Laurence was the strangest person she had ever met.As Doriane watched him walk out the door, she couldn't help but feel relieved.He was nice enough, but socializing with him had taken a lot of energy out of Doriane and she felt the intense need to sleep now.And besides, he asked a lot of questions.Doriane could appreciate his talent for cooking, though.She had learned that Laurence had the best talent for cooking between the three brothers. She heard of a brother named Landon and they spoke about his gift with technology and motors. She was surprised to hear about Levi's talent in tracking and fighting.The thought both terrified and entranced her.Doriane couldn't help but think about when Levi caught her cleaning in the kitch

Levi paced outside Doriane's door restlessly. His mind was foregoing any logic that said to calm down and stop wearing out the carpet just outside his mate's room.It was torture not sleeping with her in his arms. His feelings for her have only gotten stronger and stronger since he met her. His first night was uncomfortable but bearable. Now it felt like he would go crazy if he went another night without her.Right now, all he wanted was for her to be in his arms.It was taking all his physical self-control not to barge in that room and hold her.His wolf was roaring at him, desperate to take his mate. Logically, he knew he had a reason he couldn't do that, but right now all his reasoning was falling out of his mind.There was a knock on his front door and his wolf let out a snarl on instinct. The door is open, Ronan.He heard the door open and his heightened hearing locked on the sounds. He could decipher

Levi could feel his own tense body start to relax and melt into his mate.He was relieved Doriane let him hold her. He has been going crazy all night.When Levi finally started getting control over his wolf again and he let him shift back, the first thing he did was race to his mate.When he realized his mate's scent led out of his pack, he finally understood why his wolf was so distraught last night. But when he was then informed that his mate had a panic attack, he almost lost his mind.The hour drive it usually took to get here took him twenty minutes.Levi heard Doriane sniffle and run her finger under her nose before she pulled her face away from his chest. “How did you know where I was?” She asked. Her voice was timid and throaty from her crying.Doriane was star

“We need to complete the surgery on your ankle soon,” Dr. Ackerman stated while setting his clipboard on the counter in the small exam room. Doriane shifted uncomfortably on the table, accidentally crunching the paper under her weight. She looked surprised by the sound before looking down and remembered what she was sitting on.

Doriane tugged at the shorts resting just above mid-thigh and tried to stretch them further down to cover more of her scarred skin. The swimsuit covered her stomach and her shorts covered more of her legs than the clothing she had been forced to wear in the past, but she still felt like she had much too little clothes on. She would hate the revealing clothing she was forced to wear at Oliver’s. When she lived with her parents, they didn’t give her anything nice, but she was at least allowed to wear clothes that covered her. With the revealing clothes, her scars were painfully obvious. She hated looking at the puckered skin that ruined the body. She felt incredibly exposed and vulnerable with the marks on display. Levi’s bright smile appeared before her. His bare feet carried him on the sand as he made his way over to Doriane’s chair. He approached her, his eyes sticking to hers, and he stretched his hand out. She felt her pulse quicken, this time in anticipation. She had noticed t