Alex and I just stood there holding on to each other. He pulled away from me first and held me at arms length. “You should go put some eye liner on.” I lifted my hand to show Alex how badly I was shaking. “Probably not a good idea.” Alex turned my hand around, then the…

I don’t know how long I was in the closet before Ryan opened the door and pulled me from the blankets. I had long since cried myself out the power had died down and I felt numb to it all. “Come on, let’s eat. I have some grilled chicken and some roasted vegetables just the…

I replaced the sadness with anger and the anger with fury. She kidnapped my family. That was all that mattered. There were all manner of vampire here. Deep down I knew I couldn’t kill them all. So when the first one burst out of his room to see why there was so much power flooding…

The V&M building was much like the rest of the buildings in New York. We didn’t stop at a reception desk as we went up to the top floor. The woman at the front desk gave me a little wave and I promised to bring Stacey a few left overs the next time I was…

That had to be the last straw for Alex he stopped and pushed me up against the wall and glared at me so hard. It wasn’t violence he was looking for, it was face to face and me to sit still. I knew it, I felt it. He was angry. I was angry and it…

Hunter stayed curled up in my lap, Rider ate his ice-cream he was an immovable object wrapped around me, so when the other kids left he stayed right there holding on to me. I’ll take him when I go to join them. Alex reassured me. I gave him a happy smile and wrapped my arm…

The four of us left the mess for someone else to clean up. I magicked all of us clean since no shower was in our immediate future. Ryan chuckled, “He’s handy to have around.” Alex laughed, “You have no idea.” None of us blushed had we had Sage he probably would have at the innuendo.…

Ryan walked me back to the Night Life building. The wonderful thing about Ryan and Ant is they could keep up with me. Their own training had given them the stamina and speed to run all of the Night Life building too. We’d done it many times and I didn’t have to deal with my…

The house was clear. We found some plans. And before we left the building was in flames. Ryan came with us as we walked back to the Night Life building. Everyone else disperser to the winds. No one really stayed with us other than my body guards. “If I have body guards, how come you…

We pushed through the front door in a single file line but the guns were blocked as we moved. I looked sort of out of place without a gun. But I didn’t really need one. I was defense. I could offense but I was more than happy to be the shield. I was good at…

It was time to do my job. And this time Alex and Ant were coming with me. So were a lot of other people but Alex was by my side, and there was no fucking way I was letting him out of my sight. And I knew he wasn’t going to let me go either.…

It was a quickie. And there really wasn’t time for a shower. Though if we’d started in the shower that might have been a good idea. But Alex was smirking, “You smell fine.” “To you.” I said. “To vampires and therians I’m going to smell like sex.” “So will I. It’s not exactly a secret…

Alex walked me to our room. But I didn’t want him to leave. I held his hand even though he’d covered me up and pressed a kiss to my temple. “Nox, I’m not going anywhere.” “I know,” I said. “Then let go.” He laughed like it was funny, but I couldn’t. I didn’t want him…

The group distracted me from the problem. Talking about other things. Adrian bringing up old friends. Ryan talking about movies he wanted to see. Valentina offered to babysit the children while we did things – me and Alex. She said she had always wanted children, but had become a vampire to save her own life…

So I fueled my protector and love and tried not to focus on the reason that I was so fucking hungry. But no matter how much I ate my body didn’t like the draw of power. Adrian was the first to arrive. “Good he found you.” He looked at me and frowned, “Why are you…

We weren’t even close to the entrance when Tony and Ryan showed up from the shadows. “If they took her instead of killed her they are in for a treat.” Tony said. “Trust Tony. If not you’ll be puking on the other side.” I said as I grabbed the two body guards and Liam was…

Leaving had been the hardest thing to do for me in a long time. But there were things I had to do and fighting with Alex was not something on that list. I didn’t want him to leave and I was just going to do my job. But I had a bad feeling about it…

I followed after Alex and stopped halfway down the hall. He’d told me not to follow and I had. I stopped and leaned against the wall. I closed my eyes and took deep breaths, but there was nothing to calm except my mind. My thoughts that what Alex wanted was space. He didn’t want me…

Alex and I were finally alone – again. But even with Rider trying to manage the kids before the night was out, everyone was in our bed. Alex didn’t seem so putout but I hated that we didn’t get time alone. And I knew it would grate on him eventually. I was up before everyone…

Alex almost dragged me into our room but then he saw the wolf trailing behind us and sighed. “Faelen doesn’t want to change back, but he’s not sleeping with us tonight.” Alex said. The wolf’s ears fell down and he started to slink away. “Fae, no, come here, you can stay with the kids. You’re…