Bored had taken on a whole new meaning. The days were growing shorter and shorter and the nights were long and dark this far north now that winter was well on its way. Rhene had little to do but read—Duff had provided him with an e-reader and a way to download...
Marnin My BMW glided along the winding road, surrounded by towering firs and snow-capped mountains that transformed into dark shadows as night fell. The engine purred smoothly. Man, I loved this car, even if I couldn’t drive it as fast as I would’ve loved...
Ennio The heavenly aroma of melted cheese and fresh basil hit me as soon as I stepped into Pizzeria Gabbiano. My eyes scanned the crowded restaurant, searching for that familiar face. And there he was, Cas, waving enthusiastically from a corner booth. I weaved...
This is the previously published chapter 16, with some changes. I had to rewrite some things. Be sure to read the new chapter 16. Time was a funny concept, wasn’t it? An hour could pass as quickly as if it was a quarter or as slowly as a whole day. Right now, as...
Jermon had never been a fan of violence. In fact, it often made him queasy, sometimes even the thought of it. That was probably because of his upbringing and the terror his father and uncle had brought. But for the first time in his life, he was now looking forward...
⏮ Comforting the Grump (Chapter 18) Marnin I checked my watch again, even though I’d done that enough times in the last hour to know that very little time had passed. But Ennio was late, and I didn’t like it. He’d been pulling double shifts all week, filling in for...
⏮ Comforting the Grump (Chapter 17) Ennio I wiped my hands on my apron and nodded. This sauce was coming along nicely, if I said so myself. Two weeks had passed since I'd lost my job at The Lodge. Two weeks since I’d had to tell my parents about losing all my...
⏮ Dragon's Revenge (Chapter 14) Chapter 15 He couldn’t think of his mates. Adar wanted nothing more than to let his mind wander and dream about a future for Delton, Oliver, and him, be he couldn’t afford to be distracted. He needed to be focused because even a...
⏮ Dragon's Revenge (Chapter 13) As much as Delton admired Adar for being so passionate and determined to free the omegas held by the Murphys, he was also worried. Maybe even more because Delton and Oliver would be staying behind. There was little a psychologist...
⏮ Comforting the Grump (Chapter 16) Marnin When you had to tell your best friend that not only had you been fucking his little brother, but said brother was moving in with you, that was a conversation best had in person. Though if your friend was a sheriff and thus...
Ennio The moment I stepped back into the kitchen at The Lodge, the familiar clatter and sizzle felt like a foreign language I'd forgotten how to speak. My hands moved on autopilot, chopping carrots with mechanical precision, but my mind was a thousand miles away—or...
Not even an hour later, they had assembled everyone willing to participate in the rescue mission. Fallon looked around the meeting barn, hope filling him at the sight of so many men. All Fallon and Adar had done was ask, and not a single person had said no. Adar...
