All Chapters of The Mate Curvy of the Forbidden Alpha: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Blood Opens Doors, Choice Breaks ThemAnneThe black screen continued reflecting our faces.Mom had disappeared from the image, but her final warning remained inside my head.Don't let the Registry seal your union.If you're going to choose each other, do it outside their rules.It was a rather maternal way of saying that my romantic life could destroy an institution.The worst part was that Nina was silent and that worried me.Nothing?I'm thinking.That worries me more.Nathan released my hand only to examine the hidden metal box and the red ribbon remained around his wrist. I looked at mine.Return together.At that moment I needed the promise more than before."Do you want to open it?" Nathan asked."With what?""There are two locks."One was circular and bore the Blackstone emblem, the other had the small key surrounded by three black moons."What a surprise," I said sarcastically.Nathan crouched in front of the first one."I'm not going to use blood.""Thank you for getting ahe

Sin Can Be Inherited Too, but It Doesn't Have to Be ObeyedAnneSera's piece of jewelry arrived at the bakery inside a black box that Nathan opened with an expression far too serious for something so small.It was an antique brooch.Dull silver, a blue-gray stone and the image of a river engraved around the edge.The same song.The same river.My stomach decided to twist before my head could authorize it."Was it hers?"Nathan nodded."She wore it almost every day."Pippa leaned over the counter."It's pretty.""Very," I said.Nathan didn't touch the brooch.He had placed it on a clean cloth, beside a tray of freshly baked memory bread.After what had happened with my necklace, no antique piece of jewelry was going to touch my skin until Thalia had legally insulted its provenance.Nina sniffed from inside.It smells like him.Like Nathan?No. Like family.That made me more nervous.Thalia was in the back examining Garret's locator with a specialist. Elowen had arrived with coffee and

Diplomatic Risks and Indecently Ours DecisionsAnneThe decision came while I was closing the bakery.There was no dramatic music, enormous moon or sign from the universe. Only Nathan wiping down a table with far too much seriousness and me watching his hands like a woman with perfectly identified problems.I wanted to sleep with him.The certainty appeared simply.Not because the bond pulled, not because Nina was howling, not because the Registry had decided to push us in any direction. Because I trusted Nathan.That was much more terrifying.Nina lifted her head inside me.Finally.Don't start.I've spent weeks trying not to start.Nathan put down the cloth."You're staring at me," he said carefully."That happens when someone is standing in front of you

Secret Guards and Other Ways to Ruin a Good BreakfastAnneI woke up with one knee trapped between Nathan's legs and one absurd certainty: he was still there.No note, no cold pillow, no convenient absence.Nathan was sleeping on his side, one arm around my waist and his hair flattened in a way that would have completely destroyed his reputation before the council.I stayed there looking at him and Nina woke up lazily.We're not alone.I can see that.He said we wouldn't wake up alone.My chest tightened.Yes.He had promised it for that morning and he was there, nothing more and nothing less.Nathan opened one eye."You're watching me.""I'm verifying contractual compliance.""Result?""Acceptable."The other eye opened."How romantic.""You'll survive."His mouth curved, then he remembered something and his hand tightened slightly around my waist."How are you?"The question carried too many things inside it.Last night, us, the mark we didn't seal, the sex we chose.The consequence

Magdalena, Civilian Logistics, and an Alpha Turned into LuggageAnneThe council arrived before we had finished cleaning the soot and I already found that offensive. The bakery still smelled like smoke, dirty water and burnt wood when Maxwell came in accompanied by four councilors, two scribes and the expression of someone who believes a tragedy improves when bureaucracy is added to it.Nathan was beside me, not in front of me, but at my side and that detail mattered."The council will take over handling the threat against Pippa," Maxwell announced.Mara let out a curse behind me and I raised an eyebrow."How efficient. Are you also going to take over rebuilding my roof?""Anne.""I'm asking."Maxwell ignored the question."A minor has been threatened, this goes beyond the limits of a private investigation.""Good thing it was never private, then."Thalia appeared from the table in the back with three folders in her arms."We have a formal complaint, evidence of a potential kidnapping