To Rufus’ consternation, Rujan’s friends visited him. The infirmary became a place for high school reunions. He could hear his mate’s giggles while the three men teased her. She has been a devoted wife since Rujan woke up.He felt like an outsider, and he hated it. His brother was enjoying the care and attention he received from Everleigh. He was in a black mood, and his pack started to become weary again, except for his sons. Even the three boys shrieked with joy when they saw Rujan. He knew he was illogical when it came to Everleigh from the beginning. He lost her seven years ago because of his foolishness. He used every ounce of his patience not to kick his own brother out of the infirmary.Rufus was watching them through the CCTV, and so far, so good. Rujan didn’t try to become intimate with her. They had some familiarity with each other, but not on an intimate level. Everleigh knew what he needed, and she was there to assist him or give him anything he needed.Everleigh was also

Before Rufus could say anything, Everleigh grabbed his face with both hands and brought her mouth to his. She wildly kissed him, her lips wide, her tongue demanding moist access to his mouth, and it was a darn good thing he opened right away, because she would have bitten him otherwise.She heard him gasp, and his arms began to wrap around her, but she would not have it. She got away and attacked the buttons on his shirt. "Don't you turn to that crazy woman, or you'll never.."“No, I won't; I'll die first," he interrupted her with a soothing voice. At the very least, he never claimed he didn't understand why she was angry. "Yet you bring her here," she snapped, finally removing two buttons."You can just kill her""Love…," he started, no sure to make some foolish male justification, and she shoved him somewhat gently into the back of the chair. She realized in the back of her insane mind that she lacked the strength to assault him. He must be

Everleigh looked at the picture of Rufus and Alice again. She can’t remember her, and she hates herself for not remembering her rival. Rujan was right; Janice may be one of Rufus’ women, but right now, she couldn’t feel her as a threat. But Alice’s is different; she can’t find her in her memories and has never met the woman in person, but she knew the woman played a huge part in Rufus’ life. She seemed familiar.To the world outside, Alice was his former fiancée, while to her, she’s just no one. A poor, stupid lady was knocked up by the magnificent Rufus. She cried again and remained inside her garden. After she washed her mouth, the rumbling of her stomach subsided. She went into the leather couch inside a gazebo and rested there for a few moments, but she fell asleep.When she woke up, it was already past six in the afternoon, and his kids were having dinner. “We didn’t wake you, Luna; you were sleeping soundly,” Sonya said. She didn’t have any appetite, but the smell of pot roast ma

“Kiss me, please.”Rufus studied her, looking for cracks in her resolve. What he saw was determination. She didn’t totally understand what she hoped to achieve, but he wasn’t getting in the way. If she was going to change or evolve, he needed to be part of that process if he expected to keep her. If they produce another offspring, he wanted to be there with her. “Kiss me, like you love me, Everleigh,” The words left his throat as a low command, but she must have sensed the yearning behind it. He wanted to erase the awful nightmare he saw in her mind. She stepped forward offered her mouth and he took it hard, too hard, her hunger violent and greedy.He lifted her off her feet, wanting her to wrap her legs around him, to open to him so he could push inside her.She didn’t.She hung there, her hands stroking through his hair, her body trembling with the same unquenchable desire he felt. The flicks of her tongue against his were maddening, taunti

“Daddy! Daddy!” The triplets scream of delight resounded in the glassed-in room that housed the castle’s full-length pool. Everleigh looked up from her report paper to see Rufus rise out of the water like a sleek, mighty sea god, all honed muscle and heart-stopping virility. The kick of her heartbeat accelerating played havoc with her breathing.The man was insatiable in bed, she begged him to stop after their early morning love making. She hadn’t been able to resist. She’d learned the feel, scent and taste of that superbly sculpted body. Learned too the passion and pleasure he could unleash in her.Yet familiarity with his magnificent body didn’t lessen the intensity of her reactions. Just the sight of Rufus', almost naked in low-slung swimming trunks, set a pulse thrumming deep in her womb. With casual ease he threw Raiden in the air then caught him again, spinning him round, toes dragging in the warm water.Raiden squealed