. She had never looked at me with that kind of certainty. With me there was always calculation, desire when she felt reckless, as if I were nothing more than an itch she scratched when patience ran out.

  • TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS    One hundred and seventeen

    Franklin POVPreparing the announcement that the woman I loved was marrying someone else soured my mood. Worse, I was the one announcing Nadia and Desmond’s wedding. Cameron gave me the task without a thought, the same way he handed me anything that required precision, especially security.I review

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