Veronica POV Nikola showed up as expected with his team members, we all broke, and I excused myself right away for a phone call. When I was finally back in my office, I decided to take some personal time. I called my brother who has a few rental properties. I gave him a brief explanation of what was going on, he was happy to help (and take my money).                I successfully avoided Nikola for the rest of the day. I was waiting to hear him leave the office first since it was officially end of day. I hadn’t gathered my wits until about halfway through my team meeting, I didn’t need to put myself in that position again. Luckily, I was great at focusing my energy. Bella is a dream come true; she is more fun when Peter is not around. I gladly asked her at the end of the meeting to be my assistant and she accepted with a shining aura. I agreed to pick up the

I don’t know a Jackson was the first thought that crossed my mind. I walked to the front door where the man stood in the entry way. He was average height for a man, just under 6 feet, clean shaved, dark hair, and dark brown eyes with pale skin.                “Hello, my name is Veronica. How can I help you?” I asked trying to sense his emotions but failing.                “My name is Jackson nice to meet you.” He reached his hand out and I shook it. He was colder than usual. “My dog seems to have escaped. I moved in a few blocks over this week, I am scared he may be lost.” He finished.                “Welcome to the neighborhood, I am actually moving this weekend, please excuse the mess.” I motioned around. “I haven’t seen anything yet, if you want to l

Veronica POV                I opened the back door of the house stepping outside. There was a porch that was around 20 feet by 8 feet. Nikola was sitting in a chair next to a fire pit. There were lights that went around the railing of the porch giving off a soft glow. The fire was crackling as Nikola smiled.                “Where did that come from?” I asked pointing to the fire pit.                “Torvi’s idea, do you like it?” His voice was slightly anxious; yet melting me like butter.                “It’s amazing, I love sitting by the fire.” I said stepping slowly towards the chair.            

Nikola POV                I woke before the sun began to rise. After just a couple hours of sleep next to my beautiful mate, I felt reborn. I laid as still as possible watching her sleep. Nothing in the world mattered anymore. I heard Torvi and Jessie try to quietly enter the house.                “Shhhh… He is still here! They may be awake!” Jessie sounded as if he was yelling a whisper. I held back my laugh, not wanting to disturb the sleeping angel on my chest. “You are the one being so loud!” Tovi scolded him much quieter. I was only able to hear due to the wolf senses.                I laid there for a while longer before I needed to relieve myself. I slid carefully from the bed covering Veronica with the covers. I k

Nikola took my hand and lead me inside. I stayed quiet trying to keep my mind clear. Negative thoughts were attempting to surface. I took a few deep breaths to calm myself as we sat back down on the couch.                “I didn’t build the house. I purchased it a few years ago, when my alpha said we would be taking over the territory. I did most of the work here and there over the years. I was hoping to have more time before bringing you. I wanted to change some of the décor, who knew you were so impatient.” He smiled.                “I am glad you didn’t. This is beautiful, a little masculine, but beautiful. The sun flowers are my favorite.” I said with ease.                “Peter is our Alpha. His house is a quarter mile past the driveway at the end