LOGIN“Stop! Don’t do this!” They can’t hear me, can’t feel my desperate attempts to stop this. I’m trapped inside the worst moment of my life with no way to change it. The world fractures around me, and for the briefest second, my mother’s fingertips brush mine. “Live, Poppy.” Then darkness explodes
** Poppy’s POV ** I blink against the darkness surrounding me. The cabin is gone. The smell of dinner. The warmth of the fire. The laughter in the kitchen. All of it has vanished. Instead, cold asphalt presses against my bare feet. I know this place. Not because I’ve seen it before, but because I’
“It seems our timing,” Leo says, looking between us, “is perfect.”“No, it’s terrible,” Alaric corrects flatly.“That depends on who you ask,” Jake shrugs.Alaric ignores him, turning back to the stove to flip the chicken with far too much focus.“So, what were you saying about defence lessons?” Leo
** Poppy’s POV **I thought Alaric would have been pissed at learning his brother had my number all along and had been messaging me, but he’s amused, and maybe even a little proud. He shakes his head again and laughs; it’s so contagious that I can’t even be mad.“Come on,” he says, standing from the
** Poppy’s POV **Bastian has been gone too long for a simple perimeter check of the cabin. I don’t know why that bothers me, but it does. I catch myself rubbing my thumb over the rim of my coffee mug again. It’s gone lukewarm, but I haven’t taken a sip in several minutes. Instead, I keep glancing
“I only detected five scents in the pack centre,” Bastian says. “The sixth entered here.”He points to a patch of flattened fern that none of us had even looked at.“They were already travelling together.”“That’s what we thought,” Leo says.Bastian doesn’t answer. He simply keeps moving, following
“You don’t have to be sorry,” I say. “You’re allowed to feel things, Rem.”That earns me a faint, disbelieving smile. “That’s a dangerous thing to say to a guy like me.”I lift my chin. “Then maybe you should start listening, because it’s what I’ve been trying to tell you.”The morning drags on in w
** Paige’s POV **I feel something stirring in my chest that’s not nerves or self-doubt; it’s purpose.“I want to be there,” I say.All four heads turn toward me.Ryder frowns, worry creasing his brow. “Paige…”“I’m serious,” I say, stepping closer. “I want to be part of the meeting.”Callen exhales
Pleasure builds thick and fast with every thrust, and I groan around Ryder’s length as my body arches. Parker slams into me one last time before he loses the battle.“Fuck,” he moans as he finds his release, pushing me straight into a second, more intense orgasm.Ryder follows straight after, pumpin
Paige stops in the doorway, blinking at them all. “What is this?”Parker looks up at her and smiles. “Dinner. For our Luna.”Her eyes widen in surprise, and she smiles warmly. “You guys didn’t have to…”“We wanted to,” I cut in. “You earned it today.”By the time we sit down, the table looks like so







