Nina Matt and I stepped back to look down at our handiwork. A small picnic blanket, situated under a rustling tree, looked back up at us. On it sat a bottle of wine, some chocolates, a few flickering candles, and scattered around were pink petals that we had plucked from some of the flowers in the
Enzo I couldn’t explain it. I wasn’t much of a jealous type, especially when it came to Matt or any of the other guys in the group. But when I saw them hugging beneath that candlelit tree outside the mansion, and when I saw the way they stepped closer to each other and their fingers brushed, I f
As I sat there, picturing this scenario in my mind, I looked down at my palm. The cuts from when I had shattered that glass were healed by now, but it felt as if they were still there sometimes. I had scared her that night. Hell, I had scared her when she found me beating the shit out of Matt. And
Nina I flipped to the next page of the ancestry book, humming to myself as I took notes in a separate notebook. “Interesting…” I muttered under my breath. I traced the text on the page with my other finger, thoroughly fascinated by the information I was uncovering. Of course I knew that my fat
Nina The scent of roasted vegetables and chicken filled the room as the dishes were brought out to the table. My mom, Lori and I exchanged amused glances when the others began digging in the instant the covers were taken off of the plates. “Aldric, look at how ravenous your trainees are,” my mot
Nina “If you want to take my pack and my wife, you’ll have to fucking kill me.” Tyler and I stood in the window, watching the scene on the lawn unfolding below us. Matt and Enzo were both circling one another, their stances lowered as though they were preparing for a fight. “Are they about to
Enzo I hardly felt the sensation of the branches whipping against my face as I ran. I hardly felt my feet pounding on the forest floor, or my legs acting on instinct as I leaped over fallen trees and exposed roots. All I felt that night was fury. Pure, unadulterated fury. Truthfully, I didn’t
“You see it now, don’t you?” Mila asked with a chuckle. “You see the truth now?” I swallowed, if I could even swallow in this strange mindscape. “I think so.” “So what are you going to do about it?” “I don’t know.” My head whirled with possibilities. I didn’t want to leave Nina, but… if she wa